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THE ADVERTISER, THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1S7G. National Eepublican Ticket. For President. JIUTIIKUFOUD B. HAYES, or Ohio. Tor Vice President, W 1111 AH A. WIIEELElt, of w York. A negro ravishcr, Chris. Potter, was .lynched at Spring Hill, Arkansas last week. And another; negro, named Raphael Williams, was lynched for a similar crime at Platte City Mo., on the 31st ulr. As a matter of course all those old rebel sympathisers who used to re- 'joice over tho news of rebel victories, arc fcrTildeu and Hendricks, because those two candidates were rebel sym- "jmUiisers and never struck a lick, chot a gun, said a word or gave a dol Jar Tor the cause of the Union. It was some other THden that equipped four companies for tho ion army it was a loyal Tllden did that; one that was never chair man ofa committee that declared tho c "war n failure, thereby' favoring a dis solution of the Union and the cause of traitors. S. J. Tllden, reform candidate for President, long ago was accused by the St. Louis & Alton It. 11. company ofembezzling the funds of the coni uh)y,0and a suit is now pending in the courts for the recovcrv of said funds, yet Mr. Tllden don't nay a ?vord about this in his acceptance let ter. Democratic newspapers haven't jnueh to say about it either. The party in power can work out (iio practical and salutary reform. - Democratic Platform. Tildeu, Tweed and Tammany no loubt, could work out some reform they could reform that "bar'l of mon ey" which will be depleted to a great extent by November, and they could turn out all the Republicans nnd re place them by such reformers as John Morrisey and John Kelley. In Ilarjicrs' Weekly this week Nast has a cartoon which embraces a very true and striking illustration of the idea of Democratic reform. It repre sents little old dried up Sammy Til den standing with his plug hat in his left hand, an umbrella under the right arm, before him lies a pile of assinat ed negroes. With hand extended to wards them, and with smirking hypo critical faco, be points to the bloody work of his friends and says ''It is not I, but the idea of reform which I represent.' ' Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, Ihe present leader of the confederate side of the House of Representatives is a salary grabber. Ho roted for the bill, grabbed his $5,000 steal and went home. What, think you, did hiaDem ooratio reformer (J) constituents do to Sir. Randall for his sallary grabbing course in Congress? Did they lay him.gently aside on the 6helf? Not much. They re-elected him. They in Mr. Randall's case considered the back pay steal a virtue, and" .rewarded him for his faithfulness to Democrat ic principles. Hero Is another eiecl rnen ofthe sincerity of the Tilden je formera. The hard pushed Democracy are re eorting to all sorts, grades and shades ol lying. They lie impudently and stolidly, on the stump and in their papers, and when they must knew that thoy will be detected in their lies and branded as they deserve. They oil imi !. - T-r .... uwrr mat vjuvernor .tiayes is a "salary grabber" that he voted for the back-pay bill, took his back pay, &c, every word of which Is a lie, for Governor Hayes was not in Congress when that bill was passed nor when ii wua peuuiug. xui3 trutn any one can learn that cares to know, and it is a truth that every intelligent Demo crat that peddles the falsehood does know. Rut now it is any thing lies, fraud, intimidation, ballot-box stuff ing anything to beat Hayes. The seat in the present Congresa of tho second Virginia district was con tested by Goodo, Democrat, and Platte, Republican. Tho evi dence in favor of Platte was so over whelming that the majority of the committee reported in his favor; but notwithstanding this, the report and testimony was entirely ignored by tho v confederate House and the seat per manently awarded to Goode. In this unprincipled and rascally transaction in the face of law and justice, we see a sample of Democratic righteousness .-and reform. Right, truth, justice, the will of the majority, amount to nothing with Democratic reformers, when put in tho scale in favor of a Republican against a Democrat oppo nent. It is a Democratic first princi ple to win and to win by fraud or force if it can be done in no other way. ' The New York Times says the best commentary on Tilden's theory of civil service reform is found in his practice as governor, and proceeds to Bhow the manifest Indecency of sev eral judicial and other appointments. It also shows how he has for months past countenanced and eucouragedhis own ofljcial associates and appointees In organizing themselves for tho pro motion of his nomination into a body of political mercenaries, governing caucuses and dictating nominations, exactly what he theoretically denoun ces. He is right in arguing that re form is necessary, oven more in the higljer graces of public service, but his pretence to be earnestly in favor of reforming it in any of its grades is as contemptible as that of the men who declared in tho St. Iouia plat form that public offices aro a publio trust, whllo actually using them a$ a private perquisite. . Opening the Campaign for Tildcn nnd Hendricks in South Carolina. In the Hamburg massacreof negroes by the chivalry of South Carolina tho Chivalry were entirely to blame. It appears to have been a pre-arranged plan to pick a quarrel with a lot of negroes to give an opportunity for murdering them. Ou the 4th of July a company of negroes were mustering as militia on the streets of Hamburg. Wiiilo the compauy was formed across a street, two young white men drove up in a buggy and demanded the breaking of the line to permit them to pass. This was unreasonable, as on that national holiday streets are more or less obstructed by paradere and other demonstrations, and usually no one thinks of objecting to it ; nev ertheless, after some talk, the compa uy divided and permitted the Demo cratic Kuklux to pass. The negroes knew tills was an Intended insult to them; that they were insolently or dered to do that which would not have been renuestod had they been white instead of black; but, rather than to have trouble, or give even a pretext for collision between tho whites and blacks, they pocketed the insult and sull'ered themselves to be humiliated. But tho matter was Jiot terminating to suit tho two quarrelsome Demo crats. They wanted the negroes to resist so as to give an excuse for the killing of some of them in older to re duce the Republican vote. There fore, on the next day the two young men had warrants issued for the arrest of the oflioers of the negro miJitia company, and they were brought be fore a justice for trial. The trial was adjourned till the 8th. Gov. Cham- berlin, in his letter to the President regarding this affair, says: "Before tho hour for trial arrived on Saturday many white citizens from the country around Hamburg began to gather in the town, armed with guns and pis tols. Tho militia company had as sembled in the mean time at their ar mory In the village, and at the hour for trial the defendants did not appear. qijj0 miiitia failed to appear because of their fear of injury at the hands of the armed white men; and the trial justice, after formally calling them, took no further steps to cause their presence in his court on account of the excitement and tho evidences of an impending conflict." . Why all this excitement? What reason was there for two or three hun dred white men to gather armed In the town ? There had been no collis ion ; not a gun had been fired ; no threats on the part of the negroes ; no pretext for such a demonstration had occurred save the demonstration of the militia company on the 4th for momentarily obstructing o street. As stated, the negroes fearing for their safety, seeing this excited gath ering of armed Kuklux, took refuge in their armory, a small building where they stored their arras. This armed mob demanded a surrender of the arms of the militia, which they had no right to do, for tho negroes have the same right to bear arms as have the whites, and the demand was refused. A fire was then opened by the mob of negro-killers on the build ing in which the militia company, somo fifty or sixty in number, were crowded. The negroes did not resist, as they might have done, but a shot was fired from the building nnd one of the attacking party killed. A piece of artillery was thereupon procured and brought to bear upon the build ing, which had tho effect of causing the negroes to stampede and try to es cape. In this effort one negro was killed and about twenty-five captured, when .five were taken out and delib erately hot down in cold blood. The others were torned loose, and as they ran were fird at, and ceveral of them mortally wounded. Attorney Genral Stone thus Eticci ently reports this part of the afJair: " Six men took A. 'J. Attaway out of " the 'ring.' He and his mother beg "ged for his life, bu in vain. He " was fold to turn aro.'ind, and was " shot to death by the cnvVd. David " Phillips was next taken on t, and was " similarly killed. Pompey C-irry was " next called out. He recog "nized among the bystanders " Honry Getzen aud Dr. Pierce Bu't " ler, and called ou them to keep the " other men from killing him. He " ran, and was shot as he ran, onebul " lot etrikiug him in the leg below " the knee. Afterwards, Albert My " niart. Moses Parks, and Hampton "Stevens were killed. Stevens did " not belong to the companjr." The Attorney General, who has personally visited Hamburg, thus concludes his official report to Gov ernor Chamberliu : "Making due al- lowance for errors in minor details, " the facts show that the demand on " the militia to give up their arms was " mado by persons without lawful au " thority to enforce such demand, or " to receive the arms had they been "surrendered; that the attack on tho " militia to compel a compliance with " this demand was without justifica " tion or excuse; and that after there "had been somo twenty or twenty " five prisoners captured and com " pletely in the power of their cap " tors, and without means of making " further resistance, five of them were " deliberately shot to death, and " three were severely wounded." The Governor, in concluding his letter to the President, sa3's: "Such " was the affair at Hamburg. If you " can find words to characterize its at ' rocity and barbarism, tho triviality "of the cause, the murderous and in- nuraan spirit which marked it in " all its stages, your power of lan " gnage exceeds mine. It presents a ' darker picture of human cruelty " than the slaughter of Custer and his " soldiers, for they were shot in open "battle. Tho victims at Hamburg " were murdered in cold blood after " they had surrendered aud were ut " terly defenseless. Zo occasion ex " isted for causing the presence of a " siugle armed citizen in Hamburg on " tho day of this massacre. Ko vio lence was offered or threatened to "anyone. It Is indeed said, as uau "al, that 'tho niggers -were impru- " dent;' but the evidence shows that "all the actual physical aggression " was ou the part of the whites ; that " they made a demand which they " had no right to make, and that when " that demand was refused, as It "should have been, they proceeded " to enforce it by arms, and crowned " their success in enforcing their de " mands by brutal murder.' This Is tho style of opening the campaign for Tilden and HendrickB in South Carolina. Tilden, in his infamous circular of 1SGS, said "telegraph to William 31. Tweed 2'ammanv Hall, at once tho minute the polls are closed tho esti mate of the vote. There is an important object to be attained by a simultaneous transmission" "at the minute of closing the polls, not wait ing for the count.1 This was done. In obedience to Mr. Tilden's demand, he being chair man of the Democratic State commit tee, a simultaneous movement was made Tweed, Tilden's partner in the iniquitous business, was informed "at once" of the vote of the State, and at once, before the count of the vote in the Tammany wards of New York had commenced, Mr, Tweed had the ballot box stuffed with the necessary number of votes to overcome the vote ofthe rural districts, and the "impor tant object to be attained" was at tained ; the State through this fraud worked up by Tilden aud Tweed, was carried for Hoffman the Democratic candidate for Governor. This fraud was afterward exposed bej'ond dis pute or doubt, by an investigating committee of Republicans and Demo crats. It was conclusively shown that the State of New York at that election was carried by the Republi cans on an honest count by some 30, 000 majority. Mr. Tildeu never has denied his direct complicity in this ballot stuffing business. Ho cannot escape it or explain it away and none of his friends can do it for him. The doouments aro in existence and the people have them to prove these things. It is humiliating to think that any party in American politics would pretend even, to run a man for the chief magistracy of the nation up on whom such villiauous practices are proven, yet such i3 the fact. But honest men everywhere, who read and understand, and really care for reformation in politics, will vote against Mr. Tllden and consign him to oblivion along with his old friend Tweed. Reform is necessary to rebu.ld and establish in the hearts of tho whole people tho Union 11 years ago happily rescued from the danger of a secession of States Democratic Platform. How was it "happily rescued" Who rescued it? Was it "hap pily rescued" by the loyalty, nerve and firmness of the Democratic par ty ? Did S. J. Tildeu lead an army to the rescue of the Union ? Whose vic tory does the Democrats now laud ? Who preserved a Union for them now to resolve to and talk about? Was it Tilden, or the party ho now leads? Gen. Hayes spent some threo years on tho battle fields of his country to "happily rescue" it, and was at the front, and is to-day a crippled Union soldier, made so by rebel bullets. Whero was Mr. Tilden in those daj's? Did he fight for this "hanny rescue" of the Union ? How much blood did ho shed to bring about the happy re sult? How many bulletB has he in this hide? How many dollars did ho give to "happily rescue" the country ? How many speeches did he make in behalf of the Union ? Mr. Tilden wa3 in the rear of Hayes, just as he is now and always will he he was at home frowning upon the efforts Gen. Hayes was making to "happily res cue" the Union ho was closeted witii Vallandlgham, Hendricks, Pen dleton, Tweed, and others of hjs own ilk, resolving that the war for the un ion which Hayes and the brave boys in blue were engaged in, was a fail ure, and demanding a cessation of hostilities, a compromise with trai tors, a dissolution of the Union. But as it was "happily rescued" by such men as Gen. Hayes, in spite of Tilden and tho Democracy, why, now Mr. Tilden would like to run it and make Gen. Hayes take a back seat. Tho impudence of Democracy is without a parallel or a precedent out side of the Democratic party. But while upholding tho bond of our union and tho great character of these, our rights, it behooves a free people to practice also that eternal vigileuco which is the price of liberty. Democratic Platform. To construe the abovo as intended it Is a lie and a delusion. The De mocracy as a party do not uphold the "bond of our union," etc. The speeches ofDomoorts in Congress and those on every occasion down south are full of groans and teara for the lost cause. They openly boast that when opportunity offerd they will again take up tho war cry of re bellion and strike for tho separation of the States. ', Eternal vigilance Is tho price of liberty," interperted from a Democratio stand-point from tho stand-point of the confederates who mado that platform means, "Be vig ilant, aud strike at the life of the na tion whenever opportunity offers." "Young man, you need not como to me for any such letter of recommen dation ; this war is a perfect outrage, and I will lend no assistance what ever to its porsecution. So said the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. With such a rec ord Is It any wonder that Mr. Tllden Is very popular with tho Bourbon rebel sympathisers of the north nnd the ku-klux and White Leaguers of tho South? Had Tilden beeu a good Union man and thought tho vuxrnot "a perfect outrage," ho would not have been n true Democrat, and nev would have been the Democratic can didate for tho Presidency. By his disloyalty Mr. Tilden has gained the esteem of his party, and his party now propose to reward him for his disloy al attitudo during the rebellion by making him president, That somo Democrats aro inexcus ably ignorant or outrageous liars is a fact easy to demonstrate. For in stance, a blatant Bourbon on our streets declared the other day that the Republican platform favors the act of Congress providing for resumption of specie payments in 1S70. All anyone has to do to prove such an an asser tion false is to read the fourth plank in the platform. That plank simply pledges the party "to make provision atthe earliest practicable period for the redemption of United States notes in coin," and that the obligations of the government demand a "steady progress to specie payments." The Republican party is pledged to this policy by a plain and explicit combi nation of word, and by no possible construction can tho fourth plank bo made to favor resumption in 1879 or at any other time not entirely "prac ticable." The corresponding plank in the Democratic platform Is ambigu ous and meant to be construed ac cording to the idea of the coustr'er, for either hard or soft money, or early or lat resumption. The Democratic party is evidently based upon a foun dation of lies and hypocrisy and its hopes of success are based upon false hood and deceit. Declination of Gcdlovc S. Orth. Lafayette, Ind., August 2. The following to the clmirmau of tho Re publican State Central Committee ex plains itself: Lafayette, Ixd , August 2, 1876. Dear Siu: Feeling satisfied altera full consultation with yourself and other friends in different parts of the State, that I shall not receive the united support of the Republican par ty so essential to success in the ap proaching election, I hereby tender you my declination as a candidate for Governor. With best wishes for the success of the cause, I am yours tru ly, Godi.ove S. Orth. The chairman of the Republican Central Committee, has invited the committee, in view of tbia declination, to act in the premises. The vacancy in tho ticket has been filled by the name of Gen. Benjamin Havrisou, of Indianapolis. The Republican State convention of Arkansas at Little Rock on the 27th, made tho following nomina tions: Governor, A. W. Bishop ; Secre retary of State, W. L. Pheland, col ored ; Treasurer, A. A. Rogers; Au ditor, J. R. Berry ; Attorney General, H. A. Pierce. The resolutions endorse the na tional republican ticket, the one term priuciple, nnd civil service reform recommended by Governor Hayes ; declare the Republican party, in ele vating to citizenship the colored race, is entitled to continued confidence ; demand civil nnd political recogni tion of all men ; denounce the pres ent state government: oppose repud iation ; favor freo pchools and in vite co-operation of liberal Demo crats. After Tweed's rascalities in New York wero exposed, aud ho was known to have been an embezzler of the publio funds and had stolen mill ions, the Democracy took him up and elected him to the State Senate by a large mojorit3r. Every one of Mr. Tweed's old constituents are to-day the constituents or Mr. Tllden anaare shouting for "Tilden and reform." To these Tammany birds Mr. Tilden Is indebted for his nomination, and if lie carries New York it will be through their influence and frauds. "Democracy and reform !" when cou pled together thou art a stench in the nostrils of all honest men a shame less paradox a monstrous lie. For tho Democracy of the whole country wo do here affirm our faith in tho permanence of tho federal union. Democratic Platform. That is a different faith to that af firmed when McClellan was nominat ed, and they declared for a cessation of tho war, a compromise with rebels which involved a dissolution of the union; nnd if now they really have any "faith in tho permanence of tho federal nation," it is because it was whippod into them by the Republi can party when acting as n union ar my. A faith too shallow entirely. Tho President on Lawlessness in the South. On tho 1st inst., President Grant sent the following message to the Sen ate: To the Senate of the United States: In lesponso to a resolution of tho Sen ate, July 20, culling upon the Presi dent to communicate to the Suuate, if in his opinion not lucomputlblo with the publio interest, any information in reguard to the slaughter of Ameri can citizens at Hamburg, S. C, I have tho honor to submit the following iu olosure: Here follow a number of papers relative to the Hamburg massacre. Tho President says : "These enclos ures embrace all tho information in my posee&siou touching on the late disgraceful and brutal slaughter of unoffending men at the town of Hamburg, S. C. My letter to Gov. Chamberlain contains all the com ments I wish to make on the subject. As allusion is made in the letter to the condition of other States, and par ticularly to Louisiana and Misslssppi, I have added to tho inclosures letters and testimony ia regard to the law less condition of a portion of the peo ple of tho latter Stato. In regard to Louisiana affairs, murders and massa cres of inncent men for opinion's sake or on account of color, havo been of too recent date and too frequent oc currence to require recapitulation or testimony here. All are familiar with their horrible details, the only wonder being that so many justify them or apologise for them. But re cently a committee of tho Senuto of the United States visited the State of Mississippi to take testimony on the subject of fraud and violence on elec tions. Their report has not yet been made public, but I await its forthcom ing with a feeling of confidence that it will sustain all I havo stated in re lation to fraud and violence in the stato of Mississippi. (Signed) u. S. Grant. Exeoutive Mansion, July 31, 1S7G. Tho following is tho President's let tor to Governor Chamberlain, referred to above : Executive Mansion, Washing ton, July 2G, 1S7G. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of the 22d of July, and the Inclosures enumerat ed therein, giving an account of tho late barbarous massacre of innocent men at the town of Hamburg, South Carolina. The views which you ex press as to the duty you owe to your oath of office and the citizens, tosecure all their civil rights including the rlgbt to vote according to the dictates of their own consciences, and tho further duty of the Executive of the Nation to give all neudlui aid, when properly calleiTon to do so, to enable you to insure this inalienable right, fully concur in. The scene at Ham burg, as cruel, bloodthirsty, wanton, uprovoked and as uncalled for as it was, is only a repetition of the course that lias been pursued in other South ern States within the last few days, notably in Mississippi nnd Louisiana. Mississippi is governed to-day by of ficials chosen through fraud and vio lence, such as scarcely would be ac credited to savages, much less to a civ ilized aud Christian people. How Jong these things are to continue or what Is to be ihe final remedy, thegreatRuler of tho Universe only knows, but I have an abiding faith the remedy will come, and come speedily, and I earn estly hope that it will come peacefully. There has never been a desire on tho part of the North to humiliate the South. Nothing is claimed for one Stato that is not fully accord ed to all others, unless it may be the right to kill negroes and Republicans without fear of puni3h mentand withoutlos3ofcastand repu tation. Thi9 has seemed to bo a priv ilege claimed by a few States. I re peat again that I fully agree with you as to the measure of your duties. Go on ; ana let every Governor, wnere the same dangers threaten the peace of his State, go on in the conscientious discharge of his duties, to the hum blest as well as to the proudest citi zen, and I will give every aid whioh I can find low or constitutional pow er. The Government that can not give protection to life, property and all guaranteed civil rights In this coun try, and the greatest is an uutrammeled ballot to the citizens, is in bo far a failure, nnd every energy of the op pressed should be exerted always within the law and by constitutional means to regain lost privileges and protection. A too long denial of guaranteed rights is to lead to a'revo lution, a bloody revolution, where suffering must follow upon the inno cent as well as tho guilty. Express ing hope that better judgment and tho co-operation of citizens of the Stato, over which you have presided so ably, may enable you to secure a fair trial, and tho punishment of all offenders without distinction of race or color, or previous condition, nnd without aid from tho Federal Govern ment; hut with tho promise of uch aid, on the conditions named in tho foregoing, I subscribe myself, very respeotfully, your obedient servant, U. S. Grant. To Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, Gov ernor of South Carolina. TVIiat the New York Tribune Thinfcs of Those Acceptance Letters. Tho Tribune saya it looks as if there had been a conflict of cross purposes between Tildeu and Heudricks and be tween hard and soft money democrats on the financial question ; that Hen dricks has beaten Tilden, who relied on thedeadlockinthebankingcommittee of congress to provonc amendment of the resumption act. It intimates that Goode, of Virginia, was dishonorably and unjustly admitted to the seat he contested, in expectation that ho would strengthen the hard money democrats in tho banking committee, but lie betrayed them finally by sur render to the softs, nnd instantly Til den issued his letter. This simultau eousness amounts to moro than coin cidency. The Tribune characterizes Hen- drick's letter a9 a verj' bitter, narrow, offensive, partisan document. Noth ing can bo worse taste than the small partisanship nnd low demagogueism whiob it has riisplnyod in tho dieouc slon of the political situation. The points he makes and dwells upon are only those which appeal to tho in stincts of the demagogue and the pas sions and prejudices of the mob. There is no attempt at philosophic treatment or calm discussion. He rattier off the reasons for his political belief in tho manner of a backwoods stump orator, without coherence, log ic or sense, while through it all there runs such a strain of denunciation and abuse of political opponents as would hardly bo deemed decent in the looso courtesies of oral debate. Ho comes out strong for the repeal of tho resumption clause, and in the earnestness Willi which lie talks up on the subject discloses the wido dif ference between his views and those held by his chief. He manifests throughout ihe whole document the temper of n disappointed man and a determination to make himself and his notion conspicuous, whether ngreeable to other peoplo or not. It is by all odds the weakest political dooument of the present campaign. Tho New Indian Policy Bringing Silling Bull to Terms. A special telegram to tho Chicago Inter-Ocean says: Tho Secretary of War, Gen. Shor mnn, and the Commissioner of Indi an Affairs havo recently had frequent and extended consultations with tho Presldont on the Indian question, and have reached a conclusion which, if put into practical shape, will soon not only make Sitting Bull and his war riors surrender, but will mako anoth er Indian war Impossible. Details of the plans aro not known, but it is certain that they have decided upon n positive and summary policy with tho Indians, which, if carried out be fore, would have saved Custer and his men. They Dropose : First, to pre vent the Indians now in the field from procuring further supplies of ammunition and stores. At nil tho agencies trading posts will be confis cated, and severe penalty inflicted upon any one who furnishes or at tempt to furnish either hostile or agency Indians with powder and ball through friendly Indians. The au thorities have recently discovered at tempts to supply Sitting Bull with ammunition, and parties In commu nication with the Indians have been caught purchasing largo quantities, but it is believed that all attempts hare been prevented, and that tho're turn of tho Indians from SittingBull's enmp to tho agencies has not been for peace, as predicted, but for fresh sup plies of powder. Indians on the war path are not able to carry very much, and in their reckless method of wnr- fare it is soon exhausted. A want of powder, General Sherman thinks, will induce Sitting Bull to surrender sooner than anything else. Second, an attempt will be made to deprive all ihe agency Indians of arms, nnd to prevent them from procuring more by prohibiting the introduction of firo arms on reservations except by the military. Reduced to tho traditional bows and arrows, the Sioux would bo almost defenseless. As fast 33 Indi ans from the hostile camp arrive at the agencies they aro to bo deprived of their arms and ponies and held as prisoners ou the reservation. There is no other method of punishing them except in cases where murder can be directly proven, which are very rare. No Indian will be given rations till he surrenders his arms. It is now claimed that Tilden arm ed four companies of volunteers dur ing tho war nt his own expense. They must havo been rebel troop3. Omaha Bcjpublican. 0UE WASHINGTON LETTER. ThcSchuctzenfest "Might makes lUsrht" In the House The Consular and Diplomatic Appropri ation BillTrhat the Ropnlillcsn 1'artj- has Ac complished Xeither Hayes nor Wheeler a "Salary-Grabber." Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. Washington, T. C, Ang. 4, IS75. Notwithstanding the lowering clouds that threatened rain our Ger man friends mado a very creditable display yesterday, In their procession through the principal streets of the cit3'. This eleventh annual return of tho Schuetzenfest will be celebrated duriug the present week, when pleas ure and good feeling will reign su preme. No class of people seem to enjoy life witii greater ze3t than do the Ger mans. They do uot indulge in ex cesses which bring with them misery and physical depression. They recog nize the doctrine "that the contented use and enjoyment of the things we have" is preferable to tho mere pos session of them. "While we live, let us livo," ia their motto, and when re strained within the limits of prudence, it seems to be the true philosophy of existence here below. x The action of the Democratic ma jority in the House of Representatives, in the contested election caso of Piatt vs. Goode,- of the Second Virginia District, Is an outrage of all that i3 just and right. Tho mnjority report declared the contestant Piatt, ontitled to tho seat. The report was credita ble to the majority for is ignored par tisanship and gave a true discision according to tho evidence. Piatt the Republican candidate at the election was, beyond all doubt, chosen, and so said a mnjority of the committee. Notwithstanding this, the ox-Confederates in the House, proceeding upon the principle that "Might makes right," adopted tho report of tho minority, and seated Mr. Goodo for tho remain der of the term. This is Democratic justice. The Senate has taken n firm and proper staud upon tho Consular and Diplomatio Appropriation BUI. The bill has been in three confernce com mittees, nil of which have disagreed. The stand taken by the conferees on the part of the Senate Is, that they will not submit to repealing oxistlng laws in, or grafting new legislation upon appropriation bills. The salaries of our representatives abroad are fixed by law, and while the House would so reduoe them as to make it an impossibility to livo res- pectaoiy upon tnem, the benate is determined to adhere to tho origiual proposition, namely, to acquiesce in reductions in cases in which such re ductions do not interfere with existing laws, but to stand by the law until repealed agreeably to parlimentary usages. In this, the Senate will be sustained by the county. It is undeniable that the war of the rebellion was inaugurated by the Democratio party then In power, and that all the shedding of blood and ex penditure of treasure, with which the nation was afllietoU, wero tho direct results of that rebellion. After the close of the war the Republican par ty to which the people had commit ted tho task of restoring prosperity to the country, and paying on" tho im mense indebtedness which had beeu imposed upon the nation, entered up on the work with the detemination to accomplish the object with as little distress to the peoplo as possible. What has It accomplished ? Tho Republican party has decreas ed tho amount of the pubiicdebt7tcar- ly one fourth of what it was at the close of the war, reducing of course the an nual interest in the same proportion. It has reduced taxation two hundred ana sixty minions oi dollars a year. The public expeditures havo beeu de creased, as compared with 1S73, to the aggregate yearly amount of twenty six millions of dollars. The publio credit has been improved, and the public faith been maintained untarn ished. All this has been realized in the face of Democratic opposition. A olass of Democratic campaigners who are either ignorant or elso will ing to lie for the sake of catching votes, are asserting that Ha3'es, while in Congress, advocated and voted for tho universally condemned "salary grab" or back-pay enactment. The accusation is utterly falso aud un founded. It Is only made by the more reckless and unconscientious class of Democratic papers and speak ers, who either know it to be false, or else do uot care whether its is false or true, provided it can be used to tho injury of tho Republican ticket. Hayes did not either advocate or vote for thebaok-pay measure. Ho was not oven a member of Congress in which that measuro was disoussed aud pass ed. Ho was, however, a member of an earner uongress, in which it was proposed to raise tho pay of Members of Cougress and of many of tho em ployes in tho civil service of the gov ernment at Washington. That pro position had no retroactive operation. It had reference to the future, not to the past. It was not the act popular ly known as the "back-pay steal.' and it had no reference at all to back pay. It was very generally approved by the leading men of both political parties. It was not criticised or op posed by the press, nor was there any thing unreasonable in the measure. Governor Hayes voted for the bill. So did Gov. Hendricks. So did a large majority of tho Democrats in Con gress. We can readily imagine why Dem ocratic stump-speakers and carapaigu papers are trying to mix this act up with the back-pay business. William A. Wheeler was in the Congress that adopted the back-pay bill, and oppos ed it strongly. He voted six times against it Jn the various forms in which it was brought up, while Sam. Randall, tho present Democratic lead er of tho House, worked, talked, and voted for it, nnd then grabbed" his back-pay and pocketed it like the ve ry inconsistent "reformer" that he is. 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None hnt" FIRST CIrASS WORK allowed to leave :ny enllcry. A full assort ment of riCTUKK FRAMES, of all ntylea and grades on hand. ALBUMS. LOCKK'fS COLORED PICTURES, ana many other PLEASING 0ENAK3KT3 FOB THE PARLOR Persons wishing Photograph work ttone lno the best style, at lowest prices; sbotikl rt fall to call nnd see for themselves. p. m. zook.. CAMPAIGN CHIGAGOTRIBUJNTEv FOE HAYES AND WHEELER. The XatlonnI Republican party has placed Its ticket and platform before the American peoplo. The Presidential Campaign will h one of thomostexcllir.gnndlmportfttttthut has ever occurred In the ITnlted States. The result of therontest will determine thefn turo good or III of the country for a genera tion to come. The Demoeratlc-Coii federate alliance t) the same in ehuracter and- spirit ns wIhmi one wing resolved that the war for the Union was a "failure." and the other winic tried desperately to mako It a failure. They are now a harbor of refuge for sectional animos ities and pro-slavery sentiments. Sine coming into control of tho popular brunch I" vJ..p,.i;o - until v.VlllMttm V i. " manslnp, no wisdom nor patriotism noth- purposes, showing themselves Incapable of progress or even of comprehending the wants of th country. They only "meddle and muddle." Willi ail their promises and pretensions they have proven utter failure in dealing with questions of TaamUon, Taritr, Revenue, Currency or Reform. Jf tho Government again posses into the hands of the Democratic-Confederates awt they secure possession of the purse and the sword, the army and the navy, thooxeeutlv authority and tho law-making power,. they will substitute reaction for Trrv?rMK and re establish n reign of terror and a system peonage In the Houth, nnd ballot-box ttT lngnnd corruption in th eel ties of tho North Prudence admonishes that "the deatinlenof the country In peaep should bo confided to those who saved It In war." 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