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Year: 1876

good government. l have not been Re-
publican, am not Republican, will not
be Republican to deliver the Southern
people over to the worst set of scoundrels
that ever obtained political power.


Military Rule.


Let us look at the political developments
OF this country. We have become careless
about the institutions of our country. You
who have studied history know that in times
of extraordinary urgency-in times of war,
ETC., we allow the government eXtraordi-
nary prerogatives, which we would not al
low the government in ordinary
times. You remember the Romans
acted on this principle. When the enemy
was before the gates of Rome they invested
a consul as dictator with supreme power.
We did the same thing in the last war; The
government had extraordinary powers
Well, it saved the republic. That was the
chief end, and we all admit that it was ac-
complished. But during these times of war
bad habit is apt to spring up-the govern
ment is apt to assume greater powers than 1t
was invested with, and the people
are apt to accustom themselves to the
usurpation. When the war is over, the
government ought to surrender these extra
ordinary prerogatives which, though they
may save the republic in times of war, may
| destroy its liberty in times of peace. But
MDdl nave We seen III liiS cOuutiy Mill
tary rule has been prolonged, and the coun-'
try seems to be under the iron grasp of an
all-powerful and arbitrary ruler; the
constitution violated; and to restore
the constitution it may take the blood
of thousands of people. Applause
Many reports are in circulation that
should Greeley be elected, inevitable ruin
will follow; that the financial affairs of the
country will be overthrown. Do you be-
lieve that? The South is dependent upon
the North, and the North upon the South.
I ask in all sincerity, can the South prosper
with these carpet-baggers preventing these
southerners trading with the North2


The Republican Party In Is42-Has IL
Improved since?


we are not fighting merely to make one
| man president of the United States in place
of another; but we are fighting for the over
| throw of system-a system of unconstitu-
tional arrogance of power, system of con-
| tempt of law, a system of government by
force, system of plundering in the
South and of corruption in the
North, system which threatens to
subyert the highest good we Possess-the


freedom of election all over the United
| States. [Applause.] We are fighting against


this in order to substitute for it another-a
free, honest true Republican government.


We have tremendous odds against US; such


odds, believe. as the army of progress never


had before Do you read the advices which


now reach us from the states which have
| their elections in October? Do you read


those tales of fraud, the like of which was


never known in this country-the importa-


ton of colored voters by the hundreds and
thousands? Do you read OF the
Year: 1876

Wherever the Democrats are in power
public order prevails, and with increased
prosperity and reduced taxation Wade
Hampton, we believe, was the first man in
the South after the war, and imme-
diately after the War, TO propose negro
suffrage, and it is because OF his popularity
and the growing probability OF his election
over Chamberlain, that this fresh war be-
tween the races has been inspired by the
governor and others
Year: 1876

spoke to him, supposing him to be
his son Manlcy, but received no re-
ceived no reply. The old gentleman
is about SO years of age, and could
not secure the thief or the money.
There is no clue to, or suspicion of.
the person guilty of the daring and
bold robbery. 1t was evidently some
person acquainted with the circum-
stances and the house.


VERITAS.
Year: 1876

We are surprised to see political
authority as sagacious as the World sup
porting the strnight-out policy in States
like South Carolina. In South Carolina
there is one wing of the democratic
party under the command of the Rhetts,
who favor a straight-out nomination for
Governor. They propose to fight on the
color ine-to have nothing to do with
negroes, scalawags or carpet-baggers. There
is another faction, under the lead of the
Ners and Courier, which argues in favor of
an alliance between the moderate CONSERVE
tive men of both parties to rescue the State
from the domination of scoundrels
like Moses and Whipper. The Rhett
party cares only for democratic as
cendancy-for the return to power
Of the men who brought so much misery
upon Carolina by secession. The other
party would have good government, peace
and the best relations with white and black
men who will strive for good government.
1t was this policy which carried Virginia.
There has been no trouble in that State
since. If it is loyalty carried out now it will
help to give the State to Tilden. If not, all
the conservative republicans who would like
to aid in the work of good government will
be thrown back upon the party organization
and the State will 80 for Hayes. The way to
build up party is not to kick your allies
from the Convention and this is what the
"straight-out" people propose to do. The
World should use its great and deserved
influence to teach the South Carolina people
wisdom
Year: 1876

BIZ A BOLDLY EXECUTED SERIES OF OrxnA-
T1oNs the Turks have possessed themselves
of the Timok Valley, the ridges overlooking
which form the natural fortress of Servia on
the northeast. To make this advance Of use
to the Turks requires, however, the prompt
use of large bodies of troops-larger bodies
than they seem able to command at pres
snt The advance, however, proves Servia
to be thrown entirely on the defensive, and
With little chance just now Of being able to
bring into play that branch of military sci
ence known as the Observation-Disclosures. This
is sad change from the confident advance
of Tchernayeff month ago, who started out
ON an easy march for Adrianople via Sofia.
We are likely to see better fighting on the
Servian side now that the Servians are on
their own soil, unless the great Powers can
stop the war altogether. Events, however,
are hardly ripe enough for that
Year: 1876

''SECTIoSAL ANIMos1TIEs. The Ports
mouth (Va) Enterprise is sadly exercised in
spirit over the course of the HERALD in re-
gard to the Hamburg massacre, and accuses
this journal of keeping alive sectional ami
mosities by telling the truth touching that
lamentable affair. It's ire is especially ex-
cited because we suggested to Sitting Bull
Butler that he should surrender himself to
the authorities of South Carolina and de-
mand q trial. trial is thing the Enterprise
is positively certain Governor Chamberlain
will never grant him but the action taken
upon the conclusion of the inquest seems to
contradict the assurances of that astute
newspaper. Butler is to have trial, whether
he wants it or not. But as to the charge
against the HERALD of keeping alive sectional
animosities, the best reply we can make is
''poem" printed on the back of the column
which contains the diatribe upon this Jour-
nal. The following apostrophe to General
Mahones battle flags is a fair sample of the
production


glorious flags No victory could stain


Your tattered folds with unworthy deedt


glorious lags! No country shall again


Fly nobler symbols in its hour OF need


Success stained not nor could defeat degrade;


Spotlcss they lost to-day. Mahone's Brigade
Year: 1876

once more in Congress, too purblind to
believe they are not living in the old time
when the South ruled the Union. Sitting
Bull Butler and the Hamburg Sioux belong
to the former and Ben Hill to the latter.
If the entire country was divided upon
these lines we might we'll tremble for
the future. But between the "bloody
shirters" and the ''white liners" there
stands the great mass of the people of both
parties silently determined to have none of
either but demanding the fullest measure
ofjustice and the reign of law for white and
black. Since the bloody affair at Hamburg
the enemies of Governor Chamberlain have
alleged that he has done nothing to show
that he is anxious TO make the murders of
the negroes anything but o campaign cry


He should, if necessary, have marched the
South Carolina militia to Hamburg. He is
now strengthened in such a course from
Washington by document that might have
been written by zealot like Morton, but
which bears the signature of the President
Of the United States. We cannot think
that the republican party is SO far fallen that
it is unable to elect a man like Governor
Hayes without such appeals to the strongest
passions, nor that the democracy believe
they cannot hold the South without out
RACES like that at Hamburg. 1t is no longer
the day for ringing blasts upon the war
trumpet; let Governor Chamberlain accept
the verdict of the coroner's jury, try the vir-
tues Of the court crier, and come before the
country when that fails, and not before.
Year: 1876

The SYMPATHY OF RUSSIA for the Servian
cause is shown by the gift of large sums of
money to the Belgrade government. The
tria is strengthening her garrisons on the
Danube and that Russian troops are being
sent to points near the Turkish frontier.
The formal resignation of the Sultan Mourad
Is also announced; so that we must regard
the situation in the East as threatening in
is not surprising that Turkey should put
forth her greatest efforts to crush the Ser
vians and regards with jealous vigilance the
conduct of the Slavonic peoples still under
her sway.
Year: 1876

IT Now APPEARS from the evidence of
Plaisted that Bluford Wilson's real game all
the time was to make Bristow President. II
was an honorable ambition; for in this
country statesmen may go into the Presi-
dency business as they would into book
canvassing. But Bluford is young in poli-
tics or he would never have thought that the
way to nominate Bristow was to send all his
rivals to Jail, and to make the country be-
lieve that everybody and everything were
going to the bad. Bluford is no doubt q
good man, but ardent, credulous and apt to
think that he can see the world by looking
into o mirror.
Year: 1876

Our GIFTED FRIEND, Governor Dorsheimer,
proposes that the ''cure-everything-f -for-a-
dollar" pill is what the country needs. In
conversing with o reporter of the Phila-
delphia Times he says :-'As to Congress
treatment of the subject, my judgment is
that the whole business Of finance should be
let alone until after We get into power, when
we can enforce the carrying out of q SYM
metrical system. The truth is some of
those gentlemen down there are more in
terested in getting back to Congress than
in carrying the country" This is oil very
we'll, but the country before voting would
like to know what the Governor means by a
symmetrical system" We shall expect o
clear statement of this from the Governor
in his letter. 1t is this vague, misty
talk about symmetrical systems" that
bothers plain people. Governor Dorsheimer
is young man in politics. He will learn,
when he is as old as Governor Tilden, that
there is nothing that does q statesman so
much good as to trust the people--to trust
them absolutely. The democrats have moth
ing to conceal, nothing to shroud. They
have clear, open campaign, and it will be
the fault of the leaders if the fight is lost.
The country wants q change, but it does not
want to leap over Niagara.
Year: 1876

THE WEATHER. southwestern dis
turbance announced in the HERALD is now
progressing over the Lower Mississippi VAL
ley, with indications of more decided
northeasterly movement during to-day. The
indraught of air from the regions Of the
valley and South Central States shows that
the approaching storm has attained already
considerable area and energy. From the far
Northwest another depression is also moving
in a general southcasterly direction, giving
promise of unpleasant weather for the end
of this or the beginning of next week. We
apprehend that violent tornadoes will be
generated by the movement of these storm
centres, with their rapid thermal changes in
and about the Lower Missouri Valley, and
possibly in the States east of the Mississippi
and north of the Ohio. In New York the
decided weather change will probably take
place tomorrow, but light rains OF short
duration may herald its approach toward
night AT present the barometer is high,
Year: 1876

reform mixture that will cure everything for
dollar" Zach Chandler comes with his
gong and shouts Beware of the Pope and
jefferson Davis Step up, hurry up, and
buy the loyal strengthening plaster marked
Hayes and Wheeler, which will save the con-
stitution from the Jesuits and the rebels y
And quiet, sober people go their way, aud
wonder if there ever was such a crazy, noisy,
foolish canvass, and wish November were
come, with peace for four more years-no
matter who is elected
Year: 1876

OUR ADVICE TO BLUFoRD WILSON, after read
ing the Plaisted evidence, is that he should
abandon politics and President-making and
resume agricultural pursuits. The United
States does not regard the President as q
thief, and the more his enemies try to prove
him to be so the more the people like him.
1t would not surprise us to see the President
go out of Office as popular as when he was
first elected. Twenty thousand committees
of investigation, each with a special Bluford
Wilson swearing to all he knows, will not blot
out the memory of Appomattox Court House
and the famous apple tree.
Year: 1876

Our little army in the field split up into
two columns will, with all the reinforce
ments now despatched, number but little
over three thousand effective soldiers. 1t is
to be presumed that the Fifth cavalry are
now with Crook, and that Terry, having re-
ceived his quota to replace the men lost in
Clusters battle, hos begun moving south.
We shall not be able to gain positive in
formation of these facts for day or two, but
it is probable that forward movement by
both commanders is the next news we
shall hear, unless Merritt has been
attacked on his way or, what is more
likely, Crook attacked in his camp.
Our correspondent with Crook, writing on
the 23d ult, does not give an encouraging
report of the manner in which that General
fills up the time of enforced waiting for the
cavalry. We do not complain that he has
not divulged his future plan of operations.
If he only has good one, and if he whips
the Sioux the next time he strikes them, the
complaint of his subordinates that he did
not consult them will not be listened to. If
it is part of this plan to neglect all scout
ing operations and ordinary precautions be-
fore he marches upon the Sioux and they are
his, we may marvel at his success, but we
shall hail it all the same. The Sioux, we
know, take advantage of every opportunity
that their mobility as troops and their knowl-
edge of the ground furnish They watch
his camp carefully from without, and proba-
bly, have some friends within it. They are
said to be preparing fortresses in the fast
nesses of the mountains in case they ore
beaten in the next fight, which it seems to
be the general impression they will offer.
Their camp has been located by surmise
upon the Rosebud, about midway between
the camps of the two government columns );
but it is more probable that the main body
of hostiles lies in the mountains near the
Big Horn, or between it and the Little Horn
Thus matters appear to stand at present
On every hand it is admitted that there are
not troops enough to make victory over the
Sioux the end of the campaign.
Year: 1876

THE EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS object 10
be removed from their picturesque quarters
at the Battery. They propose to restore the
unsightly structure which marrs the ap-
pearance Of the city from the Bay and de-
stroys the park as pleasure ground. We
hope the Common Council will not be
persuaded by the eloquent appeals of the
Commissioners to permit perpetuation of
what has become nuisance. We may rs
well have quarantine depot at once within
the city limits as an establishment which
nearly approaches it in character. Let the
emigrants land at Bay Ridge or Staten Island.
There are many available sites at both
places for such o purpose.
Year: 1876

Hendricks -


INDIANAPOLIS Ind, July "a 1875


MY DEAR SIR-A repeal Of the resumption clause in
the Indianapolis district Ifto obtain report IRON
the committee be necessary TO give the assurance
that shall pass without amendment that assurance
should be given uEless the condition or qualification
OF the repeal be really Objectionable The form of re-
peal not now very important for the people under
stand the difficulty of obtaining uncond tional
render II Is not Objectionable to retain per cent OF
gold in the Treasury. Cannot you and others who
Of passing bill reported, II that be noces-
sary to carry report The repeal is the important
proposition; the form is not SO important Truly,


We are disposed to regard this letter as a
forgery. But it is incredible that q journal
as respectable as the Times should print
forgery. If it is true it shows that Mr. Hen
bricks week ago was laboring to induce
Congress to repeal the Resumption act This
act is one of the guarantees of our national
credit It is solemn promise on the part
of Congress that we shall on certain day
redeem our obligations. The repeal is de-
sired to please the rag-money madmen
in the West, whose schemes against
the nations credit were thwarted for
the time by General Grants veto of
the Imitation bill. This letter shows
that at the very time when Mr.. Tilden and
the honest democrats were asking votes on
the ground that they would sustain the
national credit Mr.. Hendricks, his col
league on the ticket, was endeavoring to
wound the national credit. We think Cover
nor Tilden has right to complain of Mr..
Hendricks, and we trust that the letter will
be disavowed. Its publication, if genuine,
is most unfortunate, and would justify the
Democratic National Committee in asking
Mr.. Hendricks to retire from the ticket in
favor of some man like Mr.. Thurman. 1t
would be great advantage to Mr.. Tilden if
he were to do So
Year: 1876

The VETERAN" BUSINESS If there is one
feature in this crazy canvass which is more
revolving than another it is the attempt to
elect Hayes and Wheeler by raising clubs OF
''Boys in Blue" and 'Veterans." There ia
something sacred about the name of soldier.
AS TIE war fades into history the fame Of
those who fought on either side will increase
even as the years go on. The true soldier will
cherish the memories of the war, its valor.
its privations its triumphs, and never de.
grade them to party uses. These "Boys in
Blue" and Veterans" organizations are not
intended to preserve the higher memories Of
the war, to renew in peace the associations
of the camp and the battle line, but to ap-
peal to the darkest passions of that strife to
array section against section, to awaken the
old spirit of resentment and hatred. No
true soldier will demean himself by joining
these organizations. The war is over, and
we dishonor it by dragging it's memories into
politics.
Year: 1876

FRENCH DUELs are not apt to be very
bloody of late, and the encounter between
Me two Deputies who lately exchanged shots
without bloodletting will perhaps add it's
quota to the ridicule which is slowly killing
off this barbaric resort for the settlement Of
fimsy personal quarrels.
Year: 1876

The FIRST AGGRESSIVE MOVEMENT of the
Servians, under the command of Tcher-
nnyeff, for the purpose of isolating the
Turkish forces at Nisch by severing their
communications with Sofia and CONSTANT
nople resulted in miserable failure. The
conception of the movement was good one,
but its execution shows how much the
Servian leaders have to learn Of the art of
war before they can hope to conquer their
ancient enemy. AS our correspondent
properly suggests, in the course of his
letter from the Servian headquarters
which we publish to-day, a small force
of American cavalry would have ac-
complished everything that the Servians
attempted with many battalions and two
batteries. They would have struck at
their objective point promptly and vigorous
ly instead of turning aside to besiege the
Turks in an intrenched position. The raw
levies of Servia could not be induced to face
artillery, and the delay and alarm created
by bombardment of the Turks at Ak-Pal-
anka was fatal to the success of the raid
The quarrels INDUCED in by the Servian
generals are unworthy of their great cause
and serve to show their utter incapacity. Did
they but evince half the skill exhibited by
the hardy Montenegrins they would now be
driving the Turks through the passes of the
Balkans instead of being compelled to de-
fend their own territory.
Year: 1876

JUDGE BLACK is too experienced and able
, man to make the mistake about Hoar pre-
senting library to the President 1t only
compelled Judge Hoar to come out and deny
it. When a man of high capacity like Judge
Black prepares speech for high court of
impeachment like the Senate he should
take his facts from some other source than
the partisan press.
Year: 1876

SEVERAL OFFICERS have been relieved
from duty as instructors at West Point and
will join their respective commands. Others
of course have been detailed to take their
places. The officers released from special
duty will now have good chance to apply
their abundant knowledge of the military
science to the solution of the Sioux problem.
Year: 1876

The Times says, with justice that the
value of letter of acceptance depends upon
'its heartiness and spontaneity. The
people begin to think that Uncle Sammy is
constructing an elaborate dynamite machine
that will run for q certain number of days
party
Year: 1876

The following ttblo will show tho


exact slaro of each county in tho
state appropriation for school pur.
poses. Some coEnt;cs do not got rs
much rs they did last year, whilo
sOmo get moro. This is duo to tho
fact TINT the money is npportioncd
to tho counties on tho basis of tho
school Attendance. Those counties
IN which the average attendance WAS
loss than last year do not, therefore,
receive SO largo q share of the fund {.
Year: 1876

The following story is told in
Washington of the late Senator
Salisbury of Delaware The sena
tor had tho reputation during the
late years Of his senatorial term of
imbibing vsry freely, and it is told
of him chat he was accustomed to
have two cocktails carried to his
room in the morning before he rose,
and when asked by d friend why he
had two cocktails, he replied that
after taking one he felt like another
man, and thought it would be mean
not to treat that othor man.
Year: 1876

Preliminary arrangements for tho
payment of silver instead Of fraction
al currency have been perfected by
the treasury department. We shall
soon have silver of small denomina-
tons.
Year: 1876

Guilt, though it may attain temporal
splendor, can never confer real happiness;
the evil consequences of our crimes long
survive their commission, aud like the
ghost of the murdered, for ever haunt the
steps of the malefactor; while the paths of
virtue though seldom those of worldly
greatness, are always those of pleasantness
and peace.