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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-13
LOudon Times,

The above machine come TO us
last week just as We expected
bought by the Rebel candidate
for Congress, Cullom. How much
he paid for it's support we have
not learned. 1t also supports
.MeFal land against Randolph.
Why not put UP The names OF III
len and Hendricks and have til
hing complete at opeei The ci-
culation Of the Times is about OF
hundred and thirteen subscriber
- we are informed by a gent
nan from Loudon, every Tim,
oil something 1t isst
ABOUT athousand cspies and d.
tributes them-fhe Candidates
paying for the same,
The old reprobate Cpllom that
it 10 enthusiastically supports,
was once a member of Congress
and was profited by a big steal,
md now Uncle William things if
Cullom gets back there that the
T aes will get-some Of the spoils.
Moreover Gdllom brought a pros.
titute TO his home and caused his
wife TO geta diYorce-7sll the
time being on5a big drunk him.
self. SuchiS the character ofthe
man the Times supports. Now all
we haye to say, is that if CuIlom.
and Mcfarland paid over ten
c,nts for the support of the Tin,s,
thev are badly swindled. ai'!
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The w hiteSt Lie Yet.

The biggest Campaign Lie q
the season is that Gov. Hayts
Joined the american Alliance"
on July 7th, 1S76. The Democrat
&c party are getting desperate.
and they got up this thing to in.
lure Hayes with the German ele.
lncnt- They knows the thing is Vi
with TildcH therefore resort to
lying. There is not a three year
old child witha thimble full Of
brains, but what knows that Gov.
Hayes or noothpr man would
join such a thing especially
while a canlidato-and SO near ms
July last, The story was gottel
up by the New York Sua, who's,
editor was turned out Of the New
York custom by the Republican
party, for stealing. N
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TEIE NATIONAL REPUHL4CAM
PLATFORN.

The following is the platform, as
al ted by the N 4tional Republican
Q. yention that nominated Hayes
on | Wheeler;
Nnen in the economy Of Provi-
a, .;e this land was to be purged Of
4lmbn slavery, and whenthe strength
Of the Govcrnmen of the people, By
the people, for the people, was dem
onstr tted, the Republican party came
mo power. It's deeds have passed
into history, AID we look back to
them with pride. Iacitcd by their
memories and high aims for the good
Of our country and mankind, and
looking to the future with uufalter-
ing courage, hope and purpose, we,
tho representatives Of the party in
National Convention assembled make
the following declaration Of princi,
pies;
First. The United States Of Amer
lea as d nation, not o league; BY the
combined working OF the National
anl State governments under theii
respective Constitutions, the rights Of
every citizen are secured at home and
protected abroad, and their commo,
welfare promoted.
Second. The Republican part.
as preserved those governments t.
The hundcedth anniversary of the ma
lions birth, and they are now embod-
lnents of the great truths spoken NJ
its cradle, that ell me aEs created
equal; hat they are endowed BY
their Creator with certain ipalienabtt
lights, among which are life, liberty
ID the pu.slit OF happiness; tn,
for the attainment OF these ends gov
lcnmcnts have been instituted am0n.
neu, deriving their just powers fror
he consent Of the governed; uuti
hose truths are cheerfully obeyed, il
eedcd to BE- vigorously enforced, tn
YORK OF the Republican party is u
ili4hed, TIE permanent paciicatio
{ tho Southern section Of the Union.
the complete protection of all its Cit.
zens in the free enjoyment of all
their rights are duties to which the
Republican party are saeredly plcdg.
ell. Applause. The power to pro-
vide for the enforcement Of principles
embodied ia the recent constitutions
amendments is vested by the amend
n,nts in the Congress Of the United
States, and we declare it to be the
solemn obligation Of the legislative
md executive departments OF the
Government to put int9 immediate
and vigorous exercise all their oolsti-
tutional powers for removing any
lust causes Of discomfort Gu the part
If any class, and . every Amer-
can citizen complete, liberty and cx.
act equality in The exercises Of all
civil, political and public rights (Ap-
plause. To this end we imperitively
demand a congress, aud chief execu-
tive whose courage and fidelity to
those duties shall not after until
these results are placed beyond dis
pute or recall. Applause.
Fourth. In the first act Of congress
signed by President Grant, the Ma
government assumed to remove
any doubts Of it's purpose to dis
barge ali just obligations TO public
'itors. md q0lnm1ly pledged iiS
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speak no language but their 0*6-
and even when il comes-to that,
go wading all their days through
loOds Of moods and lenses and
lourshing the scalps ofmulilaled
parts Of speech. When forced TO
it We order home a foreign am
bassadorwho is frescoed all over
with-with--wit
pesses laughterl, but we imme
diately send one in his place
whose moral ceiling has a percep
tiblc SHADY tint 10 it, and thenhe-
brays when we supnose he was
going 20 roar. We carefully train
md educate ournlyal officers and
military men, and We ripen ana
perfect their capabilities through
long services and experience. and
keep hold of these excellent ser
wants througha just system ofpro
motion. THIS is exactly what We
hope TO do with our civil service
under Mr.. Hayes. Applause.
We hope aad expect to sever that
service as utterly from politics a,
IS the naval AMI military service
and we hope to make it as re
spectacle, too. We hope to maxi
worth and capacity the sole re
luircmGnts of the civil service, il
the place of the amount Of party
dirty work that the candidate has
done. BY lifetime General Haw
ley hR .fnisehed his speech ]
think yoif will knew why we, in
Ibis matter, put our trust in Hayes
in preference to any other man.
| AIN not going to say anything
about our candidates for State Of
@iccrs, because you know them
honor them, and will vote 70
hem, but General Hawiey being
comparatively a stranger laugh.
teri, | will say a single word in
commentator of him, and it will
furnish one of the many reasons
Why am going to vote for him
for Congress. Task you to look
seriously and thoughtrully at just
he ! n)j jlsnlj!s ft:t. Goa
eral Hawley, in his official capac
ity as President ofthe Centennial
Commission, has done one thing
which YOU may not have heard
commented upon. and yet it is
one Of the most astounding per.
formnnces Of this decade, an act
lllnost imAaSsiblc, PERHAPS. to
any other public officer in this ma.
ton. General Hawley has taken
rs high as $l2I,000 gate money at
he Centennial in a single day,
7 pause and a~pplarsel, and never
sole a cent Oft. [Great laugh
ter and long-continued applause.
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Hayes and the american
alliance.
FURTHER CCEcLINING TIE DEMO
Patti pG0IpACTL --

ChA nc k~OOisbAl8J.
- tlsl T.lcs:am to t'cr "a O.caa)
CalryDUs, CT o Oct. 1.AYtus
corrcs2ondcrt dtiioiizejl hy
authova tie Statements
printed today ip connection %i;h
INC .ac SHINE letter OF Governor,
1aFes private secretary. /. so
committee of the American Al.
lionco waited on Govenar Hayes
.. the Centennial HOTEL phil6Ii
dclphia, Jul. 81 or any day; Fe>
eft Philadelphia dor Ohio, 81 =
rs. III, july 8. 2. No-committeo of
he alliance waited on him here.
Ar there is ii this stupid story is,
hat TIE resolutions, WHICH wgra
printed in Tie lGTm 0cr4S tbs
morning, were sent BY lrttler to
Governor Hayes, and Secretary
Lees letter was SIMPLY one Of
hanks for the endorsement OF
Hayes and Wheeler. Itwas SUI.
'tantiallo such a letter az has
)eea sent to l.ish and German
political organizations and other
Lpohtieal societies which hsye tpr
dorscd the nominees Of the Cir.
clnn&tti Convention, and all at
tempts 10 make it appear as any.
thing else are simply malicious
fabricatiods. al thc8e lcttere-Nf
thanks to political organizations
haze been answered by secreta.
ries without consultingwith Coy,
ernor Hayes, and this special let.
ter to the alliance isno exception,
The Governor never SAVIOR knew
Of this letter until he saw il in
print, Governor Hayes whole
ife had been in direct opposition
o the charges row made against
in. He never sympathized with i.
uXthinE locking toward know
hothinGisppof description OF for
ign born citizens, but on the
contrary, they have always BIZ
sympathy and support. As the.
W rnr. yetsonal friends OF stephen
Molitor, the famous German Lib. 1.
e.ai, heimbibed altogether differ.
.ent ideas from those the opposi.
ire now tying to palm of RS hiS
own. This like other campaign :.
publications, is made outolwhole
cloth, and an innocent letter Of C
subordinate, written on his own ,.
authority cannot'change the roc
ord. If any man is in sympathy
With foreign born citizens that
man 10 Rutherford B. Hayes.
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Ramsey Gave SIenieRsOn n few
side suipes.

A correspondent writing from
Rfceville-.to, the Athens Ncus
S VS. j, w. Ramsey, District Elec-
!, or on the Hayes and Wheeler
ticket, made ain appointment tc
address the people here on Tues.
day night Bid inst. The opinion
lad been obtained among The
Democrats here that J. w. Ram
.ey, Hayes and Wheeler Electo
vas a fool; Accordingly J.. NJ
Elements son was to be sprung IN
IN him by surprise to clean hin.
p. AS one Democrat espresso
r sole Climenson would chav
rim up and spit him out" The
&c ut proved that "Old Climen.
On had to spit him out with yer
title "chawing.' Ramsey's open
ing speech was devoted to the
Republican Construction Of the
bowers Of the Constitution Of the
United States as contrasted witt
he doctrines Of democracy in re-
CARL TO States rights.
OlomeatsoR.who shared the Dem.
%aeratic view o; r msey $ sens,
followed in = speech Of one houn
hurting his thunder at the Repub
ic0ps with u" coolest impudente
2hich his opinion Of Ramsey :
capacity could alone have bcgot.
en-; ho asserted an increase o
ne NATIONAL debt under Grant.
charged thaRepubiicap party o
le, gislating in The interest of the
.bloated bond holder against the
industrial interests of the country
IN traced orr commercial de
preston to the enormous taxes
vrung from the peoples sweat by
irants enemy Of l02 thousand Or
IcerS.
Now any novice coull have re.
ported these propositions. The
increase of the debt is unworthy
Of notice, and the commercial dc.
preston Of our federal taxes ey-
ends to Europe and the world,
out the manner in which Ramsey
answered it was unmitabfe he
held up the red culous attitude Of
his opponent amid roarS Of laugh.
CT and derisiOn that showed HIM
IN its true Colors Us a r6pudiate3
n~uckster Of his party and likenyd
aim to the frog to which the boy
rolled shot for flies until he was
loaded until he coui Int jump.
The elect was magical and when
nc showed that the l09 ,00Q officers
were really $1,000 and that the
majority of them were only vii
lage and cross-road P~ostmasters,
a Democratic specimen Of which
serves the public here. Mr..
Clementson abandoned the field
N disgust without reply swearing
he didn't know what the fellow
meant. The Democrats here are
completely crest fallen over the
and the Republicans have
laughed themselves sore.
PRESENT.
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The Chattanooga Times calls
the music made by our Band in
that place on Monday night, Jig
Music" The boys Serenaded the.
Commereiqi, but didn't the Times
k9oYing tho Times family didn't
haze sense enough to appreciate
good mpsic. That explains why
thQ Times sneers at something bet
Ter than they have in Chattanoo
"a.
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Our Conservative Union friends
will see how the thing works by
the following from tho Memphis
.AeIoachy ''' ~. ,aI,E
"The nomination 0f W.. Cald
yell for reelection TO Congress.
from the Ninth Distriot, will be
approved by tie Conservative
aentimont, and endorsed at the
polls on the day Of election. The
opposition 10 him was, fret be.
cause his war record was Union,
and secondly because his votes in
q Ingress were TOO much IN bar
IN my with that record
The above only goes Ia prove
what the llEEArD has asserted
hdudreds Of .iinea, that the Dem.
ocratic party bias no use for the
Union man except 10 get bis vote
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TMain,Makes a speech,

Samuel u. Clements Mark
Twain was callea to preside over
II polltlcal meeting at haruo. 4
and spoke as follows: a.E
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: l feel
very greatly honored in being
chosen TO preside at this meeting.
This employment is new to me. |
never have taken any part in a
political canvass before except to
vote. The tribe Of which | am the
numbloSt melnPer-the literary
trIDe-ls one which is not given
to botherlng about politics; bus
are times when even the
slrangeSC departures are Justitia-
'Ule, and Sucll a season, | take il,
IS the present canvass. Some.
oAe asked me the other day why
IT was that nearly all the people
VINO write books and magazines
had lately come to the front and
proclaimed their political prefer
1nce, sucn a thns had probably
.aeyeroccurred before in America,
and whylJ was that almost all o.
this strange, new band Of volun-
,eers marched under the banner
u Hayes and Wheeler, | think
Jiese people have come TO the
tont manly because they thlnA.
they see at last a chance to make
this government a good govern
!nent, because they tnlnk they see
Il chance to institute an honest
and sensible system Of civil ser.
vice which shall SO amply prove
worth and worthiness that no
succeeding President can evel
venture to put his foot upon it.
Jur present ciyll system, born OF
General Jackson and the Demo
cratic party,is SO iliotic, so7con
Jemptlble, o'gf0tesquc, that Ii
would make the very sayages OF
Dalomcy Jeer and the very gods
Jl solemnlty laugh, We will not
ire asciiool teacher who does moi
.how the alphabet, We will moi
AVE a man about Us in our
BUSINESS lie, III any walk Of it,
f,owo high, unless he has served
IN apprenticeship and can prove
nat he is capable Of doing the
work he offers to do. We even
require a plumber to know some
mng laughter, and q pause by
he speaker about his. business
renewed laughterl, that he shall
It least know which side of . pipe
5 the inside. Roars OF laughter.
}ut when you come to our civil
sorvice, we serenely I'll great
,uinbers Of our minor public OH
;es with ignoramuseS. We put
ne vast business Of custom
,,ise in the hands of 1athead
Who does not know abill Of lading
rom a transit Of Venus laughter
nd a oausel ,.never having heard
81 either Of them before. Laugh
eE. Under q Treasury appoint
nenL we pour oceans of money
tnd accompanying statistics.
through the hands and brain of
an ignorant villager who never
before could wrestle with a two
weeks wash bill without getting
thrown. [Great laughter. I'm.
der our consular system we send
creatures oil over the world who
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"=es-, for 1 uirlsrca . cxeoI,eai

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Fs1 Drsti asIHS- iIss Ib.I h. VS. 5Ser Ala
Sssrs, iui & SO, n asss I'D prong, eaHs-
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Confusions, Cu.g, aPraii.s, are rsiieysL
glmOst lss.stly Z! "r;sra1 App1oai.esi.
Promptly ~relssr5 ! Sue or Burl,s, sfalS y
1.zcoEiafIsHs, tAEfa-l ca SSrsS.
nsi,a is'sSs, I ssiA' - 4Fe.s .
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pnpalyos,r.l FabFssahso so0S-eooE.
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lisr, lthss saved 10 did Of ,.gei ala 4.
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Eesr t.emErl, laug-, ,EA sls'shsr-
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s1HIin5. -HondN lytract hrs htSa Infa'sl. .
Ius gr1Htus EFutie La t:e words PENS ~
IsErt blown % rssh ho'l!s. JES p'epsredkf
ite 0nij prfEGns ii1lng who ever kntN how
5p-cpst, i p%rOaaiir, le,usc al oihtr PIC.
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Isham Harms, the infamous old
Scoundrel, who made hundreds Of
Union men Of this County cross
the mountains in 6l-leaving
their wives and children to be
perecuted and insulted by his
gang-will speak here next Tues.
day, and ask the people to send
HIM to the United States Senate,
watch he would disgrace.
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We understand there will be q
Insn Oh hand next Tuesday that
will make lsham Harris recollect
his deeds during the rebellion.
he should be answered. Will
Harris be clever enough to tell
why he had old man Harmoa and
his con hungi
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I-SEl PM CREEN HARRIS
On the Trump. =

King Hogris, in hts remarks ut
Ftmlklm , stated that llc Bhal
1ocn engaged Tor twenty,odd
daysin can yRssing, and had spok.
en day by day, and for night,
.luilug ttlat period What'yy ali
This about Hasn't the Democrat
Z party put up It's accredited rep.
tcsentatlyes, and are they not
able to represent its principles
and purposesi She people can
very epsily read this Democratic
reiolmer'S purpose, lie wants to
go 70 the United States Senate.
lie 10 c%anvaSsing ia bis own iift.
he doesn't care one. Gg
Tor unything else. If the people
OF Tennessee wish TO Disgrace
themselves, they cab do 90 elec
uIllly By sending him there
Ira,
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EXPOsED.
TiIdeR's Charge Against Hayes
Comes Home 10 ROOst.
IL the Democratic Candidate
. a Enow-nOihing!
Che american Alliance JndOrs.
ed and Supported Him
I'm 1912.
New York, Oct. 6.-Tho New

- ~ 10y
prk Times of tomorrow will pub
h the following letter:
AMERICAN. ALLIANCE AAWONAl
I'd "EAkCtTiNL tObknTEL liuoGs.
MN lOgE, Oct ., ls5j,
70 Ia E,i.or Of Inc New York inns;
81 wish TO correct some of the
mistakes in the letter which was
published in the World, Sun. etc,
on "Wednesday, as coming from
Governor Hayes Secretary:
/, Governor Hayes never was a
member of the American ALI
ance.
~. He never saw the constitu-
rtion or bylaws of the organiza-
ton.
= 80. No committee of this order
evor, at any time, called on him,
either at Columbus, Philadelphia
or any other. place, for any pur-
pose.
I'VE simply notified him by
letter that we Endorsed his nomi
nation, in answer to which we
received the letter from his See.
,retary, That letter. WAS then
from my Office, ahd|"I was as
much surprised az auy one can
be to see i in print. / am at a
loss to see why those papers
should find any fault with the
proceedings, as we indorsed Mr..
lilden for Governor. two years
ago, and he found no fault with
it. but on the contrary, gas very
grateful for the ASSISTANCE, only
ne requested that it might be
kept secret, as if it should be-
come public he feared he might
,ose the foreign vote.
Respectfully yours,
LEMUEL 5. TYLER, Sec. A. A."
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The Democrats in McMinn arc
running friend Turley for Repre-
sentative. All We lave TO say on
the subject il that if Mr.. Turlel
is elected he will know how to do
rightat Nashville. He is a clever
g~entlcman--too much so to be Oh
that old broken down ship,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-13

We hate to say 50, but it has
been said that Tilden is in favor
of the dog,law. Will Uncle Bill
Nelson tell us how that is :
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A gentleman in this city says
Isham &. Harris is as honest a
man as God Almighty ever made.
That's slandering the Lords work
Considerably.
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EgDaAGA.
TeIaly OF SIaII

The Republicans have probably
elected Harris Governor. They
also gain three Congressman
Indians is good for Hayes in Nov.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-13

The Democratic majority in
1874 was 1000 II . il nov not
oYer 4.OOD.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-13

Drake will carry Bradley coun-
ty by at least three hundred ma
jority-mark that,
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Wet virginia.

The Democrats have carried
this state BY a laSely decreased
majority. Put herdown for Hay
es 4 Wheeler in November.
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TUE
IfOavy Republican Gains
every where,
OHIO.

Ohio has gone Republican by
5000. an increase Of 1000. The
Republicans gain five Congress
men. Banes Rep elected Sec.
Ietary Of State.
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TiIden's PatrIotIsga.

Mr.. Daniel +. Jones, an an
horized agent OF the United
States Christian Commission du
ring the war, has made oath to
,he following facts, which throw
additional light upon Tildca's
war record WHICH John BigeloV
has tried SO hard to illuminate:
New York, Sep. q, 1876.
/, Daniel T.. Jones, of the City
ST New York, being duly sworf'
lepose and ray that during the
time when the United State.
Christian Commission was in eX
istence, and about September.
1863, whose mission it was to fur
nish supplies Of provisions and
medicines to the sick and woun
led soldiers, II then holding al
appointment under said commits
sion Mr.. Samuel j. Tilden was
waited on by me and solicited t.
aid, when the said s. J, Tilden
made in sustenancc the following
reply: 81 would rather see all the
soldiers starve than to give them
one cent, and the said S. j, Tilden
did not cOntr;hutQ.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-10-13
DANIEL 2. Joyrs,

Sworn to bt.v.e me THIS - day
of Sept. 1876. WILLIAM FTRyEas.
Notary Public in and for the
City and County of New York,
No. So.