, 1873-12-22


officer, no mattor how unit l,o was, no mattor
how large tho majority cant agaitst him. II
speaks their oarncrt aspiratton to bo FREQ
from Legislative abuscs. 10 be liberated from
It expresses The strong desire for good
govcrnmcnt tor tho State. and for d hopo-
ful rla1snco from the corrnptiona that l,ad
maae tho namos :. Of pladclpln aud
all tho lonpth and brendth Of tho country 70 tf,o
shame Of our: people whoroyer tlcv went, It
Expresses; fhaily. tho etrong tIlankfulloas Of
our people to tho Convention for tho great, good
work 1t haB done, Tho BAmo fce1inH ppryaded
the entlto stato for there was not county tint
had not suffered. and not community Tint had
not boon victlmizod. III ono quarter q Judge
"a. Eas legs}n.tad out 'of Office by tho most
fcw apccuators;. in nnot,or tl,rco or four
countiGe were continually threatened With tlo
peril Of baing torn to riccos to glut tho avarco
OF singlo man In anothorlarge sections Of couu-
try found all thclr business intcrostB saorifced>
time aftor. TING by tho greed OF private corpora
ttons-end 80 through long catalogue Of wrongs
that would Oil columns Of this journal by their
baro recital. Aud ovor nil thla was tho con-
aclonaneas at that the very money Of tho people
which thcso manifold wrongs wero wrought
that q few mon onsreuolod at Harrisburg holiul
tho strong barricatles orcotou by tho. power Of
this money, wore ablo to dictate logslatio" and
AA3tNGA VI ul5IEeI Vi tlt 6LALt HEEDl ulIlH
to tllois own arbitrary will. Tho nphenynl Of
yesterday was to get rid of this tyranny Of cor
tM!'aion M a'a, and thcse eTying abusea. Tho people
,le.I tue state h1ye nvaile themselves Of their op
p9fsp .st pHtG"t t tbs rs e have baon .hey Hy
horo and elsewhere, tlat thoar time hus conlo.'
From tic PhHadeiphia I'ytss-I;ep,
Pennsylvanla yesterday resumed her Boyer-
ognty by accepting the now Conatitu.ion pre-
linn ham t1raHnn11V faknr nj Inut ..,$u
looks like 175, ,00o. philaiolphia which was to
lead tho Opposition, loads tho victory. Her
great verdict Of $4,000 was unexpected to botl,
parties. All plots and predictions failed before
most notable exhibition OF fraud detected is tito
story Of the Nineteenth Ward Not loss steuilf-
can't was tho voto Of tho Republican counties.
They wero moved 40 by an inspiration. A!lo-
glmny gaye Lincoln majority. schuyihil1,
hlair, Huntington, Iuzo.no, Erie, Warren, Vo-
1lnnBo, Lawrence, Frankliu-it was lilse great
srn,y rising from its boep 10 tho tr,mpot-ca!l Of
battlc, fresh. cnger, resolved aad full Of right
cous wrath. And equal to tho gronr occasion was
homage OF ollr admiration md respect. It Inns
dono nlnny things In tho past TINT we llavo con-
donlned., 1t has been nb,lndantly and fro4uont-
y mlatakon' But yesterday 1t was moved to
heroic rivalry. Anxious, OF courHo, for restora-
sion to powor, and ready for pry cllance to
achieve It, tic Dnmocl ats seemed to forget
everything but their duty to thoir great city.
Their best men wcra on tho ground aud did scr-
issuo. They stand abashod before somo
shameless bctrayals. Likb tho Nopubli-
cans, who havo seon tho Tenth Ward torn
from its grand pedestal, tloy. have soen
tue old Fourth. Ward made to speak by .
few poor hundreds for honesty when It ought 10
llavo been logical uttoranco Of US many thou-
sands. Theo can turn with lofty crost to the
magnificent action Of such Domocrutio strong-
holds In tho interior as Dorks, Columbia, NortIl-
ampton, Lchigh, Monroe. Greene. and Wost-
tiolans on both sides, and tho Democrats hayo
had theirs; but they bave bud no Cameron to
employ all the Vaccinations OF three govern
ments-city,. State, and nationat-agai,lst tho
man grown great by accidental aud purchased
elevation-an embodied lnforiorityt tolerated,
tbrougl.foar OF bis lasl or hope of his departure
- tyrant obeyed bocause no bravo hand Inns
been found to grapple with aud dcthrono him.
new Constitution. 4 hidden baud at first.
no finally disclosed it at Harrisburg,
yesterday, and wheeled Dauphin County into
limo with tho dofrauded Tenth Ward OF this city.
He tried by infinite double dealing to deceive
belief TINT tho new Constitution WAS gone. he
hastaned to tho State capital to join Gen. Hart
ranft and tie State Administration IL its sac
ritico.,. But alasl though he dragged Dauphin
Alku tuN 44Et VI 4t!bAltllEu PkDlEGtAuLbI AG lldN
no timo to change hor forced majority againBt
the now Constitution before hewa overwhelmed
by tho ocean df popular Reputation Of himself
and his Clans. koycr was q trickstor 80 COM
pletoly caught In his cunning game.
Our new Constitution Is not perfect, save.
perhaps, as perfect instrument Of release
from just 6lch nien. But it will go forth
u most perfect physician. It IL thing that
politciana l'aye fought. and faiod iii
nt16 In t1ff and At0fa
It will even appeal to Tho most iuaulgent regard
OF tho Legislature. It will extort decent re-
cention from tho Governor, mud his statI. Be-
cas,se, after all tho new Constitution is tho pco-
wrlto in exultation ut the early morning hour wp
pub these words III type. There Ia not man
defeated in his hopes yesterday who hns not in
Ills bitter experience admitted and regretted tho
wrongs this great decree was declared to cure.
they wero justly vanquishod. Their own wonder
is they were not taught before. Ii this not 30
Hence these tears" 1t iB among tho marvols
Of those tn'os TINT so n'uch power has been
wiolded by mon WHO themselves hnvo contested
their incapaclty. They hive been amazed
TINT thoy should haso been 80 elected reelected,
aud trusted. At last they naturally began to
think tho cfoatnro higher than the creator. They
concluded the people were not only asloop, but
worshiped them. but now they arc disonchantcd.
Tho soycroign has resumed lis sceptre, and tho
only King we honor in this republic King
People-has come back, after long lapse and
deep sleep, to look after liH own.
FIGURES EXTRAORDINARY.
The announced majority in tho Nineteenth
Ward during yesterday morning was 900 against
tho, Constitution. Thia was the boast OF tie day
before. The return from the MAYORS Office about
p. N. mas SD agaiuat 1t. Tho truo retnru at
10 p. III. was 2,045 Tor tho Constitution. dlrer-
enco Of 5000, which shows what thoy would
have done had tho people not risen upon thom
like an ocean iu its wrath.
Interesting if True--Txvo II en- Hanged
fur u Crime Which They Did Not
Commit.
From the Louisptltf conrftr-Journal, Dec. l8.
/, Ono OF the most notable executions that over
occurred In Kentucky was tho hanging Of Capt.
William ?. King aud Abraham Owens, ut Frank
lin, in June, 1867. King was tho leader Of
gang Of thieves who stopped Several t1all,B OIL
tho Louisyil1e l. Nashville RailEoud and robbed
tho passengers, mud Ovens was Il member Of
Kings gaug. Tile two were convicted Of m,r-
doring, Harvey King, half.wtted brother Of