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*RAIXIX TIIR HEART,"
**InlA p«ch life awu* ruin must fall.”
If this were all. oh* If tht* w«iw all.
That lata each life wane rain mini tall;
*■ Tlws ■«* (Aintrr»>tM In th* iwiN tlmw,
Tftfrr wrap frwcr wrrrkz nu lh« slintvi «.l time
But Ifntjwal* of woe pam om the soul,
thare winds «>fan*ui»t) we raaaot control,
Aa4 dark afl«r shorh wr arr r»IW In Imr,
Till the lips are white with the hvarVittlopaii
TbeAorre of linu* with wrecks are sIppwii,
Vase the car runic* cTrr a moan -
Wrecks of hopra that wt Mil with glee.
Wreck* of loec, slaking »i1rnll;.
Many are hid dim the buntm eye.
Only tiod knowrlh how deep they lie;
“ a,.
Tho* Into each life some rain must fall.
“Gentlemen of tin' jury,” s:ii,l :i
Tusrarora lawyer, "wliat Kind of
swearing has been .loiir in this ease •
Here we h*ve a physician—a man
who from his hit'll ami nolile calling,
should he regarded as one who would
scorn to stain his soul witli perjury,
or b« guilty of giving utterance to an
mitmtli: Inn what did lie testify,
gHith-inen? 1 put the question plain
ly, as yon all hoard. ‘Where was thi*
man stahlied ?* And what was his
reply? Untriushingly, his features as
oool as though out from marlile, lie
replied that the man was stahlied
about an inch and a half to the left of
the meridian line, and about an inch
above the diaphragm. and yet wr
have proved bv three witnesses that
he was stabbed just below the Young
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Tlie general principles of the Dem
ocratic party arc so well known that
they sea reel t need to lie reiterated,
but rarely do we have them enumer
ated'so tersely and yet so eloquently
as .they were by General Durbin
Ward at the recent Democratic Con
vention of Ohio. Said tlie brave sol
dier :
We have always been the defeud
ers of constitutional liberty. We
have always been the opponents of
monied monopolies and always the
steadfast advocates of popular right.-.
Against protective duties, grants to
monopolies, which were calculated to
take from the toiling masses the pro
ceeds of their labor, and put it into
the bands of the privileged few, the
indignant voice of the Democracy
has always been heard in condemna
tion. And whenever, iu the past hi—
torv of the country, it has been ‘found
that legislation was needed to protect
the interests of the industrial wealth
troduciug classes of this country, the
democracy have provided legisla
tion.”
It is only necessary to apply these
principles to the contingency of tlie
present hour. Their triumph mean s
the greatest good to the greatest num
ber—means peace and prosperity.
Secretary Sherman as a Black
mailer.
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westoSt A EVANS,
New York Feeoing Post (,Re|mMimii.)
Dispatches from several sources
have reported that Secretary Sher
man lias caused tlie removal of a
clerk in his department who boldly
announced his intention not to con
tribute to tlie Republican campaign
fund. A dispatch to the i'liiladelphia
Press gives the following particulars
about tlie matter:
“A nuiiitier of clerks, not content
with availing themselves of tlie exec
utive order and refusing to contrib
ute to the Republican campaign fund,
have ostentatiously paraded their ex
ample and advice to deter others from
subscribing. For some weeks thi-
style of proceeding lias been going
on, ami as a consequence considerable
dissatisfaction lias been engendered
in the minds of those who gave free
ly on tlie tirst call for contributions.
The Secretary of the Treasury had
his attention called to several in
stances of this character existing in
his department, and as lie entertain-
views on tlie subject not exactly in
harmony with the line-spun sentimen
talities that inspire other members of
the administration on this subject, lie
ordered the dismissal of tlie parties to
take effect on August 1st. The Secre
tory holds that while tlie government
allows the largest latitude to its em
ployes regarding contributions it is
an offensive indiscretion for an em
ploye to attempt to influence others
against subscribing. The parties so
removed are making strenuous effort >
to have themselves reinstated, but
without tlie slightest possibility of
success. This decisive action of tl
Secretary has stimulated contribu
tions to the campaign fund toiiiinsnal
activity.
This is a very s]*ecific accusation,
and it culls for a comprehensive ex
planalion. Il is none of Sec re tar
Sherman'* business, under the Presi
dent's order, whether a clerk refuse
to eontrilnile or advise- other eierk-
to follow bis example. Tin: order
and Secretary Selmr/.’s interpretation
of it, placed government officers in a
independent a position as any otlicr
persons are, so far as contributing
money is concerned. I •' the views o
the Secretary of tlie Treasury are -
“inharmonious"Ilia! lie thinks that li
can defy the order and remove clerks
for a cattle which tin- President li:
pledged himself shall not lie a can
of removal, then it is tlie President's
plain duty to see tfiat tin- clerks wh
hare relied upon his pledges are net
betrayed.
Ashamed lo Tell Mother.
I would In: ashamed to tell moth
er/’ was a little hoy’s reply to In
comrades, who were trying to tempt
him to do wrong.
“But you need not lell her: no om
will know anything about it”
“I would know ail about it myself
and I’d feel mighty mean if I eouldn’
tell my mother.
“It’ll a pity you wasn’t a girl. Tin
idea of a hoy running ami telling hi
mother every little thing.”
“You may laugh if you want to,
eaiil tlie noble hoy, “hut I’ve made ii|
my mind never, as long as I live, t<>
do anything that I would In-ashamed
to tell my mother."
Noble resolve, mid which will make
almost any live true and u-.cful. Let
it lie the rule of every hoy and girl
to do nothing of which they would
lie ashamed to tell their mother.
Recognized rank—boarding-house
butter.
0ttr gorrrspondtuts.
letter front Worth.
Vinks* Mills, August 2,1878.
Editors -Yrir* • It seems that tills
part of Worth is near being forgot-
ton, therefore I scratch you n few
items on crops, seining parties ami
barbecues.
Corn is now made, and cro long
tlie good millers can say thanks—‘•no
more weevils about my shirt collar;”
in fact rverylmdy will be happy, and
should lie, too. Corn, for the first
lime in years, will he plentiful. Cot
ton. though a little behind in age, has
tine weed and fruited well through
out (Ids section. Uid says wc have
as good cotton over here ns he has
seen anywhere. He Is a good judge
and sees enough to know.
1 was requested a few days ago, by
a clever friend, Mr. J. W. Helms,
formerly from Ix-e county, now on
the Hope place, near here, to ride
over his crop nud pass in my opinion.
For about two hours we rode busily
through it; ami though he has labor
ed. under some disadvantages—such
as having to commence with rough
laud and a set of Is*' county negroes
that tlie “old hoy” himself could
rcely control—one can easily sec
that the Judge is a farmer of the “;-il
up and go" kind. He has a large
acreage to the plow, and lias cultivat
ed it well. If nothing unfavorable
overtake it. a good deal null
make half a bale per acre, which is
considered rery yood for our lands.—
As Bill Arp says, it is “jesso” with
nearly all Of us.
I would like to give you a full de
scription of a little seining party from
Albany, which sojourned about three
miles above here on Abram’s creek,
would time permit. I can’t help
stating, however, that Judge Warren,
after fishing faithfully for some time,
with a hook and line, came
back, with a look of marked disap
pointment on his usually pleasant
face, stating that he had canght only
two, upon glancing at Ills fish string,
we saw that had "two, sure enough,’
but one was a tadpole and the other a
terapiu. The Judge looked dull, arid
when we laughed, he quietly seated
himself and proceeded to make a lem
onade, which soon made him join tlie
laughers, while his eyes “sparkled
like the first dews of morn.”
Yesterday we held a meeting here
in order to select committees, etc.,
necessary, for a barbecue, on tlie
21st of August at this place (Vines’
Mills. All arrangements were made,
ami our lumldes put to the wheel for
•'a'hig time,” in,which Dougherty/ind
ad joining counties are invited to at
tend. Tlie committee* are composed of
thorough going young men, who,
when once inclined, will spare noth
ing in making a success of it. You
shall hear from it again.
Citizen.
Texas Ponies.
Messrs. Editors: Did you cvcrowu
a diminutive horse, better known a*
:» Texas pony ? And if so, did you
ever have the doubtful pleasure of a
aunt on iiisliaek? Presuming tiiat
you have not, I will proceed to cn-
iglitcn you a little. A Texas pony is
a runt, a mere nubbin of a liorse, hut
possessed of considerable powers of
endurance and a strong will of Ids
i. He is an animal of strong rc-
olvcs and a seemingly meek and
hiinihln disposition. His mood is
thoughtful, reserved. Whatever his
plans, they are never known until
about to he put into execution. He
seems to labor tinder doubt most of
tlie time as to who is “boss.” This is
shown when von get astride of him
and point him in tlie direction yon
wi»h to go. .Inst then you discover,
that the opposite direction is tlie one
he had intended going. You dislike
to use harsh measures with such a
meek little horse, and get a small boy
to stand a short distam-e iu front of
him witli a bundle of fodder,and sav
“cope, hnsaev, cope T” hut he merely
looks in a calm, uimifih-d manner a
Ihe small boy, as much as to say, “g->
’wav, buddy,” and begins cvolutnig
to tlie rear very persistently. Well,
after exhausting your vocabulary of
little words, snrli as “Come up.
hossry.” “That's a nice little pony
anil expending about. 8.000 clucks at
him, and still fail lo induce him l>
your way of thinking, you raise boll
feel as far out from him ns possible,
tlicu bring I hem together with a crush
against his sides, at the same lime
jerking madly on tin: bridle reins and
saying “cluck, cluck, cluck”until yon'r
tongue is nearly paralyzed, you find
that tlie real business of tlie day lias
but commenced. The little horse’-
eyes Hash tire. He is determined ti
“see you one better,” and believing
that “competition is the life of trade/
he goes into tin: kicking busiue:
wholesale and retail. First, after
kicking an imaginary stone wall into
a thousand pieces, lie endeavors to
stand on his head. (You are fast los
ing confidence in him > Then he ele
vates the other end to u perpendicu
lar altitude, and failing in these brill
iant moves to attain liis object, tic
pauses for a brief space. All at once
In- start-, briskly forward, and vim
think you have conquered. How fal
lacious! He proceeds till lie comes to
a solid place in tlie l oud, halts, lies
down and rolls over so quick on you
that you think it some horrid dream ;
a crushing nightmare, out when lie
rolls backwards and forwards over
your ppostrntc form, grinding you
against tlie hard grave], ami grunting
his satisfaction at every turn, you be
gin to realize, in n dim sort of wav,
that this is One of the realities ol'lile;
and when lie rises lo his feet, places
himself in position anil lets fly both
liiml feet against your devoted skull,
y.ou feel that an electric current lias
expended itself upon you, anil retire
into tin.coiiscioiisiiess, while tlie “mas
ter Of the situation" seeks remote
fields wliery there is more green
grass. * * * *
Charity For the Fallen.
Never say anything damaging to
tlie good name of a woman, it matters
not how poor she may lie or what. Iici-
placc in society. They have a hard
time at best, and God help the man
who would give them a kick down
hill. We are all too free with their
names—we talk'too much about tlu-m
iu our street corner clubs and iu pub
lic places. We do very wrong. The
least little hint that there is some
thing wrong, tliat“slieain’tull right,"
whether spoken in jest or in earnest,
is taken up and unlike the rolling
stone gathers moss as it goes from
corner to corner, and at. last come*
home to tlie prosecutioiial creatures
with a crushing weight. She lias
done nothing hut kept quiet, while
her idle prosecutors hare pursued
her. and now she is kieked from door
to door, and is fallen so low that no
one will do her reverence.' Give a
dug a hail name and you had as well
kill him—talk about it good woman
in street corner dubs and across liar
room counters and you had as well
setherdowiiatonccasa social wreck.
No one wants to help her. Wc don't
want so much theoretcal religion, in-
want a kind of blue jeans and home
spun pity that will do for tlie wash-
tub and the kitchen as well as tin-
drawing room and the parlor—a sort
of univeftal honesty that will not
think a woman a thief because the
happens to wear a sun-bonnet and
walk across the street with a string
of mackeral in her hand. There is
nothing wrong in manual labor, and
bonest poverty is a sure passport to
heaven.
The Next Congress.
The St. Louis Hepahlicu.ii says that
the fact that the Forty-sixth Congress
will save the counting ofvotes cast at
the next Presidential election invest*
the elections the coming Fall with a
special interest. There is a prospect
of haring three Presidential candi
dates in the field, and both Democratic
and Republican leaders are not only
contemplating but preparing for the
contingency of the election being
thrown into the House. If this
should occur the vote would not he
taken by iudidual members, but in
states, eacli State having one vote,
ami its being determined by the ma
jority of its delegation. It is impor
tant,Therefore, not only thlt a parly
shoutd have a majority of the State
delegations; indeed, the latter is the
mure important of the two. It is pos
sible for one party to have a majority
of the members without having a
majority of tlie delegations. The
present House furnishes an example.
It is a Democratic hotly, the Demo-
erotic majority being 20. But tin-
delegations are evenly divided, each
party having 18, and two of the States,
California and Florida, being evenly
divided—the California delegation
composed of two Democrats and two
Republicans, and the Florida delega
tion of otic Democrat mid one Repub
lican. it'the choice Of the President
should devolve on the present House,
therefore, there would be no eleclimi .
eighteen States would vote for lln-
Democratic candidate, eighteen lor
tlie Kepuhlicaii, and votes of two
States would be lost through a tie in
their delegations. There are tliirty-
eight States, find it would require
twenty to make n majority. The par
ties, with tills fact in view, are each
directing its efforts to the object of
securing a majority in the delegations
of twenty States, so that if tlu-rc
should be a failure to elect a Presi
dent l>y popular vote, it inav lie sure
of choosing its candidate in tlie House.
Tlie Democrats liavc one advuntage
already secured: In tin: event of u tin
in the House there would be no elec
tion by Hint hotly, and the Vice-Pres
ident chosen by tlie Senate would be
come President. The Senate, after
the 4th of March next, will he Demo
cratic, and this insures tlie choice of
a Democratic Vice-President. Then-
arc some other advantages possessed
by that party not to lie overlooked in
this nice calculation of possibilities-.
They carried Oregon iu tlie late elec
tion, securing the solitary member of
Congress that State is entitled to.—
This is a gain of one State to the
Democrats, and a loss of one to llic
Kcpuldicatis—autl in a House election
of President, Oregon, with its one
mcinher has Hit: saute weight as New
York witli its thirty-three iiienihcrs.
The recent redistricling of Oliio.it-
is admitted by the Republicans, will
give the Democrats control of tin-
next delegation front that Stale—
which will In: another gain of one to
Hie Democrals anil another loss nr
one lo the Republicans. Florida, too,
now, witli a lie in its delegation, will
elect D»o Democrats to Hu: House at
tlie next election, will tin; still another
gain of one tothc Democrats. I'tiles*
tlie Republicans can make gains
other States to overcome these vital
advantages already insured lo their
opponents, a throwing of tlie next
Presidential nlei-Hoti into Hie House,
therefore, must mean tin easy Demo
cratic victory :iiid|Hie conquest by the
Democrats ol all the national organ:
of power—anil this i.-i the strong fore
shadowing Hint Hu: present post
of politics gives out.
PART OF HIS RECORD!
COUNTING TUB ELECTORAL
VOTE. *
Argument of lion. Will. F. Smith,
of Georgia, in tlie House of
ltepresentutIves, Janua
ry 2.11 li, 1877.
Not Sorry.
You will not be sorry for hearing
before judging;
For thinking before speaking ;
For holuing your angry tongue;
For stopping their ear to a tale
bearer ;
For disbelieving most ofthe Host
ini' seundal; -
For refusin''to kirk a
For being kind to the distressed ;
For being . patient toward t-rcry-
boily ;
For i|oiii|' gootl to all men ;
For walking uprightly before God ;
For hauling to Hie Lord ;
For laying up treasures in heaven ;
For asking pardon for all wrongs.
Mr. SMITH, of Georgia. Mr.
Speaker, I cannot give my consent to
vote for litis bill, notwithstanding tlie
many and seemingly urgent rensons
for its passage. I can stale my objec
tions in a few words.
Tlie Constitution of the United
States is tin: supreme law of the land.
The Government of Hie United States,
Hie government of the individual
States, and citizens of Hie United
States must yield perfect obedience
to this paramount law. Thcsafety of
Hie Union itself, the preservation of
tlie rights of Hie several States us
members of Hie Uniou, anil the rights
of cilizeus of the United States, de
pend upon a faithful observance of
this American Magna (Tiarta. A strict
amt faithful enforcement of ull its
provisions securing to the Federal
Government all delegated power and
preserving to Hie States and people
all reserved rights, whether expressed
or implied, is all that tlie Democratic
party can and ought to claim. All that
t State government can demand, all
that any citizen of the United States
can ask, is to have this supreme law
observed aiul entorced and not vio
lated.
We of tlie South must follow our
ancestors iu supporting tlie Constitu
tion. We have ever feared that the
intolerant spirit and aggressive poli-
y ofthe abolition party would some
day break through the protection af
forded us by this instrument, and thus
upturn society at tlie South. We arc
witnesses to-day of a realization of
tliis well-grounded fear. All the se
curity we now seek is to be permitted
to manage our domestic concerns in
our own way, subject to the Constitu
tion ; and, while striving to hold oth
ers to a strict observance of constitu
tional obligations, we should be oure-
ful not to commit an act which may
carry with it the semblance of a vio
lation of any of its provisions.
This regard for Hie Constitution is
further intensified by tlie fact that we
ofthe Soutli arc suffering now, and
have been suffering for the last seven
teen years, from the effects of a vio
lated and disregarded Constitution.
Many of the features of this bill
meet iny hearty approval. Among
these I may mention the*denial of the
right as claimed by some for the Pres
ident of the Senate to elect as between
two electoral returns from the same
State and to count the votes, the as
sumption that it is tlie duty and right
of the Senate and House of Represen
tatives to decide as between such re
turns and count the electoral vote,
and the declaration that tlie vote of
no State for President an* Vice-Pres
ident shall be rejected unless botli
Senate and House of Representatives
concur iu our order of rejection.
. find no difficulty in agreeing to
these provisions. But while yidMing
a willing concurrence to so touch of
the hill I cannot agree to the second
section. This section, among other
tilings, provides that where more than
one return is received from a State,
such returns and papers shall lie sub
mitted to Hie judgment and decision
nf a i-iimiiiission thereinafter named,
and this commission is to decide
which is tin: true ami lawful electo
ral vote of such State.”
This commission is to lie composed
of fifteen members—five from tlie
Senate, five front the House of Rep
resentatives, and five ofthe Associate
Justices ofthe Supreme 1’onrt of the
United States.
I have no opposition to make to u
joint committee of both Houses, with
the power iu botli to revise, accept,
or reject any report or result of such
int committee
I object to Hie introduction of these
live Associate Justices as members of
Hu- i-omiiiuiission, and for these rea
ms :
Tin- citizens of Hie several States
having voted for President and Vice-
President, and tlie electors chosen by
them having assembled and cast their
votes, and the result of such last-men-
•d voting having been placed in
the hands of the President of the
Senate, the next thing to bedone is to
ouiit tlie vote.
The twelfth article of the amended
Constitution of Hie United States dp-
lares—
The PrfaMrut ut tliu Scuttle shall, iu the presence
I llteVitaic mill House uf Representatives, open
II the certificate* ami the voles shall then beronut
I.
I agree with Hie Dill that tlie office
of tlie President ofthe Senate is min
isterial. and that lie is excluded from
participating iu tlie count except as
any other member of the votes is a
duty imposed by tlie Constitution on
the two Houses of Congress.
A* Hie President of tlie Senate and
the two Houses of Congress are ex
pressly named, to the exclusion ofthe
whole" world, it follows that one or
tlie other or iiotli concurring must
count the votes for President and
Vice-President.
It is claimed hy a minority in Con
gress that the President of the Senate
must discharge litis duty. I deny this.
I!ul, for the sake ofthe argument, let
il he admitted. Will anyone pretend
that Congress by a statue could de
prive Dim of his rigid and impose lids
duty on another person or persons?
Manifestly not. Congress itself is a
creature of Hie Constitution, and the
statutes of tlie United Slates must lie
iu subordination and not in opposi
tion to it.
I agree with tlie Dill, that (lie Pres
ident of the Senate cannot lawfully
count the electoral voles, ami that this
duly is devolved liy the Constitution
ofthe two Houses of Congress lo Hi
complete exclusion of all oilier per
sons.
Such being the Constitution, pre
cedent and practice, I deny to Con
gress the power in any iiiauiier, to
deprive tlie two lloitsesof tlieuiitlior-
ity lo count tlie votes for President
and Vice-President. It is apparent
that all acts passed hy Congress ti
carry out the Constitution and lose
• lire to Hie two Houses tlie power to
count the electoral vote would hr
lawful. And those acts that have for
their object tlie transfer of tliis all
thorilv to persons not iu Congress
would In- ■-oiilriiry to the t 'uiistitutioii
and therefore void.
I a nine with Ho- Dill, as true, that
under Hit-1 .’oil- titiition Hie Senate and
House of Keprc.-enlativch must count
the electoral vote, and I maintain that
the two Houses cannot discharge tliis
duty hy assigning it or any part of it,
to parties not members of Congress.
If this be not true, then Congress can
divest itself of any one or all of their
constitutional powers by assigning
the same to others. What would be
said of u Congress that would 1>)
statue confer on the Supreme Court
the powertu“lay and collect, taxes,";&c
“lo coin money,” &c., “to declare
war,” &c., “to provide and maintain
a navy ?” And if Congress cannot
divest itself of all or any one of these
powers, neither can tlii: Congress of
the ( United States lake from Hie Sen
ate and House of Representatives Hie
right and duty of counting Hie elec
toral vote.
The authority lo count includes ea-
tii termini Hie power to decide what
Bliall be counted. Now, to tliis com
mission of fifteen members all dis
putes where more than one return
from a State shall have been received
by tlie President of the Senate * *
all such returns and papers shall be
submitted to their judgment and de
cision.” * * “Such decision shall
be read and entered in the Journal of
each House, and the counting of the
votes shall proceed iu conformity
therewith, unless, upon objection
made thereto in writing by at lea -A
five representatives, the two Houses
shall separately concur iu ordering
otherwise, in which case such concur
rent order shall govern.”
It is claimed that this clause gives
tlie two Houses authority to make tin-
act of the commission the joint act of
the two Houses. Let us see :
ce«d in conformity therewith, utile**.
It is clear Hint the decision becomes
tlie law of tlie ease and binds botli
Houses without tlie act of either, and
wit limit a decision becomes tlie law
of tlie ease and binds botli Houses
without a decision by either.
If ail the members of the commis
sion should concur, their judgment
should not become the rule to control
tlie counting of tlie votes, unless first
approved by both Houses. Under
this bill both Houses have giveu their
approval in advance and without rea
son to know what may be the judg
ment of said commission as to un v
question submitted.
But it is claimed that objections in
writing can be filed and the decision
can be set aside by the concurrent or
der of the two Houses. In theory
tlii9 is true, practically it is not. Un
der this bill neither House can of il*
own motion object to the judgment,
both Houses are required to leave
their own hails and to solicit five
members of the other legislative
branch to concur therein. The Holt*e
of Representatives, theoretically in
tended by our Constitution to repre
sent the people of the United State*,
is compelled to go to the Senate, Un-
representatives of the several State*,
and ask tlie aid of lire Senators to
unite with them in objecting to an
obnoxious judgment; and Without
their aid and concurrence, not a sin
gle step can be taken. So that al
though the House may be fully con
vinced tliatjhe judgment of tlie com
mission is an error or a fraud, tiiis
bill deprives them of the pleasure of
simply making a motion unless tlie
aid of five Senators is secured. If the
concurrence of five Senators cannot
be obtained, the right to object, to
revise, to oppose, to reject, if in tine,
to make tlie act and judgment of Hie
House, is gone forever. Hence 1 say
that the right of either House to de
cide between opposing election re
turns, while dimly retained, is so ob
structed as to make it impracticable
and useless.
Relieving that alt the powers con
ferred by the Constitution on the two
Houses of Congress are powers to he
exercised by Senators anil Represent
atives only, I cannot consent to the in
troduction of persons, however pure
and learned, to participate in the ex
ercise thereof If Congress can In-
statute avoid a constitutional duty
and impose that duty on persons not
members of Congress, why may not
Congress divest itself of all constitu
tional power? If one duty cau he
assigned, every other duty can be. It
is the constitutional duty of the mem
bers of the two Houses to count the
electoral vote. No other number of
persons can aid in counting them.—
The dutv must be performed by mem
bers of Congress, and them alone.—
The five justices are not members of
Congress. They have never been
elected, never been sworn. They lia ve
no constituents; they represent no
one. Congress cannot confer mem
bership on them. And as justices
their uid is not invoked, and if in
voked tlie Constitution would deny
to them the exercise of their judicial
power in such a forum.
It may transpire that these flee jus
tices may elect the President. .4.v the
ten members of Congress are half lie-
publicans anil half Democrats, it is
likely that each side mill insist that
their party candidate is elected. The
question then mould be decided by the
jive justices. Tmo of theseare Dem
ocrats and tmo are Jtepitblicans. If
they should be controlled in the same
manner, the fifth justice mill by his
single act elect a President of the
United States—an act binding upon
Congress and performed by one mho
is not a member of either House,
and from whose derision there is m
appeal. The. bill virtually deprives
the tmo houses of the right and pomei
to count, the electoral rotes of Presi-
ident and. Vice-President of the Uni
ted States.
Tliis bill is entirely unnecessary.—
There is no cause for internal commo
tion. None even for alarm. The
is too much virtue and patriotism in
our legislators to permit the Presi
dent of the Senate to usurp tlie power
of deciding between antagonistic re
turns and of counting tlie votes.
There is too much honesty and stall
■naiisliip iu tlie republican leaders to
permit Hie shameless frauds in Louis
itina and Florida to eoniil a candidali
of any party into the Presidential
chair. I believe Tildeu mid Hend
ricks have been fairly elected hi tin
American people, ami Unit both hous
es would have arrived at llti* Ill
sion. I hope the joint electoral com
mission may do as well.
NUMBER 32
item
Wliat tlie Potter Inveattgatloi}
has Established. ;!
A resume of the unpleasant facto
which the Potter Committee has prov
ed beyond successful rebuttal affords
no warrant for Republican exhilara
tion. Aside from demonstrating the
truth of what everybody has believed
for the past nineteen months—that the
electoral votes of Florida and Louisi
ana belonged to Tilden, though given
to Hayes—the committee has clearly
established the following points in
detail, touching Louisiana, which at e
recapitulated by the Washington
Post :
1. That a conspiracy was entered
into by certain Republican leaders;
the object being to hold no election
in East Feliciana, Grant and other
Democratic parishes.
2. That the fact that no Republican
votes were cast in East Feliciana was
not due to intimidation; as all eg
but was owing to Anderson’s adt
to t he Republican leaders not to vi
as it would have a better cgfcct than
all the affidavits thal' conld be pro*
duced.
3. That for a period of two days
after the election the Republican
leaders admitted that Tilaen and
Nicholla had carried the State by a
heavy majority.
4. That when it became evidentthat
the election of Hayes depended upon
tlie result of the State, deliberate
preparations were made for the pur
pose of defeating the will of the peo
ple as expressed at the polls.
6. That in pursuance of this plan,
protests, forged and altered to suit
the occasion, were made for the par
isltes of East and West Feliciana,
whereby a Democratic majority of
over 2,800 was changed to a Republi
can majority of500.
0. That the Supervisors ofthe above
named parishes of reward made by
John Sherman and others from ex
posing such forgeries.
7. That on the 27th day of Novem
ber, when the returning board pro
ceeded to sum up the result of their
labors, it was discovered that while
Packard and a Republican Legisla
ture were elected, Hayep w.as. defeat
ed.
8. That after the above date,'arid ii
order to secure the electoral write for
Hayes, forged protests were.outde for
Richland and other parishes, and the
returns from Lafayette arid oflier par
ishes so changed as to increase the
Republican vote.
SI. That affidavits bearing fictitious
mi lues, and the names of dead men,
were manufactured in the custom
house, and upon such affidavits vari
ous Democratic polls were thrown
out.
10. That the acts above recited were
kuowu to some of the visiting states
men, and received their approval.
11. That the electoral vote of the
State, as counted before the two
houses of Congress, was a forgery.
12. That John Sherman, now Sec
retary of the Treasury, and at the time
the personal representative of Mr.
Hayes, was guiHy of aubornation of
perjury.
13. That the leading parties neces
sary to a completion of the fraud
were promised by him protection and
reward.
14. That the fraudulent President*
iu fulfillment of Sherman’s and
Noyes’ promises, has reWarded with
office every scoundrel-cOdrieeted With
tlie great crime in both i Florida ant)
Louisiana. ;v |
15. That Stauley Matthews, a - Re r
publican Senator from Ohio, and Jus
tice Harlan, a Judge of the Supreme
Court, had guilty knowledgehf the
fraudulent transactions by which the
vote of Louisiana was stolen, and per
soually interested themselves to ret
ward and protect the criminals.
16. That Senator Morton and Gen
eral Garfield, *both members of the
electoral commission, knew when
they voted to count the vote of Lou
isiana for Hayes that it was both
fraudulent and forgery.
17. That Senator Kellogg, who as
sisted at the forgery of the Louisiana
returns, has since been guilty of se
creting witnesses.
18. That not one of the criminals
who assisted to perpetrate the collos-
sal crime of the age has been punish:
ed; but that all but two—numbering
over one hundred—have been provi
ded with office by Mr. - Hayes’ -direct
order or request, and i9pme cases
by and through his continued and
persistent interference.
With few exceptions these frets are
proved, exclusive ofthe testimony ot
either Anderson or Weber, notwith-
tauding that the commf"
fairly entered upon its
A Demoralized Editor.
The use of tobacco, in every form
liiusl be avoided. Tlie late Dr. Chap
man is authority for the assertion
that deleriuin tremens, witli all
essential features, is sometime* eaused
Dy tlu: use of tobacco. Its use
tainly in jure* the digestion and the
nervous system, amt predispose-,
tlie taste for strong drink.
An editor was sitting in his easy
chair, bouyant in miud arid heart,
with the calm serenity and blissful
tranquility that none but -editors
know. A shuffling sound at the door
brought him back to earth, and facing
nervously about, he beheld a man of
deep, determined look, closing the
door behind him. With a sickly
feeling of forcbodiug, the editor mo
tioned toward a chair, and gazed up
on the intruder, helpless and breath
less, resigned to meet the worst.
Tlie hand of tlie tmin wandered to
ward his breast pocket. The editor*
cheek blanched and his lips turned
turned blue. Alas! alas! he had
tiesst-tl aright the dread mission of
tlie stranger.
Tlie man pulled out a bundle of
letters and papers. The head of the
editor fell forward upon his breast,
and Hie hands dropped listlessly from
tlie arms of the chair.
•My errand is not a pleasant one,”
said tlii' visitor, speaking slowly.
-Thank heaven!” exclaimed the ed
itin'. plucking ni> conrage. “Out
with il—suspense is worse than frte.”
“I have an execution uu your
home.” continued tho man with pro-
fessional sadness. “The mortgage
lias been foreclosed.”
“lioora! lia! ha!" roared tlie edi
tor, springing up and nearly shaking
tin- man's arm oil*. “Heaven be prais
ed! Imt wliat a scare you did give
me! Blister my corns if I didn't think
you had a chunk of spring poetry.—
Drive on—sell the old shanty—It’s a
ml eaten barracks anyway, and rents
are taken off my mind! Lets have
your name and down it goes for two
years free subscription. You’re an
angel in breeches, old fellow, hut you
don't look il, darned it you do. lia!
ha! t'’nt your hair, man, eutyour hair,
amt wear a stand-up collar. It will
save your children sorrow.”
1
Did you ever see a ghost?”
“No”
“Did yon ever see any one who had
seen a ghost?”
“I can’t say that I ever did,” the re
porter replied. •
Whereupon the gentleman said
that in the person of one of the offi
cers or the city govennent could bo
seen one who bad once had a verita
ble interview with a spirit from tlie
Other world. The reporter visited
the gentleman.
“Yes, sir,” he said to the reporter,
it is the truth. 1 did once see a ghost
or have an interview with a spirit—
At least, I thiiiK I did. I may have
been dreaming; I dout know.' But it
was a most remarkable, a most inex
plicable dream—wliat you might call
a prophetic dream, that was fuiifillcd
in every detail in a most extraordi
nary manner. And I don’t ttiiuk it
was a dream.
“It Was at the time of the war. I
was on the Confederate side of the
war, a soldier in the first Maryland
Cavalry. In the same company* with
me was a gentleman from California,
whom you may call Coplcstoii. I’d
rather you wouldn’t publish his real
name. He was a splendid fellow,
and before long we became very iu-
timate, and gradually grew to be tlie
most devoted friends. He was the
bravest of men, but at Hie same time
unusually warm-hearted and affec
tionate, and our affection for each
other was something unusual among
“One day we were together in a
pretty hot fight near Greenland Gap,
Hardy county, Va., during Geu. Win
E- Jones’ raid, and as wc bad no ar
tillery with us, our regiment was dis
mounted and detailed to storm a
church in which a body of the cnemv
had entrenched themselves. Jt was a
nasty piece of work, autl the prospect
slim for us to get back alive. As we
went at it CopTestou turned tome and
said: “Look here, old fellow, let’s
g romise each other that if one of us
i killed without a chance lo say* good
bye, that he will come back again to
see the other, if such a tiling is possi
ble.” I understui.il him HHd promis
ed. We got off this time. without
much damage, but it was understood
between us that ibc agreement was
lasting.
“Not long after this we were sep
arated. He was sent oft' with h detail
for scouting work upon the Missis-
sippi, aud before he got back 1 was
captnred by Averlll at Moonieid, af
ter the Chambcrsburg raid. They
sent me to Catup Chase, near Colum
bia, Ohio, and here I lav for a
long time, with some fifteen or
twenty' thousand other prisoners,
hearing little or nothing of our men
on the other side of tlie Potomac, and
then only from tlie new prisoners
when they were brought into camp.—
Of Copleston we heard nothing.
“In Camp Chase we lived in big
barracks, about three hundred .men
in a barrack. In the one in which I
was, most of the meu were Mary
landers of our old command. We
slept in bunks arouud the room, and
the room was heated by three big
stoves. One niglit I was sitting bv
the stove nearest the door, thinking.
It was late, and all tlie others were in
their bunks asleep. I sat there alone
for some time, looking at the fire and
lost in thought. Suddenly t felt im
pelled to look up, and there, just in
front of me, on the other side of tlie
stove, and between it and the door,
stood Copleton.”
“Were yon alarmed at all T'
“No. 1 was not alarmed, only
surprised. There was nothing to
alarm. It was only Copleton, dress
ed in the same gray suit and black
felt hat. I thought, of course, at the
instant, that somehow lie had been
captured, and brought a prisoner to
the camp,' and bad only just learned
where I was. I exclaimed, “Why,
Copleston, when were you brought
in r and tried to rise up and shake
hands with hint. I could not move.
“Copleston looked at me sadly for
a moment then said; “No, 1 was not
brought here; don’t you remember
our agreement ?’
“Great heavens!’ I exclaimed, were
yon—— ?’
“‘Yes,’ he said, ‘I was killed to-day.’
He then went on and told me all
about it. One day he aud one other
of our men xvere surrounded in a
house near Lnray, in Page conntv,
Va., by a squad of Federal*, and after
a little fight in which Copleston was
wouudea in tlie leg, the two were
captured and taken into the enemy’s
camp. They were held for a few
days, and they' were sentenced to be
shot os an act of retaliation for some
sins laid at Mosbv’s door. A ser
geant’s guard took them into the
woods and with some touch ofpitv
offered to let them run the gauntlet,
Indian fashion. The other man ac
cepted this slight chance of escape,
bnt was shot as he ran. Copleston
refused to move, aud was killed
where he sat on the ground.
“All this, sir, I assure you, was told
me by this strange visitor. As he
finished he said: ‘Should there ever
be any other occasion for me to see
yon I will come, and then disappear
ed, not going out by the door, hut
simply fading awar. i was, of course,
strongly moved but shortly after that
I retired to my bunk. The next morn-
tag 1 told the men iu mess about the
circumstance, and was of course
laughed at.
“Three weeks afterwhrd fresh pris
oners were brought in from the army
of Virginia, who, with other news,
told of Copleston’s death, just as i
had already 7 heard uf il from himself.
The men of the me** no longer
laughed at my story.
“I do not. preteml to explain this at
all. I think it <nn't lie explained. I
am uot superstition*. I think, and, as
I said before, may have dreamed it,
but even then ii would lx- a very
strange dream.
Hold of Piipn’s Hand.
The patter of little feet »n my of
fice floor, ami a glad voice exclaim
ing: “Papa, I'«■ come to 'seort you
home!” matte known to me the pres
ence of my little six-year-old darling,
who often came at tiiat hour *|o take
me home,* as site said. Stum we were
going hand in hand on the homeward
wav.
“Now. papa, lets play I was a poor
little blind girl; ami you must lei mo
hold your hand light, and von lead
me along, amt tell in*- where to stop
and how to go.”
So the mercy trine eyes were shut
tight, and we begun. "Now step up,
now down, and so on.till wcltad safe
ly arrived, ami the tlarling was nest
ling in my arms, saying, - IVasu’t it
nice, papa? I never peeped once!”
But said mamma, didn't you feel
afraitl you’d fall.dear?
With a look of trusting love came
the answer; O, no. mamma! 1 had a
tight hold on papa's hand amt I knew
he would take me safely over tlie
hat-d places.
A New York Judge has recently
decided that a woman has a right to
rob her husband when he comes
home drunk.