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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03
N. Y. Herald. 2Sth ult.
Bows in Blue.

A%OJS 40 ASANSe
From the annexed document, if it is
authentic, it must be inferred that Cen
eral Grant is about to take the field:
GENERAL ORDERS, NO. l.
HEADQ'T's UNION VETERANS UNION
'BoYs IN BLUE N Y, July %, 1880
/. The member for each State of the
National Committee of the Union Vet
eraus' Union will at once proceed to Or
ganize the "Boys in Blue" in their re-
spective States to promote the election
of Garfield and Arthur.
II. The organizations Of the "Boys
in Blue" will report to the department
commanders in their respective States
By order of u. S GRANT,
Commander-in- Chief "Boys in Blue"
DRAKE DEKAY, Adjutant General.
1t appears. therefore, that UBion
Veterans Union, of which there is al
ready q national committee, is called up
on by the commander-in-chief Of an or
ganization which does not yet exist to
come forward and create in the flesh
this organization yet ~ nabibus of Boys
in Blue; for, of course. the old Boys in
Blue, which was an organization of vet
eran soldiers, never had any special pur:
pose with regard to Garfield and Arthur,
and was no more political than the So
ciety OF the Army of the Potomac.
But We are disposed TO believe there
must be some mistake in these general
orders-both as to General Grants sig
nature and as to the intention OF the re-
publican party leaders. Somebody,
without Que respect for the soldier who
was commander-in chief of the army OF
the Union in great crisis, has perhaps
INDUCED mean merriment in this little
attempt to guy the great soldier by put
ting him before the people as the pres
ent commander.in-chief Of q lot of fel
lows in buckram, who want to come ont
on moonlight nights and play soldier in
torchlight professions. We doubt wheth,
er General Grant mas consented to &C.
cept command of that sort.
Butif he has can it be true that the
republican leaders are ready to advance
the chances Of their candidate by this
adoption of military methods, by this
ruse of playing on popular love Of mil.
itary-glory, and persuading each voter
that the canvass is war and the demo.
Gratis the enemy, and so on2 II they
proceed thus what will become Of all the
clamor they have raised against General
Hancock as military candidate2 II
the republicans contemplate the canvass
as a war why is it not fair for the demo
Gratis to act practically ON that contem-
plation2 Or do the republicans this
time only object to real soldiers, as the
Illinois major did to real bullets2
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

JOHN G. THoMp soN is Chairman Of
the Democratic State Central Committee,
and j. F. Mckinney Chairman Of the
Democratic State Executive Committee
They have established their headquarters
at Columbus, Ohio.
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cEThe Democrats of West Va. nom

gT The Democrats of West Va. nom.
mated the following ticket, last week
Governor, JACOB B. Jackson; Audi
tor of State, JOSEPH S. MILLER; Treas
urer OF State, THOMAS O'BRIEN; Attor-
ney General, G. c. WATTS; Judge Of the
Court Of Appeals, THOMAS c. GREEN
State Superintendent of, Free Schools
BERNARD L BUTCHER.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

~The Democratic -Greenback fusion
in Maine causes the Republicans great
uneasiness. The Democrats have three
and the Greenbackers four OF the Elec-
tors. The State may be set down in the
Democratic column.
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wThe Woodsaeld GARFIELD an

wThe Woodsaeld GARFIELD aud
ARTHUR Club does not exhibit condi.
ton indicating health and aggressiveness.
We submit that the club got wrongly
started II the organization was not de-
fective the name was not happily chosen.
Some life might be infused by change
of name for the club. Let it hereafter
be known as the "DeGolyer Pavement
TANNERS,
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Ew The hoom for HANCOCK and En-
GLrsH continues. Republicans by tens
and hundreds are declaring for them in
all parts of the country. We publish
the names OF number this week, but
can't spare the space to give the names
of all of them The list will he pub
lished each week, as far as our space will
permit, until the election in November.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03
English's Letter of Acceptance.

Engnsn's LeCter OF Acceptance.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July sO.-Hon.
W. H English transmitted the following
letter of acceptance Of the nomination
Of candidate for Vice President to the
Committee OF Notification to-day:
INDIANAPOLIS. IND July 80, 1880.
To Hon. John W. Stevenson. President of the
Convention, Hon. John Stockton. Chairman,
and others of the Committee of Notification:
GENTLEMEN: / have now the honor to
reply to your letter of the 18th inst, in.
forming me that L was unanimously
nominated for the office of Vice Presi-
dent of the United States by the late
Democratic Convention, which assem-.
bled at Cincinnati. As foreshado we'd in
the verbal remarks made by me at the
time of the delivery of your letter,
have now to say that accept the high
trust with realizing sense of its re.
sponsibility, and am profoundly grateful
for the honor conferred. accept the
nomination on the platform of princi-
Piles adopted by the convention, which
cordially approve, and I accept it quite
as much because Of my faith in the wis.,
dom and patriotism of the great states
man and soldier nominated on the same
ticket for President of the United States
His eminent services to his country, bis
fidelity to the constitution, the union and
the cause; his clear PERCEPTION of the
correct principles of the Government as
taught by Jefferson; his scrupulons care
to keep the military in strict subordina.
ton to the civil authorities; his high re-
gard for the liberty, personal rights and
rights Of property; his ackno wledge
ability in civil as well as military affairs,
and bis pure and blameless life all point
to him as man worthy OF the conf.
dence Of the people Not only brave
soldier, great commander, a wise
statesman and pure patriot, but pru-
dent, painstaking, practical man of un-
questioned honesty, trusted often with
important public duties. faithful to every
trust, and in the full meridian of ripe
and vigorous manhood, he is, in nv
eminently fitted for the high
est Office on earth, the Presidency of the
United States. Not only'is he the right
man for the place, but the time has come
when the best interests of the country
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

EE Maud s., tine celebrated trotting
mare, made q third heat in race with
"Trinket," at Chicago on the Oath ult.,
in 135. This is the best time ever re-
corded in race. Better heats are on
record in contests against time.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

%The tide is running high in this
county AID elsewhere for HANCOCK and
EReLIsH. If the changes from GARFIELD
continue in this county he will not poll
to exceed 1000 votes. Paste that in
your hats for. future reference, Messrs.
Republicans Of Woods6eld!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03
AF The Tammany branch of.the De,

& The Tammanv branch ofthe Dem
ocratic partv in New York, headed bv
JOHN KELLY, has withdrawn its electoral
ticket and issued an address in which
HANCOCK and ENeLrsB are heartily en-
dnrsed. "The case" ia settled sn lar as
New York is concerned. Mr.. GARFIELD
will please take notice.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

EThe letters OF HANCOCK and En-
aLIsH will be found in this paper. They
are sound throughout and will he re-
sponded to by thinking voters, Of both
parties. in every State in the Union.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

wA number OF Republicans in this
county have given pnblic notice that
they intend to vote for HANCOCK and En-
aLIsH, and further, that they don't expect
"to get an office In the Democratic party
because OF the course they have resolved
nnon
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

HThe Democratic Congressional
Convention Of this District, which as.
SEM 5led in Marietta, on the 29th ult re-
nominated Gen. A. j WARNER.
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wThe Republicans cannot find even
8 Democratic Salary Grabber who can
he coaxed or bought to write line for
Credit Mobilier, DeGolyer GARFIELD.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

@Our Agricultural Society is in
debt and needs financial help. WILLIAM
PETER SPRAeUE will please take notice
and govern himself accordingly.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03
wFoRNEY's Progress is doing first.
class work for HANCOCK and ENGLISH.

~Judge LoYG, Of st. Louis, one of
GRANTS most intimate political and per-
sonal friends, declared for HANCOCK and
ENGLISH last week.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

LONDON. July 26.-The Daily News
despatch from Madrid says the tDtal
loss OF life by the earthquakes at Ma.
Mia is estimated at 800. including 200
Cinnamon. Almost every family is
houseless.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

wJudge john BLAIR HoeE is the
Democratic nominee for Congress in the
I'd District of West Va.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

RThe Democracy of West Virginia
have a first-class ticket.
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COMMENTS OF THE SPIRIT.

Mr. GARFIELD's constituents in Trum-
bull county, on March 26th, 1873, adopt
ed the following resolution which will
be found in the Marietta Register o
April 8, 1873:
Rcsolred, That James A. Garfield, by
his voting for the retroactive salary bill
has forfeited the confidence of his con.
stituents, and therefore we, the representa-
tives Of the Republican party OF Trum.
bull county, in Convention assembled
ask him to resign his Office as Represen-
tative in Congress.
The Marietta Register of March 13
1878. said:
ave call it wholesale plunder."
The same paper in the same article
also said:
"Let every Convention in the land
from the primary meetings to State
gatherings. condemn this act, and mark
cuery man ,oho voted for It."
The opportunity is presented for you
to "mark" JAMES A. GARFIELD. who
voted for IT,"
Mr. GARFIELD reported the bill from
conference committee. His position
was squarely In favor Of it's passage as
will be seen by reference to page 2,l0l
Of the Globe, Sd session Of the 42d Con
gress:
Mr.. HrBBARD, of New Hampshire said
desire to ask the gentleman how
much plunder will he taken from the
Treasury il this raising Of salaries is
adopted?
Mr.. Garfield am glad the gentle.
man has asked me that question. The
report presented here. taking into &C.
count the changes made with reference
to the salaries of members and officers
of both Houses and other increases oi
salaries in this bill, will, according to
the best estimate I have been able to
make, involve an annual increase of ex
penditure of about three-quarters Of q
million dollars.
Mr.. Hibbard-How much for the
present Congress-
Mr.. Garfeld-For the present Con.
gress it involves an additional expendi
ture of about one and quarter millions
I think the House ought to know all the
facts
Mr.. Dawes-Did the gentleman hear
the form in which the gentleman from
New Hampshire put his question: How
much this "pluuder'' would amount to
Mr. Garfield do not accept the gen
tlemen's statement as to that. 1t may
be an unwise expenditure in some re
spects But in most cases THE INCREAsl
Is PROPER AND OUGHT TO BE MADE 1t II
not "plunder," unless gentlemen herr
consider themselves not deserving o
the proposed pay
Mr. GARFIELD not only reported th'
bill. but voted for It on its final passage
drew his grab Of $4,000, and then, afte
his constituents had demanded his resig
nation, returned 81 448 to the Treasury
leaving 1852 to be accounted for.
AS you "called it wholesale plumber,
and proposed "to mark every man wh
voted for It," how does it happen tia
you are now support fng JAMES A. GAR
FIELD?
"Is is not plumber, unless gentlemen
here consider themselves not deservin,
of the proposed pay.-JAMES A. GAR
FIELDS speech in Congress ,ohen he re
ported the Salary Grab Bill
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-08-03

Serve an Injunction on Disease
By invigorating feeble constitu,i n, reno
vating q adebilitated physique, and enriching
thin and innutritious circulation with hos.
tetter's Stomach Bit rrs, the finest the most
highly sanctioned. and the most popular
tonic and preventive in existence
For sale BY all Druggists and Dealers een.
orally. sng6,'7sY.
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Two Generals--TwO Candidates.
Grafton Eagle.
Gen. Hancock left the field on a
stretcher Garfield left the field to elec.
tioneer for seat in Congress.
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THE SALARY GRAB.

1t is not "plunder," unless gentlemen
here consider themselves not deserving
OF The proposed pay. have nothing
further to say, except that l wish the
House to weigh we'll the danger of re-
fuaing to concur in this report.
"If the increase was proper, and
ought to be made" why did Garfield re-
turn part "f it to the Treasury P Woods
field Spirit of Democracy
Marietta Register, Goth ult.
The SPIRIT gphbles a portion OF the
debate when the appropriation bill was
under discussion, to which the salary
grab was attached. Garfield did not say
it was proper, but when he reported the
bill at the close of the session, he ac-
companied it with these remarks which
it will he well for the editor of the SPIRIT
to see:
II wish to state IN a few words the
condition of that salaries-increast
question in the conference. The Senate
conferees were unanimous in favor of
fixing the salary at 81, 500. and cutting
off allowance except actual individual
travelling expenses of a member from
his home to Washington and hack again,
once session. That proposition was
agreed to by majority of the confer
ence on the part of the House l aoa,
opposed to the increase in the conference a.
1 haze been opposed to 1t In the discussion
and in my uotes here; but my associate
conferees were in favor of the Senate
amendment, and I was compelled to
choose between signing the report and
running the risk of bringing on an ex-
ira session Of Congress l have signed
the report, and l present it as it is, and
ask the House to act on it in accordance
with its best judgment.
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Doolittle's statement here subjoined il
is perfectly clear that the correspondent
Of the World at Washington was inno-
Gently led by the form in which that
statement came before him into suppos-
ing that he was quoting language &C.
tually used by Judge Swayne in refer
ence to General Garfield, when be was
really quoting language actually used by
Judge Swayne in regard to conduct pre-
cisely like that imputed to General Gar
field, but applied by Mr.. Doolittle to the
case of General Garfield himself:
When the matter came on to be heard
/, as counsel for the defendants, submit
ted a brief in writing. of which the
fourth, fifth and sixth points are as fol-
lows, viz:
Fourth-"The pleas are good. They
set out in substance that the contract
was obtained by the plaintiff of tie
Board of Public Works Of the District
of Columbia by improper influences !;
that the contract was in part to the
amount of $4,000 square yards, upon its
face, contingent upon a future appropri.
alton to be made by Congress; that the
plaintiff employed James A. Garfield,
then being member Of Congress and
Chairman OF the Committee on Appro-
prlations of the House of Representa-
tivss, agreeing to pay him contingent
fee of 5000 provided he would obtain
the said contract of the Board of Public
Works that by his influence and per.
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aud purchasing power corresponding
substantially with the standard recog.
nized by the commercial world and con-
sisting of gold and silver and paper, con-
vertible into coin will he maintained.
The labor and manufacturing, COM
mercial and business interests OF the
country will be favored and encouraged
in every legitimate way; the toiling mil
lions of our people will be protected
from the destructive competition Of the
Chinese, and to that end their immigra.
ton to our shores will be properly re-
stricted.
The public credit will be scrupulously
maintained and strengthened by rigid
economy in public expenditures, and the
liberties of the people and the property
Of the people will be protected by gov
ernment of law and order, administered
strictly in the interests of the people and
not of corporations and privileged
classes. l do not doubt the discrimina-
ting justice OF the people and their Ca.
Racity for an intelligent self-government,
and therefore do not doubt the success
OF the Democratic ticket. Its success
would bury, beyond resurrection, the
sectional jealousy and hatred which have
been so long the stock in trade of pes
tiferous demagogues. and in no other
way can it be 80 efectually accomplish
ed. 1t would restore harmony and good
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Swayne and Garfield.
HOW THE DOCTRINE OF JUDGE
SWAYNE BEARS on THE CASE
OF GENERAL GARFIELD.
Mr.. DOOlittle Shows How an APP
plicatiOn Came to be Cited as
Quotation.

The following explicit account Of the
way in which the doctrine of Judge
Swanev in the case of Trst VS.. Child
came to be COMPOUNDED with direct
opinion of Judge Swayne on the case
of General Garfield has been furnished
to The World by an able lawyer Of
Chicago:
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-10
A Few Brief Years.
v briet years and I shall lie

A few brief years and I shall lie Beneath yon calm and peaceful sky, Whose breast is bright with notes and bars, And laughing music of the stars - Whose bosom, spread from pole to pole, In silence will my grave console. With strengthened limbs my shade will rest, My head against my coffin pressed; And hour by hour, and day by day, My wasted bones will pass away. his hand that W rites will then be cold, And shrunk and eaten with the mold Of time and death and dark decay, I i'll joint by joint returns to clay. The dread, the fear, the torment sore, Will rend my heartstrings never more; Nor human wiles nor worldly strife, To barely win the bread of life, VIII ne'er, within my narrow bed, Disturb or wake my wearied head. thousand years will pass me by, Without a change in land or sky; No winters snow, nor summers heat, W''! 0 CT disturb my winding sheet. At evenings close I'll meet no more The smile that waits me at the door; Inc nills and dales and streams will be A mute forevermore to me. No morn will wake me at it's dawn; No more, on mead or field or lawn, When landscapes smile beneath the sun, Will romping childhood to me run. My span of life, my humble lot Like friendships vows, will be forgot; And all the world will live the same As ii I never had name.
 Hugh r. .hc Dermott.
The Newtown bee., 1880-11-10
The Great Prsiries of South America

There are rivers in this region naviga- ble by steam for thousand Of miles, and the railways, which seem to have been providentially invented to serve the purposes of American colonization, are already reaching the borders of the Grand Chaco, the Grand Pampa, Pata- gonia, and other great deserts, where land is to be had for the mere asking, and where tue red Indian has ceased to made to face breech-loading rifle.
 The land is, in the main. an immense flat, no doubt; very large tracts of allu- vial soil, without tree or pebble 1; part of it mere swamps or salt wilder ness. But even these thousand miles of unbroken level are not without 8 pecu- liar beauty of their own; their bound less horizon and awful solitude; the freshness and purity of the atmosphere, and the keen enjoyment of unlimited freedom. Nor, apart from intercours ; with his fellow-men, is a man, here crushed by the sense ofutter forlornnesse for nothing is more striking than the teaming life of the animal kingdom in the pampas-the abundance of game, tue storks and herons, the owls and the hawks, the flights of wild turkeys and focks of ostriches, to say nothing of the u0lQQthOuS RtCAORVSA0 oAAa OA0uuSA Ah z It le cardinal; multitude and variety of fowls and brutes-nameless to me as well as numberless--the n gayety of whose plumage and fur and the strangeness and wildness of whose screeches and howls settler will always and every. where have with him, and which will only gradually make room for the fiocks and herds. the barking and believing
 the growing and cackling of his domes. tic surroundings.
 Life in the prairies is life in the saddle for the very beggar here is mounted and away from rail or tramways, neither for sex nor age is there any other prac | ticable. or, at least, endurable means O | locomotion than on horseback; and tho | h orses are fleet and sure-f footed, brave a, | lions, and gentle and docile as cows. ant | their purchase and keeping cost little and their stabling and shoeing nothing = L0nd0n 1trnes.