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From the Now York Times.
Senator Z£orton s Opening:.
I The strong jujiiit in .-eimtur .Morton's
I c h. with which he opened the tam-
L,m in Indiana last evening is his clear
kue iie nt of the weaknesses of his oppo-
L ~.u. The task of pointing out the diffi
in the way <*f reposing much ednfl
u.uce in the J>UHocratic Party. is. to be
i 3 rf, not a verv arduous one; but the
ranuer in which the Senator performs it
* ~|uracte*istical!y vigorous and effective.
The lh-mocratie I ’arty is out of power.’’
k says. • and is struggling to regain it. It
i upon every jtopular discontent, and
~. L« t>» avail itself ot every local p tssiou
♦ pr -jodiee to injure the Republican Par
ty And then he ins ances the Dt-mo
tratic jMjlicy with reference to leiiiperanee.
It may be Baid,” he remarks. “to go us
»r in tavor ot unrestrained traffic in in
dicating liquors as it can and not wholly
f .riVit the respect and friendship of those
1d,,, ate inclined to the aide of temperafice
I, i arc for prohibition, tlie democracy,
Irv f*T a license law. always striking lower. I
1:..| making a bid for the support of those !
Li,a traffic in intoxiea it,g liquors. If the
L-nqicrjiice men asked only fora license
La thett the Democracy would put the '
Lrtise very low or have no license at ali. '
■Miatevcr measure may be proposed in any I
Btaic or Territory to diminish the evils of j
fctcnijH'rance. it is sum to come short of |
Burning Democratic support.” 'i'll is of it j
■'mu ha.-' the merit, which criticism of po- j
80, .<1 opjioncnts does nut always have, of
Bi:g strictly true; and. as tul exaniple of
■tc spirit of the modern Democratic leaders.
■ is at once fair and forcible.
I . lie great obstacle in the way of trusting
BE- Democrat* as a party lies in the. tact
B ■ ■■ -ir l*y Senator Morion, that they
i> jioti.y tor administering the Guv
..it and make no atiempt at cbnsis
■ y Hie pat yis at libert to proses
[B loc.di y what it deni sin another
■mo iii •itiineu is fur free trade, in Penn
Ba i.iia for high protective tariff, and in
for a tariff for revenuei” Nuth.i g
B aid he nuuv accurate titan this statement,
Bni circrinstances present to the country
Bine qiit-stiiiii of national importance upon
Via. li the Democracy are aubmjiminJiy
H.,ted on one side, and Republicans un the
liicr. the work, of wresting the i.overn
( I.t iron! the hands of the lattci will he
mteiuely tryiny and uncertain. '1 here
have 10 be some positive reasons ior
■.‘change much stronger than now exist
■. tore the change will be made.
I It may be said that the qnes ion of a
■are administration of the Government is
■ national one. and of the utmost inipor
la.icc. So it is. But the trouble which
phe Democrats encounter in dealing with
It is. .os the Senator points out, that while
■ln- Republicans have shown themselves
B e and willing to contribute to the cause
Bi * pu e administration, a searching iu
■e.iijaiion and hearty condemnation of
i men in office, the Democracy give no
■'l ienee that tiny would do more, or sb
■mch The 1 >emocrats say. very naturally’
But there have been frauds pi act iced on
Bie •invemnient by Republicans, and if
Bie case could rest there, their claim tube
to power woulu have some force-
But the i-a e cam ior stop there. Reptlbli
‘V.uuls have been exposed by Republi
a’u' th.*ir authors have been exposed
driven out. Not on y their authors,
B" ! - ! >ose wim innocently but carelessly al-
B J '*i*>l them to grow up. And this course
V ,ls WOH die cordial and outspoken appro-
B-d of the Hepublicati press almost without
■iivption. We suppose this journal will
B 'rgarded as a fair exponent cf party
Bv.nijr among the great mass of Republic,
Bus. aud because we know that is so. we
■enttuv to call attention io the entirely
■'‘compromising position ol the paper
► uti tvlereti'x* to the Credit Mobjlier
rau, l s - the Sanborn contracts, and the
r ‘“is.»e:ious in the District, of Columbia,
i l.e Democrats say The Tino-s is an organ.
• du-se instances it was clearly the organ
>! IV. publican teeling and an efficient one.
e should say that the way the Republi
a'' iariy dealt with these ma tors can be
,tr J' htvorably compared with Democratic
r f*»tuKut ol the Tamm my rascalities, iu
nothing shows t he desperate impu
■ U'V of the i>emoeraey so much as its
•UK-nge to compare accounts on the score j
>'■ official jmiity.
lien Mr. Morton discusses the finan
' :a ‘ question, it is üb'io is that his ealeu- |
l j b"tis are made for the latitude 'ol lndi-
Bna - His description of tho compromise
"Toney bill is interesting. He says it is
J -"“a.' lire ol excess of the bill vetoed by
t resident.’’ ’I his ii- not only a pleas
[• ci.n- nos the kind of talk which Mr.
Merion thinks will tickle the Lluosier ear
" l *t is fn-trs. lie also remarks that all
'bo voted fur it did so for the express
r '-?..ii that it Was a measure of expansion
l *ie ex.rcme character lie ascribes to it
ni ' also is news, and to none more entire-
b T so than to many who vot*d for the bill.
who may possibly think they know
dt'irywn motives better than Mr. Mor- j
• fie Seuator says, in a spirit which no one ■
'_ * understands the requirements of finan
diM-ussion can fail to admire, that
l he mouster of contraction which stalked
h'to Congress in December, with insolent
***■. was finally kicked out, after having,
expgiii-ion cramed down its throat. *
" e commend this delightful expression so
feeling and opinion to those gentlemen in
‘lie United States Senate who thought
that the heat way to keep the expansion
ists quiet, and to prevent them frexo rO -
sorting to extreme measures, was to let
them do as they had a mind to. The
practical feature of the Senator's remarks
on financte is his advocacy of free banking
and his opposition to the substitution of
greenbacks for Dunk notes. We are pleas
ed to see also that lie has arrived at the
conclusion that the proposal to “pay’’ the
bond* in greenbacks is “double repudia
tion.”
I»etter from Washington.
Washington. D. (J. Aug., 3d, 1874,
Secretary Bristow anti Treasurer Spin
ner have arranged that all appointments to
office in Getil. Spinner's bureau shall be
made only after an examination, and with
the saetion of the General himself.
A circular has just been issued by the
.Secretary of the Treasury making impor
tant changes in the organization of the
force of special agents. It cabtains instruc
tions as to the duties of agents, defining
them with great exactness.
Negotiations for the balance of the five :
per cent'funded loan have been concluded 1
by the Secretary of the Treasury with
Messrs. August Belmont <fc Cos., in behalf
of Miss. N. M. Rothschild & Suns, London
and their associates, and J. M. Selignntn
& Cos., in behalf of themselves and their
associates.
On the first instant Secretary Bristow
issued a call for five twenty bonds proba
bly equal to the amount of absolute sub
scriptions to the hew five per cent loan.
'J he Secretary of the Treasury having
disposed of the remainder of the new five
- per cent, funded bonds will immediately
proceed to make arrangements to place be
fore the public the three hundred million
lour and a half per cent, bonds authorized
by the funding act of 1870. i
'i lie report of Solicitor Wilson, recently I
submitted to the Secretary of tlie Trcasu- |
ry,shows in a statistical sutnuiarv.that in ;
the fourteen years of the existence of the j
secret, Servian of the 'treasury, exclusive j
of that iffider tile coin.niss'oner of customs ,
and internal revenue, has cost $1,185,000, j
and urgently advises the abolition of the !
secret service division, and the diviseinent
of more efficient means to counteract
counterfeiting.
I lie call for the five twenty bonds has
been issued, but the amount has not yet
been definitely fixed.
'1 he Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued a call tor certain outstanding five
twenty bunds, the greater portion ot wlucii
are supposed to he held in Europe.
'i he annual report received at the War
Department from t apt. A. G. Robinson
states that the Kiowa and i o nai.ciiee In
dians have not relormed or improved,
whatever the statements or ir.etr agent*
but on tlie contrary were never more da?-"
itigor predatory than during the past year.
The postal car trouble between the
Post Office Department and President
Hinckley, of the Philadelphia, Wilming
ton. and Baltimore railroad is yet unset
tled. The company is now receiving ail
the compensation the Department can al
low qnuer the law.
'1 lie District t onmiissioners, on the 28th
of duly, drew from the Treasury 31.18,000
to be upblied on account of the salaries of
District employes.
'l’lie l’resident has signed the extradi
tion treaty, and tlie treaty of lriemiship,
commerce and navigation, made with
Perce in September. 1870. He has also
signed the declaration respecting trade
marks Concluded with Uu&sii its March,
1874:
Adjt. Gfeneral Stede, of the department
of the South, expresses the opinion that
Lieut. Governor Davis, of Mississippi, will
not be able to make out a case sufficient
to warrant the federal governlnent in in
terfering in the Vicksburg ti aide.
District commissioner Blow has gone to
Missouri, to be absent a month, lie will
attend the National Educational Conven
tion which is to meet in Detroit on the
tth of this month.
'I he acting Attorney General has tlolsi
ded that a railroad existing in contempla
tion or unfinished, is defined and identified
by the track and termini: that a substan
tial change of tile terminu- destroys the
identity, and that if a land grant has been
made to a company to aid in constructing
in whole or in part a road between certain
termini upon condition of a certain used
such railroad, such condition lies between
the termini mentioned.
'i lie total ordinary expenses of the gov
ernment lor the {Leal year ending J title
30th 1874, were 828 1, 133 873,17. being
83,2! 1.312. Hi less than for the previous
fiscal year.
I here is now quite an array of vessels at
the navy-yard. Dispatch, Wyoming.
Nipsic, fortune. Gettysburg. Triana, Res
cue, Relief, and two or three monitors.
Ihe lion. A, 11. Stephens is said to
have remarked to a friend, during the last
sessions of Congress, that -speaker iflaine
was more prompt, efficient, and energetic
in the dispatch of business, and possessed
a more thorough knowledge of the compli
cated rules of the House, than any one he
had ever seen in the chair.
'I he meteorological summary of the sig- :
nal office for the mouth of duly, at this
station, gives the mean temperature for the
month 78.4. highest 5 8.5, U west til. with
prevailing winds from the south, and the
greatest velocity ot wind at the rate of
GO indes per hour which was ou the even
ing of the 4th of July. L.
Mr. Roberts, of the Utica Herald, an
nounces that Governor Renton is inclined
to return to the republican ranks. 'This
will reduce the liberal party to eleven.
Governor Fenton is needed in the republi
can party. W hat a persuasive speech tie
could make in the National Convention
nominating Mr. Conkling for the Presi
dency. *' r e hear that ex-CoU*-ctor Murphy
is making ready the fatted calf on his sea
side farm with which to celebrate there
j turn cl the prodigal eon—-V. F Horrid
DAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, i874.
I Social H quality.
We Jiad supposed that the silly nonsense
about “social equality” had ended yeais
ago. It was introduced as a bugbear in
It 68 to flight the . souls of timid women
and children, audit was positively asserted
by Democratic speakers that the evil was
certain to follow iu the event of the enfran
chisement of the colored man , Ifepubfi
| cans denied it at that time, and the re ult
! proved the truth of their denial. It was
1 again charged in 1870 that the /Republican
party and the colored men were anxious
for and in favor of social equality ; another
denial was followed with a like result, ihe j
demonstration of the falsity of Democratic j
statement and the truth of Republican
statement ; since which time we have i
heard very little of this contemptible and |
silly charge, until recently, when the civil
rights bill furnished the untruthful opposi- :
tion with a false pretext for again alluding i
to it. From a State exchange we clip the
following, knowingly untruthful paragraph : j
“White tiiefi of North Carolina if you
vote with the Republican party, in the :
coming election, you vote for Social (
Equality 1 1 the black with the white.race j
—you vote to degrade tlie white men and
white worn, nos the State, and fur the de-1
sfruction of our civilization.”
Now vve appeal to every sensible white
nian or woman whether they believe it pos
sible for social equality to exist, not alone
I among races, but among classes, or indivi
duals? Don t you know that it is simply a
mutter of impossibility ; don t you know
that no law could be enacted by which you
would be forced to associate socially with
any one. and yet knowing these tilings as
well as you do, the man who makes the
j charge that the Republican party int rids
to advocate or is in favor of social equality
says that which lie knows is not true, and
earns for himself and his party the con
tempt all classes.
bliame upon the men or the party who
being utterly devoid of every honest politi
cal opinion, with which to appeal for sup
port and endorsement, resort to this mise- ,
ruble attempt to arouse the worst and bit- I
terest prejudices, whose ultimate result
rmiy be a serious breach iu the kindly re
lation now existing between the two races,
i lie party that sinks so low in public
morals as to indulge in this miserable pre
judiced style of statement is uuworthy the
confidence of the good people of the tit ate,
and should be repudiated on every possible
occasion. i
\\ e have too much faith in the sterling
good sense of the white men of North
Carolina to believe they pay heed to this
attempt to excite their prejudices, and
trust tljat this Implied slander oil their in
• IT m*- bhio—^^tTrrjTrrrnry
will iiieet with a proper and fitting rebuke
on the Gth of Auuii.it.
'i his is not the only insult to your intelli
gence, they are many and frequent from
Democratic newspapers and speakers, you
are (by inference) told that yuti have no
right t.o think for yourselves, that you are
in fact incapable of doing so, and ill it, you
are mentally so constructed as to believe
without thought or reflection the stiifl hurl
ed at you Irom every Democratic stump.
Resent this outrage upon your manhood,
throw off the paltry influences that may
have partially heretofore determined you
in your political action, and demonstrate
to the untruthful Democracy that you can
not be deterred from performing your duty
to your State, by the myth social equality.
— New-Berne Times.
Democratic Artifice.
The unsuccessful Democratic artifice
practiced ever since the congressional wmk
of reconstruction commenced in the South,
namely—the cry for a white mans govern
ment. and the denunciation of negro gov
ernments —having but little foundation in
fact, is again attracting a good deal of at
tention for the reason that White Leagues
•
are being organized in this btate with a
view of electing none but Democrats to
office this fall, 'To do this the *. > Lite
League proposes to inaugurate a reign of
terror through repeated acts of violence,
and thus keep the great glass of Reptlbli-!
can voters from casting their votes. But
the White Leaguers kiww this can not be
done unless they bring some influence to
bear upou the President that will induce
him not to aid in the enforcement of the
laws: ami for that purpose their Democra
tic friends in the North are now endeavor
ing, by misrepresentations, to create a pub- j
lie opinion that will induce the President
to keep Ins hands off while they go in. and
bv killing a tew hundred negroes, carry the
election triumphantly for the Democratic
party, by returning six Democratic mem
bers of Congress and electing a Democratic
Legislature for Louisiana. Ihe Deuiocruts
undoubtedly think this could be don - just
as easy as falling off - a log if the President
would only let them alone while playing
their game, and they are now as busy as
bees manufacturing jntt such plausible
items as the following token from a New
York letter published in the Chicago
Evening Journal.
lhe negro governments in the recon
structed States are becoming a source of
no little solicitude to those hereabouts who
navelteen the fast tiieuds of the colored
race in ye.,rs gone by. A change of pub
lic sentiment is rapid y going on id this
section of the North, which bodes no good
to -colored gentlemen” who now hold the
reins of authority in South Carolina and
some other Southern States. People are
beginning to feel that while there was a
good deal of poetic justice <n Sonth Caro
lina's being subjected to the nomination of
the very race which to hold in bondage she
essayed the destruction of the Union—the
thing lias gone far enough. I make a pro
phecy. and that is. that unless the negro
ruler* down in Dixie turn over anew leaf,
and that very soon. too. they will array
against thorn and on the aide of the
Southern whites the very same Northern
i Unicmftu who did *rd scffonfd so escefc
tie Constitution as ameotbd-ths union as bnstoseo.
for them.' 'I he tendency of feeling in that
direction is very perceptible hereabouts,
and yon know b£>w easy a tffiag it is for the
tide to carry everything before it whtm it
sets strong in ’one direction. After the
War a comity down iu Alabama was named
after William E. Dodge, of this city. Not
long since lie and his son were down there
to attend some annivt rsary pceason. Mr.
Dodge was unquestionably disgusted with
the performance of some of the negro poli
ticians and rulers. He said to a friend bf
your correspondent, who Was stopping at
the same hotel: “I fear the Degro
the ballot too soon”’ •
The li tih/ Inter- OoTOi.laJfcnservatiye
paper of much influence. putjiWed in- .Chica
go, says -thetendvmcsos thi careless style
of writing is exceedingly pVrmcWis.'' be
lieving very c >.rre.cfly. that it is not only
calculated to In-eed a war of races by en
cbnradnsr the formation of White Leagues.
bu„ that it i3 intended, and its real object
is. to practically disfranchise the negroes
and virtually, return them to slavery. The
Inter-Ocean concludes its views upon the
paragraph in qnesron as follows: I
Ihe hatred of the negro is finding new
expression iu u hundred ways in Louisiana,
Georgia and M vssissippi. To fan theJiatred
nto a fi irco lin> by iraiataif.m' sympathy
at the North, is a crime ‘against equal
rights and a snare in the whites who en
tertain the sentiment'; for the hope that
negroes cam be disfranchised is a delusion
which is awakened only to be dissipated in
some rude way. if there is a reactionary
sentiment abroad in New York, city on the
subject of negro suffrage, it is only another
evidence that the Democratic party,. once
in power, would repeal the reconstruction
laws, nullify the recent amendments to the
constitution and plunge, tlie country into
the chaos from which it emerged at the
close of h war of rebellion.
i /’lie same paper coimneqtflr at the
time uu thevpernifeious attempts of the
Shrevtq ort Times to aid in the inaugura
tion of a reign of terror, and Concludes its
wise and temperate remarks as follows :
The Inter Ocean cherishes no animosity
toward the Southern people : but, on the
contrary, desires to see them abandon ab
solutely and in go >d faith tlie lost caure,
accept the new order of things, and proceed
to reconstruct tlveir shattered fortunes,
They can not do this through the inaugura
tion of a war of races. Any serious politi
cal conflict between the whites and blacks,
resulting from tlie declared purpose to ig
nore the equal rights of the latter class,
will inevitably end in bloodshed, and blood
shed in sceh a cause will not onto destroy
the white mans party, root and branch.
but place white men onae more under the
——
Tlie dedin! by whites of the rights of blacks
will, perhaps necessitate harsh restrictions
upon the rights of the whites.
1 - |
Vfe repeat that the demands for a wliito ‘
mans government is a democratic artifice '
to bring the Demecratie party into p.,wvr
again. We have a white man's govern- |
merit, but it is not recognized us such by i
tlie White jueaguiTS, simply because it is <
not under Democratic control—uut pre
sided over by a Democratic Bresideut.—
A. O. Republican.
HypOfritfes—The l>emoerats for
Civil liights
At about the time ot the Cincinnati
Convention in May, 1872. which nominat
ed Horace Gr.eley. the Democrats of
North Carolina assembled in convention
at Greensboro, and in anticipation ot the
further nomination of Greeley, by the na
tional Democratic convention, adopted a
preamble and resolutions, in the pream
auible occurs this language:
“i he present condition of our country
demands a n union of all parties by what
ever name heretofore denignoted, to avert
perils greater than any with which our
government has been menaced since its or
ganization.”
'The Greensboro Democratic convention
also adopted the following resolutions:
‘*G. Resolved, 'That education and
enlightened public virtue are indispensa
bly essential in a government of and fur
the people; and we insist that a fair and
just proporton of the public lands, or their
proceeds, which belong in common to all
the States of the Union, shall be given to
them l’or the education of all classes of
the people, without distinction of race or
color, etc.
“7. Resolved, That while we .accept
anjj faithfully abide by the t oustiiut.ion of
the United States as it is. with all its
amendments, including emancipation and
equality before the law. thus conferring
equal civil and political rights tipon all
who are citizens of tiiis federal republic,
we oppose and denounce that latitudinmis
construction which makes the discretion
of Congress or the President, 'superior to
the Constitution.'’ etc.
As the Democratic leaders at Greens
boro had anticipated. Horace Greeley was
n miin.ited by the national Democratic
party at Baltimore: and the man with all
his notions of civil rights nnd mixed
schools, was thus endorsed. Before his
nomination at Baltimore at Ponghkeen
sie. New York. Mr. Grgeley used theful
lowinsr language:
‘•1 hope the time will come when cur ed
ucational institutions and seminaries will
be open to men of all races, with a free
dom. with a hospitality which has never
yet been enjoyed. 1 trust the time will
come when uo mans Color will exclude
liini from any religious organization what
ever.”
Thus fuTy committed by the resolutions
ot their conventi»»n. and by the utterances
of the man whom they had chosen to follow
the Democrats of North Caroliaua were
placed In an attitude totally opposite to
that which they occupied in 1868, axd
BECAME THE ADVOCATES OF CIVEL BIGHTS ASD
mixed schools. 1 hey were reedy to do
aJoyiLihg for the sake ct oSCoe, la. this
mood they entered the contest, afid were
again defeated as.in 18118". The people re
abzed-the hypocriey of 'their pretentious,
and refused to support candidates' at
the polls
Another election is pending, .and the
Democrats have again 'chosen to shift
thuir position. They have* aUhrtdoncd'the
liberal ideas advocated by them in 1872,
nd now seek to draw the line of color
Forgetful that, they were then “itrfavor of
the education of all classes yf the people.
WlTgOl'T niSTINOTION OF RACK AND COLOR;”
and that they .recognized the constitution
S os the United States, us “conferring equal
civin and political rights upon all who
are citizens of this federal republic,” they
raise an alarming outcry against “civil
rights.” 'i heir bypucricy is appalling.
Many will remember that, at the Ereens
bo ro (. uimntioiK'they played the poor
farce of having in their midst. Democratic,
negroes, as delegates, thus admitting them
to their assemblage, upon terms of equali
ty. More than this, during the same year,
they imported from the north, hired ne
gro Speakers, to advocate Democratic doc :
trines among the colored men of North
1 nrolina. At that time their game was ;
to catch negro votes. T ailing- in this,'
they now turn and abuse the colored peo,- 1
pie. In truth, could they secure their suf
frages. they would fervently embrace mixed
schools, civil rights and the eutire Alricau
race ?
la it hot hbout time for the reliable, ;
thinking aviii of the country to abandon a J
party so utterly devoid of consistency: Is |
it not apparent to everybody that their pre 1
t-•tided “principles” are a delusion and a
snare for tlie sake ot office?
Military Occupation
j It i.-s, pertiaps, fortunate for the fat are
! peace of the country, that, the White
League has developed its dangerous ten
dencies at so early a period.
To a strictly philosophical mind the
boundaries winch separate a principle from
an abuse are distinctly visible. '1 he- chemist
who manipulates tiitroglycerine, quii. no
cumbi. conduct its manufacture without
risk; not so, however, with the roustabout
or baggage smasher, who rudely pitches
the package from one vehicle to another.
So spoil as the average young man at the
grocery learned that there was to be a
black and white party he saw but one so
lution. It was that of the Ku K 1 u x terror
and blood. Theph.l tsophers who. like our
fi lends of the Picayune, only intended to
keep them who wore unable to cypher from
the polls, *OOll found their young disciples
beyond their control. The rapidity with .
which this petite guerre or armed quarrel
1 ii.Qj'al ilk-JT. tlltlfla. .nil. nmuaii..
vative men uneasy. Jt may let ilto many]
laborers being killed or driven away, and j
to consequences very visible to the Com- ]
mittee of Seventy but of which these young i
bloods are wholly uneouspious. Thera may j
be hundreds of coloted voters killed or
kept from the pools. There mav be the
retaliation of devastation, either by
active injuries or by the withdrawal and
emmigratio i of labor.
Our people may see what this attempt
to intimidate with arms will leud to if they
will only look to Mississippi. There the
prospect of a militarp occupation is immi
nent. ’I here has been nearly a collision
in Vicksburg. The whites are armed, and
of course the blacks are not willing to fall
unresisting victims. Both parties may
then be standing under array awaiting de
monstrations from their enemies.
Will tiie government of the United
States permit such consequences as may
follow such collision? Humanity and in
ters! will combine to prevent it. Already
the Governor of Mississipi has bmm recall
ed to watch this impending conflict, lie I
has warned the President of the danger.— i
i hat officer will not expose hirns. If to the |
imputation of an unnecessary interference I
with the internal aifairs of a State. Hut j
whenever any case of •‘domestic violence” j
shall occur, he can not refu.-e to comply
with the application of tiie G iveriior.
We recommend to all parties in Louisi- '
1 (
ana prudence ami peace. We do riot de- ;
sire to see the tents of the federal army ■
pitched in our villages and their field
pieces turned upon the public squares It
is unnecessary. It would be a shameful ,
con neat upon our capacity for self-gov
eminent, and we will endure any amount 1
of political excitement short of personal j
violence. But we wmi violent and intoie- ]
rant men of al! parties, our own included. !
that neither violence nor fraud will be al
lowed to defeat a fair election, and that, if
organized bodies of armed” men shall con- _
front each other in this canvas or at the !
polls, the armed occupation of the State
will tie a very probable consequence. Let ;
all unite their counsels to avoid it.
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Senator KEor lon’s Speeclt
The < ptiling speech of the campaign in
Indiana l.y Senator Morton has been re
ceived by the Republican press through
out the country with universal approval.
II is able contrast of the principles of the
two great parties of the country was com
plete and exhaustive. He illustrated the
weakness of the Democratic party, in it3
arrogant claims for support, ity utter want
of any fix:'d line of policy, and its constant
efforts to seize upon every popular discos
tent, and se< k to avail itself of every lucal
passion or prejudice to injure the Repub
lican party: that it had no policy for ad
ministering the Government, and makes
no attempt at consistency. It is at liberty
to profess in one locality what it denies in
another. It uses any weapon of assault,
knowin? that there is little responsibility
attached to a minority struggling for pow
er as #iere is to those who are in posses
sion of it. fn Maine it is for free trade, in
Pennsylvania for high protective tariff, and
in India®** for “a tariff for revenue.” In
EomeoWbe Btates it reasserts the resolu
tions of '9B, which produced the rebellion,
while in others it routes to tire cppo&iee
i extreme, and declares the power of Con.
• gress to overturn the St.4te \*bvernments
i of Louisiana and South Caroling
In concluding his remarks, after a Rill
revie wof all the vital questions of the
. campaign, the Senator said:
j la conclu-Aoa 1 atfi prqud to say that,
: while the Republican party uiay have
erred, it lias not proved false to nny great
principle,'nor cowardly in the presence of
uny great question, its aims are noble
i at id patriotic, and it does not seek a
continuance ip power by pandering to vice
and prejudice, but refers to its past reoowl -
of great actions in behaffof tlie Union, of
liberty, education, equality, and the mate
rial grofvth ajid improvement of tlie na
tion a%*v*j earnest of what it sfeeksf to ac
complish in the future. Afwf there rtinst
' be no cessation in its labors; it niqst not
presume to live upon the glories and mem
ories of the past. Its first and ever-pr&t
--j ent duty isiiitfospection..aelf-examiimtu)n,
the correction of errors, tlie introduction
|of reforms. It must look to the execution
: and enforcement of the < '(institution and
laws; and. while asserting the existence of
the nation and the just powers of the
National Government, it should ever be
! vigilant to preserve in all their just extent
the rights and powers of the States, ever
carrying before it, as a lamp to guide its
steps, those great fundamental principles
wli'ch have given to tho party its power
and glory—equal rights to all—equal and
exact justice to all men.— Wash. Citron.
E3To Political Principles.
There was time since the war when the
disunion party professed distinct priuci- I
pies. They denied the freedom of the ne- J
groes. 'i hey denied their right to vote or j
enjoy any political privileges. J’hey
avowed the doctrine of repudiating tlie j
public debt. They proposed to overthrow I
each and every reconstructed government j
at the South. They denied the constitu- j
tionul right of ( qngress to appropriate i
money or lands for internal Improvements, j
i llpw is it uoyt? The negroes are free in
spite ol them. Those seme negroes vote
and exercise the rights of citizens. Green
| backs and national currency and United
; states bonds are about as good as the
I pure gold itseW. 'I he “carpet govern
j meats” at the South are living realities,
j And ’hiso same Democrats are eagerly vo
ting in < ’(ingress for various internal im
! improvement bills whereby millions of
I money are appropriated. The truth is
they have utterly abandoned all their be
loved principles and have resorted to the
anomalous consistency (?) of hunt ing and,'
finding candidates in the ranks of the Re
publicans. Never before in politics was I
surh a transparent lie enacted »,s when the
their candidate for [’resident,! The. Dom
ocrats have assumed to themselves the
names -conservation,” and “opposition,”
which make three names for tmem. and
yet they profess no distinct political..prin
ciples whatever. For a while after the
war they called us misguided politic fans,
but now they simply culi us “rascals und ,
villains;” but whenever we kick one of our
men out of our party, they at once take
him into their ranks, and by this process
they may some day recover a majority in
the government. Every time we expose
and punish a Republican thief, we make a
genuine Democrat. . A party without
principles, filling it ranks with the refuse
of our party, is indeed a pitiful spectacle. ;
—Gainsville Adv.
Tacts ani Dedustions^
Who brought about secession in 1860 ?
The Democracy.
Who begun the war?
Who prayed to God Almighty for His
help on the side of the South ?
I he Democracy.
Who stated in the prayers to God that
‘‘if He was with us we would succeed, but
if against us we would fail. That he knew
best which ought to be victorious, ’ and
promised in th ir prayers to "abide the re
sult as i lie will of God?”
The Democracy.
Have the Democracy submitted to the
results of the war according to the promi
ses ? They have not. Rut they now say
that God had nothing to do with the war
nor its results. That the victory of the
Union army was due to overpowering num
bers atone. 'I hat the negroes ought not
to have been freed. That they ought not
to be allowed to vote but ought to be
taxed fully and heavily and help work the
roads and go iuto the army if a war occurs,
but they ought not to be allowed to go to
school at West Point.
In short, daring the war the Democracy
appealed to God for aid. but since their
defeat they about face, and say God had
nothing to do with the war, and that they
will not abide the results of the war any
longer than they car. help themselves. Os
Course such conduct is not only inconsis
tent. but is sacriligious.
Who forced Union men in the South to
go into the Confederate army ?
The Democracy.
Who ought to support the widows and
orphans of Union men who were killed in
the Confederate army ?
'l'he Democracy. —Gainesville Adver
tiser.
The Democracy u.-ed to proclaim that
Congress had no right to appropriate mo
ney for purposes of internal improvements,
but now they vote for all sorts of appro
priations for that purpose. They used to
cry aloud for a return to a specie basis and
State banks, but now they demand more
paper money.
“Honest Milt.”
Governor Smith has increased the rate
of taxation to the rune of ooe hundred
thousand dollars- Is this to oft any
of tha Kuilock boo ’s? Jt is nt»l. It is to
pay interest on the kfcofoco Suiting bonds.
■Democratic ecuogijsy begiaa So be Me aad
1
fTsrms, Two f&sa Year;'in Advance.
To the .many admirAs in our midst of
‘George Sands” wonderful genius, the
following gxtracts from the Arcadian#
Paris correspondent may be interesting:
“I met ‘George '&uud' in the salons of she
Louvre, and could nut help being struck'
.I*7 the chafige Hdik*b Tpis cdnio over her.'
Tfob know that riot very Jo tig eifice kite
was Itill beautiful, although *di[i3 was short,
fat and sejnatty: how she is fat, eafnatty
and very ugly*
have lost their quondam brilliancy. 'I he
expression of fief. fs stilt 'hi#*'
but there is grief written ou'everf (3jT of
its and what is still worse, that i utilise lia
ble Je ne stain quoi which indicates digaj
oi >in tn j e
til urtfta ©lock.Then she breakfaft^rives!
and doesalf those things.shu has Ao do.
Kleveu o’cloelf hghqlds her in bV(j[, «mt ■«
they till ih<%sse&lfe yislhcn ..as
ever her heal Icft&MftM |iMwf r*s-r
manners are very cpiief arid rfriproteridi ng,'
but she has a kind of searcitiug, unsteady
gaze, and a sort of eager mty of question#
j j?!£f joli, as if she wished to.fioroe from you
tiie secrets of yo*s u
I great naturalise, aqd keeps an Iporbnj’iui^,
I in Which slie arranges flowers of alf kinds
in a very'scientific mariner. is in
correspondence with a!! the oi
the world, and lias published some work» s ,
on this science which #re t worth jading.”,
"Slie believes firmly in the immortality of
the soul, and, after her fashion, is *
Many times durilig her queer career hni*
she left'tbe World «fid gone back to her.
old emu vent at, Neuilly, the. Superioress of
which is still her best, frieud- ‘All!, my
riond.’ said she oneqg to nie ? ‘believe mp,‘
it is no happiness to possess an imagina
tion like riiy own—it is a pet feet curse!
My greatest pleasure in life is to stop
thinking and rest my poor brain, and X,
eau tardy do so.’ ” She is now engaged,
in writing a book ori ilie unliajqy son of
Louis XVI, who, by tiie way. report says!"
died in this &mntrv, in the persftn of Klr*a
zer ll’illinms, rill the particulars of whose
strange life have .beep so often written. — f ~
Washington Critic.
A man who voted for TTbrace Greeley frir
President can not consistently open his
mouth against any man on account of his
social-equ hty principles. The Democracy
know Greeley was an opoiiinouflied civil
rights man before they nominated him and
voted for him. Therefore they are estop
ped from saying one word against any man
on account of his civil-rights principles.
An Exchange Laments that -‘the origi
nal founder oi the grangers. Mr. SAutidensj
b residency dr tne”U Sited Stafet .by! Ififl.'
fact that he, is a Scotchman.” 'IT: is shoulil
not be allowed to interfere with a legiti
mate ambition. To ob !ge tiie granger*!
we presume, there would be no difficulty iu
making an airiendinerit to tile constitution
in favor of Saunders.— Jf. Y. Herald.
. —; —• • ■ i , -> v
Mr. 7?enjainiri JI. Hill is seeking the
Democratic nomination froqi the DeuiOr
crats of the Ninth district! ,sVili Mr. Hill
inform the voters of his district why ho
sigiied the petition in favor of'lE 1. K!m
--bnll? We are f sure that .Nfr. Hill Iw as not
actuated by any but tiie most, patriotic of
motives; bid as he possesses many “ifisid
roiis ’ enemies, an explanation would set all
doubts at rest. —Atlanta Nev:s.
J TThe American Rase Ball Players in
j England seem to have excited our cousins
i across the water. The English journals
i arc especially loud in their praises of the
! catching of the Americans, and we are
happy ill at they are~aMe to say that -‘in
cricket, you know, the bowling of the
! Americans is weak.” It is Consoling to
them, and as base ball and not cricket is
our national game, is not hurtful to iisi
N. Y. Herald.
Democratic Epsiv (
The Democrats are using the ( ide’ntica
arguments against the llejSublicuiis which,
they used in 1868 when' thV rjne-tion ol the
adoption of our present State'Constitution
was before the people,
i ThVfremocfats ttletf charged that ilia
proposed Constitution meant social er|>mii_
ty ofthe races, hud that mixed schools
w ..p'l be the resiilt'o’f snccess.
•j , : y further chafgtfd that the vhitca
aim olacks would 1/e forced •so muster in
the and if the' blacks were
in a majority in the District that the whi
tes would be forced to master under color
ed officers. I
r ldie Republicans were successful in tha 6
campaign, the Constitution w<i* adopted’
and noTa mixed school or malitia company
has been established under it. On the
contrary, separate schools and companies
have been provided by the Republicans’,
and that too at a time when they had suf
fijeieut majority to do whatever they choose*
If the Republicans had been in favor of
the social equality of the races, does’ it not
stand to reason that they would have pro
vided for it then? . ~ ' :
The Republicans have ever favored
equality before the law for all citizens, and
they have always opposed every measure
looking to mixing the races in schools, or
in any of the social relation? of life.—
North Carolina Era.
r
The Democracy promised so reduce’
taxes in Georgia, but instead of ‘doing so
they passed a law taxingpoor men’s house
holu and kitchen furniture; even down to
the last blanket and water gourd. I hey
can’t say that Bullock’s bonds did this, for
they repudiated those bonds.
Sam Bard makes a specialty of Presi
dent Grant. He a G*aot clnh, and
e now trying to concoct a third terry
rhyme- Bard knows which e -® ofA** bread ,
is buttered, and if he duo’tiavo batter f«f
NO. 7.
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