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Year: 1871

Senator Howe's speech on the Sumner
Resolutions is a defense of ta.e Presi-
dent from the charge of having exceeded
his constitutional powers in the use Of
the navy, and the alleged crime Of men
acing Hayti with open and instant
war; and thus committing 'unauthor-
lied violence, utterly without support in
law or reason"


The fact is that not a gun has ever
been fred by the navy at Hayti or any of
its inhabitants during all the conflict :
It is very quiet and harmless fight.


1t has been as bloodless as Chinese
war. where the enemy is overcome by
the beating of gongs and not an ounce of
blood or powder is wasted. Instead of
sacrificing lives In San Domingo, we
saved them, and the presence of our Ma
Wy was in the interests of peace. A pa
per bullet is the heaviest article thrown
at Hayti.


When the treaty for the annexation OF
San Domingo was pending. naval off
Ger notified Hayti that it must refrain
from acts of violence against San Domin
&c.


This act Judge Howe argues. was en-
ltirely proper. We had as much right te
Year: 1871

rested nor wearied In the performance


of his pledge to secure to every citizen OF


the Republic, white and black, the full
enJoyments of the rights guaranteed to
him by the late amendments OF the con-
stltutlOn.' AS soldier, General Grant
has fame of which the nation may feel


proud. In this capacity he rendered a
service to the nations life which CRATE


ful millions delight to honor. As chief


magistrate, he has been true to the coun-


try and the principles of the party that


placed him in power He has sacredly


kept his pledges. His conduct of the


government proves him to be just and


true man; entitled to the confidence, es-


TEEN and affection of every citizen. In


most respects his record as President is
one Of eminent success. More than two
hundred millions of the public debt paid;
more than ten millions of reduction in
annual interest; some eighty millions of
yearly reduction in taxes; the revival of
the public credit; the recommendation
and support of the Fifteenth Amend
ment; discreet and pacific foreign poll
cy the general thrift and prosperity of
the country under his Administration
these facts attest the wisdom and fdeli-
ty. with which tie President has
the duties Of his high Of
fee.


Whether the President is right or
wrong on the San Domingo question, and
whether nc shall be renominated next
year or not, are not points which we
care to discuss. He certainly is right,
and has done nobly in SO many respects
as to deserve the warmest tribute of
honor. The malignant criticisms Of the
Democratic press simply show the de-
morallzation and shameless resorts of
Democratic politicians These purely
partisan and lying judgments posterity
will rebuke and place the name of U. S.
Grant, the General and President,
among the brightest and best names of
our military and political history. We
are proud of the man and proud of his
record as a whole and, if he shall be
we intend to do what we
can to re-elect him. We say, with
all our hearts, God bless President
Grant2
Year: 1871

With this pumber commences the
eighteenth year of THE MANITowoC


TRIBUNE, for the last two years under
the editor, and proprietorship of the


writer, who gladly takes this opportunity


to express his sincere gratitude to the


many friends who have stood by him


thus far and through whose instrnmcn-


tality the support of this paper has been


constantly increased by men who are not
only independent thinkers, but who fear


lessly exercise the right of criticising and


condemnibg the acts Of public officers,


deserving it. Thus the swindling and
robbery laid open by the County Inves-
tigating Committee; (onesided though it
may be. as well as the latest by our
present County Treasurer are looked
upon by large majority Of our citizens
with the greatest horror and utmost con-
tempt and the perpetrators Of these acts
have for ever forfeited the confidence
once placed IN their supposed integri-
ty.


The deepest sorrow we feel is, that
professed Republicans have been found
among the large number of Office holders
of opposite politics, who have thus be-
come outcasts of political fellowship
but we have learned one, almost inyalua-
bic, lesson. that of not being led any
more by erpediency in our nominations.
Rather suffer defeat, than support again
candidates in whose honesty and integ-
rity we cannot fully rely. One traitor
in our midst is more injurious than a
thousand open enemies; let US hereafter
nominate only men. who are men in
every sense Of the word, and greater and
constantly increasing success will crown
cur every effort. Ours is the party of
progress and reform and the propagation
of these truly Republican principles will
ever be our highest aim, and their sue
cess our greatest reward.
Year: 1871

vices OF my ancestors which [ know to
have existed, [ would maintain silence ::
but should he plant an argument in
calumny on the dead, indignation would
not brook the insult. 1t was because his
structures on the character of those who
urge this reform were notoriously false
that retorted them upon him. I will
now add that [ have not yet completed
the list of honorable men and women en-
gagged IN this work and | warn him not
to hazard the credit he now holds for in
telligenee and candor by persisting in
detraction and abuse Yet in such SER
vice he shows to best advantage; for.
by the awkward compliment he paysme.
1t is evident that his pen is little skilled
IN the language of panegyric. Yet my
gratitude for this good opinion would not
be unexpressed did [ not comprehend
his coup d etdt, which aims at magnify
ing his opponent for the sole purpose of
enhancing the glory of that triumph
which he deems certain and easy.
Year: 1871

Sonto Domingo as a man has to the soil
who holds contract for deed of land.
If the Senate ratified the treaty we
could enforce our rights as man could
resort to the courts aud get deed of the
land after he fulfilled his part of the con-
tract. 1t was the duty of the President
to inform Hayti that we were negotiat-
ing treaty, and that there must be no
interference while it was pending.


1t was our duty also to prevent blood
shed, if possible, between neighboring
nations.


We think that no jury of impartial
men could pronounce the President gull
ty of any of the charges made or insin-
uated against him by Senator Sumner,
after reading Judge HoWe's speech. It
is logical, clear defense. complete
vindication Of the President, and con-
tains matter Of historical value, conce1 n
ing both Hayti and San Domingo.
Year: 1871

| the whole town.


The biz abolishing the grand jury sys-
tenn in this State and simplifying the
practice In criminal proceedings. will take
effect on The first day of July next.


The Legislature passed an act chang
ing the designation of "Clerk of the
Board Of Supervisor" to County Clerk ;
Year: 1871

TNHE ELLIPTIC SEWING MACHINES ARE
Il manufactured and warranted by the Wheeler
Wilson Sewing Machine Company. The late
and important Improvements enable us to guar
antee to every purchaser that the Elliptic Ma
chine will do more work, better work, and a
greater variety of work than any other Sewing
Machine now in use. The economy of the FL
lptic Machine in family is almost incredible
with one, good operator do the work OF
twelve hands. By it the making of garments is
reduced from a question of hours to one of min
utes as the following table will show:


Ut not to be understood that following table is the
time to make the garments but to do the stitching ony
Year: 1871


a A young and newly-Aedged justice Of
the peace, out in Illinois, was recently
called upon for the first time to marry o
couple. he nervously looked through
Every Man His Own. Lawyer" and
Haines' Township Laws" but failed to
find the desired form. The crowd grew
inpatient and he told the couple to
hold up their right hands.a This done,
he pronounced, the following charge:
/" You and each Of you do solemnly
swear that in the cause now upon hear
ing you will tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing bdtbthe truth, and
that you will love, honor, a cherish and
obey each other during the term Of your


natural lives, SO help you God. " Both
answered solemnly, - viii, and the
justice charged them dollar each, and
pronounced them man and wife. nil-
Year: 1871

An examination into the condition of the in
surance companies which held risks on Chicago
property reveals the fact that ffty-One are
virtually insolvent or hopelessy embarrassed,
and that two or three more will probably be
obliged to suspend All of the corporations
are doing their best. undoubtedly, being well
aware of the advantage which will be acquired
hereafter by every company having large risks
in the burned city weathering the gale. OF
those reported insOlvent nearly one half are in
New York. twelve in Chicago, twelve in New
England, five in Ohio, and one in California.
1t is understood that there are other cOmpan-
les which will find it difficult to avoid insOven-
cy, but hope to continue business. Yet,
taking the amount of capital represented in
the assets of the companies, and that of the
loss of property in Chicago, it is estimated
that the return to the insurers will be con-
siderably over fifty per cent on their insurance
This will be a good beginning for the sufferers;
and the net result will be wholesome lesson
to insurance companies not, TO use a homely
figure, Ito put too many eggs into one basket.
~ y Tribune.
Year: 1871

Why FLIRTs DON'T MARRY 1t is remark
able hut nevertheless true that, as a rule,
Airts, both male and female, do not marry
quickly. The chances are that girl who
becomes engaged at Is, and goes on becoming
engaged and disengaged, Is as the custom for
firts to do, ultimately settles down into con-
tirmed old maid, too. If she does wed, las a
general rule, she develops into the most Eiru-
lent wasp, makes her husband miserable. and
brings up her children badly. &


1t is not very difficult to find reasons why
tiirts do not marry. Sensible men admire in
woman something besides pretty face and
engaging manners They love intellect, COM
mon sense and heart, qualifications which the
hirt does not possess. The true woman allows
her affections full play, and is not ashamed of
them. She will not lead man to believe she
cares for him when she does no such thing
she will not flirt with him just for the sake of
flirting.


She has truer conception of what is right,
aud possesses a good deal more common sense.
She has derived her education from something
else than three-vOlume novels and the society
of the empty pated She can be thoroughly
merry; but she knows how to be merry with
out being idiotic. She may attract less atten-
lion in a drawing-room than the hlrt does
because she is less noisy and obtrusive; but
for all that, she will get married sooner and
make her husband better and a truer wife


\ true woman does not care for the spooncy
young man. She dislikes his foppishness, the
vipid compliments he pays her, and his effem
macy He quickly finds this out, and leaves
her in peace. Thus, it he ultimately gets
married, 1t Is to firt, and the happy pair y
Fad the iolllest cat and dog life imaginable -
Year: 1871

A person in high life once went to Sir
Eardiy Wilmot, at the time Lord Chief Justice
Of the Court Of Common Pleas under feeling
of great'wrath and Indignation, at a real injury
which he had received from person high in
the political world, which he was determined
toresent in the most effectual manner. After
relating the particulars, he asked Sir Eardly, If
he did not think it would be manly to resent it :?
" Yes " said that eminent man, "it will be
man ly to resent it; but it will be Godlike to
forgive it,
Year: 1871

Tue HEALTH OF PHYsICIANs.-A cores
pondent writes that the heaIthe.t people in
New York city are found among the physicians,
who see in others the consequences of violating
the laws OF nature, aud hence are controlled by
caution. Besides this their daily rides pro-
mote health


The next class in point of hygiene is made
up OF the letter-carrers, who are out all day on
their mail srrands, aud who derive from this
exercise benefit which compensates for their
small rate Of pay. These men learn that out
door life is the true method of existence.
Year: 1871

SINGULAR Ro88EKIEs.-With!n ten days
six robberies have been reported, mostly il
the Fourth and Sixth Districts, and in each
instance the thieves seemed to have an eye
principally to vases and mantel ornaments.
Has some fairy tale obtained a hold on
sneak thieves that some fortunate citizen is
in possession Of a charmed vase-one that
Las power to furnish unlimited barrels of
diamonds and gold The operators in every
case must be the same lot Of men. as marks
of their work in different places are similar:
they cut window shutter Stats and force up
the window. Is it likely that men will risk
lite and liberty to steal few vases, the
value Of which. to them, can not be more
than dollar or two! Acting Chief of
Police Baker has made good efforts to catch
the fellows.
Year: 1871

The st. Louis Republican has this special:


New YORK, October ls.-The anti Grant
men are making strong point of the sig
nificant fact that the only hold which
slavery had in the western hemisphere is in
the Spanish West Indies, which Spain holds
by the grace of the President of the United
States, elected by party protesting to be
the party Of freedom. The news Of the
passage, by the Brazilian senate, of the
vast empire, was brought by the steam er
Alps last night. 1t will tell against Grant
in the Republican nominating convention if
nowhere else.
Year: 1871

II is the opinion Of some pork packers that there
will be ten Per cent. more hogs this year than
Last; otbers insist that though the bog crop will
show large increase in Indiana and throughout
the Northwest, there will Ire decrease in Ken
tucky.- There is an immense corn crop, and which
can be made more profitable to . farmer by being
pat into pork than by being sent to market in any
other way. This, it 10 claimed, will eanse the
farmers of Indiana to fatten every bog they can
get hold of and will Thus vastly increase the num-
her driven to the slaughter pens, The same Is
said Of the Northwest generally.
Year: 1871

~ For the benefit of the Atchison Patriot,
which publishes an opinion of the Chief in italics
we will say that we consider han who is right
in some things and wrong in others, a much bet
ter man than one who ia wrong in all things
Year: 1871

.1 An inmate of the State Insane Asylum,
who is said to have been respectfully connected,
recently ate about one-third Of the blanket that
covered him in bed, which caused his death. 1t
would have been bad enough, had not his connec-
items been respectable; but the idea of man with
respectable connections laundering himself on
secondhand betl-blanket-horrible!
Year: 1871

- The AtchiSOn Patriot wishes there were
more journals throughout the country, not 80
much attached to party. The Patriot is a nice
sheet to deprecate attachment to party. Why, if
the Democratic lawgivers were to solemnly de-
clare, as a new departure, that it is the duty of
every good Democrat to live night-soil, the ed
itor of the Patriot would at once provide himself
with suitable howl and spoon, and taunt the
Radicals with being arristocratic and over nice!
Year: 1871

IV' Say, you boys who are engineering that
Kansas Magazine: what is the subscription price
and what will be the size of the Magazinef We
have seen no statement Of either, and are asked
almost every lay-especally as to price. We
have had several applications from persons who
wish to subscribe
Year: 1871

This cold weather should remind
every man Of the necessity ct q
good warm overcoat. S Swope
has q splendid lot which he is
closing out cheap, and for any
kind of clothing, ready made or
made to order, call at Swope's.
Year: 1871

IT is worth while for everybody,
especially for those who may not
have full supply of blankets for
the coming winter; to know the
value Of newspapers for coverings.
On a cold night, If two or three
newspapers be spread upon the
bed beneath the outside covering.
the occupant Of the bed will per-
ceive marked increase Of warmth
without any percepsiblc increase in
the weight OF bedding So. alec,
if a spread newspaper be placed
over the chest before the overcoat
be buttoned up, it will be found
q great protection against penetra-
ting wind and cold.


A sTY on the eye is not usually
considered either ornamental or in
any way useful. A young friend
of ours who has had considerable
experience in such append ages,
has, he thinks. made an important
medical discovery. After expert
menting with nearly all the drugs
in the Materia Med;ca, lie finds
that a poulticc of equal parts Of
slippery elm and lobelia will knock
a s,y sky high in from ten to


wclyc hours.
Year: 1871

The boy who spends an hour of each ev e.
ming lounging idly on street corner, wastes
in the course of year three hundred and
sixty five precious hours, which, if applied
to study, would familiarize him with rudi-
ments Of almost any familiar science. It in
addition to wasting an hour each evening, be
spends ten cents for ciga RS, which is usually
the case. the amount is thus worse than
wasted. Boys, thiuk of these things; think
how much precious time and money you
are wasting, and for what? You can not in
dulge in these practices without seriously


ipjuring yourselves. You may in after life
shake than off, but the probab ilities are that
the habits thus formed in early life, will re.
main with you to your dying day. Be warn
Ded, then in time, and resolve that as the hour
spent in idleness is gone forever, you will
improve each passing one. end thereby Fl


your selffor usefulness and happiness.
Year: 1871

ZEAL, BUT NOT ACCORDING TO KNowL-
EDeE.-A large Towering mill recently
burned at Columbus, O., entailed loss
of $4,000. The fire when first discov-
cred was slight and could easily have
been extinguished had apatent fire extin-
guisher be onging to the establishment
been in its usual place. Aparty after The
fire were standing around the ruins when
this fact was announced, and the wonder
expressed as to what could have become Of
the extinguisher. Justas they had settled
upon the theory that an incendiary had
carried it off and then fired the mill. a
German, who had been among the first
to reach the building when the alarm
was given, asked what they meant by the
extinguisher-" vas it dot leetle red ma
shine?' Being asked in the affirmative
he hurried to pile of boards near by,
and brought out the missing extinguisher.
He had seen the article, not knowing its
use, and, determined to save as much as
possible, gathered it up in his arms and
carried it to a safe place.
Year: 1871

Exasperated at the hopelessness Of
securing a reelection by a fair ard
free expression of the will Of thepeo-
pie, the President has resolved upon
a bold and most wicked expedient to
accomplish the perpetuation of the
reigning dynasty. 1t is published,
upon the authority of Senator Poole,
that Grant has expressed his deter
mination to declare martial law
throughout the entire South, and
thus, by armed force and an organi-
zed system of terrorism, crush out
the last semblance of liberty which
yet remains to the unhappy people
of those States. The pretext for
this high handed and outrageous pro-
cedure-and every intelligent man
knows it is but a pretext of the finn
siest SORTS the prevalence of out.
RACES in that section, and the alleged
inability of the civil authorities to
enforce the laws. The real motive
is to continue the present oligarchy
in place and power, and prolong its
opportunity to plunder, oppress, and
harass the people. While we retain
the outward semblance Of republic,
-lfI1 m reality We are rapidly drifting.
or rather being driven-toward alb
solutism; and, at the rate at which
we are going, it is not at all unlikely
that ere long a similar state Of affairs
may be inaugurated in the North,
and our State Governments be super
seded by military satraps, sworn to
follow to the bloody end the fortunes
Of man who shows every indication
of a disposition to


"-wade through slaughter to throne.
And shut the gates of mercy on man


kind"


Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1871

How A DYING GIRL MARRIED AN


EDIroR.-It is a doctrine Of the


Mormon Church that no woman can


get to heaven without the aid OF a
man, except in very special cases.
To be married and a mother in Israel
is eternal salvation in heaven for,
the saintess. Without this, in the
other world, the deceased saintess
must serve as kitchen girl or wait
ing-mai,l to some resurrected mother
in Israel. This strange doctrine is
thoroughly believed by the Mormon
women, and hence their eagerness to
be married, either in or out of poly
gamy. A case illustrating this has
come to our knowledge. A beautiful
young girl of seventeen was on hel
deathbed, and being unmarried she
requested chat a certain well-knowr
editor should be sent for, to whom
she wished to be seated" and thus
gain eternal glory in the Kingdom o.
God. The elders complied with hel
wish, the editor reached. the death.
bed, and there, in the presence o


witnesses, the living and the dying
were united in the holy bonds o


matrinony. The editor was already
married man, but his religion made
him take the dyinggirl to wife. In
! stances of this kind are not rare
Year: 1871

The Democracy of New Jersey
have nominated the Hon. Joel Parker
for Governor. They intend to redeem
the State at the next election. Governor P
has a stainless record, During his adj
ministration of State affairs when he was
Governor few years since, while our
civil war was raging, he won golden
opinions from men Of all parties. He
met his high responsibilities with great
frmncss and judgment ; and it was
unanimously admitted that of all the
administrations since the adoption Of
the new Constitution, his was undoubt-
edlv the model administration.
Year: 1871

keeping out of sight, and saw them break
| into the houses of four of his neigbbors


and whip them, in every case telling them


that it was because they had voted a


damned Radical ticket"


/ heard the stories of i've or six men. all


related with great exactness of detail. and


obvious truthfulness; and listened to by


the crowd with an eagerness and earnest


pess that showed what terrible reality


this Ku-Klux business is to the negroes.
Finding that the accounts all corrobora-


ted each other as to the avowed purpose of


the whipping, and as to the disguises and


appearance of the outlaws, dismissed the
crowd at about 10 o'clock, without waiting
to hear more, and returned to my hotel.


Soon after man called at my room,
and talked for an hour about the u-Klux
outrages. He said he was native of
South Carolina, and had taken an active
part in politics on the Republican side.
Unless the Ku-Klux could be suppressed,
he believed that the Republican party in
Spartanburg county would be entirely de-
stroyed. The negroes had already been
thoroughly frightened, and would be kept
so until the next election. Laws and
courts Of justice afforded no remedy,
for, with the fear of murder before them,
no witnesses would testify against the
Ku-klux, and no juries would indict or
convict. His remedy was retaliation
"We must meet violence with violence"
ne said, "or else submit to be whipped ard
shot, according to the pleasure of these
If this thing goes on much long,
er there will be an organization of white
who will retaliate for every
outrage committed. The negroes have not
the courage to do this, but 100 white men,
we'll armed and organized, would soon break
up the Ku-klux. We know who they
are, aud would punish only the guilty. OF
course somebody would be killed on both
sides, but there is no other way to have
peace here"
Year: 1871

The Prize Seeing Machine. We are
gratified to find our lady friends interesting
themselves ia the contest for the handsome
SEWING machlne which we propose presenting
to the. person sending US the largest list Of
subscribers s., by the first day of November next
we have already received lists from several
ladies, and among them is one which stands
good chance of securing the prize. We hope
soon to hear from others, who inform us that
they are earnestly engaged in the struggle for
this elegant prize.