The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-07-22
THE "NEW DEPARTURE"

"The war is failure. .'-[Vallan-
dieham 1T New York in 1864
The Amendments are "uncon.
s,itutional, null and void."- Val.
landigham at Chicago in 1868.
The war WAS not failure, and
the Amendments are constitution
al.-[Vallandieham at Dayton and
Columbus in 1871.
What is such a concession to the
march Of events, but tardy con-
fession that the Republican party
is right? The Democrats have
been trying to get Office for the last
ten years by opposing the Repub-
licans, but finding that the people
"don't see it," they at last resort to
the brilliant device of donning the
Republican uniform themselves.
Give US Office they say, "and
we'll be anything you please"
now KENTUCKY ACCEPTS THH NEW
DEPARTURE.
The following is from the Ala
bama State Journal
"Mr. Leslie, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ken
tucky. in speech the other day at
Frankfort, said that the three last
amendments were forced upon the
country by fraud, and that the
Democratic party will have them
decided unconstitutional at the
first opportunity lie also assert
ed that the Democrats are opposed
to educating the negroes with any
Of the common school fund"
Governor Leslie, it is asserted
by his friends, represents the Ma
tional Democratic party. II SO
what becomes of the "new depar-
ture."
ACCEPTING THE SITUATION.
This is the way the New York
Day Book receives the proposed
"new departure"
"Nigger representation but no
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. goes for
that. $3.50, 100000 per year rev
enue squeezed out of the people
and S3S0,000, 900 per year, national
expenses-Va Vallandigham goes fol
that. A standing army in the
South to overawe the whites Val
landi CHAM goes for that. Niger
impudence, insults, outrages, ,thefts
upon the people Of the South =
Vallandigham goes for that. Mig
gers in the jury box, in the legis-
lature. in the halls OF Congress
some of whom cannot read o.
write -Vallapdigham goes for tha
Nameless, silo cking atrocities
which almost stop the beating o
ones heart to think of, the very
legitimate fruit of the three amend
ments---Vallandigham winks a
these. This i
q portious only of what "accept
ing the situation" means. Demo
Gratis White Men! What thinl
you of such leader ?"
From such expressions Of sen
timcnt an idea may be formed o
the kind OF material the ':New De
parture' people have got to worl
up into their intended progressiv
party. The very hopelessness c
the task proves that sane men neve
could have undertaken, in goo
faith to accomplish it. Viewin
it as a sham, designed to answer
temporary purpose, We can under
stand it better
Abandoning correspondent, VIII
has crossed an Indian rope-ferr
in the far off wilds of Oregon, tht
writes
. On our return we found the fer
ry--a rope nrticle-in charge ,
an Indian. The second house be
: yond the river is the palace {
Blow, a suo chief. 1t is abo,
eight by twelve, one story higl
J built of logs, and illuminated thr'
one pane of glass. Blow is fin
! looking fellow. forty-five year
old, and the owner Of the on
beautiful Indian woman / ha,
: ever seen-not merely beautiful /
contrast, but absolutely so.
She was the daughter Of form
| er head chief. who hanged himse
3 rot long ago for love, proof tn;
: tue red man is capable of civiliz;
tion, and equal to its heaviest RI
2 sponsibilities. To thi tend,
, hearted father, Blow paid seve
e hundred dollars for his daughter
D five hundred dollars in cash, an
a two hundred dollars in horses
i twenty dollars a head. 1t was 9
!, he had, except a flint-lock sho
t gun, fshing-rod and a line, al
D three old beaver traps. He is de
9 lighted with his bargain, for, in q
8 dition to his wife, he now has
Q six months old baby that he Sc
/ down in his inventory at eig
l hundred dollars.