She 5lttoka.iicraM.;
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY- SEPT. 10. 1868
COKRESI'OXDEXCE.
We are l.Miroa I if reeelvi ag correspondem- front
11 parts of the State, relative to the material Inter
sta or the country, toethor with faeh other mat
ter as contributor may deem of interest.
Republican Ticket.
Tjr President,
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
F.r Vice President,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
BEPUBLICAN STATE
TICKET.
PreaiJeatial Electors
T.M. MARQUKTT, of Caw.
LOUIS ALLURWAIIB. of B-fAardaoa.
J. W. WattSta, of Do.o .
Memuerof Congress
JOHN TAFFB, of Douglas.
Governor
DAVID BCTLEIt, of Pawned.
Secretary of State . . , . .
THOMAS P. KEHARD, of Washington.
Treasurer
JAME3 SWEET, of Otoe.
Auditor of Sta'e
JOBS QILLE3IIS, of Nemaha.
Dh,ri?.f DW?5T B- HKWETT. of Nemaha.
2a J, O. CO WIS, of Douglas.
8J E. F GBAY. of Dnd.
Republican County Con-
Tcnuuii
. n rr.mr.1 Commit
Al ameetmg ci inen.epu.".- - - s ,,
tee for Cass County, acid In th f-.y on tnr-
daV All! IMA ISM,?""""' . ..
wY. derided I lo hold a County Contention, in the city
ot Fl.tumoo It lor tb. parpoe of placing in nomi
nation a ck to be supported at the tnsuinS Octo-
ber eiecucn.on
Wednesday, September Wih 186S.
fp-and it wisalsore
"mmeSded that the Republican 'h
precincts a-eemble at the uanal place of holding elec
tions la tneir re-in:n.
Saturday, September 5th 1S6S
at three o'clock p. m , and select dcleg-.tes to repre
sent them In inecouDiy iuu.cui.n. : .
tation of th various precincts was apportioned as
lOilOWS. nrr,. 5: LI
riatismnain, wc. , 7 .. -
. ... . . , . . . o. . uTMiruDir iVater.
4- Eight Mile Ur re, 3i Louisville, 8. bonth Bend, 1
Bait ureea, 3; u, ,
Making in all 41 Deles: a tee.
' ikt th reoreaen
tation of the variou- u copnioain the
7th eoatoral wisinc. --
eg-ate lor every n '"f"""" . . 7 . ia-T
majority of 50, taking the October election of 1
aa the rate, and that the Case Couaty Convention bo
i i ma jiiff.tM twatm aaid eounlV to
aid District Convention, which nl be held imme
diately after the eajonrnmeu. oi mo bi-
t,OD' H. D. HATIIAWAT, Ch'n.
OaLsDoTErrr, Sec'y.
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS
i mav w TnAVlcn IT. S Senator fur So-
bra-ka.'will address the people at the following times
DSwanCity, Friday, Sept. 11th, In the evening,
i V.. j-i Bni 14th in the evenine.
Nebraska City, Monday. Sept. I4th in the evonmg
Weeplog water, inaj, turn, v.
Lincoln, Wednesday. 8pt lth.
Milford, Thursday, Sept- lth, 1 p. m.
Seward, Thursilay. Sept. 17th, in the evening.
Ashland, Friday, Sep. IStb, In tt evening.
Ui-.aAMK iAotrir. Kr t 1 9tK. 1 D fn
Grand Island. Tuesday, Sept 214, In the evering.
Columbus, Wednesday, "
Norta Bend, Thureday, Sept. 24tb, 1 p. tn,
rk.-4. snt 94th in the evenme.
SaUtng Grove, Satutday, Sept. 26th, aftrnoon
Aor. Batler,anperhP other Bpeaer. will b.
Local couunlttee wui piease o n v.
and make alt neeeseary arrangemenU.
Other appointments will be announced in due lime
xsy oruer.
Bit. Siatb CasTBAtCoamiTTEa.
U. D. UATHAWAT, Ch'n.
Senator TIPTOS will address the people on the
coll Ileal Issues of the day at the following times and
places, lion. . ai. DM.ut..,v....-v . .
Presidential fclector, will join him at Linc;in and
w ... . V. . a Ik. annninlniAIltl
continue witn uim u mo .iuia in . t f-'
Grand Island, Friday. September llih, in eveaa
Omaha, Saturday, Sept 12th in evening.
Mt. Pleasant, Monday, Sept. 1-tth, in evening.
Weeping Water, Tuesday, 3erU 15th, -at 8 p. m.
. Lincoln, Wednesday, Sept. 16th.
Seward, Thursday. Sept. 17th, In evening.
Swan City, Friday, brpl ISth, iu evening.
Big Sandy, Saturday, S-pteniber, 19'h, e ening.
fcloe pring, Monday, Sept 21 -t, at 2 p. in.
Pawnee City. Tuesday, &pt. 2id, in eveumg.
Humbolt, Wedae-day, iept. 8:-td,t 3 p. m.
Brownvllle, Tio diy, S?pt. 21th
Purthe- apporntments will be announced le.ore
bhe close of the above.
Local Committees will plea make all neee-sary
rrangementa, and see that the meeting, are properly
advertise.. ,
By Older of the Republican State Central Com.
a. Di HATHA WAV, Ch'n.
GREAT MASS MEETING !
Republicans Rally!
SATURDAY SEPT. 19IIi !
AT PLATTSMOUTH I
There will te a Grand Republican
Mass-Meeting in this city on the 19th
inst. x Make your preparation to be on
band, and bring all your neighbors.
The Speakers for the occasion wil
be announced hereafter.
CURIOUS..
A war democrat who lives on the
Iowa bottom attended the Harobur
Democratic rally a short time ago, but
was disgusted at the exhibition of the
tecesh flag ond helped pull it down.
He returned to his farm and wentt
work, and for the first time the bleating
of bis sheep riled him; they kept cry
iog b-ia-i-r, b-l-a L r, b-l-a-i-r, and he
sold the last one of them, declari ng be
did'nt want any d d rebels on his place
if they were woolly.
laOOll OUT. ,
We advise- democrats to" stand from
under next Monday. There is a pre
diction in our' political almanac of a
great eclipse, in which Grant and Col
fax will overshadow Seymour and Llair
o completely, that darkness will cover
- the land of democracy throughout these
- United States and the trimmers will
have to be set to work, fixing their
lamps! It will be visible inMaine first,
and extend over the country, terminal
ing about the 3d of November next.
The Democratio campaign has opened
lively ia Arkansas. The Ku Kluxer are
disposing of Grant and Colfax voters in
tbe Statt at the rate of a dozen or mare
per day. They do it by tht potential ar- j
gumpnt of assassination. i
The Democraiic Fizzle at Keck
lilutT
We learn from partits who were
present that Pop. arid Morton failed to
get up a particle of e.uhuiasm. Pops
song there was the same as here, nig
ger, nigger, nigger, rod ihe inevitable
widow and her tear?. We would just
like to s?e that letter, for we think the
tears might be proven "coffee Hots."
They tried three cheers for Seymour
and Blair, bat they were very faint
Three rousing cheers were given for
Grant and Colfax to the great disgust
cf the speakers.
FI.GS!iFIaAS!! FLAGS.!!!
We hone the Republicans of Platts-
mouth will fling the Starry Emblem of
Liberty to the breeze on the 19 h inst.
Every window should have the flig we
fought for hanging out. Henry Straight
has a splendid supply of all sizes. We
would recommend our friends in all the
precincts of Cass County tj call on Mr.
Straight or ordar what they want from
him without delay. We have examined
Mr. S.'s assortment and they are both
cheap and beautiful. Decorcte! dec
orate !! Turn out and show democra
cy what the lovers- of the old fl ig can
do nt the rally on the 1 9th.
AaVOTIIEZl JIlNSTATEjsLXTOr
The "Know -N'oihing" cai.didate,
Poppleton, stated at Iluck Bluffs on
Tuesday last, thai "our Government ex
pended S-5,000,000 in feeding 3.000.-
000 good for nothing, lazy, worthless
niggers whom God Almighty had pun
Uhed with black skins.'' Now that is
simply a dviwnrigLt lie made out cf
whole cloth, and unscrupulously us ecJ
by Know Nothing Pop to stir up malice
against blacks and Rt publicans Tnere
is not n soldier of the army who- does
not know that two poor whites were fed
by us for every negro, and the Freed
mans Bureau reports show clearly that
a much larger sum was expended in
keeping poor whites from starving in
the South.than in feeding "niggers. '
We hare the documents to prove that
ihis statement of "Pops" is false ! false!!
faLe ! ! !
do sot uu i:jtivi:i.
The democracy of the country are
afraid to "stand up to ihe rack," and
are endeavoring to cover up soma of
the issues as by Frank Blair, Wad
Hampton, and others. Bji the issue
has been of their own making, and
they must abide Ly it. They endorse
forcible resistance to law merely be
cause ihclaw lim-x fint happen to sun
their notions, and a democratic success
or even a resonable approach to
success mean', a revival of the
"Cause for which Stonuwall Jackson
fell." If you favor te p-M?:jig .this
whole question, and another attempt,
at forcible overthrow i f the Ta .vs, you
can best serve that p'irjye by voting
the Democratic ticket. We ki.ov
miny who will vet? the'd-mo r t c ticket
do not believe this wi'l bj the result.
neither did they ihirik JtrfT Davis ami
his compeers, were in earnest wtiei
they threatened war in 1SG0. Ha noi
deceived a democratic success means
war, according to the irsue as made bv
the leaders cf that party,
FROIla!llTY AS I) RUI.V.
The actual co?t of the rebellion was
84,000,000.000 and although only SU,
50C ,000,000 of debt now hang over us
iltho tgh we, the great party of Free
dom, have reduced the debt nearly one
half we have done it upon the liberal
plan of protecting the rwor ai.d taxing
only luxuries, and thereby laying the
taxes where they could te most easily
borne, upon the rich and wealthy. To
day every man in Nebraska who lived
here in 1S-53 and 1859 remembers thai
at that time under democratic rule ire
had no money, we traded cottenwood
lumber tor horses, we bought lo's with
stock and waggens, wo were n tie
habit of ' making terms"' as the people
pointedly expressed it. To day, under
Republican rule, and not.vithstanJing
the debt which democrats saddled upon
tbe nation through their refusal to ac
cede to th will of the majority in t! e
election of Lincoln, to day we say there
is money in every nnns' pocket, the
rye coffee of "59 has given place to
Java, the maple sugar has gone and
real "store sugar" and "store tea" is
found in every dwelling in the State
prosperity smiles and shines all over
this State. But the rule or ruin party
of Democracy say war !! ! They are
williog, and Blair openly declares it
must be, that war, terrible war, shall
plunge us into farther and tieeper debt.
m e hope that there are too many
schools and too many houses in which
to- worship the great God of all nations
in this fair land, to permit so heinous
and terrible a doctrine to prevail. We
hope that the good sense of the people
will see to it that the proposed war
which that political tbiniLlerigrrer Blair
declares must be urged shall te buried
with him next November. Let cood
citizens reflect that they owe a greater
and higher allegiance to their country
than they do to party, and let them not
aennce Peace and Prosperity for mere
party sake and supplant them ry War
and Ruin.
"AUOSJTIO.MST."
" We often hear some "patrictic"dem
ocrat patriotic to the "lost cause"
u-;e the word abolitionist1" as an oppro
brious epithet against Republicans.
Now, we would like to know just where
the "hit" co ues in. Slavery is done
away with, and all those who sustain
the abolition of the institution must b
"abolitionists." Do our democratic
friends desire the restoration of Slavery?
If not they are "abolitionists.'' Wi'l
some modern democrat please explain
to us who are "aboIilionUts" and who
are not ? We can then tell'exacily who
are in favor of the restoration of slave
ry-
TAXI.VG UO.VD3.
The Constitut'on shriekers of the
Democratic party are forever howling
about the violation oj the Constitution
perpetrated by Republicans. Tae only
one they know of is "coercion." We
put down the rebellion in spite cf Dem
ocrats North and rebels South, and they
said then and hold now that in so doing
we violated theConstitiuion.bat we don't
see it. We know that the same Con
stitution reigns to day that ivai torn of
the revolutionary blood that bedewed the
battle fields of our earliest history as a
people, and the only Constitution that
we violated was the Confederate cne
which Seymo r prefered to ours.
How is it about Taxing Bonds ?
Chief Justice Marshall and many more
have decided that Government Bonds
could not be taxed. The Supreme
Court of the United Satetes rules t' at
Government Bonds cannot be taxed, and
declares it unconstitutionally to attempt
dointj so. But here comes this old
fogy party of Democracy and puis this
unconstitutional plank right in its Plat
form and asks, absolutely asks, us in
telligent people to vote for it ? Know
ing all the time that it cannot be done
Constancy, thou art a jewel. Bu
democracy prefers inconsistancy, and
the lights at the New York Convention
declare- the decision of the Suprem
Court null and void, just as they d
the Reconstruction Laws.
THE DEIaECJ.iTES.
The following is a list of the dele
gates, so far as heard from, elected tt
attend the Republican Cour.ty Conven
tion to be held in this city on the lG'.h
inst :
Pi.trrsMOUTii.
H. Amison.E. Davis, Wm. Woodruff.
L. F. Johnson, H. J. Rohwer, J. R
Clark, Win. L. Thomas, Wm. Eiken
bary, Jas. O'Neill.
Weeping Water.
Sam'I. Rector, Henry Hubbard, F
M. Wolcott. Jchn demons.
Rock BLcrrs.
W.S. 1 at'.a. Di'.Iey.J MoF Ilogood
John Stafford, J. B. Moore.
ORrAPOLI.
P. T. B arer, John Adams.
Eight Mile Grove
A. C. MayfielJ, Benj aust:n. Sam
uel Richardson.
Mount Pleasant.
L. G. Todd, S. B. Hobson, Wm
Loyd, E A. Kirkpatrick.
A VOCA.
L. Sheldon, O Tefft, W. A. Folden
South Bind.
J. H. Hindley, Crawford.
Louisville.
Jt T. A. Hoover, C. Schlagle Coo
ley.
Elm wood.
A. C. Barnum.
MALICE.
Democrats are constantly abuing
our national Congress and heapii g
their fulsome denunciations against it
and the party which sustains it Thp
hostility of democracy is all made up
from sheer opposition, and without
sound reason. It was thus throughout
the war, that because the Republican
party sustained it and used every avail
able means to suppress rebellion, and
mnintain the Union, the Democratic
party sacrificed all love cf country to
its bitter opposition, and denjunced the
war, called it a failure, and declared
that eight millions of people never
could be subdued nay more, they even
voted against supplies to the very
armies that were struggling with the
armed foes of our country. Time and
the God of nations decided against
them. The war was not a failure, and
eight millions of people were subdued.
Where was the malice which democrats
love to speak of manifested ? Where
are the gibbets in all this land upon
which treason expiated its crimes ?
Where in all the nations of the earth
was mercy shown so freely and liber
ally towards treason and traitois as by
this self same Republican Congress.
Let the slanderous leaders of democra
cy point to any nation- under the blue
vault of heaven that has ever done as
we did under the same circumstances.
Everywhere else under the sun Gov
ernments have sacraficed the leader
of rebellion upon the scaffold as an'
atonement to the insulted laws cf the
and, but here, this Republican Govern
ment sought to soothe and pacify tbe
people. Forgiveness for the past was
offered, but rebels, urged l y northern
doughfaces, refused forgiveness.
Freedmens Bureaus were estalli:-bed
throughout the conquered Siates to pro
tect the poor negroes, and ihe reports
of the officers in charge of these show
in figures, most indisputable evidence.
that two poji southern whites wre fed
f jr every negro who got ration?. Yes,
the very wives of rebel soldiers aiked
for b:cad at the bauds of the L'ovkru
ment and they get it. Was that malice ?
Let the reason of democrats get the
better of their prejudices and let them
search for the malice of Republicans,
and the search will be in vain. They
say that the negroes of the south are
elevated over the whites. We ask them
where I They make bare assertions
and cannot prove them. The demo
cratic leader appeal to the passions and
not the reason of their hearers ; they
try to stir a vindictive spirit towards
Union loving men ; they are the malic
icu ones; they are the powers who, if
they fail to learn
good behavior in the lessons of the pa:t,
will re; p the whirlwind. The same
terrible mutterings which heralded the
war in i860 are again rumbling in the
political heavens; if the storm bursts let
them remember that there will be no
more red tape and kid glove, but that a
lesson will be taught that will serve
mothers to hush their babes with. For
bearance already !oes her hold, bui
we pray that God may preserve this
people.
LU3R OS TI1ISIICTL'ISE AXD
OX THAT,
at the outbreak of the rebellion Sey
roour instituted the order cf "Carpet
B.egers," by seizing his and rushing
to the lakes of Wisconsin to ruralize
and fish for trout, while his country's
Hag was being insulted by rebels.
Nero fiddling in Rome and Seymour
fishing in Wisconsin under the peculiar
circumstances surrounding each should
be their pictures in history.
At the outbreak cf the rebellion
Grant promp'ly offered his services to
his country, and threw himself into the
breach, determined the flag his ances
'ors fought for should be victorious and
respected throughout the land.
When the loyal heart of the nation
was crushed and bruised by reason of
'he defeat of the Union arms at Bull
Run, S.y.nour ibuilglitetsw-oiuu nv.M
triumph and then ha would return to
New-York to proclaim the Montgom
ery Constitution better than ours one.
recommended the people cf the North
to auopt it.
At that same lime Gen. Grant was
breasting the tula of rebel invasion
and enforcing the Laws cf the United
States against a rebellious people. He
thought and believed seccession was
treason and should be crushed, and the
Cjnstltution our fathers fought and fell
for was better than all others, and
sin uld be defended against traitors
everywhere.
When the draft was being carried
on Seymour raided his voice and influ
ence ogaift ii, and proclaimed it t'n
coiiMiiotionnl until he bad incited a
mob in New-York to commit wholesale
murder, arson and pillage rhe neces
sary fruits of his doctrines.
When the draft was being carried
on Geh. Grant was urging the people
of these United States "to rally to the
defence of their country, and s'rike
for God and Freedom. 11 was bear
ing the flag uf his country, the grand
emblem cf Liberty :u.d thehepf of the
world in triumph through revolted
States.
Seymour pcoch.imed the war a fail
ure from the rotteji chair of the Dem
ocratic Convention in Chicago, and did
all he could do discourage patriots from
helping save our national existence.
Grant proclaimed the war a success,
and Buckner at Donelson, Ptniberton
at Vu;kburg, and Robert E Lee at
Appomattox Court House, told in the
country in language plainer than all
else that Gram was right and Seymour
wrs wrong.
Honest men will remember these
things at the polls next Novmber,aod
ctily those who still cherish the treason
able doctrines of secession in their
hearts will vote for Seymour. While
all true lovers of their country will vole
for Grant.
WCEIM.G ffATEIt COIIKES-
PO.VDLiMC.
Weetinc Water, Sept. 7, 'GS.
The past week has been one of un-
u?ual political interest for Weeping
ater. ?.Iot:dny evening the Grant
and Colfax men met and took initiatory
sl-ps for ctg.nia:ag a Tanner Cur-.
Thursday eveui-ig Gen. R. R. Liv
ingston and Hon. W. Po:tngor favor
ed us with political addresses. The
hru was crowded, and frcm the man
ner iu which thfY were received we
u:Jge tha. the speakers give universal
satisfaction,
We have heard no speech, .-o far in
the campaign, that compared with Gen.
Livingiton's. for clearnsss, force and
argument. He handled the JJamocratic
platform with great ability and tact,
and from the actions of a few Demo
crats present wh joded that they con
sidered he ws handling that ' Consti
tutional Locunuent" rather roughly.
The General delights to deal in facts
rather than a display of rhetoric, and
the effect which his earnest manner of
pros nting them has on an audience
proved what every true Republican be
lieves.that the only way to build up a par
ty w ho shall Le true toLiberty anJFree
dom, true to their country ai d true to
their God, is to place that party on
principles founded in truth and reason,
and that the party who appeals to the
ignonnce, passion and prejudice of a
people are politically corrupt.
The General's argument on the tax
question was sound, and we have not
seen a Democrat since who is willing
to say "taxes." At the close of his
remarks the houi-j fairly shook with
cheers.
Mr. Pottenger followed and gave us
a splended description of the Demo
cratic love for the Union and the "old
ConRtitntion."
The caucus on Saturday was well at
tended ; about three-fourths of the vot
ers ct the Precinct betng present.
They undertook to vote by acclamation
and got into a "j ingle ;" which, after
a dis-cusMon of about nn hour on points
of order, resulted in annulling the
whole proceedings and beginuirg anew.
The following gentlement are the del
egates elected from this precinct:
Samuel Rector, F. M. Wolcott, II
Hubbard, and John Clements. All ihe
above are men who are interested in
county affairs, rrnd who will see that
only such men shall te nominated, at
ihe County Convention, as shall repre
sent the interert cf the whole country.
UE.1IOC..ATIC LIES CEIXCIIED
11 TIlLlUOtr.X WiTSKsSES.
ANDY JOHNSON ON THE STAND. -
"Of all the contrivances for cheating
the laboring c'arses of mankind, note
has been more effectual than that which
deludges iheni wi a paper money. This
is the most effectual of inventions' to
fertilize tr.e rich man's fields by the
sweat of the poor man's brow. Ordi
nary tyranny, oppression, excessive
taxation, these tear lightly on the hap
piriess of i lie mass of ihe community
compared with a fraudulent currency
and ihe robberies commuted by depre
ciated papor. Our own history ha
irtruiueu ror out itisii uenuu cuuugli out
more than enouah cf ihe demoralizing
tendency, the injustice, and ihe intoler
ab!e oppression on the virtuous and
well disposed cf a degraded paper
currency, authorized ly Jaw, er in any
vay c;t:nienar.ced by Government."
The framers of the Democraiic plat
form passed resolutioi s congratulatory
and complimenting Andrew Johnson
and Democrats can find them at the
"latter end'' of that document. If he
is good authority with them, we ask
candid minded Democrats to study over
Andy Johnsou'j opinion of "Green
backs."
Democraiic stumpers, flnd especially
Morton and I.ppleton, decry Rpubli
can extravagance. 'Just let them and
iheir followers read what that highly
extolled individual , Andre w Johnson
says on tha't subject :
"The cor.di'ion of our finances and
the epprations cf our revenue ysterri
are set forth and fully explained in the
able and instructive report of the Sec
retary of th Trfastiry On ihe 30th
of June, 1S6S. thf rublic debt amount
ed to S2S3.425S70; cn the 30 h of
June last it wa 199.215, show
ing a reduction auring the tiscal year
of S91 220GG. During" the fscal
year ending June 30, 1567, the receipts
were S590 634 010, and the expendi
tures S346.729.129, leaving an avail
able surplus ot SllJ.UUi bSU. It is
estimated lhat the receipts for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1S65, will
be S417.l6l.928, and that the expen
ditures will reach the sum of S363.269,-
226, leaving in the treasury a surplus
of b23.S92.702 For the fiscal year
ending June 30. 1SG9, it is esti
mated lhat the receipts will amount to
S3S1, 000,000. and that the expenditur
es will be 8392 000,000. showing an
excess of 89,000,000, in favor of tbe
government.
Does that look like increasing the
debt, or not ? Answer, honest demo
crats. We give you tne language and
the very words cf a man you praise in
your Platform ; surely you won't go
back on Andy's financial views ? But
the best of it is, every word he uttered
there is true, and you can find it in bis
Message.
Hugh McCulluugh, Sec "of Treas
ury, on the Stand.
"National delts are subject to the
moral law of the nations. Whenever
there is no expression to the contrary,
coin payments in such obligations are
honorably applied. The policy of the
government in the United States in re
gard to the payment of its detts has
been uniform and consistent. Prior to
February 25 1S63, ihere was in the
United Slates no lawful money but
specie; consequently its treasury notes,
and its bonds previously issued, were
payable in the same currency, subse
quently its treasury notes, and its
bonds previously issued, were payable
iu the same currency, fc'ubserjuenlly
all interest bearing notes were made
payable in lawful money, butnocharge
was made in the form of-the obligation
of the bonds. Thus the seven and
ihree-tenths notes issued after that date,
the five per cent notes, and the com
pound interest notes, weie made paya
ble in lawful money, while the bonds
rot being so made payable have ever
beeu recognized by Congre-s, by the
Treasury Department, end by the peo
ple, as payable only in coin. The.-e
different classes of securities were ne
gotiated with this distinct understand
ing an understanding which is as bind
ing upon the honor of the nation as if
it was explicitly staled in the statutes
It is n ue that ihe bonds, and notes con
vertible into bonds issued after the pas
sage of the first legal tender act, were
paid for in a depreciated currency, and
wer! therefore, in fact, sold at a dis
cauni ; but it is no, denied that they
were sold fairly, and that every one
had ample opportunity to subscribe for
them. Agencies were f s ublishecVnd
subscriptions solicited, in every part of
the country ; and liberal sulscriptions
were regarded as evidence of loyalty
That they were paid for iu depreciated
currency was not the fault cf the sub
scribers. They were sold at the high
est price could te obtained for them
not chiefly to the capitalist of the cities
but to men ef moderate means through
out ihe country, who subscribed for
them, not for speculation, but to aid the
government in its struggles with a gi
gantic rebi ilion ; 'and it is a significant
fact lhat, with rare exceptions, the
complaint that they were sold at a dis
count come from thoss who, doubtful
uf ihe result of the conllict, declined to
invest in them. How would the gov
ernment of ihe United States stand
before ihe woild how would it stat:d
in the estimation cf its own people it
it should decline to pay, accordiig to
agreement, the money it borrcweii
when its very existence was in jerii
and without which it could not bav
prosecuted the war, on the ground tha;
the leaders took advan'age cf the ne
cessities and purchased its securities at
less than value ? It is do:
loo much to say, lhat an additional
issue of five hundred iuillioi.3 cf
United States notes would reduce the
stven hundred millions of paper money
now in circulation to one half their
present valua ; so that a legal-tendei
role or a national bank note, now worth
seventy per cent, itt coin, would not be
worth more than thirty-five per ctut .
even if the apprehension of further
issues did not place it on a par will,
confederate notes at ihe co-lapse of the
rebellion. The bonds would of course
decline in value with the currency in
which they would be payable. Can
any one seriously prt pose thus to de
predate, if net to render valueless, the
mot ey and securities of the people?
Can any one know ing the fleet which
such an issue would have upon the
government bonds, upon the currency
now afloat, upon business, upon credit,
upon the public morals, sorieu-ty navu
cate such a measure, not as a matter of
necessity, but to anticipate the paymei.t
of debts due many ears hence? The
statement-of the preposition exposes it-
wickf dness. When fairly cousidtred
it cannot fail lo be stamped rviih uui
versal condemnation It is a proposi
tion lhat the pe-cple of the United
Siates, who own four fifths of the ta
tioual obligations, shall, by their cwi.
deliberate act, rob and ruin themselves
and at ihe same lime cover nation will
tnexrressible and ineffaceable disgrac-v
And now, Democrats, hear what this
man says about reduction cf the delt,
and remember ;hat he is the Secretary
of the Treasury, and knows more
about what he says than Poppleton or
Morton can ever hope to know:
"Since the first day of September,
lfc65, the debt has been reduced 206,
1S5.121 43 Now, if such a reduction
could te made while the industry of
one -third part of the country, ly reas
cu the war and ihe unsettled state cf
its political affairs, baa been exceeding
ly depiessed, and the other two ihirtl-
havc- ty no means exerted their foil
productive power , if such a reduction
could be madp, notwithstanding the
liberal miscellaneous appropriations ly
Congress, the payment of bounties and
the great expense of m. in'.aiuiag larte
military forces upon ihe frontier aid
in the Southern State?, can there be
any good reason why the reduction, so
successfsllv commenced under the most
inauspictcs circumstances, should not be
continued steadily and without inter
ruption until every dollar of it is ex
tingutshd ? The Secretary indulges
ihe hope that the policy which has been
inaugurated, and which, in his judge
met, is so essential tj the national
credit, if .not to the perservation of
republican institutions, will not be
abandoned. Old debts are hard debts
to pay. The longer they are continued
the .more odious do they become. It
the present generation should throw
the burden of this debt upon ihe next,
it will be quite likely to be handed
down from one generation to another
a perpetual if not a ccnsistantly in
creasing burden upe n the people. Our
country is full of enterprise and resucr-
ces. The debt will be light- ned eery
year with great rapidity by the increase
of wealth and popuktba. With a
proper reduction in the expenses of the
government, and witth a revenue sys
tem adapted to the indu try of the
country and not eppressing it, the debt
may be paid before the expiration of
ihe present century. The wisdom cf
a policy which shall bring about such
a result is vindicated in advance by ihe
history of nations whose people are
burdened with inherited debts, and
with no prospect of re'iuf for them
selves or their posterity.
Here are two men, one the bead of
the nation, to whom are submitted all
matters of finance, the other the Sec'y
of the Treasury, both of them strong .
inti Republicans, and yet they testify
that ihs doctrine of Republicans is
siun-I, hsahhy and honorable, whi!,.
that of the democrats is ruinou. ex
pressive, and against the best interests
of the people. Nay, mote ; both cf
these men give ihe lie d;rc"t to all
stump orators who barefacedly state
we are not reducing the Public debl.
l ro:u tli'? Jri.h Iloj'uliiii..
FOI.CK.MJICs, Hi. ID!
lil.MU AM) TJlk Fi:I.M.
l'RAM.'s rtMAIt sriitti.
In the summer cf lirGO, Frank P.
Blair, now Democratic candidate for
V ice-President, made a speech at St.
Louis, in re.-pcusu to a stienade by a
Fenian procession. The Bjstun 7'ri'.
eler has fi-hed up a full report ot tho
speech, which was as follows:
"Gentlemen: I am wi h you hem t
and soul, and heartry say, 'God tlt-.-s
ihe Finnegans,' A voice 'Feniaus,
General.' I know what I am talking
about, and I say Finnegans.' Laugh
ter and confusion And I say that I
hope lo sue the cause flourish and pros
per. And shall bless the day when
Ireland shall begoverney by Irishmen.
In accomplishing this laudable uudei
taking, I will do all I can lo atsist ycu.
I will place myself, if needs be, at your
head, march with you toStateu Island,
oversee your embarkation, stand on ihe
highest bluff of the coast, and as you
raise the preen emblem over the star
and stripes, while your steamers under
full headway turn tl.eir prows to thtj
east, I will say, 'Good-by, God bless
you, and may you be successful iu your
undertaking.' May you lift the Brit
ish lion out cf his boots, rind wrest
from his grap the emeral('J;e.n of the
sea ; but whether or not you shall suc
ceed in this endeavor, you may tuck
and all remain in -Ireland or clsachcr
and nevtr again svt foot ufon these
shons ! You are wanted ttiere, aud
tec rut get along without you t "
Here Frank ih choked fff.nnd
hooted from the stand.
EE MIAN IttI'LT.
Frank Bla ut :
Sir and Brother: For the many
favors which 'ou have failed lo confer
n the Fenians, and on the Iri.-h peo
ple in general, nnl for your desire lo
get rid of their presenve, "pre-ferrm::
their room' we sd.all accompany yr ti
nd your corferrees, en ihu third day
of November ntX'.lj Bloody I.-lund.
We will place ourselves, if need be, at
'our head, playing "TL Rogue's
.March," to superintend your embarka
tion'fcr the Salt Hirer cruntry. We
will say, God bless you if it is consist--nt
with His loumll.-ss charity to bless
such renegades and nmy ycu be suc
cessful in reaching the hat bur cf For
geif illness, there to repose forever.
May ycu shake the American eagle
out of bis boots, so that he n ay take
you in his naked talons, ar.d , llying
higher than the Southern Confederacy
was knocked by Grant, take you ty iho
you ihe entire nation resirred io oL
dience, and not a ttar missing frtm the
fiair.
But whether you succeed in this uu
dertakiug, or fail by the w ay, may ycu
you and jour army of vice, treason and
slavery , remain up Sill liivcr, or the
whtre. and never sit foot in this country
again You are wanted there, aid
ue can get along here very well without
you. Yours,
The Irish Vote.
ELECTION NOTICE.
Notie- 1 hereby civm 1 at ou Tuetday, iheThir
t-enth day of C'u1:it n--t, at ttie ukiihI p ac. if
boliiiuK e.ecti 11 in eS' h ereuct.tor as i.-ar an m y
t' practical; e ) in (tats County, and S:a!e of Net ria
ka. an ek-ctwn will b !.:. t (ur
Ou- Member t f CunRrr-a fur XtLratka
OrjeOove nor f..r Kcl.rarka.
Cu? Secretary of r-cv-
Oue Ami to of slHte.
OneSliiie 1 re uri r.
One DiM-i -t Attorney for 2J Jmlltlal D strict
One SVnhtor for C-m County
One Senator fur Casa. fcaipy, ?atir.ders, Butttr atij
Srwaid t iutii e .
Fear Mi-mte:a of thi Hon e of Uf ;r' n'at:Ts f .r
Cans Coon y.
One t'oun'v Cummissi. ter for trie Surol District,
(tt..ck I lull.)
One A-e-or for each Precinct.
Throe Judges aud two e leris of Election for rsrh
I'recii rt.
One Uoad Snirvi'or f r each Road Ii'at let.
Which election will ! oper.ed atLin-(9j o'cVck
la the m'jrnlna-. and wilt Cititir.ne opt a L.LU1 x C. 1
o'clock In the af einoou of tli um-itur. f'.rrrt.r
of th- CtjI.'.VTr Co.MMI.s-IOMK.
1 hl-i 7th day of !-pra'r.. I) l-C-S.
B. ,V rUR LOCK. I lerk.
C trs Co'iiity, N '.l.iasla.
NKW MBIT MARKET!
GEO. FICKLEFt &. CO,
CORNER 2J f- .VI .V STREETS,
rLATTSJIOCTH, NEBKASKA.
Keep constantly cn hand ihe Lest if
All Kimls of.tlfals,
which they caii furuub their customers at U
BEST OF XJ1ZS FOR CAS t
July 2J. HB 3io.
Empire Bakery !
21 ST.,orroiiTE".ci' roup store."
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEB.
Confectioneries,
DREAD,
PIES,
CAKES
CHEESE, au3
SWEES CRACKERS.
REFREII.TIEaVTS
kept on band at all limes.
. HUBERT Y.
nlotf.