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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
OURsWAsHINGTON LETTER.

Special Correspondence to The Republican, !
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Aug. 3, 1880,
Judging from the opinions express.
ed here there is no question but that
General Hancock's letter of accep.
lance took the Democrats completely
by surprise, and was bitter disap.
pointme nt to many. That he should
take so long to tell them SO little is
beyond their comprehension. One
rumor has it that the delay was caused
by the difficulty experienced in
keeping English within prudential
bounds. 1t is the general opinion
here that the letter will strengthen
the Republican campaign. OF Eng.
fishes letter little, can be said. It ii
Democratic TRADE of the lower
order.
The great and so much talked of
Hancock letter to General Sherman
has made its appearance. Whether
authentic or not is not known, Con.
trary to the usual interpretation of the
Constitution General Hancock then
held that the Presidential term ex.
pircd on the third Of March, and if
the President was not inaugurated
till the fourth or fifth, an interegNumi
must occur; and he apparently
sounds General Sherman reminding
him of the great responsibility that
would rest upon him in such case,
and hints very strongly that in his
opinion Tilden was elected and Would
be inaugurated. The letter altogether
sounds very much like the argument
which Cassius used to Bratus when
urging the assassination of Cesar
But 1t secured his nomination for the
Presidency.
The debt statement issued to day
shows the decrease Of the public debt
during the month of July to be
1876, 053.41. cash in the Treasury
S9S, $50, 405. 20; legal tenders out-stand.
ing 1916, 6Sl, 0l6; debt less cash In the
Treasury 81, 1886, 596, 241 SO. The pay.
ments made from the Treasury by
warrants during the month amour
ted to $50, 453, 449.0S.
LOGAN,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07
LOGAN.

One Of the planks OF the Demo.
cratic platform is that "the right to a
free ballot is a right preservative Of
all rights, and must and shall he
maintained in every part of the Uni
ted States" In some parts of the
South this is, however, interpreted
to mean only the freedom to vote the
Democratic ticket. A letter signed
"Southern Democrat" and publish.
ed conspicuously in the Memphis
Avalaache, contains these decIara-
tons:
"White' men who dare to. avow
themselves here as Republicans
should be promptly branded as the
bitter and malignant enemies of the
South. The name of every Northern
man who presumes in this commu.
nifty to aspire to Office through Re-.
publican votes should be saturated
with stencil. AS for the negroes, let
then amuse themselves, if they will
ty voting the Radical ticket. We,
have the count. We have II thousand
good and true men whose brave bal,
lots will be found equal to those of
five thousand vile Radicals"
The Greenville rs. CO. Daily Ners
refers to the proposition of the Re.
publicans to nominate State ticket
in the following inyective:
1--WE must judge the men who in.
spire the effort by their evident in.
tentions. They either seek to infict
upon us a government that would be
death to the State, or, in pure malice,
are striving to destroy our peace, put
man against man, and involve us
again in wrath, turmoil and fear. We
can have no feeling for those who
threaten our existence and disturb
our peace but bitter hatred. They
have chosen to disturb the armistice
that we, the victors and the power.
full, have allowed. Let it be estab-
lished no more. From now hence
forth let there be no peace or tolera-
ton for the public enemies who have
abused our maganimity and spurned
our forgiveness for past crimes. They
have declared war against us. Let
them have it as long as there is one
of them. We do not advocate the
use of the shotgun or "bnll. whip"
We do advocate the full use of such
means aS we can use lawfully. We
mean that the white skinned man
who joins with the corrupt remains
of the party of corruption in this
State should be social leper-shun.
ned, despised and hated. We mean
that the white-skinned man or negro
who deliberately enters the fight for
a Radical State ticket, will do so with
the understanding that he will here
after receive no favors or recognition
from white men. Let them under
stand that there will / e no employ
ment for them where it is possible to
avoid it; that there will be no credit
given them that from them the last
tarthing will be relentlessly exacted;
that the kindness of masters will
cease. With those Republicans who
support Garfield and Arthur, the
people of South Carolina have no
quarrel. But the attempt to impose
upon us another Radical State gov.
eminent will be as bitterly resented
as 1t deserves, and those who partic.
iipate in it will have cause to regret
1t the rest of their lives, unless we
mistake the public temper.U
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Democratic party the party that
caused the war that pronounced the
war failure that well-nigh brought
irretreivable rum upon the country.
The union soldiers fought for princi>
Piles, and they don't propose to sur
render their principles for the sake OF
voting for the man whom they fol-
lowed ,Ibut who has now surrendered
himself and suffered himself to be
used by that party which he bravely
fought against.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

Although the resolutions adopted
at the great Democratic ratification
meeting in New York denounce the
Republican party for "its ruinous
and suicidal policy toward the COM
merce of the country" yet the re.
turns show that Republican ruin is a
very good sort of thing. A report
on the foreign commerce Of the Uni
ted States just issued by the Bureau
ofStatistics shows that the exports of
the country have increased during
Republican rule from $219, 553, 1888 in
1862, to $685., 793, 924 in 1880.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

Senator Blaine was talking to Mr..
Jewell one day last week, and in the
course of the conversation he said !:
sit is not question of victory with
us, but the volume of our triumph.
] strongly believe that the Union
loving, law-aDiding, thrifty and hon
est people of the North will sweep
every State into the Garfield column,
and we shall fight for some of the
Southern States. If they don't bull
doze our voters, refuse to count our
bal lots, or swamp us with tissue
ballots. we shall carry some of the
Southern States"
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he wrote a letter in which occur the
following passages: "Those who sup
pose / do not acquiesce in the work
of the Democratic National Conven
ton, or that l do not sincerely desire
the election of its nominees know
very little of my character" ''Were
[ to hesitate in its candid support
feel should not only falsify my own
record, but commit a crime against
my country"
Then he vehemently declared the
principles embodied in the Demo
cratic platform of 1868 to be his own.
Now he declares the Reconstruction
Acts as embodied in the Constitu.
tional amendments to be "inyiola-
able" He evidently appreciates the
necessity of convincing the people
that no immediate danger of another
Democratic rebellion will result from
his election. He touches briefly on
the fraud and force issue; "the bay
onet," he says, sis not a fit instru-
ment for collecting the ballots of
freemen." What he means by this
we cannot even surmise, as it has
never been put 10 such use in this
country. and besides, the bayonet
will not begin to compare with the
shot gun as an electioneering agency.
But when he says sit is only by a
full vote, a free ballot and fair cunt
the people can rule in fact" we think
we know what he is talking sbout.
He evidently had in his min6's eye
the forty thousand fraudulen Dem
cratic votes by virtue of which the
whole electoral ticket of New York
State, as well as the State govern
ment, were given to the Democracy
in 1868. He should have called more
particular attention to the Democrat
ic naturalization mills and Senator
Wallace's coffee pot, but it is enough
that he directs attention TO the fraud.
He also, doubtless, had reference to
the Mississippi or shot gun plan !;
also to the South Carolina Hamburg
and tissue ballot plan, as well as the
Maine plan, which discloses more
particularly the powers of enumera,
ton of Democratic returning board.
He may also have heard of the Bal
timore puddin tickets, by the liberal
use of which Maryland has lately
been four years under a fraudulent
Democratic State Governme It is
kind in Hancock thus to refresh our
memories even with a slight refer
ence to the wonderful variety OF
fraud of which the Democratic party
is CAPABLE. They have On hand an
assortment of frauds adapted to any
latitude and every condition.
English devOtes a considerable por.
ton of his letter to an eulogy oil
Hancock, and it was discourteous in
Hancock not to return the compile
ment. Tho remainder of his letter
is devoted mainly to an argument
endeayoring to show that the Demo.
cratic ticket ought to be elected sim
ply for the sake OF change.
In fact, the key note Of the cam
paign, as disclosed by the letters OF
acceptance and the speeches of DEM
ocratic orators at the ratification
meeting held in New York the other
night, seems to be that the Republi-
cans have had control of the govern
ment long enough and there ought
to be change simply for the sake OF
change. They indulge, of course, to
the usual extent in general vague
and indefinite charges, but they can
bring nothing specific against the
conduct of the Republican party and
dare not oppose its general line of
policy.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 7, 1880,
A Party Of Principles or a Party of
ShamS?

If there Is an honest man in the
country, endowed with ordinary in
telligence, who can conscientiously
cast his vote to place the Democratic
party in power, he must be strangely
infatuated with the mere name, and
mot with the principles of his party,
and he must be possessed, also, of an
abiding faith in any possible leaven
of good that it may contain, too
strong to be shaken by any amount
of duplicity, any number of false
hoods uttered or acted, or false posi-
tions taken.
Our Democratic friends have got.
ten along thus far with the campaign
of 1880 without advocating a single
solitary reason why the Republican
party, which has administered the
government well, should be turned
out, and their opponents turned in.
Their arguments amount to this:
General Hancock did his duty to pre-
vent the rebels and Democrats from
breaking up the government in 1861,
therefore the government ought to
be turned over to the Democrats and
rebels, with General Hancock as their
figure-head, in 1881. Again they
reason thus: The Democrats and
rebels sought to destroy the govern
ment in 1861 they made war on it
for four years, costing the country
hundreds of thousands of its best
lives and thousands of millions of
treasure. The Republican party re-
sisted the Democrats and rebels, and
eventually succeeded in restoring the
Union. which the Democrats now
admit was right, and claim that be-
cause General Hancock assisted the
Republican party in whipping them
and restoring the Union, therefore
all the Republicans ought to be turn
ed out of office, and the Democrats
and rebels put in, with General Han
cock as their figure head.
Again, there were before the war,
four millions of people in this coun.
try held as slaves, deprived of their
liberty, and compelled against their
will and without wages. to work for
other people. The Democrats claimed
that this system of labor was a ''Di-
vine institution" and must be fos-
tered and perpetuated. The Repub-
licans said it was all wrong, and that
slavery could not be tolerated in this
country. Now the Democrats adj
NIT that the Republicans were right
and they were wrong-that slavery
was not so "Divlne" as they had
supposed.
Having liberated the slaves against
Democratic protest, both in the field
and on the forum, the Republicans
said that the freedman must have
placed in his hand the ballot, so as to
be able to protect himself, that in
time he might become indeed free
man. The Democrats said that this
was all wrong-that it was subyer-
sive of the constitution that untold
evil would result from it. But the
Republicans went on and gave him
the ballot nevertheless. Now the
Democrats say that the Republicans
were right and they were wrong
that "the ballot is the right preserv-
ative of all rights" and that there
fore the Republicans who conferred
the right on the dOwntrodden and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

General Hancock's letter is so much
OF conundrum that the newspapers
IN the rural districts have not yet
found out why it was written.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-07

Inc hungry Democracy shouts
Give US change ~ And a pros
porous country responds. "Oh, give
us rest ~
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Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-07
] /

An act to repeal act No 10f, approved April
30, 1877, and to provide for the appointment Of
q registrar OF voters for the parish of Orleans.
and clerks OF registration throughout the
State; fixing their compensation; defining
their duties and powers; providing for new
registration for the city of New Orleans to
provide for the keeping Of registry of legal
voters; to define the duties of certain officers;
to prescribe penalties for violations OF this
act, and to regulate the manner of register
Ing voters throughout the State, and to pro-
vide for the appointment of special CANVASS
ers ETC.,
Was taken up on second reading. pending
the further consideration of section 1.
on motion OF Mr. Curley, section was
amended as follows:
In line 10, after until" insert "the month Of
May"
Wherever the words registrar Of voters,
appear Insert instead the words Supervisor
OF registration"
In line rs, after appropriated" insert aand
De assigned him by the supervisor, and In
the absence, sickness and disability of the
supervisor he shall act for him"
Section was adopted as amended.
Section WAS read.
Mr.. Farmer offered the following amend.
ment
Add at end Of section: 1.-THE registrar shall
make revision OF registration before the city
city charter adopted at the regular session OF
1880, regardless OF the time intervening be-
tween the approval OF this act and the day OF
said election"
On motion of Mr.. Devereaux the amends
ment was laid upon the table,
Section was adopted.
Sections 8, 4, 5 and were read and adopted.
Mr.. Phillips moved to postpone further
consideration OF the bill until Monday next.
On motion OF Mr.. Devereaux the motion
was laid upon the table.
Sections to IS, Inclusive, were read and
adopted.
| Section 10 was amended as follows:
Section 10, In line s, after the word with,
insert the words, two good and solvent Sc
curtties; and for the faithful performance OF
the duties required OF him by law, and for
the payment OF such damages as may be stls-
tanned by his failure to discharge such du.
| ties; and said securities shall be examined
and qualified before the judge OF the Civil
District Court for the parish OF Orleans"
Section IS was adopted as amended.
Section 20 was amended as follows:
At end Of section add, land 1t shall be the
duty Of the Secretary OF State to furnish the
clerks OF the courts In each parish 1.-THE par
ish OF Orleans excepted sixty days previous
to an election, the necessary books and blanks
required by this act, and said books and
blanks shall be paid for upon the warrant OF
the Auditor out of any funds In the State
treasury not otherwise appropriated"
The section was adopted as amended.
On motion OF Mr.. Mccullough the House
adjourned until Monday. April s. 1880, at IL
o'clock q. m.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT.
Clerk Of the House OF Representatives.
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Vi HlOItuOusc, IOuuS VI ots AdudIy-lu.
The bill was finally passed.
Mr.. Richardson moved to amend the title as
follows:
At the end of the last line add the words !:
"And making an appropriation to pay the ex-
penses Of procuring said stamps"
The amendment was adopted.
The title Of the bill was adopted as amended.
by which the bill was finally passed, and on his
own motion the motion to reconsider was laid
upon the table.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE.
The following messages were received from
the Senate:
SENATE CHAMBER, /
New Orleans. April 8, 1880.
To the Speaker and Members OF the House of
Representatives:
am directed and have the honor to here
with communicate to you resolution, this
day adopted by the Senate, inviting the menu
bers Of your honorable body to seats on the
floor Of the Senate whenever 1t may suit your
convenience.
Respectfully, JOHN CLEGG,
Secretary OF the Senate.
SENATE CHAMBER,
New Orleans, April 8. 1850.
To the Speaker, aud Members of the House of
/ am directed to inform your honorable
body that the Senate has finally passed and
requests your concurrence In Senate bills, as
as follows:
Senate bill No. 1855,
An act to protect holders of valid warrants
and to require the Treasurer to pay the same
IN the order In which they are presented.
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oeCG1OD Zb-CGTlk6 OuL lEOul tLS Oh
the section down to and including the word
diseases In line "a; In line 16 (second pagel,
after the word manner" add 'sat any regu-
lar or called meeting of the council"
Section 27-Strike out in line %, the word
"all' and insert every"
Section 30-In line 20, insert the words cor
the fine for the same exceed fifty dollars; !"
in line Is, add after the word "or," the words
within some"
Section 31-In line S, after the word "city,"
insert ''to protect her rights"
Section 34-In line 80, strike out the word
necessary" and insert the word "unneces-
sary."
Section 35-In line 16, strike out the word
sare" and insert the word "be."
Section 3S-In line IA, after the word "of, +"
insert "the."
Section 4O-Strike out, In line 8, all after the
word 'supervision." down to the end OF the
section.
Section Ain line T. strike out after the
Section 52-In line 9, after the word
mayor" strike out the words land which"
and insert the word 'ssaid."
Section 57-Strike out the whole of the sec
ton.
Section 6O-In line 16, after the word
thereof" insert land II the council, after In
vestigation, finds reason to declare the Office
vacant by two-thirds vote Of the members
elected, they shall fill the same"
In line II, strike out the words ''and said
council shall fill the vacancy"
In line az, strike out removal" and Insert
suspension"
In line %, after the word council, insert
''for their action"
In line "a, strike out removing" and insert
s'suspeDding.''
Section elm line 2, strike out twenty
and insert Fifteen"
Section 64-In line IL, strike out the whole
OF the line and TO the end OF the section, and
insert SO o'clock a. m. to o'clock p. 10. dur
Ing the entire year. Sundays aud legal holt
days excepted"
S-ction 74-In line 90 Ton second page),
strike out all up to and including the word
Interest. in line Is; In line ~, after the word
slightest" insert the word. bidder" in line
National Republican., 1880-06-25

Texas letter was not his sole titlo to respect
and honor. His acts were in accord with his
principles"
New ORLEANS, June 21.-Tbe Bee, Demo.
crat, Pic1yunc and Times threw flags to tho
breeze, and the bindings Of the Bee, Democrat
and Picayuiie wcro handsomely Illuminated
Tonight.
Republican Views OF tho Ticket.
NEW YORK, Juno 2j.---The Tribune says
In an hour Of excitement and passion AN
other democratic convention has missed all
chance of victory. Eager to bury Tildenism
aud escape the nomination Of Mr.. Tilden,
which seemed at Cincinnati, rs here, TO be rs
inevitable as it would have been fatal, the
convention went with u rush to tho first eau
didate who appeared to have the lead. Men
who calculated cooly what the convention
must do In order to succeed and expec,sl that
tho convention also would calculate ooolly
were surprised by its action" General Han.
cock, Ii declares, will not prove as strong u
candidate as General Mcclellan WAS.
The Times says: at is peculiarly consti-
tuted party which sends rebel brigadiers to
congress because Of thoir rebellion and which
nominates union general as its candidate for
president Of tho United States because Of his
loyalty" 1t considers tho ticket very common
place.
CINCINNATI, June 4.-The Commercial con-
siders the dcmocrdtiC ticket weak ono, cs-
pecially in Indiana.
National Republican., 1880-06-25

solely to constitutional measures for relief
The democratic party arc largely in the major.
ity in the country. Why should the people of
the country, the great producers, whatever
business they follow, want good government
They want rectifcation of the abuses Of
the government, aud want IL only through
the peaceful ins,rumontaliiics Of the Consiitu-
ton. The democracy, founded by Jefferson,
expoundod by Madison, cOrsecra'ed by jack
son, have always been the party of law and
order. They want peaceful measures-irst
in the legislature, next IN The executive, next
the courts. Sevcn-tcnths of the people look
to the courts for relief and redress Of
grievances But if all else fail there is last
resort-the ballot box. TO that we now ap-
peal for the redress of wrong, for tho attain
ment Of justice, for the rectihcation of abuse.
The democracy stand for fair ballot and AN
honest count. With Hancock and English MS
candidates, based on these principles, the col.
umn moving on. looking to the right, ostab.
fishing their banner on those principles, per-
feet justice to ALL white or black, without dis.
tinction of color / assume you will havc in
the next election ono which will restore peace
to tho country. With the election of Han
cock the country will enter upon career Of
glory which will mako her, as in the days
long gone, tho admiration OF the world.
Hancock was my first, almost my only choice;
FIRST last and all tho time, Hancock. In con-
cusion, l ask you to pivc three cheers for
Hancock aud English"
After Mr.. Stephens concluded Major Mac
Dowcl Carlington delivered an address and
the crowd dispersed.
National Republican., 1880-06-25
THE BATTLE or rACNA.
omclai Report of tho Engagement

PANAMA. June 16.-Tho last mail from the
south brings the official report, dated Tacna,
May 2G and addressed to the minister OF war,
of the battle Of TaGna by tho CHILEAN com
mander as follows: Yesterday at o o'clock in
tho morning the army under my command
marched in search OF tho enemy. In the
evening the army eucamped at II distance
of about two leagues aud a-half from tho
position occupicd by the allied armies.
At 0 o'clock on the following morning wo
renewed the march. Al o'clock our artillery
opened fire on tho advance Of the enemy, tho
artillery on the other sido replying to our Gre.
The fire of the artillery was sustained until
ii o'clock at which hour our infantry adj
vanced and tho general combat commenced.
The Ell cmy offered strong and tenacious re-
sistance but in spite of this, throo honrs later
our soldiers took possession Of tho formidable
positions occupied by tho enemy. From this
moment the enoIpy dispersed, flying in all di.
rections, aud few hours later we took poses
sion of Tacna"