The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-04-04

TnK jurors test oath, the free use
Of the army to control elections, and
the appointment Of Federal ovcrsecrs
Of elections arc about the only remain
ing statutory memcntocs Of the des-
potism which the Republican party,
taking advantage Of the passions Of
the times, succeeded in establishing in
this so.callei Gland Of the free" Tho
people, who arc the true and lawful
rulers under our Constitution, anxious
to forgive and forget every thing that
was distressing and painful growing
out Of the great internecine strife, and,
il possible, to forget that there ever
was such n strife, have ordered their
representatives TO take down those re-
naming monuments Of their great
trouble; and, in obedience to them,
the Democrats in Congress propose 10
expunge from the statute book all au.
thority for the despotic measures
above enumerated. And how is this
proposition met by the Radical partyg
Instead of meeting il in the same spirit
OF Cancellation and patriotism in which
it is offered, they, affecting much in
dignation and affecting apprehensions
TOR the safety Of the ballot box aud for
the life Of the GLORIOUS union" de-
nounce it in the bitterest and most
abusive terms they can command. and
threaten to see the machinery Of gov
eminent brought to q stand-still rather
than yield one iota to the known wish
Is Of the people, who are their masters
by virtue Of the fundamental law Of
the land.
Ia this matter, as in all others,
their only resort is the bloody shirt.
IL is their panacea for all party ills
and emergencies. lfyou prove them
to be jury-packers. they raise the
bloody shirt; if you prove that they
organize the highest court to carry
ont party behests. they answer it with
the bloody shirt; If you show that they
drive voters from the polls and dis
perse Legislatures with their bayo.
nets, they show you the bloody shirt;
Il you arraign their Belknaps and
Babcocks for stealing. and confront
them with witnesses and their own
confessions TO prove il, the bloody
shirt is filed as a sufficient answer and
so adiudged by their courts: if you
prove. as has been done to the salts.
faction of all the world, that they have
seized the Presidency against and in
spite Of the lawfully expressed wishes
Of the citizens, aud that they have
paid and hoDored the scoundrels who |
helped them to accomplish the deyilish I
deed, the bloody shirt Is raised alofi /
in justification Of the crime-and so on
through all their tyranies and villain.
les they depend upon the hatred aud |
bad blood engendered by civil war
which ended half life time ago. tor
protection against the condemnation I
and execration Of all honest and pa.
triotic people. Their internal and in.
cessant howl about revolution and re.
bellion would disgust the howlers
themselves il they had the iaintest idea
ofcommon decencyl
News NoTEs.-Dr. T.. s. Gaillard.
a distinguished physician of Louis
vile, has become insane. .... II. G..
Riddle, Ex-Congressman from Ten
nessee. committed suicide last Sunday
while temporarily insane. Mrs. Ho.
rine, just % years old, living in An
derson county, has given birth 10 ten
10 the last three years. First
Time she tried il, she had twins, then
ITiplets. and the other day she sur. I
prised the county by giving birth to c
litter Of Eve children. Her husband
has gone crazy, or should. Con .,
gress has done nothing yet. but is !,
its time away in political :
debates. .ThelDemocratic ticket was
,hosen at the municipal election in !
'hicsgo, last Tuesday, by a majority "
II from 5000 to G, 200. %. The Louis <
lille and Nashville II. X. has pur. Il
hased all the rights and titles of the
It. Louis and South Eastern r. Il. Il
The breach Of promise suit by "
hr. Oliver against Simon Cameron, al
as been decided in the old Senator's S
avor Mrs. Oliver was shown to be 9,
brazen prostitute and black mailer. 81
COMMISSIONER or PENSIONS BENT
Y says that he hopes to begin paying
he pension arrears by the 10th of this 3 3
ionthaDd continue to pay them us fast ca
! they can be examined and approved. nd
We learn that these claims will be 90
aid by check ON the Treasurer of e.
be United States, payable to the Or IT
er of the nangioner h;mself and u,;li -