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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-09-04
They are In Loye-Bless Them.

WHAT NE SAYS.
STAR, let me hear you shout!
Why hang, 20 leaves, so still7
This night she fa'tertd out
Arosy Tipped ~ will"
Tho blood rushed through my brain
She turned her tAco to me;
ThOn kisses came like rain
Upon q parched lea.
Light strcancd from polo to pole,
Tho air became perfume,
And all my barren soul
Burst into green and bloom.
Oh, hour that bankrurts Joy,
Bat perfect's natures rIaa-
This m rn [ was u boy
And row an man.
SIalS, let mo lr ar you shout
Oh, lGavet, hang not SO still!
Wind, call your music outl
Ny yloye has rald ~ will
-a5n WHAT SHE SAYS.
Ny hope has then como truo-
He loves me, 80 he said;
How fast my pulses flew
Ny check. Il burned. hov rcd
, 1876-12-22

The most remarkable meteor observed iu
recent years passed over Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Illinois, and Indiana last night at
$40, going northeastward. At Bloomington
the aeroite presented disk three times the
apparent size Of the full moon. A. all
places reported from, the roar caused by the
passage OF this great mass of matter through
the dense atmosphere of the earth was
alarnlinglv audible, and the tremendous fric-
ton to which the surface-parts were subject
ed caused continuous superficial disinte-
grafton, with accompanying explosions, FILL
ing the Dir with multefarious points Of
light tinged with every hue, and presenting
q very beautiful phenomenon. At Mendoza
and Garrett, in Illinois. the inhabitants were
mystined by a sudden illumination of the
atmosphere, accompanied, in the latter place,
by detonation louder and sharper than an
ordinary cannon. In neither Of these places
was the meteor visible, which would show
(as their zenith was the most highly illumi-
nated) that the strangers altitude was still
above the prevailing clouds, and its mo-
mentum sufficient to carry it perhaps across
the continent, although, suffering constant
deterioration in size, it would attract far less
attention from the denizens Of the Eastern
States,
, 1876-12-22

The Illinois Democratic State Central Com
mittee met at Springfield yesterday to con-
slider means for the rescue of the country
from its unpleasant predica1ncnt on the
Presidential question. Contrary to all ex-
pectation, there was no effort made looking
to the deposition Of Chairman IcCoax1ck
on account Of lis moderate views and peace
full proclivities. Indeed, the spirit Of mod
Grafton seems TO have ruled the hour, the
fiery MERRITT, Of Marion, being the only
war-orGtor of the occasion. The resolutions
adopted were moderate-moderately stupid
easily decided the great question Of Who
shall count the Electoral vote? It affirmed
the right Of the House to participate in the
Electoral canvass, and denied the constitu-
ticn61 power Of the President of the Senate
to act rs the Constitution directs. Cont
dence was expressed in the intelligence and
patriotism Of Congress, and in its ultimate
determination, fairly and impartially, of the
result Of the Presidential election. Be-
leving that Congress will do the right
thing and satisfy everybody, the Committee
kindly provided an arrangement for the
proper instruction of Congress as to its
rights and duties by calling nass-mcetings
in every county in the State for the cleo
ton of delegates to a Convention to be held
at Springfield on the sth of JanuarJ No
hint is given of the object of this State Con-
vention. o. Of the methods it will adopt to
insure the Inauguration of T1LDES.
, 1876-12-22
at previous prices. Sheep were dull.
one hundred dollars in gold would buy
S10i.315 in greenbacks at the close.

1t is fortunate for the taxpayers that they
elected last year County Treasurer who
was not the favorite candidate of the Ring
in tue County Board, and who, so far as IN
his power lies, stands in the way Of every
corrupt or eztrayagant measure which re-
quires for its consummation his Official CO.
operation. Just now Mr.. HUcK is doing the
people of the county valuable service III the
firm position he has tnken against the
projected issue and sale By the
County Board of 100000 of bonds
to carry on the construction of
the Courthouse and for other building en-
terprises for which money is necessary. Be-
Ieving that before any action is taken in
the matter there should be judicial decision
of the question whether the Board can law
fully issue bonds without first submitting
the question to vote of the people, Treas
urer HrcK has announced his purpose to
withhold his signature from any aud all
bonds issued before such decision hns
been made. The Ring is brought to stand
still by this obstacle in the path Of unlimited
differentiation, aud Treasurer HucK is
master Of the situation.
, 1876-12-22

while the blood flows. "Go int" says the
South to the blood-tubs of the Northern
Democracy; flight, bleed, and die your
selves for the post-ofhces. We look to you
to do it.
That other organ of the Southern fire-eaters,
the Richmond State, does not so delicately veil
its irony, aud spurs on the Northern Democ-
racy with taunts Of cowardice and treachery
Says the State, referring to the Northern wing
of the party: & What would these people
have, these brethren and friends who in the
past consented to our destruction? We
might say to them, as Mercuno to his
friend, Why came you between us? l was
hurt under your arm Suppose the Radicals
are emboldened by the passive condition OF
the South, how can we help that? That we
are powerless is the fact, and whose fault is
it but that of those dear friends at the North,
'invincible in peace aud invisible in war,
who promised unutterable things in 1859 and
forgot all about it in 1861?
"One thing" says the State, !" We bid our
Northern friends to take heart. If they wait
for US to move, ever SO little, before they
move, they will never move at ALL More
over, if they do not move, Of themselves and
for themselves,-if they do not exhaust all
possible means Of securing the victory which
we won for them in then, let
them count no more on q solid Democratic
South let them delule themselves with no
vain hope that we shall forever hew the
wood and draw the water for men whose
words are bonds Of which We always pay the
penalty, for men who would not follow and
now dare not Lend"
There is not only a taunt, but warning
RS we'll, in that. The fre-eaters have not for
given the Northern Democracy which in
1860 "would not follow" after squirting the
South on to the secession folly and crime,
and which now dare not lead" The South,
tricked by the Northern Democracy once,
now realizes what its betrayal cost, and is
not again going to be deluded into the fatal
folly Of another rebellion. The South waits
for the Northern Democracy to inaugurate
the next civil war; and the State serves no
tice on the Northern Democrats that, if they
do not do that, 9 the Democratic party of the
South will no longer exist in q national
nse,"-that is, its alliance with the Northern
Democracy Will be finally sundered, and
the "Solid South" will no longer be en-
rolled under the Democratic banner. These
taunts and this warning ere full of signi6-
cance. They indicate that the Solid South
is awakening to bitter sense of her folly in
allowing herself to be made the stock in
trade of the political gamesters of the DEM
ocratic party North, who now again are ready
to have the gore flow from Northern veins.
, 1876-12-22

Mr.. WALKEn, presumably the member from
Virginia, has come to the rescue Of the bull
dozers and rifle clubs by the introduction of
bill making it penal offense, subject to q
fine Of $4,000 and Imprisonment for five
years, for any officer Of the army or navy
to keep troops at or near the place
Of holding general or special election in
any State for ten days prior to such election.
11r. WALLER does not say what shall be
done with the unfortunate soldiers in case Of
Presidential or other election, when, to
avoid punishment for being mt or near"
some voting place somewhere, they would
have to go down in coal-1nine or up III
i,o1IncY.
, 1876-12-22

The Senate Select Committee appointed
by Nice-President Ferry to confer with q
similar Committee Of the House rs to the
best plan for harronizing the differences be-
tween the two bodies on the Electoral ques-
ton consists of Senators EDMrSDs. MonroS,
FEE11SGHUssES. and LOGAN, Republicans,
aud Senators THURMAN, BAYAED. and RAN
soN, Democrats The House Committee is
not Eet appointed, but will naturally consist
Of four Democrats and three Republicans
Much depends upon the selection Of these
four Democrats. II the greater number of
those chosen by Speaker RANDALL are of the
moderate mold OF Messrs. THURMAN. and
BAyAEp, aud RASsoN, the outlook for CON-
promise viii be hopeful; hut, on the other
iian'l- If the House majority is represented
by extremists, there is little reason 70 antici
l,a:e Hill: practical results from the confer
e:!cc Ct the two Committees.
, 1876-12-22

Tho Kingdom Of Denmark is in q bad
way politically. For three successive ses-
sions the Rigsdag or Chamber of Deputies
has refused to vote the sums necessary for
the maintenance Of the Government.
The conflict has now reached point
where the Cabinet will bo forced
TO provide ways and means by
royal ordinances, when the question of the
constitutionality of such course will be
brought before the Rigsraad or Supreme
Court. The prediction is made that in such
event the power of the Lower House of
Parliament to originate revenue measures
will be destroyed.
, 1876-12-22
MIR. GLADSTQNE'S LAST PAMPHLET.

Mr. GLADSTONE, who has issued SO many
pertinent pamphlets OF late upon political
topics of general interest to the world, has
recently prepared another, in which he ad-
dresses himself to the task Of manipulating
public opinion in England so as to secure
for Greece q proportionate share of the re-
forms which the Constantinople Conference
is about to consider with reference to the
Sclayic provinces Of Turkey north of the
Balkan Mountains. There was imminent
danger that the Greek race, which has been
oppressed by the Turk as savagely and per-
sisteuty as the Sclayic race. would be en-
tirely left out Of consideration by the Con-
ference, because they had taken no part in
the revolt, and had made no protest even
against Turkish tyranny. It was tacitly ac-
cepted, therefore, that there was no pressing
cause Of complaint against Turkish rule,
while in reality the silence of the Greeks
grew out of their greater patience The great
public meetings at Athens, however, have
shown that Greece has suffered under Turkish
tyranny fully rs much Us the Sclayic
provinces, and it was under the influence of
these meetings that A1r. GLADSTONE pre-
pared his pamphlet. The eliminating point
in his argument is contained in lis appeal to
Engishnen who fear the prepondcrating in
fluences Of Russia not to cast away the op-
portunity of attaching the Greek race as All
ally to England. And lie writes to them:
" I desire to point out that if they think it
urgently required for England, in the face of
Russia, to establish an Independent position
aud influence in the Levant, by some more
enduring means than Wanting menace or
mere parade, or proclaiming schemes Of the
most unmitigated sel6shness, they AaDe noto
suct an opportunity as nfcer betore aoay
otsrtd." We have before us the London
Spectator and the London Times of Dec .,
which contain the first comments upon the
pamphlet. The Spectator most enthusiastic
ally indorses Mr.. GLADsroSEs recommenda-
tions and advocates immediate actsou. It
says:
The Porte has repeatedly professcd its desire
to make its reforms general, and to draw no
distinctions. Let Turkey be kept to her word. Let
Hellenes have the same opportunities OF progress
a. Sclavs. II no other Power be the champion OF
Hellenic freedom, let England be that champion.
The Hellenic nation the natural rival Of Muscovite
prcponderance and Pansclavist propagandism, will
repay that protection i Thousand fold. II ENGLAND
rises to the height Of her duties and her interests in
the Hellenic question-even as Lord PALNEEsroS
desired fourteen years ago-we may be certain
that the confidence OF 1872 60 honorable and 20
advantageous to our nation, will be renewed, aud
that larger Hellas will again proclaim thar - the
Greek nation places the sacred deposit Of its ber-
ty, Independence, and political existence under
the absolute protection OF Great Britain.
The Times takes more conservative view
Of the question, and. while it favors Mr..
GLADSTONE to certain extent, it thinks that
it rests with the Greeks themselves to decide
whether they shall go into that campaign
against Turkey towards which Mr.. GLAD /
, 1876-12-22

The Southern papers differ with each other in
regard u what shall be done in case Gor. HAYES
is inaugurated President. Some OF them, like
the Richmond WAY Enquirer and the Augusta
(Ga) Constitutionatist, breathe fire and brinl-
stone; but 3 large majority Of our Southern ez-
changes talk very nationally, aud not 4 few If
them take occasion to sting the Northern Cop
pcrllcads like the Chicago Times and Cincinnati
Enquirer, which are brawling for wah. The fol-
lowing from the Holly Springs (,liss.) Reporter
is 4 fair sample Of the tone Of many influential
Southern papers:
People talk OF war. The South il neither desrr
ous nor prepared for such u calamity. Her Voice
il for peace, and those OF her sons who waut
are her worst enemies. Our statesmen, wi,houta
single exception, ART now and will continue IT. be
for peace ut all hazards. They are III pos tion
TOO, where they can command peace, II there
should arise un occasion for them tu do so. Their
recent action in Washington when Northern 1ueu
talked Of war is guarantee that they will be the
last to favor rrsort to arms. Such conservatism.
statesmen has been already recorded to ther
credit. The syren war song of Northern Demo-
crafts may sound very Hweet in Washington. bu:
when the tented field appears TO view its strains
very low and ead. The South has heard II in
Washington before, but when her sons listened
for it the battle field they heard the whistle VI
the minnie ball. The like will NOT occur again.
for bitter experience hos taught lesson that wi!
not 20 soon De forgotten. The South il Us solid
for peace as it is for T1IDES. Let her sons nos
prove recre1nt to her confidence.
, 1876-12-22

STONE is urging them. It says, rather eau
tiously:
So far, then, as the article has any influence in
the East, 1t will tend to make the Greeks cast
in their lot with the Russian Government,
and enter upon another war OF liberation
They will have at least the moral sanction OF an
eminent EnGlishman, and the assurance that they
will not be restrained by force III they were twcn-
ty years since. All that then remains is the mill
tary question. Are they strong enough to go 10
war against the Turks with fair chance OF sue
cess! Now, we think that as regards Greece anu
the Greeks, it is better that Englishmen should not
have the responsibility OF prompting warIlke
course or that they should even appear to haye
prompted it, . . Therefore, though we
have no right to Interfere with any race OF nation
ality of the Turkish Empire which may seek to
win for itself liberty better administration it
il not our duty nor our interest to encourage an
outbreak. A week or two will decide many things,
and among them whether the time has come for
fuldment Of the great design OF extending the
Greek Kingdom.
That the pamphlet has had an effect in
Greece is evident from the news telegraphed
by cable on the Goth, of the action Of the
Greek Chamber Of Deputies id the passage of
bill raising the strength of the military
force to 10000 men Gnstead of 200, 900, as
the dispatch stntes). There is evidently m
error in the telegraphic statement, as the
whole population of Greece is but little over
one million, and her present army numbers
but II, 600 men. That the Turks anticipate
danger also south Of the Balkans is shown by
their preparations for the defense of Epirus
and Thessaly against invasion from Greece.
In case Of war, therefore, between Russia and
Turkey, Greece will probably enter as q new
factor in the problem, and exactly how far
thia may involve England cannot yet be
, 1876-12-22

Tile Chicago produce markets we're ir-
regular yesterday, but moderately active
Mess pork closed 511oc per brl lower, at
Sl';.:';5, for January and SIC ~ for February
Lard closed &c per 100 lbs lower, at
:@lo.51! 1!@10.G0 for January and $40. 100
1o.72:: for February. A1eats were quiet
and steady, Mt Gic FOR new shoulders, boxed,
sc for do short-rihs, and Sc for do short
clears Hishwines were unchanged, at
Sl.os per gallon. Flour was quiet and firm.
Wheat closed 1c higher, at $1.o1 for
December and s1.213 for january. Corn
closed steady. at 44ic for December and
4'4c for January. Oats closed steady, ut
Ss;:'4'c cash and ":sc for January, Rye was
ae lower, at Goc. Barley was dull and
steady. at C3e for january and GGc for
February. Hogs were active during the
forenoon, and strong, but the market closed
dull and weak. Sales were principally at
S5,1o@G.15. Cattle were in good demand
, 1876-12-22
COUNTING TIE VOTES---TECENICAL Or
JECTIONS.

JEE14UNS.
The debates in tie Senate on the question
Of "counting the votes" continue, but
there is general avoidance of any sugges-
ton Of how the actual difficulty is to he met.
Both parties are extremely technical. and
talk all around the renl question. It is con-
ceded that the Constitution expressly de-
clares that on the second Wednesday in Feb
ruary Congress shall be in session; that on
that day the President Of the Senate shall, in
the presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives, open all the certificates"
Of the Electoral votes so far both sides
agree, but the agreement goes not hairs
breadth further. Tecl1nicalities then come
in. On the one hand. it is claimed that, III
the absence Of rule or legislation, the con-
stitutional provision that IS the votes shall
then be counted is to DC construed as
directing that the 'svotes shall then be
counted" by the President of the Senate.
This not being expressly directed by the Con-
stitution though it is fair inference, and it
las been the practice since 176o. the Demo-
cratic side deny the construction. and insist
that to - count the votes means something
more than sum in simple addition; that it
includes an authority to determine what
shall be counted and therefore Ell authority
to pass upon judicially the character of the
certificates and the authority OF tle Electors
making the certificates of votes But those
who deny the authority Of the President of
the Senate to do this, lalnentahly fail to
point out IL whom this authority to count is
lodged. A1r. Senator EATON, Of Connecti-
cut, Il rabid Democrat, in the debate, Us re-
ported
argued that the President Of tAc Senate
had no more right to count the votes for
President than one Of the pages. The President
OF the Senate WIS not the President Of tho joint
Convention unless Chosen by the Join. Convention
to that position.
Afr. EATON is extremely technical, but lie
runs into the strange inconsistency of speak
ing Of ''joint convention" Ut the two
Houses. Where is the mandate or ant hority
for joint convention? The Constitution
does not recognize or provide for anything Of
the kind. 1t begins and ends by requiring
that the President Of the Senate shall. in the
presence Of the two Houses, "open MI the
certificates" and that, this being done, the
:" votes shall then be counted The two
Houses, so far as the constitutional provision
Directs are present merely to witness the
performance Of the constitutional act of
opening the certificates by the President of
the Senate. and the subsequent counting of
the votes There is TO such thing as a
@ioint convention" We do not deny that
Congress, by law. can provide for the two
Houses meeting for special purpose. in
which case the rules for the government and
for the proceedings of the joint meeting
must also be established BY law. But there
is no such law in existence, and no such pro-
, 1876-12-22
THE ATTITUDE OF THE SOUTH.


There is freezing irony in the response of
the old-time fire-eaters of the South to the
Democrats Of the North who pant for the
post-otfices or gore, and want the South to
furnish the gore. The Montgomery -idcer-
tiser and NaI, one of the original organs of
the fre-eaters, gives utterance to that re-
sponse in leader upon ''The Northern De-
,nocracy," inspired by the pronuncumeAto
of NIr. HESDE1cKs' Indiana State Committee,
composed OF aspirants for post-otices, who
''demand the Inauguration of T1LDES and
HENDRICKS as matter of right" The key
note to the Northern Democratic sentiment
which inspired that demand, the Adrertisey'
and Mil observes, with AL innocence that,
no matter what is meant by it, is sardonic to
the last degree. was expressed by GEORGE ".
JULIAN, the apostate, when he said he
hoped the people would have pluck enough
to stand up for their rights and meet the
crisis" but that there would be no war. :"
This assurance that rights are going to be
stood up for and the crisis met, but that there
isn't going to be any gore, seems to please
the Montgomery organ of the fre-eaters im-
1nensely, and, speaking up for the South, it
says:
War and violence are deprccated; the Northern
Democracy will not precptate appeal to arms.
but they will resist fUrciole attempt to deprive
them VI their rights to the last extremity. The
Southern Democracy will maintain their present
peaceful and dignifed attitude. Their Northern
brethren are charged with the duty OF reaping the
results OF their late glorious victory ut the pols.
In short, nothing does the South more
deprecate than an appeal to arms,-so much
so, indeed, that, should it come, the South
will take no part in it. The duty of resisting
HAYES inauguration-if, Upon Congressional
count Of the Electoral vote, he should be de-
clared elected-devolves solely upon the
Northern Democracy, of the school which
now thirsts for blood; aud the South will
coolly, calmly, and dispassionately maintain
its peaceful dignity unrufled, and look On
, 1876-12-22
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The Chicago Times, aud other Copperheau
''wah ~ papers, will not put themselves to any
Inconvenience to make the following eoDspicu-
GUS in their columns. It is taken from the re-
port OF the proceedings Of the Senate Commit
tee in South Carolina, sent down there to it,
yestigatc the regularity Of th& recent election.
It is dated Columbia, the Capital, Dee. ", and
reads:
The Senate Committee had before them day
six co1ored women rs witnesses, each Ut whou.
testified to having been witness to the murder ID
one or more relatives by Democratic ku- klu1 a.,
sassins during the campaign last fall. 1t il said
that the enormity OF the ontrages committed "n
the colored people Of this State for their political
opinions will snrpass either that OF Mississippi Ut
Louisiana.