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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Democrat will have the least chance for the
Presidency or Vice Presidency Unless he enJoys
the decided favor of the Southern Democracy.
What will be tina consequence OF thisi Why,
it is evident Every Northern Congress
man who thinks that there is some Prcsi-
dental stuff in him, that a Presidential
lightning may strike him some time, win be very
much inclined to do thst which will be surest
to gain him the favor OF his Southern brethren.
SO il Is evident that nor only a few hut 4 large
number OF Northern Democrats, impciled by
their ambition, and, | aua sorry tc say, also I'm
PEELED by one of those impulses that seems TO be
indigenous TO the Democratic mind By the infu-
ence of subscrriency to Southern dictation, will
vote for just such bills as have been laid before
You by Republican speakers. So ! believe that
a Democratic Administrator viii, by the very
necessities OF the case, be one Of the most ex-
trsvagant Administrations this country ever
had. There Is still another reason why this Will
be so. She Southern people, being the prepon-
derating power in the councils Of the Demo
cratic party, viii also dictate It's financial poll
cy. The Southern people stand now, compared
with Us, in the position Of poor relations.
In other words, they, being comparatively
poor, and the North comparatively rich, the
North viii pay the great mass of taxes and the
South viii pay comparatively little. The neees-
sary consequence Is that those who pay very
little don't feel the burden of an extravacant
Government, and will, therefore, always be in
favor OF spending as much money as possible.
You have an illustration of this in the city of
New York. A very large number o. your voters
are nol-tax payers, a minority OF your voters
are wealthy tax payers the non-tax payers 10
not care q snap Of their fingers how much
money is spent by the city government, and,
therefore, you have always Z lavish admins
traticn. L. not THAT soi Then the same rela-
ton will be borne By the South 10 the North
as to our national councils, and, therefore, I
repeat, il is by the very necessity OF the case
that a Democratic Administration, governed as
il must be by Southern influence, viii be a most
extrayaeant one. Applause
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
First Murderers, Then Robbers.
YOU ARE a RADICAL NIGER, y HAVE aol
10 DIE"

"roU ARE a EADIcAL NIGER, y HAvE GOT
TO DIE"
The writer of the article from which we make
this extract, in support OF his statement that
utter lawlessncss prevailsin the South, and that
no mans life Is secure, be he white or black,
who's known as a Republican, relates the fol-
loving:
A. IN example, may refer TO the murder Of
Simon CoScE, al homeland vail-meapiag black
maa DO represented baruwell county il, the
Legislature. Ga Tuesday, September 10, a rifle
clue commanded b. C1r ain A. p. BuHeT, went
10 Eiicn.rn sad took a vood train on the Port
Royul Rsilroad. with wLich they proceeded 10 4
station called Robbins. Here tiey found Coi;er
quietly seated on his valise and waiting for q
train. Some o. them exclaimed. Ihcrc's that
- Radical n.gger, CoScT.' Captain Bu1er
went ND 70 him. and saG, "CDtcr, I'm the
niggcr ruler. and you've got to 90 With IRE"
Then the unfortunate man was surrounded By
Buffers command snd dragged iHso orc Of the
ears Of tie wood train, which thcE returned 60
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Eflenton. Arriving there, Cocker was taken into
a field about one hundred yards from the road,
and Cap:ain Butler said 70 him
Cocker, what's your businesss"
al am q Representative from Barnwell county
TO the South Carolina legislature" was the
reply.
IAN the better" said Butler, "Representa-
tive or no Representative, you are a Radical
Niger, and have got to die"
"For Gods sake, give me time to pray," cried
the unhappy negro.
.CcTtainiy, y answered Captain Butler " pray
away, but pray - duck"
Cocker then kRelt down and began TO pray.
While he was IN this position Butler stepped
back six or eight feet and shot at him twice.
he fell forward on his face, bleeding and dying.
Butler then made a sign to his men, and six of
them fired into the wounded man. He died.
The men who killed him took his watch, money,
and gold shirt buttons, and then, leaving the
body'to rot, returned 10 Robbins. These facts
are sworn to by three eyewitness, who state
that Coke's only crime was his Reputlicanism
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
JFron = recon. spee1h y talI cchuIL-J
The Democratic Party North Swallowed up
in Il Seiid S0uti.

II has ~frequeasly been said that no Northern
Democrat, alter voting Tor such a bin, VIII be
able to conc before his constituency. Is that
true. Don't we see things which, under ordi-
nary circumstances, wogld be deemed incredi-
he! The South is nog acompact unit again in
the Democratic party. At least the Democratic
party wants toGght us, aud in'case of a Demo-
cratic victory the Sou.i VIII not only be soiidly
Democratic, but It VIII also remain so for al IN
tcrminable Zine. Let me saw TO you, j would
loak upon that as a great national misfortune,
fcr when, in a republic, political parties are Ii
vidcd by geographical and sectional lines, it VIII
create an uus9and and unpatTiotic public senti-.
meut; and If 10 we're for taat reason alone, l
think there would be some impulse of patriotism
moving alGost every one To fight AGAINST tina
Democratic party thisfsIl. lApplalse But that
IS not Ia -po.nt Iwsnt 10 discuss. | say the Dem
oeratic party wants TO unite the South once
morn as n SOLID unit upon it, side. In thst case
the Southern people will hold the majority OF
tee Democratic party, aud direct it, purposes.
That majority OF votes viii necessarily. as before
the war, give them the control OF the party (;
ther viii fail RI once again into their old seas OF
po-er, and holding the prepoaderance OF irfgt-.
enes In The Democratic parry the South will
necessarily insist upon debating the nosnins-
tons for nc Presidency and Vice Presidency in
that organization. Ia other lxer.s, just - it
was before our greet eirl coRilet, 70 Northern
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
THE PRESENT ATTITUDE OF The
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

ITrcrn a recent speech by Hon. Edward Mcpherson
WHIST Is its present attitudei l. Is the apollo
gist OF the worst political crimes Of the century,
the benefits "a which ~ reaches out its hands
eagerly to clutch. Il Il the protector Of the
Southern rtiscrclnts who have planned
and executed, and are planning and exc
cuti1g. every outrage, even the most
shocking, upon whole masses Of voters. white
a. wei a c1.ored, whose only offence is an un-
Willingness TO vote the Democratic ticket. This
element Of that party has, by intimidation and
violence, vrestei State after State from the
political control preferred by its voters, and l.
PREPARING. by public and shameless means, to
wieid them unitedly for the election Of a Presi-
dent. This policy was successfully begun in
1874 In Louisiana, when white League
Clubs" combined TO =" refuse 70 employ, rent,
lend to, or IN any other manner give aid, COM
fort. or ercditto anv nan, white or black, who
votes against the white mans party" such is
the respect for the rights OF the laboTing aud
independent poor felt BY the late slayeIolding
class who now constitute the southern De
mocracv. Combinations 10 starFe labor We're
followed by combinations - murder il; and we
have the authority Of so distinguished an Official
as Leateaant General Philip Ii. Sheridan for
the fact that from 1888 to January, 1875, over
three thousand persons had been killed and
wounded ia Louisiana "oa account Of their
political sentiments" The recent Congressional
report on the election OF last year ia Mississippi
is confrmatury OF the eNistenee o. this defined
and malicious purpose Of the Southern Demo
crazy: aid who can close his eyesto the present
~euormities p~racticed by the same reckless and
desperate class IN south Carolina. In most Of
the late rebclStStes the freedom OF tbs ballot has
,hus been as substantially destroyed rs It was
during the administration of.Jeaerson Davis IN
the palmy DAYS OF the rebellion. And the men
wbo are rccEtRg vita The blood Of probably ten
thousand innocent victims are held up By thcir
Northern colfcderates Is constituting q model
party, lit not only TO boar the nations honor,
but 10 .. reform lis administration
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
A Baycnct Charge.

This IL the way General E. ". Lee, Of New
York, surrounds bis audience wherever h
addresses q Pennsylvania gathering. Il cap
lures them every tinei
F~ELLow-ci rgzENs: My first public appear
ance aeainstrthe Democratic party was made n
The State Of Pennsylvania ana have no doubt
that some OF you were present on that occasion.
II was on q warm Sabbath morning in July,
1865, II Gettysburg. The Democratic party az
that time wore q gray uniform, and was com
ra2ndei by my notorious TaErssake. Then, as
now, it represented the - solid Sotuh." Then,
IS LOW, II WAS determined either 10 rule Or ruin
the nation, and its triumph on. that occasion
would have boon no less disastrous 70 the coun-
Try than its triumph in the present campaign.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
JUsTIFYING PERJURY.

new explanation Of the reason why Sham
Tildep refused 20 help put down rebellion and
nay ms income tax is given i'll the New York
san !.
AT the same time, we must say that it would
have been much more c-edi;Gble 70 Mr.. Tilden
al 4 lawyer aud q statesman 10 have declined 70
rsy any income tsx at all. An ireone tax,
levied as ours was. IS a clear infraction OF the
Consultation of The United States"
This il the opening OF an argument TO justify
sgindiing tho GogeTnneat. Mr.. Tiidcn is up-
fortuna5e in .he briefs OF his defence which he
sends to his advocates.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Not one cent Of this was ever returned for
taxation, and the Government was dsisauded
out OF its tax upon it.
Besides, these were the receipts from one
souTce-the New Yorl. and Erie. His fees from
other roads were enormously large, and would
swell the total to several millions
During the years from 1855 70 1873 he paid
taxes 20 the United States on but SI5oCJc-or
$4,000 a year, While actually receiving not less,
probably, than five millions.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Win Tlden want TO engage the telegraph lines
on the hight OF November Z. Charlie BIckalew
is able to give the aged rcformer some valuable
advice on this score.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
4 Recnri-Yof Prosnecfns.

Said Colonel IrgcrsoTl in his Cooper Institute
speech The Republican party comes TO YOU
with It's record open, and asks every man, wo-
man, and child in the broad coultly 20 read its
every word. And [ say toyou that there E not
a line, a paragraph, or a page Of thatreeord inst
Is not only an honor 20 the Republican party,
but 20 The human race. On every PAGE OF thai
record is written some great and glorious &C.
ton, done either for the liberty q man or The
preservation OF our common country. We ask
everybody 10 read lis every word. The Demo
cratic party comes before you With IFS record
closed, recording every blot and DIV and stain,
aad treason and slrud,r AND nal crily, and asks
YOU not to read 4 single word. bl5 to be Kind
enough to take its infamous promises for TIE
future. Allow me to say here that character,
good character, rests upon q record, and not
upon a prospectus
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
POOR TILDEN.

The Washington ChrosicI. publishes the fol-
lowing LIST of fees raid TO SauauelJ. Tflden in
1858, 1863, and 1870 blythe Erie Railway Com
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

A Democratic organ saw " Il e generally
conceded thai SamuelJ /. Tlden has been quietly
: layinC for Tweed" To most persons IL IoakS
q il Tides hal been "tfa7 for him T. WIS
LEFT 20 The Republican press Of New York 70 ex-
pose his crimes and the credit Of his capture,
according 10 Minister'S CUSHING, mrst be given %
the Republican administration
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
STATE
ELECTORS.

BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER,
JOHN ". CHALFANT,
JOHN WELSH,
HENRY DIsSTON,
CHRISTIAN J. HOFFMAN,
CHARLES THONlPSON JONES'
EDWIN Il. FITLER,
JOSEPH ". BARNARD,
BENJAMIN SMITH,
JACOB KNApB,
JOHN B. WARFEL,
JOSEPH THOMAS,
ARIO PARDEE,
LEWIS PUGE,
EDWARD S. SILLTIAN,
WILLIAM CALDER,
MILES L. TRACY,
s. W. ~STARKWEATHEB,
DANIEL j. MORRELL,
JEREMIAH LYONS,
WILLIAM HAY,
WILLIAM CAMERON,
J. B. DONLET,
DANIEL O-NEILL,
WILLIAM NEEB,
ANDREW b. BERGER,
SAMUEL NJ. JACKSON,
JAMES WESTEBMAN,
W. W. WILBUR.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01
tFrom the Cincinnati Commercial
CAMPAIGN LYRICS.

''win you walk into my parlor said the spider to
this hy.f'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Republican Eleotoral Ticket.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

II was true that they had been relieved from
oppression that their confessed debt 20 their
reform Governor wss yet unpaid. and that
while they supported him, as In the past, there
Vas no danger Of misgoyernment. Bat should
tbev rest contentcd with thiss Why not ret
thc upper hard a: home, and then make a des-
perate aitemps TO seize on the rcins OF power at
Washington
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

cow THEY ARE COMBINED IN THE SOLID
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
rRoStou Transcript
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-01

Brt this e not al. Tho air is filed with re-
ports OF outrage and murders which never sp-
pear in print. No prominent Republican Of
either color can safely leave a town. Let q hint
that he intends 10 ride out in the country get
, 1876-02-19

leading spirit. His meetings are we'll attended
and particularly one for young men only, when
there was az attendance of over a thousand.
British pluck as compared with the s~leepish-
ness of Indian Officials sent TO rule a naturally
sleepy creole population, has, without any of
that talk which invariably precedes action in
Jamaica, sent out two Engineers, Mr.. Pagan
and Mr.. Hogan, to be followed by q chief,
Mr.. Hogarth, expected IN the next packet, to
the necessary surveys for a line of
Railway from Old Harbour to Porus. Sir
William Grey promised, but this is verify only
a land of promise that is all that has been
done on this side. The Jamaica Government
have done nothing, neither has the Jamaica
Association. All that has been done in this
Railway extension project, has been due to the
energy of lfr. Robert Fairlie and his brother,
Mr.. Archibald Fairlie, who deserve every en-.
enlargement and success.
The coionists have heard with extreme re-
greet that Mr.. John Savage, the Government
Inspector Of Schools, is about to return to this
island to resume his duties which are now so
satisfactorily performed by the Rev. Chs.
Douer, Of We're. 1t is said that Mr.. Savage
will return in June. All sensible and right.
minded people will agree with US that the cause
of education in Jamaica will be greatly da-
mayed by this mans return.
Mr.. Espeut has published an interesting
letter on the subject of Immigration, in which
he urges the abolition of indentures and the
tax on employers, aud recommends the Govern
ment to raise two millions five hundred thou
sand pounds to introduce immigration, as in
New Zealand, Australia and Canada, of oil
classes and nationalities and he urges the
planters to press upon the administration the
Importance of some such measure.
, 1876-02-19
d o CA.
From the DOmintcan.l

The weather continues showery, and planters
are crying out for a little more sun. Sugar
making has commenced on a few estates, but
manufacturing operations are greatly impeded
by the rains, unusually heavy for this time Of
the year,
The idea of a Government paper for the
Leeward Colony has been dropped as suddenly
as it was taken up. Official organs never do
much good for their promoters. The surest
way of destroying the credit or influence of a
paper is to allow it to be supposed that it is
" officially inspired Government organs are
never read, and always cost more money than
they are worth. There is no reason, however,
why the Federal Government should not print
a more respectably.got-up sheet than the pre-
sent Royal Gazette of the Leeward Islands
a most wretched affair as regards printing,
paper, and the arrangement of its matter. The
public printing of the Federal Governm ent
costs 913O per annum, but would be dear at
$50. Tenders, however, are only required Of
the Antigua printers. 1t is singular that the
people of Antigua should be dissatisfied with
Federation. To use a vulgar expression, 1t is
only nuts" to them. Amongst other things,
they get the exclusive services of the general
officers whose salaries are paid for by all the
PresidenCies in common.
, 1876-02-19
THE DUTY ON SUGAR IN
DENMARK.
(Dag5ladet.)

The Committee of the Landsting on
this question have rendered their report
on the draft of law on Sugar Duties and the
Impost on native Beet Root Sugar. The
proposal by Government to reduce the
duty on refined sugar from 81 Skillings
to 1876 Ore per pound the majority agree
to, while Hasle as a minority proposes
a further reduction to 10 Ore per ID.
The whole Committee agree to the pro-
posal to increase the reduction of 4 per
cent to one of s per cent on Indigenous
beet root sugar. With regard to muSco-
vados, the majority members-recom-
mend following the Government, both
in so far as they will no longer continue
to give these sugars a peculiar position
in the tariff, and in so far as they have
nevertheless fixed a different value for the
tare of muscovado hogsheads and others.
A minority (Adler( can only agree to the
proposed relative amounts of duty on
refined and raw sugar on condition that
the duty is augmented on sugars between
Nos. Is and 10, corresponding to the one
designated with 227 b in the law of %
March 1871, and he has made proposals
to that effect. He also proposes that
muscovados of every shade should suffer
a reduction in duty of GA Ore per Id. and
be specially declared as muscovados on
importation. Finally he proposes o
thorough and uniform reduction OF the
duty on all kinds of sugar.
, 1876-02-19
C OLO MA
A AGA.
(From Calls News Letter.

Tobacco cultivation is promising most favour
ably, and the demand for the Jamaica cigar
raised from the real Havana seed is not only
gaining in popularity abroad, but the sale is
being extensively increased, and three large
dop6ts in Kingston, which export largely.
show how much hope there is for Jamaica
tobacco ia the immediate future.
Coffee cultivation is extending every year,
and the peasantry are taking a little more care
in the curing of it. Still the marvellous differ
ence in the price of "ordinary" coffee, such as
the small settlers bring to market at sos. and
the Top Mountain coffee which Mr.. Maclaverty
and DR.. Hamilton realize laos. to 1908. and
even ZOOS. per owt. for, shows how much
CAN be done by attention and study 10 cultiva.
ting and curing.
A Revival movement Is on foot in King.
ston-a Mr.. Tsloe, an Evangelist, being the
, 1876-02-19

Mrs. Stewart, known in the United
States as Mother Stewart, and a leading
lecturer in furtherance of the "Whisky
War" has arrived in England, and is
about to m a temperance cam
paign throughout the country.
Upon the arrival of two German cor
vettes at Annoy, the Chinese authorities
have taken measures to discover the plum
derers Of German Vessel.
The contrast between the French and
German Bud gets is greatly to the advan-
tage of the former, Notwithstanding the
enormously increased financial burdens
imposed upon the country.
The semi-oficial Press Of st. Petersburg
expresses satisfaction with the form of
acceptance of the Andrassy Note by the
British Government.
The United States House of Representa-
tives has voted the grant Of money for the
Centennial Exhibition.
The German Parliament is considering
the clauses of the Penal Code Amend
ment Bill, which was explained by the
Home Secretary to be rendered necessary
by the Communistic designs and secret
organization of the Social Democratic
party in Germany,
The New York papers assert that the
United States Consul at Havana, in his
report to the Washington Government,
states that the deficit in the financial De-
partment caused by the civil war exceeds
$40, 100000,
The European Mail says: Extreme
depression has prevailed in sugar since our
last, and sales have continued on an eXcep-
t~ionally small scale, and the downward
tendency in prices has been further pro-
longed. There has been an almost total abb
sence of demand from refners, and the
sales of refining kinds are very light, prices
being slightly in buyers favour. Brown
qualities have been dull of sale, but no
decided change in prices can be reported.
The transactions in London consist chief
ly in crystallised Demerara, of which
the large supply of 1900 tons has been
brought to auction, and importers being
willing sellers, a decline of fully Is. Cd.
per cwt. has ensued, making a total re-
duction of Is. Cd. to IS. for the month.
At Liverpool, owing to the heavy import,
the market closes weak, and the same
term represents the condition of things at
Bristol, Glasgow. and Greenoch
The departure Of the Princess Of Wales
from Copenhagen had been defnitlvely
fixed for the 2nd of February.
The King Of Denmark exercising a
right conferred upon him by the Constl-
tuition which has not been acted upon for
18 years, has expressly sanctioned the con-
t~inuance of the Rigsdag in Session for
two months beyond the term fixed by
law-namely, until the 29th OF March.
Hitherto no settled date has ever been
fixed for the termination of the Session.
, 1876-02-19
n E v S C HIPS.

Captain L. D. Provost, 90 Highlanders,
lately walked from Aldershot to London
and back, performing the distance, -
miles, in 81 hours and SO minutes, in
cluding a stay of 81 hours in London.
The Ways and Means Committee of
sae United States House of Representa-
tivss propose to introduce a modified
Tarif Bill, which is intended to be a
ground of battle between the Republi-
can and Democratic fractions in the Le-
gislatute. h5f 'sa'ss5a ss3
, 1876-02-19
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN.
"a Cltpping.l


What legions of " friends" always bless us
When golden success lights our way
How they smile as they softly address US,
o So cordial, goOd-humoured, and gay
But ali when the sun of Prosperity
Hath set, then how quickly they frown,
Aud cry out in tones of severity,
Kick the man ! Don't you see he is down &
What though, when you know not a sorrow,
Though your heart was open as day,
Andyour friends, " when they wanted to borrow,
You obliged, and meier asked them to 'payP
What though, not a soul e'er slighted2
AS YOU wander about through the town
Your " friends become very near.sighted,
And don't seem to see when you're down.
When you're up you're loudly exalted,
And traders all sing out your praise;
When you're down you have greatly defaulted,
And they really don't fancy your ways u
Your style was 'tip-top' when you'd money
$50 sings every sucker and clown
But now-'tis exceedingly funny
Things are altered, because you're down.
Oh! give me the heart that forever
Is free from this worlds selfish rust,
And the soul, whose high, noble endeavor
Is to raise fallen Man from the dust
And when in Adyersity's ocean
A victim is likely to drown,
All hail to the friend whose devotion
Will lift up a man when he's down.