Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1876 — Page 8

Letter from Colonel Mosby.

WaßH(N«tok, Augwt 12, 1676 The tallowing Uttef he* been vritue by Oe»ooel Jlo»by to e former Confederate comrade in reply WakMNTON,Va., Aug. 6, 1876. j *■ I a«dPw«t*h*r. It i* trust thetl *o* » cordial mud earnest advoeuU of the election of that ticket, notwithauodlng you aay that all 'the Southern people and especially the C<ntfederate sol dtty* Are united in support of the democratic. \ I hope, however, that in this you are mistaken and- that many men in the Sooth of sound conservative and nation*! senti monta will be found on the other side; however this may be, it will not divert me from ray purpose. I thought you knew that I ceased to be a Confederate soldier about eleven years ego and became a oil men ui the United States. A* a soldier I did conscientiously what I thought was ray duty» as a citi sen I mall do the feme thing as fares I know hew .*7 The on which you urge nte to support Tilden and Hendrick? fc that they are the candidates of the Southern people and, if elected, will‘be under their oontrul. % h' otf, t% is be causes, this thing is apparent that the election of Tilden, is an impossibility. In attempting to grasp.\Po much the soflth will lose everything. The sectional unity of the Southern people 4»ss been the gofernit g idea and bane of their politics. So far from Its being a remedy for anytning it has been the cause of most of the evils they have suffered. So long aa -it con* tiuues the war will be a controlitig element of politics, for any psy in the South that unites the Con federates re-echoes through the north and rekindles the war Urea there. Thus, every Presidential canvass becomes a battle between the two sections, and the South being the weaker muat be the tooaing party. To insist on keeping up 4his sectional fight may be very heroic —so was the charge at Balaklava—bat, in ray opinion, is just as reokless and just as unwise. The reconstruction measures neoessarfly divided parties in the South on a coUr line, for the issue they presented waa the political equality of the races. While the south was oppos ing it the republican party was on the ride of me negro. But since the South has accepted it and incorporated it in the platform on which it has mounted ita candidate I see no reason for continuing to divide on an issue which has become extinct. Having adopted all the principles of a party, and sanctioned all its measures, I can see no objection to voting for its candidate. Do you not see, then, that •s long as we keep op the fight on the old lines, with the same allies and the eame battle cries, the North will be suspicious of our good faith, no matter in what form »e protest if! AH that the republicans pro pose is.to preserve what they have accomplished : the democrats are pledged not to disturb what the republicans have done. You cannot complain that the sincerity of the pledges of Governor Tilden to execute certain laws is distrusted when his supporters justify their opposition to Gov. Hayes on the grouud that his party has enacted these law*. To be consistent they should go for repealing them ifthey come into power. I concur with yon in a desire for a change in the policy of the national government toward the South, but thatoan only come from a change in the attitude of the Southern people toward the administration. You say that no one in the South is supporting Hayes hut negroes and carpet baggers. I would be sorry to think this were se, but if it were I should still yote for the candidate of my choice and would not jet this class deprive me of it. I suppose they support Hayes because they think it is to their internet to do to. I think it would be equally to the interest of all the Sotrtlieru people to do the same thing. But you say that even admitting it would be better for them to do so, yet, as it is notorious they will not, that I ought to surrender my individual convictions to the will of the majority. I don't think sq. It is better for some to go right than for all to go wrong, If I think they are going wrong I could do no good by going with them. If they insist on breaking their necks 1 don't intend to assist them. Besides, yon aay that if Tilden is elected he will be underthe control 0t the Confederates. It this Is so then you wifi have po need of me. But suppose Hayes-is elected, with a solid Synth against him-what art you going todo then? You do npt wee tow, but you will then see the force of my logic? It was tor these reasons that jour years ago I urged the Southern people that if peace »nd r«iepußoncihatlon to bury their passions and resentments and support the man who was not only the rep-j-esuntstion of an overwhelming

majority of the North, but was the most powerful, as he had been the m »at generous, of our foes. I have seen no cause to change my opinions or to regret my course. Many things have Since oceurred which no one deplores more tliun I do. But “you can never say I did it” The responsibility is with those who adopted the fatal policy, “Anvthing to beat Grant.” In the confjict they invited Grant to beat them Having predicted nil sorts of evils to result from the election of Grant they have done all in their power to make their predic lions come trne.

You sneak of the bitter hostility of the North toward the South. Well, four years of hard fighting is not calculated to make men love eaoll other; neither is an everlasting rehearsal of the wrongs which each side imagines it has suffered going to bring us any nearer to a better understanding. Pence can only come with oblivion of thepast. I know as well as you what the Southern peoplehav« had to endure; but ihis has been the experience of every conquered people. The figure of Judea on the Roman coin veiled and weeping among her point trees —was the type of those who fought for a cause that failed. It will always remain so. The wound of war time alone can heal, but many grievances springing from our administration could long ago have been corrected by ceasing to oppose the inevitable. In doing this the Southern people have played into the hands of their worst enemies. From a clironic habit of cbmpt».ining they too often injure a good cause by mixing up real with imaginary wrongs. For instance, Mr. Lamar, in the veryable speech he recently delivered in the Hotise of Representatives, said that what the South wanted was local self-government. I thought the South had it If it has not, how did he get into congress? If Mississippi has not local self-government, what sort of a government is it which controls Mississippi and has just elected him to the United Mates Senate? Ii you wish to know, then, the ground of my support of H-iyes, it is this: Any good which the Southern people might derive front the election of Tilden would equally result from their support of ilayes. They can vote for Hayes, out they can’t elect Tilden. But I am far from thinking that the election of a democrat, even if such a thing were possible, would be an unmixed blessing to the South. On the contrary, I fear it would open a Pandora’s box of evils. The very remote prospeot has already excited hopes and expectations that can never be realized. If such a thing should occur as the election of a President by a united South combining with a mere fragment of the North it would simply revive the old conflict of the sections. A transformation has taken place in the state of parties. The republican now represents the principle of conservatism, while I can conceive no worse form of radicalism than the reactionary movements that would fall on a Bourbon restoration. No one desires more than I do that the South should get its full share of the benefits and exercise a just influence in the administration of the government. But this cannot be done by voting for Tilden.

But the democrats are going to rebuild everything it they get possession of tl e government, they say. Have you ever known a party out of power that did not promise reform to get in? Has there tieen one single abuse exposed for which the democrats have not established a precedent? Do you think that a higher standard ot morality wonhl prevail in public life by transferring the influence of Tammany Hall to Washington? Has that bt-en a proper school to educate reformers? I know nothing oft Governor Tilden except that hr has long been the leader of his party in New York, whose colossal robberies have been llt« opprobium of American politics, when Governor Tilden has purified politics in his own Stale it will be time enough then to turn his attehlion to the national administration. It was only about twelve months, ago that Tweed was released from prison oil habeas corpus by a decision of (he New York Court of Appeals, composed of seven democratic judges. Mr. Charles O’Conor, the Nestor of the New York bar, in a lett* r published at the time, charged that the decision was procured through the corrupt influence of Tweed’s money. Here was a splendid case for an investigation, far excelling in enormity »be sale of a sotlership; yet tlteae judges remain uniiupeaciied and are still wearing the ermine of justice. I allude to this fact to show the tone of political morality of the party of which Governor TUden has been the ac know]edged head ever since the retirement of Tweed. He proposes to reform the civil service; but how? By » change in the system of ap point mems? Not at all; hut by til iug the offices with his partisans, who will flock to Washing.on “as fierce aa famine and hungry as the grave.” Wheg the ofljee* have

thus been all 61 ed somebody ‘will ihen have to reform the reforme r r. The characters of such bogus pretenders i* well described in the language of Junius, as “resembling the termagant chastity «»# a prude, who, while she prosecutes one lover for raper invites the lewd embraces of another.”' Thai offinial trusts held under the administration have been abused no one dentes; that the delinquents fiave not been screened by their party associates is equally true. Any observer can see that those who have been most forward in exposing corruption are now the most earnest in supporting Hayes. But it is said that no party can reform abuses in its own ranks. I cannot accept such a theory of human depravity. I do not see why a party, like an individual, ean’t reform itselt. If this were not so we would have to chronicle daily the rise and tall of a new party. It is claimed i hat the democrats have done great good by their investigations. This may be so, and yet is no proof of ca|*avity for the administration of affairs. The act of the detective may be very necessary and useful in the economy of government, but lias never been considered an element of statesmanship. I know very well the measure of denunciation which the expression of tli~»e sentiments w ill receive from the people in wi ose cause I shed my blood and sacrificed the prim? of my life. Be it so; 1 wait on time for my vindication. To those who now assail me I reply, in the language of Edmond Burke when charged with deserting his constituents in oppos ing the American war, ‘.‘l did not obey jour instructions. No; Iconformed to the instructions of truth and nature and maintained )ottr interests against your opinions. I am, indeed, to look to your opinions, hut such opinions as you and I must have five years hence. 1 was not to look to ti e flash of the day.” I have thus given yon, at more length than I intended, the reasons that impei my political conduct Very truly, John S, Mo6EY.

Seeking Political Information.

Miss Dimity knows all about it now. She languished a long time in ignorance, and felt her situation keenly, but at last she is wiser and sadder. She always wanted to talk politics and belong to some party; but how could when she did not know the difference between \ democrat and a republican? She looked auxiously through all the papers to gam some information on the subject, but the only plain statements she found were that the democrats were all liars and swindlers, and the republicans all thieves and scoundrels. Finally she asked her papa about it, and be looked over his spectacles and said, “A democrat, my dear child, is—by the way, you left lumps in the- heels of my stockings when you darned them last week. Girls nowadays are good for nothing.” Then she asked her big brother, and he said, “That’s easy; ask fne a harder one. A democrat supports the government as. long as the government will support him, and a republican lets no guilty man escape until he has crammed all of his pock ns aud the crotvu of his hat.” She next asked her sweetheart, but he turned pale, and falling back on his chair fanned himself furiously while lie gasped, “Emmiline, my love, I hope you are not getting stroug-iuinded. I could not think of marrying a Woman who knows more than I—than other womeli.”

Next she asked a wise learned man, and he looked pompously at her and said : “Too deep, my dear, too deep; difference in platforms; very complicated subject; could never explain it to a woman. In tact, it’s so deep that I don’t exactly under —ah, believe you could uud.:?stand it.” " Then 'she went to an' editor. They always know everything. It is a peculiarity of the profession. They chii get up a theory or explanation ot, or remedy for, anything inside ot toriy tive seconds. She asked him, with soffits* d eyes, if he would please tell her the difference between a democrat and a republican. He looked a little startietj.at first, stuck his pen into the glue-pot, tumbled a pitcher of ice-water over » pile of exchanges, jerked up his collar and was “himself again.” He said, “A republican has an office, and wants U> keep it. He thinks rag-money good, hard-money better, but either kind good enough. He thinks the country needs reform. Salaries are too low, and the people too inquisitive. He caunol buy a $2,000 team ot horses oil a salary of $1,500 a year, but some one must ask tin pertinent questions, llis country is dear to him, but be is dearer to his country. A democrat has no office, and wauts one. He scorns to ask whether the money is hard WsnfCf ire only gasps '-now much?” He thinks the country needs reform. He wants change in office and change iq his pockets. He holds his i-onqify’s honor above price,

and sells his own to the highest bidder. He—” but Miss Dimity put her hands over her ears and cried, “Flease lell me the name of the other party to which honest men and patriots belong?’’ Then that editor laughed an inhuman laugh, and said, “Long ago they took a lantern when they wanted to find an honest inau; you had better borrow half a dozen headlights and a garden rake and go and look for that party. However, if you are a true patriot you will work for the republicans, for they all have cottages at Long Branch and villas in Washington and Paris, anil are pretty well sup plied with funds; hut the democrats have been out a long tune, their money is all gone, aiid their villas are mortgaged. It will be a dreadful strain on the treasury, and 1 Miss Dimity did not wait for more. And now when any one talks politics in her presence she listens wiih that benign sadness that is born of superioi wisdom. OmqfUl Rtpvbhnmr

Jasper County Annual Teachers' Institute

The Annual Teachers’ Institute tor Jasper county will convene at the school house in Rensselaer, Monday, September 11, 1876, and close with public examination on the Saturday following. Oliver Phelps, of Wisconsin, formerly editor of the Indiana School Journal, and other good instructors have been secured. TheHbestschool law Indiana ever had has been restored by the supreme co m-i ? and, every teacher is expected to do his duty

this year.

County Superintendent.

Two new wagons, two span of horses, and two set of harness for sale on twelve months’ time. Enquire of A. Leopold. Nebraska Ahead! THE B. * M. UAII.ItOAD CO.’S LANDS! The Best Agricultural and Stack Country In America 1 GOOD LANDS IN A GOOD CLIMATE! Low Price*, Long Credit. Low Fares and Freight*. Premiums for Improvements. Frue Pas* to Land Buyers. £foJf“For full particulars apply to B. A It. R. U CO., Burlington, lona.

JOB PRINTING DONE AT The “Union” Office RENSSELAER, INDIANA. S Please call and learn our prices before g elsewhere. Wo will make it for your interest to do so. HORACK E. JAMES A CO.

FEIVDIG’S n ns ti SIB BTOOK OP DRY GOODS, BEADY MADE CLOTHING, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes &c., &c., / JUST ARRIVED AND 19 NOW Ready for Inspection.

lu addition to the customary assortment of Print*, Ginghams, Percales, &.c., we hare a fine line of ' NEtV POPLINS Elegant spring Worsteds, rich Cashmares, fine Silkt., &.c. _ Call and at e our spendid stock of Elegant Spring Shawls in new and beautiful design*. A large lot of piece goods for meu’a clothing, ii>< hiding broadcloths, tloeskius, tine caasimeres. &c., as well as less expensive tabrics. MEN’S AND BOYS’ Spring and Summer Clothing in large assortment, uone cheaper in this market when quality oi goods aud finish are taken into consideration. A Iso,Dress Trimmings. Hats, Cap*. Boots, Shoe* aud articles of geueral merchandise, including a select assortment of Staple Family Groceries These goods were ewefully selected with special reference to this mnrkel, bv ow who has had long experience In the trade, and are warranted as represented. Call and see our goods and learn our price*. Do not forget thoplace, but look for the sign of **, wrmvmxar.

J. H. SNODDY,

See! See! ** * NEW GROCERY! Hsvlne moved IMo th* ivtWbrick building 'of Me*«rs Bedloril A, Jackson ami added largely to hia aiiperb stock G G. STARR invite* everybody to call and examine hi* I Can ted Fruit*. Dried Fruit*. Him*, Bacon, Shoulder* Lard, Molasses, Vinegar, Clieeae. Rice, Hon.ony, Beotia, Snap Stircli. It-digo Baking Powder*, Soda, Cream Tartar, Sail, Sugars, Crib, Teas, .-pice*, Salt Flab, Cigars, Tahacc.aW. kiwi Nutmeg*. Finvntlog Exlr.cl*. Pocket «... Tuble Cuilcry, Queeusware, Gla*-wu:» r*LODn, ami many ar'ieles we h ive not the apace to enumerate, kept ill slock at all lime*. Goods exchanged so. marketable produce. Rem-mber the (dace —he has moved recently, and is uuw in Bedford & Jackson’s New Block, right hand door. The, largest, best, and cheapest assortment In Jasper county,*- with out exception. Come and see for yourselves 21-3 m C.C. STARR PRAIRIE LANDS. The Last Chance for good Agricultural Lands, on Ten Years' Credit, at Six per cent Interest Don’t run any ri»k*, tint go to a countrv that has been proved to S. nd your address bv POSTAL CARD lo Land Coin’r B.QM.R.R. BURLINGTON, lOWA, uud receive FREE, copy of lowa and Nebraska Farmer, with CHART OF LANDS, and LOW KOI'NDTRIP RATES

J. W. DUVALL’S MVBR7 STABI.E AND DAILY HACK LINE. United States mail hacks run daily, except Smdays, between ttenaselaer and FranceivllU, making connections at the latter place with trains on the Louisville, New Albany Sl Chicago Railroad, and conveying passengers, ex,.reseage, and freight eiclt way. Goods or money shipped by Express to any part of the United Stales. Livery Tsais, with Drivers, or Without, furnished upon application. Stock hoarded by the day or week. Office and Sale Stahls os Front street, above Washington. Rensselaer, Indiana. CASH! CASH! CASH! FOR CASH OR COUNTRY PRODUCE WILLEY & SIGLER W ill £ell thei- stock of Merchandise as low as the lowest in market. On und after ths 15th day of February, 1876, uone need ask as for credit. We Positively Mean Ready Pay. Don’t buy until yon can pay, and then buy and save money. After long experlene* and carefully studying the best interests of our patrons, as well as oar own, we believe that Ready Pay is ihe Only I.egiiimaie and Fair Mode ol Doing Business. Men who pay as tl,ev go should uot be mads to make up, by high profits, for bad debts. We are truly uuder obligations to many persons in 'asper county, who have givnu «■ th ir patronage and puid promptly. Thanking you for the past, we hope all will call and see us still,and we will try and convince you that we are working lor your iulerest as well as our own. Any favor in our power will be gladly performed, but WE CANNOT SELL GOODS ON LONG TIME. Country Produce and Bankable Paper (we to be judges of the Paper offered) will be received iu exchange for goods. Those indebted to us will call and settle their accounts, either with cash o.* note. As heretofore, we shall continue to keep a large stock: of dry goods consisting of Prints, brown and bleached Muslins, foreign and domestic Ginghams, Cashmeres, Alpacas, Mohairs, Brnadcloths, Doeski is, B-avers, Casimer-e, Jeans, Cottonades, Dress Trimmings, Laces, Hosiery, Gloves, Cuffs, Collars, Ties, &c. Boots and Shoes a Specialty. Hals and Caps in great variety. Rubber Boola and '-hoe* for men, womeu and children. Ready Made Clothing for men a:id boys. Underwear for men and woman. A good stock of FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. 21 The POST-OFFICE Bedford & Juckson’a new building, Rensselaer. Rreenbiscki and Silver Coin are as Good as Gold in Rensselaer! ■w. «r. IMES Respectfully announces that he has bought the famous “Old Line Drug Store” so long conducted by Messrs. Handing <fc Willey, and has now an excellent stock of goods in his line, which will he sold at reasonable prices for greenbacks, silver coin, or any other current medium of exchange which is recognized as a legal tender in the United States. He has now and will keep a good assoitment of ■,B,rM,OILS MI Mi! and all the various' articles usually found at a boose of this kind, including popular brands of Ml TOUT mn> KM PKKPlipf.. Tooth Powders, Preparations for Beautifying the Complexion, Hair Dressings, Brushes of every description, Combs, etc. RUBBER PAINT, Lead and Oil Paint mixed ready lor use, Varnishes, and everything used in the paiuting business. Has a large stock of lilies, School looks d MisceHaneous Works, Paper, ~Pens and lull. Also, a splendid aud very large stock of Wall Paper. Call and see me, and give me a share of yoQT custom.

Lumber Yard* I tm now prepared to furnish all Iliad* of Lumber, Lath, Shingle*. Door*, Wtndew Sash, ami Blind* at the very lowest price*. Lumber delivered at Fr»nee*vllle by the carload cheaper than can be bought elsewhere. Please call and leurn my price* before co*» , eluding contracts with other parties. Lumber delivered within the corporation, without additional charge. Office in Bedford k Clark's agricultural wareroom 'old post office loom.; (2l; p. L. COTTOIV. A. J HEED’S 1100 ISR HAY SLIDE. One of the Greatest Labor-Saving Machines ~ Invented for the Hay-Field! Cheap. Practical. Durable. Hficient Two meu and one span ol horses can hen and stack more hay with the Housier Hey Slide in one day, tliun five men and two spa* of horses can in tiie name time with any other appliance. ——„— Easy lo mud, and unload* itself. Price, 14-foot Slide, $7 : 10-foot, $lO. A. J. REED, Pleasant Grove, Jasper County, Ind. Maim nctured by O. A. Nelsna & Co., Francesville, lnd., and G. W. Terhune, Rensselaer, Ind. Aaent: —F. W. Bedford, Rensselaer, Ind.. AG A TS W ANTED —Territory cheap and on leusonable terms. Patented lateApril 6, 1875. 44tf.