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Year: 1875

THE State elections which will take place
tomorrow are of comparatively slight ma
tional Importance, except as they may
affect the currency question. In this view
they are of the first importance. That the
people hold this question TO be Of vital in
terest has been shown by the unsurpassed
vote which has been brought out in those
States where the issue has been broached.
CorrespondinglY heavy votes may be ex.
pected tomorrow in most of the States in
which the elections will occur. They are,
Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts,, Mime
sofa, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New
Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Both the capital and labor Of the country
deprecate any change of policy which shall
remove farther the day of coin redemption.
The capitalist abominates fluctuation in
prices, the laborer desires his wages in
that medium which has the greatest pur-
chasing power. The spectators, the
gamblers alone thrive upon an initiation of
our currency. The Republican policy is
fixed and steady in the direction of
specie basis The Democratic policy in
the West and South is unmistakably in
the direction of imitation. 1t would seem,
however, that in the States which are to
vote tomorrow there can be butone result.
Knowing, as the people do, that with the
Democracy there is danger Of an initiation
bubble policy, they will be likely, espe-
cially the laboring and commercial classes,
to set their faces fatty against it by voting
the Republican ticket. They know what
the Republican policy is. As we have be-
fore remarked, it has steadily advanced by
a gradual approach to the specie basis since
the close of the war. But they have no
assurances from the Democracy that they
will not have, in the event of Democratic
ascendancy, the experiences of the South
ern States with their Confederate currency
repeated. They do not wish to dream at
night that they have money and awake in
the morning 10 find parcel of rags re-
deemable only at the old junk shops.
Year: 1875

Human nature is brimming full of marked
peculiarities. We find them abounding
among the clergy, the legal profession, and
more particularly among politicians. The
modern politician is a man of many hues.
In his everyday actions are to be found
emphatically expressed the venerable and
poignant adage that circumstances alter
cases." There are three distinct classes of
the modern politician. In one we find the
thorough going prompt, energetic business
man, always attending to his own affairs
and best interests of his constituency. The
second is that smooth, oily-tongued, affable,
gentle-tempered man, who would blush at
profanity and wade into the interests of a
credit mobilier knee deep without whim-
per or a sigh. And then comes the artful
dodger, that willy political anomaly, whose
case is Gn obdurate one An artful dodger
is politician who is continually perched
upon the fence watching impatientlv the
course OF the wind, ever ready to get down


on the winning side. He is never certain,


always misrustfula and ever uneasy. When
IN the temporary confusion of political in.

teresis new organization is announced as
the great national independent or reform


party, he forthwith gets himself ready to
enter its ranks the moment there is the
slightest dawning of prosperity in its favor.


He rides about on the crest of all the noliti.
cal tidal waves, and whenever he is sud-
denly dashed high and dry on the beach of
party adversity he craWls hacly IT. .L


fold of the party in power, and swings his
hat as high and screams as loud as the most
venerable and persistent and faithful SUD-
porter there is in the ranks. He believes
in floating with the popular tide, in drift
ing conspicuously along with the cur.
rent of public opinion, whether that
opinion is properly founded or not By
continued cultivation of a desire to be
Year: 1875

Lydia Thompson is sick and growing sicker
She is literally wasting. away. And now somt
muse awakes and sings:


Shall we never see those little feet


A kicking any more,


Shall we never see them whirl around
And skip about the floor?
Oh, are we going to lose the sight


or all we've seen before,


Oh, why should she climb the golden stair
Year: 1875

The pressure of news and advertising
upon our columns this morning renders it
necessary to give our readers another
double sheet NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. 1t
contains the seventh annual message o.
President Grant, printed from duly authen-
ticated manuscript; the Report of Secre-
tary Bristow, regarding the transactions OF
the Treasury Department; Secretary
Chandler's Report of the extensive opera
tions of the Department Of the Interior;
significant thanksgiving address delivered
by the Rev. DIR. Newman, relative to Free
Schools and Free Country" an interest
ing letter from Japan; complete reports OF
the proceedings of Congress; the current
news of the Capital: political gossip; full
compendium of local news, including mar
ket reports and the latest telegraphic news
from all parts Of the world. 1t is our fire.
uuent boast that when such a necessity as
this occurs we present the largest single
sheet newspaper in the world. In other
words, without resorting to the issue of
supplements, We are enabled, by means of
the unexampled mechanical facilities of our
printing establishment, to publish all the
current news even when great emergencies
like that of this morning make an extra
ordinary demand upon our resources. We
feel that in the exhibition of this enterprise
we do not alone attract attention to our
journal, but reflect credit upon the entire
District, because the NATIONAL REPUBLI-
CAN is the acknowledged representative
Journal of the District, and its achieve
ments, as well as its prosperity, are due to
the generous support we have always re-
ceived from our patrons, the majority of
whom are residents of these ''six miles
square"
Year: 1875

The seventh annual message of President
Grant presents in Characteristic bluntness.
Vigor and terseness Of style the consistent
Views of q man whose patriotic endeavor to
serve his country has never been marred
by the influence of selfish interests. The
hurried retrospect of our national history
which it contains gives an earnest of his
close attention to the material advancement
of the people, and is made the basis for an
exhaustive discussion of the first principles
of political freedom. His declaration in
favor of a constitutional amendment pro-
Eiding for the maintenance of public schools
on basis Of unqualified freedom from all
religious, atheistic or pagan interference is
not unexpected in view Of the tenor of his
Des Moines speech, and will serve to
strengthen the impression made by that
speech, that he has reached a satisfactory
compromise of the vexed question OF pub
Lie education. At the same time he does
not forget that demagOgism finds its way
into the minds of the young when it is per-
mitted to have access to the educational in
stituiions of the country. In bricf, his pols
icy as regards this grave question is that
the education of the people, which is pre-
requisite of national intelligence, should be
unconstrained by political or religious bias.
That he is not alone in this view of the
matter is evidenced by the fact that Mr..
Blaine and other leading Republican states
men, after the President had aroused pub
lie attention by his Des Moines speech, took
the trouble to formulate his ideas into con-
stitutional amendments, one OF which
Mr.. Blaine's-hss already appeared in
print. This concurrence Of views plainly
indicates ,eenaintytha under q united
Leadership the Republicans will rapidly con.
solidate upon progressive platform and
throw down the gauntlet to do battle in be-
half Of the freest and most complete popu


lar intelligence.


There is no doubt that tie determined
expressions of the Message regarding the
taxation of Church property will provoke
much antagonism from all the religious
lects OF the country, not alone from Catho-


tcs, but from Episcopalians, Methodists,


Horayians and other denominations now
Dnjoying a discriminative immunity from
taxation. It will nevertheless strike the
Year: 1875

the extent necessary to bring about general
revival or to put the trade and industries Of the
, country upon basis of activity and permanent
prosperity. Nor is 1t reasonable TO expectthat
this will be done until there shall be q nearer
approach to resumption of specie payments
and consequent improvement in the character
of the currency. The constant disturbance OF
exchange and fuctustion of values, the uncer-
tainties Of business, the want Of confidence be-
tween individuals, corporations and communi-
ties, which all experience proves to be the
inevitable result of the use of a medium of ex-
change possessing no intrinsic value, repre-
senting no considerable amount of laoor in its
production, and not convertible into that which
is recognized as money throughout the COM
mercial world, are considerations which should
claim the attention of every thoughtful repre-
sentative of the people. However rapid may
be our increase in population, wealth and ma
terial strength, we cannot take the rank as
commercial or business people to which we are
entitled by superior natural advantages and
the productive energies of our population, or
attract to us the surplus capital OF the world,
so long as we have fluctuating standards of
value, and such uncertainty in our fiscal legis-
lation as makes the assembling of Congress
and our frequent elections occasions of anxiety
and apprehension, not only with the holders of
our securities abroad, but with business men
at home"


Further along, after reciting the deci-
sion of the Supreme Court, to the effect that
the issue of legal.te was war power
not authorized by the Constitution in time
of peace, aud the subsequent pledge Of
Congress ''to make provision at the
"earlest practicable period for the re.
" "demption of United states notes in coin, y
the Secretary continues:


"These provisions of the various acts of Con.
gress, which were passed with the approval OF
the Executive, the clear adjudication of the
Supreme Court, as we'll as the plainest prin-
ciples of political economy, aud proper regard
for the public welfare, commit the Govern
ment to the redemption in coin of the notes
issued under the circumstances before stated
National faith and honor could not be more
distinctly and unequivocally pledged to the per-
formance of plain duty.


SIN view of these solemn and repeated
pledges it seems idle to resort to the consid
Grafton of elementary principles of finance to
prove the evils of an irredeemable paper cur
rency. In the face of such pledges, disregard
of which wou d bring national dishonor, and
Serious If not irreparable, injury to the public
credit, It can hardly be necessary to discuss
questions of expediency, or point out the i'll:
which the experience of the civilized world
shows must follow q violation of well-knowr
laws of political economy"


These extracts are given as indicative oi
the tone of the paper on the subjects re.
ferred to, and cannot fail to impress the
mind of the reader as words fitly spoken al
this particular juncture. There are other
features of the report to which attention
will be especially called in the future.
Year: 1875

The LOBBY in the interest of the equali-
tation OF the bounty bill already shows its
Influence. 1t is known, however, that the
majority of the Republican members of
both Houses are opposed to its passage, and
1t is Lot probable that the Confederate ma
Iority in the House will favor it earnestly.
Year: 1875

Now TEE Independent Press will claim
that President Grant is still a candidate for
the Third Term-as though he ever had
beeR-because he did not in his message
positively declare his intention to commit
suicide on the 4th of March, 1877.
Year: 1875

Nothing can be worse for child
than to be frighteded The effect Of
the scare it is slow to recover from !
it remains sometimes until maturity.
as is shown by many instances OF
morbid eenSitiveness and excessive
nervousness Not unfrcquenly fear
is employed as a means of discipline.
Children are controlled by being
made to believe that something ter
rible will happen to them, and are
punished by being shut up in dark
rooms, or by being put in places
they stand in dread of. No one; with.
out vivid memory Of his own child
hood, can comprehend how entirely
cruel such things are. We have Of
ten heard gfOwu persons tell OF the
suffering they have endured as child
ren, under like circumstances, and
recount the irreparable injury which
they are sure they then received
No parent, no nurse, capable Of alarm


ing the young, is fitted for her posi-
ton. Children, rs near as possible,
should be trained not to know the
sense of fear, which, above evcry>
thing else, is to be feared IN their ed>
ucatIOn both early aud late.
Year: 1875

a farmer writes from Woods Hole
to the Boston 1dUertiScr "A few
days ago, as the barley in my fields
was ripening, the black birds began to
gather about it, and my farmer an
athcmatlZed them as them as thieves
and robbers feeding upon what they
did not sow. why, they COME said
he, in clouds from Naushon, and all
about us Notwithstanding I told
him | was satisfied that they dId more
good than harm, and that they were
welcome to their share. The harvest
began, and as the mowers reached the
middle of the field they found the
stalks of the grain very much stripped
and cut up by the army worm. When
the barley was down they began to
march out of the field in a compact
stream through the barway into the
next one, and here we saw clearly
what the black birds were after. They
pUunced upon them and devOured
them by thousands, very materially
lessening their numbers. The worms
are so numerous that they have not
destroyed them all, but have material
ly lessened them and their power of
mischief. All honor, then, to the
blackbird, which are usually counted
mischievousi aud are destroyed by
farmers like vermin. These army
worms have returned after an interval
or eight or ten years"
Year: 1875

A reporter of the Cincinnati COM
AfERCIAL went around among the He
brew slaughter-hOuses of that city the
other day, and at one place he drank
a glass of bullock's blood, a beverage
that is often INDUCED in by consump-
tives-and then he went home and
wrote about its effect in this way:


"And how did it taste? Fancy the
richest cream, warm, with tart sweet
ness, and the healthy strength Of the
pure wine THAT gladdeneth the heart
of manr II was draught simply
delicious, swetter than any cOncOctiOn
OF the chemist, the eOuiectiOneT, the
winemaker-it was the very elixir of
life itself. The popular idea that blood
is difficult to drink Is an utter fallaeiy
and the most timid with the warm
glass in his hand must be Teassured by
one glance at its clear contents. He
will forget all the familiar feelings Of
sickness conjured up by that terrible
wsrd blood it IS not blood any lon
ger in his eyes, but rosy life, warm and
palpitating with the i'm pulse of the
warm hearts hast palptatiOn and is
ruddy, vigorous, healthful life-nOt
the essence. but the prOtOplastic finid
itself-turned III an instant from the
natual channel No other earthly
dFaugbt can rival such crimson cream,
and its strength spreads throughout the
veins with the very rapIdity of wine
Perhaps the knowledge of its invigor-
ating properties originated that terri
BILE expression, drunk on blood. -
That the first draught will create de-
sire for q second. that a second may
create ali actual blood-thirstiness in
the literal sense of the word that
such thirst might lead to the worst
consequences in course and brutal
nature, we are rather inclined to be-
lieve is not only possible. The healthy
and vigorous should respect the law Of
Moses in this regard. Perhaps 1T was
through occasional indulgence in
draught of human blood before
mems veins are poisoned with tobacco
and bad liquor,) that provoked the
monstrOus cruelties of certain Angus
tine EmperOrs. Perhaps it was such
passion that, as De Quincy has it. left
CaIgula, W hile toying with the pol
ished throat of his wife, Csesonia. half
distracted between the pleasure Of ca
ressing il, which be might do frequent
ly, and of cutting it, which conld be
enjoyed but once"
Year: 1875

could be organized, to write to that
effect. II this should prove true the
Generals task is an impracticable one.
the members of the late Black Horse
being scattered over the four quarters
OF the globe. If such reorganization,
however, was. possible, the .Khedive
would get one hundred and eighty
cavalrymen who could probably, in a
fair fight. whip any similar number of
cavalrymen in the world-Alerandri
Gazette.
Year: 1875

AN honest reputation is within the
reach OF all men they obtain it by
social virtues and by doing their duty.
This kind of reputation, it is true, is
neither brilliant nor startling, but it
is often The most useful for happiness.
Year: 1875

A stranger with no guile in his
face and no overcoat on his shoulders


wandered into a clothing store in


Newport, r. L. the other day and


asked if he could be ns.sd nsed with a


spring Oyercoat. The proprietor


promptly answered in the afirma-


tive, g You speak very positively"


replied the stranger. 81 will bet


you IS that you can't guess my


weight into 100 pounds. The man


was not particularly large, and this
astounding challenge entirely divert
ed the seller of clothing from the
ordinary course of his business. He
took the wager, named his guess
about 100 pounds-the money was
put up in the hands of a third par
ty, and all started off for a pair of
scales, and the stranger balanced
200 pounds of weights. The store
man looked sad and puzzled. With
a smile that was child like and bland
the stranger took his money and
walked off without saying anything
more about the oyercoat. 1t has
since been learned that this man
wears a led jacket and has been ma
king an honest living by playing his
senTyy trick on unsuspecting dealers
in clothing. He came from Cincin-
Year: 1875

Some years since, when all the
world was mad upon lotteries, the
Irish cook of middleaged singlegen
tleman drew from his hands her earn
ings and savings of some years. He
was anxious to know the cause, and
she told him that having repeatedly
dreamed that certain number was
a great prize, she had bought the
whole ticket. He called her fool
for her pains and never lost a chance
to tease her on the subject. She
seemed to take all his taUnts IN good
humor, saying it would all turn out
by and by. One morning he open
ed his paper at breakfast and saw it
announced that the very number
which Bridget had dreamed and
bought had drawn the great prize,
100000.


Bridget was summoned, and the
willy gentleman proceeded to inform
her that he had long valued her as
friend, and being desirous Of setting
himself for life he would be willing
to take her for his wife if she had
no objection. Bridget had always
thot' him a dear, good man, and
would be willing to do anything
that would please him. So he fin
ished his breakfast, told Bridget to
put on her best things, the parson
was sent for and they were made
one on that yepY morning.


After it was all over the cautious
husband said to his bride-"Wel,
Bridget, you have made, two good
hits to-day; you have gotta good
husband, and now bring me the lot
terry ticket you and l have laughed
so much about"


'Please don't laugh any more
about that; I knew there was moth
ing in them dreams, and l sold it to
the butcher a month agoI"
Year: 1875

a eseape the brand of social infamy-the wrath Of
cietvs eod-women by the million all eur land
nsrng and too often losing in procuring abor
murderng consentng the murder Of their
affirming or are sending them adrft upon the world to
become curse to themselves and the race. Were the


statistics known of the number Of women in the United
States who annually loss life health in this wretched
busness and of the namber of nnoccens slaughtered


which might have been and would have been avoided did
not the laws Of society require it. it would sppa the
stoutest hearts But" sngry exelaims the divine, Il
warn YOU not to charge any of this upon the Christian
he plesses Louder than words speak the events of every
day life.


In an adjoining County, three years ago. preacher
holding protracted meeting and man named Barns was
converted After few days the preacher informed him
that he must Masonry and Odd Fellowship,
Heaven would be closed against him. repeating it to him
often 1t produced great anxiety and perplexity Of mind
on the mart of Barns resulting in suicide in less than
weeks The Masons and Odd Fellows buried him, and
took care of his family The preacher had to leave the To-
ealitv In this case and effect togeth
er that no one could fail to the connection.


The Trade Union of LeavenwOrth responsible for the
death Of Coulter yet did take gun and shoot him.
as il did Anthony All effects have causes and it
ia not a very difficult thing to them up and find
them No woman will sacrifice her life the life Of her
child unless impeed by adequate cause acting upon
her.


Bat this is only Of the barbarsms of Christian civil
iIation Rather isn't of place to call it barbsrism
Barbarsms socalled guilty of it. 1t is
oue.tonably one Of ''our things" PHILO.


TRor, May %. ls75.
Year: 1875

THAT "HuMBUG."-Some of us Republicans
believe that Grant wants to be elected for third
term, and would use all the power of his Admin
istration to secure it; but whenever any of us
broaeh the subject, or denounce the scheme, a
lot Of Republican newspapers gun are leveled at
us from every direction. We are told that we
are fools, scared at an imaginary buggabOo and
are treated to lectures on the third term hum
bug. If this is all imaginary, and nothing of the
kind contemplated, why is it that the Republi-
can State Conventions make it a special point to
declare against q third termi Why resolve
against that which has no foundatiOnf The fact
is, they know it has foundation, and formid-
able one. If Grant does not set himself up for
third term, it will be because he is blufed off by
the emphatic resolutions of these State Conven-
tions. The Republicans in those States have
suffered one signal defeat because of the third
term "humbug." They do not propose to suffer
another, if they can help it, and do not mean to
wait for Grant to set the question at rest either.
But while they are speaking out, let them be
careful that the Office holders do not slip in and
carry third term delegations to the National
Convention.
Year: 1875


land him with all the skill OF aFoFrester Charley tod
me this little trick conndenAy and declared tnat ne
landed that fish just lf1 times and Russ and Phil
never found out the trick well the wind was blowing
pretty hard-I guess they got sand in their eyes
About O'Clock in the afternoon, tired Of fishing we
went to Lake City to stay for the night where we
found splendid accommodations in Place de Heocdy
give this information for the benefit Of future excursion
lists.


Our patronage divided amongst the different hotels
of the place All are good we take pleasure in
mending those particularly that received patronage
Dan and Charley regaled at Hotel de FasonBedee; !;
Wake and Van Hotel de BHssee and John and Peter at
Hotel Hoeoe TrougAse For superior sleeping aecommo
dstous these hotels cannot be beaten the world
and the gentemanly propretors deserve this acknow
edgement at our hands for their kind coureses and hos
pitable entertainment


There is good one on Johnny but we darent tell it
will saw this much however, If YOU are spiln for
fight and must have it. lust say Johnny did you
see a water nymphr