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TrKrnisItn S tlrr rtiscr.
' "CHUECH, COLHAPP t CO.,
. pnoprjETcns,
McPlierwm'a Riock, 21 Floor, Hail Entrance,
Krowuvillc,
TEItUS:
5 2 00
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16 Ul
. 30 IX)
Owe copy one rear
K1- copies one -ear-
Ten onpes one yU"
Twenlv copies one year..
UOOK VORK,
And Plait aw Facy Jois Woek, done in
rood Rt vie and at reasonable rate.
Cardii of five line or lw. r a year. Each
wldiMonai lin f 1.
ATTORinrrs.
DcFOnEST TO TITER,
Ainw t Lw and Laad Accnt
Offlo In (Vurt Hou
vith Prolate Jndse,
TIPTOX. IIEWKTT A CHURCH,
Attorneys amd Conntflori at Law,
Offl.
No. 7 McPlteriion Uuck. cp imr.
THOMAS t EUOAXY.
Alt7t Uw SollelloM iClaeery,
()fln In Distrirt xun itoom.
RICH,
ltirfT at Uw ad La
td Arent.
Offl.- In Coa rt Hmic, firtt doir, wert Bide.
W'll. H- ilcLENXAX,
.ttermcy and Cnlo" at Law,
Nehraslta City, y-brka.
"T" B. F. rRRKINS,
Attorney ad CaJlor at Law,
Teruraseh, John won ( Nfb.
CHESTER F. KYE,
AtUrmeyatLawad Var Claim Aei
T-nwnw (Itr. Pttwnee Co..
. K. GRIGGS,
Attorney at Law A- Heal E.tate Agent,
IUatr('. G(sr f"Vwntv. rKk.
LAJNTJ AGENTS.
"RTTinGHEC
Real Estate Agent and Jtie of Peaea,
Offlce In tVmrt Houwf. first door, went Bide,
BARRET &. LETT,
Land Amenta v Land Warrant Broker.
No.. 21 Main Street.
VTUZ altmri to paying Tairt for Xon-residrnU.
Jrrmmal atlcnlum given to making Location.
Jjandt, tmjmtved unci unimproved, or tale on
rmaonaoie term.
VM. H. HOOVER,
Xlval Elatatc and Tax Paying Agent.
Office in District Court Room.
yntl ffivejrrompt attention to t)te tale 0 Iieal
Jjtate and J'ainnrtd of Uaxet througluuul tfu
J'emaha Ltantl iutrict.
JONAS HACKER,
Collector for the City of Brownvillc,
Will attend to the Put met it of Taiet for Aon
Itcruient Land iMi'urr in JS'etnaha County.
tiirrerftomlenee tvduitecL
, IwaSEY, HO ALLEY & CO,
Heal Eetate Agenta.and Dealera In Land
arrant, ana loucge scrip,
No. 8T Main Streft.
liuv and tell tiwtrovedan'l unimnrm ed land
Jiuy, tell and lomte Land H'arrantt, and Agr
rultural trrtp. Careful trlecttont of Irovern
ment Land lor Localum, Jlomettead. and jTe
em.lM.MH made. AUenti to (.oulested linneteuU
and Pre-emfitton exurr' in the Land Office. Let
tert of inquiry jirointt.'yand carcj ully answered.
COrrerftoiuieiwe toUvuea.
MOSES 1L SYDENHAM,
KOTART PUBLIC LAX1) AGEXT,
Fort Kearney, Xebrattca.
"R'ill Kx-ate lands for intfinUng settlers, and
plve any lnlormatiou reuinxi ctjiict-iniiig
I h IhhcJs ol (uui- Wosteru NeDrasKa. V--t-i
PHYSICIANS.
IL L. MATHEWS,
PIIVSICIAX AXI) SLIIGEOX.
()!liiv-No.21 Main Htrtft.
A. K HOLLADAY. M. D.,
Pbyaicla-L, Surgeon and Ob.tetrlclan,
Offic,lulaay &. Co - Druy Ktore.
(fraduaJtd in lvd ; Located in Jirownville in
Km. iia on liana conifiult: sett 0 AxifmiutaiJ,
Wrcphimuy and uotetri-iH iiuuruiifiiu-i.
F. a. ojiecuu luifitltun jo'fn In iJOxlCtric and
4Jte diseases of onurn ami C'uiclreii.
C. F. STEWART, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND hlUUEOX,
CifJiCf-No. 1 Main tMrect.
Cfftice Hours' to A. and I to 2 OJid C to
7'-j J'. M.
W. H. KIMLERLIN,
OCULIST AND AlIUsT,
Rooms at tiie Star Hotel.
Will Trerrf nil dicne of the I'.trerind TP.
X1C1ANDS,
GEORGE MAIUON,
Dealer in
Dry Gooda,Grocerte-, Boot, Skoea, -iC,
No. Main strot-..
WM. T. DEN,
Wholesile and Met ail lH-aler in
General Merchandise, and CommUiion
. And r'orwardlng Mfrcuaiil,
No. 6 Main Street.
Corn Planters, I'bni, Stoves, Furniture, dc,
alu aw on IuithI. lligtiest nuirket jrrice poud fur
Hides. Felts. Vr and Country Jtotiuce.
G. M. HENDERSON,
' Dealer in Foreign and Dinnettif
DRV GOODS AND GROCERIES,
No. 5 3 Main Street.
J. L. McGEE &. CO.
Xalrra in General Merchandise,
No. 7 MoIlierTiV I'l'x k. Mam St.
DRUG STORES.
HOLLADAY &. CO
Wholesale and lietail Dealer in
Drag) Medlclnea, Patnta, Oila,
No. 41 Main Street,
etc.,
McCREERY & KICK ELL,
WlioUsaJe and Retail Dealer in
mga, Books, Wallpaper A, Stationery
No. 3'i Main Street.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
CHARLES U ELMER,
BOOT AND SHOE MA-XK,
No. 6 Main Street.
Has on ha nd a tujxrior stock of lioott and
JHhm. CuMom Work don with neatness and
dlSJMltch.
A. ROBINSON,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKES,
No. 5 S Main Street, .
Has on hand a oood assortment of Gent',
Ixvtte't, Musses' and Children's Hoots ami Shoes.
Cisstmn hi ork done with neatness and dispatch.
M"loirn i rt"'ie tn short notice.
HARDWARE.
JOHN C DEUSER,
Dealer In Stoves, Tinware, P
No. 19 Main Street.
ips, .cM
SUELLENUEKGER EUO'S
Manufacturers A Dealers In Tinware.
No. 14 Main St., McPherson's Block.
fttnves. Hardivare, Curjtenter' t Tools, Black
smith' ritrmnhiHrfH. constant itt on hand.
SADDLERY.
JOHN W. MIDDLETON,
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. 64 Main Street.
Whips and Dishes of every description, and
piastrring Hair, kept on hand. Vasn paid for
J lutes.
J. IL BAUER,
Manufacturer and Itealer in
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. 60' Main Street.
Mend ina done tnoriier. Sntxiaetan mi-tran Irerl.
SALOONS.
CHARLES BRIEGEL.
BEER HALL AXD LUXCH ROOM,
No. 5- Main Street.
GARRISON & ROBERTS,
BILLIARD HALL AXD SAOOX,
Basement, No. 46 Main Street.
The best Wines and Li'pnort kept constantly
m band. Vl-uJU
JOSEPH HUDDARD A tX.,
SALOON,
No. 47 Main Strw t.
Tle best Wines and Liquors kept on hand.
ATNTING
G. T. BERKLEY,
House, Carriage and Sign Painter.
No. 66 Main St, up stairs.
Grainmo.Gu Uding. Glazing anil laper Hang
ing done on sJtort notice, favorable terms, and
vr" rxrr ?f.
rkK 'VNl JJ Av'u ma v'Z-4 ,U Qi ?v W
Vol. 12.
(5cntr;tl business tbs.
Canis of five lnn-orrr i. J" a -year. Xacli
ad i rational liri, $1.
HOTELS.
STAR nOTCL.
CROSS &. MITE, Iroprietors.
On Levee Stret t, lietweea Main end Atlantic
TUi JImuui it rtntenicat to the SU-nm Runt
TstnAina. uiid the butine lrirt of the City. Th
test nrrrjfirivHjTl "ru in tKt Vitp. Ac ptiui it-ill
he rrnre(l in titakina pttrt canrfmtaMe. irood
JVrible anil (irrn!l i-oiifrninU to the Jthnus.
AMERICAN IlOf SE. -
L. D. ROI5ISON, IToprietor.
Front St., between Main and Water.
A pood Feed and Livery titabte in Connection
uiui Ute Jloute.
c o 7rFX cti o ircnixs.
VILLLM ROSS ELL,
Bakery, Confectionery and Toy Store.
No. 40 Main Street
FVi Tiread. Ctikrt. (httterx. Fruit, etc.. on hand
J. P. PEUSER,
Dealer In Confectioneries, Toya, etc.
NO. 4 llnin Street.
KOTATwIXS.
J. C. McNAUGIITON,
Kotary Public and Conveyancer.
Office in J. L. Carson's Bank.
Aaent for "Sat tonal Life" and " Hartford
Lire Stock " Insurance (. tmtpante.
FAIRBROT1LER & HACKER,
Kotary Public and Conveyancer,
Office in County Court Room.
G. T FAIHBROTIIEE, JA3IKS M. HACKEK,
Notary Public cxuniy l lent.
iicriiEiirriis
J. H. EEASON,
BladLsmltblng and Horae Shoeing,
Shop No. SO Maia Street,
Wdl do mackKmUhina of all kinds. Makes
Horse Slueinn. Ironing of Wagons and Sleighs,
und Machine II ork a iSjeialUy.
J. W. A J. C. GIBSON,
BLCS3IITI1S,
Shop on First, between Main and Atlantic
All trork done to order, and tatixfaction guar-
ranteed.
JOHN FLORA.
BLACSBIITII,
Khop on Water St., South of American House.
Cuxtom Work of oil kinds t'tiieitcd.
A. D. MAF-SII,
BookaeUer and Kewa Dealer.
City Book Store,
No. 50 Main Street, Postoffice Buildinp
BAREIRS.
J. L. ROY,
BARBER AXD II AIR DRESSER.
No. 53 Main Street,
Has a sjtleiutid suit of Iln'h
eh'ttce stork of gentleman's A
'h Ii'Mmtx. Also a
GRAIN DEALERS.
GEO. G. START A BRO.,
DEALERS IX GRAIN, PRODUCE, Ac.
Aspinicall, Xcbraska.
The hiehest market priivrwivl foranythlns:
the Farmer c-au rai We will buy auil Sell
everytmn known to the market.
WORTHING ti WILCOX,
Storage, ForwardluR and Commission
Merc iuuu,
And Dealer in all iintw of Grain, fin- which
thry pay the llitflust Market Price m Lih.
TAILORING.
HArBOLDT & ZECH, .
HERCIIAIvT TAILORS,
Ao. 58j Mum iVreet, f -Have
on hand a splendid stock of Goods,
and will make them up in the latest styles,
on short notice and re;uounblc terms.
AUCTIONEERS.
BLISS &. HUGHES,
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
WJI attend to the sale of Ileal and I'ersonal
Itoperty in Vie yetnaha Land District,
reasonable.
Terms
-WAGON fTKERS
FRANZ H ELMER,
Wagon Maker and Repairer. -
Bhop West of Court House.
Wagons, Buggies, Plows, Cultivators, t-c', re
paired vn turi nrjtiet, at Umv rate, and. m ar
ranted to give satisjaction.
PHOTOGRAPHERS
A. STAFFORD,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST,
No. 47 Main Street, up stairs.
Persons wishing Pictures executed in tlie latest
style of Die Art, will call at my Art Gallery.
GARDENERS.
E. IL BURCHES,
Landscape Gardener 4i. Horticulturist.
Will plant crops in Gardens, and cultivate
tame by contract.
BOUNTY CLAIM AGENTS.
- ED.D. SMITH,
V. S. "WAR CLAIM AGEXT,
Washington CJy, D. C.
Will attend to the pi-owcution of claims le
fore the lvpartinent in person, for Additional
Bounty, Back l'ay anl 1 'elisions, and ail
claims accruing against the Government du
ring the late war. (-tf
SMITU. P. TUTTLE,
V. S. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR.
Office in District Court Room.
Notary Public and L'nitett & tales War Claim
Agent. Will attend to the jrosecution of claims
before the Department, for Additional Bounty,
Bock 1 My and I'ensioits. Also the collection of
tx'tiu-AiiHiHtl Dues on 1 "ens ions.
JEWELERS.
J. V. D. FATCIL
Manufacturer anl Iealer.in
Clocks, Watckea, Jewelry, etc-, etc
No. 3 4 Main Street.
tulcer and &,!rer-I'iatcd Ware, and all varie
ties of Spectacles constantly on haid. Hepxuring
uone im mc ncu l style, at slioi t notice. Ctiaryvs
moueruie. i ork warranted.
SUTCIIERS.
KEISWETTER A EIPwSMAN,
BrownTllle City Meat Market.
No. 60 Main Street.
J"?1 JVXJJ thf h','hFt market price for g-Mxl Beef
Oadle, Ciu ves, Su-cp and Hj-jx.
MUSIC.
METROPOLITAN BRASS BAND.
BROWN VJELE, N ELlLVsKA.
T.Alt:
lie at any point
i -i n nines prepare.! to piay lor the pub-
tyui uain luiles of tniscitv.
-asouaUe term. Address "
n ivdouuauu: ierj. Address,
41-m i- C. smith, leader.
MIts. J. M. CJILVIIAM,
TEACHER OF MUSIC,
liooms. Main, tn-t ith A th Sts.
LestoK civenon Piano. Or, Melodeon
GvilartAd localization. Having had ticbt vrart
trptnenct as teacher of Music in Ac l ert it
con fident cjtrtitg sat i$j action.
A. W. MORGAN,
Probate Judge and Justice of tka Pe
O'lice in Coun Louse Building.
J. K. BE.VR,
Agent ror the M. r. Einrr
and
v . . tltrrtuu C
No. 7 Mcpherson's Block.
C W. WHEELER,
BRIDGE BUILDER,
FWe age-t for R. W. Smith's Patent Ttors
Bridie. The strongest and best woodlS
p '
Ulysses S. Grant.
'- THE PLATPOEM
Of the National r.ejnihlican Party. Adopted at Chicago, Hay SI, 1868.
The following platform, reported by
the Committee on Resolutions, was
unanimously adopted by theXationa1
Republican Convention in session at
Chicago :
The National Republican party of
the United Statos. assembled in Nat
ional Convention in the city of Chicago
on the i)th day of May, 138, make
the following "declaration of princi
ples :
J irst. We congratulate tne country
- 1 J s 1
on tne assurea success 01 me ivcuu
struction projects of Congress, as evinc
ed by the adoption, in a majority of
the Htates lately in rebellion, of con
stitutions securing equal civil and
ix)litical risrhts to all, and regard it as
the duty of the government to sustain
these institutions and to prevent the
people of such States from being re
mitted to a state of anarcny.
Second. The ruarantee of Congress
of equal suflrage to all loyal men of
tne svutn was demanded i.y every
consideration of public safety, of grat
itude. and of lustiee, and must be
maintained, while the question of
suffrage in all the loyal States proper
lv beloncrstothe people of those States
Tiiird. e denounce aH forms oi
repudiation as a national crime, and
honor requires the pavmentof tne na-
tinoal indebtedness in the utmost good
faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only according to the letter
but the spirit ol the laws under which
it was contracted.
Fourth. It is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equal
ized and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
Fifth. The national debt, contracted
as it h.s been for the preservation of
the Union for all time tocome, should
Ik? extended over a fair period for re
demption, and it is the duty of Con
gress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can possible be
done.
Sixth. That the best policy to dim
inish our burden of debt is to so im
prove ourcredit that capitalists will
t-eek to loan us money at lower rates of
interest than we now pay, and must
continue to pay so long as repudiation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threat
ened or suspected.
Seventh. The government of the
United States should be administered
with the strictest economy, and the
corruptions which have leensoshame
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for radical re
form. Eighth. We profoundly deplore
the untimely and tragic 'death of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the ac
cession of Andrew Johnson to the
Presidency, who has acted treacher
ously to the ieople who elected him
and the cause he was pledged to sup
port ; has usurped legislative and jud
icial functions ; has refused to execute
the laws ; has used his high oflice to
induce other officers to ignore and vio
late the laws ; has employed his ex
ecutive power to render insecure the
prosperity, peace, liberty, and life of
the citizens ; has abused the pardon
ing power ; has denounced the Nation
al Legislature, as unconstitutional;
has persistently and corruptly resisted,
b3 every means in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion ; has
perverted the public patronage into
an engine of wholesale corruption, and
has been justly inieached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and proj
erly pronounced guilty by the votes
of thirtv-five Senators.
Ninth. The doctrine of Great Brit
ain and other European jxnvers, that
because a man is once a subject he is
always so, must be resisted at every
hazard bv the United States as a relic
of the fedual times, not authorized by
the law of nations and at war with our
national honor' and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in all their rights of citizen
ship as though they were native born,
and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturalized, must be liable
to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done or word's
spoken in this country. And if so ar
rested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
the Government to interfere in-his
behalf.
Tenth. Of all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war there are none
entitled to more especial honor than
the brave soldiers and seamen who
endured the hardships of campaign
and cruise,and imperiled their lives in
(he service of their country. The
bounties and pensions provided by
law for these brave defenders of the
nation are obligations never to be for
gotten. The widows and orphans of
the gallant dead are the wards of the
people, a. sacred legacy bequeathed to
the nation's protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign emigration,
which in the past has added so much
to the wealth and development of the
resources and the increase of power of
this nation, "the asylum ol the on-
pre?sed of all nations," should be fost
ered and encouraged by a liberal and
justKlicy.
Twelfth. This convention declares
its sympathy with all the oppressed
neonie who are struggling lor their
rights.
On motion of Geu. Carl Schurz, the
following additional resolutions we
unanimously adopted as part of the
platform:
Fttolrcd, That we highly commend
the spirit of magnanimity and forbear
ance- with which the men who have
served in the rebellion, but now frankly
and honestly co-operate with us in
restoring the peace of the country and
reconstructingthe Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, are received
back into the communion oi tne ioyai
people : and we favor the removal of
the disqualifications and restrictions
imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure as their spirit of loyalty
will direct, as mav be consistent with
the safety of the loyal people.
BROWNTILLE, NEBRASKA,
i (
i' A
CcliTxyler Colfa
liesolved, That we recognize the
n-rpnt. nrinoirilfva Inid down in the
immortal Declaration of Independence
as the true foundation of democratic
government.iand we hail with glad
ness every efl'ort toward making these
principles a living rvunij -
inch of American soil.
Seymour as a Statesman
A queer basis, the claim of Horatio
Seymourtostatesmanship has, neu
vou come to look at it
He opposed the Wilmot Proviso
Slave
lie supponea iue xuomu;
Law.
TTp siKstninprl fbe Nebraska bill
re-
nealiner the restriction on slavery ex-
tension. "
He apologized for or defenaed the
border ruffian outrages in Kansas.
He sustained Breckinridge against
Dousias m ISoO.
He threw the blame of the begmmg
of secession upon tne liepuuncaiis
while Mr. Lincoln was only rresiuent
elect.
He asserted that to call out .troops to
suppress the rebellion was msre "rev-
olutionarv " than the rebellion itsell.
He declared the Montgomery con-
stitution oetter man ours, aim ca-
pressed the opinion that the war
ought to be avoided by the isorth
adopting it, thus giving the highest
posi Die sanction 10 treason.
He neverin the last eight yearsonce you to him? How isitto beaccounted
delivered any argument, appeal, tor that he should so strenuously op
denunciation or censure against the pose Sherman for recommending to
rebel cause ; and never failed to charge the favorable consideration of "the
revolution, usurpation, outraged op- public the "Helper book," and so
pression, tyranny and all the political
crimes in the calander upon the lie-
puuieans.
July 4, 1SG3, while Lee's army was
in Pennsylvania, on its way to Phi-
adelphia and New York, and he had
heard ony of it nuccess, he delivered
an oration in 2s ew York, imploring
the North to compromise, warning it
afrainst civil war at iiomc, arm de
nouncing the Republicans for " in-
frintrin? upon our rights, insulting
our homes, and depriving us of those
cherished principles for which our
fathers foucht, and to which we have
sworn allegiance.
In oration aforesaid he warned the
Republicans thus : " Remember this :
that the bloxly, treasonable, and
revolutionary, doctrine of public nec
essity can be proclaimed by a mob as
well as bv a Government."
When Lee had been defeated, and
nevertheless the mob arose, which
his language had invited, he address
ed them as his " friends," was receiv
t r . : , j , i , a i ti -i
ie prwu-tu at ineuiucago tonven-
VV ":J""1 " ".r1-", l"e " r
: .-i ii.
t;rh.ti7fnr,n nnio.
1 tiTT,! d disunion.
t."1 -rvT,. .""r ""V -ir l"c
t. L,";!nameut' ana r11 mca"
i?L ii i irerT , l a.c"me'
hi n yi"nng-tlM,t?ightyri?
SvppV5ndmired anJ honord
f:"1?:1? ntO;, and dis-
ii"Ncu ixnu. uieu uy iiiueiy-nine out
of a hundred of those who demanded
the suppression of treason.
What a strange record of "states
manship!" Patriotic Gems from tlic Xcxt
President.
"I care nothing for promotion, so
long as our arms are successful."
Grant to Sherman Feb. 18Gi
"If my course is not satisfactory re
move me at once. I do not wish in
any way to impede the success of our
arms." Grant to Ilalleck, February
6, 1S68.
"No theory of my own will ever
stand in the way of my executing in
good faith any order that I may re
cieve from those in authoritv nvpr
me" Grant to Secretary Chate, May
2), 1SG3.
"This is a Republic, where the will
of the people is the law of the land."
Grant's .Letter to President Johnson,
Any. 1SG7.
"I shall have no policy of my own
to interfere against the will of the
people." u rants Letter, Mav 2)
1SUS. J '
11TT -w
numan .Liberty the only true
lounuation oi human government."
Grant's Letter to the citizens of Mcm
l)his. Let us have peace." Grants Let
ter, jiay ir., ii-s.
Horatio Seymour, April 24. 1S63
sent to the Legislature of New York u
message vetoing a bill parsed bv that
lody, entitled " An act to secure the
elective franchise to the qualified vo
ters of the anry and navy of New
ork. " Mr Seymour, in his message
declares this bill giving the soldiers
in the field the right to vote to be not
only unconstitionaj but "highly ob
jectionable. " He was of the opinion
that a man who would fight for his
country ought not to be allowed to
vote i jr it. Boys in Blue, remember
.! man uie enemy w "no struck vou
irom behind.
The Philadelphia Pre savs. "That
" ashington fought and won the bat
tles of the Revolution, and was made
ed as their "friend," and promised to afar off yow vou seem unabIe to
get what they were fighting for, the smell it, though its votaries are pass-
'"iffjrATfftti fri , ft ing bv you intone long, dark line to
lie told Mr. Lincoln that the draft fornJ at the baUot-box what thev
aet M as unconstitutional and warned , , notaacctimpIish in the field, the
il01 last solemn rites over the Union.' As
n,lll?fh iuw. ajreneral thing the Federal soldiers
1 resident. Jackson fought and won gaged in the war against the govern
the battles of the second waroflnde- ment that is not lor "Seymour and
f-inueiice, and was made 1'resident.
1 aylor fought and won our battles in
the war with Mexico, and was made
1 resident. Grant fouht and won our
battles in the overthrow of the slavp-
holders rebellion, and why should he Third. That there is not a news
be made an excention to the mlp in fhf s-ufh n-h;h enstninwl
He won't be! "
Next Tuesday is election day.
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ei gi liK U h VAl lV 1 7 !Z; !a va, V
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
Xcxt Tuesday is :cclion Day.
1VCTTES TO Cl-AXR.
"GItc lie an Audience for a
Tora or So."
JTon. F. r.'Llair, Jr.:
Sir: At the besinninsr of the first
session of the Thirty-sixth Congress,
Hon. John Sherman, then a member
of tlie House, was presented bv the
Republicans as their candidate for
Speaker. He .as supported bv his
political friends with great Zealand
opposed by the Democrats with equal
determniutioa. The Southern mem
bers wt : e particularly hostile to his
election. The principal reason as
signed crr.'nit it was lie had indorsed
"Helper . r ..-.,: Thev charged that a
man who ' rr " t ' . nenys
andince:. , t iLUi,u was unnt
to hold a ; .one trust abhorrent and
false to humanity and our free insti
tutions. Amonfrcihers whnmndn this
charge was General John I). Clark of
your own State. Day after day he
sounded it in the rar of mpm'hers.
and implored them to spare the House
anu ine countrv the shame and morti
ncation of plaeinga man in the Speak
er's chair who eiitertained such views
as were expressed in the work referred
tO. Not OL.lv WppIc hut pven mrmtha
were passed fn bitter controversy be
fore the struggle was ended. Sherman
was defeated, but a Republican, Gov
ernor Pennington, of New Jersev, was
-. -
ders of the rebellion rolled over the
nauon calling to arms. The tramp of
r . cucru as ueuru ujon an me
highways of the land. Thp mus(pr-
roil was called in every county, and
mothers shrieked with agon y when
their sons the voun'? tiiph sfpnrpil
into line, and seht eehoinc over hi!l
ad valleys their glorious shouts for
the "old flag" and the old Union.
lerrible as was the scene it was a
grand spectacle a sight of unsur
passed moral sublimity to witness
these patriotic sons of'the Republic
Kneeung ar us hoiy altar, and swear
ing tne L'nion should not be destroyed
ty traitors. General jClark entered
the army, Lut it was on the rebel side,
and served during the war. At its
close he returned to Missouri, covered
with the leprosy of treason, and at
jhcshh resiues mere, uo to-day and
ask him who he supports for President
and ice President, and he will say
beymour and Blair. You and he are
lujjeiuer now. jjhi ne go to vou or
cordially embrace vou who also in
dorsed it? This, General, is a plain
question, and deserves an honest an
swer. Somebody has chnrired. Has
Clark been "reconstructed" or have
you ; J f Clark, when and how was it
done, and what is the evidence to sup
port the statement ? Does he, and the
political c1:ls to which he l-elonrs.
supiort you because they have adojted
your life-Jong views and principles, or
because they regard you as " recon
structed," and the best representative
of their own?
T. N. MORRIS.
Quincy, Sept. lGth, lc;3c.
lion. F. F. Blair, Jr.:
Sir: It is an old maxim that a good
beginning makes a bad ending. This
has certainly proven true in yourca.se.
Before the late terrible war had fairly
opened upon the country its scenes of
horror and devastation, vou sunntd
treason as did Job s horse the battle,
.. , t'.,-- o.i
U1 VOtf DIItllfN'Jrui inv iuuu,
it fa fearful to realize that the rebels
are eominruptothepolls to role as
f. fouahtJor themselves, i.e., on
theirown ?ide. If Governor Sevmour
should be tlected and fail to carry out
their vievrs and policy, how long do
you sumie it would be before he
ould put out of the wav to make
a . ? Do you think that
men who tried to overthrow the gov
ernment aud killed one President, to
accomplish their purpose, would hesi
tate to kill anotner, ueii mey eomu
have such a certain representative of
their nrinciples as yourself ? I write
these worJs, General, for no idle pur
pose. We live in bloody and revolu
tionary tines, and there is no way we
can judge of the future so accurately
as by the past. There is man y a Booth
left among the guilty conspiritors
against the nation's life. It would be
folly to talk of their being
but one. No great reldlion or revo
lution wa-i ever satisfied with a single
victim. One alter ancaier is ui--
patched a? occasion may demand;
and if Sermour shouul lail to be ex
tremely radical fail to follow Hamj)
ton and Valandigham and their ilk,
and should not die naturally, he would
hardly be permitted to survive long.
Then vou would be the President ;
and what sort of a President do you
think vou would make. 1 ask vou
this question, General, and would like
to know your opinion. I ask it also
ofthe country, and would like to know
of the loval, patriotic masses what
thev think of it. Do they think they
hacf better run he risk of
having you for President? Do they
think 'that rik is sVyht or yrcat"? ih
the event of theelection of "Seymour
and Blair" it is not a debatable point
that it would be great very great
and if the people fail to act in view of
that thct, thev are blind to their vital
interest. It h time to give the alarm
when the rebels are marshaled in a
bodv to fight the battle over, except on
a different heid. I do not charge that
U,0ir avstem of warf.irp l t.,
sins, and is cruel ami vindictive, from
the finer sensibilities of the heart re
iir blunted by tiie institution of sla
very. The shying ofthe surrendered
prisoners at Fort Pillow, by Forrest,
who was a mc-mr.er of the New York
convention, was nothing but a private
and infamous assassination.
I want you, sir, to make a note of
the following facts, and may they
burn down to the very core of your
heart, that you niaj- have some awa
kening sense of your shame, and the
danger you are aiding to precipitate
upcii the country-:
First. That there is scarcely a score
of men in the whole South who en-
Illair."
Second. That there is not a man in
the South who adhered to the Union
nrinn- r hp war tli.it is nnt f.r "firant
and f'7lfnv "
the rebellion that is not
sustaining
'Seymour and Blair."
Fourth. That there is not a man in
8, 18G8.
f.'cxt Tuesday Is Election Day.
the North who sympathized with the
rebellion who secretely aided it who
cried "peace, peace," when "peace"
as they advocated it was success to
treason and a p-ermanent disruption of
the Union, that Li not for "Sevmour
and Blair."
Fifth. That there is not a public
journal in the North which was
against the war and on the rebel side
of it that is not denouncing Grant and
maligning every ofiicer who sustains
him, while, if they speak at ail cf reb
el officers, which they frequently do,
it is in terms of praise. When you
were in the Avar and for the war these
same papers called you even-thing but
a decent man. They did all they could
to render the name" of "Frank'Blair"
sonyuious 'vith infamy. !Not one
did you reverence. Now t Ley are la
boring to place you by the side of the
great and pure men of the country!
And why? Simply because you have
gone over to the Confederate caue,
taken up your pontoons, burnt your
boats, and they know there is no
chance for you ever to get away from
them. Like Cortez, ia Mexico, you
must conqueror perish. Like Cortez
you must displace those who defended
the country, and let it be" controlled by
usurpers, as that would be your ouly
safety. But, sir, I have asked you this
quesion, if you thought you would
make a good" President. I have asked
the public the same question : they
are deeply interested in the answer,
have shown what von have been
heretofore. It is important that I
should show what you are now. You
have two letters on record one ad
dressed to Mr. Broad head, the other
your letter of acceptance to judge you
by. You commenced speaking alter
your nomination, but your friends,
wisely for themselves, silenced you.
If they had only permited you togoon,
you would have treated us to some in
teresting revelations. As it is I must
confine myself to
YOUR LETTERS.
These are a fair index of year char
acter and purpose. The first, which I
shall now proceed to analyze, has the
merit of bdldness and honesty quali
ties I admire. It also contains evi
dence of having been gotten up with
some logic and a resonabiy fair liter
ary taste, which your second does not ;
for it is a weak, rambling, incoherent
production; many of its "sentences be
ing absolutely nonsensical. I do not,
however, propose to cavil with you
about mere forms of expression, it is
the substance, and not the shadow, I
am following. If you have the requi
site capacity and honesty to serve the
State if your principles should le
carried into its administartion it will
appear all the more manifest as I pro
ceed to demonstrate you. That you
are endowed with all the qualifications
necessary to serve the late insurgents
acceptably, no one will question. One
of them Mr. David G. Croly has
written your life, and spread it
through 'the South, in which he
makes you out a very demi-god. The
following is a fair "specimen of the
public enthusiasmin vour favor. I clip
it from the New Orleans Crescent of
September 14th :
"Blair Kxiohts Honorary
Members' Meeting. In response to
a call published in the Democratic
journals, some fifty gentlemen, hono
rary members ot that sterling organi
zation, the Blair Knights, assembled
last evening at Hawkins' ehib rooms.
Gen. Braxton Bragg was called to the
chair, and Mr. L. H. Joseph was re
quested to act as secretary. Mr. Dol
honde then explained the occasion of
the assemblage, it being the comple
tion of the necessary arrangements for
the reception of the delegation bearing
the banner presented the knights by
citizens of St. Louis. The following
gentlemen were then appointed to act
as escorts to the married ladies on the
reception committee."
Gen. Bragg was, of course, the prop
er man to head a demonstration in
your favor. Whether the "Knights"
are the "Knights of the Golden Cir
cle," or the "Knights" of Rebellion,
or the "Knights," of Andersonville,
I do not pretend to know. But I do
not know they are not the "Knights"
of the Union, or the "Knights" of Pa
triotism. It is surprising what enthusiasm
your nomination has created among
the Southern relels. There is nothing
extraordinary about you to cause it.
You are a plain man, with fair ability,
and have rendered no signal service to
the country. The only stock you ev
er invested in the Democratic cause,
is your Broad head letter under
examination now. It appears that
the Missouri delegation to the New
York convention, (everybody knows
what sort of men they are politically,)
had under consideration the policy of
presenting you to that fdy as a can
didate for 'Vice-President, and you
addressed a communication to Mr.
James C. Broadhead, one of them,
stating on what conditions you would
accept the nomination. You say, "In
reply to your inquires, I beg leave to
say that I leave it to you to determine
on consultation with my friends from
Missouri; whether my name shall be
presented to the Democratic conven
tion, and to submit the following, as
what I consider the real and only issue
in this contest. "
You then go on and give your views
ofthe "real and only issue in the con
test," as you insist, and conclude by
saying, "7 wish to stand before the
convention vpon this i-sue. " So it is
clear, with this letter lefore it. the
convention, by adopting your adopt
ing your "issue" as the only one of any
interest, as vou alleged it to be. You
are either a good tactician, or made a
fortunate strike. The controllingele
nicnt in the convention was revolution
You doubtless played for it, and cer
tainly won it. The convention took
vou and "your issue." It was the
"issue" you so boldly presented that
induced them to take you; that was
the onlv recommendation you had.
Up to a short time, and until it was
necc5ary to make a change, in order
to keep in office you had no affiliation
with the Democratic pty- When
you started in that direction, you
stopped at Mr. Johnson's half-way
house and rested there, until you saw
it would afford you no permanent
shelter, and then you jogged along to
new quarters. AVith all your demerits
it is something to your credit that you
forced the convention to adopt your
"issue," and present it as the vital one
in the election, as I shall show.
What is that "issue?" The over
throw of Congresional reconstruction.
What are the reasons you urge in its
support ? We shall see.
As a justification of what you subse
quently recommended should be done
you state, what you insist will be the
political status of parties in the next
Congress, that "there is not any pos
sibility of changing the political
character of the Senate, even if the
Democrats should elect their Presi
dent and a majority of the popular
branch of Congress. We c-annot there-
52.
Xcxl Tuesday is Ejection Day.
fore' undo the Radical plan of recon
struction by Congressional action. "
Here is a plainnd frank admission
that under no possible contingency
can the present plan of reconstruction
be changed " by Conqrcsnonal action"
that is by repealing, under the forms
of the constitution, any reconstruction
acts, so that as far as the mere forms
of law are concerned nothing could
possibly be gained even to the friends
of "Seymour and Blair," by their
election, but the jwer to inaugurate a
revolution. I rha'l not stop to inquire
oi tne constitutionality oi tne recon-
strut nun uci-. it is net jueresa.rv 10
do so here. Until they are disposed of
by repeal, or are pronounced by the
proper judicial tribunal uneonstirii-
tionul. tin -are bin din z u pen alL Yo
AO.
say tney cannot be realed-you ad- j how the Ie.i,tless march of our victd
m;t tha question is so complicated the rious armies is flowed and their vic
court cannot pronounce them uncon- j tories securetlt bv a racerui tide of
? ? i,nd -e remf,yyoaPPOrje Population sr.m g from the ldr.3 cf tho
rivK111, greatNorth;bringingwi:h them the ;r
7rl ia-. J3 lhl' oXa;vSU5 i industry and thrift, to heal the wounds
n ?f?0f?w HtUtl ! Merc-conflicts of war. and even bring
restraint. hat is it but doinir. in s i. "
the most dangerous and revoliingVay
, ,..
just what you accused the Radical
Republicans of doing? For fear I
may be accused of misquoting you, let
me give your very words and see if
they do not startle even. vou.
Must we submit to it? (the recon
struction plan of Congress.) Yon sav.
i "now can it oe ovennrown." it can
n f on!' be ovcrthro
r.i by the authority of
the Fxcctttirc, who is sworn to main
tain the constitution." Was there ever
before in this county such subversive
and damnable doctrine promulgated?
It is the consumption of anarchy and
treason combined. It marks an epoch
in the history of party action too ter
rible to contemplate If the people
are ready to throw awaj- their govern
ment, let it be so; but unless they are,
they had better never entrust it to you
and your supporters. It really seems
incredible that there can be found in
the United States, outside ofthe South, I
a half dozen men who pin their faith
to such infamous doctrine.
The authority "in the hands of the
Executive," indeed! to set a law of
Congress at defiance. I shall consider
further of this in my next letter, con
scious I shall make this too long if I
go on with the subject now. I close by
quoting the followingresolution of the
New York convention, which fully
sustains you, General, in the sentiment
yon put forth, and which is destructive
of all law, order, and government
itself. No government, except a des-
Have men gone crazy, or are they less
weak than wicked? Truly, we are
living in fearful times. Party zeal has
blinded the e3'es of the people, and
they must wake up to a realizing
sense of the misfortune upon them,
or lose their free institutions.
RESOLCTION'S OF TIIE CONVENTION.
"That we regard the reconstruction
acts (so called) of Congress, as such,
as usurpations, and unconstituional,
REVOLUTIONARY and VOID."
To this resolution "Seymour and
Blair" have solemnly "committed
themselves in their letters of accept
ance. They declare in favor of treat
ing the acts of Congress as "VOID,"
not voidable, and thus lift the flood
gates of blood upon the country. You
have undertaken, gentlemen, a bigjob,
and we will see how you perfojin it, if
we encounter to great a calamity as
your election. I. N. MORRIS.
Quincy, September ikl, iSoS,
TJ'Iiat the Democracy will do
If r-.uccessful.
The fourth resolution ofthe Demo
cratic platform calls fr "equal taxa
tion on every species of property
according to its real value, including
Government Itonds and other public
securities." Let us see what this
means. Congress has removed the tax
from over ten thousand different arti
cles which are constantly used by rich
and ioor. The tax now levied, is upon
spirits, fermented liquors, gas matches
and a few other articles which cannot
be really classified as necessities. If
the Democratic party is successful in
the coming-election, tho sentiment of
the aixve resolution will lie carried
out. Equal tax will be levied on every
species of properity, and you will see
Democratic tax-gatherers in every
street, lane highway and byway of
the land, demanding and collecting
from you taxes upon
Your farm.
Your house and lot.
Your horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
poultry and other stock.
Your wheat, oats, corn and other
grain ; hay, fruit, vegetables, and what
ever else Is raised upon your farm.
Your reapers, plows, harrows, and
all agricultural implements.
Your wagons, carriages and sleighs,
etc.
Your tools with which you prosecute
your trade, be you blacksmith, car
penter, wagon-maker, orjwhatnot.
The clothes yourself and family
wear.
The food you eat.
The tea and coffee you drink.
The pot in which it is lioiled.
The cup out of which yoa drink it.
The sugar to sweeten it.
Ever.v particle of food you eat.
The stove on which you cook it,
The wood and coal you use.
Your carpets, chairs, tables and oth
er furniture.
The bed you sleep on.
And lastly, the coffin and shroud in
which you are buried, after teing
worried and harrss-ed to death by
Democratic tax-gatherers, under a
Democratic administration which tax
ed everything equaL
Aud for what?
Simply that the bonds may be taxed.
Yes, this Democratic equality would
place a tax upon nearly seventeen bi'l
ions of dollars' worth of property in
farms, live stock, houses, eatables,
clothing, etc., for the sake of having
a tax upon a little more than two LU'
lions dollars' worth of bonds, most of
which are held by persons of only
moderate ci rcumstaaces.
Do you want to yay this enormous
tax?
If you do, vote the Democratic par
ty into power, and heavy as your taxes
have been in the past, they are nothing
to what you will have to pay under
Democratic rule.
The man in charge of the animals
in Central Park states that one of the
female monkevs in his charge has
adopted the "Grecian Bend. " They
are very oljservant creatures axe mon
keys and highly imitative.
General John A. Logan and non.
E. M. Stanton, late Secretary of war,
will adress the people of Iowa and
Nebraska at Council Bluff's some time
during the month of October.
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Next Tuesday la Elertlca Day,
Carpet i:n;;m,!'
Gen. Blair, in his recent 7t;!:c?,
to a very unmanly a:. use ci
" Carpet-barrrrors, " and a i!s, in a
fashion utterly unworthy of him, ta
the meanest prejudices ai"i;nst them.
In the better days when Frank. Bi-ir
was a true man, he utterr-d far mors
manly words ca this sul j-.ct, whka
the St. Joseph Un ion quaes, frm a
speech by him in Concrress, as fallows:
" In conclusions. Air. Sneaker, I
will say that the policy of tills admia-
l Mration, sanctioned and sustained by
j tjie rea ma
es of the loval peor le of
; )
e countrv. is silently and surlT
working the extinction ofthe rebellion
and the restoration of the Union upon,
the Una and enduring la-i e? uruver-
i .i-i iiini miiiiauuii auu a lauig
healthy prosperity than ever yet
reigned in the fair lands of the South.
The city ia which I live, and which I
in part, represent on this floor, has
ri.-en renewed under the iaffuences cf
this life-giving tide.
" Washington City, which lies open
before our eyes, gives sign3 of Ills
never felt before, and which will soon
build it up to rival the greatest and
fairest cities of theNorth. That which
all of us can see here, I have seen in
Nashville, Memphis, Helena and
Vickburge an influx of new people
to supply the place of th? flying rebels
and repentant and contrite rebels re
turning to their homes, all alike de
termined to climate that dreadful evil
which brought them all their woes.
New Orleans, I am told, is almost a
New England city; and along the
banks of the Mississippi river tho
plantations are rapidly .poising into
loyal hands. I speak of that which
has fallen undermy observation where
the arms of our troops give security to
the citizen I doubt not that every
State which is wrested from tie mili
tary power ofthe reikis will be repeo
pkd by the men of the North, who La
conjuction with the loyalist of the
Soth and those who have becoraa
sick of the rebellion, will equal ia
nunider the States prior to the rvbel
ion. "
We appeal from Blair drunk with
disappointment and ;insatiable"arnbi-
ton. to Iliair sober, sensible and true
pro-
can b
dom
the re-
tho
South, under
which General Blair now sneer3 as
" carpet-bag, governments," and
which he now proposes to " disperse,"
with the army.
Another Letter fro m General
John Am Dlx.
The following is an extract from a
private letter written by General Dix, -in
reference to the Presidency. It wad
written several days subsequent to tha
letter recently published:
" Paris, Sept 8.
n I have taken paina to
contradict the statement in some of
the newspajers that I aru'in frvar cf
Seymour's election to the Chief Mag
istracy of the Union. If I were at
home I should oppose hira by ail fair
and honorable means. I knowhim
well; and it is my sincere belief'that
his want of firmness would renew tho
dissensions which have brought o
much evil on our country. Indeed, .
I do not think he has any of the nual-
ifications which are indispensable to
maintain the public tranquillity at
this juncture. I have great con fidenco
in General Grant's honesfy.good sense,
sound judgment, moderation, steadi
ness of purpose and disinterested pa
triotism; and I lelieve the speedy res
toration of the Union to its constituti
onal and harmonious action depends
very largely on his success.
" It is hardly necessary to add that
I am in favor of paying in ?ecie the
debt contracted to save the l'nion, and
that the resolution of the Fourth, of
July Convention to pay the larger pro
portion of it in parer constitutes In
my mind an insuerable ol jection to
the candidates nominated to carry out
what I regard as a palpable violation
ofthe public faith.
" I am, dear sir. truly Yours,
"John A. Dec"
It is also worthy of remark that ia
January last, when his own name wa
prominently mentioned in connection
with the Democratic nomination, and
when the ground that the Democratia
Convention would take was still uncer
tain. General Dix wrote to another
friend in the United States, an follows:
"Paris, January 1G, 1308.
"I have thought for a year that
Grant should be President. "Thepre-
tige of his name will enable him to do
more than any other man to heal tha
national dissensions, which seem to .
me, at this distance, to be as far from
a satisfactory solution as ever. Then
he is honest both from instinct and
habit, and he has good sense, perse
verence, and a modest estimate of hij
own capabilities. I have no doubt
that he would call able men to hi?
councils, and listen to their advice,
and I leJieve that he would be a firm,
conservative and successful Chief
Magistrate. "
Elalr on the Germans.
While everybody remembers Frani
Blair's drunken -! eech to the Fenians
at St. Louis in 'Vhieh he told them
he hoped to God they would go to
England for battle and sfu there a
j great main have forgotten his fuss
Willi oen. i remoni ana uts scan in
Missouri. As every one well knows,
Fremont's staff' was composed ot for
eigners, mostly Germans. Not con
tent with abu-ing Gen. Fremont on
every public and private occasion,
Blair also attact his stafToSicers, and
called them " a rabble of d d dutch
who never knew anything only to eat
sour krout, guzzle lager beer, and
blindly toady alter such swell-headj
as Fremont. " That was what ha
thought of the " d d Dutch " then.
Now they are all go! fellows, he likes
them, and wants their votes. Iiut the
Germans of St. Louis have not forgot
ten his insults, and are making grand
preparations t settle with -him next
NovemU-r. The Germans throughout
the land will all remember this mali-
j gner of the race, and pay him off as ha
j deserves. Omaha Ji-pubtican.
I A T"or lad was recently brought be
fore the Lord Mayor, who asked hira
whence he came. "I'm Irish, yer
Honor." "Have you ever been to
see?" "Weil that's good," replied
Paddy. "Does yer Honor perhaps
think that I came over in a wheelbarrow?"
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