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SAD AypAIn.-At the Spencer House
in Cincinnati, on Monday morning, the
23d ult., Thos. Il. Cory, clerk Of that
establishment. was killed by John c.
lIualy, young lawyer Of that city, who
had stayed over night in tho same room
occupied by Il woman who gives her
namu Us Madam Campbell. Cory Ind
NC It nnto the night previous requesting
tho presence Of tho gentleman in AlndanI
Camrbclls room ut the clerks Office,
which was disrcgarlcd Wy lIcaly A:
be went to leave 10 the morning. he met
Cory in tho hail, md fired n pistol he
held in his hand, saying, " Ill kill you,
sou -" Cory died tho next morn
| Ing q, the house oil his father, and tho
triol Of IIcaly is progressing.
A very enthusiastic meeting of th'
loyal men Of Tennessee was held a'
Nashville on Saturday, July 2lst, &c
.uke measures for huvinS the State pro-
perly represented ut the Philndelphi'
Convention of September Sd. The res
olutions and speeches were Of the most
Internationally Union character.
A riot occurred in Columbus, Ky.
on Saturday, between the whites un'
negroes, resulting in tho death OF three
negroes and tho woundiug Of scvcra
others. The whites arc said to have
been the aggrcssors. T..
Recorder Creighton, of Memphis
charged with melting tho late riots, ha
surrendered himself up, aud is undo
bonds for trial.
town, near Dayton, Inst Thursday, doing
cousi aerublc damage to crops, trees
fencing aod buildings. - e.. 2
The radical convention ut Scdalin
Mo-, Monday, for the nomination Of
candidate for Congress, was very large
and enthusiastic. 1t was estimated tba
10000 people were present. Hon. 10
seph W. McClurg WIS nominated by nc
clumution for reelection. Sal
An accident occurred 10 St. Louis o,
Thursday which haS exploded theory
thut has been held imnutublo for many
years. During the heavy thunder s.oru
in thut city on tho day named, Angel
Arutu, while lying on feather bed
entirely insulated from oil other mate
rial substance, was struck by IiYhtuiu!
and. instantly killed. ,
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The Reconstructed Rebels Of the
B0rdcr---A Rebel EX-Judgc on
the Rampage. .....s
From the Wheeling Micliiyencrr.


4 letter. of recent date, written by n
very intelligent mud truthful citizen Of
Boone county. Snys:
" We have but few rebels or " conscr.
vatires" out here who hnyo not been
enemies to the General Government and
tho Now S,ato I'LL tho time. Some of
them openly dcclurc TINT the time will
soon como when they will put the rnd.
icnls" out Of tho State; that they will
serve them worse than. tho radicals ore
now trying to serve them. Il il we'll
known that ihoy nro holding secret
meetings Of nights all over tho country I;
md. from what /, con learn, they seem 10
understand each other and to act in hnr.
mony, but whether they haze agreed up.
on uny general plan or policy have not
learned. But tits easy to loarnt from
them that any opportunity that they
would think would offer, success would
be eagerly seized upon for tho des,ruc.
ton Of tho Union party, tho New State,
and the General Government itself. .,,:
"Thcsc leading rebels arc not reform.
cd any moro thanth force, Of. circum.
stances, compels them. |" Rtlc or, ruin,
is their motto. Tho multitude who were
led of by thcm in 1861 can, (most Of
ihcm) DO lcd by them still, and they arc
still eading them. :, - r.=. : s
Ex.Judge Ward I take TO DO doing
more mischief than any other rebel ,wo
huvo among rs. He openly declares
that they had d right to sccodc-that
they beloved they were right, and they
never will ack noTlodgo that they wero
guilty of:a crime. hear, and have no
doubt%of ii; correctness, that Judge
,Samucls sat aud listened to public
speech from the, e1:Judgc= at the LAST
term of:ths;Iogan Court, ia. which Be
said he had never Submitted TO the laws
of. West: Virginia, and advised the PEG.
pie f;Logan; county to stand 10y, him
and do Is. he would do !; 7aod the people
cheersd him sndpledged themselves 70
stand By him; Snd supporthim. He de-:
olared Inst they Che f:.t Conservative
lpdsrty) hated the q radioalG ;as bad q
they svorr did. Afte.xaard hs mad some
apologies, 20 M. @. Billiard; Clerk ftkid
CiFaait; CouitsoR Log county said FhsI
aid tmeaa Tie radicals s$sinnthiiS btfg
DE The State, but thoaS bout " heelipg.ssl
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ui.r ,.s s., I e satlaS 81 ~
de,ire Il both ioouutiss "a; .hssE list 70
|isliturs;, 81 Yeeo nmen ding / one U,i1o,, 4
nan aud ave, loco 0eo IsbelsI s.
isrs forr TIC BoSId Of Registration Ia Cliys
aud ouss UnieS man aud two rebels rs /
Is havc ,s.,,t1 1Ieir country ~" 10, Ii; 6.
im1ics; OF ths %. called copied srscy for IA
Board 10 Nicholas lam sredibly iI:a
formed that Anthooy was elected 4, 'thsis
Legislature, by tho rebels snd their cd. .
pathi1iug horde, upon his solemn plcdi,
ito" 90 iagaixss all radical n.eassre,i { 3.
Ds.eidllv Tie amendment. : and ttsi to;aSji
|iap,Y but upon finding tie . rodioai
n,o;oritv at Wheeling % ]: great" 4. Y
wrote a friend, "cu,clulei 10 90 for ,sn,;.,
ofthc radical proportions, .iWorder."1i {.
hc said; "to gain Influence amitlth, Con-.
nor and htc radical members" Be al
gain tho confidence ofthc Governo, q I
tsufficicnt extent to enablo him to bnr;sS
ruin upon hia District, sud anithenSe
curses aud dcnunciations- deep. load
and dapgerous-upon himself. Iley,t.
lccted men for the Board Of Rcgi..,i..
ttion ia this county, whom he knew: d
be bitterly opposed to the Interest ia
success Of tho true Union msa, aad IS,
political peace aud prosperity Of IS.
State. Tie same gapo that :" Serupi'
ssvs WINS pluycd 10 Nicholas. vas nI,x.5
only moro boldly and successfully hert.
The McCu'chensi Browns 4 Co. Of Nieb.
olos. and the Baxters, Stcptshtous& Co:
in Clay, urc the i" ,1olrcs ~ Sleeps eloiE.
inq,' who stamped the laws oEtbo Stat.
, beneath their feet 10 order to cleo. Az.
,hony, and then Unanswered to got tksiti
party tools on the Boards Of, Rsgiitra.
ton in ordcr to throw the township an3
county Offices into the hands Of tr.itoii
, for traitors, worse than JEFF. himself
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EaIl/Of County Executive Com
-. 49,. .ota.1ISifteO.

- - No.. ''sSsAAaSCCA
Of KauaVSa county afe SOques.ed' Is assemble
IN tboir respective Townships, at their usua
places Of holding Township meetings, (unde'
IN, d{rae,i.u Of tho several Township Com
,ai.,resI on SATURDAY, tho 2Sth day cf July,
inst, for the purpose Of appointing thrco dol
egatss from each Township to attend county
convention "a. be held Of tho Court House on
SATURDAY, The 4,h day OF August, 1855, at
II O'Clock An, to pominate Candidates for the
following Offices, to-wit: ]. -, -.
Sheriff, Clork Of Circuit Court Recorder, Sur.
veyor, Prosecuting Attorney; County Treasurer,
two Assessors, and!two mombtra Of House OF
Delegates. .r,..
Tho convention also 10 DO authorized 10 up
point delegates 10 Senatorial, Congressional,
aud State conventions, to DO hereafter called
Tho convention will also establish basis VI
representation for subsequent county conYon.
uons. 800 80
Tho Union mon n,o tarn,,ay requested 10
turn out en- ma,ae to tho Township conventions
on tho 18th ofIuly, TINT their interests mny be
fully represented. in tho coming conventions.
II. C. McwHoRTER, !
JOS. c. WHEELER County
CIV. SMITH, Et.
WI. n. HAWKINS, Com.
+. +. MOORE, '
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Letter from Clay County.
Elk RIVER, CLAY County, W. Va, |
>, ..'..<, July 9th, 1866.

ELK RIVER, CLAY COUNTY, W. Va, |
-. =. July 18th, 1866. !
Eils. Jourmul:-Pleuso forward sever
additional copies Of your exccllen. ant
indispensable paper US below, requested
The JOURNAL is most earnestly inquired
for by nearly every "huc Clnc" Union
man see, and when once tho mailroutcs
and post Offices uro 70 established, it
will be rcgulur weekly yisitant at every
Union house in this section oftho State.
My jounts 10 Clay county have already
convinced mo that it lis"tIc rough:
eat. county in tho statc-Web..sr only,
perhaps, excepted - geographically, SO:
ciully, and, politically speaking.-
But iii, "'hard to head" 10 the quaint,
ty and, quality Gifts coal veins and 10
fact; when onco tho landstarc cleared Of
their heavy! growth oftinber, wild weeds e
and cxubcrnnt poisonous vines, tho soil
yields most astonishing crops Of corn,
buckwhcat, oats, cane, potatoes, tobacco,
etc., under q worry slight and imperfect
system Of cultivation Tho peach and ,ap..
pic orchards arc nu morous, and the crops
Of tho former. arc. generally very abuu.
dant aud delicious. AZ few thousand
dollars expended, on, Elk would; aid the
people immensely 10 these. parts, and
would rapidly develop,y5the hidden
andiatI present useless resources yof The
county The roads are$ 10 8 deplorable5
condition.. 10 fact there arc, for tie most
partgouly paths to guide the t"wsariio me
traveller ous his lonely pway GhSusss
noue.tS Howsver;Hthe psopls 81 nsrilly
sesm:to be 10 very easy cireumsti soei,
sndsfsro skceedingl Il kiId /: AID tbhos..;
pitabls 70 strangers l;qsna tbsiugS siu.al.j
lyIuSpioio us!snd curious, they xhibitsal
full proportion QUO uing san 4 stshrC xd:: i
nsss;i1 alllbuslness ild poII,icai. nst.sri'iI'
ma ;mSasuftt. b:
.s ClSyS eand u (iebo la1 torn rs ! S|se,iix1
District, and III do 0.SSs IS1 SsstII W.,
Cd Anthony hid the di,h honor, q; 20 ~
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Poor Time to swap Horses.

The loyul people Of Kunnwha county
seem to appreciate tho prOvcrb used by
Mr.. Lincoln, that "it is Il poor time to
swap horses while crossing a river" ns
With ono voice, 50 fur as we have heard b
,hoy favor tho selection Of Governor
Foreman at tho coming fall election. He
has been triod and found faithful aud
true during the, aost'tryins and critical
period in our history, and We can trust
him with groa'er, confidence than any
other to guide the ship Of state during the
present porils. '.:' <. =.
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OBSERVER.
Letter from Nicholas. County,.
Nicholas couxrr, wr,rvA,t
4 :. S.- July r. lsCG.

s.. ~
El.. Journall I, as radical man, si,l
to make some . DIRECTIONS in the ,s,s:'
men, Of Alr. Strap. which l see 10 yoir
paper. ITO hbs been misiuforned 10
somO things. Jas to spinning machine
being 10 orc7 alton here, there iIoons 10
this county, md Tam, sorry .faf.h;.ot !.
us to two members oflhe Board Of Regis:
.rnlion being lisloyal,; he is nist,ken 10
TINT. NJ. L. Ruder was our Sheriff, uu.
der the rcorganized government Of Wiz.
GINA, aud huiato leave His home ,ud 60
to. Ohio for protection, snd tho rebels
tried hard 10 get hold Of him. Whephe
returned, lie joincd Cupt!A.W. Nance
company Of State troops. and served, biz
country until Curt. Mupn't'eomp,nJH.s
dirbandcd. George 4. StePhcbiou, .sl'o,
belonged to Capt. j. Il. ltamsey'si eotu.
pany, and served 10 defense Of hiEeoan.
Try until his company was disb,uded.
Both Of them hayo honorable diIcburCcsi
and neither Of them ever served the 6r!i
moment in the rebel army, which 10 rell
known 10 ull the. citizens hcre;.' and Is
they !uro' not good and loyal meg. We ha!o
none hero. AS for old DR.. A.: Rider, DO
was one of tho first men taken prisoners
by the rebels here for his Uniop prin.
eiplcs, and has ever since been ..rus aud
unwavcfing Uoion man. He has served
US. three sessions in the Legislature, and
his votes thern have always been true
and loyal. Gull on Mr.: e. Slack. che
honorable Senator from Kanawba: no.
cun satisfy you az to bis loyalty. -3.%
! requested Dr.. A. Ruder to reply, to
those articles published 10 your pipcr,
but he snid no would poy no sttcntioo 10,
written by any map who td.rs.
not append bis truc name 10 what hs
had writton. IT,, +:,ug.s
-. JEREMIAH GARDEN
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Rebel Convention Mt Philadelphia.

Rebel Convention ut Philadelphia.
Tho Convention which is to assemble
at philadelphia on,tho 18th inst, is no,
o National Union Convention" pro.
pcrly speaking, as claimed by it, friends;
but moro properly should be called q
"rcbel copporhoad convention" for the
reason that the biggest rcbel out Of
prison "a. H. Stephens, late Vice Pres
ident of Dizto,) and the biggest copper.
head who ever waited and watched over
the Border" &C. L. Vallandigham) will
be there us delegates oil the rebel, who
fought against the Government, and all
tho copperbcad, who organized conspir.
acies 10 tho interest OF tho rebels, will
DO represented there. 1t is true that o
few Union Office. holders will DO thcrc,
but thoy will DO greatly in tho minority,
and undor tho control Of rcbcl influence ;
and tho whole effort will DO to stigma.
tho tho great Union party of tho United
States, who have saved tho country, as a
SGT Of, destructive, radicals, and laud tho
rebels and copporhoada as tho true mon,
and, if possible, to deceive tho people as
to tho true issue before them. This
game they have tried before aud failod,
and their prospect Of succeeding now is
less than heretofore. ,.a D...--.
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CONGRESS.

la:op iond.y;%Jaly 23d, the Senate
passed tho resolution giving soldier. i ara
sailors held as SSprisonerssof var, the 10
COMPENSATION priooio rations, which was
sent to the House, and concurred 10 ~ oy
TINT body. Fl ~. '4;z.::&.. =
s Tbs bill to autllorize$thc payment OF !
The .pcuts Of tho Treasury Department
10 tho South, who were unable to take
tho test oath, was discussed, and tho SEQ,
rotary Of tho Treasury severely consuFod
for employing such persons, when there
wore plenty OF discharged Union soldiers
who you'll have boon glad to receive
those appointments. ~.
Tho senate, July 25th,, confirmed
| Hon. 4. W. Randall US Postmaster Gen
oral. :,
Tho House concurrcd in tho Senate
amendment to the House joint resoIu'
ton, admitting tho State Of Tonncssce
to represc ntation in Congress.
Lieut.. Con. Grant was promoted .!
the President, to q full General; MaJ
Gen. w. T. Sherman to DO Lieutenant
General, Gen. Hapeock to Major Gen
erul, and Gen. Ord, Drigadier Genera
in tho regular army; Vice Admiral Fur
rngut, to bo Admiral, o nd Rear Admlro
David D. Porter TO- DO Vioo Admirnl-nl
of which were confirmed by tho Senate
July eth, ...s.,,,, ~, -. t ,'-'
Soon utter midnight tho House passe'
the Senate bill to udmit Nebraska int
the Union. ~. . =
Congress adjourned last Saturday, tn
18th. y
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,;:,,.ii''% 'Gs"
Court;ofADpealS..

r 20 & AZ 80
]. The following paragraph. !, Of sno pso.
,cis,eaings ofthis bod ySIisa crowded 70! oa !:
of.last week s;papcr Es| II
:55IOln the 18th inst; 'thsscase ofkygcr 70
Roberts, was argued w col. Smith ana 9
MI. Lamb fort the pl,intir(in error aa o.
Judge Leo for the defendant in'erro'r.- ;.
The cause was originally is the ClrouI.
Court Of Roane county; and wa: broagn.
BY Col. Roberts ngainss tho dcienoan'
Kyger and others foriarrest and impfls,
onmcut bysthcm, of3tha plnintih below a.,
during tho early part Of tho war. Ihey
carried him before Henry A. Wise, CON.
mandiug IN the, jKauawha Valley by
whom he WIS subsequently, teson Go 10
Richmond and inoarcsratcd in prison Tor
about four months. .llc brought SUIT
and attached tho zeal estate ofthO dofen'
dan.s and obtained verdict for forty
thousand dollars. The defendant Ay'
ger, applied to that Court for supersc'
tleas, which was allowed: whcreupou Col'
Roberts filed an affidavit under tho LAW
Of 1865 providing that when il appeared
by affidavit that tho plaintiff in any SUIT
had previously, or was at the time Of
making 1t, engaged in hiding ornbettIne
my persons in hostility to the United
States or the State ofWest Virginia, that
the suits should Ito dismissed. Judge
Lees argumen. in favor OF the constitu
,ionality of the law, was a mastery vim
dicution Of the legislation Of West Nir'
ginia on. this subject, characterized BY
that legal acumcn and tho solid acquire
ments which rendered him 50 bright nm
ornament and cmincntjurist in the Cour
Of Appeals Of Virginia., which will doubt
less 10 recognized ut an carly day II
this State. ..
Judge Harrison being absent, nn'
Judge Brown being IN poor hcu'th, th'
Court adjourned on the 10Th, taking tn
questions, numerous authorities cited
and tho arguments thereon, under con
sidcration until mex. term.
A mandamm mM to the Doord Of Reg
istration Of Brooke county, granted u
the prc.cn, term, will rai"c tho question
of the constitulouali,y Of tho Voter,
oath law, at the next torn Of the Court
at which timo also, will como up for or
gumcn. and decision, the question Of tn
bclligcrcnt rights claimed by rebels.
Appeals wero allowed in the cases Q
r Tompkins VS.. Burgess, from kanawha
aud tho application Of John S. Swanr
for super~eleas to the Judge of IAN
uwha Circuit Court against him, in tavo
Of Morgan, for q gun taken by him Us
rebel officer, WINS refused. The case
Wcrniscr vs.. Wilson was affirmed, Will
that Of Grim vs.. Mcugcr va, reversed.
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EQUALIZATION sos@ lRoUsrrEs-On
Friday night last, Congress passed ) bill
'oqusas1l.ising bouptie,.slt provide, that q.
those who served three years, o. enlisted
for:three year, and were discharged FOR
disability before the expiration of. that
torn; sbill receive ono hundred dollar,s, ;
,ha,. iar.. i've i'i FL .sd
served thai period, or.S were discharged
for liability, shall receive fifty dGllifLs
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."T. - =, ~ .
THE ATLANTIC CADLE.-Thc Great
Eastern has arrived, having been sue
oessful this ti'uo in laying the telegraph
cotlo across tho Atlantic. She reached
Hearts Content last Saturday morning
having sent and received dispatches dur
ing tho cntiro voyage. Her. speed. in
crossing va, about tiyo miles per hour 70
having started on. the 18th uls. I'i@j5
Tho latest news from Europe by tclc.
graph, states that treaty Of pcace has
been signed between Austria and Prus'
sia. ~; "a, 4 u .;:3i!tt !: II.
. There have been riots in London, be.
cause the Govern ent refused to ALLOW: .
reform meeting to DO hcldin Hyde Park,
. q q .ss'ss H.
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Union Senatorial Convention.

Tho undersigned Union Executive Senate
+;al Committee Of the Seventh Senatorial Dis
trict comprising tho counsiea Of Mason, Put
nam, Ksnawhu, Clay, and Nicholas, respect
fully request tho approaching Union Con-
1entions OF said counties to select delegates
TO 4 Senatorial Convention hereby called 10
moe. At Charleston on the 25d Of August next,
40 nominate o candidate for tho vacant State
ysnatorship In said District.
- EDWARD NJ. FITZGERALD,
o.S =, HENRY G. NlcWllORTER,
~. JOHN BOWER,
y. SAMUEL E. YOUNG,
~ Ex. Com. SerenM Sen. Di,t.
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constitutional Rights Denied.

Constitutional Rights Denied.
The Democratic. Conservative : Andy
johnson. "my policy" party;;i 4 aF ''!
Of trouble: and just now: sending up, .
di,msaIf how! because the;radic.l minority
ID. Congress deprive .ho;southerlnl States
.o 81 ! their on stitu.ioual rights, by ezolud'
inc their Senators and Representatives
in Congress. That those States may
have the constitutional right to be rop'
resented in Congress, provided there are
loyal citizons enough in them to recon.
struc. and carry on their governments,
wo readily admit. But as those States
orc now reconstructed by tho tiny poll.
cy," tho largo majority Of their repre-
sspta,iycs have other constitutional
rights Of which they have been deprived
BY the President in regard to which this
muny,namcd party are profoundly silent.
Article 3, section 3, Federal Constisu'
ton declares, "Trea,ou against tho Unit
ed States shall consist only in lcvying
war against them, or in adhcring to their
cnouic,, giving them aid and comfort
and oonfcrs upon Congress the, power to
punish treason, and BY laws enacted In
pursuance Of jaid article, death and for
fixture Of property arc prescribed as the
punishment for said crime.
Fourteen months since nearly all these
rcprescn .a,ives from the Southern States
wcro most uusuestionably entitled to the
constitutional right guaranteed in this
provision. But Andy johnson, with o
tyrannical disregard of the rights Of o
FREQ people, intcrfcred to deprive them Of
these sacred constitutional rights, yet the
Blairs, the Pendlotous, tho Voorheeses
md tho acknowledgements ofthis "hydra'
headed" party aro aa silent about it nj
tho grave.
Would it not DO we'll for some Of tht
big guns at tho Philadelphia Convention
on the l4th inst, to take up this suhjec
md sco if thorc is not some means By
which thi, right may be restored to thci'
friends
1t is the opinion of Hon. John Mino'
Bolts, that the President is not consti
tutionally authorized to pardon treason
and there has also q question ariscr
about the validity Of pardon granted
for crime Of which the grantee has no
been convicted. It is truo, tho Consti
tuition authorizes the President to gram
pardons; bat o pardon implies guilt
md con q man DO pronounced guilt.
without q trial? Tho Constitution
guarantees him trial, and that by
jury Of his peers. Where did tho Pres
idcut obtain the right Or powcr TO pro
H@Behs RgHHii(4f sa8866 t AffSissseeHa 3H1}tAsS
to the indictment, as ho docs indircctl
in granting him pardon ?
We think it would require much los
ingenuity on the part of these grca
stioklers fsas; the Constitution to prove
tina: the President, in granting these
pazdons, exercised on extra. official priv
ilcgo, and which arc therefore void, thar
that the FIRST section Of tho constitutions
amendment couforS tho right Of suffrage
upon the negro. ..,<..
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Hule or Ruin stu their Policy.
At Democratic convention held at
Reading, Pa, on the 18th ultimo, Hon.
Montgomery, Blair, of Maryland, made
Should tho Radicals carry tho cleo
tons in October, the result would be tho
establishment Of two Presidents and Two
Congresses, for the Radical, sectional ina.
jority would then Immediately impcuch
President johnson and turn him out ;
while on the other hand tho Democratic
bers of Congress would unite with
the regularly elected members from the
South" -; Ile also warned his hearers
that they wcro on tho eve ornnoIher civil
war, tho battlefield Of which would he
10 the North, while tho South would re-.
main united. Ho discluimcl speaking for
my sensational purpose; but earnestly
warned tho people Of tho North against
tho evil effects Of tomperins with the
Fundamental laws Of the land.
There you have il. Tho same posi-.
tion they took in 1901 Ii VIC ben.
you. Mt tho polls. all right; but if you
beat us there wo will again appeal to the
sword. Our chance will be much better
now than before-we will have the Pres.
ident on our side, consequently will be
tho recognized Government ofthc United
s,ates." Montgomery Blair is good nu.
,hority for the President, therefore this
prediction IL significant. '''.
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JEREMIAH GARDEN.

In tic Adn,iuion Of 7ennessec, Con-.
gross has givon proof Of. its. sincere
desire to restore their forfeited privileges
to, iherobelb States, the moment! Iris
convinced Of their. loyalty. fThi5 fict
silences countless slsndrrs.. Because Of
itsDstoadfast determination to admit no
representatives from s; Southern q Stats
which refused to comply with thsG Very
moderate conditions imposed bJ tbs, 10y:
d! people, Congress has beco persistenlIy
accused Ola desire to prevent. the restoc
ration Of the Union. .Thos,5 Who have,
affirmed tho f.lsehood, Who bsys idsel.B
ed that the 70 bel States, BY the n.la a cf
Of laying doInytheir arms, festnsd nh
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