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Year: 1876

A SENSIBLE DETERMINATION. The Jackson
Democratic Association Of Washington has
acted sensibly in declining to participate in
the proposed democratic celebration at the
national capital next Wednesday and in adj
vising its abandonment. The association
fears that, in the present excited state of tho
public mind, political celebration claim
ing to be held in honor Of the election of q
Presidential candidate whose success is not
yet assured might lead to some trifing diff
fculty which could easily grow to the
dimensions of riot and bring suffering to
many innocent persons. The proposition
for the demonstration probably originated
when the election of Mr.. Tilden was re-
garded as beyond peradventure It would
be very unwise to carry it out, now that the
result is still in doubt. 1t would seem like
an attempt to forestall the action of the
States whose returns are yet incomplete,
and would not help the democratic cause.
1t is to be hoped that the democratic leaders
will profit by the advice Of the Jackson
Association and abandon celebration which,
under existing circumstances, would be
ridiculous if it were not dangerous.
Year: 1876

lie robbery. could not afford wages u
labor has had its just influence; for in
some parts Of Louisiana dozens of costly
sugar plantations are not worked because
their owners cannot afford to run the risks
Of crop with the prevailing high taxes.


1t must be remembered that all these pleas
against the republican party were inces-
sanity and properly urged upon the colored
voters during the past canvass, not only by
the whites but by men of their own race.
Thirty colored speakers. prominent and in
fiuential men, canvassed Louisiana on the
democratic side, while on the repub-
lican side such influential colored leaders
as Pinchback were silent and absent
from the State. Nor is this ALL We
are not to forget that in the course Of
years the relations between the races have
become more kindly and confidential, and
thus the natural and just influence OF
intelligence and property was brought to
bear upon the colored voter.


Whether the three disputed States have
cast majorities for Tilden or Hayes remains
to be ascertained. But if they or any of
them have gone democratic it would be alb
surd and mischievous to claim that this
would be primd fdcie evidence of fraud or
intimidation. On the contrary, it ought to
be expected as the result of natural md
proper causes. causes so numerous Vel
strong that except for the federal interference
during the canvass we should have conf
IDENTIFY expected such change, and even
now the presumption lies, it seems to MS, IN
favor of the democrats rather than the re-
publicans
Year: 1876

1t is commonly assumed by prominent
republican leaders and journals that States
like South Carolina or Louisiana must
necessarily be republican because the
blacks there arc in the majority that is to
say they assume that the colored voter is
unmoved by reason and necessarily supports
the republican ticket Now, if this were
true. twould be public calamity. and would
show that the colored man was unfit to be
voter for he has now had nearly ten
years training in political duties, and ought
to be more or less reasonable being ought
at least to be affected by appeals to his own
interests.


But the facts arc all against the re-
publican assumption many causes have
conspired to alienate the respectable and in
teligent colored men in the South from
their usually corrupt and selfish white re-
publican leaders. We will enumerate only
few. The failure of the Freedman's Bank,
inhicting distressing losses on a great many
industrious blacks has led many to leave
tho republican party. The high taxes i'm
posed by republican rule in such States as
Louisiana and South Carolina have induced
a great many colored property owners to go
over to the democratic ranks. The constant
turbulence Of these States, compared with
the orderly condition of Arkansas and Ala
bama, has led many colored men to
seek similar quiet by giving the local gov
ernments to the democrats. They have dis
covered that negroes have all their rights in
democratic States and are more prosperous
than in the republican States. Again, dis
appointment at not receiving from General
Grant, after many years Of waiting, tho
celebrated forty acres and mule, !
which republican politicians in the South
SO freely promised, has embittered
many ignorant plantation negroes against
the republican party The fact that
employers Of labor, impoverished by pub
Year: 1876

but We do not need his assistance to see
that President in Office seeking re-elec-
ton would always succeed with subservient
House, if Mr. Potter is correct expounder
Of the constitution. We reject and denounce
any theory which leads to such absurd,
such dangerous consequences. We fought
the third term with too much vigor to show
any quarter to doctrine which would enable
President to re-elect himself whenever he
had majority in the House.


1t seems to us that Mr. Potter's dexterous
technical reasoning is refuted when we show
that it leads necessarily to such dangerous
consequences. If physician makes an in
genious discourse to prove the value of a
medicine we need not so into any learned
refnements to detect the source of his
fallacies if we are able to demonstrate
that whoever swallows that medicine needs
to make his will at once if he is ever to have
chance Of making will at all. If a
medicine kills the patient it is ridiculous
for the learned doctor to show by refined
medical reasoning that it was the appropriate
remedy. AS it is the business of physician
to cure his patients, SO it is the business of a
statesman to save his country from perils
and when deadly poisons are cried up as
remedies it is not necessary to 60 beyond
the fact that they infallibly kill or shatter
the constitution Of the patient. Learned
experts might think it worth while
to 60 into the niceties of science and
refnte the false reasoning step by step but
learned and unlearned alike must recognize
the danger of administering large dose Of
arsenic, and the protests Of plain people are
as well Warranted as those of chemists and
psychologists. The practical adoption of
Mr.. Potter's theory would lead to civil
discord and to the ultimate sub
version Of our institutions, and such
consequences are sufficient to refute and ex-
plode it. If we were writing merely for
lawyers we might adopt different method
of reasoning ; but the mass of the people are
only bewildered by legal refnements
and subtleties We prefer arguments
adapted to the understandings Of plain
people, especially when they are Of such
character as to carry equal conviction to





that the Senate would scorn and reject a
President elected by his method, nor
that the logic of events, in such q
case, would lead US either to civil war,
to preventive use of hemp, or to q prompt
abandonment of pretensions which rested on
the separate action of the House Of Repre-
sentatives.


Mr.. Potter has the chivalric generosity
to declare that his letter merely expresses
his own views. Governor Tilden knows
better than anybody else how much reason
he has to be grateful for this act of devoted
friendship. Mr.. Potter puts him at entire
liberty to disclaim and disavow these alarm
ing constitutional heresies. We respectfully
ask him to do so.
Year: 1876

The Cheap Cab Company does not pro-


gress as rapidly as it ought to progress
in view Of the promising character of
the enterprise. A large amount of SUBJ
scriptions has been secured, but not sufi-
cient to enable the company to organize and


capital should be all subscribed before a
start is made. and should be ample to enable
the company to proceed with its work on q
grand scale without the fear Of being Grip
pied for want of means. With a sufficient
capital there need be no apprehension that
the investment will not pay handsomely.


We do not know whether the company has
yet made any arrangement by which the
present small owners of hacks may come
into the new association on favorable terms


. If not it should do SO at once. The pres
ent hack owners will be thrown out of en-
ployment when the cheap cabs come into
use, since they cannot hope to contend
against large capital, and the company will
soon enjoy practical monopoly. 1t is only
fair that the man who makes living for his
family out of one or two hacks should be
offered liberal chance to become interested
in the association that will deprive him OF
the means of support. A generous PROPOSE
ton that would take into the business the
present small proprietors would give the
new company an impetus that would be
beneficial at this time.
Year: 1876

ably follow. we shall experience southwest
erly winds and cloudiness, followed by cool
and partly cloudy weather and winds
from the northwest. The weather in New
York to-day will be slightly warmer and
cloudy or partly cloudy. A storm centre is
evidently approaching from the westward Of
the Indian Territory, and will probably be
noticeable by this evening at points west
ward of the Mississippi
Year: 1876

The EPISCOPAL CONVENTION OF NEW JER-
sEY met yesterday and was well attended
The annual address of Bishop Odenheimer,
which was very impressively delivered, con-
graduated the Church on the good work
performed during the past year.
Year: 1876

Coal CONTINUES TO SELL at low rates ct the
great Sales Yesterday large quantity was
disposed Of at very moderate prices COM
pared with former figures. 1t would be
very satisfactory to the public if the reduc-
ton of the price of this necessary article
could be experienced by purchasers at the
retail yards. Cheap coal should be brought
the benefit of the producers.
Year: 1876

We are sorry to see that our German
neighbor, the Staats Zeitang takes very
dolorous view of the political situation. 1t
seems to see the ruin of our liberties near at
hand, and thinks the American people .'in-
capable of fulfilling the mission inherited
from their fathers;'' we ought, it believes,
to confess that in spite Of our good re-
solves we are no longer capable Of self
government" 1t concludes that ''the down.
fall of our proud Republic is only matter
of time, unless this depraved nation can
gather renewed strength out of its deepest
humiliation"


All this is very sad; and the worst of it is
that the "depraved" American people will
be very apt to laugh at this new jeremiah
AS for ourselves, we take comfort from such
n paragraph as we yesterday copied from the
sun That powerful and sensible journal
wisely says:-''Better submit to wrong for
the time. however gross, than appeal to any
but legal, constitutional and peaceful RENE
dies" That is sound and by no means de-
praved American doctrine. The American
people are not fools. They do not mean to
allow civil war, for they know that they
have remedy for all possible evils without
that. A physician who should declare that
the only cure for his patient was to cut his
head off would at any rate get no large prac-
tice in this country. We beg the Stats
Zeitaing to make its mind easy. OR liberties
are safe. Even if wrong should be done
now the people will take lawful, peaceable
and constitutional revenge two years hence.
But there is as yet no wrong done.
Year: 1876

As THE CHINESE hare erected their
temples in our midst We do not see why
they should not also fly their kites, espe-
cially when that amusement takes the form
Of religious observance. We do not mean,
Of course, that on this account the Chinese
kite is to be considered the emblem of a
bird Of prey; for it is only symbol of the ex-
alted spirit as piring to celestial happiness.
Year: 1876

To the law, that great instrument of
human justice, imperfect as humanity itself
is imperfect, every now and then some in
nocent man falls victim. Jean Vatican, in
Lies Miserables" Of Victor Hugo, for the
small offence of stealing loaf of bread
when a youth, was pursued by the law for
life, his repentance discredited and his
plans of benevolence destroyed. The story
may be an exaggeration, but its moral
should be needed. 1t is sad enough that
the law should sometimes be the uncon-
scious instrument of injustice, but it is
worse when, without its authority, the in
nocent are punished for imaginary crimes.
The case of Patrick Padden, who was shot
the other night in boat on the East
River as river pirate, may prove to
be an unjustifable homicide. There is
as yet no evidence that he was q
thief. He had been engaged in q legiti-
mate business. He had been sailor
all his life, and was known to be hard
worker who supported wife and nine
children by his labor. His dying words
were:-'I am no pirate. always worked
for what l got, and worked hard for it."
That he had not stolen anything when he
was shot is proved, and it seems that he was
killed on suspicion that he might steal. II
he was thief his purposes were thwarted;
but if he was innocent-what then?


Only a desolated house a wife deprived of
husband, children made orphans, the good
name of a poor family darkened. 1t is pain
full to think of the scene in Mrs. Padden's
humble home when the tidings of her hus-
bands terrible death were brought to
relief for her md her children. No
atonement could be made. 1t is true
that there is no class of thieves
more dreaded by the captains of vessels
anchored in the rivers of New York than the
river pirates, and that suspicious boat in
Therefore the impulse to fire upon boat
under such circumstances is natural But
if it shall be proved that Patrick Padden
was innocent, that no crime had been COM
mitted, that neither the lives nor the property
on the vessel were threatened, then heavy
responsibility rests upon his slayers We
trust the affair will be thoroughly investi-
gated, and if Padden was guilty let his
death be m example to evil doers if he
was innocent it should be made warning
to thos, who use the pistol on suspicion
only and without evidence that it is needed.
The WEATHER The lake region is now
| that in which the lowest barometer prevails.
The depression has moved very slowly
eastward, accompanied by cloudiness and
| rain, which extends as far southwark as
Year: 1876

WILLIAM Nj. TWEED has not yet arrived to
glad the eyes of the anxious officials of New
York. The Franklin, with the big prisoner
on board, was spoken yesterday not eighty
miles from Sandy Hook, and the ship
of war was making haste very slowly.


What is the matter? Does the government
possess any knowledge of Tweed's prefer
ence with regard to the Presidency, and
keep him away for fear of complicating
matters still more? just imagine Tweed


dded to the Louisiana board of canvassers.
Year: 1876

The Sunday Leader referring to the
$4,000 deficit says, "If West Virginia
ever gets dollar from the affair We are
ready to say that the workings of prov
idence are past finding out" That is
probably so, for in either event, whether
the money was kept in the treasury of the
reorganized government of Virginia, or
whether it came into the State Treasury
and by that peculiar system of
book keeping which existed in
those days, and about the same now in
practice in the United States Treasury
Department, no record was made of it,
the claim is barred by the statute of limi-
tstionS and consequently lost to the State.
Just there is the difficulty, and that was
the obstacle in the way of the Legisla-
ture. The House Committee reported
the deficit but could suggest no means by
which it could be reached.
Year: 1876

At the usual hour, the State Senate as
scmblei in the Senate chamber Saturday,
and having organized itself into a High
Court of Impeachment, proceeded with
the trial of Auditor BENNETT. Mr..
JAMES MORROW, for the defense, pro-
ccedcd with his argument.


He continued to discuss the meaning
and interpretation justly to be given to
the retaliatory law. The Auditor, in
order to fully understand that law, was
forced TO examine carefully the laws of
the different States which had Insurance
companies engaged in business in this
State, at that time numbering Ave.
This involved great deal of labor, time
and responsibility. Our law was
taken from the Iowa statute
on the subject In Iowa, there
WAS special clause stating that such
fees should be paid into the treasury. but
this clause had been omitted from our law,
and it must have been done with a pur-
pose, and il WAS evident from this that
these fees were never intended TO be put
iutO the treasury of our State. 1t WAS,
therefore, an accepted proposition that
in the absebco of any provision TO the
contrary, they were intended 10 20 TO the
officer. This principle was recognized
in Iowa, and in New Jersey, where the
law was similar 10 ours, the officer who
dad the work, btaining the fees In those
States where there WAS al Insurance De
partment, these fees were placed in the
treasury for the sole purpose OF
constituting fund for the
payment of the expenses Of tnat
department. In fact the whole object of
the legislation on this subject was sim
ply to pay the expenses OF supervising
the insurance business, and so 1t was IN
thl, State. The law WAS that the tax of
three per cent should be in tall ot State
taxes only" that word "only' meaning
simply 10 convey the idea that these
companies might be liable for ether taxes
10 municipal and county governments.


Touching the point made by the Man
sccr, that the constitution provided that
no money should be received by an Off
Ger, other than his salary. he said
sNAk Inc "OTus VI LLC NOuSlltuLlOu NtEt,
thst no money besides the sa AIRY should
be paid out Of the Treasury This
last expression clearly recognized that
additional service should be raid for
by those persons requiring them TO be
performed. The only officer. who was
prevented from receiving any other
cmolument than his salary was the Gov
ernor. In his case it was positively
stated that he should receive no perquIs-
ties on any account whatever The
Management had declared that even if
the Auditor had right to collect and
pocket these fees he was guilty OF en-
bezzlement but if the two first propo-
sInons were conceded, then the embezzfe-
mrnt article fell to the ground. He
tcounsel) had no tear of the result if q
sult WAS brought upon the bond of the
Auditor, if it was alleged that the col
l'''oen snd appropriation Of these fees
Was b each of the bond
Year: 1876

State, representing every shade of
Conservative opinion, and that the
voice of that body was "organize and
prepare to work for success in the
State this fall" how can they djsre-
gard it9 When they consider that
there was very general opinion that
South Carolina should and could be
redeemed this fall, will they not unite
for one great effort to that end in the
Centennial Year3 How many glo-
rious memories of the past rise mp to
animate and move every man in the
good work. We have never before
seen our people determined to rise
above the evils surrounding and op-
pressing them. Leading men from
Abbeville, Edgefeld, Laurens, Ma
rion, Clarendon and other counties
speak of success in their counties
with certainty. Shall the men of
Oconee, living in one of the glorious
thirteen States in this natal Centennial
of their liberty, flag, when the State
for the fret time since reconstruction
is terribly in earnesta We hope not
and if they will not organize for
County ends, let them unite in q
common effort for the State. We
have enever been behind, and our pa
triotism has only been equaled by the
hospitality of our people. With re
deemed State, what a country has our
peoplel What unbounded resources
in tue mineral, agricultural and man.
ufacturing worldi We would not
be pressing on this subject did we
not feel that there is hope this year
that the material and solid tone Of
the late convention did not clearly
indicate hopo and determination to
succeed this fall. We hopo our read
ers will carefully re-pcruso tho full
proceedings of the late Democratic
convention, and they must see In a!!
it's acts and conduct the words hope,
determination and success. We shall
not recur to this subject soon, as we
do not wish to distract the minds OF
our people i'll ii,is 1usy season, but
We have written these lines to bring
theYpoople to reflect during the sum-
ner AMI to do such service as they
can in the good cau>e.
Year: 1876

Tho immense product Of silver from
our Pacific slope mines and the de-
monetization of that metal by Ger
many-that is, the making Of gold its
sole standard of value-has boon hav-
ing the offoct of lessening the value of
silver for somo time past. But just
now two events conspire to oheok the
depreciation of silver, and the price Of
the bullion is advanced. These events
are the announcement of o new In
dian government loan of $4,000, 900
to bc brought out in London, and the
passage by Congress of our new silver
currency bill. This lattor of course
creatos q market for the silver bullion
on this side, and for the Indian loan
it is anticipated rcmittancos to India
will be made in silver. Honce cable
telegram from London on last We'd
nosday stated that silver there had
advanced to 53bd., an advance of
about Id. within day or two. Whom
1t gets above Sod. thon it's worth as a
commodity ondangors its circulation
as change. Wero it thus to advance
tho foar is expressed. that tho effect
would bo, undor tho operation of our
now law in rcdceming tho factional
papor currency with it,, to leave us
without q small currency for tho pur-
pose of change. With tho great
abundance and rapid production of tho
motaI in this country, however, such
result sooms hardly probable. The
coin, wo take it, whom onco out will
keop the fold. as thero will bo abun-
dance of bullion for melting up boz
sides.
Year: 1876

We indulge the hope that soon there will
~ On anti-snuf society formed, which will
be alvin sister of our temperance society
We have no idea how many ladies IN our
city will take exception to this article. II
sll that1uss snuff were to get after US, we
would call their name legion, but We are
upheld in our action by some Of the most
sensible mothers in town, in entering pro-
test against 4 habit, the adoption Of which
by Q GIRL 10 almost O. much to DO dreaded
~ parent - 10 the first taste Of liquor BY
hls boy.
Year: 1876

On some rainy day go into the barn
or shop (every farmer should have a
shop and few tools) and take stick
of hard timber about 3x4 in. square
and five feet long. Fit the ends into a
pair of old wagon wheels-market
wagon wheels or the sulky cultivator
wheels-in the form Of an axle; then
make a tongue, the same as you would
for marker, by splitting the large
end of pole and putting it into the
axle through two inch auger holes.
Bore the draw hole far enough from
the axle to let the whiffletreeS clear
the wheels. The tongue should be
nine feet six inches long from the
draw hole to the end. Attach the
rope of the hay fork to the doubletree,
then when the order ''back up' comes,
the boy has only to handle the lines,
the cart carrying the whiffletrees.
This arrangement will save considera-
ble time and is light for the team, be-
sides making it pleasant and encourag.
ing for the boys.
Year: 1876

him to stop. Do not be rude or harsh,
but gentle and firm. Start him now
again, and repeat the sound and the
movement of the hand. The colt will
soon catch the idea, and learn what
the sound means. Then you can go
on,and teach him that it not only means
stop, but that it means stop instantly.
A few days of this simple treatmentwill
suffice to teach him Thoroughly the les
son, which. when we'll learned, he
never forgets, and the real value of
which can scarcely be overestimated.
If the colt is worth $500 when broken
in the ordinary way, he is certainly
worth 5000 when instructed full in the
manner set forth. Any sensible man,
in purchasing a horse for family SER
vice or for fast driving on the road,
Will gladly pay 500 extra if the breed
er can show to him that the colt will
stop short in his tracks at the word
for he sees that amid even the average
risks and hazards Of driving, such
power over the animal may prove of
supreme Importance.