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IVlint Greeley Said.
On the 5th of January, 1S71, when
making some remarks on taking his
seat as chairman of a Republican
committee, Mr. Greeley said :
" As to the administration of Gen.
Grant, 1 recognize no one as a Repub
lican who is not grateful for its judi
cious, energetic and successful ellbrts
to procure the ratilieatioif of the Fif
teenth Amendment, that key stone of
our political arch, whereby the fruits
of our great triumph over rebellion
ami slavery are a-sured and perpetu
ated. While asserting the right of
every Repub!ieanto his tin trammeled
choice of a candidate for next Presi
dent until a nomination is made, 1
venture to susrgest that (Jen. Grant
will be far better qualified for that
momentous trust in 187:1 than he was
in lbo'S.
Words true, lit and aptly spoken, to
which every Republican responds
"Amen."
Schurz's lateSt. Louis speech does
not seem to be generally considered
so much a great and statesman-like
i-tTorr. as an elouuent expression of
purely personal spite.
The.?. 3&Jlarald'8ayrs tjflt:
.. Beuat"or:SQhui& Speech displays a
little too mu6l!nSeWffrrttr-tmtrties
1 toward the President to be as efiective
I .. ., Z Ll.il t -V
a-? ii mnerwi-e tiiigiu n.ive ueeii. --j
persoe can read it without becoming
impressed with the idea that his pre
sent position is not that he hates Gree
ley less but hates Grant more.
The X. Y. Keening J'oxt says :
Senator Schurz proves himself defi
cient in one of the great requisites of
leadership, and that is stability. His
support of Greeley, whose nomina
tion, as all the world knows, filled
him with disgust, and thegrounds on
which, he supports him is one of those
monstrosities of politics at which Mr.
Schurz's real friends hardly know
Whether to weep or laugh.
There is something very sad in this
announcement, from a Dubuque pa
per :
"The reason Panora did'nt have a
Greeley and brown ratification meet
ing was because tho Demociat who
raised the $4 00 to pay expenses got
drunk on the money and had to be
helped home."
A. Harris writes from Caro, Mich.,
that the Democrats in his vicinicy are
ready to go out and work for the elec
tion of a Democrat, if one be nomi
nated, and willing to winter their
votes if no one but Greeley is oficred
them.
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' I do notsaj' that all Democrats are
horse-thieves, but all horse-thieves
are -certainly Democrats." Horace
Greeley, "Democratic candidate for
President.
A DAXCKROUS 31 AN.
BY COHl'OKAl, BC3II'.
Mr. Sumner says that Grant is n, bold,
bad, dangeious man. XctcsjKtper.
"A bold, bad man. Is Gen. Grant,"
Said Floyd one gloomy nij;lit,
As out from Doiulhon he crept,
And took his liasly llis;lit.
From Pillow's trembling lips tbere came
An echo sounding much the same.
And Huckner thought his chlel was right,
Nor 'longer durst maintain the Iteht:
And then came down the rebel "bars "
And from the fort hung stripes and Mars.
"That GranCoii d..agerous man," said they;
And doubtless think the same to-day.
"A bold, bad man is Gen. Grant,"
Said Rcau regard one morn.
As from the hauchty traitor's brow
The victor's wreath was torn ;
And from the Held his legions went,
Ity orders Gen. Grant had sent.
Then Shiloh's Held was ours again,
Despite the host of rebel men,
Who came an army boasting loud,
And went a panic-strieken crowd ;
For IJeaureuard anil all ills men.
Perh:ps thought Grant was dangerous then.
"A bold, bad man is Gen. Grant,"
Said Pemberton one day ;
"Entieatics aro of no avail,
lie will not go away,
A stubborn, mulish, dangerous man!
He wants our rebel hides to tan."
And Mill Grants cannon railed the town,
Until the rebel Hags came down:
And then our banneis rent and torn
Were through thesti eets of Vicksburg borne.
The "bold, bad man," that gloriour "Fourth,"
Sent gladsome tidings to the North.
"A bold, bad man Is Gen. Grant!"
And poor ilragg's eyes weie dim
With tears; said he, "I know
Tis useless lighting him,"
And soon thcehecrs from Grant's brave men
On Lookout crest told where and when
The rebel General had to run,
And what that "bold bad man" had done.
"That Grant's a dangerous man!" he said,
As from the field hi.s army lied.
"Ahold, bad man is Gen. Grant,"
Said Lee "that's plain to see:
He must be vory bold, indeed,
To think of whipping me."
Then Peter.sbuig and Richmond fell ;
Then Appomattox may be well,
At last our heroes' work was done;
The linal victory was won.
Perhaps the people may forget
These things, but then they hav'nt yet.
Tlu-p needed lheu, sueli "dangerous" men
And think perhaps they may again.
"A bold, bail, dangerous man is Grant;"
J elf. Davis thought the same,
When running off in crinoline,
He to the "Last ditch" came,
A Ku-lvlux's gentle voice was heard.
Aiui-'-iirant is uangerous" avereu.
11 needs must be that this is so.
For all the lobels ought to know,
Tnen Hall and Tweed Good honest men,
Say "Grant is bold and bad," and wiiuri
Such men declare it, tnen forsooth.
Folks know that Sumner tells the truth.
FROM OULD IKE LAND.
A Fnmillar
Letter fiom
t"GrccIey.
O'Graly to
TiPPKitAKY, Ould Iuelaxi), May, 1S72.
Mr. Jlorras 0'Grcchy:
Mee Dear .Cozzen: I see by the
papers that you are nominated fur to
lie President of these United States.
An' as it takes votes to git elected, I
suppose the likes o' yees will be afth
er huntin' up all yer frinds to be afth
er voting fur you ! Now I am not
only yer frind, but I am yer cozzen,
too. The Graly'H, of Ould Ireland,
are not the boys to go back on their
relations in Amecikv, especially when
the relashun'iff afther Tunnin1 for the!
.office of the Presidency,
These ara many bands, mee dear
Hurras, which binds our two families
together. You are the farmer ov
Chappaquy, and uo are the bog trot
teis of oul'd Tipperary ; you grow the
wooly silk wur-rum,and we glow the
pig that pays the lint, but divil the
hit of wool grows on him at all, at all!
You wears a white hat, and a white
coat, too, fur that matther, while
many of jour relashuns of the
O'Graly family don't wear either, bad
luck to them fur they haven't got
any to wear.
But, it is a wonderful 7tit yees got
at the Cincinnati Convention, though
ye had a divil of a crowd to hist ye.
Whin I was at the Donnybrook Fair,
the last, I'm supposin' I sau jist the
kind ov o' ciowd that lifted yees into
the Presidential cheer not tho cheer,
exactly, but the Presidential nomena-
tion. The papers are alther saynr it
was the son hi a cs what did the biz
ness fur yees ; well, Donnybrook had
plinty of sore heads and bloody no
ses, fur the O'Gialys were about wid
their shillalehs, and the spalpeens
had to sutler.
1 suppose the people of Ameriky
tell lies about yees, jist as the people
over here tell lies about yer cozzens,
the O'Gralys. A bog throtter tould a
lie on me, yer best fivnd and reia
shun, and I was afther threatenin' to
bate him wid me sthick.if he didn't
prove it ; but he had the impudence
to prove it. and then he broke nearly
ivery bone in my body besides. To
the divil wid all sich men ! They are
not a lespectin' a feller's feelins, mor
al character or his bones aither ! My
advice to you, me dear cozzen, is not
to threaten the parly what tells lies
about yees, for they might prove thim
to be true, and bate ye besides, and
that would be bad fur a Presidential
candidate.
The papers are afther savin' that it
was a bloody Dutchman, and a lire-
eatin' Biair who nominated ve. Thev
say, too, that Blair has a "Broad
head," which fact I suppose accounts
for the pile o' brains he carries wid
him. Iudade, it is ..aid he had all ov
the brains ov the conviutiou, and did
thethinkin for alktlie soreheads, and
that Shurz was his mouthpiece, and
blared the trumpetjiir hiiii. But-ym
needn't Ufe a uaFl rtTotaFriat, aCjfellsp
all, lor ycarctt-e Caun itlate, lkgymr
Is what ye'weruRftherwautin' aurln.
. . . -- . . 1
time.
I am told that Blather O'Brown is
tied on to the tail eend of your nomi-na-hei,
and that he is to be a kind ov
a President wid yerself. Y'e might a
remembered- ver relashun, and kept
that place for one ov the O'Gralys,
but didn't; but we'll not go back on
ye. if ye will get us a Po.-tol.it, a Cab
inet po-ition, or a p'liceman's place.
We will work for yez, but we 'must
have an oilis for it. You know ye's
litis bin a workin' all yer lifetime' fur
an otlis, and ye must not blame the
O'Gralvs fur wantin' onel too.
There are some things in yer pomi
col hi-tory that yees must explain
right awav, or may be ye won't get
votes enough to elect ye, aimer an;
and then, where in thunder would be
the post-ollis for yer cozzen ? Ye have
gone in fur the nagur all yer lifetime,
and have been a ciissin the nagur
owners to their faces. Now, will the
likes of thim be afther votin' fur ye?
Ye bailed out ov ril Misther JeiTeison
Davis, and mav be that will make the
matter all fair and square wid the late
rvmrnil.M-iev. V. mut watch this
pint, me Cozzen Horras, an it is
iiece-arv, ve must bail out all the
Ku-Kluxersand horse-thieves south
ov Dixon's and Mason's line; and
vees must cuss the carpet-baggers till
their shoes fail off; and, Cczzen Hor
ras, ye can do the cussin', fur ye are
peculiarlv adapted to that bizness.
Ye mu-t 'tend all ov the fairs and
shows in the South, an' ye must conr
tinue to shwear, when ye are down
there, that ye was always in favor ov
"lettiu' the" way wardsisters depart in
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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 18T2.
payee." Thin ye may expect to git
the Southern Dimmycratic vote.
The O'Gralys will thry and manage
the Irish vote for ye. ' Yv'e will tell
thim it wasn't me Cozzen, Horras
O'Greeley, that went afther the Fen
ians wid a charp sthick; and that it
wasn't the Tribyoon oilis that the
friends of Saymour tried to tear down
in the riot days, when the govern
went was unlawfully drafting white
men. We will manage that for ye, be
jabers !
But the noospaper3 are a savin'
yees on both sides o' the fence on the
tarif question ; that ye are strong tar
if in the editor's chair, an' that ye
are "free trade" or anything else the
divil wants you to be whin ruunin'
forollls. We don't understand the
tarif question over here, never bavin'
read yer "book on farmin'," hence
we have no advice to give yo on that
subject now, but be sure and manage
yer cards so they won't throw you ofl
the fence.
I am comin' over to Ameriky in the
next steamship what sails from ould
Ireland. I will write you another
letther on board the ship, and I will
help you in the Tribyoon oilis, afther
I get there. You must be elected. The
O'Gralys will got no oflis if ye don't.'
All yer fronds of the ould counthry
sind their love to you. Look out fur
yer cozzen when the steams'hip conies
a sailin' up the bay. Adoo !
From your cozzen,
Mike O'Graly.
DEMOCRATIC LAWS.
If a Democratic administration
should come into power we should
have a revival of those infamous laws
which many of the Southern States
enacted soon after the close of the re
liellinn Tlio ilofWir, of President
Grant means the re-enslavement of
the laboring classes of the South. To
give ji fair specimen of the Democrat
ic laws which would be enforced
against the fieedmen if Greeley should
be elected, we make a brief review of
laws passed by the Legislative As
sembly of Mississippi, in the fall of
l&Go. litis law icouid have been in
force io-duy had (he Democrats been
in power.
One provision was that those peo
ple, who were landless and homeless,
should, on the 1st day of January in
each year, have a lawful home or em
ployment, and written evidence of
the fact in the shape of a license is
sued by the proper authorities. All
contracts for labor with freed men for
a longer period than a month were
required to be in writing. If the la
borer quit the service before the time
stipulated, he forfeited all his wages
up to the lime of leaving. Any per
son might arrest him, and carry him
back to his employer and compel the
freed man to pay him for his service a
fee of live dollars, and ten cents a
mile for the distance traveled. This
when paid by the employer could be
held as a set-oii" against the f reed
man's wages. Moreover, when he
left this employer without just cause,
a warrant could be sued out for his
arrest, and it possessed the virtue ,of
leaping county lines and traveling
from count3 to county until the lost
was found. When the employe was
returned to his employer, all ;the ex
penses of his capture and return were
111 like manner deducted from his wa
ges. It wa- to all intents and pur
poses a fugitive slave law. If any
person gave to the fugitive food or
raiment, there was a penalty ranging
from twenty-live to two hundred dol
lars, anil the law provided that if the
good Samaritan did not instantly pay
the tine and costs he might be .sen
tenced to two months' impiisonment.
If any one enticed a freedman away
with "the view ol giving him employ
ment without the limits of the State,
the line might be SoOO, with impris
onment if not immediately paid.
There was a general piovision t'uit
whenever aline or forfeiture was im
posed upon a freedman the sheriff
might hire him to any person who
would pay the line and costs for the
shortest time of bervice.
A law, entitled "the vagrant act,"
was passed at the same time. The sec
ond section (page 00, act of lSb'G) pro
vided that all freedmen, free negroes,
and mulattoes of Mississippi over the
age of eighteen years found on the
second Monday in January, 1SGG, or
thereafter, with no lawful employ
ment or business, should be deemed
vagrants, and on conviction thereof
might be fined as high as fifty dollars,
and imprisoned, at the discretion of
the court, not exceeding ten days.
Another section provided in case the
fine was not paid in five days the sher
iff should hire the freedmen out until
his wages paid line and costs. If he
could not be hiied then he was to be
dealt with as a pauper.
It was enacted that as white per
sons were compelled to support their
paupers, so the freedmen, free negroes
and mulattoes, should support theirs.
To effect this the boards of county po
lice in each county were required to
levy a poll-tax on each colored per
son, and as we read the law, of both
sexes, between the ages of eighteen
and sixty years, which was to consti
tute a freedmen's pauper fund, and
be applied to the maintenance of the
poo'r. This law provides that if any
one, young or old, no matter what
the excuse, should fail to pay the tax,
ifeshall bo deemed evidence of A'airran-
Jcy.aad the sheriff is required' to ar
rest-him nud hire him.ouL BLvinfffJ.iV,r ci
StSMtf" ta TAfAAvfnnnTtA flm mnlmt
uuici;) tut; icicjuli; iu buu uuijiiu
er.
Again, by another law it was made
lawful for a freedman to charge a
white person by affidavit with a crime
committed on his person or property.
But the penalty in case the accu-ation
was not maintained, and to see the
language of the law "was falsely and
maliciously made," judgment was to
be rendered against him for all costs
in the case, and a fine and imprison
ment be added, a line of fifty dollars,
and imprisonment m the county jail
for twenty days. If the fine costs and
jail fees weie not promptly paid by
the freedman, the sheriff might sell
him into slavery until from his wages
he could redeem himself. We might
multiply citations from the laws of
that session. They were all adapted
to that condition of ignorance, pover
ty, and helplessness of the blacks by
which they could be again reduced
substantially to slavery.
After a review of these laws we can
fully understand why the old rebel
element throughout the South is in
favor of General Grant's defeat. His
a'dmini-'tration has protected labor ev
ery where and made the .enforcement
of such laws as we have reviewed an
impossibility. Everv rebel in the na
tion would hail with joy the electioi
of Horace, Greeley. They know tha.
hh triumph restores them to powe'
and gives them complete control ove:
the freedmen of the South.
Bamum's gorilla threatens to stritp
on account of the hot weather,
swears with an Irish accent.
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I.J.JI f
EATING CHOW.
An Asnnslng Account of the Origin of
the Tern.
Washington
Correspondence
Commercial.!
Cincinnati
CHAPTER 1.
Near the camp of the old pennaj-1-vania
Bucktuil regiment, in Virginia,
early in the war, lived an old, aristo
cratic, exclusive and pompous Virgin
ian, in true baronial style. His man
sion, of very old aire, was made of
imported brick, his chimneys were
tall and massive, and the rooms were
large and pleasant. The chief attrac
tion, however, were the grounds that
surrounded the mansion. Large trees
gave luxuriant shade, and the under
brush in portions of the grounds af
forded ahelter for rabbits and other
small game. There were walks, and
orchards, and arbors, and the whole
bore such a scene of general peaceful
ness und repose that it was no won
der the wild Buck tails were charmed
with the prospect, and anxious to
penetrate into a spot which gave such
piuuiioe 01 enjoyment.
The Bucklails were not the most
tractable soldiers. They came from
tlio stepping-oir place the Wilder
ness of Pennsylvania McKean, Pot
ter, Forest and Tioga counties and
they obtained their name, which
clung to them during the entire war,
through a fancy of Colonel Kane,
brother of the Arctic explorer, who
became their commander. He re
cruited the regiment in the early days
of 1SC1 (beginning on the day of the
arrival of the news of the fall of Sum
ter) from the backwoodsmen, who
were famous marksmen. They were
all deer hunters, and as a designation
each man was furnished with the tail
of a buck by Colonel Kane, and when
they marched from Camp Curtin
with the bucktails in their caps, it
was a novel sight. Colonel Chas. J.
Biddle, of Philadelphia, was made
the Colonel, and Colonel Kane tho
Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment
both men noted for their short, atten-
! uated forms. Neither was scarcelv
more than five feet high, and their
combined weight was less than two
hundred and twenty pounds.
It may readily be guessed that these
soldiers had little respect for Virginia
aristocracy, and the tent-poles had
hardly got settled in the ground be
fore a noted rider named well, Smith
shouldered his deer-killer and start
ed out on a little expedition. He was
a sergeant, and of immense size, and
went by the name of "The Big Ser
geant." He made a straight march
for the old Virginian's manor. Now,
the old gentleman had many pets
about the grounds, and among them
a tamo crow which ho valued very
highly. He also had tame rabbits,
doves, etc. The sergeant climbed the
stone wall, and dropped himself and
his gun on the inside of the grounds.
The first thing his eye struck was the
tame crow, who unconcernedly llew
near him, and alighted on a limb and
began to caw at him. The sergeant
put his rifleto hie shoulder and bang
ed awny, anUjMrTCrow came llutter
uig to the ground. The soldier re
loaded his gun, leaned it against the
wall, and went to get his game.
Instantly there came running from
the hou-e, in a high state of excite
ment, tho old Virginian, and when
ho saw that his pet crow had been
killed, his rage had no bounds. He
rushed for the sergeant's gun, and,
swearing that he wouldn't have given
the crow for the whole Yankee army,
vowed that he would blow the
soldier's brains out. With this he
brought the piece to a cock, and
glanced along the barrel. The wer
geant begged for his life, and the Vir
ginian swore he would take it.
The Viiginian finally thought of a
compromise, and with a look half be
tween amazement and rage, told the
sergeant that he must eat the raw
crow. In vain the other protested ;
the Virginian insisted on the price of
his adversary's life. So the sergeant
pulled off feathers and began to gag
and eat.
"How do you like crow?" hissed
the Virginian through his teeth.
Theonlv answer that the other gave
was to beg to be let oil.
rv he had shot the crow
Jle was sor
didn't know
that it was a tame one, and he
wouldn't do such a thing again. Fi
nally the old man took the gun from
its "aim, and told the sergeant he
needn't eat any more. His heart full
of joy, the soldier threw tho bird up
on the ground, and said :
"Well, I kin eat crow, but I Jon't
like it."
The storv might stop here, if it was
only to show the origin of the phraso,
but the rest of it is the best.
CHAPTER II.
The old Virginian, after surveying
hid dead pet for an instant in a sor
sowful manner, returned the gun and
started for his mansion. The other
quickly brought his piece to his shoul
der, and called out:
"Hold on there, Mister."
What do you want?" asked the
! other, as he turned ana ueiieut a
i "Iipm." on him.
"I'd like to have you eat the rest of
this crow."
The old man fumed and swore, and
tore about in a frantic manner, saying
he bo d d if be would and that he
didn't want any of the young man's
jokest .The cocking of tho gun, and
UJU UWUIUUW wu it.- j w. Mw v.
dier that he would certainly put a ball
through tho old man 'a shoulder un
less he complied with the demand,
induced the Virginian to retrace his
steps. "-Now," said i he sergeant, "I
want you to eat the rest of that crow,
and no nonsense."
A punch of the rifle on the shoulder
of the old man roused him to a quick
aense of his, position, and picking up
the ciow, he endeavored to bite it.
lie grew pale, -and the perspiration
stood upon his fac2, he trembled like
a terrier, his mouth watered, his eyes
filled, he gagged, and it seemed a
phy.-ical impossibility for him to
touch the crow. The sergeant, how
ever, compelled him to take a bite,
and it was the only one he did take,
ior ins ureaiuast came up so rapidly
to protest against crow, that the sol
dier relented and told him to "git"
and never to trouble a Bucktail again.
Here would seem to be another
proper place to end this story, but
there ii still another chapter.
CHAPTER III.
Tho next day, the old Virginian,
smarting uuder'the indignities he had
suffered, in not only having his pet
crow killed, but being compelled to
eat a portion of it, went to the head
quarters of the Bucktails and made
complaint to the Colonel against the
big sergeant. The Colonel at once
sent an orderly for Sergeant Smith,
rightly supposing he must be the per
son referred to. He obeyed the sum
mons at once. He pushed the door of
the tent aside and entered the pres
ence. Snapping his heels together
1 1. '.I.JH!I.I
and standing erect in the position of
"attention," he brought his right
hand quickly to the visor of his mili
tary cap, and gave his custornarj' sa
lute to his 'Colonel.
"Sergeant," said his commander
very gravely, "do you know that gen
tleman?" pointing to the old Viigin
ian. "Y"e3, sir," promptly answered the
other.
"How did you become acquainted
with him. sergeant?"
" e dined together yesterday, air,"
i promptly anawi
Tlse roar of lf
ered the culprit.
aughter which follow
ed this reply need not be described.
nor the manner in which even the old
Virginian joined. The sergeant was
sent back to his quarters, ami the in
terview between the old aristocrat
and the Colonel was ended by an in
vitation to the latter to dine the next
day at the old mansion.
Whether this story has any bearing
upon the present practice of eating
crow or not, I can not pretend to say,
but I have little doubt that the pet
crow of the old Virginian wa3 quite"
as palatable to him as Greeley is to
some of those who are compelled to
swallow him.
What They Menu by Reform.
We call attention to the conclusion
arrived at in the report of the minori
ty of the committee appointed to in
vestigate the Kuklux outrages. This
report was signed by Frank P. Blair,
T. F. Bayard, S. S. Cox, James B.
Peck, P. Van Trump, A. M. Waddell,
J. C. Robinson, J. M. Hanks. Let it
be remembered that. all these gentle
men are warmly in favor of Horace
Greeley, and are to-day among the
active' loaders in the "Liberal move
ment." From the minority report
we catch a glimpse of the '"'reform"
which the Democratic party hope to
inaugurate after the 4th of Mai oh, 1S73.
After admitting the existence of the
Kuklux Klaus, and the horriblo out
rages charged against them, those
"Liberal" statesmen and devoted dis
ciples of Horace Greeley indirectly
justify them by the following lan
guage:
"As we have just romarked, we do
not propose to discuss at large the
question of negro government in
these pages ; but we feel It would be a
dereliction of duty on our part if, af
ter what we have witnessed in South
Carolina, we did not admonish the
Americau people that the present con
dition of things in the South can not
last. It was an oft-quoted political
apothegm, long prior to the war, that
no government could exist 'half slave
and half free.' The paraphrase of
that proposition is equally true, that
no government can long exist 'half
black and half white.'
"There can be neither sympathy
nor harmony in any policy where
such antagonism is attempted to be
overcome by law. God's law is high
er than man's law. ..Jan's puny stat
utes can not repeal or nullify the Im
mutable ordinances of the Almighty.
Those whom God has separated let no
man join together. There ea?i be no
permanent partition of power, nor
any peaceable joint exercises of pow
er, among such discordant bodies of
men. One or the other must have all
or none. It is the very acme of folly
and fanaticism to suppose, in this day
of enlightment and its consequent
pride of feeling among the superior
race, that there can be r. reproduction
of the ancient fable of tying the liv
ing and tho dead together without
causing death to both. Who would
have dreamed, fifty yrars ago, what
highest and most far-seeing intellect
among the great men who establish
ed this Government upon the basis of
homogeneity of race and color, could
have imagined that in tho first centu
ry of existenco African! freedom, of
the lowest type of ignorance and bru
tality, would rule a sovereign State of
the Union, and be tho arbiters of tho
rights and property of a race who
have ruled the destinies of nations ev
er since government was known
among men? Such a state of things
may last so long as the party shall
last which had the power and audaci
ty to inaugurate it, and no longer.
Iiut whenever the party shall go
down, as go down it will at some time
not long in the future, that will be
the end of the political power of the
negro among white men on this con
tinent." This is notour language, but the
weds of an honest report; the hon
est convictions of every Democratic
member on the committee. The pol
icv foreshadowed in this extract is the
policy of the "Liberal" party. The
eight Liberalities who signed this re
port are not extremists, but fair repre
sentatives of the party of which they
belong. We desire to be fair, to utter
nothing in malice against this des
perate combination to defeat Presi
dent Grant, but the open declarations
of our opponents force us to believe
that this liberal movement, if success
ful, will inaugurate a reign of terror
throughout tho South, such as the
world never before witnessed. When
eight conservative men, who claim to
bo loyal, and whom we know to be
intelligent, come to the conclusion
that the right of citizenship, confer
red by the Constitution of the freed
men of the South, is nothing more
than a party right, to be tolerated
while a certain party is in pover, arid
no lo,nger. what can we expect qf the
thousands of ignorant and disloyal
men who live on violence, who be
lieve the killing of a negro to be a di
vine right, who are restrained in their
acta of cruelty by the strong arm of
the law, and who see in the defeat of
President (rant their oppor'unity to
plunder, scourge, and murder the
unoffending freedmen of the South?
If the conclusions reached by the mi
nority and published to the world,
after a careful investigation, after
months of deliberation, is not an in
vitation to begin the work of exter
mination or subjugation, as soon as
the Democratic party conies into pow
er, we are no judge of language. It
is the latest echo of tho old slavehold
ers' cry, "A negro has no rights
which a white man is bound to re
spect." The nation can not be de
eeived by the figure-head of Horace
Greeley. Back of him, and urging
him onward, are all the dangerous el
ements which threaten our national
existence. His election would betra
our Government into the hands of its
enemies, and, in all human probabili
ty, plunge our Republic into another
war more fierc1 and destructive than
the one which followed the rebellion.
The support of the Republican party
is a duty ol the hour. Its triumph fs
the triumph of peace, law, justice ; its
defeat, the practical re-enslavement of
labor and the revival of anarchy
throughout the States of the South.
Track laying ou the Q. M. & P. R.
R. has been resumed between Edina
and Kirksville. The road will be
completed to the latter place by the
first of September, when a grand ex
cursion will be made over tlio 'Hue."
fSZ
VOL. 16.-ST0. 43.
NEBRASKA.
Letter from Rev. T. J. Morgan.
Editors Cincinnati Journal and Mes
senger.' I ask permission to say a few thing9
to your readers, out of the manv that
might be said, about Nebraska. Al
ready a large number of people have
gone there from Ohio, and I am sure
the number would be much larger if
the facta regarding the State were
known and appreciated. Thousands
by going now can secure one hundred
and sixty acres of beautiful and fer
tile land free, which in a few years of
cultivation and improvement.'such as
any energetic, industrious, intelligent
man can make upon it, will become
valuable. Nothing gives one more
dignity, happiness and hopefulness
than to be master of his own home,
to look out over his fields of grain,
his pastures, his groves, upon his
house and barns and garden, and up
on his herds of cattle, sheep, horses
and hogs, imd say "these are mine."
It gives a sense of independence, de
velops enterprise, awakens patriotism,
and produces a feeling of rest and
contentment. Such a homo can be
procured at once in Nebraska by
many a young man who must look
forward to years of toil and waiting
before he can hope to be master ofl
such in Ohio. Millions of acres of
land, just a beautiful and as product
ive as the average land of Ohio, can
now be had in the Republican valley,
the Elkhorn valley and along the
Union Pacific, and Burlington and
Missouri River R. R. Those who
have meai a with which to purchase
lands can buy of these two great com
panies at very low rates, in the imme
diate vicinity of towns and settle
ments, and close to railway stations.
Even in the vicinity of old and nour
ishing toyvns and cities land wild or
improved can be bought at low prices,
say from live to fifty dollars per acre,
according to location and improve
ment. Railroads are being rapidly built, so
that i,n a few years ever3' part of the
entire great Stute will be supplied.
Two hundred and thitty-one miles
were constructed in 1S71. and I think
double that number will be completed
in 1S7 More than a thousand miles
are in operation now, and several new
lines are projected. It is simply won
derful to seethe rapidity with which
roads are built in the West.- Within
the last live years the Missouri River
has been bridged in four places, Kan
sas Oity, St. Charles, Leavenworth
and Omaha, each bridge costing from
one million to one and a halfmillions
of dollara, and it is safe to predict that
in live years to come at least as many
more great bridges will span that riv
er at Atchison, St. Joseph, where one
is now in progress, Brownville, anil
Nebraska City. A million dollars a
year spent for bridges across one river
is no small item. Every such bridge
increases competition, facilitates trav
el, cheapens freight, and adds to the
price of western produce. Nebraska
feels the good inlluence of these great
enterprises. No one need fear that
going to Nebraska they will get into
the wiideruesa, or out of the reach of
civili7.atton. The roilroad, the tale
graph, the printing-press, tho school-
house, college anu cnurcn navo gone
before, and await their coining.
Tho public school system rests upon
a magnificent endowment of public
lands, and still more magnificent en
dowment of public sentiment which
will spare nothing to render the S3's
tem as efficient as any in the older
States. If there is one thing more
than another which characterizes the
people of Nebraska, and which ren
ders certain a great future for them,
it is their appreciation of education.
The University at Lincoln is en
dowed with lands which in a few
years will make it rich. It has a beau
tiful building costing lo0,0)0. The
Normal School at Peru ia well endow
ed, and has a hopeful future. The
city of Omaha ha-just completed the
finest high-school building in the
United States, at a cost of $250,001).
These are but indices of the high val
ue everywhere placed upon education.
Good graded schools may now be
found in all the principal places in
the State. Lot me say, in passing,
that competent teachers, tho-e able
to do good work, would have little
difiiculty in procuring situations at
fair salaries, especially if they go into
the State, identify themselves with it,
and become known.
The population is largely composed
of emigrants from the Eastern, Mid
dle and Western States, with a few
from tho South, and some foreigners.
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois have each contrib
uted their quota. Society thua com
posed of elements gathered from all
tpiarters is singularly intelligent, en
terprising, and liberal, already com
paring favorable with older States,
and destined at no distant day to
eclipse manv of them.
.... t .i 1: t ?lt l
lliey are iaw-auiuiug, nosjmauie,
freedom-loving people. Nowhere is
the religion of Christ destined to
grander triumphs and more complete
realization than among them. All
denominations are represented, and
work harmoniously together. I know
of no place where ministers of Christ,
who love His cause and love truth,
men of common sense, culture, ener
gy and perseverenco, will see more
speedy and lasting, or more Abundant
-lmrstpithan there- Egjenty .such
men,, who are wining to nvo ior u
while ou small salaries, could find
employment at once among the Bap
tists1. 'Omaha, Peru, Brownville. Te-
cumseh, anu lieaince, are inviting
fields for such men.
The climate does not differ greatly
from that of Ohio, fave that there is
more wind perhaps. Almost every
thing that can be raised in Ohio,
8
ams. iruiis. siock, etc., can niso oe
produced there.
it is a prairie sjtate,
with timber
but no great
long the water-courses,
forests. Timber grows
spontaneously where protected from
fire, and thousands of acres are being
planted wite Cottonwood, maple, oak,
hickory, walnut, chestnut, larch, lo
cust, etc., all of which grow very
thrifty.
A constant tide of immigration is
pouring in and spreading itself over
every part of tho State.
T. J. Morgan.
Rochester, N. Y., July, 1S72.
The Q,. ji. &, p. R. R. Injunction.
The case of Aratzen vs. Ihe city of
Quincy, praying for an injunction to
restrain the Mayor and City Council
of the city of Quincv from issuing
52.50,000 of bonds to the Quincy, Mis
souri & Pacific R. R. Company, on ac
count of stock subscribed by the city
to said road, came up before Judge
Smith, of the Galesburg District in
Chambers at Galesburg, on .Monday
last, and tho temporary injunction,
granted a few days ago, wa dissolved
aud the further nraver of th rwri-
uoner denied. (lUu'ay V-tiitf, JtifffrXt.
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(eichtllueor Acatespaci.or Ies.) first insertion ,
3 1,00 : eacMsub.sequentioerikD. 50c.
irg-Alltran.scient adveiUseineuU ntut be paid
forin advance.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF TIIE COUNTY.
ANOTHER SLANDER REFUTED.
Among the charges raised by tha
enemies of the Administration against
President Grant, and "which investi
gation haa shown to be as groundless
as other charges from thesame source
was one to the effect that he owned a
number of shares in the Seneca Sand
stone Compauy, and through his olli-
cial position had made alargeamouut
of money by encouraging its uso in
the erection of public buildings. The
best answer to this charge is. a brief
statement of facts.
General Grant while General of tha
army, invested a small amount of
money in tho "Seneca Saudstono
Company," because he thought tho
investment a good ono, and because,
he desired to encourage tho opening
of a quarry in tho vicinity of Wash
ington, which would supply as good,
stone as any that could be brought
from abroad. The investment has
been a poor one, and as far as wo can
learn has never paid a cent by way o(
dividend to any Of the original .stock
holders. President Grant has endeavored to,
sell the live shares he owns, but can,
find no one to purchase stock in so,
unfortunate an organization as tha
Seneca Sandstone Company.
He has never sought to use. his In
lluence either personal or official, to,
encourage the use of the stone in tho,
erection" pf public or private build
ings. No public building has been built
of Seneca stone, and in very few of
the large buildings which adorn the!
capital haa it been used at all.
It haa been used to construct sanio.
of the interior partition walls in tho.
new State Department, and its usu
has saved to the Government $32,SS4.
40, this amount being the difference,
between the cos(, of Seneca aud, gran
ite. It is a good, durable and handsome,
stone, equal to any in the market, for.
interior walls, and haa no superior,
walla, steps, window heads, and fltli
er purposes for which it ia used.
Although the stone ia good tho
stock of the company is bad, and if
any one is ambitious to share the im
aginary profits of thia Seneca Stpuo.
Company they can purchase all tho
shares they want by making known
their desiro to any stockholder of said
company.
So much for this charge against
President Grant. A purely business,
transaction, entered into before ho
dreamed of being President, a poor
investment at most, is distorted,
through partisan malice into an abuse,
of his official trust. The meanness,
of the charge is in keeping with oth
ers of the same character. An intel-.
ligent people know tho source from,
whence it comes, and will seal it
with their condemnation in Novenvi
ber noxt.
NOT TRUE, SIR I
We find the following in a Demo-t
cratic paper, so reckless, that it hnsK
in former campaigns been guilty ot
mamifcieturiny offensive statements.
and charging them to nave ueou uii
tered by those it wiahea to defame:
"I am a Democrat, and when I am,
convinced that thia war ia waged to,
prosecute the designs of the abolition
ists, I pledge my honor as a soldiet
that l will carry my sword on tlio.
other side, and cast my lot Avith tha
people." Grant M85l.
Without taking the troublotomakq
search for all Gen. Grant ever said,
we feel perfectly well assured that
this is a wilful fabrication that tho
President never uttered such a sen
timent, nor entertained it. Wo aro
able to contradict? by a fact, exactly in,
point:
After the close of the war, wo spent
an evening in company with the lata
Major Mace, then postmaster at La
fayette, Indiana. He stated that in
lb'Jl, Geii. Grant, who was on his re
turn from Cincinnati, in response to
a telegraph from Gov. Yates, who, had
tendered him a commission as Colo-r
nel of tho 21st Regiment, stopped
over Sunday at Lafayette. Majoc
Mace invited him and several otliec
newly commissioned officers to din-:
ner. During tho entertainment tho
negro being the subject of warm dis
cussion, an Ohio otlicer, whose name
we omit, (for he afterwards perform
ed patriotic service) said that should,
he have command of an army in a
slave State, drawn up in line of bat
tle with a rebel force in front of him,
about to begin the light, and tho
slaves should rise in insurrectjoq
against their masters, he would suis?
pend the battle unite with the rebel
army in suppressing the revolt. Tfl
this, Colonel Grant, in a quiet, deli
cate voice, replied, that while reluc
tant to gjvo offence, or wound thtt
feelings of a brother officer, he y.mt
sa that the man who could express
such a sentiment was not far from be
ing a traitor! A belligerent sceno
followed, which required all tho tacE
of Major Mace and his other guests tq
compose. This fact was related in
our hearing by Major Mace just after
the close of the war, in familiar illus
tration of the changes of opinion
which tho war brought about and
long before Gen. Grant was thought
of lor president. From this knowl-'
edge of Gen. Grant's real sentiments
in 1801, we feel at liberty to denounce,
the sentiment attributed to him, as,
an article of very rcncnl mamifac.lro.
HtinQh tyftle Journtrt.
A novel foot'-rnce took jSS-'yparerSr
day afternoon, on Court street. The
contestants were Mr. James Stywatfij:
of Manchester, and Mr. Jauiea. "E
Diggs, of Partstnouth, each of whou;
uses a solid wooden lg. "The course
of the race extended from South St.,
to High, a distai.ee of four squares,
and by the terms of the contest, two
squares were a walking match and
two squares a running match. After
two attempts the parties got off, Ports-
f mouth ahead, and the walking match
t
i Was a vigorous struggle to Count v St.!
where a brief halt was made. This
was a victory for Portsmouth. Tho
two then started on the " home run,"
Manchester promptly going ahead.
At King street the Portsmouth man
gained distance rapidly, but suddenly
broke down in consequence of Iosinjj
the rubber attachment to his leg.
Manchester kept bravely on to High
street, and won the race by about for
ty yards. The awkward movements"
of the participants excited a gool deal
ot merriment. ine temperature at
the time was fully 110 degrees in the
sun. but the contestants seemed hut
little worrieo by it. A'orrtji; Vu.
Journal.
A good story is told of a clergvman
in it Massachusetts town who forgot
his 'notes on a Sabbath mornfng, aifd
as it was too late to send for them, ho
said to his audience, by way qf atolb
gy, that this morning heshouldhaw
to depend upon the Lord for what
!?? tv feat li(iT-m "thB "'Vvn
lioTrOiifit come better prepared.
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