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pothinQism arises in any Of its forms, it nat
uraIly seeks its adherents among the relics
of the wbig and federslst parties, and IN
the modern and powerful factions Of black
republicanism. Thus not only by natural
alfinities, for the Irish are ap essentially
democratic people, as pure Gene races ab
ways we're, not only by instinct and symIpa'
thy. but ia selfdeienSe and from sell're'
spect, Irish ctizeSs have with great uni
formity taken their stand in the ranks OF the
democratic party.
II is enough for them that this is the party
which champions right against power lhe
rights of independent communities against
Capitalization the rights OF individual eiu,
zens against prescription the rights oil
America against the whole world. There
has been no need 10 bribe them with prom
ises Of place and plumber; therefore, they
have not been bpbed. No need to oiarney
them with fine compliments and an ahecta'
ton Of generous interest in their cause
therefore there has not been much oil this
sort Of blarney bestowed upon them .,
On the whole we will venture to say, and
not without some pride,) that no large class
of citizens in this country have ever given
themselves up with devotion 80 dIslnter'
ested to the support Of any party.
We have not been famous in this Irish
citizen for our indiscriminate praises OF that
same democratic party--for which reason,
perhaps, our good word may be more valua.
Die. We cannot endure the name Of any
other party and il we do sometimes quarrel
with IT, we do so because it is not demo.
cratic enough. If we condemn its practice,
il is because the practice falls so far short OF
the principle But every day brings some
additional reason to bind us more closely to
the democracy, as against all other parties.
A grand struggle is now approaching !
and IS almost upon Us. The issue will de,
terrine whether be United States are to be
governed inside the constitution, or as Mr..
Thad5sus Stevens says, outside of tin
other words, whether we are to be ruled by
the Law or against the law.
80 doubt, means will be used, and are
now used, to deude the Irish American citi'
zcns into the ranks of the radicals.
II will be a glorious record for our coun'
trymen, if by their unanimous action at the
coming elections, they destroy the Puritan
domination, aud thereby, at one stroke re.
store the Union Of the states and the civil
rights Of our fellowcti2ens north aud south
They ran do this good deed.-Irish Citizen.
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RADICAL BRUTALIsM.

The radical speakers and radical newspa'
pcrs are doing their best to arouse the an.
| imosities of the war and create mobs and
! fights wherever they can. These are the
fruits Of jacobin teachings everywhere. They
have so persstentIy taught the base and ig-
norant that to destroy democratic property,
and to assassinate their persons, is the only
way to the radical heaven that we wonder
there are not more Of these crimes. Murder
seems to be necessary to give zest to repub'
lican enthusiasm, and as is usual with those
who manage that party, they begin on wo.
men and children. A few days ago, the
tanners passing along 9Th street, Cincinnati'
thought somebody had thrown d
stone at them, when Immediately there was
u rush of torch bearers to the sidewalk, and
boy named Thomas Cash, was stabbed in
the breast, near the heart, from the effects
Of which be died the next morning. There
seemed to be no doubt that the fatal wound
"ho lhniCNth W HHoiN III 'HC ha'Ho W @"
officer of the procession.
In Indiana, recently at II democratic
meeting, the jacobins, concealed in the dark.
ness, made an attack with stones, pistols
and fire arms, and succeeded 10 killing one
lady, breaking a little boys arm, and then
made good their escape.
In Geneseo they stoned women who car
ried lamps in de nocratic procession.
In Moline, in 1864, they stoned women
who rode in democratic procession.
Out at Blakesberry, Iowa, the other day
they cut the harness of Col. Gillaspy's team
while he was speaking,at a democratic meet
ing aud stole portion of the harness ofau
other speaker.
1t would require volume to record thu
brutal tendencies of the radical party, from
the time they mobbed Stephen A. Douglas
in Chicago, to the present day.
Violence, mobs, murders, and fraud ar
necessary to the success Of the radical party
without them the party would 90 down.
Their whole tactics, in this campaign, are
arouse the prejudices of the community, al
. create disorders everywhere.
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CURTIN ON SEYMOUR.

Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, says
the Buffalo Courier, was asked the other
day, in the Union League Club House Of
Philadelphia, what was his opinion of Gov.
Seymour He replied: "WeI, sir, ifIwere
asked to mention a man, who, in my est.
nation, assessed the attributes OF perfect
gentleman, cultivated scholar, a thorough
statesman, and sincere christian, would,
without hesitation, name Horetio Seymour,
OF New York" Show about Seymour's 10y.
atty ?" "After the dispatches that l sent
Seymour at the time of the rebel raid into
Pennsylvania" replied the Governor, sit
would hardly become me to impugn his 10y.
atty the fact is, have never doubted it
understand that Belmont ia having ali the
dispatches sent by Stanton and myself print.
ed, and have no doubt they will be in the
hands of every democratic stump speaker
through the campaign. We had better give
up attacking SeymOur's loyalty, for the op
position hold the trump card in that mat
ter"
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REVENUE TARIFF PRE- TRADE.

We give the Union credit for inadvertent.
" printing fair statement of the democratic
idea of tariff viz "a tariff arranged for
revenue, that will afford incidental protection
to domestic manufactures, and impose the
least burden upon and best promote and en-.
courage the great industrial interests Of the
country That's it, exactly. The only
trouble is, the Union cant comprehend it.
Republicans can't conceive of any kind Of
a tariff unless protection is its sole and
specific object. They levy duties upon
specific article at such figure as prevents
any competition from other countries. The
result is that that particular article is not inn
ported it is not brought to this country
but our manufacturers bring the price of it
nearly up to the cost ofimportation. What is
the effect Nearly the whole amount Of du.
| ty levied is added to the price of articles
made in this country; the people who con.
sumo the article pay every cent of it to the
manufacturers, while the United States gets
| not UllC GtUb VI EtNCuuC lEOui IL ! MS 10
the effect of q protective" tariff, upon every
article. The great mass of the people, the
consumers, are compelled to contribute from
their own hard earnings, to pile up epor.
nous wealth in the hands of the few, without
contributing to the support of the govern.
ment.
The democratic doctrine, offree trade and
a revenue tariff, is precisely the opposite.
The democrats would SO fix the rates of du-
ty, on every article, as to raise the greatest
amount of revenue, and, of conrse, incident
al protection would follow, to certain ex-
tent and to which no one objects. In this
way fair competition is invited, enterprise
stimulated, the great mass of the people
benefited, a large revenue derived for the
support of government, without expressing
any one.
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ANOTHER rARRICATIoK NAILED.

The radical papers charge Gov. 4. B.
Vance, of North Carolina, with saying
that
"Wbst the confederacy fought for would be
won by the election Of Seymour and Blair al
d;ng that secession il not dead. II is moro
alive than ever
His answer,by letter, is as follows;
There is not one word Of truth in this st"st .
ment made use of no expression in the I0 SIM,
est degree like it. Not only did not N.cI s,,r
sentiments in my New York speech "nlcn , a,,,
pose to be the one alluded to, but he'ei
occasion did -. l never was .',,,,,rS
and only fought during the war a. 'ns Uo as a
Of my native state, and to resi-" pow
cion and consolidation worse and more fu'n"u'
by far than secession. ia, ....,.,,t
'''y 'e'P'o''"''''' l.. b. VANCE"
As three monstrous lies, coined against
Hampton, Vance and Wise'aro now answered
;sr, !, .bopt time for fresh in5talmentG
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Who are the authors of the present immense
Ratioual debt ?--DesBlOiHes ReJ1ster'

Who are the authors Of the present immense
rational debt p DesplofHes Register
Well, that pretty hard to answer, lnd'vid-
ually. A. Lincoln made few thousand OF 1t
in the Red River cotton expedition Stanton
and the directory on the conduct OF the war
piled up few millions to defeat Mcclellan
on the Pennsula Cameron, also assisted
bv way of contracts to the extent of 1000.
600 Mr.. Welles also contributed his mite OF
millions in purchasing unseaworthy hulks,
which went down freighted with Union SOL
diers. The rings of contractors which fut
tered around the White House, chiefly from
New England. contributed to it. John A
Logan saws the radical treasury authorities
at a single operation swelled the debt eight
cen millions by an illegal reissue of bonds.
The radical party repealed the revenue tar
if and passed prohibition instead, thus cut
ting of all receipts to the government for
customs from certain articles, and issued
bonds TO meet the deficiency. And IN a
thousand other WAYS have the radical ON
Gals and blood suckers created the debt.
But it would be an amending task to tell how
they have piled up these enormous burdens.
Sc many schemes have been adopted that 1t
would be much easier to tell what they did
nj than what they did to augment our bur-
dens.--DesmofReS StGfssRad1.
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LABOR BEARS THE BURDENS.

The men who work for salaries, by the
year, the month, the week, the day, or the
hour; all mechanics, artisans, day laborers,
who work by the day or the piece; all farmers,
all men who work, should give their special
attention to the policies Of the two political
parties, in regard to the interests and rights
Of labor. There are many questions to be
decided the coming election, in which they
have q deeper and more vital interest than
in any subjects which were ever brought be-
fore the people for decision at the ballot.
box. They are interested in the amount Of
taxes to be levied and duties to be laid
upon necessary articles they daily consume !;
they IRE interested to prevent the radicals
| funding the national debt, contracting the
currency, and bringing on hard times and
the failure of every business man Of moder,
ate means. They are Interested IN knowing
that, from their labor comes the means to
support our government and pay our debts.
They are interested in studying the policies
of the two parties on questions which OPP.
press them, and keep them from rising and
accommodating a surplus for their children or
for old age. The radical party has SO ar
| ranged the subjects Of tariffs taxes, banks,
! bonds, &c, &c, that labor bears all the bur
dens,-and they are asking further lease
of power to carry out their policy of making
the rich richer and the poor poorer. Men
who live by their work, their business, and
not by trading, banking, or incomes on
bonds, &c, &c, are deeply interested in
| compelling capital to bear its share of the
burdens Of the country. But if they keep
the radical party in power they will find no
! relief. Place power in the hands of men
and they will use it. There is no fault in
human nature better established than this.
If it were in the power of employers to com
pei the laborer to work for five cents a dav
aud board himself and family, even in these
times of radical tariffs and cxactions Their
is not one man in ten thousand but wha
would exact the service. just SO of tn
bondholding and banking interest. The
got their power from the radical party
They control the radical party and its pc
icy. Keep them in power, aud they wi
control the laboring interest of this country
create monied aristocracy, and compel Ia
Dor to bear the burdens of government
The only way to change the policy is
change the party in power-put the bono
holding and money party out, or it wi
strangle you. Put the democracy in power
now, while you can, and save your interest
and your country from the grinding exac
tons of q monied aristOcracy, before it
too late.
Read the article in this paper, from tn
Chicago Times, headed, "To Working Men.
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By Telegraph
REPORTED ron rnE DAILY ARGUS.

Nav YoEK, Aug. 3l.--The turner festival
embracing the delegations from this vicinity
Boston, Albany, Troy, Buffalo, st. LOUIS
Cincinnati, Chicago Nashville, Richmond
Savannah and large number of other cities
are in full blast at Morrissana. Gen. Slgel
is TO deliver an address,
Hon. Francis Grangerpost master general
under Fillmore, died, Friday, at Canindai'
qua. c.
New YORK, Ang. 3l.-At a session Of the
fenian convention, Sunday, President saw
age delivered an address urging the mem
bers to vote for democrats or republicans
in the coming political campaign who were
favorable to the fenian cause. He then IN
sisted on Eesigning and his resignation was
accepted. Subsequently union Of the two
wings of feniaus was effected, and they met
as one body. A new constitution was adoP'
ted at last nights session, which did not ad'
till after one o'clock this morning.
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GOV. SEYMOUR.
His Speech at Railway Opening,

AT the formal opening Of the Utica and
Sherooone railway, on Wednesday last. a
mammoth dinner was spread for thousands
of persons Al he latter place. Among the
guests was Gov. Seymour, who made the
following address:
FELLow-CIrIzESs-My friend. Mr.. Law
renee, Is nOt only all energetic man. bpt he
is shrewd man. Many years ago. as he
has said, 1t so happened that was interested
in little enterprise, but to-day, having been
invited to attend the opening Of his railroad,
| am reminded how be has outstripped me
in the race. To-day the citizens of Utica
have laid aside their everyday cares, and,
discsrding political and business matters,
they came down to the Chsnango valley to
exchange congratulations over the success.
ful prosecution of this great enterprise. I.
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The Irish and Democracy.

These Irish citizens who are of Irish birth
we do not count the Oraugemen. who
ought never to have been born in Ireland
nor anywhere else--the great mass Of Irish
immigration-have generally attached them.
selves with singular unanimity to the demo.
cratic party in American politics. Not only
because the principles of that party are the
most just, the most opposed to monopoly,
exclusion and restriction in general, but,
also, and especially, because democracy has
ever been the bulwsrk, the rock and strong
tower on which they could trust for protec.
ton against the narrow and un-American
spirit of Native Americsnism. When know.
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THE HOPE OF THE COUNTRY!
KNOW THEM !
The Finest, and Best, and Truest!
T,TF TN Ell

LIVERY FREEMAN-EVERYW WHITE MAN
IL AND WOMAN Of the Country, who puts
trust for the salvation Of the Constitution ana
the Union in the success Of the Democratic
Party, ought to know besides their princiPleIl
the features, at least Of those in whom that hope
is centered-of those through whom it must DO
brought to glorious fruitiCn. ,
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AND BLAIR CLUB, Life Like Portraits of our
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Orders to the amount Of ten dollars and over
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With each order will be enclosed = package Of
selected campaign documents, &C., to advance
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June.
VIII the farmers and working men Of Hi.
nois study these facts. The party in power
is making them sweat. 1t is plundering
them Of their labor, and impudently tells
them that they pay no taxes to the general
government. In addition to all this, the
Jacobins now propose to add half to the ma.
tional debt, by voting that amount as a
bounty to the bondhoIders. Will the tax.
payers submit to the swiudle and the op.
precision which vii! follow it?-Chicago
Timer
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Chicago Market.


TslsgrAphed to the ANGUS.
CHICAGO, August 81.
Flour-steady, Arm demand. Prices I'M
changed.
wheat-Lower; No LII; No2 l,6la4.
Corn--Dull, lower; Goat No i ssa4 No2.
Oats--Quiet, weak; 5l1A2
Barey-Quiet; No. 2 l,57a9..
ProysioIs-Quiet steady.
Pork-Held 1880.
Lard--Sold lSBa4.
Shoulders-lla9.
Hams-lS.
whiskey-Small sales B5a70.
LIVE STOCK.
UMoN SroCK YARDS, August 81
Cattle-Rec'd "a cars. Extra 6, 55a6,ST4, fair
to good j,l21a6,4 stockers 2,25a4,S74
Hogs-Rec'd 2. Extra lO,37AalO, 62I, good to
lhoice 9,S74alO,25.
sheep-ReCd cars Choice 4,5Oa4,75, good
4,00a4,25.
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60 70 the Baat.

Go to to the Bryant & stratton Iowa State
Business College, to get thorough practical
business education, or to become a good
sound telegraph operator. For circulars ad.
drees enclosing stamps the Bryant 4 strat
ton Commercial College, Davenport, Iowa.
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cows LOST.--S5 REWARD !

A BOUT two weeks ago, two milch COWS
n strayed from my place, near Warren's
Creek, below Camden. One o red COW, with
short tail, and turned-in horns, and wore bell.
The other black cow with white on end Of tail
handsome head and horns. Both about FIVE or
six years old. will pay FIVE dollars reward for
information where they can be found.
CHARLES HERTER.
Camden Aug 90 DIV lw
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To-Day's Advertisem'ts
COAL VALLEY FLOUR, AT WHOLE
SALE,

THE undersigned keep on hand, at their -four
l. store, on the Rock Island levee, the best
kind of Coal Valley Flour, which they are sell
ing at Wholesale, ut the lowest market rates.
WEYERHAUSER, SCHAFFER 4 co.
aup9QA1W
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ENERGY BRICK.

A TKINs0N, MURDOCH 3 CO., will sell
n Brick, delivered, FOR eight dollars per
thousand, and are prepa' to make contracts for
Any amount At eleven dollars per thousand, in
he wall, builder Measurement. iSnTdH.
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NOTICE.

VTNO the subscribers to the Capital Stock Of the
l. Moline and Rock Island Horse RailrOaa
Co., notice is hereby given, that call Of forty
Ave per cent. in addition to the amount required
when subscription was made, is demanded to be
paid to the Treasurer at the Banking House Of
Mitchell 4 Lynde, on or before the 9Th day Of
September 1868.
BEN HARPER, President
Rock Island, Aug. 20, lS65--d1w.
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0emocratic National Nominations

Of Missouri
Presidential ELEcToRs--AT LARGE.
JOHN A. McCLERNAND, Of Sangsmon'
I'll. DICKEY, Of LaSale.
SILAS L. BRYAN, of Marion.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
EBEN F. COLBY, of Cook
RICHARD BISHOP, Of McHenry
Z. f. BUTCHER, Of Ogc.
DELOS b. PHELPS, Of Warren
JOHN T. LINDSEY, Of Peoria
p. A. ARMSTRONG, of Grumpy
CHARLES BLACK, Of Champaign
LANES 5. EWING, Of Mclean.
~. SHOPE, Of Fulton,
GEORGE II. HOLIDAY, Of MacoupIn.
WIN. B. ANDERSON, of Jefferson.
EDWARD NJ. WEST, of Madison.
CHARLES BURNETT, Of Gallatin.
Democratic state Ticket.
For Governor,
JOHN r. EDEN, Of Moultrie Co.
For Lieutenant Governor,
WIN. II. VAN EPPS, Of Lee Co.
For Secretary Of State,
GUS. VAN HOOHEBEhEJ OF Chhtoh w.
For State Treasurer,
JESSE J. PHILLIPS, of Montgomery Co.
Por State Auditor,
JOHN r. SHANNON, of Randolph Co.
For Attorney General,
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, Of Mclean Co.
Fer Representative in Congress, at Large
VIM. W. O'BRIEN, of Peoria County.
For PeuitenuGry Commissioners,
JOHN W. CONNECT, Of Cook Co.
WIN. GARRARD, Of Lawrence Co.
CALNEH FARLEY, Of viii Co.
Democratic County Ticket
For Reprssentativs-47th District:
JOHN McCANDLESS, of Coal Valley.
For Circuit Clerk;
serg't JACOB ADAMS, of Black Hawk.
For Sheriff;
ELTON c. CHOPPER, Of Rock lslanc
For Coroner:
HUGGINS, Of Rock Island.
District Candidates.
For Congress--4th District;
Gen. JAMES W. SINGLETON, of Adams
For ssnator-2lst District:
CHARLES DUNHAM, Of Henry.
For Board Of EquaIiEation--2ist District;
JESSE EMERSON, of Bureau.
For Prosecuting Attorncy-6th District
CHARLES X. LADD, Of Henry.
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