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Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1876-03-09

jan27
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
A SUGGESTION REGARDING A COMING
REBEL SENATOR.

Coke, the unrecoDstructed rebel Senator
elect from Texas, will apply for his seat on
the 4th of March next Meanwhile, in view
of the fact that the Confederate element is
making much Roadway in the Senate, it
will be well for the Republican members of
that body to look into his record and inves-
tigate the manner Of his election, as well as
the condition of the State at the time of that
election. On this subject the Waco Regis
ter has the following to say:
"Our Texas DemocI attic Governor, Coke,
who has been elected by the Legislature to the
United States Senate, may not be able to get
into that body. He has been elected under a
constitution in violation of the act of Congress
admitting the State 10 representation in Con
gross. The act OF Congress of which We speak
(act of goth of March, 1870, L nited States
Statutes,v0 1G, p. S0) says: The performance
of these several acts in good faith IL, a conai-
ton precedent to the representation of the
State (of Texas) in Congress 1t also says:
That the State of Texas is admitted 10 repre-
Se1.tGtion in Congress as one of the States of
the Union upon the following Fundamental con-
ditiOns' namely! Third that
the constitution of Texas shall never be SO
amended or changed as to deprive any citizen
or class of citizens of the United States of the
school rights aud privileges secured by the
constitution Of said State Now, the consti-
tuition has been so changed as to deprive citi-
zens Of the school rights enumerated.
"The late constitution provided for public
schools for at least four months in the year,
and also that 'oDe fourth of the annual reyo-
hue derivable from taxation shall be levied
and collected for the benefit of public schools
"The new constitution (under which Coke
has been elected TO the Senate) does not
make it obligatory upon the State government
to levy, collect or set apart one cent of the
revenue derivable from taxation to schools.
1.-THE constitution under which Coke has
been elected is right in the face of the act OF
Congress under which all our Texas Senators
and Representatives have been admitted up
to this time since the war, including Senators
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
Hamilton, Flanagan, Maxey and all the Rep.

Hamilton, Flanagan, Maxey and all the Rep
reseptatives.
"Coke will be the first one who will go up
and ask to be admitted under constitution in
violation of the solemn conditions laid down
by Congress as the terms on which It would
receive Representatives from Texas. VIII the
Senate receive Mr.. Coke under these circum-
stances? Doubtful. The Senate will have
good reasons to. say to Mr.. Coke, go back to
your State, sir, and tell your State to comply
with the terms we agreed to receive Repre-
sentatives from your State upon, and then if
you are elected here we will receive you
The Senate, we say, will have abundant
reasons to give Mr.. Coke this answer.
"Of one thing, at least, the Senate may be
sure, and that is that it will receive no more
thanks from the Texas Democracy for ad-
hitting Coke under constitution in violation
of the act readmitting the State to the Union
than it would to turn him away with the an
sWer aforesaid.
"Another thing: The constitution under
which Mr.. Coke has been elected was framed
in violation of the previous constitution. The
previous constitution proyidnd the methods
by which 1t should be changed. The constitu-
ton under which Coke has been elected to the
Senate was framed in open and glaring viola
ton of the methods laid down in the previous
constitution for bringing about any change of
constitution In this State. Here will be
another question which the Senate will have
to consider in connection with Coke's applica-
tion for admittance."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

chisement, for the freedom our Govern
ment owes, but his prayer is not answered.
He is in the clutches of power that defies
the Government. All hope and honorable
ambition are strangled within him, and he
can but toll and pray and die as did his
fathers, through generations of bondage.
Such are the fruits of Democratic victories;
such the peace Democracy has conquered
and maintains. 1t may furnish no overt
act of outrage, of political murder, for none
is now needed to accomplish its designs;
but its organized character and the fell
spirit with which it rules is an outrage that
disgraces American civilization. The
means it employed to obtain possession of
those States, dastardly and barbarous as
they were, are too trivial to be mentioned
in this connection. They are but as atoms
compared with the merciless and system
atized scheme of oppression upon which
thew have entered,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

THE TESTIMONY OF Mr.. VIM. A. Gavett,
internal revenue agent, before the Whisky
Fraud Committee yesterday developed the
fact that Bluford Wilson and Mr.. Yaryau
enjoined upon the revenue officers who
were engaged in working up frauds the
necessity of also working up Bristow for the
Presidency. He said: 1--WE will make Bris-
STOW President Grant is backing us up, and
'fhe heads of all auti-Bristow officers must
"faIl." Gen. Plaisted, the Republican
member of the committee, is determined to
get at the bottom of the Wilson Yaryan-
Bristow conspiracy in the matter OF these
frauds. and the probability now is that
Bluford Wilson's patch work testimony
will get lively shaking up before he gets
through with the matter. ''Let no guilty
man escape"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

THE political disabilities on Hon. Reuben
Davis, of Mississippi, one of the ire-eating
members Of the House who withdrew with
Lamar, Singleton and JEFF Davis, in 1861,
were removed a few days ago, and he is
already candidate for election to Congress
and will likely be nominated. A more
extreme White Liner does not live in the
State. He is bitter, Incorporating IN
reconstructed and desperate. He never
fails to denounce the Government and every
one connected with it. This makes him
eligible. Lamar had the same qualifications
at his first election. Lamar and Singleton
are back, Reuben is on the way, old JEFF
is next.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
A Proclamation by the President Of the United
States of America.

Whereas the Congress of the United States
did, by an act approved on the Sd day of
March, 1875, authorize the inhabitants of the
Territory of Colorado to form for themselves
out of said Territory State government, with
the name of the State of Colorado, and
for the admission of such State into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States
upon certain conditions in said act specified;
And whereas it was provided by said act of
Congress that the convention elected by the
people of said Territory to frame State con-
stitution should, when assembled for that pur-
pose, and after organization, declare, on be-
half of the people, that they adopt the Consti-
tuition of the United States, and should also
provide byi an ordinance irrevocable without
the consent of the United States and the people
of said State, that perfect federation of reli-
gious sentiment shall be secured, and that. no
inhabitsnt of said State shall ever be molested
in person or property on account of his or her
mode of religious worship, and that the people
inhabiting said Territory do agree and declare
that they forever disclaim all right and title to
the unappropriated public lands lying within
said Territory, and that the same shall be and
remain at the sole and entire disposition of the
United States, and that the lands belong
ing to citizens of the United States
residing without the said State shall never be
taxed higher than the lands belonging to resi-
dents thereof, and that no taxes shall be i'm
posed by the State on lands or property therein
belonging to or which may hereafter be pur-
chased by the United States; and
Whereas it was further provided by said act
that the constitution thus formed for the peo-
pie OF the Territory of Colorado should by an
ordinance of the convention forming the same
be submitted to the people Of said Territory
for ratification or rejection at an election to be
held in the month of July, 1876, at which cleo
ton the lawful voters of said new State should
vote directly for or against the proposed con-
stitution, and the returns of said election
should be made to the acting Governor of the
Territory, who with the Chief Justice and
United States Attorney of said Territory, or
any two Of them, should canvass the same,
and if majority of legal votes should be cast
for said constitution in said proposed State,
the said acting Governor should certify the
same to the President of the United States, to-
gether with a copy Of said constitution and
ordinances, whereupon it should be the duty
of the President of the United states to issue
his proclamation declaring the State ad-
mitted into the Union on an equal footing with
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

Now THAT the Impeachment has ceased
obstructing useful legislation, we suggest
that the Senate devote a few of the re-
manning minutes of this session to the
Lawrence or Thurman bills upon the
Pacific roads. There is an unimportant
item of $500, 600, 900 which will event
ually have been paid by the Govern
ment to aid in the construction of the
Pacific roads. Those delinquent compa-
mics ask either delay or indefinite postpone
ment of every bill looking toward protect
ing the Governments interests. While
both Houses are quarreling and refusing to
concur in few items on the general appro-
priation bills it strikes us that sum of this
magnitude should be entitled to hearing
in the Senate if it is the intention OF Con-
gress to do anything in that direction.
While the Lawrence bill is an honest effort
to make movement in the right direction,
the Senate judiciary bill has all the ele-
ments of actual protection and safety. We
hope the Senate will give GbIs subject early
attention, and not let the session close
without passing one or the other. The
House will imme diately concur in either.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

soldier element, and that Of Col. Ward H.
Lamon, the intimate personal friend of the
late President Lincoln, who heads the cleo
torsl ticket will make large inroads upon
the Conservative and old-line Wing vote,
which has heretofore been thrown Ior the
Democrats. In view of these facts there
can be little doubt that with proper effort
on the part of the Republican managers
West Virginia may be reclaimed and re-
sumo her old place in the line of loyal
States next November. The attention Of
the National Committee is invited to this
field, in the hope that all possible aid and
encouragement may be afforded to the Re-
publicans during the pending campaign.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
he original States, without any further action

the original States, without any further action
whatever on the part of Congress; and
Whereas 1t has been certified to me by the
acting Governor of said Territory of Colorado
that within the time prescribed by said act of
Congress a constitution for said proposed
State has been adopted, and the same rati-
fed by a majority of the legal voters
of said proposed new State in accordance with
the conditions prescribed by said act of Con-
gress, and whereas duly authenticated copy
of fsaid constitution and of the declaration
and ordinance required by said act has been
received by me,
Now, therefore, I, Ulysses s. Grant, Presi-
dent of the United States of America, do, in
accordance with the provisions of the act of
Congress aforesaid, declare and proclaim the
fact that the fundamental conditions i'm
posed by Congress on the State of Colorado
to entitle that State to admission to the Union
have been ratified and accepted, and that the
admission of the said State into the Union is
now complete.
In testimony whereof have hereunto. set
my hand and have caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this first day
of August, in. the year of our
49, Lord one thousand eight hundred
SEAL. and seventy six, and of the indie
- pendence of the United States of
America the one hundred and first.
U. 8. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH,
Secretary of State.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

As WE HAD anticipated, Gen. Belknap
was acquitted yesterday by the High Court
of Impeachment upon all the articles pre-
scented. The record of the votes will be
found in the Senate proceedings. The case
is an extreme illustration of what partisan
bitterness may accomplish through the
means of er part6 and hearsay testimony,
extracted through the Star Chamber pro-
cess. A happy family has been thrown
into the deepest sorrow and humiliation
and an honorable officer deposed from high
official position for the qualification of the
personal spite of an envious woman, and
the insane and diabolical desire to make
political capital.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

WE RESPECTFULLY invite Mr.. Hunton's
attention to House bill No. 1871, intro
duced by himself, and now upon the calen-
dar for action of the committee of the
whole. This bill asks an appropriation of
S141 600 for construction of a bridge across
the Potomac at Georgetown. The present
bridge was condemned in the strongest
terms in March last by the Engineer de-
partment, in a report made in response to
Senate resolution of February 8, and the
breaking down Of one of its spans yester-
day occasions no surprise to any person
who read the various specifications of de-
feet and rottenness contained in that docu
ment. The present bridge is owned, IN
der long lease, by a corporation that has
no concern for either life or the welfare OF
the District. II is intent only upon secur-
ing its tolls, and that yesterdays break re-
suited in no loss of life is certainly not due
to any precaution of the lessees. Page five
of Lieutenant Tuttle's report to the Senate
shows nearly every timber of all the spans
to be ''rotten, "broken, " -"shaky," ETC.,
and that "care and watchfulness of the
"bridge company cannot be expected if the
"past is a criterion of the future" Mr..
Huntons bill asks less sum for a COM
plete iron bridge, giving free and perfect
communication with Virginia, than the
lessees demand from the Government for
the mere right to construct a bridge upon
the aqueduct piers. Rather than submit
to the extortionate tolls of the bridge com
panY, or to purchase right of way from
them when they can give no title, and
which, it purchased, would entail total
cost of $780, COO 60 construct a bridge, Mr..
Hunton has introduced his bill, which the
District Committee have reported favorably
to the House. Now, will not the House
pass it at once? Virginia and the District
unita in asking it to do so. The accident
of yesterday appears to render such action
necessary.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

THE Republic ans Of West Virginia feel
much encouraged since the State nomi-
nations that they will carry the State this
fall. There is much more than usu Il pend
ing upon the result. In addition to the
interest in the Presidential election there
are two United States Senators to be chosen
by the Legislature that will be elected in
November. OHe must be chosen to serve
out the unexpircd term Of the late Senator
Caperton, ending March 4, 1881, and the
other to succeed Senator Davis, whose term
will expire next March. Then there is q
full State ticket in the field, with Gen. Golf
at its head. He is one of the most popular
men in the State, and will not only bring
out the full Republican strength, but aided
by the popularity of Gen. Hayes with the
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

LET THE people remember that the av-
erage expenses of Buchanan's administra-
ton were eighty one millions per annum,
or S2,61 per capita of our population in
1856 thirty one million persons and that
the expenses of General Grants admins
tration in 1876, after deducting those sums
entailed by the Democratic rebellion, were
only eighty-six millions. being only S2.05
per capita of our population of forty two
millions. This is real retrenchment and
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

GIEsoN's committees have nearly all re-
ported, and have failed to find er p1rte tes-
timony, even, to warrant them in recon-
mending the trial of any specified iudivid
ual official for malfessance or fraud. And
now Gibson will proceed to denouuce the
committees.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

CITIZENS of the District who have long
known DR.. Nichols and the vigilant super
vision that he has given the Government
Asylum for the Insane rejoice at his exon
Grafton from the gross charges preferred
against him by the insane friends of some
of his late patients. His vindication is as
lust as il is complete.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

THE PRESIDENT is reported to have
remarked yesterday that "Bluford Wilson
Seemed to think that the ex-Solicitor was
ga bigger man than Fitzhugh, and he, you
know, thought that the House Door
'keeper was bigger man than old
"Grant.''
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

The Democratic press of the South are quot
ing from Tilden's record to show he sympa-
thized with the South during the war, while
the Democratic papers of the North are trying
to show that Tilden was not Copperhead.
consistency, thou art Jewell"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

When Tilden received the news of his nomi-
nation be cried, 81 shall make an aggressive
fight" But the old gentleman has settled
down to his Congress water and toddy at Sara
toga, and lets Butler, of Hamburg, s. c., get
the start of him by commencing the slaugh-
ter.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

The Vicksburg Herald says: "Why didn't
Sheridan lead that charge! He would have
made a better dead man than Custer" Both
were gallant Union officers, and to such
Southern Democratic papers as the Herald the
best Union officer is dead one.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

The Monroe County Register, printed at
Union, West Virginia, is lively straight-out
Republican newspaper. 1t is edited by Rich
ard Burke, genuine Republican from prln-
ciple, who is devoting himself to the cause
with zeal and fervor worthy of the liberal
support OF all the Republicans.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.

The Star says in its list of patents granted
that Baltimore man was granted patent
fer improvement in oysters. We don't be-
lieve it.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

Here is straw for the wicked and mud
throwing generation of Copperheads that seek
eth after sign to put in their pipes and smoke:
Ha- syss, of Ohio. T Tiid- Bur en-.
Harrison defeated Van Buren,, and next
March it will be His Excellency President
Hayes.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

Bishop Whipple's discourse on the Indians,
last Sunday, at st. Johns Episcopal church,
was an able and consistent defense of the
magnificent peace policy established by the
President at the commencement of his Admin
istration. There are many who assail this
policy because it is natural for them to grum-
BILE and oppose any measure of the Presidents,
and there are others who asssil it to crafty
some personal spite; but truth is eternal and
facts are convincing, and upon these the In
dian Bureau relies with just pride for the vim
dication of its great work.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, NOMINATIONS.

Persons Leaving tho city during tho sum
rer months, and wishing to be Informed Of
matters transpirin9 at the city Of Wash
ingtors, can AGUs the DAILY NATIONAL Re-
PUBLICAN mailed to their address, free of
postage, at the following rates, payable in
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

NORFOLK, VA, July 81, 1S76.-Elitor
RtpubHcan: Will you please inform many
of us down in this section through the
columns of your valuable paper if it will be
necessary for the free-born American citizens
of this district to get out naturalization papers
in the event We wish to vote at the coming
Presidential election, or would It not be mete
and proper to send memorial to Congress
praying that our disabilities be removed for
according to the decision of the House of Rep
resentatives in the Platt-Goode case we are
DISTINGUISHED, or, at least, no free born Ameri-
can citizen has right to vote down here eX-
cept he votes the Conservative ticket. W.
If W. will look back over the files of THE
REPUBLICAN he will observe that the Plat
Goode case is not the only one in which the
ex-Confederate House has shown its cloven
foot and inflicted an outrageous injustice
upon the loyal voters of the union. 1t COM
menced by turning Union soldiers out of their
places, and after long series of insults to
the intelligence and loyalty of the country it
eliminated its work in virtually DISTINGUISHING
the Republican voters of Mr.. Platt's district.
Tear the mask from the Democratic cry of re-
form and you will find ''get Office" behind the
subterfuge
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

Tie New York Times of thadasst says: "Mr.
Goodies absence again to-day from the Bank
ing and Currency Committee, though he was
in town, and in the House voted on the naval
report, strengthens the belief that his being
seated was part of an arrangement on the
money question. Another eonfirmatory cir
cumstance relative to the trade is that Mr..
Morrison, on the first day of the Platt-Goode
discussion, expressed purpose to vote for Mr..
Platt, and volunteered the opinion that he
would be seated. When the vote came he re-
corded himself on both ballots as in favor of
Mr.. Goode. There is no reasonable doubt of
the truth of the charge connecting Mr.. Goodies
vote and the currency legislation. Evidence
of its truth multiplies."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-02

CoTGREss threatens to adjourn on Mon
day next. God be thanked