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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26
Consolation for the Democracy.

ut never rains but it pours." If the
news from the California. Maine and
other elections previously held were not
sufficiently narrowing and discouragiHg 10
the new epartureites, the late dispatch
es from Pennsylvania and Ohio will Eli
up the measure of their grief until it bub-
bles over. Pennsylvania not only gives
the Republicans good round majority
OF 20, 900. but shows large Republican
gains IN all parts of the state. Phladel-
phia gives majority Of 1922. The leg
lslature is largely Republican, as are the
State officers just elected
Ono shows also large gains, giving a
reported Republican majority Of 25 900.
The gain 10 Cleveland alcne is 9, S23. =
This State is the home of the new de-
parture, whose champions were Val!an-
dlgham and Groesbeck. The new birth
has been strangled in the house of its
friends.
Iowa, Of course, which voted the same
day, gives a rouser. She is the star in
the west which never sets.
Every State thus far, which has voted
siuce the advent of the new departure,
has put its seal Of condemnation upon
the imposition. These elections were
claimed as the preliminary skirmishes of
the great battle of 1872. They show a
united front in the Republican ranks, and
utter demoraIization 10 the ranks of their
opponents. They show that the people
prefer to trust those who have proved
themselves friends of the country and Of
just principles, rather than those who
have nothing but illusory promises to
offer.
Wisconsin will speak next, and the re-
suit will be the same. Earnestness among
the Republicans, apathy and disgust
among the Democrats, will render the
victory easy and certain. Doolittle will
assume the character assigned by his
friend Andy johnson tn Forney-that of
dead duck" All we have to do is to
vote. The more votes the greater the
majority, since under the registry law,
repeating cannot be practiced by the ad-
herents of Tammany in this State. Keep
the ball rolling. ng.-NorthUesterm
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The Herald on TRmsnany and Grants
Administration.

In 1868 the Tammany managers delib
erately threw away the game OF the Pres
ldentlal election in order to make sure Of
| New York city and State, and to lay
therein solid political fnancia. founda-
ton for the Presidency in 1872 Six
months ago, to all outward appearances
In the absolute possession OF city and
State, and city cash and city credit, with
bouudless resources at their command,
the Tammany managers held in their
hands the Democratic trump caids for
the presidential succession. Now, Tam
many, as political oligarchy, is demo-
llshed. Her prestige is gone, and her
power to buy up Legislatures and party
conventions is taken away. She is in
disgrace, and cut off from her supplies;
she IS only in condition to permit our
November election in the State and the
City to go by default. = Charged with
election repeaters and with false count
ing of the ballots to any extent desired,
the Ring" has now no incentive, if they
still had the power, to indulge In these
amusements. The neglect of the Ring
masters to get up a grand Tammany ra-
| titication of the Rochester Convention.
tells the story. Demoralized, disorgan-
ized, cut up into cliques and shorn of
their Iammany supplies. the Democrats
OF the city In this coming election will
fall, on their State ticket, far behind
| their late brushing majolities, and the
Republicans, from all the indications of
the day, including these October election
will recover this fall the Empire State,
ticket and Legislature.
| The arguments and results involved in
these Pennsylvania and Ohio elections,
In our judgement, settle this question.
1t will be remembered that in 1868, after
these October State elections, the Demo-
Gratis gave up the Presidential battle of
November as lost, and the prospect is
now decisively against them for 1872. 1t
is remarkable in this connection that the
very power, the central power of Tam
many, upon which they have mainly re-
lied for this coming Presidential contest,
bas proved the cause of their apparently
hopeless collapse from Maine to Califor-
MIA. But the case is very simple. The
Democratic party of the Union. sharing
in the honors and schemes of Tammany
must share in her disgrace nntii som
atonement is made for her manifold sins
and transgressions. Weighed in the
balance and found wanting, the kingdom
from Tammany has been taken away, and
turned over to the Medes and Persians.
Ir the midst of the impious feast of Bel
shazzar, with his lords and concubines.
there came upon his startled eyes that
terrible handwriting on the wall. In short
TO all appearances. even New York is
lost to the Dem ocratic party through the
stupid excuses of Tammany, and the
course is cleared and the way made easy
for an extension of four years to General
Grants careful and honest administration
-Ne1o York. Herald.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26

IT must crafty Mr. Doolittle to see all
the old wheel horses of the Democratic
party quietly stand aside, where they
can see just as well, and let the Chicago
candidate paddle his own canoe. Those
who have formerly done that work and
made the speeches for the Democratic
cause in this State, have not yet been m-
pressed with the necessity of taking a
hand in to help Mr. Doolittle. Of course
it is forlorn hope this year, but no more
so than In other years when these old
soldiers girded on their armor and went
forth to battle for their cause. Where
is E. G. Ryan, Ii. l.. Palmer. Gabriel
Bouck, George B. Smith, and the lesser
lights of Democratic eloluence, who used
to cry aloud and spare not in the cam
paigns that are gone? Echo answers,
but they don't. They have hung their
harps upon the willows and refuse to
make music any longer to aid in the elec-
| tion of one who has been everything at
times, ard noting long. The truth is, tie
nomination Of Dooiittle disguised the
working nen Of the party, and created
no enthusiasm among the rank and file.
The masses have been taught to curse
him by the very newspapers that are
now soliciting their votes on his behalf,
| and it has not yet been made clear to the
| average Democrat why he should cast his
ballot for political weathercock like
| Do olittle when as able and more consis-
| tent men have been set Sentinel.
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DOOL1TTLE IN 1859 Il 1858,

II. 1868, Judge DooIittle said that the
eountry.was in more danger from the
| Democratic party, and such organs as the
| Milwaukee Ne,cs, than from the rebels.
Having perfect confidence iI the Judge,
and believing him incapable of making
an unthruthtul statement. we trust that
| the Democratic party will consider his
remark as In fall force at the present
,iule.- Chppeira Herald
The editor of the Prairie du CHEN Tn
ion says he heard Doolttle mad speech
in 1865 in which he attributed all the
woes of the war to the Democracy. He
alluded to the death of his son in the
army in the following language:
My friends, the Democracy that are
nop trying to rise into po,oer IN this state,
and that IN doing SO are appealing to you
for your suffrage, ARE THE ONES, IN
A MEASURE, [ HOLD RESPONSE
BILE FOR HIS DEATH. 1hey fan.
ned the emders of rebellion By giving the
passionate leaders thereof aid and com.
fort. "
Now, he hugs these men and this par
ty to his bosom, although they insist
that Democracy never changes and is al
ways the same.
We rejoice to be assured that the gov
ernment will not withdraw the strong
arm OF military power until it has full
and satisfactory evidence of such spirit
OF true and permanent loyalty as to make
them safe participants in the rights of
self government, to insure obedience to
the constitution and laws, acquisce in the
emancipation of the slaves, and protect
ion to the freedmen in the right to enjoy
the fruits of their labor, as we'll as secur,
ity for them against unlawful violence
and prosecution.
This is what James R. Doolittle said
in 1865. He was then the most radical
of any one Of US. The Ku-Kiux bill
about which he makes SO much nois now
is only one of the means used to secure
satisfactory evideoce of such a spirit of
true and permanent loyalty as to make
them safe participants in the right of
self government, &C." and to secure Ito
the freedmen the right to enjoy the fruit
OF their labor, as well as security for
them against unlawful violence and per-
secution." Was James r. Doolittle DO
litically honest in 1865. or is he political
ly honest now2 He could not have been
SO at both times.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26
Ihe Lesson of the Frauds

The Tammany frauds have lesson of
profound 81 lgnifcancy for every voter in
the land. Ihey are the fault of the tens
OF thousands of New York voters who
have long left politics to the politicians,
and seliishy and foolishly devoted them
selves to their personal business and per
sonal pleasures. About half of the legal
voters OF New York city have been in
the habit Of neglecting to vote, for a
quarter OF century, past, except. at a
PRESIDENTIAL, and occasionally at State
election. Various excuses have of course
been assigned. 1t has been said that
citizens honest votes were no match for
the repeaters and ballot box suffers. and
that 1t was therefore but an aggravating
waste OF time and pains to go to the polls.
This has been largely true, but SO far
from relieving citizens of their duties,
the fact but imposed upon them addition.
al obligations to incessant activity, to
remedy SO appalling condition of things.
The fact is, however, that for the exist
ence Of this condition the criminal ncgli
gence Of the voters themselves has been
very much to blame. 1t permitted bad
men to acquire the power they had
abused, to lntrench themselves. But the
main plea of this neg iect is that which
the culpable citizen makes to himself. 1t
is that his vote counts but one that its
absence cannot really be of moment; that
it can but trihingly and not materially al
feet the totals while his personal ease
Or convenience, or engagement, or profit,
conflicts with the duty. This is the d,y
rot Of our political system.
A penal law compelling the citizen to
wnnlH q hnE
thing should be done. 1t ought to be
made disreputable not to vote. He ,oho
seytshly fails to cote IS as thoroughly 6rid
ed as the a0retch aoho pockets O. dollar for
ms cote. The intelligent and respectable
citizen tlnds himself just at present too
comfortable, or too much in danger of
ioosing few dollars or of failing to make
quite as much money as he might, and
so declines to vote TOR q consideration. -
In effect, his absence from the polls
counts one vote on the side opposite to
that he wonld haye voted for. Thus. he
has voted for the enemy, or for bad
man for consideration.
Every citizen eau do something towards
inducing reform in this respect. Men
whose function is to inculcate the obvious
and practical duties of life, such as YER
acity, the payment Of debt, the faithful
discharge OF, the family duties, ought to
insist that the citizen shall be faithful
citizen, and not mischieyously, selfishy
and disgracefully disregard the cardinal
virtues, responsibilities of the citizen. -
Perhaps mere associations of citizens
pledglng themselves to each other to vote,
and agreeing to forfeit fine for not vot-
ing, would do considerable good. Our
best classes of citizens might then be Sc
cured for the polls. Their interest in
nominations would be gained, and men
worthy to be candidates might oftener be
induced to run, where now they perempt-
orlly refuse, justly, and for reasons that
should cause the non-voters to be asham
ed OF themselves.-S Louts Democrat
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26

The Plot of last week speaking of the
Republican Candidates says of Mr.. Bur-
net:
How he reconciles his Democracy with
the Republican nomination we are una
BILE to comprehend. :"
As If it was impossible for sensible
man, after seeing the errors of his ways,
to tura, take the narrow path, the only
one which will lead to right actions in
politics and become Republican.
we wonder how far the Pilot folks are
from that same step, if they were SIM
cere in their late profession of having
taken new departure or is the old
Breckenridge poison still ranking. in
their veins? and was their last year s de
parture from the Democratic party-by
starting a peoples ticket and abusing the
Democratic candidates like pick pockets
a sham too ard all these departure"
merely gone into for the sake of ''gain>
ing Office ?"
We acknowledge, that they have been
partly successful in that last point, but
NOT by the PEOPLE of Manitowoc County,
and we are fully convinced that the more
they depart the more they will open
the eyes Of the honest, straightforward
voters who have heretofore stood by the
Demo ocratic ticket and induce them to sup
port men..only, who by their actions show
the principles which animate them; sush
a one is, with each one Of our candidates,
Gilbert w. .Burnet our next County
Clerk,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26
FROM CHICAGO.
The City burned by members of tho
International Society.

Special dispatch from the Evening Wisconsin.
CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-The Times of this
morning contains highly sensational
a: ticle Durportipg to be confession by
member OF the international Society of
the burning of Chicago by well-excuted
plot, In which a number of persons be-
side himself were engaged. The details
OF how the city was destroyed are given
with great minuteness, and with a gener-
al air Of plausibility. The writer, over
come with remorse, makes this astound-
ing disclosure, believing his death at the
hands of the Internationals to be newt
able, each member being bound by the
most solemn oath to kill any member
who shall disclose any secret of the or
ganization. In this frame of mind, he
evidently contemplates suicide, as his
only escape from the remorse which
haunts him. On Sunday evening, before
the fire commenced, Geo. Francis Train
lectured in Farwell hail. and, as attested
by numbers. of people worthy of cre1ence,
made the remark that his lecture would
be the last ever delivered in that hall
and that terrible calamity was impend
ing over the city, Train is known to be
a member of the international Society,
and, taken in connection with the alleg-
ed confession, his prophecy was at least
remarkable.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26
Southern HaaIiness.

Mr.. Stephens, in the Atlanta San, de-
votes a column to the vindication of the
policy of electing Senators without re-
gard to the disqualification imposed by
the fourteenth constitutional amendment
His argument Is, that everybody in Geor-
gia believes the amendment to be uncon.
stltutional and void, and therefore to
consider and respect it at all in the elec.
ton of members Of Congress, woul be a
dlshonorabie surrender of principles.
Whatever we may think of the doings
of Southern Democracy, there is one
point in which they loom up grandly in
comparison with their Northern allies
In the South they tell you what they be-
lieve and what their purpose is, and you
meet them on fair, open ground, in open
daylight; while on the other hand, you
meet the Northern Democracy in the
dark, azulking behind a refuge of great
lies.
The above extract of Mr.. Stephen is
Democracy as it is that Of the Southern;
but that idea won't win in the North,
and consequently the Northern Democra-
cy have recourse to the pitiful scheme of
artful lodging, and hide themselves, as
we have said, in refuge of lies. Their
new departure is monstrous lie, and
every Democrat that has sense enough to
read it, knows it. The whole thing is
the thinnest kind of a whitewash for the
outside of Democracy, while within is all
manner of uncleaniness.
They expected to catch heap of Re
publican flies with them new departure
molasses. The recent election in the
State where the sweet morsel was con-
cocted, shows pretty plainly that some
thing besides molasses, or meal, of the
new departure stripe, will be required to
make much of a havoc among the Re-
publican rats.
Stephens is ahead of the Northern De-
mocracy in everything that goes to make
men honorab bic. e.-Racine Journal.
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SrpERIoR SIIvER MINES :

SUPERIOR SILVER MINES The Lake
Superior Times says that the Silver Island
ore has yielded as high as sc, 900 per ton.
The Thunder bay mine is now idle, owing
to bad management. A heavy party Of
CAPITALISTS from Toledo, Ohio, are the
controlling owners of the Beck mine,
which is Learly ten miles from Prince
Arthur landing. Various rumors are
afioat about this mine in regard to its
that portion o. it has been sold at an
enormous price. Rich deposits of silver
and that country Is already filed with
anxious adrenturers. Superior City is
but 200 miles from the mines. and boat
leaves this point every week for tbs sill.
very regions.
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Dem Apologies.

The Vernon County Censor, speaking
of The Ku-Klux outrages, closes its arti-
Gle as follows:
This society of murderers and outlaws.
leagued with the Tammany thieves, is a
controlling force in the Democratic party,
and finds its only apologists among Demo-
Gratis. Not that all Democrats uphold
such practices, in themselves; but they
vote and act with the party which brings
forth and sustains both the Ku-Klux and
Tammany, and while the members of the
party act with that corrupt organization
they must submit To being hello account
able for its deeds.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26
Heavy Stea1fngs.


While Chicago burned and the people
OF New York were reading the account of
the tempest of flames and work of de.
vastatlon, they forgot their own local
grief over the huge robberies perpetrat.d
by the -four CJeSars' tsiezers), which
had trebled the city debt in two wears.
swelling 1T from forty millions in 1869 to
one hundred and twenty millions in 1871.
But they have again RESUMED the con-
temptation of the larceny, which is only
exceeded In magnitude of loss by that
suffered by this tire-swept city.
The Citizens Investigation Committee
had, up to Saturday last, located more
that fifteen millions of the stolen none V
IN the possession of the following partrers
OF Tweed, Sweeney, Connolly, and Hall,
chiefly abstracted last year and the first
half this year :
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MARK THE DIFFERENCE.-The n. Y

MARK THE DIFFERENCE. The n. Y.
Times in exposing the great frauds OF
the corrupt and rotten rlng of Tamtnany
has urged them to come out. show theil
hands and give an account of themselves;
but this they refuse to do and endeavor
By every means in their power to cover
up and conceal their frauds.
Not only themselves. bnt their friends
aid them in this, and it is almost impos-
sib!e to come to any definite knowledge
in regard to their thievings. But il
Pennsylvania how different. Thce the
State agent. Mr. Geo. o. Evens, Re-
publican. is believed to be defaulter
and instead of becoming parties to the
Defaication by assisting him to cover vi
his tracks. the leaders Of the party art
using all honorable means to have hin
brought to justice.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-10-26

THE Northern Pacific Railroad will
be completed and in running order to
Red River by November Goth. The town
at the crossing will be under the control
of the land company of the road, and lots
will be sold cheap to actual settlers of re-
spectahiIity. Deeds given to parties will
so read that they will not be allowed to
erect saloons or gambling houses on the
property bought A. no distant day one
of the busiest cities in the Northwest
will be at the crossing.
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ns Co"pahy..-.. 2C42.I9S,s :


The Citizens Committee are sanguine
OF tracing as much more Of the plunder
into the dens OF the Tammany beasts of
prey. What became of the rest Of the
money may never be known.-CHicooo
Tribune.
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WILLIAMS HOUSE.

WILIIAMS tC = IKAP1TAN, Pro-
N. prize tors. This frst-class house is in excel
lcai condition and the preprietors confident that
shey g've entire the travelling pub
lie. An Omnibus viii always be ready convey trav-
lsers to aud from the boats.
Farmers and others can rely on finding good ae-
comm odations for horses cattle. eff.
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EEk ED SEEGER.

HFFEsSS to his many friends and tin e
y public generally, a choice selection of Fresh
Meats. Salt Pork and Beef, Smoked Beef and Hams
Shoulders. Sausaees, Tallow and Lard the lowest
rates. Market a. commercial Street. 9Iy
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FRED C.fRTS,

91RAGE1ehE4 FGRsER, Keeps con-
i stantly hand the largest and best assortme Mt
oasaal caps OF the latest STYLES, at the lowest POS
sible prices and always pays the highest value in
salh toraH kirCs Of furs. l6-7
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s. S.sTDERSOT.

JASEFACEURER and Dealer In
vi Boots, Shoes, Leather, &C., &c. Shop on Buffalo
etreet, the corner of Eighth Repairing neatly
and promptly executed.
ManitoMo. Sani c;nlnr %. 1Sf5.
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The Position of the Democr.ey.

The Louisville Ledger, (Democratic) af.
ter kind of retrospective glance at the
new departure, and severe criticism
upon the men who advocate it. attributes
the defeat of the Democracy in Connccti-
cut, Maine and California to the fact that
the Democracy, not only of those States.
but of Ohio and PENNSYLVANIA. have
abandoned its time-honored principle,
tor the purpose Of luxuriating in the
spoils Of Office
From this point, the Ledger declares
the position of the true Democracy to'be
as follows:
We do not believe tha: the fourteenth
or fifteenth amendments were either pro-
posed by congress or ratified by the
States in accordance with the provisions
of the fifth article of the original consti
tuition, and therefore we hold that they
are not valid and binding. That thew
are at the present time in force is a fact
we are compelled to recognize but that
they are lawfully and rightfully in force
we deny. We hold that no repeal of
them, by an additional amendment. is
nece ssary to get rid Of them, as would be
the case if they had been constitutional.
y adopted, but that. as the alien and Sc
dition laws, they may be ignored as of no
validity. because not passed in accordance
with the requirements of the fundamen-
tai law. From this doctrine it is our set
tied conviction that the Democratic party
cannot depart and maintain its hold up
on the confidence Of the people, or retain
any reasonable hope of success"
The democratic party cannot maintain
its hole upon the great body of its MEM
bers on any other ground because on prin-
clple the above truly represents them.
They have adopted the new departure
from motives OF policy. desire for office,
and political power. Many Democrats
refuse to be misrepresented by the new
departure and the pretended conversion
to Republican principles is too thin to
deceive anybody else. The people un-
derstand it.-Er. e---
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"EXECUTIVE MANSION
''To the

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, October IL.
80 the Honorable Samuel Hooper, Bos
ton
"Wouli it not be well for the good
people Of Boston to dispense with the
ceremony and expense Of public recep-
ton on the occasion of my visit to your
city, and appropriate such portion of
the fund set apart for that purpose as is
deemed advisable for the relief of the
sufferers by the Chicago disaster? [ am
sure such course would please me.
q. S. GRANT.
Every officer of the government was
instructed to render all the aid in his
power, and General Sheridan was au-
thorized to draw upon United States
commissaries for any quantity of rations
necessary to prevent suffering by the
homeless people of Chicago for the want
of food.