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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06

That flashed throughout New England; now
ami then
Came tidings OF defeat, OF traitors plot.
OF toil>ome marches. suffcrings on land.
ON sea, endured with spsrtcn vaor; then
\ peal long. loud and clear. that shook the
seat
oimonsrchs. and to all the word declared
An IadepeHdeRt Nation, hcnceforih bound
10 stand united-hcart and hand an soul
Against all tyranny. And from that day
TiI1; gloriOu, july fourth new race sprang
Fuil-armcd lika Minerva from the brain
OF /eu>;-o that strange harvest from the
teeth
OF dragon slain upon TIE plain Of Thebcs.
let arnOr /, for waT-uOt peace. \ boon
- d-ar. 50 rare as Liberty. the seal
OF blood must bear. And long and fierce and
The conilic; ragged. while Victory plumcd her
wings
Now OIL the royal red, now on the stripes
Whose stars in those drcar days CLEANED faint
and few.
The battle Of Long Islaud-at White Plains
The ms.ierly retreat Of Washington
Across the jersey shorc-the massacre
At Wyoming-the cruel prison ships
The bitter winter "a, old Valley Forge
ratron band. ptu>a with mpi,tcned eye
And heart too full for words! At last th price
l. paid seven years OF strife. ofsuife rings.
ofiortiiude untold-and 10. the boon
j, oHrS.-ihe >acritce the glory. THINE.
Ahu WINE i"ln up 10 up the WAtChNotu-
pas,
"Cornwalli> has surrendered. Ring the bells,
Proclaim Thanksgiving. prayers throughout
the land"
To Middlesex we hasten. where long years AZ
The little Huida spun. Through door.
Through latticc-w iudow stream, the autumn
sun.
And from the purple grape. an oIorou, breath
(iikc july liiesl steals into the room;
Crows sharp "caw, and now ami then the
OF plain i'c ''pewc@" wake, the ,lumberug
Aud from the maple bough thai sweeps the sil
Two caves, blood red, have fallen, Grave and
stU,
Yet hiding IN her eyes 4 wondrous light,
woman rises from her busy wheel
And gathers up the wind-biown autumn leaves
W That DO they whisper to her A. shr hold,
Them long. aud iouks, now al the empty s!ceVe
OF one she call. her brviher-HoS. far out
Across the field. To church to chufchyanl
where
The shadows falI upon a ncw-made grave
The last low bIVouac OF one who fell in battle !
A iiood-1ougU earM ,,inow uempA ar
i crystal. firr-,hrot5iag rfrer.-
GresA plsiares cf rest irherc he jrosf caiae,h
MT.
J.y eaaii>"-opr Father the Gir,r,
4 fHisrs uarlHayiHg-bcyuH dHd d5yrt-
Nrgf Fan 9, my heart Is briHyisg.-
The f1g'r,1k h1h come NTH light and fcifh
iare,
Aad ha5t. there's .ig'ark singing.
u =. T.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06

CATCHING A CANNON BALL.-Another
american has distinguished himself
abroad. His name is Holtum, and he has
lately been attracting at the Folies Ber-
gefes in Paris by having a cannon ball
fired at him and catching the ball in his
hands. This prodigious feat was Witness
ed nightly. and although the actors pres
ent avowed that there was no trick, Pierre
Neron, of the Monde Illustre,' would not
believe it, He said that the cannon ball
must be thrown to Holtum from the
stage. The later made bet OF 1000 francs
that he would perform the feat under con
dlfions which left no room to doubt, and
when the bet was taken Neron designated
Maollle as the place for the trial. All the
journalists of Paris were invited, and they
found Holtum there before his cannon. 1t
was examined with minute care, and the
heavy bali was passed from hand to hand.
II am no longer in my own house." said
Holtum: You are master here. and YOU
must watch over all the arrangements.
Having carefully aimed and lashed his
cannon. 1t vas charged, and Holtum took
his place against plank target some ten
yards away. This was to show that the
ball was solid, and the force of the pow
der great enough to send it through the
plank. Holtum got the aim of his gun,
and then placed his head in a certain pos
ition against the plank, giving the com
mand of fire. The ball just grazed the
hair and broke through the plank, rolling
some twenty yards further on. The same
bal! was picked up up by the journalists,
who again charged the cannon and sent
home the ball, and this time Holem
caught the ball in his hands las neatly as
he doss nightly upon the stage. He won
his bet, and no one seemed disposed to ac-
cept his offer of 1000 francs to any one
who would perform the same astounding
feat. The physical force required must be
enormous, but Heltum showed his strength
by tossing up cannon balls as il they were
50 many oranges. The only precautions
taken are very simple; he wears very
thick leather gloves, and covers his breast
with many thicknesses of thin paper to form
sort OF cuirass.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06

FAILURES FOR THE FIRST THREE
MONTHS OF 1873. A circular issued by
one OF The leading mercantile agencies
giving the commercial failures for the
first quarter of the year reports that the
number and liabilities have not been
IPrgely III excess OF previous vea.s. In
New YORK city they notice a diminution
III The number of failures, while the few
very distinctive failures this wear have
been confined TO branches of trade in
which there have hitherto been very few
failures. Even these are far more to be
attributed TO an overproduction and un-
due competition, ey cessive even ia pros
porous times, than the result OF the pres
ent general depression. They add that
there are important indications of a
gradual though slow return to activity
and prosperity in several leading depart
ments of business. The total failures for
the first quarter of 1875 are stated TO
have been l,733, with liabilities of $3S, :
$4,000, while the number for one fourth
OF 1874 IS 1.457; liabilities $3s, 800, 600.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06

and tall of all the articles that were need.
ed IN the trade. He was going to ask an
explanation OF what he saw, when hfs eve
zen on MS own name, engraved In gilt let
ters above the counter. At the same mo
'hent the door at the end of the shop op-
eneI and he saw lire burning brightly
table set, and Susan, who, smiling, sign
ed to him to come in.
Vincent seized his hand. This is the
treasure that promised you. = he said ian
estate TO live on, aud a good wife who will
make you happy. All you see here YOU
nave earned, aud 1t all belongs to YOU.
Don't be vexed with me for having deceiy-
ed you. You refused to take your happi-
ness anu SO have y 1pe as nurses do, who
sugar the pills their PATIENTS will not swaI-
low. Now that you know what happy
!iic consists of, and have had taste OF il
l nope you will no longer turn away from
H. r.. l..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06

Going home a few evenings since, u res
ident of Chicago heard the voice of boy
in stable, and looking through broken
window he saw lad about ten years old
reading TO group composed of half-a-
dozen boys of about the same age. Now,
isn't this nice!' chuckled the gentleman to
himself; these boys, crowded out OF
school, are still determined to secure an
education!' He took another look through,
the window. and then placed his ear to the
broken pane and heard the boy read; "lf
the person who deals makes misdeal. the
cards may lie on the table only with the
consent of all '.Grashustr tr exclaimed
the citizen as he sprang away from the
window, that boys reading from 'HOyls.' ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06
MANHOOD REsromED.

QEND Is cts.i to G. P. ROwELL, &Co., New
~ York. for Book (91th edition) containing lists
Of soo newspapers, and estimates showingcost
of adr ertising Iyr3
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06
])oetrp.
A Hundred Years Ago.

written for The Boston Daily Advertiser.l
low. subtle whispers Of mid summer tide
Albeit shreds Of snow still clung about
The mills. and, IN the valleys arms. the brook
Lay like sleepy child-but half awake,
IL may have been the sunshine's heightened
raw
The lowing of the kiGe the steaming earth
The robins clarion nOtc,--I cannot tell
But little Hulda AT her spinning fet
The sudden restlessness, and opened wide
HE ciosc-bArred lattice window: cool and
sweet.
Into The room, aud on the wing-swcpt hearth
The startled birch-.og fell. 8 smouldcring heap
Oi ashe,; playfully the flesh breeze tossed
The stih. dried grasses on the mantle shelf
Ioyed, Just second, with the peacock's plume
Above the glass; then. PLAYED at hide-aut-.eek
Among the piles OF carded wool; tangled
The loosened thread that lay upon the wheel
Painted The cheeks OF Hulda with bit
oi islrt eolor-!eit from yesters work
Among arbutus buds, anomones
And pale spring beauties in the dim old
woods.
Then. marching boldly through the pantry
door.
CTwas Saturday, and at the kneading trough
The in' thor stood moulding her brown bread
loaf.
Tie rude wind' blew the good wife's cap quite
or
And threw iHio HE half-sklmmed pan Of milk
\ bunch OF Ienny-royal. age and mint
That hung Ia dry upon the old cross-beam!
A merry. ringing laugh. and Hulda caught
The hying cap. and hastily began
To close the sash; and vet with wisiful look.
hat IN de the little maiden lingcr still
Beside the lattice: All. A. uuhcdscd bird.
The gr0,rN may feel. or a. the pines
ON summer days will nurmur 10 the sca-
Inc restless main whercon their fragrant
boughs
Erclong must battlc-evcn. thns a child
At times conscious OF the days to come
Aud ~ it was our little Huda stood
ihat brighi spring MISUNDERSTANDING new.
strange thoughts
W hiie drramly she watched the curling SNAKE
Prom brier a nd brushwood, in the neishbors
yard
field,
Bcyond-wheie. in hi. suit OF homespun blue,
Her brother stood-ah. ye.-lHothcr too.
A sudden rumbe-wiId. black clouds. anon -
O hcAle April skies. But Hulda saw
hem not; for, with happy smile. she turned
Away. iust thea. ssi down beside the wheel
| nwouad the tangled thread. sorted once more
b" matted piles Of wool. and merrilv
She humIned the measure Of a simple song
hat seem d the echo OF her own glad
thoughts;
1 spH!i ~ and . suHlR cIr.h,
BlE, hlAs and Jlts rlr.r.
ta.! furtsi d,pths i-hcr- The syriHg, hare
tir'l.
Grsc4 .s.Ii, ,rAere he grasses 3at-er,
i fltr frigAt Futpr,-tcirIouf f.f t~,,liu-
ht4I N..c T. H,y heIr; is brlagt4y.
fgr q goifes hr,ld do iAs grin. Faf<s spin
We" meg h,lr-a rsRreIst SINGING.
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How sweet is perfect understanding
between man and wife. He was to smoke
cigars when he wanted them, but he was
to give her ten cents every time he induly-
ed in one. He kept his word. and every
time she got fifty cents ahead he'd borrow
it and buy cigars.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27
e BOHEMIAN PRINTING CO., 1O4 Croton Str, CLEVELAND
CtVrtek dne 27. dubna 1873.

stl pokusiti pfevedenf nemcckych, kdys
republikanskych volici do sveho tabora
anebo mali zachovati snad pfituziti je-
ste slouceni sve nesnaselivym, puritan
skym zivlem yankovskym My soudi-
me, ze ami iedna ami druha costa nepo-
vede il k vitezstvi. Nemecke svobodo-
myslue votum neziski sebe svobodomysl-
nelsim handidatem; bez nebo pax neni
$ to zvlteziti, nebof to votum, soastfedeno
lsouc Cincinnati, Cleveland6 a iinych
velkych m6stech, vysledek volby rozhodu
ie. Ma postaveni repnbikanske strany
v6ci pfi5tf volb6 gavernerstvi hodi Sc
na8leduiici atinsky vers: Inscidit in Sell
lam, quivnlt vitare Chary bdin (Spadl do
Scily, kdoz vyhnouti Sc chtel Charybde.) J
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27

jsem ho spattil. Byly to smutne bo-
lestne pomery, kdyz jsem seznal toho mu
ze, poznav dive basnika, toho obcana,
poznav drive mudrce to dobe, kdy
vlast hynula
A co konal tento slavny uctel nekolika
pokoleni studentstva, kdyz pozornost ce-
leho sveta SO ma okamzik odvratila cd vi
sni o polemik strannickychl On vyuGo-
val lid. On hlasal, ze prvni povinnosti
panuiicich Jest, ably still vzdelanost. Qui
net vystoupi na feeniste r. 1S48 a zadal
vetsinu narodniho shromazdeni, ably no
yyslechla Vsak nedosel r6m sluchu.
Quinet chape Sc opet pera napise brozu
ri. Jeho vlastni zbrani byla kniha; to
byl jeho nastroi propagandy a vit6zstvi.
V krize te oval Sc vykfik, jcnz ostane
vzdy spojitkem demokracie. Rekl: ably
ste zachranili tuto zemi pred nebezpe-
em, jez il hrozi vne uvnitf, vyucujte
lid pfimefene narodnlmu duchu; deite
ulu potreohe ODCaiShe EDucldHi'
Quinet, jenz prvni takto Sc oval, u
tvotil tuto zakladni zasadu demokracie;
my zaiiste pficinime Sc, abychom il nj
kdy Sc nezpronevefili. Zdaz to neni vyslo
veno ne srdci vsech vas. A vefte, to Wy
i1ato jest re srdce cele Francie; vsak to
Jest take 10, echo Sc nedomizeme lee We
likym namahanim: ia mluvim 0 onom
vzdelani obcanskem, laickem, demokra-
ticken, lidsk6m, jez Sc fidi jen rozu-
IN IN.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27
Europa.
IN e IN

Londyn, %, dubna. Majitele Wales
skych nhlodoli nabizi hornikGm zapoceti
dolovani, pfiimou-h mzdu 0 Is procent
nizsi. - Y sn6movne poslanc6 byl ma
vrh dra Kenealyho, tykajici Sc zruseni
soudniho nalezu Tichbornovy phi, znovr
uvazen. Tichborn, povestny to uchazet
ohromnG dedictvi slechticke rodiny
Tichbornove, byl Cd kralovskeho seudu,
jemuz pfedsedal soudce Cockburn, MALE
zen vinnym podvodu a odsouzen k neko-
likaletGmu zalafi. Obhajce obzalovane-
no DIR. Kenealy, ktery jest take clenem
parlamentu, jest posedly ton utkvelou my
slenkou, ze chranenec ieho jest pravy
Tichborn dedic dovedl toho nstavic-
nou agitaci, re Ind obecDy nahledu sv6mu
ziskal. Nedavno ieste svolal shromazd6-
nj do Hyde parku, k nemuz Sc 10000 Ii.
di dostavilo. V poslednim sezeni snemo-
vny poslancG navrhoval feceny DIR. Kene-
ally, ably byla jmenovana komisse vyse-
tfeni prozkoumani vsech zalezitosti,
souvisicich Tichbornovou pfi. V feGi
sve pravil, ze rozmrzelost mad vysledkem
processu mezi obecnym lidem denne
vzrdsta posuzoval velmi ostfe vrchniho
soudce Sir Cockburna, ktery Sc pry Wy
iadfii, 2e oDzalovanemu 15 let zalafe Wy.
m6fi. Poslanec Whalley, ktery navrh
Kenealyho podporoval, pravil, ze Jest via
de ma potlaceni pfc zalezeno, pfi jejimz
obnoveni katelicke spiknuti prot uchaze-
ci dedictvi by ma jevo pfislo. Richard
Boggalay hajil soudce Cockbuna Ito.
val, ze tax vysoce nadany muz, jake DIR.
Kenealy pfeludem ovladnouti Sc nechal
tim povest syou 81 podkopava. John
Bright fecnil taktez proti navrhu prohla
sill, ze vyrokem poroty must souhlasit.
Ma to byl navrh 433 hlasy proti iednomu
iedinemu zamitnut.
Ztraci lozum.
Mezi chovanci liverpoolske praco-
vny mnozi SO nasledkem nabozenskeho
rozcleni spdsobovaneho revajvlisty, pfi-
pady choromyslnosti. Jiz nekolik osob
pomatlo Sc ma rozumn. Take blahodej
ne iicinky kfesfanskeho nabozenstvi!
Berlin, 23, dubna. Policejni 1fad v
Poznani vypovedel z policeiniho okresu
sveho vsecky ursulinky, ktere nejsou ro-
zeny Nemecku.
Paf5S, "a, dub. WALTON, ministr vyu
covani, jmcnoval sondce Camberta komi
safem skolstvi ulozil mu prostudovan
americke soustavy skolni. Cambet ma
vstivi Noyy York Washington bud'
pfitomen filadelicke vystave.
OpfVesdu a po5ytu rakouskeAo elsa.
re q 7srstu sdeluii europske casopis,
nasledujici: Ulice, jimiz cisaf jet musi
lbyly nescislnymi davy lidu naplneny
lid provolaval hlncn6 ,,Evvivar' Ma nd
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27

Pred kratkem zemfel prosluly pfedsta-
vitel francoGzske demokracie, Edgar Qui-
net, jehoz pamatce Mar. l.. venlii nasle-
duiici pekna slova:
Prodlenim jednoho roku ztratila Fran.
Gle 1mrtim til velike syny, ktefi byi "a
ldadateli move DOLBY We sve vlasti. Sko.
nalit Michelet, Ledru- Rollin nenoveii
4 d gar Quinet. Patiz doprovodila
k tichemu lGzku ma Mont-Parnassu veil
ktho myslitele, neoblomueho hlaSatele
polit'cke mravnosti, neisechetn6jsiho o.
brance narodni svrchOvanosti, ohnivelo
horlitele pro osvetu vsech naroddy, mad
seneho proroka ideaniho zfizeni statniho
pod vladou pokoie svobody, spravedl.
vosti pokroku Temef vsichni poslan.
ci journalistic republikanske strany, v
Pafizi pfitomni, ubirali Sc "a smutecnim
povozem, vzdavaice Gest celem vzd6la-
mem svete ma yeky proslavenemu vddci.
Mad hrobem fecnii Victor Hugo jme-
mem vsech vypovezencGv "a cisafstvi, La
boulaye jmenem vysokych skol college
de France" IL. Brisson jmenem neikrai-
nejsi levice a konecne Gambetta imc-
mem republikansk6 demokracie.
Edgar Quinet byl iednim neiskvelei-
sich pfedstaviteldv idei demokratickych;
idei rovnosti, osvety, pokoie svobody
mezi narody cel6m lidstvu. Mad ieho
hrobem vznasi Sc zafe opravdoveho Glove
ka, ktera zaplasuje temnotu daleko ko-
lem sebe a zemi srazi vselikou nizkost
ducha i srdce, ktera by chtela pokaleti
ryzost jeff.
Tam k velikemu Quinetu pohlefte vsi-
chni, kdoz kdekoliv usilujete udrzeni
naroda nektereho porobe politickG neb
duchovni We vedomi sve cerne prace
sklonte cello pred tim vznesenym vzorem
uslechtileho clov6ka, jenz blaho a spasu
naroda sveho celeho lidstva videl jedi
ne osvete svobod6, jenz vedl mla-
dez k jasnym vysinam distoinosti lid
ske, ienz cestnou budoucnost sv6 vlasti
zakladal iedine na vit6zstv rozumu
mravnosti mad temnotou a porusenosti
ducha.
Z reel Leona Gambetty, vddce republ-
kanske strany .francouzske, vyjimame
nasleduiici.
,,Vedlc Micheleta, ienz vzkfisil spisy
svymi Francii minulou, pracoval Quinet
pfekvapujici dhslednosti povzneseni
Francie; vsude il vyhledava spojence,
pratele zaky. Coz vsak je nejvyznam-
neisi, Quinet pfedvidal odkud hrozi ne
bezpeci odkud take pfikvacilo, Oh Sc
stal prorokem, jenz upozornil ma Nemoc-
ko. A tax volal ma poplach davno pred
nebezpecim. Tento uGenec basnik pro-
hledl, ze mlhave pedanticke ueeni uni
versit nemeckych pfipravuje dtok ma
Francii. Laska k Francii dala nitl ma
hlednouti do temne budoucnosti.
A jaky tudiz div, kdyz pod ranami
hrube moci museli Edgar Quinet jeho
vzneseni soudruzi opustiti vlast, ze tito
nasi uGitele vddcove nesli sebou vlast
do vyhnanstvi. Vlast lila jen mysle-
mex ieich, uceni jejich, re spisI jejich a
del jeiich We vsech oborech myslenky.
A kdyz vnikla invase az k srdci Pafi-
ze, te Pafize, jenz jest srdcem Francie
tn chvatali Ledru- Rollin, Louis Blanc,
Victor Hugo, Quinet - jmenuji jen hve
zdy prvni velikosti ma nebi republican,
skem - k Pafizi, ably Sc shlukli kol pra
poru Francie.
V te dob6, panove, jsa neznamy zaL
Quinetdv, odchovan ma jeho naukach de-
jepisnych, uchvacen vznesenou poesii je-
no, jez objima laskou Francii, poprv,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-29
To the Musical Public.

An opportunity is now offered those who
are DESTROYS of cutlvating their voices un-
der good teacher with good method.
Ivan L. Morawski, of New York, has
finally consented to make Rutland his
headquarters, providing he can procure
sufficient number of pupils to make 1t an
object. He has studied with p A. Rivarde
of New York city who is one of the best,
if not the best teacher in this country,
and comes to us with highest recommend
atoms, from his teachers and former pu-
pills. He has exemplified, both by his own
abilities as singer, and by the perform.
ances of his many pupils, that he has been
.s@ae M ses! cS.rnGt!Gn she country af,
the low price of S25 tor twenty 'le9s6.Att
which, under the circumstances, is us cheap
as could be expected.
Those wishing to avail themselves of this
opportunity, both ladies and gentlemen,
must hand in their names before Saturday,
Nov. 9th, 1875, either to F. M. Davis or
Horace Baxter at Baxter national bank.
Mr.. Lavake, Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Hicks,
of Troy, are pupils of Mr.. Morawski, also
many others who might be quoted to show
the success of his method. Persons living
out of town must decide as soon as possible
so that we may notify Mr.. Morawski at
once. diff
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-29

Tour inches high, set In gold frame with
glass sides beautiful japanese work
table lined with blue silk an exquisite
mother of pearl fan +; a handsome card re-
ceiver OF marble and gold, and also one of
silver and gold dainty pearl pencil case;
two elegant point lace handkerchiefs a
set of gold butter plates and knife num-
Der Of ice cream spoons of various designs ;
several work baskets castors, knives and
spoons beautiful bronze candelabra and
a curious antique candlestick /; portmon-
naies, handkerchief boxes, thimbles, stat
uettes and brio brac in profusion.
Among the books were the complete Brio
brac series; beautifully bound copy of
the German poets, and three volume
edition of Shelley elegantly bound in
morocco.
Among the presents of jewelry were
pair of magnificent solitaire diamond ear
rings a massive pair of gold bracelets
full set of gold jewelry-pin, earrings and
chain two sets of shell cameo, beautiful
ly carved ; a cameo bracelet ; beautifully
painted slate pin, the work of Mrs. Davey
the Fairhaven artist and numerous jewel
cases, "curiously wrought in gold, diverse
one from another"
There were also many less costly presents,
valuable as tokens of the love and esteem
of the givers.
The guests numbered about fifty, being
OF the family and few of the
more prominent citizens of Rutland.
A table was spread in the dining room
during the evening, there being stands of
coffee and lemonade IN other rooms.
AT eleven the guests babe adieu to the
host and hostess and the happy pair, and
retired. The bride and groom left for New
York and are to sail for Europe November
10th.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-29
BRIGHTER PROSPECTS.
Seymour and Bigelow.

New York, Oct. 90.
Ex-Governor Seymour addressed polt-
ical meeting at Cooper institute tonight,
in lengthy speech, mainly devoted to the
relations which questions prominent in
the New York state election canvass bear
to the national politics.
John Bigelow also addressed political
meeting in the Brooklyn academy of music
announcing himself as necessary topic of
his own discourse. He said he was now q
candidate tor the first time in his life for
any important elective office, and from this
text he defined his position and explained
his presence on Governor Tilden's canal
commission, which he said was not as re-
publican but as non partisan.