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The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
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These words, coming to us from one whose name is identi- fled with this Republic more than any other man, and whose person al integrity and political sagacity no man ever doubted, are worthy of the deepest consideration. They should serve us as an incen- tive to watch iealously that enc my against which Washington successfully strove-an enemy that is as hostile to this republic to-day as in the days of the Rev olution. The late civil war was fostered and unblushinglv sus- tained by England. This Union was vilitied by her press and her mercenary writers; nor did she leave any means unexerclsed to insure the triumph of the adverse cause. With that cause we can not, of course, have the slightest sympathy; but now, that passion has subsidedand right triumphcd, we can afford to say that if q vanquished foe ever deserved re- spect and admiration the South ern people do. They, too, will decorate on the same day the graves of their honored dead, and we may, without compounding principle, join with them in the sad ceremony. Their deep sin cerlty, their valor, the chivalrous honor they evinced throughout the stormy conflict, reflect credit on the nation at large. Their deeds of daring and self sacrifice Americans may consider common property; and we should be as 10th to repudiate the names of Lee and Cleburne as of Meade and Farragut. The feelings of sectional animoslty engendered by the war have almost wholly disappeared, and it is the duty of all good citizens so to act that that period may be remembered without enmity.
 The Union is restored. There are no such things as ''rebels" now, and the words and works of the war period should be consia cred as belonging to history. Political iug0lers will not heSi tate to appeal to passion in order to compass their selfish desires; but it behooyes all honest and patriotic men to discountenance such conduct, and hold up to pub lie odium all who would postpone the peace and harmony of our common country in order to sub serve selfish ends or gratlfy sec tional animosity.-N. Y. Irish World.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
THREE WEEKS MORE.

In less than three weeks more our State Convention and the two great National conventions at St. Louis and Cincinnati will have been held and tho state and na- tional platforms framed and sub mitted to the people ;-the lead CTS of our State and National governments during the next ad- mlnistration will have been plac- ed in the field and the campaign fairly opened. And never have the American people been called upon to participate in a campaign and to choose new leaders, when all circumstances and surround ings rendered the eXigcnciea of
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
LETTER OF s. HUGHES.
His Reply to the Lewisburg States StricturcS Relative
 to His Official Duties.

Insopuch as we adverted in our paper two weeks ago to an open letter writer by Col. Hughes to the Lewlsburg State, and made some comments upon the same, we now, in justice to that gentle man give room to the following letter written by him in answer to the States article.
 If there has been any injustice done the gentleman, he should have q fair hearing in vindica- ton of his cause; but for him to try to have the State close it's mouth because he happens to be Il candidate, does not seem calcu- lated to strengthen his ease. In" vestigations, it must be remem- bered, are the order of the day and will never injure the guiltless. It may be that a better under standing of this matter will re- lieve Col. Hughes from any of the censure which some seem to think should attach to him. It may be that it is more through the fault of others that this mat ter has not been pushed to an adjudication. But here is the letter:
 LITTLE RocK, June l, 1876.
 EDITOR GAZETTE: As tie Rev. Mir. Stout, of the Lewisburg State, has seen fit to arraign me in re- gard to my official duties as attor- ncy general of the state, and to
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
NEXT WEDN ESDAY.

Next Wednesday the State Convention of the Democracy Of Arkansas will convene at Little Rock for the purpose of selecting delegates to the National Conven- tion winch convenes at St. Louis on the 27th, and nominating can didates to fill the various State offices for the next two years. The meeting of this convention and the actioa they shall take Is q matter of no small importance to the state of Arkansas, for 1t Is as certain as any political event can , be, that the ticket put out py that convention will name our rext State officers. And at the present crisis we need men at the helm whose judgment 10 clear and
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While the Republicans are di- vided among themselves, and their candidates for the presiden- cy are bitterly opposing each other in the struggle for tEat very questionable prize, the Cincinnati nomination, it is one of the most cheering signs of the times that the Democrats are quietly, calmly and tremendously considering the question of the best and most. available candidate. With them it is no personal issue; no man is regarded as having peculiar claims upon the Demo ,racy; no section is entitled to name the candidate for the highest office in the gift of the people. All the prominent Democrats who have. been mentioned for the first place on the ticket are good and avail able men; all are so recognized by Democrats of all shades of opin- ion; any one of them would re- ceive the assured Democratic vote in all the States. But there is heavy vote that is not assur- ed to either party, and it is quite possible that that vote might carry the election for one party or the other. In vlew of the pecul- far position of affairs with which we are confronted, and the prob able closeness of the coming con test, it is healthy and promis- ing sign that Democrats are earn estly endeavoring to determine who is the best and most availa- ble man-not who will be most pleasing to this or that set of pol iticians, or who will best suit thls or that section, but the man who can concentrate upon himself the most voting strength, and can carry the largest number of cleo toral votes.
 The friends of Governor Tildcn have put him forward as that man, and it may be that he is; but the question is yet to be settled.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
Railroad Legislation.
from the St. Louis Times. 1

The railroad legislation for which the Republican party has been responsible, can only be de- scribed by the adjective 'smon- strous." Epithets might be piled upon it endlessly, but none would be found adequate to express its consumate rascality, it's utter dis regard of the public interests. What this or that Congressman or other official. may have stolen in the general grab, is very tri- fling matter compared with the incalculable injury that has been inflicted upon the nation as it ex- ists, and upon postcrity, by the purchased legislation that hand ed such immense interests over to such interruptions monopolics. Advantage was taken of a period when the country was involved in war in war, of period of in flated currency and general eX- travagance, when labor and sup plies were at the highest mark, to rush through a scheme for dona- ting an empire to q corporation for the purpose of building a rail road to the Pa3iiic, and at the same time saddling upon the country a debt of many millions in furtherance of the object The Credit Mobilicr swindle was only an outgrowth and natural conse- quenee of the former extensive land and bond grap from winch it sprung. There was so much os wrong in the scheme as original, ly started that nothing but wrong could come of it.
 But the scheme Tor d creation of a monster monopoly was surpass- ed by the subsequent iniquitous legislation. The monopolists like the daughters of the horse leech, still cried give. give and q superservicable Congress, bought with a price, was only too ready to yield to their demands. For this rascality, the ideas upon which the Republican party is based, was directly responsible. The legislators saw themselves at the head of.a "nation," entitled to recklessly squandering all the wealth of the nation" ," able to bring all the national forces to bear in any direction that pleased them, and of course possessing the resultant right of filling their own pockets and those of their friends, while welding the ener- gies of the nation" The legis- laticn by which the rights of the United States were surrendered to the Tnion aud Central Pacific Companies was so utterly abomi- nable, that it would be much more creditahle to that Congress to odmit that it's acts were pur. chaicd than to plead ignorance of
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sound, whose honesty is undoubt- ed and unquestioned, whose pa triotism is of full growth and un- stinted, and whose nerve is calm and steady. Our next admins tration will have a big work be- fore it, and it will require MEN to meet the issues and solve the problems which will come up. It is to be hoped that the delegates who shall assemble in the con vention will realize the weight of the duty imposed upon them.
 The press of the State has con stantly urged it upon the people to send along their best men, and we may confidently expect the convention to represent the best element of the State.
 We trust all the actions of the convention will be tempered with moderation and wisdom. We trust the common good of the whole people may be the control ing motive with every member.
 We have no fear that the actioY of the convention will be any thing but such as the people o the State will readily and cordial l ly endorse.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
Parallel of the Sexes.

There is an admirable partition of the qualities between the sexes which the author of our being has distributed to each with wis dom that challenges our unboun- ded admiration:
 Man Is strong-women is beau tiful. Man is daring and conf dent-woman is diifident and un- assuming. Man is great in sc. woman is suffering. Man shines abroad--woman at home. Man talks to women to pursuade and please. Man has rugged heart-woman D soft and tender one. Man pre- vents misery-women relieves it. Man has science-woman has taste. Man has judgement woman has scnsibility. Man is a being of iustice-woman an an- gel of merry.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
NO. 20.

their effect. Snch ignorance i, impossible; but it known that such corruption can exist within the republican party.
 The position of the present Re publican Senate is a fitting sequel to the corrupt and cxtravagant legislation that has handed the country over to those corporations The Senate is the heir at law of the Congresses that were respon sihle for that legislation, and is cnueavoring to prove itself in all respects worthy of it's predecess- ors. A bill has been brought be- fore it providing for the creation of sinking fund for the ultimate payment of the bonds and inter- est advanced to the Pacific Rail roads by the Government. But such q bill would have an appear ance of honesty upon which the Senate cannot look with any fav- or. Therefore the Senate com mittee on railroads amend" it by accepting the proposition of the railroads to sell to the gov eroment I2,000,000 acres of the lands that were donated by the government at $2.50 per acre. The mere statement of this prop osition carrles with it sufficient comment. The Government do- mates a franchise of incalculable value, donates an empire of lands 10 the owners of the franchise, loan them it's bonds and pays the the interests on the bonds; then the companies offer to a portoin of tue bonds oy selecting the most worthless of their lands, and sell ing them at their own price to the Government that had given them. Such proposition is ex- actly characteristic of those rail- road companies, and it is eminent ly appropriate that it should be endorsed by the present Republi- can Senate.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
THE STATE DEBT--OUR FL
 NANCES ES--REPUDIATION,

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 The periodical agitation which attacks our State Press and the the taxpayers of the State on the question of our State Debt is again to be noticed. We see it reflected through the editorials of the newspapers and the letters of correspondents.
 Not making any pretensions as a financeer we don't propose to say anything more on this sub ject than to jot down just such ideas as plain common sense view of the matter seems to sug- gest. As to the matter of "repu- diation" we cannot brook the term. What we do not owe, VIC must not undertake to pay;--by this we mean those claims against us which are fraudulent and for which we have received no con sideration must be simply disal- lowed, or, if such claims have al ready been allowed by agents who were frauds themselves, such allowance is not binding and must not now be recognized by our legally constituted agents. If the demands against us are sifted and the just separated from the fraudulent, we will find relief from great portion of our indebtedness. Then if a close economy is observed and the ex- penscs of our State government are cut down to bare necessities we will not find any need for re pudiation.
 When our next general assem- bly, meets these matters should be considered; and these almost excluisYcly. As general thing we have too much legislation of { general nature. Our next assem- bly, need not spend two months in adding to the tumble of gener al legislation. Let them meet cut down their wages in propor tion to reductions made in the sal aries of county officials, take theil pay in state scrip, dispense witt their daily papers and postage supplied at the expense of tho taxpayer, and stay there only long enough to provide for classifying and overhauling our States in debtedness, and such other i'm portant matters as the presen exigencies demand.
 We see no reason in becoming scared about our indebtedness al at once. With State of suc' great natural resources as ours five can have judicious manage ment we see no reason in being Respondent.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Helena Mail: A friend who has been keeping the run of the instruction of the various county conventions held throughout the state, says, so far, Miller has 34 votes to Hughes's 20. There are 2s votes, we believe, that are scat tered. Bell las 10 of these. Mil Ter is widening the gap between himself and competitors on the home stretch.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
Ben II. Hill has defined his DC

Ben II. Hill has defined his po- sition to a correspondent of the Baltimore Gazette, in these words : "The currency question l look upon as a subordinate one. Re store honest government, and the currency will adjust itself and soon be all right. It is to be hoped that the matter will be set tied at St. Louis without division and without the interposion of the South. If so, the entire Southern vote will be cast for the nominee"
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and of so vital interest to the peo- ple as now. The shocking cor ruption which seems to have in sinuated itselfinto every depart ment of our government and per yaded almost the entire official corpse, is to be fought. The abuse of official position and the reckless disregard of the taxpay- CTS interests are to be rebuked. Pure men, sound men, men of principles who can not be decoyed from the path of rectitude and of ficial virtue are to be hunted up and elected.
 There is momentuous work for the voter to do between now and the ides of November. Ey cry voter has sacred duty to perform. And to perform it hon estly and intelligcntly it is abso- lutely essential for him to keep we'll tread up" on the occurrences of the times.
 We verify believe if every vo- ter in the United States was a taxpayer, and a reader of some honest newspaper which would keep it's readers posted, that no such abuses, no such corruption, profligacy and official incompe tency as has cursed our land could exist. No, the people be- ing informed for themselves could not be used for the perpetu- ation of such vice, wickedness and oppression.
 We look upon more wide spread information of the masses as the sure mode of correcting all our ills, and we say to the people everywhere, inform yourselves! It is your safeguard and defense against williams. Take some pa per--some paper that is honest. if not able. Better honest and humble, than able and corrupt. And to bring the matter directly home, we say to every voter in Pope county to subscribe at once for your county paper. If you will take it and read it you can not be deceived by demagogues and williams.
 we could afford it we would send it through the campaign to every voter in our county; but thls we can not do, for it takes money to run 1t. We nave, now ever, put the price so low that the poorest man that breathes the free air of Heaven can take and pay for 1t. It wilt be money put out at a thousand per cent. interest, We appeal to every man who values good government and hon est officials to subscribe. We ask every subscriber to obtain the subscription of his neighbors and forward their names at once. We have aims and ends to gam, and the cause we espouse will justify an effort from every one who Is in sympathy with our aims fol the good of the people and the land.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08
Our Washington Letter.
 WASHINGTON, D. c. To the editor of the DEMOCRAT:
THE CINCINNATI NOMINEE.

THE CINCINNATI NOMINEE.
 Now that Blaine's candidacy is out of the question, the Republi- cans are in a quandary. Only q very small proportion of the 'reg- ulars' want Bristow at any Irice, as he is not considered sufficient ly loyal. Morton has rendered the party excellent service by wa wing the bloody stained under garment; and his radicalism is unquestioned. But he is not per sonally popular, and he is consid- cred by many of his friends to be unavailable as candidate. The Southern Republicans would of course, vote solidly for him; but he would be a miserable failure before the people of the north and west. Conkling is by no meaEs a fayorite; but the strong proba- bility is that he will get the nomi- nation. The Republican leaders know that the candidate of either party that gets the B electoral votes of New York next Novem- Der, will be the 18th President of the United States. They know that the candidate of neither par ty can reasonably hope to be elected without the vote of New York. They know that leading Democrats from. one end of the country to the other, have got to understand that fact, and are, one after another, abandoning their respective favorites, and frankly avowing their preference, under the circumstances for Samuel J. Tilden, the present Democratic Governor of New York, and the strongest man in the State of either party. Tilden's strength was so great that he was elected by a majority of more than 50,000 votes over the Republican candi date Gov. Dix, who had been cleo ted two years before, by majority of more than 53,00O votes, and was, by all odds, the best repub- lican governor the state ever had. Against q man who changed more than l03,000 votes in his favor, while running against an oppo- nent of rare ability and uneXcep- tionable character, it will be in- dispensable to any show of sue cess for the Republicans, that they nominate that man of their party who Il the most strength in New York. Conkling has been for years dispensing federal fla vors all over the State; and, if he has not made many friends, he has at least many political adher ents. The influence of the ad- ministration would also be freely used in his favor; and, altogeth- CT, he is perhaps, the best man the republicans could nominate with reference to carrying the Empire State.
 It has been asccrtained here that neither Governor Tilden nor any of his friends had any knowl- edge whatever of the circular re- gently sent out by an advertising agency, offering to pay for the publication of newspaper extracts favoring Tilden's nomination. The circulars were sent out to many papers known to be oppos- ed to Governor Tilden; and the firm of advertising agents, of which that most radical of radi- cal Republicans, Petroleum V. Nasby, is a member, declines to say who employed them or wheth CT their employers are republi- cans or democrats.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

On account of the death of the collector of taxes in Searcy county, the Governor has eNten- ded the time for making settle ment of the revenue of that coun- ty until July lst, 1876.
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Carroll county instructs: for governor, w. R. Miller, first, and A. NJ. Wilson, second, and Thos. Fletcher, third choice; secretary, R. w. Elhs, first, and Jacob Frol- ich, second choice; auditor, John Crawford.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Governor Hayes seems to have been knocked completely out of the race for the Radical Presiden- tial nomination. There was a very strong probability that he might be needed in order to save Ohio to the party, but the action of the late Democratic Ionvention at Cincinnati has rendered it cer- tain that any republican candi- date will carry Ohio, and so Hayes is not wanted.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

MONDAY q week ago, two loud reports accompanied by shocks similar to an earthquake occurred at Forrest City, St. Francis coun- ty. The phenomenon is as yet unexplained.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Pike county instructs: for governor, G, D. Royston, first and R. c. Newton, second choice; for secretary of state, Beavers, first and Gaulding second choice; for auditor, John Crawford.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Tee corruptions of the New Or leans Custom House arc not to be investigated, if President Grant can help it. Let no brother-in- law be exposed" is the latest or der from the White Rouse. The Attorney General, under the di- rection of the President, has is- sued manifesto for the discour- agement of witnesses.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Bro. Hobson says the Cen tennial year is proving to be a good one for the city of Hope. Improvements of all kinds and business flush. We congratulate you, Col!
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

The Gazette of Tuesday says private advices from Washington are to the effect that a MT. Mor
 gan, ot Massachusetts, has been appointed receiver at Hot Springs.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Crawford county instructs: for governor, Turner, first, and Hughes, second choice; secretary of state, Gaulding; auditor Craw- ford; treasurer, Howell.
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Conway instructs: fo

Conway instructs: for gover- nor, w. k. Miller; secretary of B. B. Beavers; auditor, Jno. Crawford, atty gen'l C. B. Moore chancery clerk, R. w. Stevenson; supt. pubic instruction, w. B. Morrow.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Johnson county instructs for Senator, A. II. Garland; governor Je SC Turner, first, $. r. Hughes, second, and w. R. Miller, third . choice.
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Clarke county instructs: for governor, W. R. Miller, first and Thos. Fletcher, second choice; auditor, John Crawford.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Gen. A. R. Witt has with drawn from the race as a candi- date for the office of Land Coln'r. This leaves Smlthee a clear field.
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Grant county instructs: for governor, Fletcher, of Pulaski; for secretary of state, Beavers; auditor, Berry.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

GREEN COUNTY held her con vention on the 29th ult., and in structed as follows: Miller, Crawford, Beavers, Churchill, SmiLhee, Eakin, Hill, Henderson.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Secretary Taft is said to be an accomplished shorthand writer; but we doubt whether he could write . resignation quicker than Belknap did.
The Russellville Democrat., 1876-06-08

Dorsey county instructs; for governor, W. k. Miller; auditor J. R. Berry.
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. Pulaski county has indorsed Thomas Fletcher as their choice for governor
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VOL. H..

Columbia county goes for Fletcher, of Pulaski.
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The Boston Post puts Pierre pont's claim to a foreign mission in the proper light by this lucid remark; "Pierrepont has done the President and the party strange but faithful service in tempering the ardor of the whis- key prosecutions.