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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-15
Ssierf Story.
WAS HE A MISER?
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
-Haper's Weekly.


worid!' said aunt Hepsy, solcmnly-
''But you are saying It'll" flashed out
Janet ''a3d you are censorious and
gossipy: and won't listen to you-so
there, nowp
Janet Black looked fairly radisnt,
with her crimson cheeks and flashing
eyes, and the flossy purple black curls
pushed back from her temples.
She was only one of the trimming
bands" in Madam Bouquier's Sixth
Avenue millinery. and wore q plain
black alpaca dress, with bow of cher
~ colored ribbon at her throat, and a
tiny turquoise engagement ring on her
forefipger, but she was as beautiful as
a newly opened rosebud, as she stood
there confronting the wrinkled old
woman who had dared to asoerse her
betrothed lover.
"Mercy upon mel" said aunt Hepsy.
involuntarily recoiling before the bazel
lightning of Janet's dark la.hed eyes.
"You needn't take my head offl"
Then, cried Janet. breathless and
painting, "how dare you say suct
dreadful thingsi"
Truth Is truth" asserted aunt Hep
sy; land if a young man is ayariciou'
at five-and-twenty, he'll be regular
miser at five and forty, take my word
for it."
"Hugh is net avaricious" blazed ou
Janet.
"Thep," maliciously spoke aunt Hep
sy, show does it happen that he LETT
your birthday go by without givin,
you so much as string of blue glas
beads, eh9 Tell me thatl"
In spite of herself, janet crimsone'
afresh.
"He does as he thinks proper, sup
pose," said she. hanghtily.
Sand he getting salary OF thous
and year." added au Mt Hepsy, wit
q grin. ''Now, Janet, I'm deal old
er than you, and I've s, en- more of tn
world, and l feel it my duty TO werl
you that Hugh Wallis thinks to muc
of money"
"Nonsensep cried Janet.
| "But listen, child" nodded the oil
lady. "That amt the worst of il
When all of the family are clubbin
together to raise a little money fc
your lame sister to hire room, G
that she can rent q tewing machin
and get little work to DO, how muc
did he subscribef"
He said be couldn't afford to CIV
anything" said Janet boldly. "An
1 suppose he knows bis own aftAi
best"
''Humph" snorted aunt Heps,
! viciously; ''and he with a thousan
dollars a year! And always making
fuss over lame Lefty, one would thin
: he was in love With her. instead Of yo'
, But when it comes to putting bis ham
|, in his pockets-why, that's quite
different thing.p sf.s
Butloyal little janet still stood Vi
liantly to her colors.
III "Aunt Hepsy," said she, ''you see
to forget that is not for us to diota
to Hughi"
III My goodness graciousl" sail au
I Hepsy, "Pd like to know If you air
5, as good as his wifel'
= "His wife should be the last pers'
{, in the world to question bis motive,
q said Janet, spiritedly.
e And she went out of the room, les
e ing aunt Hepsy rather dieappoint
u that she had not been able to SOW I
Or seed of dissension between her ME
10 Janet and Hugh Wallis.
e But Janet was still to have fire
=: batteries leveled against the shield
8. her true, brave heart.
Of Il do wish, Janet, said Mrs. Bla,
e. who was 9 fretfnl, complaining NO
0' sn. With sharp nose and skin Il
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Cifp and Comfy lirerfoIg.

arrival and Departure OF walls N tne
Findiay Post Office
DEPAkTUat.
sur~a HrE-,A c. y & q RR-, 300 q. 10
l.. & aR gVisg Soafh. ll:l5 m
.N1-th. i:s5 p IN.
Ct7eg K-aach G. s. q G. RR-, e:'5 p m
L y K Z RI. 1ptaJ SDsEth, HID m
Norfh, AS p m
D-PARrURE-
% s.srea, P,rtaJe, hasg>a and BoUin0Sree
-ri.fay guars Iav and Saturday ,aL can
W q, ssscaI "a f0ascktoDa and BscsngS Cornes
Vein -sdty snd -aturday, at p: m.
,-liag Ga YiutI . .sto ca dad DunktTk Tuesday
aud saturday. at p. m.
stx Hlfqe -OttI0a hLaRoke Ret0sore, ana ets-
boz ruesdav aud Friday. at a. m
tonf,,a 6;dog S,aaiey and PesdCetoa-Friday,a AT
We Cl11b and Port age Center Daily at p IN
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BaltimOre&0 Ohio RICO.
TINE GARD IN EFFECT MAY IL, '7S
lASTBOUN
Stations
WESTBOUND.

ZaneSville Accommodation will leave Colrnnbn
a4liy except sunday at SIS p m, and arrive at
L,esVllIe at 10 p. m, stopping at all stations.
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GAIiRCAES,

Kstsodsa EptscopaL-Rev. Parker T. Pope
presbytey1un- Rev. r Il Sutherland.
LathSran Rev. q. 8. Spfecher.
Coagreoati0aat-Rev- u. +. Davies.
EDaaoeifcaf Ch,rch-Rev. j A. Heusel.
Tinted Rrethren-Rev- T. ID. Ingle.
fJ.r1nns, Reform Rev. A. Konetzka.
church Of God-Rev. w. T. Burchard-
T;,rmaa Ltltherua-Rev. NJ. Buerkle.
81. .gfchaef's catholic Church-J- b. Young
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LINES A. ROPE
IACORR. RURKET,

A rToRNEY AT Law,
ofice over ". L. DAVIS 4 Cos Store. 9eir
street. Findlav Ohio. Apf1i Is u
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e. r. DUNN,
III JOHNSON.

"A rrOREEY AT LAW.
ofics In New Bank Building, West stde o
n af m Stroef No. So lSOs. A-tl.J
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n.H ciIMER,

CURaEoN DENTIST.
once over A. q. Cummin's Grocery Store
one door North of DIR. Detwtler's old once
West Side of North Main Street, f1nolsy, W.
April IL, lS76-6m
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MAIN LINE GOING NORTH.
Findlay Branch.

TINDLAY TO oCAREY.--Trainsi leave Frs -
SOC am and LAO p. M; arrive in Carey a 800
a 10 and 240 D m.
CAREY TO oFrsDLAY.-Trains leave Care q
II, 90 a. n and 4-20 p. m, arriving in 81
lay al 1900 and SO p. m.
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&c. BALLARD.
nHYslCIAN AND SURGEON.

DHYslcIAN AND SURGEON.
OFFICE-ssL Main Street, entrance LIST stairs
North of CD. Hall d Co.'S Confectionery.
q RESInENCE- south Main Street, LIST house
North of furniture rooms:
viii respond promptly to calls at all hours-
Unen not otherwise engaged can oe con.
su,ted al uls Office between the hours OF
A and 8 p. NJ. io-4t
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GAINESVILLE Accommodation leaves Zapes-
Vile daily except Sunday at Is a m. and
arrives at Colum bus at 9 Is a M
Express trains run daily, other trains daily
except sunday. ---.-.---
IHOS- p. BARRY, L. N. COLE, W. C. QUINCY,
besfernPdssrAqt, GenJ TIckstAo't Gea'L Aannosg
CINCINNATI BALTIMORE. NEWARK.
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!. T. DAIIs. I.w.DAvn. n.L- DrrwrIrH-

DAVIS, oETWiLER 4 co.
<ry E(T.ESAEE AND RETAIL GROCEfS,
w and Dealers In Flour Provisions, W ooo-
az, wi ov and Stone Ware, Confectionery,
F,uits-aud a Variety Goods atW hole
sale 81 Cleveland and Toledo prices. Nos q
and q Main Street.
NavK s7R-tf
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oFFICE-Over Cromley's Store.
SESIDENCE-Un North Main street. i,
Once hours from O'Clock A nj. III
o.cIooS p. NJ. when not otherwise engaged.
viii atrend calls at any time in town or
country. Eye and ear and ali chronic als-
.ases n 4 nadlaity. %
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CRLGM sUs. sPRINGFIELD q fgy.
CIEHATI LINE.
COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI TO COLUMBUS.

Meals Nos 9 q 10 run daily, and all others
daily except Sunday sleeping Cars on Nos.
3 and lO,and Parlor Cars on Nos, s and 6,rnn-
ming through between Cincinnati and Ran
-usky.
practicable, but are not guaranteed.
d. &C BROWN. General Manager.
II. N. BRONSON, Gent. Ticket Ag't.
CHAs. HOWARD. Superintendent.
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UoMEoPArHIc PHYSICIANS and Sur
Ill geons, Findlay, Ohio. Successors 70
Detyiler q Tritch.) We will be pleased 70
sec any or all of the patrons OF the late Df-
faSxx
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BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the lid with
the impression DIR. McLANE's LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of c.
McLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine DR.. c. Nc
LANES LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming
Bros, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full of limitations of the name McLdne,
spelled differently but sarue pronunciation.
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W. n, YOST, n. d.
nh ARNER n. DAVIS,

AhB eURGEoN, MI Bfanch,
Ard. Ohio, All calls promptly aitenaeo
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TRAINS GOING EAST.

AItralns run daily, ,Sundaysexceptec
III. BURGOON General sup".
VIZ .UREws. Gen. TIcket.Agen
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DIR. C.. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS

are not recommended as remedy ''for all
the Ills that flesh is heir to, but in affections
of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints.
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases Of
that character. they stand without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Nobetter cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
As simple purgative they are unequaled.
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r,BystcIAN aud SURGEON. Once up
T. 0hso 81 ly
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4indIap Business Rireftorp,
nRT.I.. McQUAIDE,
~ VAI,TMAN. NJ. ID.

DR. r. l.. McQUAIDE,
ouySJCIAN AND SURGEON, Houck'
Town, ohio. VIII attend all calls day or
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

A CORRESPONDENT of the Neo Era seems
to think that resumptionists are calling
GreenL .ckers hard names. The complaint
comes with i'll grace from an organization
which denounces its opponents as '.slimy
imps of hell" Bohemian ghouls," "infernal
hypocrites," "narrow-minded bigots," ''land
pirates," "money sharks" ''bloated bond
holders" 'blood-sucking vampires" ''lnfa-
nous scallawags," 'frauds," "felons,' ''vlc-
ious capitalists" 'infernal oppressors," and
"lecherous bond-thieves." The man from
Harrison surely ought not to complain if he
was only called fool, That epithet is mild
compared with those his people are so lavish
of-and it has another merit, which perhaps
does not need to be pointed out. Gen. S. j.
Anderson fell yesterday into an error similar
to that of his Harrison friend.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16
Anderson and the NeMsnaners.

Gen. S. J. Anderson took occasion in
his speech yesterday at the Democratic
County Convention to fall afoul of the news
papers. This was perhaps natural enough,
for men who hold the fi0ancial and economic
views which Gen. Anderson has espoused
of late are not likely to be pleased with what
the journals say OF them. &. f. Butler and
Dennis Kearney also denounce the news
papers for what is said Of them. But these
prosecuted patriots should remember that
wh' the journals say OF them is very mild
compared to what is said of them in the
conversation OF neople. Gen. Anderson says
that the PRESS has called him ''demagogue,"
"rascal," architect of ruin," coward" and
lass" We think it would be difficult for the
speaker to substantiate this allegation. In
fact no one of these epithets has ever been
applied by the PRESS. The term "dema-
gogue" was applied in an article quoted from
another paper. The others we know nothing
of and should be far from applying in this
instance. If any Of them are inferred from
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

"Iae uery man or all others avho has the
deepest interest in a sound currency, and
,uho suffers most by mischieroas legislation in
money matters, is the man aDho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily toll. A deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling bet,ceen morning and noon, and faI.
ling still tOoer between noon and night, these
things constitute The oery harrest time Of spec
utators, and Of the whole race Of those aohO are
at once idle and crafty. a diSor-
dered currency is one Of the greatest political
euits. II unde1nines the uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encoT-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppiEes
IL ~drs against industry, fagdtity and econ
omy, and 1t fosters the eUU spirits Of e1trGo-
d9ance and speculation. Of all the contri-
cances for cheating the ldboring classes Of
mankind, none has been more eGectuaI than
that auhtch deludes them with paper money
This IS the most efectual Of Intentions to fer
tst'ze the rich mans fields By the sredt of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16
THE MAINE STATE PRESS

Is published every THURSDAY MORNING at $3.50
yea, II paid in advance at $500 year.
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SEASIDE RESORT.

TyORoNTo COTTAGE, Peaks Island, Portland
l. Harbor. Board by the week, Sc to Ss.
ju9dtf A. V. ACKLEY, Proprietor
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THE oEEICnAL AUrRORIgIEs

Foe gears ago 1861 The bank note circulation
of the country amounted to not much more than
too hundred million dollars; noao the circulation,
bank and national, exceeds seuen hundred NAL.
HonS.-PREs. JoHNsoN's ANNUAL MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS, DEC. 1865.
Without Including seyen and three tenth notes,
many of the small denominations of ao1sich acere
ia circulation as money, and all Of aoltich tend IN
some measure to s,oeH the imitation, the paper
money Of the country amounted, Oct. 31st 1865,
to the sum of $7a4. .21S, ,03S.-Sxc. McCULLocH's
REPORT, Dec. 1865
Not more than foe per cent Of the legal tender
interest bearing notes. [frst issue of 7-30'sl are
an circulation as currency. y.-CoMPTRoLLER
CLARK's CURRENCY REPORT, Dec 1865
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sOL0N CHASE ON SPECIE PAY
IENTS.

''Eifh this sum specie payments can be
med at 'nce, and the pre- mise that is
written on tbe face OF the greemback "a pay
the dollar, made good. This would give
sila good dollar fer his work, aud the
wounded veteran good money for his PEN
sion, which is only justice nnd fair play 10
Bisl and the veteran; that is, ill mot only
would work for gold wages as he
does now, but would buy his goods
at gold prices, and thereby save
another large item of the $25434 that
is pr essed out of him annually
SpEGIE PAYMENTS Is THE ONE
THING NEEDEUL In QUE PRESENT
CONDITION, AND WILL CURE Us OFF
MANY FINANCIAL ILLS. The mn omenf
Scu have got specie payments, PendietOm's
and Buffers theory OF paying the bonds in
sreenbRcks, which means neither more or
less than mere aud meansr money, be-
comes obsolete. IF Congress in its blum
derings, did nct agree to pay the principal
of the bonds in gold. il ought to have
agreed 10, and specie payments Will make
the n : recment who it ought to be- The wit
ofman cannot devise any scheme that will
bring absut specie payments other than re-
ing grecnbaclks with gold; that is, let
somebody else have some good money be-
sides the bOndh dhsldcrs.-SOLON CHASE'S
"PODK MANS TRACT" OF 1871.
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STATE QUARTERLY CONVENTION
OF THE
RLFORM CLUBS OF MAINE


TIE quarterly Convention of the Reform Clubs of
Maine will be held at
Bangor, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept.
4th and 9Th.
The several Conventions holden under tho auspices
of the Reform Clubs of this State have been exceed
ingly beneficial in their results and we trust that
this one, which soon to in the Queen city
of the East, may not only awaken new interest in
the temperance work in the old county of Penobscot
but may be instrumental in forwarding the grand
mission of reclaiming men throughout the length
and breadth Of the Pine Tree State. With this OBJ
ject in view, we trust the various Reform Clubs in
this State will send full delegations to the Conven-
tion and thus aid in "rescuiDg the perishing' and
elevating humanity.
The following arrangements have been made ith
the railroads and steamboats, for the round trip
One and one-ffth fare Maine Central and it's
branches. One fare ON Grand Trunk and branches
to Danyille aud Yarmouth functions. One fare on
Portland & Ogdensburg, Portland & Rochester r. R,
and Bangor and Macbias Steamboats,.
Delegates NJ c. and G. I. r. r. will enquire for
reture stickets. The Secretary will furnish return
checks on the P &. o. and P. g. b. R.R.
Per order State Committee
B. s. KELLY Winthrop. President.
G. W. MURCH, Portland, Secretary.
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"A return to- specie payments the earli-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard 10 all interests concerned, sh onId ever
be kept In view Fluctuations in The value
of currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations TO the lowest pos
sibie point will always be N leading pur.
pose in wise legislation. Couveriibiiity,
prompt and certain convertibiIiiy into
coin IL acknowledged TO be the best and
suresI safeguard agninsi them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
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ONLY three years ago the Democratic par
ty of Maine declared in its Slate Convention
that sound currency, coin or its equivalent,
is essential to stability in business and restor-
alton of prosperity, aud insisted that steps
must be taken towards specie payments, and
no step backward. Does it hold that posi-
tion now, and does its candidate for Congress
in the FIRST District, Gen. S. j. Anderson,
stand on that platform or abide by its declar-
ations? There are hard money Democrats
who would like an ans wer to these questions.
especially 10 the last.
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JAMES BUCHANAN.

"Such medium lirredeemable paper mon-
cyl has always been liable to 1uctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in
dlviduals to great loss, are the source Of ruin
Gus speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man. Chief Justice Nor
sbnU
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

paper emissions by the government are
of u nainrc SO liable to abuse, L may say
certain 10 be abused. that the wisd on Of
the government will be shown by never
frustiug it,eif w th sed ucing and dan
gerOus n power,
ALExANnER HAMILTON.
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poor mans bro,o. Ordinary tyranny, oppres.
sion, ercessire tdration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared with
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated Paper" ."-Daniel
Webster.
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1rredeemable paper money converts the
business of society into "A mere lottery; and
when the collapse GENES, as come il nausf,
ii casts iabOrers out of em 2loyment, crush
cs manufacturers and merchants and
ruins thousands of honest, industrious
citizens.o
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

THE Lewiston Gazette, generally so cor
rect, needs correcting. 1t has apparently
been misled by too hasty reading of the
Argus article to which it refers. The PRESS
does not issue campaign supplements, nor do
we understand that the argus brings that
charge against u.s.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

"Capital may be produced by industry and
accumulated by economy, but only jugglers
will propose to create it by legerdemain tricks
with paper" Thomas Jefferson
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

IT is said that the Democratic District
Convention urged the York County Demo-
ocratic Convention to endorse the entire
Greenback county ticket. Their efforts to
effect the coalition were not entirely success
fal; but they secured two out Of a possible
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

1t (paper money! tends to aggrauate the
inequality of fortunes; to make the rich richer
and the poor poorer, to multiply nabobs and
pdupers, and to deepen and ,oiden the gulf
auhich separated Dires from Lazarus.-Thons-
as H. Benton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

4 paper currency is great curse to ana
people and particular curse to the laborer
Of any country, for its depreciation altoays
falls upon the labOrer.-Andreao jackson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

EVERY regular attache of the fREss is furnishes
with Card certificate couDtersigned By Stanley t.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon US by demanding
credentials Of every person claiming to represent our
ourual,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

We do not read anonymous letters and commun
cations The name and address Of the VT liter are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve con-
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

Postmaster Loge Of Circinnati wrote note
to the Republican campaign committee Of
Ohio, refusing to subscribe to the campaign
fund, and his letter was forwarded to the Pres
ideut
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16
COTTON, SUGAR, TOBACCO

l. Claims for refnnd of the tax upon raw
cotton amounting to three cents par pound
levied and collected 10 1866 and 1867. The
legal basis of these claims is that the tax was
substantially an export tax, because no draw
back was allowed on cotton sent out of the
country, aud the tax was therefore contrary to
the spirit of the Constitution Bat the argu-
ment chiefly relied on to secure refund of this
tax is that it was discriminating tax laid upon
an agricultural product in its natural state and
most unjrstinits operation because the price of
raw cotton being regulated at Liverpool, the tax
fell wholly upon the producer. Tae amount
involved is about S5O.0OO,OO0 and the claims
are chiefly held or conerollsd by a syndicate
formed about eight years ago, by whom the
agitation in Congress has been m antaiued,
The motives which led to the imp postiou of
this tax were found in the desire to pay of
portion of the enormous debt which has been
left as legacy of tho war To this end the
industries of the North were being taxed to
their utmost capacity while ths South was
contributing nothing either to the support of
the Government or the p,ymeut of the public
debt All industries in the Sou.h except sgri-
culture hid been prostratsd. and the special
tax which was placsd upon cotton was thought
to be the least oppressive which could be de-
vised to give to that section a small share of
the burden for the existance of which it alone
was responsible. Nothing can now bs urged in
support of these claims which was not appar-
ent at the time the tax was imposed; and the
only ground upon which the claimants can
hope to recover is found in the anticipated
change in public sentiment favorable to the
South.
2. Claims for the value of cotton, sugar and
tobacco seized and sold by the United States
under the so-called Captured and Abandoned
Property Acts of 1868 and 1864. Those acts
provided that any owner of such products so
seiz.d and sold might file his petition in the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-08-16

How is this? The party of "honesty, re-
trenchment and reform" casts more votes
than it has voters. Retrenchment in ballots
would seem to be the first necessity.