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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-28
The Fan She Bought.

How much for that fanpn she in
quircl, as she admiringly held up an
elegant specimen OF breeze-dispensing
architecture.
Twenty-eight dollars and "A hall.
ma'am," smilingly observed the clerk.
And this onepn holding up another
which was much larger and had more
wind power.
"Oh, that. Fourteen cents, not half
so smilingly.
III taso IL, and she gazed lonrinrly
at the igh-priced one as she slowly laid
the change on the counter. and carefully
counted the rest of her funds to be sure
that she had horse-car fareleft.- sg
Haren Register.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-28

II having been seriously proposed bv
some ono Ia utilize ogtriches instead of
horses in the United States cavalry scr.
vice, tho Detroit Free Press refers 10 the
matter in a spirit Of badinagc. thus: IL
Is reported that n grotcsqur genius some
years ago conceived tho idea Of import
ing and utilizing ostriches for the
United States cavalry instead of horses
and actually imported eighteen of these
long legged birds. These laid numerous
eggs in the sands Of New Mexico. and
the flock Of osirichcs now number liz
stalwart members. II Is added that
Colonel Hatch, OF the Ninth regiment Of
cavalry. Is about Ia mount one of his
companies ON ostriChcs. They nrp
strong, doCile. fleet as a horse. will live
for days without eating or drinking. and
need little or no grooming" Ii is 10 be-
hoped these birds will not supplant
horses in our army. Our cavalry have
never, or. at least. hardly ever. been
known to fly, but II ostrichcz arc intro
duccd flying will become common.
There will then be. too many wings in
the army. which hitherto has only had
the right wing and the l,ft wing. 1t
would also be extremely diflicult 10 pre-
vent our troops from showing tie white
feather. in fact several white feathers
Resides, Ii would be impossible To keep
the guns. swords, etc. from these birds.
rs IL is well known that they dotc on
such delicacics. while lunch of ten
penny nails is their special delight. ANY
thinking man will Mt once sec that the
introduction of ostrichcs i'm our army
would bc calamity. and, indeed. taking
II all in all, fowl innovation.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-08-28
Outward Bound.

sit and watch the ships 20 out
Across tho widening sea;
How one by one, in shimmoring sun,
They sail away from me!
know not to what lands they sail,
Nor what the freights thoy boar;
only know they outward g.,
While all the winds are iair.
Beyond the low horizon limo
Where my short sight must fail,
Some other eyes watch will keep,
Whero'er the ships may sail;
BY night, by day, or near or far,
O'or narrow seas or wide,
These follow still, nj loves sweet will
Whatever may betidc.
So round the world tho ships will sail,
f. To drcngy lands or iair;
So with them go, for veal or woe,
Some dear ones evorywhcrei
And these will speed each tagging keel
When homoward it is laid,
Or watch will keep DER surgcs deep,
II there grave be made.
Oh, human love, so kind, so true,
That knows no mctc or bound,
But follows with unwearied watch
Our dnily changing round
Oh, love divine, oh, love supreme
Wha; matter where sail,
SO but know, where'cr | go
Thy watch will never fail
"A. d. +. Rdnioiph, in Observer
, 1879-08-19
LOCAL POLITICS.
Tho Reorganization Committee
Forming the lrish.Ameri-
can Club.
The Fall Election, and Thoss Who
Arc Specially Interested
in It.

nEpuBI1CAN nE0RGAN1zAT1oN.
Tl,e reurHanzcrs Of the llcpubllcap pnsty In
Cook County dsdn't do much yesterday at tie
iAIr, meeting Of the present seelca Of cnucuses.
The hour was tho SANE ns us,ial. 4 .. rn., md
The PLACE OF mcottng tue coaI exchange roomt
in the Grand Pacific Hotol. Owing TO 4 pretty
general understanding that Mr.. Iiow's Commit
tee on REORGANIZATION wouldn't he prepared "
rcnort, tho attendance was slight and the IT.
ryats late. The meeting whs at last called to
order by Mr. How. who announced tlat the
Committee-Ncters. L. L. Coburn, +. g. Keith,
II. =. Dertckson. r I. Crane, George Kshlia,
II. j. Willing, mud II. q. Powers-had had
but one meeaing.-last Saturday afternoon.-
nnd even then only a uart Of the Committee
was present, one or two having declined to
scryc In short, but little had heen done, and
The report would be detayctl stvesat days. Tic
retult uf this announcement was that somebody
offered motion to adjourn, to meet at the calf
OF The Committee or tile Chairman, which was
promptly carried.
In ono aense, this sudden breaklnR up Of The
caueus wns peculiarly unfortunate. for, besides
ii,e usual attendants, were tnerc nut Wlll'am
Penn Nixon, AMI john Mullins. md a. n.
mil Bcnator CasnobelI, u,ld last, but not least,
he tint Is called "l.png" Jones, each nt,l al!
of ihcm prepared To cxhort tho ncesns
In good set terms and to enthuss u
with tho surplus Of enthusiasm pcnt
up within their expanded breasts
HIT there arc more caucusas to TO held. nft
their opportunity has been deferred onty for I
season, with this possible adyantagc,-,lsat ncxi
| tinlr they will have larger audience.
, 1879-08-19

an,1. II possible, ia the White House ftse!f.
tits ctection l. a crying s3ifgracn OH The DcInos-
rncv, tctroact, t,pnn humnnitv, and foul stab
nj tlic letter tnnrIaes Of the nInctccn!' ctn,u-
rv,I W. trust as lkrnturk!aus-aiut KnHtlcA-
io,,a Weld tu none sl,clr nvu for Kcntucv-hc
will ,c ailc to proyr Ills nrr'll.er alamlercr.
We trust he sIll be mile II, t!n thfs NJ cfoarty a.
I)r. ltnbtnsnn did. We tr,1at iIc will do so at
pronell. hut Dr. Blackburn has made no answer
10 tho charges made AganAt him. md D,G Wilt 10
inauRurntttl ns finvctbor With tile charges hang
inE over him. This Is not a bIrasaHL thing tO
tn,lst regret. but for which The Democratic
Is responsible. Antf this will be used in'fl,n
North 10 lhe prejudice Of Kentucky. " col1rso
It will not decrease The Den.>cratfr 5nn1orlty In
Int1taun, Pennsylvania, AMI New Yprk. 70 fnr
aa aov party feeling Is concerned, Republicans
would EavD nothing 10 eumulsfm oi, but our
State pride ia tusscncd anil Injured.
, 1879-08-19
rRIS1T REPUBLICANS.

Tho Com1nltteo OIL OrGanlxatIon appointed at
tho meeting Of Irish Republicans hela Ut tho
GrI1ul Pacific last Thursday evening u busy
preparing its report to Ge presented Ut the I'D
lout,icd open mectug &u be held Thursday
evening OF this wuek. The plan of organizs.
t!on which Will then DO recommended will, It 10
understood, provide for a Central Club, to
b. known ~ tho 1ttal-Amercan Repub-
llcan Club with ward organization. subsidiary
to 1t In wards wherever such brarlch c!ubs are
practicable, Or where, IL other words. They w1ll
not interiors with tho MsofaIness Ut existing
clubs. Everybody knDwx that lcse are large
number Ut Irish citizens In Chicago wt0 have
always quietly voted the Republican ticket. II
ID designed now to organlzs THU class !nto
active Workcra, to tho Gnl not 0nY that the tul
strength Ut liz Irish Republican yote may cun-
tFnuu ~ bo drawn out, but TINT this vota
may bu swellel by new converts ulIu n,aus .
puwes tn local politics. Mayor llarrsoll's treat
npnt OF the Irish nationality at large, iu R1yllsg
thuIn nothing but tho meancst and lowest
ptaccs iu Ills WITT, Ia III insult which tho lrtsh
population Ut largo resent, aud tbts resentment,
according to srswl ouses vrrs, Will take practical
furl this fall wicu the two 0pDosK paFtles lheet
at tho polls. The 1nuvuusent to- orKnntzs tlu
Irish RuuuolIcsns and, bY means OF Organization,
to swsl ths already largp lEtsh Republicans votc,
IL Ill important QUO In Local politics. and 10 meet
, 1879-08-19
| Ing with SUCCESS md growing stronger dny by
finT. II IL tho latest boom, mud it'h good


Tirotnta f.sfn Garnniet.
TEtro ts no H1ltit ~ to INV Congressman
Dargett sta1Itfa on the railroad question. liz Ia
sonnd. Convcrstng with Chronieis reporter
the other day, hc said:
1.-THE railroad people arc the pettieft kind Of
gougcrs. they begin TO ahov tietr h.ni at
10 Aan Francsco is a hundred dollars md afv
CENTS. aud everybody who buys ticket stons 10
Nrowf nnsl AK what that 80 gents Is for. They
nre told tint tho l,a1ftlolar ts simply le proilt
cones e NJ ncater f h protIt ti.au ne altoar.
"'r.len tilev grab your trunk md ahove i be-
hind a grating to h. weighed. You can't SEQ
the scalcs nt oil, md voi have no den about The
weight unifl man sings out eight dol'nrs and
thirty cents ovur weight and vnn have U ptngc
thr tnoHcy or your trunk don't 20. Now. nv
trunk was 81 stnall III affair that could throw
It over mr. shoulder with one ha.,s!: but they
ran i'p the weight to 9s1 pounds. Probably It
did weigh That much when Iupouad baR-
*weii, uaid aid Seea,'se ss II f.do. bu. two min
utes to nght: nnl at Ogden the baggage villain
Htlii nrrsucd me. md paid somr more cxtrh
weight. It weighed moro ut Ogden probably
beeauss heavier man sat on II, Or else the
rareiled atmosphere affected the sca!es. Then
comI!lg over The mountains thcre were some ex.
:ra charges for ropes. But III get cEcD-lN
get even.
"You aee, ! am entitled as member Of Com
rress tutU1 roluntcs Of Agricultural ReporlR.
.o Surveyor Generals Reports, zoo Patent
OfIee Reports, nnI several thousand othcf
heavy volumes Of equally exciting character.
Rep.rter-Arc t'icse reports ever read
Mr. Daggett, II. C.-Oh, yes; 'hc printers
| whu set 'Gn up are obliged to read lem. Well,
.h"sc are sent on to my nddre:s FREE. and tho
| railroad people hnvc TO carry 'cm for nothing
/ under their, nostal contract with the United
States (soycrnsnent,.;tlc biggest Government
on earth, sir Then III rive une copy Ut The
agricultural romanco to Farmer Trcauwar. md
copy Of The geological f1ctlnus to Prof. Stew
art. All ,hr rest need mrac1f
Ieportcr-For what pnrposef
| Mr. Dagccts. n. C.-Why. you scc, III mt
my frank on 'cm a.,d sh1o 'cm TO Zach Chandler
IN Wisconsin, and hell frank 'cm and srnd len,
back. md III frank 'cm again and redirect 'etn
to him: and these bookk-two tons Of 'cin. bv
- Twill Eo back at,d forth over TINT blasted
| road Tree until the next session of CongreAs,
when I'll get hold ot s0me more and start them
along, too. | propose to keep the hook. IN mo-
tton until theY wear out. and tllcn I'll sue the
- Company fos damages. Oh, III slcken
fcm nf the e1tsa.wcight dodge. Don't you for
ret 1t.
Every morning the Congressman goes down
to the depot mi, pokes about atnour the freight
for his books. They have not yet arrived, but
| ho expects ulcm cyef3 dar.
, 1879-08-19
rodtllfnr Sqcnnd-IInn1 Clntlies.


There IL notoly IN this world 80 dreasy and
untntercstng a. tho helpless ilemagoguc who
goes about pedllnE the secondhand old clothes
Of lefunct regime. Mr.. Ewing, going TN AMI
down tho earth witt, his rau-bsby. giving US
wearYlng tatanrucs to show lhat rcsumpion
ran never bc, when resumption bas been for the
best end Of ,he wIo1e year past, ought to know
tl.at he Is q bigger bore TO thr average voter
than tl,e lichtntrg.rou man. We rnnD0t sI,nw
him tic door or act thu t!ngs on him, hccause
lJo nears name VIC vencratc. W. cannot feed
him on frrs!er cold pntntoes than be carries
With him, ltkc tramp. We cnnn only eav !"
yourself. freslIcn up Il littlr, 40 Tint the very
mir shall not bn lel with stale last years oaors
ns you pass by.
, 1879-08-19
Why Bronze .Jolin Likes .'Cuilntl " Folks
1ftrlnhts Ftnn., 4S 7lanrhe.

Why Bronze tohn Likes ''Cntlua " Folks
jf<n.nhta Ftnn., a. 7ianrhe.
TIC unusual number Of colorcd people who
have been attacked during the present prevs-
lcucc OF the fever las teen much commented
,.pon, n,ld the reason Tor II has been sought in
vnin. The problem has 1T last been tnttsfac-
Augustus Fttz-Jau.vs GIL, tho digni0ed colorca
jat,ttor at the statton-iouse, IA The perAon to
whom The world Is indebted. It came about in
this wse: The 1ta a iche nau has sNsncrtcd for
aotae timc past i'nt the Senator possessed ihis
priceless contribution 10 medical science. but
rcfraincd from approaching lin on tile subject.
Ills hesitation nrosG from the knowledge TINT
the diRuiaed official was offended because he
Ind heen made famous through the local
columns OF the A,M aae1t as lhe oblcct OF sew
crnl in3rm but wc)l.Iusenae.t jukes. He there
fore engaged prominent officer Ut the pnItcc-
forcc to interview the Senator, which WIS done; !;
and, Ruspec&lnE no evil, lie .icposel as follows
"You see, the yaller-teycr Is like bugg!cr;
ll,s work ID beto' the tuoEnng-star ascends tho
hory1zonc. Now, white peop!c IA mo- con-
spikous at 9h,',t than cullud people, and for
thtt reason tic arrears 0f tic adversary Wos
wns the salvation Of the cultud race This was
previous to 1888. The history Of that pesod Is
fmilfar to all. The white people unanimously
nbacnted themselves, aud left ctllutl servtturs
in chnrgc of their prsm'ses. llc Ea!er-'eySr
former vlrt'tns was awnr III The mouutngs nm!
nj isong Qua Srrings. So Of course he .catlercd
III on tho servlturs. Now" remarSed the sun
0t0s, graupln1 into natural lEaturt, " IT'S known
to eycr5 Intelligent man tha. tilc alccatur after
once tnsLin' tsin .Iest, nf ii cnltud pussun vii,
alters neglect tweuty white ptupfe to pussue Its
fav'ritc trigger. Tic fever IL like the ulcgatur.
Hayin' once tried the 0f1 roiur he has becum
whcn d niger il Ter be l,ad.'' With this the
Senator becnine Silent. with tie air Of q man wi'o
| had done enough for sclence.
, 1879-08-19
Two Democratic Victories.

Tic Democracy llave Ealncd two victories re.
Gently; THEY'VE carried Kentucky: md 300 Of
them, ar,nod With shotgsins, have compelled IT..
M. Dixon, ait independent candidate fur Sheriff
Of Ynzoo County. Miss, tn withdraw from tho
canvass II they will NOW kill anothrr poor
girl defending her father. ltlso Cornelia Chss-
lnlm; khoot n few more rerenue officers. ''sus-
rectetl OF betn. Untou tucn,n rs they recently
did fl,c Poole brothers in Ncorgsa; md log nntl
mur,lcr another poor old ucEr0 or two, as they
did Inst week In Arkatisns.-f they'll only at
tend to these things AMI do them prnpcriy, tho
Democratic cauvaas may be considered fairly
under why.
, 1879-08-19

Among The cialuls agaEnst the estate OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Vassets, Of Nav BEDFORD, Mass, WA
visits, with moslical adylee,n at 81 each, anl
+" "lins gold pillar At ~ for tlle lot. Ille fact
that afr. Hammond ID not physician leo the
adrntnlstrator to refuaa payment. which brought
Oh q lawault. Ar. Hammond testified tl!at lie
doctored Mrs. Vasauls at her urgent request,
md prescribed pllls nado ot solid gold, nnu 0f
which aetuailv cost 81 to make, He thought
they would strcngth tho patleus. II irun was
metal bo beltcrt Mr. llamtnoud's acc.,uut-
book was put iu evidence. i was M almanac,
inscribed '"Doctriu Mrs. Vasses.n ani the
yisits u ere Markel at lhH corresponding dates.
, 1879-08-19

Tho country papers IN Ohso havo begun TO
nail lies to tho counter. This means llsat Tho
campaign is getting warm. Protsy soon they
will be hurlng allegations back with scort,, at.l
crnmmini, falschooIs down tho throat Ut thD
scouI1Ircl who uttered them. Ihcu tAuFc wilt
be fun a!l around.
, 1879-08-19
How 1lshta El,nutll 1se Paid.

7VEfHH IO.3 VuRFHHE II7D.J.
Tom Ewing says that le'ns ought 10 lie paid
III the money for whei, tho contract wns ulatlu.
Very writ. w l,nrp no doubt TINT his Perry
County cretl!tors will ba lnppy 10 conlproMtsu
Will, him IN grrcnhaets ut their valuation when
hu llsadc Ills contracts.
, 1879-08-19
CURRENT OPINION.

Nhrtrfch fHtfFffh {Rtn.t.
eupposo New York were III tho South, and q
Republican should attempt the colrsu ritdcn Ia
pursuing. How long would IL be bufuro tic
"Lest citizens" would form shotgun club
, 1879-08-19
nation 10 send for his flonor was lost o5 Voto

THH MILK oKDtSAsEE.
The Ltccnso Committee rcportcd ndVcrsa to
remnling the Stk nrll!Ianpe. h'ni reet'ti1t'l:n,sel
tile appointment 0f a Milk lnspertnr. a'sd the
riq[l enforcement of the ordinance. Con'
curtcd in.
rnR nnlDawRL1~
Tic Committee on Bridewell reported. rec
ommenhhH lint 4 contract l,o entered lnto witn
tlln county for dieting !ts prisoners at t'lo rate
m,ttcj, il sppcarl,g tfat The County Board had
not ncquiesccd ID tho propos'tton.
COMMISSIONER DE WOLF.
Tic old charges md petition aaainat ION. Cn.
wnrk. mn! a pctition asking tho return 10 tl.e
cnntrsct system Of removing Esfha9c, atc't wa
reported back With recommendation that they
DC pI1efa awier VII . said Or. Dc Wolf was nueh-
abused l,,,tl, nut, since similar charges we're be-
jnr matie evcry day, he lurEd the whole ilues-
tlon would bc reeoInm!tsed' and It was 80 a''-
;fhc Committee on Judiciary reported favor.
nbjy on an orlllnancu creating thG position ot
Police Court CLERK Of The south Division, n'Id
those Of similar officers !u tho courts Ut use
Kid, Cuiiprson insisted upon tile adoption OF
the ordinance, md Eavo as q reason therefor
Tint gt1,ca the adoption Of tho ilcw charter there
crayr question US to whether the office Of Poieo
Court Clerk Was appontivc OF elective.
seVera ,1tn s,,,,,a oi,of" !. was arerad
orsinaileo. a',. a.ss so"'' u'oAt' ~ "as o'as''e
FULLERTON AVENUE CONDUIT.
Aid. Jonas presented d resolution providing
for n sncciai colnnittcc OF thrce fonc tro,n each
jv,.inr1 II, ,no,tiru Into the stutls OF the work
IN The Fullerton avcnuo conduit, said Comnl.-
ice TO report at 'he nsst fee@'af "eetlne' 1he
Aid. Meter, VI the Sixteenth Ward,
nrcsehieu an oru,"aner i,'s ia,"s'o'"E ,,,.,r aur
Tue auspeeiuM lat, ..t.a.n.;,,,,. ,hn.i
vcnt1lhtlo', ea!el'Hstil's, aIsa .t T".e.
bad been prepared bY ny i[aue Mtl ..aoos ~,
Union IL wa IglcitGu " ~ W. nie,i vi
judiciary ann % f1ea!tn anu GnuuLy hG:atlu"s ~
Inc same Aluclmnh pIcscHltu at. hsbuu!.Il ,Wt "
recttng ts Comhlssa9mer D. o1,,,,. s ,"' w.
obqr Sec u tilc osunaneo GuseImihG .,' n.s @ ~
partmcn{: Mn!etl sectloh p1uFues ta't III: Iny
Colrt. shall TX the t,unqeT Ms,.a en''pssau,n
OF all oh,ploScs III t.nt Dcnart.t, ,u."ssn ,'s,
etalldlfIg the ru!E =. LII M ~ s'.,,;m,, ,r.a 80,
~ aeE".u ~, ~ 'iv 1,at"iarv i,ommItfrr
As''So ~ ....,ss srn,r4 no,urv.pn
| Ao"Ae '.nA .,A"l,,s ~ 49,
An attempt Was tllch innoG to taHo up ahu
paRs tile ordinances eFeatl"5 "est A''ans s'Feel
Into b9ultyard. ..,.
| AID. fhroop was opposed TO anch aeaoh az
| that time. .
AID. CulIerton eatd ne lasurea nuail,s stIecI
md advocated ti'e passnee OF ti1 oruinhlee.
lie bcfinvcd tic "douDlc-barreled" ordinance
passed IT the prnVlaus meeting was 'nfa1u..
| AID, EvCrDtk thought AuaEns atfeet WIS tne
LEFT to' rem M ,es S' re efS @oo @ @
, 1879-08-19

Mothers: your rhild NAV havu worn,sl Then. by
ali ulcaps use ''isrown'A resnltfuge t'oIuuts. :"
They are tho 1tee an.rst. nnh most pleasant rem.
cuY KNOWN AVOID Counterfe!td. FrlcC. 81 cent?.
, 1879-08-19

Wateants sssncd The yenr previous or In
former years, redeemed hY tic Trcas-
uret during July, 1o7D,.. "..........S ESD,
Amount Of warrants outstanding July
~, 1870. paynhle nn dcmard,... II
lrctcd .......... 49,. -. :. =. Cos
lcctcd ....... ........... ............ Chs
, 1879-08-19

Don't use stimulsuts. but Natures real brain and
nerve tool-lIop HlLtars.
, 1879-08-19
PERSONAL -
In hh,s coiMar, thre- tines ot ifss u ceats IN
strttnH. Zach additional NHt. ~ cents.

1,ERsOv vAL-INFntMAT1O WANTED or TIE
wstc,Sntso oi F. T. nn. ;'r traSInS ,o e. ."1r. r.;
at thn Palmer ttua;r May -: Ar ca,npI'xt.:
dark halr. larx ryeA anl sstIt mistachs lEi fret
ton Of hts w,rFe.hnts IT. living. sNI for tllq Re.
eoxcrt and tlemtihcst!n Of hs body T. 1ta A,lre*
Observation-Disclosures BADLY MS sApls!tSr.
td, but t+i!nre yoY rld nut htin 4: asrsta s.n'
EFnn,tArlnx wASrt:i1- RESwIGK HUsrkl'
! i,llaun. AddttN, Los, tribune ulticr.
>Erts,ISAi,-uu Snr F.l,Gfr THE kECOSp
i a1niYrtNarr, AnE. u, E. A. !.
, 1879-08-19

SURURsAN REAL ESTATE.
I'oE shLE-smo Will RuY 4 BEAUTIFUL Inr
II one block trOm hotel At Lagrange. mllr< from
Ch,caeo; SIS down and 81 monthly: etran"ts property
II ,ocsnts. fix m!.oWH. III iassiie.s It. t;oosn l.
TOR sALH-1EN LOTS NEAR FIFrY.sFc0Nn
and Asno'dss.. very lev. l. T. CuATEs. III
DrArhprn.st
, 1879-08-19

Au ordinance was Introduced md referred III
rolcrcnco to tho watcr-rent system, providing
that as soon ~ practicable attcr Nov. l, 1870, d
1tss OF dcltnqucnts slu1all tn prepared and tho
City Collector ordered to sell tho property Of
such doltEuucnts.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25


Seven-eighths of the Democrats in the
Senate are understood to be in favor Of
the free coinage of silver and placing il
on the same footing with gold. In the
House the vote on the Warner silver
bill revealed the attitude of parties as
follows
For the bill, 129 Democrats; 10
Nationals ) Republicans.
I Against the bill, is Republicans II
Democrats; l National.
On the passage Of the bill but five
Republicans voted for, and 116 against,
it. The New York Tribune, the lead
ing organ Of the privileged class, rails
ed the exultant shout that but Five
men who were elected as Republicans
were faithless to the pledges Of the ma
ton" that is to pay its bonds in gold,
and nothing but gold. 4 brazen assump-
ton certainly, in the face Of the we'll
known fact that the contract between
the money dealers and the government
was that the principal Of the debt was
PAYABLE in greenbacks, and the interest
in coin" Not gold but coin, meaning
gold and silver Even Mr. Sherman
the financial apostle Of the Republicans
in 1868, said that the bondholders were
regulators and extortioners if they
demanded payment in these metals.
They and their serviceable tools, are
the men who are ''faithIess to the
pledges" Of what the Tribune pleases TO
call "the nation" As the Tribune truly
says, "the vote fixed the position Of the
Democrats beyond dispute" And we
rejoice in the fact. 1t proves that what
ever else may be charged against them,
they are not ''faithless" to the oppressed
taxpayers who bear the burdens which
have been thrown upon them by the
ruling party for the benefit of the priv
LEGGED classes Says the Tribune; The
observations in parenthesis are ours.)
The position OF the Democratic party l.
fixed beyond dispute. Only seven members
were aF7ttt HOT iltlIt'l. N'iitF tltstH N9tt.A or
were paired against population making silver
a legal tender.l Almost twelve times as many,
l23 in all, voted or were paired in favor Of
breaking solemn pledges OF the public faith
and defraudiug public creditors by remonetiz-
ing silyer.J Twelve out OF thirteen Democrats
are found faithless. Twcnty-three ont OF
twenty-iour Republicans are found faithful
to the privilege classes Upon that record.
the country will be called to pass judgment
next year, and the Democrats viii then learn
whether the people want Republication THAT Is,
want the bonds paid in silver, greenbacks or
gold as the government may elect under the
law
We are not craving judgments" but
We presume that upon this question the
Democrats will have nothing to fear
from an appeal ''to the country" The
issue is joined.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-06-25

0~r Tho travels through the South and
West cannot fail TO be impressed by the CON
srast between the two. sections In the t~o
decades since the South decided to go out OF
the Union to maintain ats peculiar institution g,
the West has made tremendous strides ne
South has scaleely increased its population
since 1883 and It's wealth appears TO have
largely decreased.-Boston Herald
This statement is made in apparent
ienorace Of the fact that at zone fell
swoop" four billions of property-double
the amount of the entire national debt
was DESTROYED. The interest on this
property according to the estimate OF
the interest upon the national debt
would amount to about $50, 600, 600
annually. While the South was grow
ing poorer BY the deyastations OF the
war which laid her plantations, villages
and cities. waste, which amounted to 9th
er billions, the West was reaping rich
harvest for her products at high prices,
and when the war was over, the West
continued to prosper under intelligent
and honest local governments which
were the choice Of her own people,
while the South was plundered as no
people have ever been by adventures
who ruled her by the aid of federal
bayonets mainly for that purpose. What
little was left of her substance, the
vampires absorbed. They not only con
fscated the labor Of the present gen
Grafton, but projected their thefts for
ward into futurity