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run the entire civil service of our national
Government under Johnson than it did un lsr
Buchanan. These facts close the discus sion
on economical points.
In answer to their allegations that the na.
tional debt is on the increase, we show that
since june 1865, the whole amount of d5bs
then incurred and outstanding, incluiing that
for which no bonds were ever issued, but
which was met and paid by taxes, has b'an
reduced from 50 800, 900, 600 to 81 800 900 000
In short, that the national debt with which
we ended the war is now ons-fourth paid. To
their com plants that We are still as far fro a
specie payments as ever, and their inquiries
Why gold does not come down to par, Wa
answer:-During the past three years th4
Government has been compelled to fund about
81, 100, 600 600 of short and aooruing Ohliga-
tions into bonds payable in twenty years or
at the option of the Government after FIVE
years.
This funding process has kept the Govern
ment constantly borrower, has compelled
it to keep steadily pouring on the IN srket its
new obligations, with which the market was
already glutted. So long IS this process con-
tipued its credit could not rise to par. But
now that the funding process ID complete, and
the Government is no longer a borrower,
nothing but Democratic threats of repudia-
tiOn will prevent us from ultimately borrow
ing all the money we want at three or four per
by $50, 100000 year. Hence, the first great
measure of national economy is to crush all
attempts at reputation as iuo5ndisry, trea-
sonable, aud too costly to be even agitated.
In veriication of these facts, we show that
bonds declined two per cent. when Seymour
and Blair were nominated and recently ad-
vanced seven per cent. when it was generally
announced that their success had ceased to be
possible, and Democratic organs in despair de-
clared for change of measures and of men.
There is, therefore, as general a cessation Of
the Democratic fire on the financial questions
as on reconstruction. Seymour tells them to
'push the debt and taxation ISSUE" but, hav-
ing grasped the sword by the blade-pointss in
stead of the hilt, the harder they "push' it
the deeper it wounds them.
Republicans of New York and Pennsylvan
take up the challenge which Mr.. Seymour has
thrown down, and push the financial ques-
ton. The Democratic party can be compelled
to break ranks and run as far and as fast on
that battle. field as on any other. Let your
watchword be, "We entered upon the war for
the Union with pure motives, we conducted
II for wise ends, we fought it with noble
blood, and we will pay for it with good
money"
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS
UPoN CURRENT ToPICs-CoMPmED EVERY
DAY FOR THE EVENING TELEGRAPH
The Fight Against Ben. Butler.


FSom the ". y Herald.
The contest for Congressional honors in the
Fifth district in Massachusetts, constitutes
curious episode in the present canvass tn9
district is now, as Is well known, IepreSeutou
by the iTrepressible General Butler, ana Tue
war is, CuriOusly enough, Waged by the raui-
oals-of whom Butler has been an acknow-
ledeed leader--aganst the General to oust
him from his seat in the House of Represen'
tatives. This is practically the war between
Grant and Butler revived in new shape, with
what result remains to be seen. Batter Is not
a saint. He does not profess to be saint.
His snteoedsnts and proclivities are alto
pether of a different character. lie occu-
pies the position of Satan visiting Eden,
and if elected to Congress-the radical
Eden-he will be as full of mischief, and create
as much OF a row and riotipg among the
faithful as his great prototype did in the early
history of mankind. IL is made OF just the
stuff to give the radicals in Congress great
deal of trouble. If ever state OF things
existed that invited the presence of the DeVll,
CONGRESS next session will be the place ana
Ben Butler the representative man. de Will
rip up all the radical plots corruptions, Jobs,
and iuggleries from top to bottom. lie will
expose the rottenness OF radicalism from root
TO branch. The radicals knew and feel this,
and hence the opposition that besets him IN his
district. Hence it is that by singular up
AeaVal OF tn6 pOllllCal SltlusutS We IIuu tho
party mummes of a remote age ceming to the
surface, and, joining hands with the long
haired radical nondescripts of the present Pc
riod, the stif-necked and Puritanical embodi-
ments of the hour, the "blOated bondholders,"
the bubbling Bohemiaus and the babbling
blue stockings of Massachusetts,, going into
6ght against fiery -tongued satanic, unscru-
pulous, and audacious publicist like Ben But
Ter. Certain iniquites can only be fought
with fire, and Butler is the fitting torch
bearer. The Democrats should go en- maSSe for
him. There is no chance for electing their
candidate, and Butler will answer all their
purposes in shaking up the radical dry bones.
II he should turn out to be reformer, so
much the better. 1t will be new role for
him, and one in which, properly and vigor-
ously carried out, he will win much applause
and perhaps distinction. So, then, let the
Democrats of the Essex district unite with
Buffers friends and secure his triumphant re-
election to Congress.
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Once More Unto the Breach.

From The Washington National IHteLtigeacer.
1t is gratifying to know that throughout the
Whole extent OF the Northern States the De-
noCT@'s and conservatives are fully aroused
10 the necessary oi earnest, active, and indus
trious exertiOn to carry the election next
week. The people themselves are all. power
full. They can achieve victory if thew will.
even when leaders are recreant. 1t is a source
of peculiar satisfaction to witness this demon.
strstion on the part OF the masses in defiance
of the indifference and the treaohsry OF the
Tammany clique, which assumed to manage
the campaign, and up to this time have
managed it only in the interest of our oppo.
nents. Never before was party cursed with
such management. All was confded to the
TammaDy ring, which, with large promises,
undertook to manage the whole affair. The
Congressional Committee at Washington was
abrOgated. The whole control of the canvass
was impudently assumed by the New York
managers. The result was, nothing whatever
was done. Tammany was content with the
local triumph in New York State, and was
willing to let the rest of the country take care
of itself.
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Seymour and Blair,

From the ". Y. Herald.
Seymour has been West making half dozen
speeches day, more or less, and on every
thing in the heavens and in the earth and in
the waters under the earth except Seymour
and Blair as the Democratic ticket and except
ing the main plank of the Democratic platform.
Blair comes to New York, and, regardless of
his tabooing by the Manhattan Club and the
warnings of the Bohemians who dance about
that club, he stands and speaks bravely and
squarely on the main plank OF the Democratic
platform, the uncOnstitutionality of the recon-
Struction laws, and the Democratic masses ap-
plaud him to the echo. He is not 10 be put
down or kept out of sight by the Manhattan
ring, nor docs he intend that the Democratic
platform shall be hid away in the dark.
Blair too, goes the whole ticket, Seymour
and Blair, while Seymour ignores Blair and
goes only for Seymour as the representative
Of the Democratic faith. Hence, as tue real
embodiment OF the Tammany creed, Blair is
the man who ought to be at the head of the
ticket; for, sink or swim, he stands by his
cOlOls.
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Is the South a New ireland!

"shall we make new Ireland in Ameria ?"
asks General Blair; and then he goes ON to
answer that the reconstruction policy of Con-
gress has resulted IN 'new Ireiand"--an
unhappy land "proscribed. and prosecuted
and trOdden down as the old Ireland is" OF
course, this is some of Blair's blarney. He is
bidding for the votes of Irish-born citizens,
and appeals to their prejudices by likening
Congress TO the English oppressor and the
Southern States to the ill-used country from
which they sprang. The appeal would be
tive If It were not SO directly at variance with
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
WeiGhing o. tho FAvu.

A half bushsl measure 10 considered
indispensable BY every farmer. lie does
not soil bic potatoes Of grain, guessing o,
the contents Of the bin or the pile on The
6oor--it must be measured. With the
instrument at hand, be may know just
how much corn 10 fed To- tho hogs and
poultry; how many oats to tho horse; how
much seed Is town on the land, and many
other points equally valuable TO know.
But good::weighing scale is possessed by
comparative few, although its use would
in many ways b. even moro valuable than
that ofthe half bushol. For instance, in
selling live stock, the weight is usually
estimated by the drovcr or butcher buy
log at the farmers door. Long practice
enables the buyer to weigh them very
correctly with the eye, and thus he has
tho inexperienced seller at on advantage,
which he is not slow to use. A good
Fairbanks standard platform scale would
save its cost in few such transact ,ns.
The weight of wool, butter, and other
farm products, should be ascer.ained at
home, to prevent mistakes and dishonesty
in Weighing after the goods have been
sent to market. The weight Of grain per
bushel, the gain of cattle under different
systems Of feeding, any mauy other i'm.
portant facts, can readily be determined
by having a good scale. II should be
part Of the furniture ofevery farm. Fair.
banks scales have been named in this
connection, as being entirely reliable,
having been adopted as the standard il
this and other countrics.-Country Gen.
tleman.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
To the People Of Missouri.

If any Democrat in Missouri is un-
mindful Of tho trnnsccndant importance
Of this years coming events to himself,
his party, associates and his State, he
should Immediately open his eyes to it.
IF any Democrat does not know that in
all political struggles organization is halt
the battle, let him go to work TO organize
the party IN his city, town or neighbor-
hood, and he will soon see the difference
it makes, If any Democrat is not i'm.
pressed with the conviction that Demo
cratic principles are just as much at stake
now as ever before. and that the contro'
vcrsy in Missouri is as maeh US ever be-
twaen loyalty and Radicals, let him but
look at the men he knows in the two par
ties and lie will see it as plain as daylight.
Such being the posture Of affairs, am
for the fight, and call upon you-all Of
you--to 60 10 too. have no more at
stake in It thas you have. Every loyal
man in Missouri is directly and deeply
concerned in keeping Radicals and Mon.
grcls down and 30 far as can help they
shall be kept down. Long ago I announ.
ced that l asked no quarters from them
and would give none; long ago l said
they or VIC must 20 down and say so
now. The issues are not changed. Look
at it rs you may still the great vital
question stares you in the face shall loyal
men govern Missouri or shall Radicals
and AIongrels govern US?
JOHN G. CRuMp.
Burlington, Iowa, May 4, 1868.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
The lnYCrted Pyramids, .

A bill to "admit" Alaban,an, Georgia,
Louisiana, South Carolina and North Car
olina to representation in Congress haS
passed the House. We presume it viii
pass the Senate with equal facility, as soon
as the Impeachment business is out Of the
way. There is some show Of opposition
to the admission Of Alabama, because the
constitution in which she is supposed to
be clothed was rejected. That circum,
stance We regard as a very unesscntial
one. In no rational sense can it be said
that any Of the State, named possesses
constitution written or unwritten. The
will Of the military officer in whose "dis.
trict" the State happens to be, is beth the
law and the constitution. The immsmo-
rial rights, guaranteed by the Constitution
Of the United States, but which had been
tho heritage Of the people Of the Colonies
and Of the slother Country for ages prior
to The adoption Of the Constitution, are
not recognised in the Southern country.
Nor will there be any change in this res
poet by admitting Georgia, Alabama and
the rest to representation in Congress.
The so.called constitutions are merely le-
gal fotions. They do not euboly the
will Of any Law. .giver but Congress. In.
stead Of the dreary farces Of registration,
and the opening Of polls, under military
auspices, the constitutions should have
been made by act of Congress. The Sen.
ators and Representatives should in like
manner have been appointed-the former
by Wade and the latter ny Colfax. BY
this method the same results precisely
would be attained by the roundabout way
pursued-nor would it be in any respec,
more repugnant to the supreme law than
the latter.
Whoever imagines that the admission
Of the Southern States will result in the
cessation Of military rule, will sosn fnd
that he 10 mistaken. The reconstruction
that has been accomplished by the bayo
net will have to be maintained by the bay
opet. Through NO other iustrumentality
can the white race be kept in sub tioI
to tho black race. Congressional recon
4 st.uction in the last analysis will be foun,
to be nothing but an increase Of the Rad
. ical majority in Congress- majorit,
J. that is too large, even for the good Of ths
party-if 1t be permissible to use the terr
4 good in such connection. Tho Civi
Q will be still subject to tho Military powe
. intsn States, and the army appropriation
y will suffer no reduction. st. Louis Dis
y patch.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
4 Mothers Appeal.

Ny little son, John Il. Cameron, who
had been living with farmer by the name
Of Garrett King, residing near P-catonioa
in Winnebago couaty, ILL.,, for some two
years past, loft his place on the 14th oi
July, 1867, and has not boeu heard from
My circumstances have been such that
could not provide home for my boy.
lie is l3 years old, email Of his age, bu'
rather thick set, bluish gray eyes. Any
person who has secn him, or can give any
information Of him, will share their sym
pathy with me by writing to Messrs. War
ner & Buel, Rockforn Illinois.
! earnestly appeal to every newspaper
publisher to give this q place in his pa.
per. MARY Z. CAMERON.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
New 10 DO II.

1t is strange that persons who have
been drinking al their lives don't learn
to do it right. a friend Of ours has bccu
at it seventy or eighty years, and va.
never known to be drunk. Ills favorite
drink is grog, Of which he takes wine
glass and then cats cracker, which he
says has tendency to wad down the vii.
famous vapors aud kocp them from as.
cending into his brain. Another vino
glass full aud another cracker, and 40 on
till the grog is all out, or the drinker gets
full. Crogis whisky aud cold water mixed
and isior sale atall the groceries, taverns,
and drug stores. Water need not be ad
ded after tho chase.-Dayton Ohio
Ledger.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
The TrUly NLOil.1

The Kansas City Advertiser thus gives
the record of the truly "loil" in Andrew
county: .-. ........
"Groomes, one Of the Radical regis
trars Of Andrew county has been indicted
for tho murder Of Il. O'Bryne, aud fol
burning o dwelling house, and is now IL
jail at Savannah. A late Radical official
McC cClusky, is also under indictment and
in Jail. for assaultiug and attempting IA
rob Judge McClain. Still another, .
Radical ex.County Judge Woodcock, i,
under indictment for burglary, arson ani
robbery. He has fed tho country"
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
Tho Excitement

In St. Louis last Tuesday morning over
the impeachment news ran very high so
much 90 that many Of the loyal aud pi-
ous brethren were thrown of their guard
and indulged in naughty words. A friend
Of ours who was in tho Democrat Office
that morning says. Clinton B. Fiske, one
Of the "truly loil," and a bright aud shin
ing light in tho immaculate loil Church
Of the Uniou-a Sunday School man Of
great reuown, came rushing into the Office
exelaining to those present, "ve've gone
to hell, we've gone to hell" We can say
this much that whether they have goj
there yet or not, If they don't mend their
ways, 1t will only be question Of time
about their getting there. Oh, ye Scribes
and Pharisees. 70 hypocrits, 20 gooera
,ioa Of vipsrs, who hath warned you o.
the wrath to come 9-Louisiapa Journal
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
Poor Auslria"-Bui Poorer America.

A local Mongrel journal is lamenting
over the desperate financial condition OF
the European States, and says "the rulers
Of Austria have beggardcd her cxchequcrs
and ruined her credit" This is q fair
specimen Of the knowledge thcso bull.
headed, blundcring Mongrcls have Of the
relative condition Of this country and Eu.
rope, financially. Austrian bonds are to.
day taken at several per cent. better terms
than our own in the money markets Of the
Connecticut, and tho Austrian paper dol.
lar commands the specie at ll0 to 12O,
whereas our own paper dollar will not OBJ
tain it in the New York market at less
t!ran 1873 to 140 Then it is matter Of
fact, on record, that less than six months
ago Austrian bonds we're put into the
Frankfort market, by the side Of tho
American bonds there on sale, and wcro
sold somo four or five per cent higher.
Added also to the other fact that tho Aus.
train paper dollar commands a ha:s lacr
quotation, the declaration that Austrian
rulership has beggarded the exchequer
of that miserable country, in tho face Of
our financial condition, brought about by
Mongrel rulcrship here, comes with very
poor grace, and shows the absolute bind
ness and stupidity Of the party journals.
We are staggering under ten times the
official corruption, ten times the amount
Of official stealing, ten times the despot-
ism, ten times the amount Of slavery, o
vast deal bigger debt, and poorer credit,
than the most absolute monarchy in Eu-
rope and this aggregation Of National
evils is the fruit Of American Mongrel
rulcrship. Poor Austria, indeed. Poor
America, rather. We can afford to com.
miserate no civilized nation on earth TO-.
day, for We have fallen as no people ever
fell befOre.-New York Day Book.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
Reck Read Contracts.

Tho Louisania Journal, Of the 10th
inst, says that Road Commissioner Little
has recei'ed proposals for complet ng the
Louisiana aud Pra,rieville road, and ex.
tending the same to Auburn. The 6rst d.
vision commencing at the end Of the gro.
vel road, Eve miles south Of this city, and
extending to Rockford, was let to Pifes
and JOd, Of St. Louis, for $4,000. The
second aud third divisions extending from
Rockford to the county limo and on tc
Auburn, was let to Mc.srs. Orr 4 Smith
of Louisiana, for $4,000.
The work on all the divisions Is to b
com n,enced on or before tho 25th inst
The frst division is to be completed this
year, the second and third next year.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21

| f-- -A-----e-.>s.-.
Questions for Thoughtful aud IIoaesl
Radicals.
Was the late war waged for the Union
Has the war preserved the Union
" hat good has tho war dono tho coun.
try2
Why arc you in f.ver of the Congress.
sional plan for reconstruction, the loading
feature Of which Is, to subject tho white
race to the control Of the ncgro7
Can such state of things result In any
good ,to either race, and If so, what good ?
If by military force such roco onstruc.
ton werc accomplished, can it bo con.
tinued without the same force that com
pcllod il?
Arc you for keeping in the South q
standing army, to hold the whito race in
subjugation to tho negrop
These ars fcw out. Of many questions
that might DO asked our Radical neigh.
bors, tho rational and correct solution Of
which is as vitality interesting to them us
they are to us. We so!emnly believe
that all who orc though,lcssly co.opera.
ting with the Radical party in their sx-
trcme party measures are without intend.
ing it, forging chains for their postcrity,
and that if they stop and think for them.
selves, their own enlightened judgments
will promptly SO decide. 1t is folly to
deny that there is great falling away
from the Radical party. No other rea.
son can be assigned for this than, that
the people are opening their eyes to the
fatal errors into which their implicit con.
fidenco in party leaders has led them, and
their love Of country is triumphing over
their love Of party.-Nlexico Ledger.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
Editorial BrevitieS.
rFrom tho New York Day Book.

From tho New York Day -Book.1
The Tribune Of Monday week, in o
plea for Johnsoa's conviction, said 1--WE
throw away the technicality Of the law,
and regard this simply as q question Of
common sense" Of course you throw
away not merely the technicality Of the
law, but tho law altogether. But for
Common sense" substitute Grcely-
sense, Sumner-sense, negro sense, and
nonsense. Tho Tribune further said
"Andrew johnson has left us in condi.
ton Of unrest, uproar, and agitation"
BY "us" is meant the Nongrel party.
That was Mr.. Johnsop'e crime--he left
the .!ongrel party in condition of un.
rest" Well, let us thank God that the
poor perturbed thing will soon be at rest
forever-"for there is No strife in the
grave" That party has kept our country
10 "a condition Of unrest" ever since it
came into power.
The papers tell Us that Of 1000 white
men in Memphis; 1900 arc disftanchised.
Only ono white man 10 twenty is allowed
to vote. "Allowed to voter' What q
sentence is thati How long ought the
infamous scoundrels to be "sllowed" to
live who attempt to deprive whito men
Of voting and give that privilege only
to negroes? Congrsss has no more right
to soy who shall or who shall not vote in
Tennessee, than it has to do the same Ia
New York, OF any other State. If thil
people 10 not the most dcspicabls on the
face Of the earth, the men who are doing
this thing will before long back clean ou1
Of it, or run their nscks into the halter
The printing of tickets to admit negroes
white and black, to the impeashmen
trial, cost the people $4,000. The who'll
expenses for printing the trial 10 owe,
sl0,lO0. Of the SO, 900 for tickets, IS,
100 is . fraud and swindle upon the tax
payes. There is no job, however small
which the Mongrel swindlsrs do not max
gain themselves. The whole Mongre
organization is nothing but . swindline
and tax grinding machine.
The new Mongrel Supreme Court Q
Louisiana has decided that jury com
posed entirely Of whites 10 illegal. An
If the Mongrels could elect Grant th
people Of every State in the Union woul
hsve to submit to the Same thing or 6gt
to resist it. .,..
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
Managers Investigating Corrupiisn,

NS0ooNVsS AWvVCssoOsNo NVssUEssV0s
The Managers Of Impeachment think
that something wrong has been going on
in their camp-thst certain "recreant"
Senators have been bought over to vote
for tho acquittul Of Mr.. johnson. 1t tis
hard for them TO believe that any. one
who had been so dishonest or misguided
as to oct with them, could, when their
party was in so much danger Of being bro
Ken up, forsake the salvation scheme Of
their rotten carcnsses, unless he was paid
n pretty good sum for the act and hence,
they have gone into an investigation Of
the matter, and Senator Ross, for ono ID
cursed with their suspicious. A draft
for $4,000 is said to have passed through
the First National Bank Of Washington
City, and this, some Of the chop. p.faller
Impeachment Rumpers. think, was uset
to that end. If there is any bribery o,
stealing going on, tho lmpeachers aro th'
ones TO ferret It QUIT stakes o thief t,
catch q thief" Go it Kumpers.
The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21

If there be any truth in the telsgrams
from Mexico, that country is again in {
state Of revolution. The report is thai
President .Juarez is en- routc for Texas
having been compelled to leave the capi
tai. The story looks lik q canard, bu
VIC are prepared to believs almost any
thing about that unhappy country. Rev
olution and anarchy constantly prevail 10
some portions Of our neighboring Repub
lie st. Joseph Herald.