The daily gazette., 1879-09-24
INTERESTING LEsTrR FROM
JUDGE BLACK.

! 81, ri, u 1r1z TE,xHET
Thefo 10 ring iylerest ~ letter fHaf
Judge Black, uheiablet poIhicsl Jtitar
Of the ag& vas res.RtG kidres1d 10
the Lahcanster Intelligencer:
COMING EVENTS.
The complete restoration of
the whole country 70 constitutional fIe, =
dom, and the consequent reform of all
corrupt abuses, are events rapidly ap-
preaching.
THE AMERICAN DEMOs,
though not without his faults, is, never
lheless, . senIOler parsonaee, Ots sRep}
judgpent ppsn h ebnvictlpn, NA I
lover OF Ais play. HI is iAt u JsA SiiS
OF his Political agents as lie ought to he,
nor as vigilant in guarding his inner ted
yic hts I; but he respects tire memo y Of
his ancestors AID has a due reea for
the interests Of his Children. His bl ,od
and bfeStling Siltlievsf Hermit fhi,p$to
be 4 d hTtpe ko6ssbol1 OF which bel
was borif obe the master. lie is SLOW
to anger evtn against his worst oppres-
sors, and he mot at-OciOus trauI does
dot ruffle his temper bat In the fullness
Of time, quietly and without vindict!ve-
nesS, he VIZ ghts his wrongs. You need
not be afraid that your appea $ to his
reason, his conscience and hi, pride Of
race W II be made In vain. If you are
ubtful of this, thi, k
WHAT TpE PEOPLE OF The UNION
l. IA TELY A0rEytD.r n
Ten y+ArSago % Me N;ehdsNof liberty,
regulated by law, had only seven Sena-
tors III Congress, and in lhe lower
House they were outnumbered more
Than two 10 ons, They had elected a
President sworn to preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution, :or a COM
pcnsation of twenty-five thousand dol
lars pr annuni, but the enemies of the
Constitution secured him 10 theil side
by givins him, in the form of presents
more than his legal salary woulu
amount to in four yeai9I WAeni tie
private gifts cea sed, C0BgieS presented
him with an equal a,nount kolIt off the
public In asurt, aid so his adniinkti a.
lion became On aIhi-constitltiOna job
from begirhing to end. ~ 4
The army and navy, and all the ex-
| ecutive departments, The whole organiz-
ed physical force, all the offices and a !
the money of the LatioI, We'e IN Lost lie
lhands. Every atom of this mighty
tpower was .hr,w against liberty ard
JUSTICE. The Southern Staies were Who'll.
| iy deprived OF their au' onomy, their gov
ernments crushed out, and their people
placed under the absolute Gomination
of notorious thieves; VIII le in Tie Com
monwealths of the Moth, as wei as in
Congress, legislation was controlled by
great ri gs organized to enrich them
se.ves by r0bbing labor of the bread it
earned. Our ,isurpihg rulers, en'rcnclred
In power which they tho ght ire islible,
asserted that the Consttut Oh had beer
shot to deat', in the aar, that the States
on,equenlly had no rights, and the REQ
pie no liberties, which Federal authori.
ties were bound TO respect. THY claim
ed the power to suppress newspapers for
publishing the truth, to knock down
judges on the bench for administering
the law, to kilnnp aad imp ison free
1 Citizens for expressing their honest Pin
ions. Pretending to leave, us the privi-
lege Of tie ballot they used successfully
every form Of force and fraud to intimI-
date voters, to stiff. the expression OF the
popular will, and to falsify election re-
turns. Superadded to these indignities
and ouirages was the pressure OF pub
lie dbt so heavy and public expenses 90
scandaiously Pxl raYaganta that taxes ab-
sorbed al the profits Of industry, where
by the rich became richer and the poorer
wealth accumulated and men decayed.
Does history tell IL of any nation more
depl rably situated The. outlook OF
| Prom, lheus chained TO the rock, with
vulturrs gorging Themselves on fhe lobes
of his live, 'eemed scarcely SO hopeless
Some of our best patriots despaired of the
republc and greatly f. aied that tn insti-
tuiions established by the fathers of the
country were irrec ,verably lost by the de-
eeneracy of their Sol $.
stances
HOW DID THE GREAT BODY OF TIE
Itit PEOPLE BEHAVE. 90.
| The mighty and puissant Demos-he
of the "invinciDle locks"-wh.t did l.e
do? He took up the huge bulden Of his
debt and walked away like Samson will
th. gates of GAIA upon lis shoulders, liz
soiled his Conscience with no thought ol
r pudlation, but walked OH with every
limb stretched and every muscle ssel ed
uutil lie ,p.id the halfof allheSVas bound
for and ma ie his securities for the othcl
lalf a, good US gold. In the meantime
! he looked after the corrupt combinations
that were squandering the proceeds OF
| his labor, and determined to have gov
erliment that would pay some attention.
to his wishes, his interests and his rights.
In spite of fraud, falsehood and brute
force, the numbers of the anti-consti IL
tional lac, ion in the national Legislature
decreased until they became a minority
| in both branches. At the last Presiden-
! tial election their candidate wa, defeated
| hy an overwhelming MAORI y and could
only he counted IN by most lmppdent
fraud. Was not this much to be ACCOM-.
plished In SO short time and Under 50
many disadvantages In similar cir
cumstances the Roman POrui0us would
have been Gas in fact it was) utterly de-
| bauched; aud the spirit of the Ahenian
| Demos would have been broken, or eX-
cited to rash and ruinous i,surrecti,n,
by half OF what we endured IL Is some-
thing 10 be proud of, that we alone OF
all Democi attic people restored our insti-
tutions after they were not only wreck
ed, but rotten. These ..-s.
PEACEFUL VICTORIES
more renowned than those of the war,
+ We not merely promoted ii 2 general
way the. great cause In which they were
won, but their direct and inmedia e
fruits have been most benefc al. In