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Year: 1879

The " Revolution advances step by step
II is now seriously and very pertinaciously
contended that the President has no right
to veto measure that the majority of Con-
gress determine to put through for partisan
purposes. This is substantially denying the
power clearly granted by the Constitution,
for whatever power is conferred by the Con-
stitution carries with il the right to exer-
else that power. This is another step in the
direction of rcvolutiouizing the Constitu-
tion itself by destroying It's powers through
Democratic legislation. This Is wide step.
Now let us take q reckoning rs TO the pro-
gress Of this revolution The first step is
in the direction Of removing from n law the
power Of its own enforcement, which is equiv
alent TO an overturn of the constitutional
rights of citizenship This is bold and
somewhat alarming step The next step
is an assault upon the constitutional power
and right Of exercising the prerogatiye
of the veto on any measure under the
dictates of his own judgment and sense
of duty. This comes but little short OF
repudiating the Constitution outright. 1t
is gradual approach in that direction
For the purpose of intimidating the Presi-
dent from a fearless exercise of his powers
in this crisis hints are given out in speech
on The floor of Congress by Democratic
statesmen that the Presidents title to the
chair he now occupies is very questionable,
and the tenure Of his office as fixed by the
Constitution, is very doubtful


All these things have meaning. They
are not the vaporings and froth Of pas
sionate impulse. They have deeper and
more important meaning than the eler-
vesence of mere party feeling and passion.
They have n purpose which aims Mt the
Constitution and laws of the United States
upon which hang the protection Of the
rights Of citizenship; the peace and pros
perity Of the country, and the perpetuity
of the Republic. There is now but one
short step between the position occupied by
the Democrats in Congress and the overturn
of the Constitution and the unseating OF
the President by force. The country has
no guarantees that that step will not soon
be taken, while the signs of the times point
too strongly in that direction not to excite
attention if not alarm. Much as the Dem
ocrats attempt to disguise 1t, ii is becoming
too apparent TO go unheeded, that n con-
spiracy is fast ripening which has for its
purpose to destroy the safeguards that now
environ the dearest rights of the
citizen by abrogating law and right


to Oyerturn and trample the Con.
sttution in the dirt, peaceably if they can


but forcibly if they must, to expel the Pres
} ident from the seat of power, il needs be
by a resort to force, for that end cannot be
reached in any other way, and lastly, tc
subugate this Government to the domino
tiOn. of those who sought to overthrow it by
secession and rebellion, and to perpetrat,
such wrong by the best agencies available
even though the end be reached through th
blood and strife of violent revolution.


The Democratic programme in its develop
ments point Enthusiastically TO that word il
| all its worst rnnSpuuenrps
Year: 1879

mand that all the safeguards that stand be-
tween them and q full capture of the Gov
enment in 1881 shall be broken down and
removed This is the demand Of to-day,
and if the North and West surrender TO it
they deserve to be the slaves that they will
be if that result shall be reached. The
word never surrender has gone forth, and
no surrender will be made until the North
and West shall be vanquished and con-
quered by the bayonet, if its use is again
invoked
Year: 1879

SPEAKER RANDALL will probably an
nOunce the House committees on Monday.
His informal notice to this effect is con-
strued by malicious persons as a sop to the
Greenbackers who are rampantly anxious
TO have q session on that day.
Year: 1879

If the late Democratic victory in Chicago
is to be counted rs the first gun of 1880,
public comfort will be consulted if in the
future they will charge their guns with a
higher quality Of powder.
Year: 1879

down to a solid consistency by excluding
the vapors it is thought that he may con-
pete in his forensic power with the school
boy who commences with" You would
scarce expect one Of my age" &c.
Year: 1879

The Terra Haute Express (Nationol) has
made up its mind that the way to Green
back victory lies through the graveyard
" of the Democracy" This is conclusion
which is not only correct in principle but
sound in logic, for there would have been
no such things as greenbacks known in this
country if the Republicans had not been
forced to issue them to save the Govern
ment at a time when the Democrats were
filing the gIaveyards with loyal dead.
Year: 1879

WHEN this extra session of Congress shall
have adjourned and the pending appropria-
tion bills are laws free from the obnoxious
political riders the Bourbons have put upon
them the people will begin to ask the why
and wherefore of the expense that win have
been incurred This will certainly be the
result for in the end the Democrats will not
dare to put into complete execution their
threat to cut of the Executive appropra-
tions
Year: 1879

THE American people were greatly ex-
cited two years ago over the threatened
Southern-claims Nid upon the Treasury.
That excitement served. in measure, to
prepare them for due appreciation of the
disastrous effects of the more recent attempt
at Confederate enGoachment in our gov
ernmental affairs. Looking back at that
attempted raid, and still farther TO the
meek and hypocriticaily humble petitions
of the Southern leaders for pardon at the
close of the war, a comparison is instantly
suggested between the past and the present,
which shows how, step by step, but with
unerring certainty, the rebels have aban-
doned their humility to assume the garb and
position of arrogant sectional power And
hereupon the question naturally arises /:
What of the future2 Will they be per-
mitted to succeed in their further attempts
to seize the entire Government, and assert
within the Union the supremacy of those
principles which they failed to ass srt, sword
in hand, outside Of it
Year: 1879

SENATOR HEREFORD gave notice on
Thursday that he would antagonize Senator
IIoAR's resolution on Monday next In
view of this act Of temcrity the Senate adj
iourned over until Monday, and the hero of
West Virginia was Immediately put in
charge Of experienced trainers, who will
coach him for the occasion with unremit-
ting care and skin, # he can be rubbed
Year: 1879

IT is to be hoped that Secretary EyARTs
will not soon make his appearance again on
the floor of the House of Representatives
TO "overawe and intimdate" the members.
lie has already frightened BLACKBURN out
of years growth. This brow heating of
the Representatives of the people will
never do that is" hardly ever"
Year: 1879

WE desire to say to our multitudinous
friends-for all of whom we entertain
high respect, and who are liberal with their
contributions ON the subjects of current
discusson--that it is not possible for us at
present to find space for one in ten OF the
communications which come to our table.
Some of them are very meritorious and we
would gladly give all such place in our
columns, bnt most of them are more
cnltivating a fair crop of patience under
the circumstances, and we hope our sympa-
thi2ing contributors will do likewise.
Year: 1879

The Philadelphia Times expresses the
opinion that President HAYES has mislaid
his amable obstinacy. Not so but from
the standpoint of left-handed sympathy
with Southern Bourbonism which the Times
occupies his obstinacy may have lost the
appeaRnoeof amiability it once wore, How
ever this may be, the country is to be con-
gratulated upon the fact that the mutter-
ings and whispered intimations of a acompro-
mise between the Executive and Congress,
which were not infrequent n fortnight ago
have now ceased altogether.
Year: 1879

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-A large number
of negroes have recently arrived here from
Vicksburg and other parts of Mississippi
and Louisiana, under the impression. as
they assert, that they would be provided
with means of subsistence while here and
free transportation to Kansas, where, on
arrival, they are to receive lands from the
government, money, mules, plows, etc.
Several hundred. perhaps more than a
thousand, have already arrived, most of
them in destitute condition, and six hun
dred more will reach here tomorrow by
the steamer Grand Tower. No such pro-
vision as the above statement has been
made for these people, they have evident
ly been grossly deceived for some malicious
purpose, ard in view of all circumstances
in the case. Mayor Overstolz this after.
noon issued proclamation warning all
persons against coming to ST. Louis with
out money to support themselves and to
pay their fare to their destination. No
employment can be obtained, aud there
must of necessity be much suffering and
destitution among them. Two or three
hundred had money enough to reach Kan
sas City, and have started for that point
The board of health had a meeting this
evening, to consider the question, and i
was first thought that all the destitute
should be sent to the quarantine station
where they could be sheltered and fed, bu
it was finally concluded to take no actor
in the matter for the present. The rail
road and steamship companies disclain
having had anything to do with bringing
the negroes here.
Year: 1879

Il believe it to be all wrong and even
wicked for clergymen or other public men
to be led into giving testimonials to quack
doctors or vile stuff5 called medicines. but
when really meritorious article is made
up Of common valuable remedies known tc
all. and tnat all physicians use and trust iu
daily, We should freely commend it.
therefore cheertully and heartily commend
Hop Bitters for the good they have done
me and my friends, firmly believing they
have no equal for family use l will not
be without them"


Rev., Washington, D. G.
Year: 1879

The work of the investigating committee
at the State Prison, yesterday, was little less
than broad farce. The idea that prisoners
would testify against the men in whose power
theysare, was absurd. Every one knows that
prison is an absolute despotism, and the
prisoner is utterly helpless. The situation
was we'll demonstrated yesterday by the fact
that the men who are in for life testified in
behalf of the prison, while the only man who
seriously reflected on the management was
one whose term expires in week. There
could be no stronger evidence than this of the
impossibility of securing testimony from the
prisoners. The guards, of course, are cor
respondingly enthusiastic in behalf of the
prison. It is their bread and butter. A
guard who would not testify favorable to the
prison would be kicked into the street in
twenty-four hours. We suppose it was the
duty of the committee to visit Saltwater,
but they are certainly too intelligent to imag-
inc that they could secure any reliable evi-
dence by SO doing.


The most impudent thing connected with
this entire State prison business was the for
NAL presentation Wednesday night of canes
to the warden and his deputy. The present.
alton and the fulsome iaudation bestowed
were simply disgraceful. It was a practical
confession that the charges made are true
and recognition that something is neces-
sary to break the force of public opinion. It
was as indecent an act as was ever witnessed,
and ought to satisfy the committee that
there is something decidedly rotten in the
prison. If the warden and his deputy and
the contractors wished to have buncombe
presentation, they should have had the wit
If not the decency, to have delayed the per-
formance.
Year: 1879

TO enforce the remarks of the GLOBE a
few days ago on the tramp question, the New
York World calls attention to what is being
done by the legislatures of States adjoining
that, and makes home application as fol-
lows


OF course this resolute policy on the part of
our neighbors necessitates an equally resolute
policy in New York, if we wish to protect our
selves from general swarming hitherwards of
these interesting drones of the national hive.
The outlines of the Massachusetts, plan recall
the sternness of the provisions adopted by the
Old Bay State, just after the establishment of
our independence, with view to keeping out
Americans of African descent. Modern tramps
are now to be dealt with by Massachusetts in a
like spirit though with less brutality, and
whatever notifications of her system may be.
thought desirable, this social disease has un-
questionably reached or is fast reaching 8
point everywhere at which it must be handled
intelligently and with concert of action by all
the States.


With stringent anti-tramp laws in Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois, what would be the
fate of Minnesota without one? Our State
would be tho asylum for the thousands of
vagrants who live by their wits and make
plunder their occupation. 1t is imperatively
necessary that the legislature should do
something to protect our citizens from in
cursions that will bring only loss to them.
The State cannot afford, for her own reputa-
tlon, to remain unprotected in this regard,
for the prospect is that the tramps will be
driven out of all the States that surround us
only to swarm and everrun our own. We
could not endure such an invasion without
serious injury, and ought not to be subject
ed to the possibility Of such an invasion.
We trust some action will be had before it is
too late
Year: 1879

its merits, but from a cursory glance at its
provisions we judge that it has many excel
lent features, and that it is sufficiently strin-
gent in its provisions to fully protect the
creditors, but perhaps too stringent for the
good of the debtors. Its merits and demerits
will be more apparent, however, after it shall
have been printed to-day for the informa.
tion of the members and all concerned. It
must be remembered that no enactment can
be made to be absolutely perfect without the
aid of large experience. The defects of the
national bankrupt law, lately repealed, are
we'll known, and our legislators can profit
by the knowledge it has furnished them.
That was susceptible of being nsed for the
benefit of rogaes to defraud honest creditors.
We want no such law as that, yet we want no
law that will work injustice to the poorest
debtor in the State.


It is to be regretted that this measure has
not been brought sooner to the attention of
the legislature. But three weeks remain till
the close of the session, and from this time
forth business will be necessarily hurried, and
it is to be feared that there is not sufficient
time to devote to its examination. But the
legislature should not adjourn until some
such measure is matured and passed. It's
lack has already brought great hardship upon
some of our merchants. They have in
number of instances been forced to sacrifice
large stocks of goods to the rapacity of sin
gle creditor-and sometimes the least of
large number-who feared some other person
would get ahead of him and sue out an at
tachment. We are convinced that not one
tithe of the injury has been done that will
follow unless something shall be done for the
protection of those who are now literally at
the mercy of their creditors.
Year: 1879

An important bill was introduced i'm tho
lower house of the Legislature yesterday-an
insolvency act. It is entitled "a bill for an
act to provide for voluntary bankruptcy of
insolvent debtors, and for compulsory pro-
oeedings against such debtors, and for an
equitable distribution of the property of
such debtors among their creditors, and for
discharge OF such debtors from their debts.
and to prevent frauds upon and preferences
among creditors.'' It is very long docu-
ment, covering over sixty large pages of
legal cap, and embracing ffty-seyen Sec
tions. It was drawn, it IS understood, by
prominent attorney OF. this city, who has had
much experience in bankruptcy, and after a
long consultation with many of our leading
business men. It is understood that it meets
their views, and will be strongly urged for
passage.


This is matter in which every business
and professional man is deeply concerned,
and should be carefully considered before it
is finally acted upon. We have not yet had
an opportunity to exemine it with sufficient
care to enable us to express an opinion upon
Year: 1879

ONE loss sustained by Liverpool working
men and manufacturers on account of the
strike in progress there is noted in yester-
days cable dispatches. The vessels about
to be forwarded with supplies and troops to
South Africa will be fitted out at some other
port than Liverpool, where the government
would have naturally gone but for the strike.
Thus the city has lost, probably, several
millions of trade, and the workmen profit
able employment for several weeks. It
doesn't always pay to strike-to bite ones
nose off to spite ones face.
Year: 1879

THERE is proposition before the legis-
lature to transfer the half million acres OF
internal Improvement lands to the State
school fund for its exclusive benefit. This
Q Il only be done by a direct Vote of the
psople of the State, and it is somewhat
doubtful if it can secure the necessary sup
Year: 1879

The morning session of the Senate was
not prolific of notable events, but there was
a little sharp debate between Senator Thach-
or and the chairman of the joint committee
on taxes and tax laws relative to stay of
the provisions of the tax law for the benefit
of farmers in various localities who have
suffered total or partial loss of their crops
the past year, and claimed this slight indul-
gence as an amelioration of their distress.
The vote by which Mr.. Thacher's bill was
indefinitely postponed was reconsidered and
it was recommitted with the understanding
that it should serve as the nucleus around
which should be framed bill for the relief
Of such sufferers in oil parts of the State.


The entire afternoon session was devoted
to the consideration of the bill providing for
the reduction of salaries of State officers,
originated with the Greenback party, and of
the speech of Senator Page, the ablest and
ate. He said:


believe that have the moral courage to
contend for what / believe to be right. can
not conceive of any reason why we should cut
down the salary of one State Office and not an
oth-r in the same ratio if they were relatively
just before this time. Nothing has been shown
that they We're not relatively equal, according
to ability and service.


The action of this committee certainly seems
to me to be discriminating. The salaries
should be equitably equal, and that our public
servants, both State and county, should be so
reduced as to equally bear the burdens of
pernicious measure of public policy forced
upon us by the higher authority, Congress and
the administration.


The burdens upon the Taxpayers have been
practically increased at least one-third by the
depression of prices in all of the products of
industry. On the other hand, the
purchasing power of 1.oney has
been increased in a corresponding ratio.
If these salaries were just at the time they
were fixed, they are not now. The laborer on
the farm, or in any calling, is now, in many
instances, abroad seeking a brother of the
earth to give him leave to TOLL And they as
well as the farmer, are now obliged to be con-
tent with about one-half Of former prices for
the product of their labor or that of the farm
Misery likes company, and human nature is
not SO ready to complain if the burdens of
these criminally- -foisted hard times are equal
upon us all. 1 believe IN the broad princi pie,
the greatest good to the greatest number, and
justice to all, injustice to none.


The results of the consideration Of the
Year: 1879

WHILE the question of investigating the
manner in which the funds arising from the
sale of lands donated to the State for the
benefit Of agriculture and the mechanic arts,
is being considered by tho present legislature,
would it not be we'll to extend the inquiry to
the management of the university and school
lands? An inquiry in this direction, if gone
into with determination to get at the facts,
would, we have reason to believe, result in
showing some very heavy leakages in which
individuals have benefited to the injury
of the State, especially in the line of pine
land trespass.
Year: 1879

PINCHBACK and Hartranft are two model
oficeholders. The former wanted the United
States Senatorship from Louisiana, and as
be couldn't get it he has accepted the
position of internal revenue agent. Hart
ranft wanted the Presidency, but when he
was disappointed he offered to accept the
Berlin mission. His services were not
wanted in that capacity, and SO he has accepted
a postmastership. Both Of these statesmen
are evidently of the opinion that crust is
better than no bread.
Year: 1879

The House has passed Mr.. Larssen's bill
making it q felony, punishable with fine and
Imprisonment for any person to des-
ecrate any cemetery in the State by robbing
any grave within its precincts. There ought
to be no hesitation in the Senate in con-
curing in the measure. at present it is not
even 'misdemeanor to rob every grave in
the State, and the sacredness of the tomb
can be violated with perfect impunity.
Year: 1879

IF there was heretofore any doubt as to
the proper course to be pursued relative to
electing city engineer, it would be settled
by the fact that Bill Kings paper wants the
engineer elected by the Board of Public
Works. That ought to settle the matter in
favor of the City Council. The council is
the body to whom the matter should be re-
ferred. They are responsible for the gen
eral conduct of city affairs, including the
work of the city engineer, and they ought to
be able to wiring his neck when he don't do
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Year: 1879

The Northern Pacific railroad construction
is booming. Two car loads of iron crossed
the Missouri river at Bismarck on Wednes-
day, and will be placed along the line of the
new road as soon as possible. And still
there's moro to follow.
Year: 1879

The British government is taking energetic
measures to ayenge the massacre of its
troops near Natal. Fifteen steam transports
have already been chartered to carry rein
forcements to Cape Colony, and will start
out without unnecessary delay. We may
soon expect to hear of bloody work in South