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Year: 1876

Republican party in power, are in reality
obsolete. The Republican party, there
fore, seeks to find strength in adoptinga
cry which will revive as vigorously as
possible the spirit which brought them
into power. And this they find in the
pretended danger with which the success
of the Democratic party threatens the
settlement of the questions raised by the
war, especially those questions relating
to the condition of the emancipated and
enfranchised negro.


Now, no Republican in his senses be-
lieves that the Democracy of the North
have the slightest intention or desire to
interfere with the status of the negro, or
to repeal the war legislation. The at
tempt is to impress the popular mind
with the idea that the Democratic party.
owing its success to the Southern vote,
will be controlled in its policy by its
Southern wing, and that the Democrats
at the South are not only determined to
force this reactionary policy upon the
party, but that they intend by intimida-
tion and violence, to suppress the colored
votes of that section. This cry, and the
immense patronage of the administration,
are literally the only elements which
give vitality to the Republican party,
but they are very powerful elements.
Every body feels that this everlasting
"negro" question is worn out, and that
the infamous character of the Republi-
can statements at the South can not be
much longer defended. But as the pres
ent condition of public affairs promises
to either party who may now succeed,
long lease of power, the Republican party
will naturally make every effort to hold
what they have.


There is but one way in which the
South can render efficient aid to the
Democratic party. This is to prove the
falsity of the accusation.


The conduct of the campaign in South
Carolina is of the deepest consequence,
both to the South and to the Democratic
party; and we therefore trust that the
policy pursued by our friends in that
State, will be characterized with decision,
and that that the administration will be
taught that unconstitutional interference
with States Rights only knits more
closely together those, whether colored or
white, who have been insulted by the in
PRODUCTION of the military, and that
South Carolina will shake of the shackles
that have SO long bound her, hand and
foot, in subsection to Republican despot-
ism, and then there will be probability
that the "Solid South" will be no sham,
but stern reality.
Year: 1876

upright and intelligent men, some of
them high in Office, go before their con-
stituents and attempt to impose upon
them such a story as that. Pay the rebel
debit Why, man, there is no rebel debt
to pay. What was the rebel debt? 1t
was promise to pay the rebel debt after
six months after its independence, and
now the rebel cause is all gone to the
devil. There is no rebel debt to pay.
The only way would be to let them


go off and form Government and then
recognize them. But are we going
to recognize them? No, sir. What says
your Constitution? Reads section l,
article IA They have so much accus-
toned themselves to pay no respect to
the Constitution, that they can't imagine
who else can obey it. That is the only
way, unless majority of Congress was
willing to pass law in direct violation
of the Constitution, and the President of
the United States is also willing to COM
NIT perjury by signing that bill, and un-
less the Secretary of the Treasury, by
issuing warrants for the money, and un-
less these state of affairs should happen,
we need have no fears for paying for any
darkies, OF for paying any rebel debt.
When men who are occupying high posi-
tions attempt to impose upon their fel-
low citizens by talking such stuff, how
distressing their cause must be when,
instead of debating the great question
that concerns the very life of the nation,
that concerns the purity of the govern
ment, that concerns the institutions of a
prospering people; instead of doing that,
they attempt to impose upon the citizens
all things that can be most contemplate.
Year: 1876

There is as great difference between the two
platforms as there is between the men who
stand upon them and the two parties they rep
resent.


The Democratic platform is composed of a
series of meaningless generalities, burdened
with complaints and demands for reform, but
in no single instance offering anything better
than means complained of. Even its promises
are SO vague and El-defned that no one can
understand their meaning or describe the pol
icy they foreshadow. Every sentence breathes
the spirit of the demagogue, and is either a
gross misststement of facts or a studied dis
tortion of the truth.


Its charge of "sumptuary laws, !" ia corrupt
centralism," "carpet-bag tyrannies," in the
face of an existing magnanimity which permits
the loyal element of the South to be perse-
cuted by those recently in rebellion, is too
ridiculous to reply to.


Its claim for sound currency, the restora-
ton of the public credit and the mainten nance
of the national honor is simply empty sound,
for the currency never was sounder. The
public credit never stood higher, and the na-
tion's honor was never so well established nor
more widely respected throughout the world.
Its demands for reform are like the dying walls
of an old sinner, who, without the knowledge
of single line, holds up the Bible, In the vain
hope that its sacred character will attract to
him the sympathy and aid of those whom he
still hates In his last moments.


How different the Republican platform !
Every line is the reassertion of truths and
principles which have been tested by expert
ence, and found beneficial to the ration. "The
United States Is nation, not . league" Is Q
sermon of itself. The resolve to give practical
effect to the Declaration of Independence, that
all men are created equal, sounds well this
Centennial year. 1t Is the voice of the fathers,
re-echoed by their children . century after
their sacrifice.


The demand for q Congress and Chief E1-
ecutive whose courage and fidelity will not
falter In the advancement and protection of
human rights ID the reflection Of the popular
will.


The unqualified pledge to live up to every
obligation of the Government and to keep faith
with the nations creditors Is the best proof Of
the honor that still characterizes the party.
The declaration that faithless officials must be
punished and the civil service kept pure and
efficient is In keeping with the practice OF the
past fifteen years.


The bold resolve to defend the free school
system and keep forever separated Church and
State shows that the lessons OF the past have
Year: 1876

In the bureau of Construction and Steam
Engineering thirty-six hundred men will be
thrown out of employment.


By the reductions in the appropriations for
the Navy Department, for the Light House
Board and for public buildings at least ten
thousand men will be deprived of employment.
There is a great demand for employment and
much distress in the country by reason of the
suspension of private enterprises. Is it wise,
or even humane, policy for the Government
to suspend also, aud thereby increase the pub
lie distressl
Year: 1876

How the People are Taxed to Pay the


Cost of the Democratic Rebellion.


The following table exhibits in detail the
items which make up the amount of the
Democratic pro-slayery legacy to the Ameri-
can people for the fiscal years ended June so,
1875 and 1876:
Year: 1876

The above statement Of the circulation of
paper currency may be accepted as reliable, as
the figures have been revised and corrected
from official records. It is more difficult, how
ever, to give the exact amount of specie in cir
culation at any specific period. This is owing
mainly to the fact that portion of the silver
and gold coin is annually melted and used in
the trades and for other purposes. The follow
ing figures are, however, accepted at the Phila-
delphia mint aud in official estimates as being
nearly correct:


Estimates Of Amount Of Coin in the United States


at Different Periods.
Year: 1876

The following condensed official statistics
Indicate the extraordinary development of the
manufacturing, agricultural and commercial
industries of the country within the past period
of Republican administration:
DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURES DURING A


SINGLE DECADE.
Year: 1876

FEATURE Of THE RECEPTION
at the Academy OF Design was Gentile's eroup -of
the First Regiment, the first Photographic work ad
mitted to an academy. Important changes have
oeen made Tor the better Gentle has secured an
nnr1saled Eastern artist for future work Of the
kind.
Year: 1876

had no idea 1t would when he wrote It, and yet
every word in that letter was an expression of
his honest convictions. 1t Is so much easier,
especially for towards, to strike man when
he is down, and there are SO many towards in
the country, that we are not surprised at the
blows that have been directed at General Bel
knap. 1t is an easy matter for gentlemen who
desire to make political capital, as we'll as to
make it appear that they are very righteous,
to say that Belknap robbed the soldiers, when
the sworn testimony before the court proves
that not cent more was charged by the post
trader after the Marsh-Evans contract than
before. 1t is an easy matter for the political
banditti to charge that Belknap was thief
and a rascal long before he went into the Cab
met, but the sworn testimony of such men as
Associate Justice Miller, Senators Allison,
Wright and a score of other respectable wit
nesses proves that he was a man of excellent
character. 1t is an easy matter for
the man whose living is in politics
to charge that Belknap was an official
scoundrel whose every act was corrupt and,
infamous, but the truth is that six months of
searching investigation on the part of COM
mittee politically opposed to him, in order that
they might furnish material for additional ar
ticles of investigation which the Democratic
House reserved the right to offer, amounted to
nothing, and no additional articles were pre-
ferred. 1t is easy for the cheap newspaper
writers, who imagine that italics and small
caps are arguments, to say that Belknap is
guilty villain, but the truth is that after an
exhaustive hearing of the evidence against him
the Senate of the United States, sitting as a
court of Impeachment, voted to acquit him, the
best lawyers in the Senate voting "not guilty"
We wrote no vindication of Belknap, but we
did express the belief that the trial was farce;
that the Senate had no jurisdiction in the case;
that it was political trial, and that because
it was such the General was placed at disad-
vantage, and anybody is welcome to make all
the political capital they can out of that letter
or any other position taken by this paper.
Year: 1876

AT SHELBYvILLE, INDIANA, February
), 1868, Thomas A. Hendricks delivered
what has since become known as his great
"war Speech in which he declared that
he never had advised any one to enlist in
the Union armies because he did not intend
to enlist himself, &c. War speech, for
eooth. But full report Of it has been re-
printed, which shows that in discussing
the question of the authority of the Gen
eral Government to arrest deserters he
said:


"If anv -oung men have left their companies
to come home without authority, they have
done an unfortunate thing, because they have
not acted in accordance with law. So that you
cannot fight the battle at issue in your neigh
borhoods. You must act in accordance with
law. II anybody, horerer, comes into yOur
neigtborhoodS ritLom lar, and propose to take
anybody array by force, that is matter without
lar, and you had best attend to that, gentlemen,
at once" Shouts of "We'n attend to them,
old fellow."1


Further on in this same speech, alluding
to the subject Of a compromise of the issues
of the war and to Mr. Lincoln's emancipa-
tion proclamation, he said:


Nv nat the next TWO years Will orlng ABOUT
do not know. There is one course for us to
pursue, and that is to do our duty. l have
hopes that this war will not last very much
longer, and that there will be some adjustment
consistent with the honor Of the Government
and the Union of the States. I am ready to
compromise at any time. am ready to say to
the people of the South, Come in again and
we will secure to you your constitutional rights,
and, if you desire them, additional guarantees
If there is any man who desires to continue
fighting and spending the peoples money and
lives, do not sympathize with him. l should
like TO see these States brought together in
convention again, and settle upon a mode of
adjustment. l do not know whether we have
q Government that will do it or not"


And this is the man the Democracy have
chosen to fill the second office in the gift of
the American people!
Year: 1876

THE attention of the reader is specially
called to the letter printed this morning
from Vicksburg, Mississippi. The author
is one Of the most prominent, reliable and
trustworthy citizens in the State, and the
questions he Diseases are of such grave
importance as to merit the attention of the
Department of Justice and the deep solici-
tude Of the people. The insurrectionarY
and rebellious attitude of the State OF
Mississippi, already rendered notorious by
the most shameless deeds of violence for
political gain ever witnessed in this coun-
try, it appears, is now to be supplemented
with no less infamous record, covered
with the forms of lawful proceedings and
the sanction of constitutional authority.
Year: 1876

At the beginning of the present session
of Congress q great deal was said about the
temporary absences of the President and
other officials from the seat of Govern
ment, and Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky,
had the impudence, or imprudence, to di-
rect an inquiry to the President regarding
it. The answer @ to that inquiry de-
veloped the unexpected fact that Demo
cratic Presidents and other Democratic
officials were accustomed in those happier
days of the Republic to spend a greater
portion OF their time away from Washing
ington. 1t seems now that this Demo
cratic precedent is being taken advantage
of by the House, as more than sixty mem
bers of that body are absent on leave and
nearly twenty without leave. OF these
absentees the majority are Democrats, and
it is to be hoped that their number will
not be swelled by accessions from the Re
publican ranks.
Year: 1876

SAN RANDALL's S newly developed enmitY
to the District was made more pointed than
ever by his action last Saturday in virtually
defeating the Senate bill making provision
for the support of the District government.
In short, he proved himself to be an OBJ
structionist of the most unreasonable kind,
and the result of his course will undoubt-
edly prove detrimental to some of the vital
interests Of this community. But then
Sam is a Democratic reformer and must be
allowed to have his way, even if he re-
forms the business of the country into the
ground
Year: 1876

THE SPEECH of Senator Window in the
Senate on Saturday was q statesmanlike
effort and as thorough an erposs of Demo
cratic trlckery in the matter Of reform as
anything could be- As chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate
he gathered in small space the outlines
and details of one Of the most searching
analyses of the financial situstion that could
possibly be made. he showed the shallow
Year: 1876

Tho text Of III interesting md curious de-
cision Of the Iowa Supreme Court is printed
IN our columns this morning. The caso was
that of physician found guilty OF man~
slaughter in hnying produced the death Of
newborn infant, md WAS taken to the S,-
promo Court on writ of error assign
ing tho refusal OF tho Court below
To correctly instruct tho jury aa to
the precise moment when child becomes q
human being. Judgment was reversed for
this iscanse, e,-tho Court holding that at tho time
tho injury was inflicted which resulted in
doath tAe child had no independent human
existence, aud hence could not ba tho SUBJ
iect Of homicide,
Year: 1876

PETITION TO DIsINCoRPoRArE-.We nnder.

 stand petition is in circulation asking the Vii.

 lage Council to call an election with a view to

 dlsincorpora.e the Village of Prescott This ap.

 pears to us to be altogether out of time. That

 the Village was incorporated a few years too soon

 ls doubtless true, but now, when it has grown to

 tue proper proportions to require a municipal

 government, and the Mayor and Council have gone to work ia earnest to build caIaboose. or

 ganlze chain-gang. rid the town of hogs and dogs, and do some good as guardians of the pub. lie peace, and to give the people something tang. ible and valuable for the money paid in taxes and licenses, it seems, of all other tmes just the time not to disincorporaie. Prescott ought to have ambition enough to hold up her head and main. tain the position she has attained with view at no distant day of advancing to the position of Territorial Capital, to which sbe is of right euti tied by geographical position and commercial Importance. instead of saying to the peoples rep. resentatives that she is retrograding and finds herself too feeble to sustain longer Village or ganlzation. Had she waited until now it would have been just the time to incorporate. If the people should decide to disincorporate, we should feel it duty with all good citizens to acouiesce in the will of the majority, but should regard 1t at the same time disastrous move for the future prospects of the town
Year: 1876

ARMSTRONG appeared to be bent on creating sensation The evening before he went away be inquired how locals were. and we answered "scarce." linen" said he al think shall have good one for you tomorrow morning" In the morning sure enough his name was in every. body's mouth
Year: 1876

IT is interesting to note the ifference in tue conduct of dogs with and without collars and tags Those with tags seem to appreciate their privileges over tue unfortunates that have to sneak round the corners to keep out of the way or the pound master. We Lave seen q mangy cur with purchased passport into good society put. ting on airs over q we-brcd mastiff or Newfound. land for all the world like q human
Year: 1876

RICHER THAN EvER.-Col. Bgelow sends word In to Ed. Peck that they have struck a body of nearly pure silver in the bottom of the main shaft Of the Peck mine The party who brought this message says the ore of this new develop ment showed, by fire assay, t27 900 to the ton We shall probably hear tomorrow more about it's extent and other particulars
Year: 1876

The Moon's phases have been so eccentric in Prescott for several nights as to entirely upsc, the astronomy of the Village authorities. Pl,se- tons driving Of the Chariot of Day through the heavenly consultations was tame performance as compared with the tangents at which this nocturnal lumiaary is want to fly off among his aatcilifes
Year: 1876

any law now or hereafter to be in force, His
Majesty with the advice OF his Cabinet or
Privy Council, or any Governor or Cabinet
Minister shall be authorised or empowered TO
do any Act whatsoever, or where BY any such
law anything is required to be certified by a
Cabinet Minister or Governor and published
in any newspaper proof Of the said newspaper
purporting to contain o copy or notification OF
any such act or certificate shall be prima facIs
evidence OF such act or certificate having been
duly done or given, and if such newspaper
purports to contain any rule. or bylaw regu-
lation matter or thing allowed confirmed. can
celled or approved Of assented to or certified,
it shall also be prima faeie evidence of the
purport and due making Of such rule, regula-
tion bylaw, matter or thing.


Sec. AZ. All copies of tine votes and pro
ceediugs of the Legislature and OF the Royal
ProclamatiOns. il purporiing to be printed BY
authority. shall be admitted as evidence thereof
by all courts, and persons having by law or by
consent Of parties authority to hear. receive
and examine evidence without any proof being
given that such copies we're so printed.


Sec. 43. The probate Of u will or codieil,
or letters Of administration with the will or
codicil annexed shall be prims facie evidence
Of the original will or cOdicil in like manner
as if such original were produced and proved
in due course OF law.


Sec. "A. Where any writing whatsoever
shall have been scopied by means Of any ma
chine or press, which produces fac-simile im-
preston or copy Of such writing. such impress
sion or copy shall. upon proof to the satIsiac-
tiOn OF the court or person having by law or
by consent Of parties authority to hear. receive
and examine evidence. that the same was taken
or made from the original writii by means OF
such machine or press as aforesaid, be suhcien;
prima facie evidence Of such writing without
any proof that such impression or copy was
compared with the said original thereof, and
without any notice to produce such original.


Sec. 40. Every examination aud deposition
tnkeD by virtue Of any law heretofore IN force
shall and may be read in evidence. in the same
manner as il this law had not been passed.


Sec. 46. A transcript Of any OF the records
and Judicial proceedings Of any Court Of Re-
cord or Of any judge OF a Court Of Record a.
being authenticated by the atIestaIiOn Of the
Clerk Of such court with the seal Of such court
annexed, or OF the Judge at Chambers before
whom the proceedings were had with the seal
aforesaid


Sec. Al. A transcript from the docket Of
any Circuit Judge at Chambers, or Of any Po-
lice or District Justice. Of any judgment had
before him of the execution issued thereon, If
any, and Of the return to such execution, If
any, when subscribed By shch Judge or Justice
shall be evidence TO prove the facts stated in
such transcript in any other court.


TO be concluded in nert issue.
Year: 1876

the democracy from the ranks OF the republicans
Every voter has HIS sentiments tested and tho result


duly recorded and forwarded TO the of
the state Committee. In this way pretty accurate
estimate be made OF the disposition OF people


throughout the state, and from several letters sent by
these agents which HERALD reporter enabled TO
pernse, Il would appear that there are quite number
OF old time republicans transferring their allegiance 10
Tiden ana hendricks In the agricultural districts
these changes are particularly numerous, and would
that the Of the democracy in the State Is
every day gaining ground
Year: 1876

Eyr A citizen OF Leaveuworth, going
to his barn to milk in the dark of the
early morning, got into the wrong pen.
and undertook to milk mule. He don't
remember which side he went out at, but
expects his bucket down in a fsw DAYS.