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Saturday’s Dispatches.
THE PRH1SIQBNTIAL CAMPAIGN.
Governor Seymour’s Speech at Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y., October 22.-—In his speech
to-dav, Governor Seymour said:
■ ‘Fellow-Citizens :—The first words uttered
bv the Republican Convention in their reso
lutions, congratulate the country upon the
success of their scheme' of reconstruction,
and the Inst words uttered by tbeir speakers
and tbeir presses declare that reconstruction
is a failure; that the South is still in a condi
tion of rebellion; that its social disorders de
mand the presence of great armies, and that
the first duty of Congress when it meets -will
he to turn reconstructed Georgia ox\t of the
(|iupn. [Applause.]
it the outset of this canvass the Republi
can party asked to be continue^ in power
upon the groqud that it bad governed the
country for tb e (Wt years wisely and
Kell, and they demand a popular approval of
ihejr policy. After a full discussion of three
months, touching the wisdom and the integ
rity of the policy of the Government with re
gard to reconstruction and finances, it is
found that order has not been restored at the
South; that the burdens of debt have not
been lightened, or the evils of oppressive
taxation have not been lifted off from the
labor and industry of the country as they
should have been. Driven from their first
ground, and feeling that the people ol this
cquniiy were tnlwilling to approve their acts,
they now try to hold power by making the
people believe, not that they have done well,
lot that the Democratic party would do worse
if foey succeed at this time, .
»‘Tc prove this they aver that the success of
the Democratic ticket will involve the coun
try again in civil war. They feel that nothing
chort of civil war would be worse. [Cheers.]
They have declared that the Democrat nomi
nees are ready to overthrow their legislation
by force. To make the charge still more
dramatic, I am to be sent to my final account
by the hands of my political supporters, and
that Gen. Blair then is to trample beneath his
feet the reconstruction laws as ruthlessly as
Gen. Jfeade stamps them out by his military
btders, with the concurrence of this same
Bepnblican party.
“If I am to go to my last account, I trust I
.-hall be judged by a kinder and more chari
table tribunal than my Republican friends
have proved to be, (laughter). If the Demo
cratic ticket is elected, and Gen. Blair should
teach the Presidential chair, how would the
case stand? Re would be confronted by a
Republican Senate, a House of Republicans,
full of Generals of the army of tbe United
States, flanked by the loyal leagues and by
the grand army of the republic, under the
foiamand of their own candidate for the
Presidency, whom they declare to be first
Captain of the age, and yet we are gravely
told that standing alone shackled by Congres-
gressional restraints, he can crush out all this
power and plunge the country into civil war.
If this be true, then General Blair is either the
most vigorous man who has lived in the his
tory of the world, or the Republican Sena
tors, membera of^ Congress and commanders
of armies are the most imbecile men who
ever disgraced pnblic positions, (cheers.)
“Now, I admit there is a fear in the minds of
the Republican leaders, but it is not this ab-
(Vd fear. If is the dread that the public
mind, having been trained to its financial
xud political policy, is reaching conclusions
which will sweep them from political power ;
therefore they seek to change their issues;
therefore they have changed their front. In
fhis eoujest w® are admonished it is a dan
gerous thing to change front on the eve of
battle. I propose in the course of this can
vass, on occasions like this, to discuss -the
policy oondupt of the men to‘power.
To-night I must confine myself to a few
points; elsewhere I shall speak of other
"rongs and errors. . . ..
"When the war endednearly four years ago,
R left the Southern States disorganized and
impoverished. The duty of restoring pM.ce
and prosperity, to that section-anil putting »
into a condition where it could add to the
national prosperity and aid to' bear its bur-
hens, fell upon the Republican party. The
difficulties of the task was. increased hy the
fact that its population was made tip of’ two
distinct races, one of which had been held in
slavery and was now suddenly called on, un-
[ntored as they were, to act a new part in our
ancial and political system.
“I do not wish to underrate the difficulties
should enter upon the task to a wise and
thoughtful way. Armies alone cannot bring
back the value oforder to a community; they
only restrain violence. The healing
measures of the statesman must work the
enre. The two great objects to be kept to
'dev were to gjjve all classes that prosperity
*bich tends to make men desire .peace—
111 the good order of society. t. Despair ever
“Another Rreat object and end was to lift np
fte African as far and as fast as could he wisely
done. Humanity dictated this; the interests
of the' white population of the South de
manded it. As the two races were to live
upon the same soil, their common - interests
called for harmony of. purpose and of feeling.
Under this state of tacts wise men would
seek the aid of the most intelligent 'and in
fluential men of that section of the country,
taking care to guard against any influences
springing from their prejudices. . Have these
obvious truths been regarded hy the men
in power ? Has not reconstruction tailed be
cause they disregard them ? The first step
towards restoring order and producing har
mony between the races has always been to
minister to the prosperity of that section,
which prosperity would be shared alike by
the white man and the negro. The industry of
the South should be-more profitable. Unless
the employer made a profit upon his cotton
crop, he could not pay the laborer. Failing
to do this, disaster brought not only pov
erty, but confusion and discontent. True
stateuianship would have stretched out a help
ing hand. But what was the first act of the
men in power? It was to put a monstrous
export tax of six cents a pound upon the cot
ton raised hy the labor of the negro upon the
plantation of the white, struggling with
the evils of poverty, with the difficulties
of their new positions and relationships.
The first feeble efforts of those people
pie to gain the means of a livelihood, were
blasted by an unwise, selfish, and vtodiotive
act. I say unwise, because it has much to do
with the failure of tfie Republicans to restore
order at the South. The negro, exasperated
by the fiiilure of his ruined employer, became
hostile to him. The employer, losing the little
credit that he had before to the North, re-
newedhis efforts under still greater difficulties
than beforo. I say it was a selfish act, because
it was to the interest of the Eastern manufac
turer, already wealthy from the profits of the
war, protected by an enormous tariff of six
cents a pophfl upon all cotton exported
which was simply imposed so that he
might buy it for a price six cents less than
it was worth to the markets of the world. I
say it was a vindictive act, for if you will read
the debate to Congress when this tax' was le
vied, to cover tbe selfish interests that
prompted it, yoq wiU find that it was urged
upon the members from the Western States,
who voted against the interests of their con
stituents, upon the ground that it waB to be
imposed upon the South as a penalty. And
thus, we find that the hlack and the white
men of the South were alike stripped of the
market value of their staple product under
circumstances of such great difficulty that
they were hindered and not helped on the
road to prosperity by the men to power,
[Applause, j I might go on and show how,
ih addition to this wrong, they were trampled
upon by military despotism, how they were
placed under the unrestrained power of va
grant men, who gained wealth and official
position by ministering to the passions of the
public and keeping alive disorder. These
men are now in the Senate of tbe United
States without constituents, and vote down
the Senatorial representatives of New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana,
and they gained their power over the South
and over us because they ministered to the
passions in the North, and stirred up disor
der to the South. Who of the fair minded
and thoughtful Republicans will calmly sit
down and look over this action, and not feel
that the policy’ of Ilia party has been unwise^
and hurtful?”
President Johnson to Seymour.
Washington, October 25.—The following
letter is putiliqfied;
Executive Mansion, )
Washington, October 22, 18G8. )
Hotl Horatio Seymour:
I see it announced to the papers this morn
ing that you will enter the Presidential can
vass in person. I trust this may be true, as
the present position of public affairs justifies
and demands it It is hoped and believed
by your friends that all enemies to constitu
tional government, whutUer secret-or armed,
will not be spared, and that their arbitrary
and unjust usurpations, together with their
wasteful profligacy and corrupt use of the
people’s treasure will be signally exposed and
rebuked. The masses of the people should
be arosued and warned against the en
croachments of despotic power, now ready
to enter the citadel of liberty. I trust that
you may speak with an inspired tongue, and
that your voice may penetrate every-just and
patriotic breast throughout the laud. Let the
living principles of the violated Constitution
be proclaimed and restored, that peace, pros
perity and fraternal feeling may return to our
divided and oppressed nation.
Andrew Johnson.
Foreign New*.
Liverpool, October 24.—The climax of the
Johnson banquet was reached when the
Chairman introduced' Mr. Laird, the great
Confederate boat builder! to Johnson. They
grasped hands firmly, shook them cordially,
and held each other by the hand, exchanging
-some words.
The Daily News says, referring to the friend
ly meeting between Johnson and Laird who
built the Alabama, tfiat it extends to Semmes
who sailed her.
Paris, October 24.—Prince Napoleon writes
Prim urging the claims of the House of Han
over and the Duke of Aosta to the Spanish
throne. :
Wut Virginia Election, Ac,
Washington, October 24.— A private San
Francisco dispatch says that the earthquake
loss will not exceed half a million dollars.
The Tribune says of West Virginia, that it
is certatoly carried with two members of Con-
gregi. With a feir prospect fora,third. There
is also a good working majority in both
branches-of the Legislature, thus securing a
United States Senator.
The World says; We have continued as-
surauces that the Democrats haye swept';the
State,' electing two out. of three Congress-
wir,' : ,- r -‘ ■ ■
From Angnrt*.
Augusta, October 24.— CoL Akerman ad
dressed. a. Republican meeting? in
support of Grant and Colfax. ,
Frost last night, weather clear and cold
with prospects of another frost.
: . FromOubn.
■HaVana,'October 24.-Volunteer companies
are forming to all parts of the Mand mid ten
dering their services to Lersunth. -Order pre-
vailatoPuerdo Principe. Everybody fever*
p‘ ‘ -* J *•*. TL I
a Dinner Tendered Bvsrto.
Washington, October 22.-Evarts has been
tendered a public dinner by prominent Tjew
Yorkers.
General New*.
New. York, ..October., 24.—Three coaches
and twojBleeptog cars were thrown from the
track on the Hudson river road by a broken
rail. Half a dozen persons were seriously in
jured—among whom were no Southerners.
The stoves adhered to their fastenings,
whereby burning was avoided.
St. Louis, October 24.—Reports teach here
that Hon. James Hinds, momber of Congress,
and Hon. James R. Brooks accompanying
him, were assailed in Monroe county, Arkan
sas. Hinds was killed and Brooks wounded.
The Democrat has a dispatch attributing the
outrage to Democrats. The Republican hasa
dispatch representing that Hinds has split
the Radical party, and attributes his death to
Radical opponents, if indeed the report be
true, and says that any farther effort to fix
the assassination on Democrats would be
fruitless, because they h^d more to gain by
Hinds living than dead.
The St. Louis Times says- there are ten
thousand stand of small arms now in St.
Louis, purchased for the Governor of Arkan
sas and other Southern Governors, but so far
it has been impossible to ship them by any
regular line, or to charter a steamer especially
to take them.
Richmond, October 24.—There was a kill
ing frost and thin ice this morning. AU veg
etation has been killed.
Indianapolis, October 24. —Hendricks will
contest the election before the Legislature.
The Sentinel advises the Democrats not to pay
their bets just yet.
San Francisco, October 24.—The sub-trea
sury secretly shipped half a million 'to gold to
Washington yesterday.
New Yore, October 24.—In the case of C.
K. Garrison vs. Wm. Mahone for the deten
tion of the George Leary at Norfolk, a verdict
was rendered which gives the defendant
twenty-five hundred dollars damages.
Sunday’s Dispatches.
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FROM NE.W ORLEANS.
Fearful Riot—Six Negroes and Three
Whites Killed.
New Orleans, October 25.—A fearful po
litical riot occurred here last night. The
origin of the disturbance is difficult to dis
cover. A number of clubs, both negro and De
mocratic, were parading the streets to various
parts of the city. A number of negro chilis
passed down St Charles and Canal streets;
they were very noisy and disorderly. The
Picayune states that the negro clubs abused
aud insulted the white Democratic clubs
marching to their rear, and that the first shot
fired came from the colored club, wounding
slightly a whiie man named Richardson. At
all events, a general fight began on Canal
street between Carondalet and Baronne, in
which a number of shots were fired. The
fight continued for three blocks, when the
negroes fled. Two negroes were killed be
tween Baronne and Dryads, on Canal street
and one dangerously wounded; one was
crushed to death under foot and another ne
gro killed at the corner of Canal and Basin
streets, and. one or two more.killed.farther
out on Canal. About midnigat, a scattered
firing was heard in all directions. No white
men wero killed on Canal street, though sev
eral were wounded, and taken home by their
friends. One white man was killed while
standing quietly near the’ club room, on the
corner of Camp and Caqqt afreets. Another
white man was killed and horribly butchered
with an axe or hatchet, on Meepomone streot,
by negroes. One white man was accidentally
killed by his own friends on St. Charles street
Coroner Locke, of the first district held
eight inqnests this morning on the bodies of
three white and five black men. Another
dead negro is reported to the second district,
m a icing nine fatal casualties. The white men
killed.were each of them over a iqile from the'
first distqrbqucA Tfifl disturbance began
about ten o'olook. At eleven o’clock Canal
street was crowded with oxcited -white men,
who dispersed quietly when a squadron of
cavalry appeared on the scene. The stores
on the comer of Baronne and Canal streets
are marked by bullets «s if by a lire of skir
mishers. / - . f~: v
From W»*iiIngton.
Washington, October 25.—Henry D. Chris-;
tian, a Government detective, who has been
active in ferreting out tobacco frauds, was:
this morning, found in an alley with bis head
badly mashed; be has since died. .
The President has written Gen. Ewing a
long letter concerning .the history of the pub
lic debt, and predicting ruin from the con
tinuance of. the present policy.
Gen. Threat of Assassi
nation. —The Associated Press report of Gen.
Blair’s speech at St. Louis on Friday re
presents him as saying “that Gen. Grant, if
elected President,- would never leave the
White Qpuse i^ive. ” But the Sfc Louis
Republican of S^turdfty, in its full report of
the speech, shows that he made quite a dif
ferent statement. Tha fallowing is an ex
tract of thqf pflrgcgq V[l^ci\ Ti$s been erron
eously telegraphed:
“The point to which Ito bring you
is this: mat HI this Struggle we haYC every
thing at stake; that it is the final and last
struggle for the preservation of free consti
tutional government in America—that if we
fail in it the republic falls with us. It becomes
the mere appendage, of ihCihilitary chieftain
who is elevated to power in the name of thfe
Presidency. Rut lie never- toffi -letive the-Presi
dential Mansion as Ionp as he lives, I have
nothing to say against him personally; I have
no intention , of., derogating from his great
merits as it soldier* and I .have .no desire to
tarnish any of the laurels . which he won
the services that he gave to f the ^country du
ring the late war. But I -have just as little
design of surrendering-absolute power into
the hands pf Any man,no^matter how illus
trious he may have made his nao^e in the
great war-’-: ~ V. >a r 7 vngym I TfltTf I
The Vote of PknnsTOaTANIa. —We”have offi
cial returns of every county in the State, in
US U1 OtOIJ vwv |1 ‘V .
» otoy itanaffioud joaroritaes., b«ng
, but to the larger number thAwhole
some cases
tog given, ;
vote for each candidate-for ai.
' .For
_ _ re-
democrat, 245,-
110,099. In our
table the republican, nmforifr-to U»<Ifoj<l
county is put nt 3, SG3. fl?he -ffo'V
6»ne puts it [iCSiS- UnW i
which is correct it is impossible, to Bay
er the majority in tbe State will exceed or
fell short of ten- thousand. The total vote
to the State will be to -the neighborhood of
640,000:3 The - tqfel yO||Mi^|||||||dWg
important'elections p:
follows: In l8G4, I
in 18G7, 53 t,57Q —
An Irish dragoon, onfreartog that his-wi-
dowed mother had married smee he quitted
Ireland, exclaimed; “I hope shfr wont have a
son older, thin. me,, for, if she does,. It
lose tbe estate.” J
THE NEXT rUESIDEXT OF THE UNITED
STATES Uf THE FIELD.
Gov. Seymour’s Triumphal Tour.
Orations AH tlie Way from Utica
' to Buffalo.
GREAT SPEECH AT ROCHESTER.’
Tlie People’s Response to the Voice of
their Leader. ii 1
The New York World of Thursday contains
an account of Governor Seymour’s triumphal
tour through Western New York, where, his
entire route was one grand ovation, the peo
ple flocking by thousands to see him at every
station and village on the rflfcd. Everywhere
the Democratic nominee for President was
received with the most enthusiastic demon
strations of personal and political devotion.
His first formal speech was made at Rochester
on Friday evening to an immense concourse
of people who met him nt the depot in pro
cession, with banners and music. The fol
lowing is the WorltTs report of his address:
Fellow-Citizens: I am astonished at this de
monstration. I left my home to-day for the
purpose of addressing a meeting at Buffalo
to-morrow evening. I can, therefore, speak
to you to-night but very briefly, but I shall
be followed by those who more ably than my
self can discuss the great issues of the cam
paign. Nearly four years ago the war which
ravaged our land ceased; nearly four years
ago the affairs of this country were confined
to the administration of the authorities. We
found at the close of the great contest that a
large section of our country had been disor
ganized to its industry, its social structure,
and its moral condition, as the result of that
war. If we turned from the South—that por
tion which had been overcome by the valor
of our troops—and took into consideration
the condition of the whole country, wo found
it burdened by an enormons debt. We found
that our carrying trade had been Bwept from
the oceans of the world. We fonnd the busi
ness of our country perplexed, by all the un
certainties which overhung its future busi
ness pursuits. (Cheers.) We meet now for
the pnrposo of determining whether those
who have administered the affairs of the
United States during the past four yearn
have governed it wisely and well. They
come before the people of this country
asking to be reinstated in power. They
say that they have so- controlled its
interests that they are entitled to the con
fidence of the people. They claim their
measures have been wise and judicious, and
that thoy have tended to advance the inter
ests and the welfare of the republic. In
their Convention they congratulated the peo
ple upon the success of their scheme of re
construction. The question now presented
to the voters of this country is simply this:
Are you satisfied with the conduct of those
who have conducted the affairs of this coun
try? (Cries of “no, no,” and cheers.) Have
they so administered your finances that your
taxes have been lightened as they might have
been? (Cries of u no, no,") Can the busi
ness men of the country, who conduct its en
terprise, aud who employ its oapital, say that
they repose such confidence to the wisdom of
those who now administer its affairs, that if
they shall again be placed in power, they can
go on in confidence iu their transactions?
(Cries of “no, no,” and cheers.) The an
swer of this great audience is, aud I believe
the answer of the people of this country will
be—No. The day was when the American
people were proud, when they counted among
the foremost nations of the earth as a people,
largely engaged in the commerce of the
world.- (Cheers.) . .
We do not find that this great subject lias,
during the past three years, attracted even the
attention of thoso who administer the afiairs
of our laud. Whichever Wfty wo look, what
ever class we address, whatever individual in
terests xyo consider, wo find that at this time
the polioy of tho Government is such that
labor is depressed, business is perplexed, arid
the future is full of uncertainty. Now
why has this administration fallen? Why
have they come so far short of the fulfilment
of their duties, that at the end of nearly four
yeais of pence we find ourselves still embar
rassed, hampered, and Opposed by that same
condition of things which we found at the
close of the late war. They claimed ip tfieir
national convention that they had a right to
congratulate the people of (his land, upon the
success of tbeir reconstruction scheme. They
claimed that our financial condition has im
proved. They claimed that tho heavy burden
of debt which rests upon this land was abont
to be lightened. Thus far in the canvas these
claims have been discussed. Their speakers,
as well as those who spoke for the jfciUQcratic
party, have beep fipuaged iu laying before
you their views upon these subjects, and what
is the result? So completely have our oppo
nents' side been driven from the field upon
theso points, that they now find that it is neces
sary to change their front. We are admonished
that n change of front on the eve of battle is
a dangerous thing. (Laughter.) After their
congratulations that their scheme of recon
struction was a success, wluit do they now
say when thej- aro pressed on the financial
question, when they hear the complaint of
the laborer nnder the loud taxation,, and of
the business men nt the perplexities which
surround them? They attempt to turn away
the public mind from the consideration of
these things. They attempt once mfU'C to fire
the Northern heart against the ’people of the
Southern States by saving' that the spirit of
rebellion still exists to its full force. 'If that
is true; if it is true that disorder yet prevails
all over the South; if it is true that the spirit
of rebellion yet lingers there; if it is frue that
it is necessary to tpx tips people to order to
maintojp grefit angles, what becomes of their
boast and congratulation that their recon
struction has been successful ? ‘ (Great cheer
ing.) They find-nopr that if jq necessity, to
order to turn ttygy (ho publip attention from
the pressure (hat 'is frrough( to bear upon:
them by (he arguments upon the financial
questions which have been advanced upon
our side to revive once wore the issues of the
past, to ](eep alive that spirit of sectional hate
whieh would plunge the country again into
bloody war. Driven from the field of argu
ment upon all the points upon which they
placed themselves at the outset of this can
vass, they have now asumed a different posi
tion and attempt to prevent the people of the
country from putting new men into power by
charging that such a change threatens the
peace of the land, and that there is reason to
fear if you elect a Democratic* President and
Vice-President that we should again be drag
ged into all the evils of civil warl Upon
what is this charge founded ? Why, for the
last six years the. charge- brought against our
party and our candidates was that we wqpld
never consent to any goyeripgentgl- notion
which was not direqtSd by of in accordance
with the Constitution. ' (Cheers.) For more
than four years' T wigs charged with being a
man’ untrue to my flag, which I honor and
cherish-to my inmost heart. • (Cheers.) Why,
because to my private life, in fissemblageB like
ibig, and to (fie Executive chair of State, I
demanded that the people should have their
constitutional rights, and that the govern
ment should proceed only according to con
stitutional modes! (Tremendous ofieering.)
It was for this reason, ftfid fn^tfiisalone, (hat
these imputations yyeie firougfit ngatost me—
(cheers)—and now these same, men coma be
fore the publio and fry to alarm the people
with the idea that if we succeed to this elec
tion the peace of onr land would
ire imperilled. Is " there' anything to
the—history—of -the - Democratic- party
during its long continu.ipp jn power,- was
j^a copdupt (Wring tfie y
wheat are stood by ndministra-
(^opposed tons; is there any
thing m.our actions and-teachings since the
i ns open to this charge of be-
.o n6t seek the meace.and
f our country and the welfore -
\ iflripR--of. “no. no.” and cl
h-JibrioSiof ‘“no, no,” np.ftntfiW 1
at it is said that ifjive gef info
shall with violence destroy all that they claim to
have done rightfully, legally and constitution
ally. Now, as I sold before, we seek not only
constitutional ends, but we meari, whatever
we do, to follow constitutional .modes of ac
tion. (Cheers.) Who is’ it that makes the
charge ? A General in one of our Southern
States, acting nnder the advisement and in
accord with the sentiments of the Republi-
can party, and a' subordinate of its candidate
for the Presidency, has' recently put forth, ah
order to which he directs that nt the coming
election the soldiers of' (he Sonth,' in the
preservation of peace, need not be governed
.by the technicalities of the law. Law has no
technicalities. The proceedings of a Gonrt
are sometimes technical, but for the first time
in onr land wo hear the declaration that the
language or requirements of the laws may be
treated as technicalities to be set aside, not by
your courts, but by military power. It was
never before heard in this land, that any court
had the' right or power to set aside the lan
guage or directions of the statute on the
ground that they were technical directions.
The day was when the mere assumption of a
military officer to sit to judgment upon the
.laws would have aroused this whole people,
but here the proposition goes further than
that. Thoy are not only to decide what laws
are, bnt they ore to take upon themselves to
disregard the provisions of those laws, if they
see fit to claim thnt they ore thus to he
trampled upon ? You have heard it charged
against me and against General Blair that if
we could obtain power we would trample
upon the reconstruction laws; and yet at
the very moment they make these charges
one of their own partisans, acting under their
own influence, is trampling these very laws
under foot by a direction that his subordi
nates shall not feel theriiselves bound to their
action, if they see fit, to regard any of the
provisions of these laws are technical.
(Cheers.) Let ns look a little further at this
charge. I repel with indignation tho sug
gestion that any member of tbe Demoratic
party, or that party as an organization, or
that myself as an individual of that party
will ever do violence to law or order. (Cheers.)
Let ns inquire into the reasonableness of
this charge. Suppose the people of the
United States see lit to elect a Democratic
President—(voices, “They will,” cheers)—
and a Democratic Vice President, what then?
Is your Government changed ? Do we hold
unqualified power? Could we make war?
Could we control the legislation of the coun
try? What will our powers be under the
laws as thoy now stand ? You havo seen a
Chief Executive of these United States
shackled by legislation; you have seen him
arraigned us a criminal before the court, you
have heard the majority of that tribunal pro
nounce him a guilty man, and he would have
been deposed from power had they not lacked
one vote to make two-thirds of the Senate to
sanction that action. Those statute laws
which to-day shackle and hinder the action
of Andrew Johnson would equally shackle a
Democratic Executive, if we succeed to this
election.' Our Republican friends will con
trol the Senate; they will control the House
of Representatives; theywill control the army,
for their candidate is the General who com
mands that army. How absurd, then, is this
cry that there is danger from an Executive
thus shackled and powerless, even if he desired
to do wrong. (Cheers.) It may be asked, then,
what do we gain if we change the Executive
and place one of a different party - in the Ex
ecutive chair when his powers will be so
limited? Just this, my friends: While he
can affirmatively do bnt little, he can do
much to check the unwise action of the party
now in power. He can do rnnch to protect
the labor of this country from unwise legisla
tion. He can do much to check, in the
future, the dangerous policy which threatens
the dearest and most vital interests of this
country. (Cheers.) But more than that, it
is necessary for the welfare of (lie American
people that- there shall b.e given a popular
verdict, which will say that the policy of the
men to power is not such as meets their ap
proval. ' What wo hope and aim to do in this
contest, is to stay tho progress of confnsion,
usuqiatiou, and unwise legislation. The
men in power have neither established a suc
cessful system of reconstruction, nor done
anything to lighten the burden which op
pressed the people of the North. (Cheers.)
My strength, my time, this vast audience, pre
vents my attempting to address you at length
or in any detail upon this groat subject. We
ask you now that by your votes yoq shall put
some check upon the unqualified power ex
ercised by the Congressional party. If we do
well ip tfie place you put us, aud our conduct,
shall be suefi that we gain your confidence,
then We shall ask you at another time and at
another election to go on with the work of
reform, and reinstate iu full power that great
and glorious Democratic party, which is iden
tified with all that is glorious in tlie history
of our country. I have blit one word more
to Ray, and tfien ( will give place to my friend
Mr. Revnan. I implore evory man within
tho sound of my voice, whatever his political
views may, before he casts his ballot at this
election to serionsly ask himself whether it is
not better for this whole country that political
power Bhall, in samu degree, be divided be
tween political organizations. I ask those
who to their heart seek the welfare
of our land and the permanency of
our institutions, if it is well and .safe
for another four years, to give unrestrained,
unchanged and unequalled power to those
who have failed during the past four years to
bring onr afiairs into a satisfactory condition ?
We do not ask you to give us unrestricted
power. Yon could not, if yap wo.uid. All
you can do at this election is to place some
one in tfie executive chair who can check the
exoesses of the Congressional party, and to
administer a rebuke to those who, giving way
to passion and noting upon the policy of-hate
and discord, have prolonuei] tfie difficulties
of-oar country, fiqve continued its burdens of
taxation, have oppressed its labor, and have
made' its people uncertain as to its future, I
trust that when this election shall have ter
minated it shall be the tofiginent of the peo
ple of the Uni(e(( Hfilfra (hat tfie intention of
the fraotw 8 . of OUT Constitution shall be car
ried out, tha( power shall in snob degree be
divided he(ween (fie great political organi
zations' so that (hey. can bold each other
to efieek, and that it shall neither be in the
power of the Bepnblican or of the Democrat
ic party to plunge our country into the evils
of civil war, even if they could find It to their
hearts to do a thing so unwise, so wicked,
and so unpatriotio. (Cheers.) I thank yon,
my friends, for this great exhibition of your
kind partiality to myself. From my heart I
fhanlr yon at this time, when I have been the
object of so much obloquy, for this demon
stration of-kindness and consideration. It
strengthens by arm and makes me feel a con
fidence that he who with sincerity and hum
ble zeal tries to servo his country and benefit
his fellow-citizens, will ever meet with a Warm
reception from those whose interests fie deep
ly cherishes. (Trenaenfloas cheering.)
Public n^eetings are held in London at
which Parliament is called on to fix a maxi
mum -to the-incomes, of individuals. The
prevalent opinion seems to he that £5,000 a
year is qui te'fia much as any man should be
allowed to have. As may be imagined, these
meetings are not made up, as ageneral thing,
either of those who are wealthy or of (hose
who ever expect to be.
ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NA
TIONAL COMMITTER TO ’ THE CON
SERVATIVE. voters of TikE trin-
TED STATES.
Explosion.—We understand that the boiler
of tfie steam saw mill belonging to Mr. Per
kins, an tho line of the Savannah Railroad,
- exploded Wednesday afternoon, killing two
men instansly. We did not- learn the partic-
lars. The bodies of the unfortunate men
were brought to this city for interment yester-
Hew YoRK, Oet. 20.—There will be a meet
ing of capitalists who fevor the eonstructionprf
a canal across the Isthmus of.Darien* to con-
LaBcttbatfmiMMui Sea.with the Pacific Ocean
to-nightmt the residence of Peter Cooper, to
ts that Senor
ex-Queen Isa
bella, has fought a duel with Henri Rochfoit,
editor of the Ranterne. The latter is said to
have been badly wounded. No further par
ticulars have been received. :‘ : V : v‘ r I
New Yore, October 20.
Fellow-Citizens:
It is a privilege and duty to address you on
the eve of the great. battle which we are to
fight, and which is to decide whether the gov
ernment of this republic is to remain four
years more to the hands of the Radical party,
or whether by an energetic, united and last
effort yon will wrest the power from its grasp,
and give to us, under a Democratic conserva
tive administration, a government based upon
principles of justice, economy and constitu
tional liberty.
The issues of the present campaign, are
plain and self-evident They appeal to the
intelligence and patriotism of every voter in
the most unmistakable terms. They Rave
been ably discussed fry distinguished orators
and leaders of ourporty since the nomination
of our candidates.
What the Democratic party intends to do,
if placed to power by your suffrages, is to re
store peace and nninn to onr country; toheal
the wounds and sufferings caused by. the re
bellion; to give to the people of the South
the rights to which they aro entitled under
the Constitution, lind by which alone we can
bring back prosperity and quiet to that dis
tracted section; to reduce materially oar-mil
itary and naval establishments, kept up now
on an immense scale and at an enormous
cost; to introduce iuto every department of
Government the Strictest economy, and. to
develop, by on equitable system of imposts
and taxation, the growing resources of our
country, and thus to place the Federal finances
on a solid and stable footing, and to pave the
way to a gradual and safe return to specie
payments.
We are charged by the Radical party, the
party of violence and usurpation, which, for
the last four years, to prolong its own exist
ence, has set at nought the Constitution and
fundamental principles of our Government,
that we intend revolution and defiance of es
tablished law. The accusation is unfounded
and absurd; it cannot be entertained for a
moment by any intelligent voter, who has
even tho most superficial knowledge of the
history of his country. The Democratic
party can proudly point to every page of
its record. It has never violated a single ob
ligation of the fundamental compact by
which these United States entered into the
family of nations. Its watchword, in peace
as in war, has been and will always be the
Union* the Constitution, and the Laws. And
no man, or any set of men, however high
they might be placed by the suffrages of their
fellow-citizenR, can ever expect to receive the
support of this great Conservative party in
any revolutionary attempt against. estab
lished laws. The ballot-box and tho su
preme will of tho American people nre the
only means of redress to which they look.
Fellow-Democrats! Yon are fighting for n
good and righteous cause. You have for
your leader a tried statesman; a patriot who
stood by the Union in its darkest hour; a man
equally beloved for the purity of his private j
character as honored for his public virtues.
Opposed to yon ore the men who have sub
verted the structure of our system of repre
sentative self-government vindicated to the
world by more than half a century of pros
perity and greatness; the men who have in-1
creased onr enormous debts by profligacy and
corruption unparalleled;, the men who in two
successive Congresses havo demonstrated
their iucompetency to diminish our burdens
by economy, or apportion them with eqnity;l
the men wfio have so distributed our burdens;
so as that they press with excessive weight
upon the labor and industry of the country,
making rich men richer by making poor men
poorer.
Opposed to yon are the men who have de
nied lor three years of peace, and will con
tinue to deny until your votes arrest them,
self-government to the people of ten States;
the men who have taken away the power of
the Chief Magistrate to insnre a faithful exe
cution of the law, or to command the army'
and tho navy of the United States; the men:
who did tlieir worst to expel the President
from the White House for obeying faithfully
the behests of your supreme law; the men
who, being conscious of their crimes, dread
ed (o have the Supreme Court declare their
quality, and therefore abridged its jurisdic
tion and silenced its voice; tho men who have
usurped and are grasping and wielding pow
ers not possessed to-day by any monarch
among civilized nations.
Against these men and all their despotic
purposes, which Gen, Grant would be as pow
erless to hinder as he whom they elected four
years aqa has been; against these men, their
crimes m the past, their fast accomplishing
designs of the future, you are soon to make
one final and determined onslaught.
Four years ago we failed to expel them from
(lower, though we predicted then, as wo now
predict, their incompctcncy to give to the
people peace; declaring then, as we now de
clare, tho revolutionary- purposes of their
most active leaders, who rule tbeir party as
they would rule the country—with a despotic
sway. But these fonr years have justified onr
warning. Onr worst predictions then are
their enactments now. What we feared, they
have done. The revolution has made steady
progress. Once moiewe call evoiy patriot
to join our ranks.
If the people will now rise in their majesty
and might, they can save their institutions
and rebuild them. If they aro supine and
regardless of their sacred interests, so much
in the last fonr years has been accomplished,
and so much in the next four years may
easily- he accomplished, no obstacle then re-
lUainiug, that the revolution will become a
fixed feet, the structure of our government
will have been completely remodelled. It
may be a government; still, it will no longer
he your representative self-government.
For this final straggle then, fellow Demo
crats of the United States, let ns invigorate
eyery muscle and nerve every heart. The
time is short The foe is stubborn and des
perate, for our victory would be the death
blow to the Republican party. It conld have
been held together by no outer nomination.
It cannot survive your successful assault
One victory is enough. Your triumph in No
vember will finally re-establish the Union and
the Constitution for another generation of
men; it will restore peace and good order to
the Sonth, prosperity to the North, and a
wise and frugal rale to both. The great
prize is worthy your most strenuous en
deavor.
Our ranks are unbroken;onr courage is un
abated. Once more to the breach; and this
time victory!
For the Democratic National Committee,
August Belmont, Chairman.
During the recent eclipse,- says a Bombay
paper, tfie most curious scenes were visible
in tbe town. Men and women in their half,
barbaric and shabby dress were to lie seen
going from one temple to another to pray the
deity to go to the help of the luminary of the
day in bis duel with the headless giant,
“Rahu.”
over winch are to bereaa the following words;
“The public is not admitted here.” ■ A work
ingman elicited much applause by drawing a
stick of chalk from his pocket and adding to
those words, “Sometimes it is.”
The Dresses of the iadies are now said to
be made in the “ reversible ” style: that is,
like Joseph’s coat, to be i worn inside or'ont-
side at pleasure. Will not' this lead- to the
ladies pntting on doable lfices? a sort of
thing they have not hitherto been known tp
do only abont once in a thousand years or so.
The ease in ' BS&toh involving alleged
frauds on the Hnb-treasury to the tune of ’$l,-
000,000, and delicately styled- the “State
street irregularities;”.was np for trial on Mon-
flay, and will be continued several days more.
Four persons are implicated in the indict
ment.
, The St Petersburg newspapers advocate
a new, close and intimate alliance and co
operation between Russia ■ and the United
States.
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PROCLAMATIONS BY THBHOYBRNOK.
WOEBBAS, thft ElOCUtiVO pTOcl*-
mstion of beptember 14th. 1^68, many lawless act*
have occurred in violation thereof; whereby
and property of citizens have been destroyed, tho
duties of tue offices to which citizens have
elected, denied, the livcs of citizen* *0 threatened aa
to cause them to abandon their homes and property; *
And Whereas. “The protection of persona and
property is tue paramount duty of Government, and
shall be impartial and complete
And WHeiixas, The Sheriff of each county is, by
taw.‘chargedwith the preservation of life, property
Now, Therefore I, Rufus B. Bullock, Governor and
nder-in-Chief of the army and navy of the
Commander-in-chief of the army and navy of
State of Georgia, aud of the. militia thereof, do hereby
issue this, my proclamation, charging aud command
ing the said Sheriff*, and each and every other civil
officer ii* every county in this State, to see to it that
the lives ana property of all citizens, and the peace of
the community, are preserved; and that ail peraoua
are protected' ib the free exercise of their rfril and
political rights and privilege*. And, further, to raatn
JcnotAi ior failure in the performance of duty, tho
said Sheriffs and other civil officers will be held to a
strict accountability^ under the law. And. to charge
Upon every person, resident in this State, that they
render prompt and willing obedience to the said Bhsr
HE* and other civil officer, under aU circumstances
whatsoever i and that they demand from said officers,
protection, wnen threatened or disturbed * in their
person or property, or with denial of political or
civil rights; and, that failing to receive such protec
tion. they report lacts to this department.
The following extract from General Orders No. *7.
dated October 8, 18G8, from Headqnarters, Depart
ment of the Ronth, is published for the information
of Chfl officers and the general public, by which it
will be seen that Civil officers win. in the perform
ance of their dnties, be sustained by the military
power of the United States.
Given nnder my hand, and the Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol, in the city of Atlanta, this ttk
day of October, in the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight, and of tbe Independence
of the United States the ninety-third.
By the Governor:
David- G. Cottino,
Secretary of State.
RUFUS B. BULLCK,
Governor.
“Bkadq’rs. Department op the South, )
Atlanta, Georgia, October 8,1868. >
General Orders,.No. 27.
“Whebkam, By an act of Congress .of the United
States, approved March 2d, 1865, it is made the duty of
the military authority to preserve the peace at the
polls at any election that may be held in any of the
States; and wnereas, this dnty has become the moan
imperative, irum the existing political excitement in
the pub He mind, from the recent organization of civil
government, and from the fact that Congress has, by
statute, prohibited tho organization of military forces
in the several States of this Department, it is there
fore, ordered,
“That tho several District Commanders will, as
soon as practicable, on the receipt of this order, dis
tribute the troops nnder their commands as fol
lows:
In the District of Georgia:
One company 16th Infantry, to Albany.
One company 16th Infantry, to Columbus.
One company 16th Infantry, to Macon.
One company 16th Infiuitry, to Augusta.
One company 16th Infantry, to Washington, (WflksB
county.;
Oue company 16th Infantry, to Americas.
One company 16th Infantry, to Thomasville.
One company (C) 5th cavalry, to Athens.
Tho company at Savannah to be reinforced, should
occasion require, by such number of the men at Fart
Pulaski as can De spared from the post.
“Detachments, when necessary, maybe made to
points in the vicinity of each post, bnt in no case, nor
on any pretext whatever, will detachments be sent
without a commissioned officer, who will be folly in
structed by ms post commander.
“ The troops will be considered as in the field, and
supplied witn the necessary camp equipage ; the men
to be furnished with common tents if practicable, and
if not practicable, with shelter tents. Commanding
officers are permitted to hire quarters, temporarily,
when it can be done for reasonable rates; bnt this'will
not preclude the necessity of carrying tents, as tha
commands, in aU cases, most be in readiness to move
at the shortest notice, with all snpj^es required for
their efficiency.
“District Commanders will instruct Post Common
ders in their dirties, and the relative position of tha
civil and military powers. They will impress on Post
Commander* that they are to act in fid
co-operation and in subordination to the civil author
ities ; that they are to exercise discretion and Jndgr
ment, unbiased by political or other prejudices ; that
their object should be exclusively to preserve tho
peace and npnold the law and order, and they must bo
satisfied suen is the object of tbe civil officer calling
on them for aid ; that they must in all cases where
time will permit, apply fori instruction to superior au
thority, but tney must at all hazards preserve tho
peace, and not be restrained by technical points, when,
in tbeir conscientious judgment nnder the rules abova
set forth, it is their duty to act. Post Commanders
on being notified of the propoeedLholding of political
meetings, may send an officer, aud if necessary a de
tachment, to watch the proceedings and see that tho
peace is preserved.
“ To the people of the several States composing tho
Department, the Major General Commanding appeals
that they will cooperate with im and tbe civil au
thorities in sustaining law and order, in preserving
the peace and in avoiding those scenes of riot and
bloodshed, and the wanton destruction of property
and life, which has already, in some instances, beea
enacted in the Department. He urges abstinence
from all innauunatory and incendiary appeals to the
passions; discountenancing the keeping open of
liquor shops on days of political meetings and of elec
tion ; the'abscalnfng from carrying arms, and assert
ing the individual right of construing laws by force of
arms. No just cause 1* ever advanced by resort to
violence. Let there be charity and forbearance among
political opponents, whatever may be the result ; let
each good citizen determine that aU who, under the
law, have the right to the ballot shall exercise it un
disturbed. If there are disputed points of law, let
them be referred to the Courts, and let not moba or
political cl uos. or other irresponsible bodies^ construe
and undertake to execute the law. This appeal ia
made in the earnest hope that the Major General Com
manding can rely on tee good sense and correct lodg
ment of the mass of the people, and that be will
not be compelled to resort to the exercise of the
power with which he is entrusted, and which he
will most remctbmtly employ Bathe thinks-it his
duty to make known, teat ao for aa tee power andsr
his command will admit, he will not permit the peace
to be broken, and that he will not be restrained, in the
conscientious discharge of his duty by technicalities
of laws made when the present anomalous condition
of affairs were neither anticipated or provided for.”
By Order or Major General Meade :
. , B. C. Dbum, A. A. G.
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GEORGIA, BURKE COUNTY—IN THE
. COURT OF ORDINARY,. OCTOBER
TERM, 1868.
■\TKSTTON iL PERKINS, AH EXECUTOR OF THE
J-X last will sad testament of Newton Pezkina, se
nior, late of this county, deceased, baring been re
quired by a rule abeohite ot this Court, at tbe Inatsno.
ofI>cborab‘JEVrXUilt^^ || BlSlffi^of..Mrt deceased.^,
of fratestetoi^n solemn form: And the said Deborah,
by her said next friend, baring filed a carest toaaid
probate; and it appearing to the Court that Mary
Davis, also a daughter and heir-at-law of said deceased,
and a legatee nnder hi* will, la s resident, of the
county of Fernando, in the State of Florida,
It fe, on motion of A. M. Rodgers, counsel tar said
eyeerto: irrdTTral thn* said Mary Daria be, and
she is hereby died, admonished and required to be
and appear before thia Court on the
IN NOVEMBER NEXT, being a regular term t
then and there to ahow cause, if any she has, w _
to be the hut will and testament at
the said Newton Perkina, senior, ahonld not be j
And It appearing to the Court that a publication of
thia order daily for the. space of twenty days in tho
proceeding to the.said.
It ia further—*—
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