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' V. tKAMMELL.
Lppn handed the subjoined
#tt jj on> f„ X. Trammell, to a
(l:* county. for publication.
' of right and justice to a
ndtrue Democrat, we c
. 3 place. We are .not
j«ho sympathise with the
ui hitler prejudice with
„f party hacks, inferior in
jat goes to make a man
mot, to the man they abuse,
£ Trammell. He has been
'll and ids bad treatment
f rJ m men who feel their
jjjty, and want to put him
s-av. Ilia public record
,» jc hable. His Democracy
I filtered. In the dark days
u . ra he was active in organ
ic and driving Bullock
Who heard of Felton
• one: his mouth was as
Aucust oyster. Now he
rj f Democracy. Nine months
r: worth just as much as
•:m was north during the
e will set all things right.—
• Trammell's letter. Read it:
::o.\. (la.. Sept. 18,1876.
-Your letter has just been
duly considered,
e correctly informed of mat-
ij )il Senatorial District, I do
j.jat 1 can consistently take
:in the senatorial contest. In
:acf. I do nut live in that
c.d any interference upon my
:c , duiy to my party or coun-
it might seem to be un-
■: interference.
fiv informed that Mr. A. J.
•.■cr Democrat and worthy'
Mthman, was defeated in
•:Cuvention because he had
:'r>r.d. 1 suppose those who
,yna'tv upon him understood
t. i so, but 1 would be greatly
ejtce of them would poii.t
sr unpardonable sin, which
visited upon my friends.
3 in public life fourteen
serein, and have served the
iv native 8late the most ot
a representative capacity;
I that time I presided over
lion uf the Senate, during
a-there was not an appeal
: anyone of my T decisions,
:: ilia! long period of public
hive never had an official act
■ n.it.e brought into 'question,
leas nominated by my party
taro, a.- the candidate of the
party to represent this dis-
:gr~. some of those who
Mil by my nomination and
-mute friends made a great
a inils and libelous remarks
- . Miich were taken up and
I>r. Felton and his friends,
• ie defamation of my char-
■i ay political injury. And
sanding I met every charge,
M Jcrtiuned official record,
■w one of them as base fab-
- ai.d slanderous lies—still
were repeated and repeat-
■s-steati-d, until I, worn out
SI- rr2 |iiiem, and disgusted
! '-'-'on of traitors and the
« ii f the canvass—at the so-
: ' luends I agreed to lay
•wa in order to promote, as
k-the harmony of the party.'
'■'"■a great ’sacrifice was de-
■se, and after it was made
•orout murmer or complaint,
purpose of healing tlie
I ccntinueel with unabated
■v't for the triumph of my
y i 2ni still fighting, and so
and the cause of my
-funds it, and liberty sur-
s-opose to continue the fight
•-•izstion and principles of
■'^■Jtic party'; blit notwith--
1~.5l.as been tny patriotic
- • I have thus suffered defarna-
•«aster, and liave home it all
^araur or notice, (knowing
j r “ E av< - the lie to every
'■“hadbeen brouglit against
by th- action of the
•(-'invention, that Democrats
"(Oid to the party, in my
t0 ke persecuted and
-,j r so doing. It is one thing
' ln ; r . it is qite a different
0Iies Wends persecuted
•' by the unrighteous with-
" *"®*L I mako this propo-
_~. r enemies and traducers,
• indicate my friends and
i!* eie my supporters, that I
~ :u or a uy one of them be-
, * ee ting tobe appointed
VOLUME XXXI.
ROME, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY^MO
pDtitic
f citizens of the Seventh
L®“ District, and if I do not
L Satisfaction of tlie mcet-
Lb: ^' iar ge of a dishonorable
|;v ma( le against me
L ? adidac y two years ago,
Ihi , ti0ns and lics > and
L ® llve keen assailing me
|:»i;i e . Caluminators atl( l slan-
J;.., . , en a I’ologise for all that
r la a» d ° n U * e ^ or '•kis digres-
k to Give you “seeret
£ senatorial contest” You
s*-_ ? "ken I inform
ni„. * miorm you
■MiL} ^ secret, part inpoli-
: WitiJi aC 8 ’. are a " public
Position is always
^i nctre kope that the
W-i may tr | Un >pb where
i ’"’ a or g aniza -
^eanbl.’. 0dr c °untry saved
r <l K . ruin i and that liber-
may be the in-
r^fully
y yours,
k- N. TliAMMELIs
LETTERS OF TRAVEL.
STILL IN SWITZERLAND.
Geneva, Chamouny, Mont Ulanc, Tate Nalr
Pass.
LETTER NO. XXXI.
Mattingy, Switzerland, 1
„ ^ August 11,1876. f
Dear Courier.:
My last letter ended with my arrival
at Geneva. Here I remained four days,
to recruit and take a little rest from
sight-seeing, for you must know there
is such a thing as satiety, in beholding
the rare and the beautiful, and even the
sublime, in nature.
Geneva.is the largest city in Switzer
land, and contains about 70,000 inhab
itants, over one-half Protestants, and
nearly all of whom speak the French
language, hut some the German and
Italian, and, of course, a few speak
English. Here was the home of John
Calvin, and here the contest between
the Catholics and the Protestants was
fierce, especially when the reformers
first receded from the mother church.
The city is located at the southwestern
extremity of Lake Geneva, or Leman
■as it is sometimes called—and is di
vided by the river Rhone. The new
and wooden parts of the city have wide
streets, with some nice street rail
roads, and all the elegance and beauty
of any modern cities; but in the older
parts, the streets are crooked, narrow,
and well graded, and have a crowded,
clattered-up appearance, just like most
of the other old walled cities of Europe.
The object, in all these places, was—.
after the walls had been built—to get
as many buildings as possible inside,
for a body had better live forty miles
away than just outside the city walls.
Lake Geneva is one of the largest,
prettiest and most interesting, histor
ically, of all the Swiss lakes. The
water is of a light blue color, and ex
ceedingly clear. During the summer
season, beside numerous sail and row
boats, there are five or six fine little
steamers that make daily runs round
this lake, for the accommodation of
travelers. They generally leave Ge
neva in the morning, and make the
entire circuit of the lake, which is about
100 miles, in ten or twelve hours, land
ing at some dozen places. This is a
delightful excursion, and affords the
traveler an excellent opportunity to see
the peculiarities of Swiss scenery.
On the Sabbath, I attended church
at the Cathedral of St. Pierre, and
heard a Scotch Presbyterian preach, in
English, from the very pulpit that was
used by Calvin, during his ministry
here. The cathedral is in the Byzantine
style—cold, dark and gloomy—without
ornaments or comfort, but still grand
in size, well proportioned. The congre
gation numbered, on this occasion, just
21, and 1 was forced to the conclu
sion that Calvinistic doctrines are not
very popular, in these degenerate times,
even in the native city of that great
reformer.
On Sunday afternoon, there was a
grand instrumental concert in the city
park, and at night the concerts were in
full blast in the Beer Gardens, and
great crowds assembled at these popu
lar places of resort.
The people here seem tobe more gay
and happy than in other parts of Swit
zerland, but not less industrious. Here
are the watch factories of the world.
Probably no city makes so many good
watches as Geneva, and no where else
can they be bought so cheaply. I tried
to play Yankee on them, and swap off
my American watch, but they would
not swap worth.a cent. They would sell
a very fine watch for S120, but would
only allow $50 dollars for one I paid
$180 for in America. So, I failed to.
trade.
On both sides of the Rhone arc
streets, on the very banks, called quays,
and there are llvo bridges across this
beautiful, clear, fast-rolling stream.
Just in the edge of the river, on the
north side, arc five or six large laun-
dressing establishments, where a large
portion of the clothes-wasliing of the
city is done. The floors of these are
nearly on a level with the water, and at
each way be seen twenty or thirty wo
men, in a line, .extending the whole
length of the building, with a plain
plank for a washboard, sousing the
clothes into the river, and scrubbing
them with soap in this cold water.
This is the ordinary way of clcthes-
washing in Southern Europe. Nearly
all the clothes are washed in the run
ning waters, and no hot water or wash-
tubs are anywhere seen.
After spending four hot days in this
delightful city, and often admiring
Mont Blanc, as seen from my window
at the Hotel de Russe, on the 8th inst.
took dilligence for Chnmouny, distance
fifty miles. These dilligences are some
what peculiar. They are shaped like
an omnibus, except they are lower and
wider, and have all the seats on top,
and only the baggage is put inside.
Over the seats is a light linen awning,
to protect passengers from the sun.
These carriages are constructed for the
accommodation of tourists, who travel
for the purpose of seeing the country,
and, of course, all want outside seats.
This trip, from Geneva to the foot ot
Mont Blanc, at Chamouny,is decidedly
the most delightful in the Alpine re
gion, and, in beauty and grandeur of
scenery, cannot, probably, be surpassed
anywhere. In the first place, there is
not a better road in Europe. It was
built by Napoleon III, and completed
in I860.
Soon after leaving Geneva, we pass
out of Switzerland and into old Savoy,
which is now a part of France; and
even Mont Blanc, which is generally
regarded as a Swiss mountain, is in the
latter republic. (I wish to remark, pa
renthetically, right here, that the idea
of calling France a republic seems quite
ridiculous, for eveiy town and railway
-station is full of gcntd'armet and soldieis,
and this republic evidently trusts the
people less than any kingdom or em
pire in Europe.
[Our correspondent, surely, does not
intend this clever little hit as a rebuke
to the integrity of our own glorious
Republic, which has quartered a com
pany of Federal soldiers in every town
in fhe South.—Ed. Courier.}
Our route lies up the valley and
aloDg the banks of the river Arve,
whose dashing, gray waters ever sound
melodiously, as they go leaping and
bounding on their sea-ward course. The
valley, winding around between the
high mountain sides, is highly culti
vated, and, except the golden checks of
the ripening grain, is as green as can
be. As we ascend, the mountains be
come higher and steeper, and we catch
occasional glimpses of the eternal
snows that lie pocketed in the lofty
gulches of some proud mountain top.
It is a bright, joyous morning, just
cool enough, and how happy everybody
becomes as they drink in the inspira
tion of all this lovelines! How charm-
ingly enchanting is this veiled elysium
of rustic joys ! One here quaffs Na
ture’s nectar cup to intoxication, and
“ feels what he can ne’er express, yet
cannot all conceal.” Elsewhere may
be found charming spots—little streaks,
as it were, of the beautiful—but here
one basks in a sky-bound sea of love
liness, and, in the ecstacies of breath-
catching joy, feels almost too good to
be happy.
It is difficult to tell why it is that the
cherubim and seraphim of Natute’s
ethereal choir here causes the soul to
sleep to all the grosser things of earth,
and gives it a foretaste of the golden
streets of the ever-blessed. It is not
the green, green valley, with wavy fields
of golden grain and silvery sheen of
flowing waters ; it is not smooth, high
hills, with the evergreen trees on their
sloping sides; it is not the high moun
tains, whose craggy hights and pointed
tops nurse the eternal snows in their
bosoms; it is not the foamy cascades,
as they leap from their snowy beds on
the dizzy higlit of overhanging rocks;
it is not the “ white mount” that looms
tip in the distance, like the fleecy
“ thunder head” in a clearsuminer sky ;
no, it is not any one, but a combination
of all these elements of a beautiful
landscape, and such a combination as
only the Master Artist of the universe
can make when He turns out a picture
to charm mankind, that makes this the
mastepiece of the world.
Our five-horse dilligence contained
sixteen passengers, most of them Eng
lish, all seated on the top, or banquette,
as it is called; and I am sure a happier
group never took a more deligliful ride
than this nino-houts’ trip from Chnm-
ouny.
Chamouny is a compactly built little
town, of some 2,000 inhabitants, at tlie
very foot of Mont Blanc, and is tlie
grand centre of attraction for European
tourists. There are about a dozen ho
tels, and it is perfectly delightful to
observe the decorum and good order on
the arrival of the dilligences from Ge
neva. There is no yelling and scream
ing, no snatching for luggage, or pulling
about of the travel-worn passengers ;
but the hotel drummers all stand in a
line, with badges of their respective
hoteh on their caps, and the passenger
merely beckons the one to him he de
sires, who takes charge of his luggage,
and the crowd soon disperses as quietly
as a congregation from a city church.
The guides are all licensed and the
prices fixed by law, 30 that the traveler
has no trouhlo or anxiety in this re
spect.
It is hardly possible that any visitor
can be disappointed in Mont Blanc.
Many celebrated places fail to come up
to one’s expectations, but not so here.
There is no mountain—at least in the
ordinary routes of the modern tourists
—that comes near this, in grandeur
and startling magnificence. Its hight
above the sea in 15,760 feet—only 80
feet less than three miles—and it rises
up [from the valley of Chamouny—
which is 3,000 feet above the sea—by
a very regular and steep ascent, thus
giving it a very bold appearance, and
it stands a very monarch among kings.
From its summit down, for nearly a
mile, it is verily and literally as “white
as the driven snow,” without a spot or
blemish to mar the dazzling view, and
this is what renders it, emphatically,
the “White Mountain of the World.”
You do not have to climb its dizzy
hights, in order to realize its awful
sublimity, but will soon find yourself
lost in admiration when yon contem
plate it from the qniet valley below. It
is awfully grand and dazzlingly biil-
liant in the sunshine; is not forbidding,
nor yet inviting in its appearance, but,
in your reverie, you would no more
think of ascending it than yon would
of climbing among the fleecy clouds of
a summer sky. It is not isolated, yet
it far overtops all surrounding summits,
and, what is wonderfttlly strange, its
gnow line extends far below the naked
peaks of the neighboring hills, and
some of its glaziers extend continuous
ly like great frozen rivers, to within a
few hundred feet of the bottom of the
valley. The ascent to the summit is
not so very uncommon, some forty
persons, including one English lady,
having made it this season; but it casts
from fifty to seventy-five dollars, is
quite hazardous, exceedingly fatiguing,
and the general opinion of those who
have tried it is that it don’t pay. These
who make the ascent, leave Chamouny
in the morning, go to the Grand Mulier,
the half-way house, rest there until
midnight, and arrive on the summit at
7 or 8 o’clock. Here, even if they are
not enveloped in clouds so as to entire
ly obscure the view, they can only re
main some twenty minutes, on account
of the intense cold, and in the descent
have a fearful realization of the dangers
they passed, in the dark, on the way up.
But there ore short, and compara
tively safe trips, that give one a vi
complete realization of the wondi
this Alpine region. One of the best
is to Montanvest, and then
across the Mer de Glace, and by the
Mauvais Pas and Chapeau, back to the
valley. This trip I made- on the 9th
inst. The ascent to the summit of
Montanvest may be made by a pood
path, on muleback or on foot I chose
the latter mode, and made the two
mile trip in three hours. The way is
up the western slope, through a thick
growth of beech, birch anti spruce pine,
with many fine views, on the way, of
the valley below. The summit is
three thousand feet above the valley or
six thousand feet above the sea. Here,
as well as at a dozen other interesting
places on the heights, in this vicinity,
is a refreshment house, where the we«y
tourist can get food or drink to his
liking. Spread out, some three hun
dred feet below this summit, and in
full view to the eastward, is the Mer
de Glace, or Sea of Ice. This lies near
ly horizontal, and is simply a frozen
lake of solid ice, abont ‘wo and half
miles long and one and a half wide.—
The depth of ice is here so great, that,
though it lies fair to the summit’s sun.
yet even in August, it gives only slight
indications of yielding to its softening
influences.
I had the pleasure of crossing this
wonderful sea in company with Mrs.
Duncan and Miss Miller, of Mississip
pi, and an English clergyman by the
name of Smith. When we had come
down to the surface, we found it not
so smooth ns it appeared from the
mountain top; but was composed, as
it were, of great frozen waves, inter
spersed with occasional chasms of
fearful depths. It is a little over a
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NEW SERIES-NO. 4
half mile wide whore we creased, juad. unutterestinp to some of the people of
then we had to descend by the Mauva^f your section who may not be as well
I by
is Pas, or “difficult way,” for another
half mile, before reaching anything
like good, dry ground to walk on.—
This Mauvais Pas is a very narrow
path, much of the way cut out of the
solid rock, with an iron band rail on
one side and a fearful precipice on the
other. The dangers-of this “bad way”
are very great to a person who is easy to
become dizzy, and it is not strange that
Mrs. Duncan should say, that, while
crossing it, her constant prayer was
that the next step might not be into
eternity. Along here is one of the
most wonderful glaciers in the whole
Alpine region. It is a continuation or
outlet of the Mer de Glace, and is, for
all the world, just like a great dashing,
foaming river, leaping! down craggy
cliffs, and, in an instant, by the Al
mighty's hand, solidified into its pres
ent position. This frozen river is about
a quarter of a mile wide, and, through
the entire summer, retains its solid
form, down to within five hundred feet
of the bottom of the valley. This gla
cier is east of the village, and there is
a similar one on the west side, each
a mile distant. The latter is called
Glazier de Bossan, and about a half
mile up from the valley has a wonder
ful grotto or cave, some two hundred feet
long, into which we entered. This is
a wonderful freak of nature, and is one
of the strangest places amongthe Alps.
It is brilliantly lighted by candles
when visitors enter, and they wind
tound in an arched way, varying from
eight to ten feet high, and its pure crys
tal walls have a dazzling brilliancy.—
It is damp and chilly in here, though
not very cold. Yet there is a fearful
apprehension that the huge mass over
head may give way and yon be crushed
to death, and forever lost to the outer
world.
On the 10th I left Chamony by car
riage for Martingv, via the Tete Noir
Pass. This is an exceedingly wild and
grand excursion, and took eight houre.
There is a very good road, though it
lies over a continuation of the lower
mountains that surround Mount Blanc.
The valleys are narrow and the sides
steep and high, yet theso little vales
are highly cultivated, and the traveller
is continually passing the same little,
low, broad roofed houses, and seeing
the industrious, demure ; peasants em
ployed in the fields, that he sees in oth
er parts of Switzerland.
The trip from Geneva to Chamonny,
and thence by Tete Noir to Mattingy,
is, by far, the most interesting one in
this mountainous region, and though a
tourist may be ehort of time, this
route should not be omitted.
M. D.
Republicans admit that in the Vermont
elections the Democratic gains are rela
tively the largest The Republican ma
jority in the State is less than in 1872 or
1868. The Republican papers commit a
fraud by making comparisons with.other
years and light vote, instead of with the
full -vote of Presidential years. The
same percentage of gains thC Democrats
have made in Vermont would elect 171-
den and Hendricks. The total vote in
State is enormous, and indicates the im
mense interest in this year’s election.
nnsylvania Correspondence.
Campaign la Pennsylvania—Radical
Orators Waving tlie Bloody-Shlrt—Mla-
e Ulan eons Remarks.
- Ligonier Valley, Pa., 1
■ - ' ' August 25, 1876. j
To the Editor of the Courier:
ign up this way, especially
>ra a Democratic stand-point, is
satisfactorily. The Demo-
!y here is a unit for Tilden,
and Reform. And eveiy thing
indicate a determination on the
ie people to lisk a change. The
army contains no enthusiasm
-, but seems to have sounded the
and Acknowledged defeat, before
had fairly commenced. The
party is divided on its candidates aad its
issues. " One Ring is waging a sleepless
warfare upon the other; and they are
having a lively time generally. The an
tagonism between the different Rings in
the party seems to be irreconcilable, and
everything seems to indicate a rousing
Democratic triumph in November. The
campaign here, viewed from a Radical
stand-point, is vastly different from any
that has preceded it During other Pre -
dential, and even gubernatorial cam
paigns, the stillness of night was made
hideous by the bombastic bellowing of
Radical orators; but such is not the case
durmg the present campaign. The en
thusiasm of the leaders has cooled off in
earnest the total absence of Radical en
thnsiasra in the present stoggle, may be
accounted for on the ground that the
party is now rather expecting defeat
while on other occasions it was confident
of victory. Circumstances alter cases
largely, and hence the present condition
of the Radical party. It is not human
nature to show symptoms of enthusiasm
while marching to defeat Nothing
could be more preposterous than such a
proposition.
RADICAL ORATORS WAVISO THE “B1XJODY-
SHIRT.”
The Radical leaders seem to have sub
stituted the bloody-sbirt with all its
patriotic concomitants, instead of the en-
tnusiam which once entered into the cam
paign. If there is any circumstance in
existence, under which the devil would
appear to splendid advantage, it would
be when standing side by side with some
Radical orators here who are “ explaining
the issues” and flaunting the bloody-sbirt
in the face of the people. As usual, the
Hon. John Cessna” leads off Now, a
little description of John might not be
your
acquainted with him as we are. John is
thoroughly ready for any dirty work the
party may see proper to assign him, and
always as ready to receive his pay for
doing it. It makes no difference to John
how dirty the jab is, if he is only well
paid for doing it. If the party should
even conclude to offer Johnupasabnrnt-
offering to atone for the past political sins
of the organization, we are morally cer
tain that John wonld accept if he were
certain of a small consideration—say,
(en thousand dollars, or so. To be more
serious, John is a thorough blackguard,
and, while “addressing the people,” tisesa
great deal of langaage not generally found
in Sdbbath-School books. He flaunts
the bloody-shirt with nnfeigned delight,
and always lends a hand to assist in run
ning the “ outrage mill.” We will now
let John slide by merely remarking that
if the devil misses nim, when he “shuf
fles off this mortal qoil, we fail to seethe
necessity for a devH at all. And there
are others up this way of abont equal
calibre, we might describe, but we for
bear, and will now proceed to make a few
MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS.
We have endeavored to give your
readers some idea of how the campaign
is progressing hero viewed from both sides.
We have also furnished an example
of the kind of men the Radical party has
hired to do its dirty work, and it now re
mains only for us to draw the contrast
between the men who explain the issues
on both sides. The Radical orators here
are a class of blood-thirsty poltroons.
Their filthy harangues are a confused
medley of hollow promises of reform a
bombastic reference to t|ie past “ glorious
career” of the party, and a thorough de
nunciation of the people of the South.
The countiy is already too familiar with
Radical promises of reform. We have
been deceived with inch promises for
the last sixteen years. That dodge is
becoming quite “too thin.” With re
gard to the past “ glorious career” of the
Radical party, it is not necessary to say
much. We will just make a remark.
The party has been in power sixteen
years, the fiist four of which were spent
in civil war. The nation has been
drenched with its best blood. Our na
tional debt to-day is counted by billions.
We have no government at all, nothing
bat a venal and oppressive apology.
Theft and jobbery have crept into every
department of what is termed “ the gov
ernment." Even the Presidential cabi
net our foreign ministry are guilty of
high crimes and misdemeanor. All of
which, and much more constitute the
past “glorious career” and “proud reeoid”
of the Radical party, so vauntmgly re
ferred to by Radical orators during the
present campaign. May the Lord deliver
the country from the rule of sporty that
has the vrilhuhing effrontery to. term its
past infamous course a “ glorious career”
and a “proud record,” should be the
prayer of eyery patriot in the land. But
we most.now draw the contrast between
to? men yrjto,explain the issues on each
side. The gentlemanly and dignified
bearing of {he Democratic orators is in
gjikjng contrast with the violent .and
boorish course fanned by the Radical
harlequins who oppose them. TheDera-l
ocratio orators take a calm liberal, dit-
pasrionste, statesmanlike view of the sit-
nation, warning their, hearers of the
great danger of continuing an adminis
tration similar to the present one. The
Radical orators take no view of the situa
tion at alL They spend their their time
more in referring to the past “ glorious
career”and “proud record" of the party
than in anything else. The Radical
orators fear the issues, fear to loach the
situation, while the Democratic orators
delight to handle them. In conclusion,
all the issues of the present canvass re
solve themselves into one grand, leading
issue, namely, a fair, square fight between
military despotism and free government,
the Radical candidates representing the
former and the Democratic cand
ter. ' "This is'our position and we
defy successful contradiction. Every
Radical enactment for the last ten years
proves this position to be correct. Upon
the result of the approaching struggle,
therefore, depends everything to the
American people. If there is a fair elec
tion, we entertain no fears for the result,
but if the elections are overrun by the
bayonet, then there is room for serious
apprehension. The bayonet, however,
we are most happy to announce, will have
nothing to do with the States South
which govern themselves, the Empire
State of the South being one of the num
ber. Key-Stone.
A Flea for Harmony.
To the Editor of The Courier;
Disorganization of the Democratic
party seems to be the one desire with
a portion of the people of Floyd coun
ty, who style themselves Democrats.—
It commenced two years ago under
Felton as a disorganize^ and now it
has been again resorted to as a pretext,
that the nomination made by the
Kingston Convention is an intention
al wrong on the citizens of Floyd coun
ty. Admit that it was distasteful to
the people of Floyd, is that a sound
reason why the party should be more
iotensely disaffected in the face of two
important impending elections, when
moderation and discre'ion would have
shown more wisdom and patriotism,
than inaugurating bitter strife and par
ty alienation amoug the people. We
can look upot: it in but one or two as
pects, mid that is the people in an out
burst of Mid<iei. di-appointment at the
iction of tlie Kingston Convention,
have ri.-oie D an personal and hasty
revi u.f, o* .tie disorganized have ta
ken advantage of circumstances, to
produce a wide disruption among the
people for the benefit of Felton’s elec
tion. TheTasf.Yn'tfll probability, is the
true cause of all this recent demonstra
tion in bringing out an independent
candidate for the Senate, a Felton man,
to help Felton’s election. Bat be that
as it may, the question for all true
Democrats to consider is, how long an
alliance with snch disorganized can
promote the interest of the Democratic
party and its principles—a party di
vided against itself can accomplish no
good, as such. When a party becomes
so manifestly disorganized as to aban
don its principles for personal issues,
it is time for a reorganization of the
party, so it can be secure and know
who ore true Democrats from princi
ple, or who are acting with the party
and are rife for continued disorganiza
tion. If the party is not sonnd and
consistent in supporting and maintain
ing its principles in the face of all op
position and intrigueing, it cannot be
relied on and becomes utterly demor
alized. As snch, what reliance can the
Democratic party of the State or dis
trict place on the party of a county
that is so split up and divided as the
Democratic party of Floyd is now ?—
Why, none whatever, and its identity
becomes lost as a part or for forces of
the national party, and its usefulness
ceases by the disentegration. We had
best have no party than such a party,
if principles are sacrificed on pretexts.
When the party was sacrificed by
Mr. Van Bitten, for personal ambition
and aggrandizement, it did not faulter,
but it adhered more tenaciously to its
principles, and reduced as it then was
in numbers, its leaders stood firm to its
principles and supremacy, until over
thrown by the abolition fanatics of the
North, and the results .has been wit
nessed by war, and usurpations to the
present power, and now when the Na
tional Democratic party is struggling
with all its might to rescue the coun
try from Radical domination and ty
ranny, is this the time for Democrats to
become disorganized and encourage the
Radicals to make a bold stand to keep
in power? They are badly crippled
and they know it, and all dissensions
among Democrats, they stand ready to
take advantage of to promote their
own cause and power, and whenever
independent candidates are supported
against the regular nominees of the
Democratic party, it is hut encouraging
to the Radicals to keep up the organi
zations and work for their political in
terest. We sav the sound and true pol
icy is, if the Kingston Convention has
made a mistake, or done wrong, let all
true Democrats stand firm and united
to meet the opposition, and not suffer
themselves to be disorganized because
this man or that man has been disap
pointed in his personal, aspirations.—
Principles and not men is the motto,
and when principles are abandoned
for men, the narty has neither chart or
let to g6 by, but brings about chaos
and that is what disorganizes. Inde
pendents and Radicals are stirring fast
We say let all true Democrats - stand
by their colors, and fight shoulder to
shoulder for their cause and support
the nominees of their party and all
will end welL The disorganization is
unwise and unmanly, so give it no en
couragement but fight for principles.—!
Such is the advice of an
Old Democrat.
Where the
its” are
Hew YcrkWerU.]
As soon as Gov. Hayes was nomina
ted at Cincinnati, the Republican news
papers began to announce the returnof
the errant Liberals and Independents
to the Republican fold. They claimed
it as the chief ad vantage of Gov. Hayes’
nomination that it “united the party.”
This string has been played upo
pretty continuously ever since. It is
high timetobring up all this twaddling
with a round turn. The fact is that
not only ^re a large majority of the
prominent liberals and Independents
of the country now supporting Tilden,
bnt also that absolutely all of the wis
est and most influential of the number
are doing so. It is in the nature of
igs that they should carry with
db the bulk of the honest and ur
gent Republican voters. For the
information of the anfi-THden New
York Herald and others among our
contemporaries which, if not able to
collect the news themselves, may be
willing to learn it, we print the follow
ing list of Tildenmen, which comprises
the names not only of those who have
lately been classed as “Liberal Repnb-
licans” ar.d “Independents,” but of a
number of gentlemen who have until the
iresent canvass been actively indenti-
ied with the Republican party:
Charles Francis Adams, of Massa
chusetts.
Andrew G. Curtin, Pennsylvania’s
“War Governor.”
lix-Senator Trumbull, of Illinois.
David A. Wells, of Connecticut.
William Cullen Brvant of New
York.
Park Godwin, of New York.
Gideon Welles, President Lincoln’s
Secretary of the Navy.
Justice David Davis, of the Surpreme
Court, United States.
Ex-Gov. Austin Blair, the “War Gov
enor” of Michigan.
Ex-Govenor B. Gratz Brown, ofMis-
souri.
George W, Julian, candidate for Vice
President’on the Free Soil ticket, 1852.
Cassias M. Clay, of Kentucky.
Gen. John M. Palmer, ex-Govemor
oflllinois.
Prof. W. G. Summer, of Yale College,
who wrote the Republican State plat
form of 1874, and who has now written
the strongest letter of the kind yet
published in behalf of Tilden.
Prof. A. L. Perry, of Williams College
the distinguished political econymist,
CoL Augustas. H. Fenn. the Repub
lican candidate for Lieutenant Go
nor of Conneticut last year.
Frank W. Bird, of Massachusetts,
the founder of the Republican party.
Ex-Congressman John F. Farnsworth
of Illinois.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., of Mas
sachusetts.
Henry Brooks Adams, of Massachu
setts.
CoL Nicholas Smith, representing
the Greeley family.
George W. Fenton, of Chautauqua,
brother of Senator Fenton.
Col. Fred A. Conkling, of New York,
brother of Senator Conkling.
“Fighting Joe” Hooker.
Chas. A. Dana, editor of the Sun.
Col. Alex. K. McClure, editor of the
Philadelphia Times.
Judge Henry R. Selden, of New
York.
Howard Potter, of New York.
Chas. G. Davis, of Massachusetts.
Ex-Senator Ross, of Kansas.
Ex-Senator Tipton, Nebraska.
Ex-Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania.
E. S. Cleveland, late Republican
Postmaster of Hartford, Conn.
D. D. S. Brown, of Slonroe county.
Gen. E. F. Jones, of Broome county.
Judge Edwin A. Reynolds, of Or
leans county.
Col. Charles James, of Orleans
county.
Porter Sheldon, of Cbautana county.
Ex-Gov. David P. Lewis, the last
Republican Governor of Alabama.
Judge Daniel S. Gooding, Lincoln
Eleoter-at-Large in Indiana, 1864.
Ex-Congressman James M. Asliley, of
Ohio.
Gen. Jacob Brinkerhoff, of Ohio.
Jndge Hoadley, of the Supreme Conrt
of Ohio; supported Hayes for Governor
last year.
E. W. Kittridge, the eminent lawyer
of Cincinnati; supported Hayes last year.
Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati, who
pported Hayes last year.
Emil Hoffman, of Cincinnati, who rap-
ported Hayes last year.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Jacob Mueller, of Ohio,
elected on the Republican ticket in 1871,
supported Hayes last year.
Judge J. B. Stallo, of Cincinnati, who
pported Hayes last year.
Frederrick Hassaurek, late editor of
the Cincinnati Volksblatt, who supported
Haves last year.
WoeAta- am Erie, who supported Hayes
last year.
CoL Edward Jussen, of Chicago,
brother-in-law of Carl Schurz.
Ex-Gov. Koerner, of Illinois.
Gen. Franz Sigel, of New York.
The eminent Germans last named who
have abandoned the Republican party to
support Gov. Tilden, represent the great
voting rank and file of the Germans in
America. There is not a single German
of national reputation, with the solitary
exception of Carl Schurz, who now trains
under the banner of “ Zack Chandler.”
Let our Democratic exchanges pass
around the list and let Democrats show it
to their decent Republican neighbors.
Where an Adams leads it is safe for
them to follow.
It having been stated that a portrait
of Gen. Robert E. Lee had been virtu
ally ignored at the Centennial by being
placed in one of the foreign depart
ments, Director General Goehom writes
to the Geoargia commissioner:
The picture arrived more than two
months after the opening of the exhi
bition, and after the date fixed for the
reception of articles; but with special
regard to the subject and the section of
the country whence it came, an excep
tion was made, and it was admitted
and given a conspicuous place in one
of the rooms in the American depart
ment in the Memorial Bnilding.
The Milwaukee News, Democrat, pre
facing a short account of the Widow
Batter’s achievements, says:
The nomination by the Republicans
of the Lowell distinct of Benjamin F.
Bntlerfor congress is a nomination
that is eminently fit and proper to hie
made.
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RWThs feiegoiua rotes are (cr oitiuktWeeUyf
or Trt-Woekly. When published is both pvpere.n
this Republican admin-
not attempt in the State
of Pennsylvania they are meanly (to-'
ing in South Carolina, Mississippi' and 4
Louisiana.—Pittsburg Post.
Albany Augus: It is not pretended that
the Republicans have any hope of car
rying tne election on principle. Their, 1
only hope is in “the bloody shirt and
money.” What a moral party!
Bristow is understood, among his
Kentncky friends, to be a fighting man.
But as he cannot challenge Grant,
on account of his great office, wo would>.
suggest the next best thing—a cbal-
lange to Babcock, and the perforation
of that officers diaphragm, as the next-
friend of Grant—Noe Harcn Register.
Many reforms have been attempted
I>7 Republican officials, which they
would not have dared to enter apon,
if their partyJtad not been confronted
by A Dcmo0atic House of Representa
tives which made exposures that com
pelled and enabled Rpublican officials
to pnnisli great wrongs.—Albany Augus,
Sept. 5.
We push away all stories of Govem-
■ Tilaen’s railway wrecking and per
jury and disloyalty as utterly unwor
thy of notice. He has been one of
the first lawyers of the country, his ser
vices were in constant demand at his
own terms, and he doubtless charged
no more for them than other lawyers
wonld have taken, if so mneb.—Daily
Graphic, Rep.
Ben. Butler lakes his place on the
latform of reform that Gov. Hayes
ias laid down for the party of Grant
He was nominated by the irrepressible
reformers of the Seventh Massachusetts
district yesterday, and proceeded witty
characteristic impetuosity to lay onto
the press. The General never had a
ood opinion of the newspapers since
ie discovered in them a forty-jackass-
mnd-throwing-power, which discounts
him by a good deal.—Chicago Times.
A better government can be secured
under proper economy, with all un
necessary and improper leakages stop-;'
ped, than under a system of extrava
gance which tends to make all public
officers indifferent ani reckless. This
is the true .secret of Administrative
Reform. In New York we are running
the government for little more than
half what it cost two years ago, and the
work is at least as efficiently done.”—
Sam'l J. Tilden's conversation at Albany,
Sept. 4.
Could the people witness the cold
bloodedness with which a bloody-shirt
Kilitical campaign was chalked out by -
Republican managers, simply because it
would tend to distract public attention
from the pressing question of reform and
prevent business from urging its present
claims to consideration, the symptoms of
their indignation would be too numerous
and prompt to bo withstood. Yet. tUs-
very programme was written down as de
liberately as an architect draws the plan
of a house.—Boston Post.
The New York papers report that the
improvement in mercantile and com
mercial affairs, which we have hereto
fore noticed, shows no abatement what-’■
ever, but, on the contrary, is rather in
creasing and becoming more general
each week. The distribution of mer
chandise to the interior continues on a
argescale, and its volume so far this-
fall is in advance of any previous sea
son since 1873. The active export de
mand for flour and wheat at steadily
advancing prices is one of tlie latest
and most favorable signs ef the gen
eral situation.
We have not yet seen even an at
tempt explanation of Hayes' neglect—
of course it was mere neglect—to return
for taxation the S4,500 in bonds of the
city of Toledo which he got by meanly,
refusing to dedicate the land taken off
his fonr-acre tract to open streets. It is”
in order at any time for General Buck- ’
land to get some person to swear on- •
this point. By the way. to save ex-
jense, and nothing will please Hayes
ike economy, it wonld be well when,
swearsng Rutherford out of the bound,
swindle, to cleare up the mortgage”
notes, if a witness can be procured to'
testify on that point—Toledo Democrat.
San Francisco is jubilant over the lay
ing of the last rail on the Southern Pacific
Railroad, connecting that city with Los
Angeles. The distance between the points
is 470 miles. Los Angeles is connected
with the main trunk line by a branch.
The former now extends to a point in a’
direct line for the Colorado River. It>
is expected that the unfinished link will
be completed by the 1st of January, 1877.
The trunk line of the Southern Pacific
will then be 750 miles long, or about the
length of the Central Pacific Railroad.
When this additional short link is com
pleted, the road will reach the borders of
the Arizona Territory.and San Francisco
expects to do a large business with that
immense country, with its great resources.
Tuhre is Little said About Ohio.—
We venture to assert that Ohio is a
Democratic State in October. The Re
publican National Committee say if Hayes
can’t carry Ohio in October, he most
make way for Grant, or some other re
liable Republican. We scarcely expect
that Mr. Hayes will feel inclined to re
tire in favor of General Grant But
there is season to believe that this is real
ly the programme of the Radicals, who con
template a desperate coup d’etat after the
October elections, believing defeat in that
month.
If the want to substitute the live Grant
for the dummy Hayes, we hare no objec
tion ; Grant and Kilpatrick, or Hayes
and Wheeler, makes very little difference
in the election of Tilden and Hendricks.
The Odd Fellows.—The grand
Lodge of I. O. O. F. began its fifty-
second session on the 18th, in Phiiadtf-.
phia. The report shows the number,
of grand lodges to be 48, of subor^i-
natc lodges 6,395, grand encarapnients -
'56, ladges initiations 50,403, lodge'
members 454,689, encampment mem-
87,450, total relief, $1,093,868, total
revenue $4,741,241. Warranto-'were,
issued during the year for a grand en- -
campment in Arkansas, subordinate -
eucampnients in Great Britian, Chill,
I.ower Provinces, New Mexico, Florida 1
Idaho and Montana j -for grand lodges'
in Dakota and Chili, and for suborai-<
nate lodges at Chili, Province of Quo-:
bee, Indian Territory, Great Britian,
Sandwich Islands, Washington Terri-:
tory, Netherlands, Bolivia and Peru.