The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-12-11

the New York World by the gentleman to
whom the original was addressed, and was
published in that paper on last Friday. It
will be found below. 1t is manly and
straightforward-prc such letter as
any one who knows Jeremiah s. Black
would expect him to write-and does him
infinite credit:
"YoRK, November - 1874.
my DEAR SIR: / thank you for your
letter 1t is not very easy to define my posi-
ton. / have not nominated myself as n
candidate for Senator but oertais friends in
different parts of the State have suggested
that / ought to be chosen, and have not
said that l would not serve If elected. 30
you see | am little like General Grant with
the third term.
"Can 7 be elected IF the Legislature
were left to their own spontaneous choice I
have some reason TO think that a clear ma
1ority would vote for me without hesitation.
1 do not say this because / estimate my
claims as greater than those of many others,
hut simply because l am assured of the fact
by those who ought to know. The candi-
dates, however, are very numerous and high
ly respected for their ability, integrity, and
great services to the party. They will all
of them be very active, and If l am sup
posed to be in their way they will be very
effective in making my dement's known to
the constituent body. On the other hand. ]
have neither time, taste nor talent for per-
sonal solicitation; nor have / any skill il. the
arts by which caucus nominations arc Sc
cured. You Will understand how much this
diminishes my chances when remind you
that no Senator since Buchanan has been
elected without being on the ground con-
dueting the canvass for himself in his own
proper person. To these disad vantages an
other is to be added. / happen at this mo-
rnent to be especially obnoxious TO the cor
rupt rings of the so-called Republican party
OF course / count their dislike a very high
honor-the highest that such people could
bestew upon me-aud their censure is a dec
Grafton which / would not willingly part
with. But they have practical power which
they can indirectly exercise to my serious
injury in such contest as this.
"In any event have no fears for the great
old State which you have loved so well.
Ehe is redeemed from her long aad ignOmi-
nious captivity. She will be represented in
the Senate not probably by ue, but by some
other Democrat who will do more than l
cnn to lift her mp and wipe all the skamos of
the past from her qpeenly brow. am faith
fully, yours, etc, j. 8. BLACK"
The same gentleman Judge Black, i'll
response to an invitation to attend q Dem
ocratic banquet given at the Continental
Hotel, Philadelphia, wrete the following
able letter, in which it will be seen that he
clearly and concisely sets forth the duty of
the Democracy now that the reins of gov
ernment are about to pass into it's hands:
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. ge, 1874
GENTLEHEN: l am houored by your invi-
tation to the dinner OF Democrats te-Inorrow
evening at the ContinCp:.l II oteI, aud beg
you to believe that nothing ureven IS me
from attending but AN i'm pcrativo duty which
calls me elsewhere.
| think l can understand how sincerely
you all rejoice over he great political evsnts
OF the last two months. Ifyou wish to know
what my feelings are l must decline 10 tell,
simply because ! can not do justice to the
subject. DemOcTsc cy--vhich is the common
sense and commoa honesty of The nation Or
ganzed for public purposes-vas supposed
by its enemies to be etGectualiy killed. Is
was but natural that the heart of every pa-
triot should buru within him when he saw
it rising again, facing the oppresser with a
front as determined ss ever, and denouncing
corruption in high places with the same
pai ghty voice which ia former times went
over the land like ths tones of a trumpet
But let us not merely congratulate our
selves upon tho recent past. Think nothing
done until the work Is finished. The victo-
ries Of this year will put only one House of
the Federal Congress into our hands and
we must wait year to realize even thar
Our perfect INDEPENDENCE must hs achieved
in 1876 by n struggle which will prove .hat
we are worthy ts be descended from the man
who proclaimed the rights of the States and
the liberties of the people hundred years
earlier. If we fail we must sink into o ser
yitude even more degrading than that which
We have endured for the last dozen of wears
II we succeed, then W i'll this puiSsant nation,
Ike ths awakjpg Samson, ''shallc her in
vincible locks, " and start the new century
under auspices so grand that nothing can
arrest her free csreer.
We must bear il al ways In mind that the
triumph of Democratic principles means the
restoration of constitutional government on
basis which will give absolute sccurity 10
the rights of men against the nights of men.
The broken walls of the Constitution are 10
he built up anew and made tao strong to be
thrown down again by the rufiiaus of the
higher law" Our opponents themselves
will become recoucilsd 20 the principles of
a mericaR liberty when thcy pass into the
minority and find the maguanIInous Deuoc-
raCy taking every possible preGaution 30
guard them in their weakness against the
oppression which they inflicted upon rs in
the days of their power. Peace will como
too, sectional strife will be ended, and the
public robbers who now swarm over the
Southern States will cease their ncfarious
occupation when we revoke the license which
the appropriate Legislation" of the last nine
years has given them.
Bnt we cannot reasonably hope to accom-
plIsh the object of our mission without much
labor and faithful eXertion after the ma
ehiHery of the Government shall 6e put into
cue hands. Fifteen years of domination by
anti-oonsttutional party has utterly de-
moralized every branch of the public service
These corruptions have become so numerous
and SO diversified, have sent down their top
roots so deeply, have been practised so
openly, and have become in n certain sense
50 respectable, that for many of them p mere
change of administration will not speedily
furnish remedy. But the abuses may be
ended by the impulsion OF the same moral
force which carries their authors out of
public life. When Hercules undertook the
task Of cleansing the Augean stable he did
not use the fork or the shovel, but turned
tho current of d river upon it and so swept
all IT'S NTH to the sea. The stream of public
opinion if rig!nly directed will in like man
ner aid Democratic Administration. This
hydraulic method OF reform being necessary
the freedom OF the press and the uutramellsd
right of the people to speak their sentiments
--everythIng that lets the water on-shoud
| by seduiousiy encouraged and securely
guarded. So may it come to pass in due
time that we will remember the days of the
gag law, the practice of kidnapping freemen
and the murder of innocent people by mill