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willing TO give written authority of the
collection of the money, but the au.
thority should come from Garfield. This
was communicated to Garfield, who
thereupon wrote the Jay IIubbell letter
| didn't think needed any better au.
thority, and ] raised the money at once.
As matter of personal pride | spent
5000 out of my own pocket"
If this isn't testimony enough that
the Republican party is not "all bril-,
liantly studded with the gems OF right
eous government" and that it has not
punished misconduct in its own ranks,
as the address declares it has, we have
only to glance at few other things.
There was Grants private secretary,
Babcock, who was indicted for partici.
patton in IA series of whisky ring frauds
by which the government was swindled
out of millions. Was he punished &?
No, indeed. Tho Presidents influence
stepped in to save him, and the very
judge through whose charge BabcoclS
escaped, subsequently resigned, con.
science stricken no doubt, and retired
to private life.
There was Belknap, Grants Secretary
of War, who was impeached for recciv
ing bribes from post traders. Did he
suffer any punishment at the hands Of
the Republican party? No, again. A
technical plea and jury Disagreement
kept him out of prison.
Tom Brady, Republican Assistant
PostmasterGeneral. Indicted with
others for conspiracy to rob the Govern.
mont through the Star route frauds.
Acquitted by virtue of the imbecility Of
the prosecution.
Ottman and his associates, indicted
for stealing $4,000 from the Treasury
Department. Instead Of being con
victed, received back the stolen money
which had been recovered by the GOV.
ernment and made divide"
Besides these is long list Of inter
nal revenue officers and Others who
have plundercd the Government Of
millions, but who have been allowed to
escape any punishment whatever and
who are to-day thriving on the proceeds
OF their i'll gotten gains. Thinking
people everywhere will be apt to con.
slider that the address Of National Union
League is slightly tainted with the alloy
OF hypocrisy .--tsjau Ltlir.
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Harmony on the Half Shell.


The fact that two OF President Ar
thur cabinet have been rcpudiated by
their republican friends within the past
eight or nine months does not look
we'll for the harmony of the grand old
party.
Secretary folger came into his own
state and asked an election for governor
last November. lie was not only beat
en-he was aunihilhtcd.
The republicans had carried the state
OF New York in 1850 by 10000; in
1851 by 1900. They buried Pres.dcnt
Arthur's secretary Of the treasury un
der minority Of nearly 2OOOOOl
yet the bitter disappointment caused
by Garfield death had passed away,
and the administration wa pursuing an
amiablc oonciliatory policy.
Who killed Secretary Folccr? Was
it the memory OF Garfield butchercd
actually, or the memory or Roscoc
Conkling butchercd politically
Secretary Chandler went into his own
state and begged an election for United
States senator. lie never go, respect
able vote. When he died his end was
gradual-pcaceful On tho last three
ballots he received first votes, then
.l.., "a
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-16

SoHE OF the Stalwart papers are fierce.
ly abusing Mr.. Thomas Hamil ton, one
of the most prominent negro politicians
in South Carolina, because he has pub
lished a letter advising the colored men
to abandon the Republican party and
vote henceforth with the Democrats.
But the malice OF the Stalwarts is not
surprising, for Hamilton hits them hard.
lie says that call the negroes get for
their fealty to the Republican party is
few minor appointments llc shows
that in all South Carolina only one
negro has a good position, the Postotiice
at Columbia, and he is held in it by
Senator Hampton, who is q Democrat.
When the Republicans controlled the
State, teachers certificates, Mr.. Hamil
ton says, were worth only forty cents on
the dollar, while under the Democratic
rule they are worth ono hundred cents.
The difference, he explains, Was due TO
the fact that the "Republicans deliber
ately stole the money intended for edu
cation and applied it to fast horses, gold
watches and diamond pins" and Mr..
Hamilton does not entertain a doubt
they would do so again if the Govern.
ment were to trust them with the funds
for educating the negro. lie says the
Democrats have done more toward cdu
eating the negro youth in two years
than the Republicans did in ten. and 1t
is time the negro showed some reeogni-
ton OF Democratic services. Tho Re
publicans, he gTievously complains, give
the best offices to the white men and
the leavings to the negroes. hr. Hamil
ton asks if the Democrats could do
worse than that, and says the negro
has only two questions to consider :
"First, what is best for the negro Sec
ond, what is best for the country = IA
a clncher against the proposition that
it ia "best for the negro to stay in the
Republican party, he cites the fact that
there are "about $50 white Republicans
in the State, and l3O Of them hold Gov
eminent Offices 1t is strange that
Mr. Hamilton does not express any pity
for the twenty white Republicans in his
State who are not in Federal offices, and
it is stranger still that so intelligent a
man as he appears to be has been many
years learning the palpable fact that the
Republican party has no other use for
the negro than that OF a voting machine.
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in this age, has set Great Britain far on
the road towards democracy, and almost
every session of parliament gives to tho
many something of the powers hitherto
held by the few. Decentralization has
set up n republic in France and has
toned down monarchical institutions all
over Europe except in Russia. The
democratic spirit is shown all over the
world, working in many instances by
cruel agencies, but working ever to the
same end-the wrestling of power from
centres and placing it in the hands of
the people.
There are monarchists in the United
States. In one or two branches of the
public service there are hundreds of
them. The tone of society in this
city is tinged with antidemocratic sen.
timent. There is a longing for the
"damphooleryn of a court, hankering
Tor titles, an asinine desire to parade
coats arms. But the great heart of
the people of this country despises all
this trash and nonsense, and the official
who apes the aristocrats of Europe is
simply detested.
If the advocates OF centralization will
come out in favor of changing the gov
ernment, either by lawful means or
open, honest revolution, they will be
entitled to respect. But they can ex.
pect no tolerance while they continue
to uphold and defend the continued
Exercise of the powers of government
outside of the constitution. H. Washing
ton Post.
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Our Manifest Duty.


Tho belief ia general rays tho Wash
ington Past, that it is the destiny Of
this Republic to extend jts area until it
embraces the entire continent. Wheth
or the bonds Of union will bc weakened
or strengthened az they increase IN
length depends on the time aud man
ner Of annexation, and on tho charac
ter and spirit of tho people brought
into the Union. There can be no
wholesome annexation that is not vol
untary. \ self governing people can.
not rule provinces by force. such an
incongruity would fall Of its own weight
and bring irremediable disaster. If our
neighbors on the North and on the
South are ever to unite their doslinies
with ours, they must do 30 OF their own
motion and because they think the
change will DO for their good.
twill be beat for all concerned il many
years shall elapse before our border
line ia moved across the Eio Grandc,
for our Mexican neighbors must under
60 very great changes before they will
be desirable citizens Of tho United
StAtes-before it will be best either for
them or for us to Join hands under a
common government, 1t is pre- emf.
nenty desirable that we should live on
neighborly terms with Mexico and that
intimate commercial relations should
be cultivated. This being the case we
may'look for that gradual assimilation
which should precede annexation.
But our northern neighbors are al.
ready assimilated and there is such
community Of interest and feeling a.
warrants the belief that the removal o.
the border line to the north Of Canada,
by mutual agreement, would not be at.
tended with any danger to our Cover
mental system or to the future of the
great Republic.
The Canadians are not impulsive
They consult their interests and con
venience. and arc guided thereby in
stead of wandering, as Senator ingalls,
would say, "in the may labyrinths ot
nebulous sentimentality." It is be
cause they are matter offact and prac
tical that they are making steady, not
rapid, advances in n line of thought and
conviction that must eventually lead tC
annexation.
An Ontario farmer, in letter to th'
Buffalo Courier, discusses annexation il
9 cool, sensible strain. lie says tina
Ontario, in spite of tariff apparentl!
meant to be prohibitory, does half he
trade with the United States, and tn,
fact that in spite OF the heavy duties
we continue TO buy from Ontario, prove
that our people require those articles
chiefly farm produce and lumber, tha
Ontario sells. On the other hand th
farmers and lumbermen Of Ontario i'm
port from the States many millions G
dollars worth of goods on which the
pay an average duty Of about thirt
per cent. IL is certain, considering th
relative position Of the two countrie
that the Canadians pay the whole dui
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Al the right title and Interest 81 ihs defendant IN
three town iots 30 the south 5de addition g. Tliips
burg. in The iopushp e Ruth county of Centre and
state = fenna, bounded and described fail8us q
ait. one thereof beginning at the corner q M AMI
sauth Second sireets fronting South Second street
s. n and running back along ~B7 street 1tb fest 10
81 siley, and being numbered ago smother thefcot
beine numbered '9l fTontinr south SeoeHd street
A ieet and tunning hsek g. alley 80 feet therpun
eiected a large teostafy frame dwelling bausn and
other outhudingH aud The othef theIepi fufnuHf "a
Second street 81 o. ana running laok - sn alley $50
e. adieiuine tho last shove meutonod, beiuE nums
hered a6 in the plot Il shid addition Seiaf1. taken
~ execution aud g. he sold ~ tns prurto = u. II.
Homer.
TERMS CASn--No deed will be ackDowl.
edged nalii the purchase racnry i paid IN fali.
r. j. DUNKEL, Sheriff.
Eherias once BsilsieHie. Pa, AuF. .. issa.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15
The Doctors endorsement.

DR.. W. D. Wright, Cincinnati, o.,
sends the subjoined professional ems
dorsement: II have prescribed DR..
VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs in
a great number Of cases and always
with success. One case in particular
was given up by several physicians
who had been called in for cousulta-
ton with myself. The patient had all
the symptoms of confirmed consump.
tiOn-oOld night sweats, hectic fever,
harassing cough, etc. He commenced
Immediately to get better and was
soon restored to bis usual health. |
have also found DR.. VIM. Halls Bal
sam for the Lungs the most valuable
e%xpectorant for breaking up distress.
ing coughs aud colds that have ever
used"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15
RAILWAY TRAVEL IN EUROPE
It's COnVenlences and IncOnVe-
niences, as Witnessed by a
Memphis Lady.
Special Cor. Ledger.

OHlAVAYEi August %,
EDITOR LEDGER My letter from
the steamer Amerique gave you. nd
doubt, some faint idea OF life on the
ocean Deep" and a few words on
travelling BY rail through Europe may
not be amiss.
This is also divided into tbre,
classes; first class generally patronizet
BY what is here called nobility tern
10 us, happily, unknown. The car
are very finely furnished, cushioned
seats and backs OF magnificent damask
and windows nicely curtained. On,
can easily fancy oneself in a miniature
palace. The second class is exceed.
ingly comfortable. Merchants, well Il
do farmers and most persons of mean
take this class. Third class gives YOU
mere boxes, with seats across The
width for the accommodation of fy
persons. These are painfully severe
as there is scarcely room enough 10
move when the car is full.
The rates are very high, Second
class costs about as much as first class
fare 10 America. In this | have been
much disappointed, as l expected 70
hnd travelling much cheaper. Eating
is q little expensive. too. An ordi.
nary meal in Paris or any Of the rail
way stations through France costs
from one dollar up; one single cup OF
coffee, without milk, eight cents; with
milk, twelve; bread, three and butter
three, which makes eighteen cents for
coffee, bread and butter. The same
can be had as good at any Of our
restaurants for fifteen cents, and a
good meal for fifty. But through
Pennsylvania and New York dinner
called for one dollar and supper sew
enty-fve cents. This Is, Of course.
what is charged at railway stations.
Wine is the national drink; everyone.
old and young, drinks il. 1t is iar
superior 10 any America can boast Of.
Forty or fifty cents will buy one gallon
OF olaret or white wine Fancy wines
will bring seventy cents or one dellar
at the h ighest. These are retail
prices. Coffee is considered a luxury.
and tea a medicine. One pound Of
good Imperial is worth one dollar and
fifty cents, aud is only sold By drug.
gists. Baggage is the great noun.
brance which tries ones patience 10
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15
Consolidation of Railroad
Names.

NAuAtpuIb rust TO-
A meeting will be held in this city
next Saturday Of the stockholders Of
the MississippiValle and Ship Island
railroad, the Mississippi Valley rail
road and the Memphis and VieksburC
road. The object Of the meeting is to
change the name Of the roads named
above to Louisville, New Orleans and
Texas railroad, and effect a consollda
ton of the same. The line Of the
road has been laid from New Orleans
to a point within three miles Of Baton
Rouge, and 'eighteen miles IRON Mem
phis. Work on both ends of the road
is progressing very rapidly under the
present admirable management, and it
will not be many months before a con
tinuous and direct line Of road will be
opened between thus city and Baton
Rouge, Memphis and New Orleans
Tracklaying is going on beyond Port
Gibson.
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respondent, "and he is smiling rather
more than usual these days. All the
summer he has been living with his
family in a quaint little house at Der
wyn, Just beyond the troubles Of the
town. 1t is not his house, but he has
rented it for several seasons, and
seems to take an old fashioned delight
in it. He can sit on the porch and
look of on green fields in every direc
ton, and trees and cattle. Nearer ho
is surrounded by flowers and vegeta-
bles and chickens. On this porch Nj.
Randall has received many notable
callers this summer, and in this little
house he has done much Of the work
which will probably result in bis cleo
ton to the Speakership next winter.
He does not care to talk politics with
the casual visitor, and anybody who
goes out to see will hear quite as much
about chickens and butter aud turnips
as about public affairs. Mr.. Randall
is particularly reticent about the
Speakership. The most that he will
say is that he is confident that he will
be elected"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15

the very core. In France it is exams
lned and checked twice. One must
be present to recognize aud pay for
their own trunks. Charges are four
cents for every pound over sixty. In
Italy every pound is paid for, except
that you carry in your hand,
Take it all in all, l find that travel
ing is not so cheap as represented, and
a stranger must dearly pay for his
ignorance. Pickpockets aud thieves
are common at the different stations.
At Paris there is a band OF trained
robbers, which can not be caught or
discovered. The Secret Service police
are unable to check them, so finely
and tremendously do they work TO-
gether.
| will soon 60 up to the mountains,
then | will write you again.
MANN
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15

THERE is no danger Of the govern
ment building o macadamised road
from Memphis to the National Gene
terry if the County Court steps in
ahead and let's the contract out before
Congress meets and has time to make
the necessary appropriation. If Ral>
eigh is the main point to be reached
why not begin there and build this
wayP When the National Cemetery
is reached then the government might
be ready to finish the road to the city,
Every locality cannot be supplied 6rst,
but we apprehend that when the work
of building turnpikes is begun it will
90 right along, like the paving in the
city. The country people will begin
at once to realize the benefits in the
increased val, { # their property, the
demand for small farms and country
residences, and the ease with which
they can get to and from market, A
farmer living 10 miles from Memphis
on or near a good turnpike would be
practically as near as those r now
who are only five miles away. The
main thing is to begin somewhere, for
it is not likely that the work will be
allowed to lag until four or five main
lines are built in as many directions.
We cannot think, however, that is the
best policy to begin on the only part
Of a road in the county that the gov
eminent would build under any cir
Cumstances. Colonel Moore's bill to
appropriate $4,000 merely fell
through; there was nobody on either
side that opposed it. There is very
little doubt that Colonel Young and
Senator Harris will be able to secure
the appropriation at the nextOongress
unlessShelby county declines to receive
such aid by getting on the track ahead
OF the government.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-15

The jackson Tribune and Sun sug
gests that IAN excursion over the De
Lesseps canal from Savannah to Dy.
ersburg be rendered the Tennessee
Press Association next summer. AS
the Press Association meets at Knox.
vile il is suggested that the route be
extended from there down theH olston
to the Tennessee, down the Tennessee
to Savannah, down the DeLesseps
canal to the Mississippi, down the
Mississippi to the mouth Of Vol
river, and up Wolf liver to the Menu
phis water works" We have no OBJ
lection to any part Of the programme
except one, and that is the last The
scenery along theTennessee is as grand
as any on the Hudson or the Rhine,
and the walking may be good, and the
buttermilk abundant from Savannah
across to the head waters of hatboat
navigation on FOrked Deer
river, and it would DO jolly to float
from there down to the mouth Of Wolf
river, but if the dotilla should be so
reckless as to attempt to navigate
Wolf river the merriment will cease
then and there, and the party will be,
gin to shed tears at the sight and the
smell Of the bronze cOlored liquid that
Memphis people drink. Don't en-
courage it brother Gates, don't allow
it brother Secretary White. Come By
the mouth Of Wolf river at night, land
at the elevator, and we will hoist you
up BY machinery, aud escort you up
town with a torch light procession.