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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

Behold she bendelh now,
IIumbling the chaplet Of her hundred years,
There is q solemn sweetness on her brow.
And in her eyes are sacred tears.
Can she forget
In present Joy, the burden Of her debt
When Tor captive race
She grandly stakod and won
The total promise Of her power begun,
And barred her bosom's grace
To the sharp wound that inly tortures yetp
Can she forget
The million graves her young devotion set,
The hands that clasp above
From either side, In md, returning love 2
Can she forget,
Here, where the Ruler Of to-day,
The Citizen Of to- morrow,
And equal thousands to rejoice and pray
Beside these holy walls are met,
Her bifth.ery, mixed Of kcenest bliss and scnow
Where, on July's immortal morn
Held forth, the People saw her head
And shouted TO the world "The King Is dead,
But 10 the heir Is born !"
when fro Of Youth, and sober trust Of Age,
In Farmer, Soldier, Priest and Sage,
Arose and cast upon her
BaptismL garments, never robes 90 fair
Clad prince In 0ld.world air.
Their lives, their fortunes AVID their sacred honor
II.-2.
Arissl Recrown thy head,
Radiant with blessings Of tho. .Deadi
Bear from this hAllowed place
The prayer that purihcs thy lips,
The light Of courage that de6cs eclipse,
Tho rose Of Mani new morning on thy fscei
Lot no iconoolast .t '......
Invade thy rising Pantheon Of tho Past,
To make blank where Adams stood,
To touch the Fathers sheaihed and saorsd blade
Spoil crowns on jefferson and franhlin laid,
or wash ircm Freedoms feet the stain Of Lin
coins blood
Hearken, a. from that haunted hall
Their voioss cell
lived and died for thee, i. ILL
We greatly dared that thou might'st DO,
30, ffon Thy children eth
We claim dsaiAls jwhioA st lest fuiAl,
And freedom yisldsd TO prsssrvs thss frss
Bssids oisar.hssrtsd Right
Thst smilss u Powvfs uplnsd rod,
Plant Dusiss that rsquis,,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

Here may thy solemn challenge end,
Approving Past, and each discordance die
OF doubtful augury,
Or In one choral with the Present blend,
And that half.heard, sweet harmony
or something nobler that our sous may see
Though poignant memories burn
OF days that were, and may again return,
When thy feet foot. 0 Huniross Of the Woods,
The slippery Drinks Of danger knew,
And dim the eyesight grew
That was 50 sure in thine old selitude,--
Yet stays some richer sense
Won from the mixture Of thine elements,
To guide the Yagrant scheme,
And winnow truth from each conflicting dream
Yet In thy blood shall live
Some force unspent some essence primitive
To seize the highest use Of things;
For Fate, to mould thee 10 her plan,
Denied thee food Of kings,
Withheld the udder and the orchard-fruits,
Fed thee with savage roots,
And forced thy harsher milk from barren breasts
Of man
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02
Livery Stable.
MITCHELL WAGONS
The Best is the CheapestI

Thomas Reilly has received another large lot Of
Mitchell Wagons which are among the very
best manufactured, and which he will sell at the
most reasonable rates. Ills stock includes almost
all descriptions Of wagons-largeand small wide
and narrow track Call ani see them.
aprs'74 THOMAS REILLY.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

The money and hair Of fool are
soon parted in the middle.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02
CLEARFIELD, Pa. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST O. 1875.

And order that sustainr, upon thy sod,
And stand In stainless might
Above all self, and only less than uod ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02


o sacred Woman Form,
0fthc FIRST Peoples need and passion wrought
No thin, pale ghost Of thought,
But fair as morning and as hearts. blood warm
Wearing thy priesty tier on Judahs hillsj
Clear-cyed beneath Athcne's helm of gold
Or from Rome's central seat
Hearing the pulses Of the Continents beat
In thunder where her legions rolled
Compact Of high heroic hearts aud wills,
Whose being circles all
The selhess aims Of men, and all iulhls;
Thyself not free, so long as oneis thrall
Goddess, that as Nation lives,
And as Nation dies,
What for her children as a man do6es,
And to her children as a mother gives,
Take our fresh fealty now
No more a Chieftaness, with wampum zone
And isather-cinctured BROW
No more a new Britania grown
To spread an equal banner 10 the breeze,
And lit thy trident DER the double seas
But with unborrowed crest,
In thine own native beauty dressed, -
The front Of pure command, the unainehiug eye
thine own
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

See that you are registered in time.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-08-02

Ills.
Look up, look forth, and on
There's light In the dawning sky;
The clouds are parting, the night is gomez
Prepare for the work Of the day
Fallow thy pastures lie,
And far thy shepherds stray,
And the fields Of thy vast domain
Are waiting for purer seed
0fknowledge, desire and deed
For keener sunshine and mellower rain
But keep thy garments purej
Pluck ,hem back, with the cid disdAin,
From touch Of the hands that stain
.f SO shall thy strength endure,
Transmute into good the gold Of Gain,
Compel to beauty thy ruder powers,
Till the bounty Of coming hours
Shall plant on thy fields apart,
With the oak Of Toll, the rose of Art
Be watchful, and keep US so
Be strong, and fear no foe
be just, and the world shall know
With the same love love us, as we give
And the day shall never come,
That finds US weak or dumb
To join and smito aud cry
In the great task, for thee to die,
And the greater task, for thee to live
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|URNAL OFaTHE PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE

vice,m BY Lizzie w. Champney; all
Of them strongly dramatic, and OF
absorbing interest.
"Old Abel's Experience" IN IL
lustrated poem, by Mrs. E. 7. Cor
bett, In one of those characteristic
and striking stories In verse which
have become promineDt feature in
Ha,pers Maga.ine, and is good
enough to tempt one 10 buy the Nimb-
or for its sake alone.
In ito other contents, the Nac0-
sissis 5as frosh and bright end varied
a. if always is. John Estea Cookies
interesting and richly illustrated art
icle on "Virginis in the Revolution
opens the Number. Benson j. Los
sing CONCLUDES HIS ''Romance Of the
Hudson.y Especial interest just Row
will be felt in Mr.. RideiDg's HTFail
in the Far South west, which treats
extensively Of the country and The
people of New. Mexico, with sevcra'
very striking pictorial illustrations.
Mr.. Holly, in the second paper O
his series on "Modern Dwellings,
treats Of interior decoration. His pa.
per, which is prcfasely and tastefully
illustrated, closes with some very
practical suggsstionsrespecting vent
ilation.
DR.. Austin Flint contributes 70 The
'sFirst Century" series very sbl'
review Ofmedical and sanitary pro
gress duriBg the last hundred year,
r. II. Stnddard, apropos af the re
cent publioeti0n of Trevelyan's sIif'
and Letters Of Lord Niacaulay," con
tributss ~ capital paper, entitled
"Lurd Maeaulay and HE F6ends.
illnsDrMted with portraits of PrAed
Hannah More, and other distinguish
cd ftissls Of Masawaay's yoath AM
early manhood.
i Pssms are contributed BY T. B
Aldrich. George Liant, and Fannie !
The Easy CHAIR has, besides othe
intersstipG gpssip, come pithy r.
marks coneerping Walt Whitmer
By-the-way, one II George Eliot
chaptess h. this Nussassr n prefAce'
by 3 quotation from Whitman'a yerss
ID the Dvurv b pablished . eeoten
! nial ballad for young folks, by WI
4 Carleton, entitled "The Little Blsek
evad Rebel.n
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-05-20

TIE feeling Of the people. ID that
tie country would b. szfe IN his
hands. az the Executive. II u our
conviction that If Gov. TIden
should he nominated at st. Louis,
thu gentlemen who bare called q
political conference in this city
would take no independent action,
whatever might be done by the
RepdblidAns at Cincinnati. ~ =
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l0v. fIID1N's srEEcH AT TIE
r CHAMDER OF COAMERCE, ~
VII BANQUET.
2kxrs5ay EseNia0, Hav :, lH6.


TAs President aid: Tho second tosst on
the programme is. The State Of New York, :
- hsve crest pleasure In presenting to
- ip Response to this toast Gov. Tilden,
vho [rest applause; the audience rising and
chesringl--who, cay, has come down from
Alhauy TO BE- with u this evening" tRsnew1
q applaussl Gov. Tilden thsn nid:
4 have come here tonight to speak : word
for our State. II must be but word though.
I Ink the wisdom Of the commercial com
10y u coneeatrsfed sBd perseni6ed In
ven prosiding officer. [Applanse-J shall
mt therefore, dare to disobey his iniunction
q y trsspass upon your time. beyond the
tRo rcnflemAn who LIST addressed you an 20
cS11t Of the melancholy and d6plorahle ex-
ugjonoe Of the present incumbent Of the
H6dSAtiA chair. LAnghterJ ! coufcss,
II look round me. I SEQ that the statement
spguArs to have depsessed several gentlemen
80 i N -myaelf = Etsla dopreassd tn
evuI1ne. ~ 4 hase r. In g AlhanI 4o
hille tHat Are % become lawh and on Xhith
If65GteJ6 n the next tWntyo4d d9Es
HI v1an I think of the ssvsnl Ies4rs1hins
Tt were nct pasesd, NY MslanehSsy 11
into JOY (LlShter and snplause.l ID
not kn!res - odd anyeh swhat ha'
been alrssdy aid ia nsspeot b our cenper
.sssnss s.SsS sss Sess'sg z .uss q. 100 ss
HtA1 rsdsssk Hovsp9est Aas ,couS ben
k1aFuk3N aXpenosia, I,9S nbt - the -
thing re1A0ins INT to 's1ter np 4a4Rmedt
[Grest langhtsr and applsnes] 06d6abted
Hyean my friend asked What p the No.,
v~4 yHqn4tA0WUuurod h-eger44{
t4 III shgpeak eovosn6u1nx- - V1e4 "
fwHS ri avl - - unoD3s =
have N inpressica thst tbe.peipeipal sssrct
ofthe difncqlty yae municipal BevSrmeut
How. my Ssllow- 9tisepe, The fedsFnl 9oseIs
meat draws from the Eve millipse d DeopL
ID the State of New York more. far more 4
t9xee tpsp the, Stste Gcyernmslt ard L?cs
s.d laniTp,i Oovs,nmsgts Pr toestasE
Il IS67. estimatsd t6s taxss Of tbe ysdera
Govsrnneef u ~ Ststa, a. Esv f~k .
| 800, 900 900; bnt putting IL much les thai
thsG they oxosed II loc1 taxukiUn ssd !
Etsts taxation. Asd h thst connection
iSst tSc ssssjso II tis IScSsssfs, .xkicl
haa ussclsssd, AAs kept d0vntAe S6lls q
the Bra Csnal. prnyided for ne improve
met sftkat grA1t work. and rsnitted eigh
Of the sixtoon milliOus az tnxce .AAwn 1rou
the peopls Of this Stitc two years ago. LAT
ploueAJ . A,.aRs~s, - ~ s.sf
This IseAe - n. oensider q little. not mery
~ the evil, bdt tAe remedy. ItisMe to I'll
about over4axaHion unlsss VI reduce =,
seieo. Ard Il js uatifying 70 ms 70 say =
ltght that 1t the cloec Of tho present seesao
tbe1 1lnte 0osArumeut rsuaifs 70 the penpa
a. Nj6 Yosk four miIliona AZ taxsa (AI
pa1nse1 Iquits agTss with the speaker VII
last ad1unseA y1s = to the iufnence-th
powcr-tAiH body Of men On exercise evs
pnblic opinion. and over the destinies OF ou
.Gns' fwiss Sn so!a; !; ssr,ecs - reo rs
evils. prosperity will agnin setun. ~
plausa1 OF course, am not here to-nigl
70 spsak o. ths sahject; ! en- simply maxim
= the Down Ees elergyman seys, The epp
cation q ~ veRy sxcelleot sstmoo 10 NJ
hsaFd frso my 6isad. t0ssat aDpaenasJ
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STATE OK LOUISIANA.
~ &c., y
Parish Court 4 +.
PapruIK or q. Jonx nm BArfTsf.
G., ls,a os.fs.5 I - - - z.
Mo. m-
II 6sss1ssios Novb~t zSTsyxs.
iaa E.LpeExpRE Attorney. +


where's Nofbstt z6rinsus nfthe rsridh q
D. John the Baptist has on this 18th day Of
lsy A. D., IS1e @sd b tAis Co.rt -
applisassos prAyiig to - appointed adninis'
Gitos ofthe above 6uceeesim. co.. ~
Itablie Nodcs y hereby eyen e ~ yAe~
tray concmatu ehow eonss Many 80 1eve
In writing 10 the Houoable re Jud4e101
11Slisefion Solsgf. vtU tAe applisaeea
Wi1ns5 ~ h@sfsbls NUKA TN
"a skptca9 c9es ~ ls'sse 81 - y Z -
isaA 9. IAZCQcE. !.
somalek OK OsDe
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RATE orADvERTlsEMENTs:
ekE scrARE OF TEN LINES
Fisse iDeurtaen. u W
- -H
Subsequent insertions. -. 10

sre too yolumipo1s to End space in
our present issue; we viii insert
then pNxt week. iI FIJI
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STATE OTLOUnZANA, !
PAHrsa O OnL!EAIxs !. M

ps.,euallv came and Appeared before me
The spdersfsncd authority Eugene Staes,
yrdrs Sscora Mrn;cinsI Polscc Court. n and
TN. ~itv A. Nsv Orisnns Stste al Iouisia
- Asrcn Tishor. . resident q The parish u
Ssis~ dsIv sSssn. jsposss ssd ssys: TAae ~
s duIy ejcceel I'd ascreaised delegate fron
SrI esrs1orisl NoGinat3ns Cepveu1Scu,
SSli = the C0urt Ho11e = tr.Ullton, ne
-. sssinst ~ wish "a Vim O In ilSh
dsv N May. a. ID. 1876, takcn in charm q
~ Ici6 RI cjose cnstodv hy Ia ndRsrcutu
s.S - .,rno,tsr~ Of r. y. st:mpe. vho ~ Z
caadidsts before said convention i6r thspod,
n;sst = Ss~s HsS vss ~ MA 10 firssis sn1 ind
m;Sst;on untA after the cssvesine e 20
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MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

NEW ORLEANS THURSDAY. Nay 10. is7s.
GOLD ..lI3S q ll3s
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Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-05-20
POLITICAL NOTICES.
ROOMS OF THE SIXTH SENATORIAL }
DISTRICT NOMINATING C0NvEN. ,
TION, NEW ORLEANS, May Is, 1886.

We the undersigned, duly elect delegates
to the Sixth Senatorial Nominating Conven-
tiop. having met as the courthone, in the
Sixth District, parish Of Orleans, in COM
pliance with call of the Senatorial Execu-
tive Cotnmitfee, dated April Is, 1876, for tho
purpose of nominating Senator 70 represent
the said district in the Stste senate, hereby
tions, threats and intimidati0ns, We were
compelled 70 withdraw FROM any and all
participation in tho nomination Of . State
Senator, believing, ~ We did, that fhll and
FREQ expression Of the wishes Of the delega-
ton was IN utter inpossibility; and, further,
that being unpledged to the support Of any
particulG candidate, on approaching the
courthouse, at which place said convention
was 10 be held, found the yard and building
filed with m excited and angry crewd Of
armed men, including large number Of
police, making threats and demonstration
towards the delegates. who were supposed
Stamps. H4
Several Of our delegation were warned not
10 appear at the convention, - they would
be in danger of bodily injury.
That these and other facts tending to pre-
vent o free and full expression Of the wishes
of the people compel NJ after mature DELI
bcrstion and in obedience to the duty we
owe to ourselves and our constituents, 10
issue . call for the reaasemblisg of the
delegates elect, for the purpose a nomiDat-
| ing Z State SeustOr to represent the Sixth
Senatorial District in the State Senate.
Said Convention to be held at the Court
Horse, in the pariah Of ST. Charles on WE'D
NESDAY, The oath day Of MsY, l076, and we
hereby request and instruct the President of
the HSnatorisl Executive COMMITTEES to re
convene said Convention for to purpose
above mentioned.
Signcd-Aaron Fisher, Parrish Jefferson,
c. r. Brown. Jefferson Parish,
Charles Lewis, 18th Ward Pariah Orleans,
Geo. Easex. Parish 81. Charles,
Chas. n. Bourgeois. Parish Sc Charles,
Fl. C. McCutCheon. Parish 81. Charles,
J. Z. HOransOn, Parish st. Charles,
y. Buniet, Parish s.. Charles, M
p. Harper, Parish st. Charles
d. L. Ehrmann, Parish S. John Baptist,
A. C. Babcock, Parrish s. John Baptist.
Fransoie Matthew. Parish 81 John Baptist,
John Csyolle, Parish 8. John Baptist:
Geo. w. Combs, Parish St. John Baptist,
Henry Dcsaas. Parish d. Joha Baptist
For The reasons cnumerntod and 0xpr0ne<
4 In the above call. the delegates, whose name
4 sppcar above. convened in the city Of New
Orieaps, On thia the 18th dsg of Hay, l0t
ana vere called 10 ordx at : 0G1edk p. n
Hcney Denas, President Of mid Convention
On saotion q eco. W. Cosas, J. 2. Lissls
lhold was elected SECRETARY. .-.t..ras
When the fbllowing a6idavit VIZ presente'
by Mr.. G. y. Brown. and rcd BY the Sec!v
/! tsry, and the sans ordered spraad upon sh
srATE on IOUIoEANA. F,
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
We shodld Be glad to answsr
the Inquiries Of friends and CORES
pondents writing to us from oil
pafts Of the country soliciting in. |
formation % to the probable course
Of CStHt111t1 With Ea1brence to |
the appfoA chiIK Pfcsidea elec-
ton. In 1oms of these lo0mmuni-
cstioas - recognize, what cannot
but be gratsfhlo 70 ~ . certain
feeling Of respect for The TRB.
uNx'S opinions and itS. position,
and an honest desire to be guided
by it, advise. In others we find
nothing hut an, idle and polsibay
impertinsat curiosity. While i
would not Be worth while to graft
fy the latter class, We should be
very glad 70 give, the former the
| information they seek If it were
possible. The simple trnth y that
TIE TRIBUNE has no Presidential
candidate, NJ it'ccrtainly has no
party aflilistions nor partisan CON-
plicetiona rt co issquentiy can
not predict what its action win be
liz acanyais not yet opened, toward
candidates not yet selected. The
neid y at Ii doubt. All sorts Of
contingencies are possible in . 81.
tuation like this, to AFFECT the &C.
ton of thS independent voter. If
ti,s reader wiN copsider fora 700
ujent what Ore the actual issues
Involved iuithe election - they
lappesrsts ths mind of Wna-parti-
lse1es esd low seayitvill b for
Ieitnet pkty - b OF tho 6gAt or
lEsyrbss2 1rosg, "a sIsn -
lpossibility5 that both may take
Isoch q course a. Wigt Compel indie
pendent aotieo - thespaGt of the
large body II voters who want
Ipoiiticxl ref6fm, Ne VIM perhaps
lspprehend the tif1iculty Of answer.
lioe tbeos inquiries - 10 the OPT.
luious and policies q tie fhtaPe'
lIk - enoagA - say that THH
TMDUKE has no aT,ecial candidate
for the nomiuation Of either party
llt doires IT, uee0ction Of tAe very
- nan 1yv Anch. SOO0 week
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go - - q ~ ~
IhaAlurlreDr l)Del4 ~
1tkx1 ct !! lpE ~ =
.TY1h4sJ
80 Coast opoaoa -
- 8, "a - a11n11a tm -.
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A!s1dtsa!!s:. (: "a g: l::IE
H) !
sl{1DA 14iaA |. Ylp4 - Z n1l9lysl
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SHERIFFS SALE. .
STATE OF LOUISIANA. \
80. siad Parish Court.
a 4astt !.
PARisn OF 81. JOHN TEE BAPrIsf.
Succsss;os tAs lsss Frsssoi,
HagSesier.
NO. 2l7-

By virtne Of a order Of sale - me- direstsd
by the aforesaid Court. ~. !.
'Iwill proceed to ssll q public sctasn apd
Ia the highest end last bidAerst at ths Cosrs
House fthis PaFish, On ST. @a'
skfURDAY, ~ - dsy of JUlN l0o.
q II O'Clock L. n,
!. An the accOunts due to said Succession -
psr Inventory on Hle IN the above Court
TERMS:
Sheriff eGBos, Psrish Il D. yohn ~
BaptiSt, Nag -, 1870
aomayat sAEi1.
Ellsworth American., 1876-07-06

Senator Twilchell OF Cou-lntta, WAS ex-
amined at Red River, La. by the sub com
niitce OF Congress. The CORES Spondent of
ia" New Orleans Bulletin. Democratic
u~w ~papcr, thus describes the scene Will
Democratic newspapers hereAbout., who
have 80 much To say about 1.-THE bloody
>hitt please copy
Ihe committee inferred Capt. TwitchrlFs
room, and after an Introduction 10 the Can
tain, who was Ing nu liz btcG A. helpless
a. an infant. ~i.h both arms cut of above.
the rih"A Co. Vance. the Chairman OF the
COMMITTEE. explained the object OF bis Visit
aud read the resolution Of Congress, under
which authority they were acting, aad in
his gentle. kind and courteou, manner
asked Capt. Twitcheli il he felt able to
give his testimony in regard to the unfor-
tunate affair which they were appointed To
investigate. promising that if he felt fati.-
ued at any time the investigation could be
continued the next day, but that the com
miitee were particularly anxious TO get his
testimony first. otherwise they would be
cropping in the dark The Captain consent
ed. The examination lasted one hour and
a half at the end OF which time he seemed
as calm aud collected as at the beginning.
assuring the committee he felt no fatigue
from the examination. He is certainly
man OF great nerve aud vitality.
Capt. Twitchell stated that no less than
twenty or thirty shots were fired; did not
know whether King fired or not; he was
shot after King was killed: does not know
the man who did the shooting; he had
heard the names OF several parties. but
none of them did the shooting; the man
who did could have no personal enmity
against MIN he was hired assassin; he
had never been threatened except by Dem
ocrGts; out OF about fifty or sixty Republi-
can families residing in Coushatta only
about fifteen or twenty remained.
Capt. Twitchell stated that he was State
Senator President of the Police Jury. u.
5. Commissioner, Disbursiug officer of
school funds, and President of the School
Board. There was no salary attached to
the latter position, and he only took charge
oft because the people (Democrats) we're
opposed to educating the colored children;
there was nothing in the laws of Louisiana
preventing one from holding two or more
Offices OF trust. He was only Senator dur
ing the session of the Senate. To the cues
ton. Can Republican from the North.
East or West come to this place-Red Riv-
er parish. La.-if an honest aud good man.
and proclaim the doctrines of the R.publi-
can party. On the stump or other wise. so
as to induce the citizens to vote fu, the
Republican party. without fear to his ln.r-
son or property? he replied He eertaiaiy
cannot, and you haze before you gentlepaea.
a Icing proof Qf the assertion.