Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1875 — Page 4

TOE RENSSELAER UNION. Thursday, January 28,1875.

There are 20,000 more colored people than whites in Mississippi, and yet it is necessary to keep a lieutenant-general and a standing army down there to prevent the latter despoiling the former of their ' rights. '■'. .> > .« “ Hon. Zacbariah Chandler was defeated before the Michigan Legis' la lure last week, for United States Senator,byJndgeChnstiancy. Mr. Chandler had been a faithful public servant for three consecutive terms, or eighteen years. And so iar as we recollect his record iswithout reproach. Perhaps one explanation of the exceeding partisanship of the InterOcean is to be traced to the fact that it shared in the Pacific Mail corruption fund to the amount of SIO,OOO. No wonder it can find apologies for any outrage or theft committed by Republican Congressmen, when they share their plunder so liberally w ith it. Rev. Gen. Garfield, member of Congress from Ohio, and a pure Salary-grabbing Republican, monopolized the honor of introducing a resolution to appropriate $30,000 of the people’s money, these hard times, while thousands are starving and freezing in Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota and Dacota, to pay the whiskey bills and defray other expenses of King Kalakaua, while he is bumming through the United States. Bro. Garfield is a nice man. very—a model Christian Statesman! President Grant thinks it was a terrible outrage upon the rights of a free people for the merchants of Shreveport to enter into a combination not to do a ciedit business with planters who opposed the People’s ticket in Louisiana, and to demand cash payments of them ■ for goods furnished; yet as soon ' as Mr. Wm, Cullen Bryant, (who was a Republican before the President knew what the word meant, and has been a consistent one to this day,) denounced the outrageous and barbarous suggestion of Gen. Sheridan, Government patronage was withdrawn from Mr. Bryant's paper. This is consistency, is it not? In nominating and electing Hon. Joseph E. McDonald to the United States Senate, the Democracy of Indiana are entitled to the credit of having selected one of the ablest and best men in their ranks—and this is not to be construed into disparagement of Judge- Holman, who has honored the State by many years of efficiency and usefulness in the Lower House of Congress. To have chosen Hon. I). W. Voorhees with the salary-grabbing taint clinging oppressively to his record, would have been an insult to the people, and a stultification of the party, which would certainly have cost them the Slate at the next election. Down in the State of Florida the inhabitants have been enjoying green peas, new potatoes,, snap beans, “roasting ears,” tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, radishes and strawberries fresh from the garden, and delicious ripe oranges right; from the trees, for the past five i weeks; while people in this region ' were freezing their Cars, noses and c i toes, and striving to preserve the ; recollection of the flavor of sum- j mer delicacies by recourse to such insipid frauds as the commodities known by the, name of “canned fruit” and dried vegetables. In Florida are something rising of one million acres of Government land, subject to homestead entry, myri- 1 ads of mifsketoes, fleas and sand flies, besides deer, wild turkeys and l other game in (.he woods, fish • and alligators in the streams, and as, much “fevcr-’.T-ager” to the square 1 mile as along, the fertile valleys I and in the wooded districts of the | States in the Mississippi Valley, • but no more, if Government statistics are reliable. That State is; now being rapidly settled by people from the New England and Middle States, and it will be only a sfcort time until she will lead her South-: ern sisters m improvement apd enterprise. .* j

1 Ex-President Andrew Johnson I was on Tuesday elected U. S. Senator from Tennessee to succeed salary-crabbing, third-term Brown-' low’. It is a good selection for the times, and tendencies of legislation. I While the tone’ of the President and his apologists is'to justify arbitrary acts of usurpation, and the tendency of the party in power is j not only th be extravagant and wasteful of material resources, but j also seems to be rapidly driving towards absolutism, the more men of Mr. Johnson’s firmness, ability, incorruptible integrity, and devotion to constitutional law, we can I have in the national councils the better for the safety of the republic. How much ijioney did Jasper Packard get for voting in favor of and defending the Pacific Mail ind!XV-ftß it—^>oo, £SOO or $1,000? Or was he fool enough to do it gratis and board himself, while others were receiving their tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars for the same service? Jasper is a very clever person to be sure, and takes great delight in justifying the salary-steal, but all know he participated in that and it would, therefore, be natural enough for him to defend it. It has not vet transpired how he was able to start his Laporte Chronicle after starving several years on tire miserable pittance paid members of Congress, if he did not pick up a few of the crumbs that were being so lavishly scattered in Washington. Perhaps, though, he got nothing tor his vote, and publishes his paper with the income of his losses.

True to partisan instinct, and subservient to the shoddy aristocracy which controls Congress, the President and State ‘Legislatures, the Chicago Tribune is ready to misrepresent the position 'of the Independents of Indiana, and characterizes the movement as “an attack upon the vested rights of I property-owners.” However, it is possible that the 2’riiwiemay be correct in one sense Passing bvents indicate that capital has vested rights in all the legislation of the country, secured by judicious investjnents. It is possible that by attacking the (in)-vested rights of this class of property-owners that the Independents have subjected themselves to the charge of being a species of Communism. Certain it is they would like to have the interests of the laboring classes regarded bv our law-makers with the same care they bestow upon the interests of the w ?althy classes. But they ask for nothing more than an equal care and protection of their rights. There ought to be no special class legislation, anil no priv classes in a republic. Up to date but one member of Congress has been implicated by the Pacific Mail investigation, and he happens to be a Democriit.-CronybriAs-ville Journal. The foregoing lie was repeated by the Rensselaer Republican last Friday. At that time three members of Congress were known to have been corrupted, namely: King, of Minnesota, Republican, received $120,000; Parsons, of Ohio, Republican, received $10,000; and TSchumaker," Democrat, of New \ York, $300.1)00. And that is about the way this kind of tiling has been carried on of late years—two Republicans to one Democrat, and the Republicans invariably a , cheaper grade of patriots, because more plentiful. But the j end is not yet. These are only j i the boss-thieves that, have been; apprehended. When they get, down to the stratum of SSOO and I SI,OOO “Christian statesmen” there’ is no doubt that the party where . these canting hypocrites predomiu- i ate will be even more largely represented. Nearly all of I i them declared that they could not' live on the salary that was allowed . i then!, but were absolutely losing' 1 money by serving the people, yet it, was something remarkable how anxious they all were to be returned,, ; and how rapidly their wives acca-: mulcted fine farms, valuable city f property, costly r horses, and carriages, elegant furniture, expensive j jewel? and clothing, and all the < concomitants of .wealth. If it was not for these oft-falling showers of fructification, why were these over- j

worked and illy-paid servants of the public so anxious to bo continued in service? and how did it happen that their families became wealthy in so short time?

UNWARRANTED MILITARY INTERFERENCE.

■ Some of the Democratic and In- ' dependent newspapers are sneering iat the complaint of Republicans 'that the White Leagues of the South have intimidated colored ; voters by threats of discharging ’ them, or turning them from rented lands, etcU Y)ne of these newspapers has the following upon the ! subject: Weak indeed must be the cause whose advocates are compelled to seize upon such demagogical excuses to bolster it up. Call that intinidation, do they, and make it a pretext 1 for sending United States soldiery to overawe the people at the ballot-box? Surely tyrants want but small provotheir actsuuf usurpation and violations of I law.— Rcnssi leu r Union. We are charitable enough to believe that half of the articles of the above character are written through sheer ignorance. The writer of the paragraph quoted would doubtless indignantly, deny the charge that he was inciting disobedience to the laws; and yet that is precisely what he is about. Will those who are daily indulging in such displays read carefully the following act, which passed Congress by the aid of such men as Banks, Blair, Sprague, Trumbull, and Tipton? Let them read carefully? Sec 5. If any person shall prevent, hinder, control, or intimidate, or shall attempt to prevent, hinder, control, or intimidate any person from exercising the right of suffrage, to* whom the right of suffrage is secured or guarnteed by the Fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, by means of bribery, threats, or threats of depriving suchqjersoii of employment or occupation, or of ejecting such person from rented houses, lands or other property; or by refusing to renew leases or contracts for labor, or by threats of violence to himself or family, such person so offending shall be deemed guiity of a misdeineamar and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than SSOO, or be. imprisoned not less than one month and not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. The above section was added to the bill in the Senate dn the motion of Mr. Morton, with but nine dissenting votes, and the bill finally passed the Senate with but eight votes against it; and a proportionately small number in the House. It would make but little difference, however, how the bill passed. It became and is the law of the land. It is made the duty ot the President to enforce it, and yet ..when he attempts to do so he is met by the allegation that what the law declares to be intimidation is not intimidation, and he is calk'd upon to take for his guide the opin ions of ignorant assailants, who probably never read the statute, rather than thepositive declarations of the statute itself, which he has sworn to support. Thoughtful men see that one ol the greatest dangers to our system of government is provided against in thi s vevy-sectforp—l fan attempt is made to repeal it, a cry of indignation ought to, and we believe will, ring throughout the land Once admit that votes may be controlled by this species of intimidation, and that hour we take from the humble, the poor and dependent their title to manhood, and transfer to their old enemies the power to govern afid rule them as they will. Do Democratic and Independefit newspapers want the law repealed? If so. let them say so frankly and squarely. If not, let them skulk behind general and indefinite charges against the President, and berate him for enforcing an act they dare not assail.— Ch icffgo ~^:.:===^===^= Does sect ion enforcement det nnlke the President jury, judge, advocate, and executive at the same time? In his Message fte other day, President Grant introduced the special pleading that as a species of intimidation had been resorted to by a party in Louis- ' iana to influence the elections, it became necessary for him to-invade ' the State with an army, or at least he was justified in doing so. .But I how did the President know that nthat such was the case? It was ; not his province to become a detective, and what information had he ■ on the subject except from sources ! which he charges with a disposition ' to magnify on one side mid belittle, 1 ,on the other? The courts were the ' properltribunals for those who had; ■been intimidated or wronged to I ! appeal for redress, and until they ! pi ad made such appeals and exaustq led all methods of civil process,! • and the ciders of courts were re-1 I. « ■ . - -V- \ ' | sisted beyond the poiyor of the' State authorities to enforce,neither the ■President nor anybody else had authority to call iu troops to

interfere. All sjich interference is ; usurpation arid .tyranny, an encroachment upon the reserved rights of the States, subversive of republicanism, and'marks the'stealthy ] step of absolutism. A truer utter-| ance was never made than that the I final or chief argument of despotism is an appeal to arms. But read again the section of the enforcement act above quoted.' Mark well its language, and decide! if its provisions are not unequal, and of consequence unjust. ■ *‘lfj any person shall prevent, &c., any ! person from exercising the right of: suffrage, to whom the right of suf rage is secured or guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, <Fc." Is there in the statutes of any nation a grosser piece of class legislation? What need is there for the words -quoted in italics? What is to hinder those to whom suffrage was guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment combining in districts where they are numerous, to inaugurate similar processes of intimidation against those who do not choose to vote as they do? No objection is here urged against the law on account of its' inevitable tendency to prejudice more intensely the Southern people against the negro, because of its partiality for the Jrttter, and no objection is

urged because the law favors the blacks per se, but it is because the law gives to one class of men a protection that it does not afford to all. No white man, no Northern man that goes South to live, no exsoldier of the Union army, no Southern man is benefited by it, unless the right of suffrage has been secured to him through the provisions of the Fifteenth Amendment. Why not strike out of the act the words indicated, and make the law universal in its application? An answer to the latter question is <lis co v ere d e PresTifeirtdemands the rvdunation of a subaltern whose comscierice dictates a different opinion upon matters of state, every time the President or other officer withdraws public business from a newspaper that has yentured to criticise adversely the conduct of his Administration, and as long as Government employees, Department clerks and other subordinates know or feel that they must think and speak and vote as the Republican pjirty dictates or be discharged. The act above alluded to was not framed to guarantee equal privileges to all, in accordance with a glorious principle that was once cherished by the Republican party,, before bad men obtained contfSl over it, but, the law was designed to keep these bad men in power,—at least that seems to be its chief result. A law more in violation of the spirit of that doctrine of republicanism which teaches that all men should be and of right are equal before the law, and which is supposed to be one of the foundation rocks upon which this government is built, is not to«be found even iu the legislation of Southern States in the days before slavery was abolished.

Address of the Independent Members of the Legislature to the People of Indiana.

To the F' ujib l of (he Stale as ladiana.: We the undersigned members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Indiana, beg leave to call your attention'to the following facts: First — 11 is well know to you that the financial legislation of the Republican party has for years been in favor ; of the money monopolists and against ■ the interests of the people. This has! been carried to such an extent that ! bankruptcy and ruin till the places! where prosperity and happiness! should dwell. You have petitioned for redress of your grievances, but relief has been denied you, and instead of relief aditional burthens of interest bearing debt and increased taxation J have been placed upon you. Second — You are also aware of the fact that the Democratic party in the State of Indiana in 1874 gave you a solemn pledge that if you would trust! the power of the State in its hands it would abide your will, and use that power to promote your financial interests - You so, ea«t your ballots that the power in the State was/placed in its hands in October last, and now within four months from that time' vou have been basely betrayed, and the financial pledges given you by! that party have been repudiated, and so far as it lay in the power of that party your rights have been ignored, its pledges to yoti broken, and the control of your dearest interests have been by it transferred to the keeping of tlie same money monopolists that have so long oppressed you and ab« sorbed the avails of your industry. 771/rd—lt is now an unmistakable fact that there is no hope whatever of!

effecting any reform of the financial legislation of the country or any other legislation for the benefit of the people through either the Democratic or Republican party, because both of them are owned and controled by the .money power and monopolists. We therefore urge it upon you as a duty you owe to yourselves and your families, if you would escape the condition of mere serfs and vassals, to perfect the organization of the' Independent party in each county and township in the State, and protect your interests by casting your ballots for men who will not bow at the feet lof the money power, nor kiss the I band that oppresses you. The financial policy' declared as the i bond of union by the Independent I party, of utilizing the national debt ; by means of convertible bonds at a : low rate of interest with legal tender paper money, is the only' proposition that will, when adopted, release the industrial interests of this country from the bondage of the money power, in whose grasp they are being crush-ed'to-day. As a means to aid in the accomplishment of the end. desired, we suggest that you take and circulate such papers and writings as advocate your cause. . _ We further join with the Independent State Central Committee, and recommend that you call a meeting in each county' in the State, and send one or more delegates to the Convention at Cleveland, to be held on the 11th day of March, 1875. We further request that each organization in the State, now organized, and hereafter organizing, immediately put themselves in communication with E. A. Olleman. Chairman Independent State Central Committee. Any person attending the Cleveland Convention in accordance with the call issued at Indianapolis, on the 25th of November, 1874, will be entitled to participate. The only' object. of the recomendatipn is to ascertain as nearly' as possible the number of persons that will go from Indiana. Senators—George Majors, Peter Cardwell. Representatives—John C. Lincoln, Win. H. Miller, C. McFadMenTAI. C. Fa u 1 k, Jam es Emerson, A. R. A. Thompson, George 11. Brown, E. Y. Jackson, John 11. Miller. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 21, 1875.

DR. G. A. MOSis.f PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, IZensselaer, Indiana. Office between the Rank .and Kannal’s Drug Store. DR. J. IL LOUGHRIDGE, PHYSICIAN AND Sf RGEON, ' Washington Street, below Austin’s Hotel, Rensstlaer. - « Indiana, DR. MOSES 11. ALTER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Bensselaer, Indiann. Office in Harding & Chesnut’s Drug Store. DR. R. F. MARTIN, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WASHINGTON STREET, OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, Rensselaer, - Indiana. 11. F. CIia3L£OTF. Attorney and. Counselor at Law. Office opposite Court House Square, on Washington Street, Rensselaer, Jisper County, Indiana. 5-25-ly TIIOS.J.SPITLKR, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ketis&eiaer, Indiana. Office in the Brick Building north side of the Public Square. Especial attention to Real Estate and Fire Insurance business. 88,000 to Loan on Real Estate security, on reasonable terms. First class paper bought on reasonable terms, including mortgages and bonds. SIMON I’. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Pros. Atty. fiOth Circuit, AV ill practice in the Courtsof Pulaski, Jasper, Newton and’Benton counties. THOMPSON Ac BRO.’S LAW AND REAL ESTATE OFFCE, Rensselaer, Indiana. WM.H. MARTIN,) I JOSHUA HEALEY, Kentland. Ind. $ < Rensselaer, Ind. •> MARTIN & HEALEY, ATTORxNEYS AT I. AW Rensselaer, Indiana. jSsTWill practice in the courts of Jasper and adjoining counties. Utt A. W. YEOMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Notary Public. BEAL ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENT, Rensselaer, Indiana. A complete -Abstract of Title to alllands in Jasper County, Indiana. Office in the Cour. House. 6-21 J. 15. SI’ANGLE Would respectfully announce to the citizens of Jasper county and vicinity, that he is still to be found at bis old stand on the eas t side ; of the jutblic square in Rensselaer, and is i now prepared to do all kinds of work in the ' line of TAILO R I N G ■ in the latest styles, and with neatness and i dispatch. ' N. B.—Cutting done oh short notice, at : reduced prices, and warranted to fit 39-ts SAMP. THWIN’S • NEW BRICK BLACKSMITH SHOP, Rensselaer, Indiana. I '_ J’ : *■ . / Having recently enlarged my shop, introduced new machinery and ma f! e other important fthprovements, 1 am now prepared to do work in the several departments cf Blacki smithing neatly and promptly, and to guarantee satisfaction to customers. Connected i with my establishment is a WOOD SHOP Where wagon and other rlood-work repairing will be done on short notice by experienced workmen. Nd etCdfiishuienl ikolt compete wtih me m du>ability of work, or reasonableness of prices. Call on me w hen yon want work done | in my line. SAMSON ERWIN.

THE CHEAP CORNER. \ People who trade in Jasper County, and all others who may be interested, are hereby informed that the place to buy Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries, Notions, <fcc., is on the northwest corner of Washington and Yanßensselaer’streets, in Rensselaer, at A. Leopold’s Store. My stock of Dress Goods is the largest, most complete, best selected and lowest priced ever brought to this place, and includes a fine line of SILK.S, LUSTRES, MOHAIRS, MERINOS Alpacas, Prints, Pongees, Poplins, Reps, Scotch Plaids, Empress Cloth, Waterproofs, Ginghams, &c. My stock of Men’s and Boys’ Coats, Pants, Vests, Overcoats,, either by single articles or in suits, cannot be excelled in finish, quality or cheapness. I not only make a specialty of READV MADE CLOTHING, but also keep an extensivevariety of Tailor’s Goqds, such as Broad Cloths, Doeskins,. Casimeres, Tweeds, Jeans* Vestings, Ducks, Denims, <fcc.„ by the piece or yard. Also, brown and bleached MUSLINS. TICKINGS, k Sheetings, Table Liner, Oil' Table Spreads, beautiful Stand Covers, Crash Toweling, Bed Spreads, Wool Blankets, Cotton and all Wool Flannels,. Balmoral and Felt Skirts, Knit. Goods for men, women and children, ladies’ and gentlemen’s Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves* Pocket Handkerchiefs, <fcc. BOOTS AND SHOES. The public are respectfully invited to call and inspect my large and superior stock of leather, rubber and serge goods, for men’s, women’s and children’s foot wear. My stock in this department is unsurpassed by any in the market. GROCERIES. In connection with my other goods I shall keep a select lot of choice Staple Family Groceries, including Sugars, Teas, Coffees, Starch, Spices, Soaps, Dried Fruits, &c.; also a splendid article of Tobacco, both for chewing and smoking. All the above enumerated articles, together with thousands of others we have not space to name here, will be kept in stock and sold at the lowest reasonable prices. When you want bargains iu Dry Goods, Clothing, Grocer ies, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Notions, <fcc., go to A. CHEAP CORNER,