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gailp argus.
HORACE GREELEY ON SECESSION.
Extract from his Speech in Cincinnati, Friday
Evening, September Goth, 1872.

As the Grant papers and speakers are
psrsissently and msliciously misrepresenriug
Mr.. Greeley's views on secession, We propose
to keep the following extract from his
speech before the people until after election.
Mr.. Greelsy said;
Last evening, at Pittsburgh, in the
course of some off-hand remarks to .
mass sssemblsge like this, l took the pains
TO explain the circumstances, the extra
ordinary, unprecedented circumstances un-
der which was impelled in the winter of
1850 and 1861 to offer, in good faith. to
submit the whole question Of union or dis
union to the fair, unconstrained vote of the
Southern people. After due delberarion
and discussion, | said then, that it was my
belief, and il is still my belief, that had the
people been allowed such q free and fair
opportunity, they would have decided that
the Union should be maintained. Those
remarks, which / made last evening, have
been misrepresented; have been, | think,
perverted into an expression of present be-
lief and present conviction that any State
has a right to dissolve this Union ct its own
good pleasure. Fellow-citizeDs, | utterly
repudiste and condemn that sentiment.
Cheers.l do not believe that any State,
or any ten States, even majority of the
States, has . right to dissolve our Union.
Applause. That Union was founded on
the Constitution. II is chartered Govern
ment, not mere league 1t does not con-
stisute Confederacy merely, but g Nation
not Government OF limited aud defined
powers, but of unlimited duration. | be-
lieve that the Union is not only destined to
be, and was intended to be, perpetual, but
believe that our great civil war, if there ever
was any reasonable doubt as TO the nature
of that Uuion, has settled that doubt for.
ever Renewed applause
Rock Island Argus., 1872-09-28
LIBERAL NOMINATIONS FOR CONGRESS
IN ILLINOIS.

The following is the complete list of Lib,
sral candidates for Congress in the State
except the three Chicago districts, in which
nominations have not yet been made:
Rock Island Argus., 1872-09-28
Bourbons Go Over to Grant

New YosK, Sept. 26.-A conference was
Gratis dissatisfied with the Louisville move
msnt. James Worrell, of PhisdelphiA,
presided; j. Fl. Wilson, of Alabama, Secre-
tary. Worrell made . speech favoring the
support of Grant and calling on members of
the national committee to organize in the
several states and unite in behalf of the can
didates approved by the conference. The
nominstion of Dix for Governor Of New
York aud others on the Republican ticket
we're com amended and an address in their in
tsrest ordered issued. A national commit.
tee OF two from each state was appointed,
with j. Fl. Gilmore, of Virginia, chairman,
aud q. c. Page, of New York. Secretary.
B. F. Parks and Peter Sharp are members
for Illinois
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grain shipped from this port to New
Orleans in bulk, when received in good
order here, has been delivered in like
good order there, and all grain to foreign
ports from here ria New Orleans, has
gone through in good condition, and
receivers of such have advised parties
here, that grain from the upper Missis-
sippi Uid New Orleans to Liverpool, is
received in better condition than by
lake, Uia New York. With a fair stage
of water, grain a and is taken from
points as high as st. Paul, and laid
down at tide water New Orleansl, as
cheap as at the nearest lake port, and
can be laid down at Liverpool via New
Orleans, at the same freight as from the
same points to New York by rail and
water. The barges are now taking grain
from here, delivering on board of ship
and steamer at New Orleans; for ten
cents per bushel; freight from there to
Liverpool, eight pence. We are to-day
loading a barge with forty thousand
bushelof corn within one hundred miles
of a lake port, with a canal to that
point, for Liverpool Uid New Orleans.
With the same capacity Of steam or sail
vessels as run from New York to Liver
pool, New Orleans would soon be a
large grain port. Deepen the mouth OF
the Mississippi, or build the proposed
canal and we would 500 be there.
Yours truly, GEO. R. REA.
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THE MAN.

General Grant PAGES along in his slow
and awkward way, with a face Redeemed
by good living, staring vaguely at the
world with his odd, lack-lustre eyes,
having no speculation in them, without
exciting the slightest attention on the
part of the erowdsh he encounters. Some
times a stranger turns and gives him a
prolonged stare, but generally he goes
on without remark, and this peculiarly
accompanies him in all places. Even
when crowds are advertised for, and
every effort is made to get up a show of
enthusiasm, he is left with a vacant
space about him, as if the air were
chilled by his presence, that freezes peo-
pie with a sort of fear or shyness. Little
Stephen il. Douglas was often fairly
lifted off his feet by enthusiastic crowds
that seemed bent upon embracing him;
and Mr.. Lincoln could not appear with
out his hand being heartily shaken
even to annoyance at times.
If ever a man lived who had no per
sonal popularity whatever, that man is
General Grant. No other man could
have been selected who could keep such
a horde of followers together, and the
foIlowersh have therefore HObson's choice.
They could not select any other eandi-
didate, for no other candidate would Sc
lect them. No other prominent man
would tolerate them for a day. So to
have given up Grant meant political
death to the thousands of officeholders
who now so seriously impose upon the
people and made civil service reform a
necessity. There was a farmer who
burned his barn TO get clear of the rats.
We must run out the vermin, or the de-
struction of the government is inevita-
hla
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lete is not true. There is a difference of
seven hundred and fifty per cent. in
favor of the cost of canal, as compared
with railroad transportation. There are
upward of six thousand miles of canal in
successful operation in France, and it is
proposed to construct a new one from
the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean,
at a cost of ninety million dollars. The
Ludwig canal, which united the Danube
and the Rhine, affords uninterrupted
communication between the Black Sea
and the Zuyder-Zee, and has already di-
verted the current of the grain trade,
rendering Russia the granary of Western
Europe in place of the United States.
In England there are tw~enty-six nun
dred miles of canal in successful opera
ton.
EXCESS OF RAILROAD ZEAL.
The fact is, that the people of the
United States have gone into an injurl-
Gus extreme on this subject. In their
zeal for the construction of railroads
they have overlooked the immense nat
ural advantages presented for the con-
structioT of canals. The United States
has proiaabIy the best water privileges in
the word, and theg are, comparatively
sDCdkllk7 llG MOASA ACNNAODNh' IL Ml
cases, as in the Atlantic and Great
Western, the Constructions OF a few miles
of canal would connect rivers hundreds
of miles long, and complete the missing
links in the channel of water transpor-
tation. /.
ARNOTHER HOLLAND.
In fact, canals should connect the
Missouri with the Arkansas, so that
floods from melting SHOWS may be sub
divided, and q barren country between
the two rivers made rich and popuiOus.
The Arkansas should be turned into Red
river. and the latterinto the Atchafalaya,
and thus, practically, two Mississippi
rivers, parallel with one another, will
flow from the mountains to the sea
Destructive OverfiOws are rendered inn
possible, and such will be facilities for
commercial intercourse furnished by
cheap canal navigation, that the low
lands drained by the same agency, and
secured against floods, become the most
attractive and densely populated, as they
are the richest districts of the continent.
Then, too, Mahan's steam canal boat be-
comes an invaluable agent of civiliza-
ton, and climatic laws will remain IN
changed, even as they would be reseind-
ed by levees, giving us wet and dry sea
sons, if these could prevent the diffusion
of water over the swRmps, and accom-
plish the ends of their builders.
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AN envious paper says that "the Ms
souri, Republican shines by light reflected
from Graft Browns red head" The
Republican reflects the wisest American
public opinion, and if reflected light be
thus brilliant, how dazzling those origi-
nal rays emanating from the rubicund
Uranium of Missouri's chief magistrate?
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OTHE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE: In re-
Spouse to the call OF many leading citizens
OF the State, I hereby announces myself as a
candidate for Judge Of the Supreme Court
made vacant by the resignation Of Hon. 7. A
r. Nelson. Election first Thursday in August
uext. ROBERT MCFARLAND.
MOrristown, Tennessee mh4
ITO THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE: In re.
Spouse to the expression Of a popular de-
dire, sufficiently general and influential to
control my action in the matter, 1 hereby an
nounce myself a candidate for the office OF
Judge Of the supreme Court, made vacant by
the resignation of Hon T. A. K. Nelson. Elec-
ton first Thursday in August next.
J.B.C COOK.
CHATTANOOGA. March II, 1872. m
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THE GAINESVILLE Tobacco Leaf bears
General Cheatham's name at its mast
head as a candidate for Congress for the
State at large.
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For STATE Senator.

WE are authorized to announce PEYTON
w SMITH, of Upton County, a candidate
TO represent the counties Of Upton, Fayette
and Shelby in the State Senate of Tennessee
subject to the action of the Convention. mys
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

For Constable OF FOurteenth District.
DLEASE announce myname as a candidate
for the Office of Constable OF the Four
tenth Civil District of Shelby County, subject
only TO the decision Of the people at the bal
IotlhOx Il. W. GREEN
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WE are authorized { ~nnounee J. HAIR
w VEY MATHES as candidate for re
/ slectlOn as State and county Tax-CoIlector or
ton. ans
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Certificates for Sale at all the Agencies
Of the Association.

Rs- Orders with the monny for Certificates
may be sent per Express, or Registered Letters
or Post-ofiee Orders, at tho risk of the Asso-
citation, and Immediately upon the Distrfbu-
ton taking place the 0ficial Number wiz be
forwarded 70 each correspondent.
All orders TO be addressed
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PARTICIPATES


MEMPHIS, June 3, 1872.
Received of the Memphis Agricultural and
Mechanical Society the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars, being amount OF premium drawn by
Ticket No. $40 at the Distribution OF said So
ciety, June l, 1872 d. A. CLARKE,
Commission Merchant, Front street, Memphis,
Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, June 3, 1877.
Received of the Memphis Agricultural and
Mechanical Society the sum of Five Thousand
Dollars, being amount OF premium drawn by
dhsket mo- mo: yii4 is a the D~istri91tdI@9na Of aI Sald So
Boot and Shoe Dealer, Madison street, Mem
Ell. BARINDS,
Salesman at Mansfield & Higbee's Drug Store,
Main street, Memphis, Tennessee.
MEMPHIS, TENN, June 3, 1872
We, the undersigned, take pleasure in attest
ing the perfect honesty and fairness of the
Distribution of the Memphis Agricultural and
Mechanical Society drawn at Greenlaw Opera
House, June /, 1877, and heartily commend the
object Of the Association, the reliability for
the payment of the premiums drawn, and the
prompt drawing on the day advertised, to the
W. N. HARRINGTON,
Prest Union and Planters Bank.
II. +. GARTH,
Prest German National Bank.
il. MURPHY,
Prest Memphis Bank.
f. DAVIS,
Pres't First National Bank.
il. FREEMAN,
CaSh'r Merchants National vi
M. .WICKS,
Pres't NJ. and c. Railroad.
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ForIudge OF the supreme Court.

DOBERT F. LOONEY is a candidate foI
IL Congress, subject TO the decision of the
Democratic Convention. apps
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O"OuN6ullOu
MARCUS J. WRIGHT is a candidate for
WI reelection to the Office Of Sheriff Of
Shelby County at the ensuing August election,
subject to the action of the Democratic Con-
vention OF June 10Th. APPS
GEORGE i. HARRIS is a candidate for
u Sheriff Of Shelby County, subject TO the
action OF The Democratic Convention. apo
A p. CURRY announces himself as an in
IL dependent candidate for reelection to
the Office OF sheriff Of Shelby county. Elec-
lon august, loL apis
CHARLES L. ANDERSON is a candidate
for Sheriff of shelby county. Subject to
the decision of the Democratic Convention.
WE are authorized to announce Colonel
w ia. FORREST as a candidate for Sheriff
AZ the ensuing election, snbject TO the Demo-
cfauc convention. mh26
GHERIFF- hereby announce myself as a
~ candidate for Sheriff of Shelby county, at
the ensuing election. Subject to the action of
the Democratic Convention.
III JOHN S. HARRIS.
n answer to many inquiries, / hereby au-
4 tnorlze you to announce my name as a can
didate for Sheriff of Shelby county, at the Au-
gust election, 1872. Subject TO the action of the
Democratic Convention.
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n z MY nm HNwYTWRN
IuNn
V&AWAA &S4AAI&& Ai&S
TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE
MEMPHIS AGRICULTURAL
MEGHANIEAI, NuHETY
Under the authority of an &C. passed at the
=
lAEAPMF HF~R EAW~
To be paid IMMEDIATELY AFTER the Dis
tribution takes place.

Tn Board of Directors, in commencing
this Second scheme 10 the Public, promise
that IL shall be carried out in as good faith as
the annexed certificates prove the former to
have been. The high character and standing
OF the Managers selected will also be an addi-
uonal guarantee that perfect justice and fair
ness viii control this Distribution.
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John c0wdons ESD Memphis, Tennessee;
EB-Yonrs Of the second instant is at
hand, and inanswer, viii say that all
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n 6. HOGAN respectfully announces him.
u. self a candidate for Sheriff Of Shelby
county subject TO the action of the Democratic
EnnNenflnn
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To be Distributed in Conformity TO Law.
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For County Trustee.

AVN OVUHNJ NHIE8GUUa
ID NJ. MASON is q candidate for County
IL. Trustee, subject to the Democratic Con-
vention. Election FIST Thursday in August.
WE are authorized to ~nnounce A. WOOD
w WARD as a candidate for reelection to-
% the office Of County Trustee at the ensuing
August election, subject 70 the action of the
Democratic Convention OF June Goth.
COUNTY TRUSTEE-We are authorized to
announce General r. NJ. BRADFORD as a
candidate for the office Of County Trustee, at
the ensuing election. Subject to the action of
the Democratic Convention.
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D. HUNTER, of Civil District No. 2, is a
"A. candidate for County Tax-COllectOr,
subject to the decision of the Democratic Con-
carlton mu7
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For Couutv T-.x-Couector.

nR. L. L. BATTLE, OF First Civil District,
IL is a candidate for the office of 1ex1 OIL
lector at the ensuing election, subject to the
decision of the County Democratic Conven-
ton mul1
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The telegraph confirms the news of
the death of the famous Benito Juarez,
President Of the Mexican Republic, at
the age of IS years. For quarter Of q
century he had led an active public
life, and was prominently :. identified
with Mexican politics. He was a pure
Spaniard, born in the State Of Oaiaca,
in 1907. In 1S45 he was elected to the
Mexican Congress. From 1848 to 1852,
he was the Governor of his native
State. In 1853, under the administration
of Santa Anna, he was banished from
the country. He subsequently return
ed, and in 1855 became Minister Of
Justice, under President Alvarez. In
1867 he became Secretary of State to
ComonfOrt, who was soon afterward
driven from the presidency. Juarez
succeeded him, being supported by
the Liberal party but opposed by the
Clericals, through tedious civil war.
In 1861 he was elected President, which
position he held thenceforward, ex-
cept during the ephemeral existence of
the Empire under Macmillan. After
a long contest, the Liberals succeeded
in overthrowing the empire, and cap
turing the unfortunate Emperor, who
was shot by order of Juarez who again
took control of the government.
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Nasty says this old man died recent.
ly at the Confederate x Roads, KY.
Nasty is disconsolatc on account Of this
dispensation of Providence. Hejgoes
on however, to recount in his notice of
his last sickness and death, that since
the negroes had been made free, the
Elder and his boys having been de-
prived Of labor have been unable to get
firewood, except by burning up the
fences and when they were exhausted,
the house has deem gradually diminish
ing for the same purpose. This faithful
representation of thousands of cases
in the South reminds us that even here
in Wapello county scions Of this
slaveocratic aristocracy are apparent.
Labor they say is. degrading and they
act upon it. A man without !, any
visible means of support except
through his enslaved wife and his
children who have caught the spirit Of
industry in the north may daily per-
haps be seen moving about in this city.
He is a Greeley man to the back bone.
A democrat he has tried all other
remidies and failed. So he now plays
the hypocrite to conquer. He can't
work, he wont work and he catches at
anything that promises chance for a
return of the times when he could eat
the bread acquired by the sweat of
somebody else's brow.
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cause, in ordel that there might be a
a little politicalspirit to spice the dull
cares of life. So far as the old line
Democrats haze been heard from,
they say they vii not swallow Gree
ley, their life ong enemy, and that
they will voteor U. s. Grant. II is
nevertheless tue, that some Of the
new tangled d mocrats will support
Greeley, as the have been in the habit
Of voting for whoever their political
masters INSTRUCTED them to support
There is still mother class of Demo-
Gratis, who vii not support either
candidate, from the fact they cannot
tell which the, hate the worst, Grant
or Greeley. We wish the COURIER
family success Yours truly,
JOHN NJ. HARREL.
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The louisville Osnvensien.

Judge Van Allen of Watkins, N. Y.
one of the straight out democrats. saws.
the National Convention of simon
pure democrats, to be held at Louis
vile, Ky, on the Sd day of September.
next, will nominate u ticket of demo-
Gratis. and that from the abundance Of
encouragement received, from all parts
of the country, they will be enabled to
east at least 100000 votes for their
ticket. Charles O'Conner, of New
York, and Charles A. Eldridgc, Of
Wisconsin, are spoken of as candidates.
Iii claimed, that while they do not
expect to elect their ticket, It is vital
for them to rescue the party from the
trading politicians, and preserve intact
the dcmocrtic party, upon which demo-
Gratis may again rally, when they shall
desire TO return, after being routed and
ovcrthrown in their pursuit Of strange
Gods. This little game of bursting the
Republican party, is first-class BOOM
erin2, for it wounds deepest. the de-
nlocracyat the breach. 3,fs 'srl elsl
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The Onawa Gazette, gives the fol-
lowing account Of the Friday storm in
Manona county:
One of the worst hail storms that has
beenlfelt in Northwestern Iowa, swept
over Onawa, last evening.
The hail storm is six miles wide and
it is not known how far it extended
The hail stones averaged six inches in
circumference, and we are assured that
there is scarcely a blade of grass or
grain that has not been demolished,
within the storm belt. Four thousand
panes of window glass were broken in
Onawa, by the hail stones. The storm
came from Northwestern direction,
and was travelling in South-easteily
direction.
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Arkansas Anarchv.
special dispatch TO the Missouri Democrat
LITTLE Rock. Ark. ,TuIy 70

special dispatch TO the Missouri Democrat
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 80.
The Pope county disturbances are at
tracing great attention here. The Off
GERS and loyal men consider ii unsafe
for them to remain at their home
One has gone to Kentucky, several OF
them are in this city and many others
are lurking.in the woods.
Judge Mays court was practically
overawed on Thursday last by the
presence of large body ofarmed men.
who pretended to be guards for ten
prisoners, who were also armed, and
charged with the attempted assassina-
ton of Deputy Sheriff Williams. Tn
der these circumstances, it was unsafe
for witnesses to appear and testify
Friday, Judge May did not arrive to-
hold court. The town was again filed
with armed men, and the Sheriff and
others, charged with killing two or.
three of the prisoners, deemed il safer
Ior them to leave the county, having
waived an examination and given bail
or their appearance at the regular term
If court. General Il. w. CAN'T, the
,ity counsel, also returned here. after
Hing with Judge May, at Dardanelie, |
lis withdrawal from the cases. a
.oulf surrounded by armed men who
leny its jurisdiction can hope to do lit |
lc for the settlement OF the differences
If the people.