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VOL. 1.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1868.
AO. 27.
THE HERALD
Ills rUBLISUED
W EEKLY,
at
H. U. II AT 1 1 AWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Tl"01e, corner Mala street aod Lre, second
rf.
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
Hates of Jldcertising
ue luart (ipur of ten lines) one insertion, (1 .50
Kaco ub'aenl insertion - - 1.00
PrufeaMonal cards out exceeding six II 10 00
ae-quarter eotams or lees, per annum 33. 0O
' six tiioaibs ID t'O
" tbrea month 13 00
aebalf colu"u twly month 00.00
an month 85.00
three month Jto.ott
aeoulnma tTle montha - loo. 00
tlx tnonth 60.00
three month - - -00
ill transient airrtt-iant tnmt hep orla
adraace.
AW W are prepared to da all kind of Work
ea ehort.notie, and In . atyle that w 111 satis.
faction.
WILLITT POTTENQER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. Ti nAUUUETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
A I
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTII, Ml I tit ASK A
S. V. COOPER,
ATTVRHET AXO COfXSE.oj: AT LAW.
Ilatt3iiioiifla.eb.
"1-lTlll buy aod sell Real Clitr, and pa taxes t r
fV .r-Md -ute
lniproed and unloproved l.cds aud lutsfor sa!,
j.aa 'JJia bIti.
R. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
T. ,!: his prufasaioual srTleetothecHin of
'.W-ReJdtnM south-east rner oft'ak and Sixth
slraaia: OfBce ..n Main aireel, opposite Court House,
Piattamouth, Nebraika.
Platte Valley House
Kb. B. Ml arii v, Proprietor.
Lruer of M tin and Fourth Streets, j
llattmoitlli, el.
TVal!u. having b-en re Olf-d and aewly fur
ot.hrd offer firii-la acuiaiodaticn. Itoard
it Jay er week. au'
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Creneral Land Agent,
Lina.hu - " ' Xebroska.
Will p-a-tle In auy of the Courts of the Stato, aod
will buy and s-!l K.al k at n oramiMion, pay
Tax-, imln Tltlr. c.
a-iJa'tillf
. H1IWUL, MM . CHATHAM
Maxwell fc Chapmaii,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AaU
Solicitors in Chancery.
pLATTSHoL' Til, - - - XEBRASKA.
omc .er Ulaca, Uuttery A Co Drug- Store.
P'l
CLARKE, & ERWIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
M 1 ST., Or !.- I TE THE CO CUT HO lE
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
aiiiu unm. hidihtmitii,
wa. w. iiiwk.
rr REAL ESTATE AaEXCT. -
Jsa.4 wtf
JOSEPH SCHLATER,
WATCFMAKEB and JEWELER,
Main Street,
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A g od a.sortluot of Wtch Clo - tiold Peo,
Jewelry, Silver Wr, r"auc i.ooi. Violina and i
:ia Trimmings alwava on hand. Ail work com
aiitte I to til cre will be warrantsd.
April 10. If 5.
O B. 1HISH, CALHOfa M CKUIIOi,
Li dup tlnUtun AJair. AUurnty ut Late
IRISH, CALHOUN &CR0XT0N.
Th above nmed gentlainen have associated
. n K.i ,i f.r Ih, nurHAMilt Iiru.-ei'Ul-
r..i i-.iiliciioit all claims aKaiDst tbe Oeueral
llJtlUllltlf,"! "ft -'" " " '
are prepared to proecute such claims, either before
.i .... -jin.i nr trihe of iMdiatiH. and
Cuartu, r a-iv ot IB t'partmeni!i oi uoirrumiui
or oetore tlie Court f Claims,
Ma. 1k:-h will devote hi paraonal atteution to
. .. . . v, . ii f
Z f OiBc- at 'braaka Crty,cornr f Main aud
A itiU atreeia.
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON- D- C
f. M. DORRINGTON,
8CB-AGKVT.
.. JTSMOUTH, . NEBRASKA,
jird to present and procate claims before
-.-.Court ufClaima audtbe Depa. tmeiita. Fa-
:Vii-iti. Bouot , and Bounty Lands se.
: fTC nares moderate, and in proortion to
j ant of the ciaiu. v. M. UOKUINuTO-v
.. in, '65
J. N. WISE,
i' i-'-ti Life, Accident, Fire, Inland and
Tran.sU
-3URANCE AGENT
' . e r.ri-at reasonable ratos in the most reliabl
oi- :n the I'nited States.
j-ufiEee at the book store, l'la srrvnth. Nebras
mayziuii
JiUincry fc Dressmaking
PI Mtss A. at. DISPAIR A M Rl. R. P. KN5DT
Opposite the City Iiakery.
7 I wnuid respectfully announce to the Ladies
' V of Plutumoutb and vicinity, that we havejust
iveil alargeaad well aeleeted atock of Winter
c naia;ing of K lower a. Ribbon, velvets, dreas
i n ainga, lc, Ac. We will sell th eheape5t good
-7 .- -i .i l iu thiscity. We can accommodate all our
. .-.moment and a many new ones a will favor u
' n a call. All kiada of work In our line dost to
. r4er. Perfect ,atafatioa given or n charge
f6.vlf
DWKLLI.ti8 at all price.
Any persona wishing to purchase Fariu-property, or
Residence in town will Qnd tbetu for sale at al
price, By
DORR1NGTON,
rurT. Kkal Kmtati Aoiwt.
Q K. McCALIiUM,
Manufacturer of and dealer in
Saddles and Harness,
Uf every description, wholesale and retail. No. 130
Main street, between Slh and 6th streets, Nebraaka
Clty. Jel
NOTICE.
JAMES O'NEIL Is my authorlied Agent for the
collection of all accounts due the undesigned for
medical services; his receipt will be Talid for the
payment of any nioniea on said aceounta.
August 14, 167. R. K. LIVINGSTON, M.D.
REED. BEARDSLEY & CO,
Real Estate Agents ,
WEEl'JXG WATER, SEBRk.SK A.
Li nd bought, managed and sold, ValuableTIm
ber Land for ele. Taxes paid for Non-residents
Collections promptly attended to.
march 26 lS6e?.
WASHING Sc IRONING
DT-
Mrs. M. IMieman.
In the rear of City li&kery.
Fancy articles wahed and done up In the aeateot
style. Satisfaction guaranteed
Plat.tuioutb, lieoraaa, june -.in ni.ti.
Sheridan House,
Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor.
Corner of Main and Third Street,
Plattsmoutli, Nc!.
1nrd by the day or week. Charg'-s mcderate.
S'ai;ea leave tbia House daily for all points
Korh, South, East and West. lulivl.
WOOIAVOllTII Sc. CO ,
BOOKSELLERS.
STATIONERS,
Binders &Paperdealeis.
SA1XT JOSEPH, MO.,
ocl,6m
TP. I'. TODD,
SEWING MACHINE AG'T
TTSMorrn, shim a si,a.
A gnod aasortineut of machines and nxchine flnd
kept mi hiitJ. 0"t,'Bc' t Mtad'-manu'
CiothiuK Store. lec. 4 '67
M idlines repaiiedon short notice.
Plattsmouth Mills.
C. HEISKL, Proprietor.
Have recently betn repaired and placed in thor
ough running order. Custom work done on abort
notice.
100,000 IIusIicIh of Wheat
Wauteil immediately, for whtch.the liUjtieat maike
l.rn e will he paid. aug'jB tf
Shannons
Feed, Sale and Livery
STABLE.
Main St.,
Plattsmouth.
I .m nrenared to acx)mmodate the Doblic wtt
Horses, Carriages and Buggies,
ai - ir '
A130, a Dice nearse,
On short uotice and reasonable terms. A Hack will
ran to steamboat landing, and to all part., of the
city when desired.
mr2 J. w. mhjbuj.
FURNITURE!
THOMAS W- SHRYOCK,
CABINET MAKER,
AXD DEALER IS ALL E'XDS OF
Furniture and Chairs.
THIRD STREET, (Near Main,)
TLA TTSMO UTIJ, NEBRASKA.
Riparirik' and Varni-liin natly don.
JT- Funerals attDdfd at the shortest notice.
AVm. tiult liiiaii" Sc Co,
One door west of Donelan's Drug'Store,
Dealers in
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, "APS. BOOTS. SllOESt
TRCSKS, VALISES,
and a general stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the Flains; also, a large lot of
RUBBER CL0T1I1XG, REVOLV
ERS A.YD .VOrO.VaS.
We bought low and will sell cheap (or cash. Cal.
and exaruiueoor atock before you buy any where elstl
jyl '66 Wm. STADKLMAN.N A CO.
W. D. GAGE.
W. R. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STORE.
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Provisions,
BOOTS and SHOES,
Main Street, two doors above Fourth,
Where the public may Cad
THE BEST OF GOODS
and prices at low a can be found in tbe city.
We return fhanka for the liberal patronage we
have received, and hop to raeritits continuance.
Oct. Oirt a, BJYF.
CiEIliMANS, HE AO
Speech oj Carl Schurz, the Greatest Get
man Uralor and Statesman in
America.
Among the mauy able and efficient
speeches on the Republican side during
ilii campaign, we h..e read none wnicn
rues to such a height of earnest and
thrillirg eloquence as that delivered by
Carl Schurz at Chicago. It is master
ly in ita logic, presenting the case which
is now submitted to the arbitrament of
the American people, in tbe clearest
order of thought, aod in the tersest
language; and the production is truly
worthy of the noble cause in which this
distinguished patriot and ardent lorer of
liberty has devoted himself for the few
past years, with so much zeal, abd ao
much success. The disinterested de
votion of Gen. Schurz to the work to
which his life i consecrated the prac
tical extension of freedom and equal
rights to the human race has been
sufficiently evinced by what he has done
iu thi past, bui never, we think, has he
been ao much in earnest never has he
displayed to much ability in his coutest
for right against wrong never has he
struck such heavy blows in behalf of
human liberty, as the present season.
His Chicago speech is electrifying both
in its matter and in its tone fr.im begin
ning to end, and it should be placed
within the reach of every man who is
iu casta ballot at the coming election.
He speaks as follows, iu one of his
thrillicg appeals to the Democracy:
"Brave as the Southern people may
be, ihey would scarcely have dared to
raise their ha..d in rebellion ugainst
this republic had they not been assured
that the people of the Nonh would not
fight, or, if they did, ihat there would
be Northern peo le enough to raise in
aid of the rebellion. You, Northern
Democrat?, caused them to indulge in
this fatal delusion ; you goaded them
on to the j Bin uf rebellion, blood and
destruction. But till more. In 1864,
when the back of the rebellion was al
ready broken, and when speedy sub
mission might have spared us many
grievous j-aenfices, you Northern Dem
ocrats, declared the war a failure on
our side ; you then encouraged the
Southern peop'e toperseveie lohope.to
fight on. And thus the. i-laughter and
destruction continued. But still more.
At last the rebellion wa vanquished,
and the Southern pei ple lay prostrate
al the feet of the conqueror exhausted,
impoverihed, lacerated, bleeding. So
tar your friend.tip .had brought them.
Thera was but one way for them to rise
to new life, peace and prosperity. It
was by giving up all those old wild
dreams of sectional power : by aban
doning all thought of a possibility of a
reaction; by accepting readily all tbe
new order of things would bring ; by
devotine themselves, without looking
back, to the reparation of their losses;
by averting their eye. from the pa.-t
and turning ihein full upon the future.
And who will deny that after the fire-i
stunning effect of iheir defeat, such was
their dispo.-ition.and that thisdiposition
would have been strengthened by a firm
and uncompromising attitude on the
part of the North. Thus their woutds
might have been quickly healed, and
their life restored to health and vigor.
But what did you do. Northern Demo
crats ? No sooner was there a chance
for their regeneration than you hasten
ed again to pour into their minds the
poison of false hope. You stimulated
their pride with flattery. You stirred
up their feverish imaginations by i-how
ing them the dreadful picture of a pos
sible reaction. By wild harangues you
excited them to stubborn resistance to
the new order f things. Yju inflamed
their worst passions by appealing to
their worst prejudices, and. alas, they
believed you once more. And now see
what you have done. The South in a
new attack of that delirium which the
defeat of the rebellion had happily
abated. and the repulsive manifestations
of which you yourselves now endeavor
to restrain; the old terrorism, the old
violence, the old mania for the exercise
of unrighteous power And thus three
years since the end of the war, have
been wan'only fouandered. three years
which might have given them peace but
for you. And yet, if you are not blind
to the signs of the times, you know that
all the hopes you have excited are vain.
You know what they are struggling for
can never be restored, and what they
are struggling against is bound to come.
You must kn w ihat this will be a re
public of free labor and equal rights
(Applause ) And yet you are still
pouring oil into the flame of their mad
ness nay. you are urging the sword
into tLeir hands which you know they
can raise only for self destruction
Democrats of the North, are your con
sciences dead ? Have you no hearts,
no pity for your Southern victims? Have
their destroyed cities, iheir devrstated
fields, have the hundred? of thousands
of sons whose blood they have sacrificed
at your instigation not yet given you
your fill? Shall the agony of those
whom you have goaded on from error
to error, from crime to crime, from dis
aster to disaster, be continued forever ?
Wilt you never give them a chance to
return to reason ? What have the poor
Southern people done to you that you
should never cease to persecute them
with your cruel, relentless, murderous
fiendish friendship ? Tremendous ap
plause. Is it not as if the policy of
Tour party were born of the love of
mischief for mischief's sake ? When
contemplating thi appalling spectacle
doe it not appear questionable to your
elves, which was the more terrible
curse for the South, the institution tf
slavery, or the friendship of the Dm
ocratic party ? Is there no human feel
ing in your hearts which moves you.no
voice of conscience which compels you
to desist from this most cruel wicked
ness ?"
The orator then refers to the evi
dences of Republican success this fall,
and the splendid inarch of the Repub
lican hosts to victory, and closes with
the following stirring peroration:
"American patriots, now is your
time! Your duty calls you with trum
pet tones. Let no tree man to whom
speech is given now be silent. Let
none whose heart ever was fired by the
divine breath of liberty now stand idle
There are those who are still wavering
between right and wrong. Not a mo
ment let there be lost, Speak to them
the language of great principles ; as
sault the understanding with irrefutable
arguments; starm their hearts with
solemn appeals. The greatest victory
ever achieved is within our grasp. It
rests with us to make it a final one.
Up, then, and be doing ! Now is the
time to make the American people
brothers once more by writing on the
very frontispiece of this Republic, in
characters of burning light, that even
the wickedest must read it and bow his
head ; that even the blind must feel the
electric flash, the grpat law of our fu
ture s Liberty and Equal Rights for all
and forever ! Peace through Justice :
Tremendous applause.
m
THE DEBT AXD ITS PAYMENT
The Democratic misrepresentations
of the actual financial condition of the
country have been once more, and moM
conclusively, exposed by Mr. Ldward
Atkinson, of Boston, in a speech at the
Republican State Convention in Massa
chusetts His statements are very clear,
nd are founded upon data furnished
by the Hon. Divid A. Wells. Mr.
Atkinson himself is known as a care
ful student of all financial questions
First, as to the actual debt in 18G5.
The sum entered upon the books of the
Treasury on the first of August of that
year, and published as the whole debt
was S2.757 .689,571 But this was not
he real total. There was a further
lability by which the Government was
- i a
as mucn nouna as ir tne nonas naa
been already issued. This was for
back pay, for the pay of the troops to
the time of their possible discharge, for
their transportation, and for the settle
ment of contracts This liability brought
the true debt at mat lime to S3.287,-
733.329. of which, since that date, the
Republican party has paid more than
S300.000.000.
The revenue, meanwhile, from April
1865 to June 30. 1&6S. has been
from customs S54S 97fr 84S. from the
inters 1 revenue SSI 2,336, 2?8, miscel-
aneous, chifly direct taxes, premium
upon gold, and sales of military and
naval stores and captured and abandon
ed land. S17S.743 769. making alto
gether Si .540,058 583. How has this
sum, equal to three fifths the amount of
the present debt, been spent ?
In April. 1865. the military and na
val tones of the Union were enormous
and most efficient. There were nearly
a million of men in active service, and
preparations for vigorous war had 'jeen
made. Suddenly the armed rebellion
ended. The Government could not at
once dismiss its soldiers and sailors, turn
off the wounded and disabled to shift
for themselves, and repudiate its prom
ise to those who had contracted to build
ships and had them half finished, or
those who had engaged to furnish food,
clothing and ordnance. Yet the credit
of the Government was very low On
the 1st of April. lS65.ihere were over
due more than S120.000.000; and
large payments of what were strictly
war expenses were carried over into
the year after the war. Wiibin fifteen
months from April 1. 1S65. the dis
bursements of the Armv and Navy De
parnnents were S774.S65 851. and not
less than $400,000,000 of this sum
was for expenses incurred and accounts
rendered from three to twelve -I'onihs
before the end of hostilities. The rest
of the whole amount was made up of
pay of the army, prize-money, com
missary and quarter master's accounts,
bounties, arrears, and medical depart
ment. This- was in every sense a war
expenditure ; and to this might be add
ed pensions, equalization of bounties,
reimbursement of State, and claims of
loyal men, etc.. amounting to S145.
912,401. And this, added to the sum
upon the books of the Treasury. makes
the maximum of the war debt S3.2S7.
733 329. The net debt on the 30:h of
June 1868. w-S2 4&5.000 000 how
ioz that we have already paid off S802
733.329.bejfie a payment in three years
of such peace as we have had of a
iuarter of the whole war debt But
we have alo paid the interest on the
war debt for that time to the amount of
S438.4S4.SS3 ; and these sums, deduc
ted fpom the revenue ef that time al
ready mentioned, and about whose dis
position Mr. Horatio Seymour and his
friends are so anxious, leave the ordin
ary expenses at S298.8i0.371. or a lit
tie Jess than $92,000,000 a year. Those
of the last Democratic fiscal year under
James Buchanan, computed in tbe same
currency, were S107.577.400 and that
mcnev was largely used to arm and
equip the rebel States against the Gov
ernment.
Mr. Atkinson justly claims that this
exposition shows that the Republican
party have managed the finances with
a success hitherto unprecedented. His
statements of the present situation are
worthy the most thoughtful attention
The taxation has been reduced SI 67,
000.000, and when Mr. Pe dleton says
that they amount to SoOO.000 000
year he says what he might know to be
untrue. Moreover, taxation at the
present rate of SS CO per bead will pay
our debt before the end oi tbe year
18S4. Immigration is constant. The
increase since the war gives $63,000,'
000 directly and S90C.000.800 indirect
ly to our resuuices. ludustry is multi
plying ; railroads extending ; agricul
ture improving ; even in its present
condition the Southern States grow
their owu food, and during the last year
crop of 3.000,000 bales of cotton, to
bacco enough to be one of the chief
dependencies of taxation, and rice
enough to supply the home market for
the year. With Grant and assured
peace and consequent investment of
capital and quickened production, the
re-ult may be eaisly foreseen.
The country is greatly indebted to
the misrepresentation of the Democrat
ic leaders for the lucid and conclusive
statements of Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Wells,
and Mr. Fesaenden. And there is not
an honest man in the land, however
heavily pressed by the taxation which
the rebellion of the Southern Demo
cratic party has imposed upon us all.
who does not ask the Democratic ora
tors who paint the horrors of taxation,
And how will your olicv of civil war
ighten the taxes?" Harper's Weekly.
The charge of Know Nothingism
against Mr. Colfax has received a re
futation from the highest authority.
The 1 ojtou Pilot says :
A correspondent of ours at South
Bend, Iud., Thomas McGrath, who is
not a politician, says that tne charge
advanced against Schuyler Colfax of
having been sworn into a Know-Ntthing j
organization in 1864 is nf l true. He I
further incloses to us an extract from a
speech of Mr Colfax, at South Bend,
July 30, 1S68, relative to ibis very
charge, 10 which the Speaker responds
thus: "You know it is a falsehood ;
you know that never in my public life, j
from the commencement to ihe close. in
any year, month or day, have I held
any other doctrines than that principles
and character, not birthplace and creed,
were the true test for official promotion.
Men who may resort to forgery may
sign my name with their felonious fing
ers, for a forgery is a felony. You
here know that there has uot been an
election for the past twelve years that I
have not gone to the polls, not with a
closed biillot.but an open one, and voted
for men of foreign birth, and who
worshiped at a different altar from my
self. Here is the only place where I
will answer that calumny; Ie it be
buried in the tomb, where are buried
calumnies and forgeries like it, in the
graves of the past."
Horace Greeley closes one of Lis
Recollections" by saying : T'he moral
I would deduce from my experience is
simply this : Our farmers'sons escape
from their fathers' calling whenever
they can, because it is made a mindless,
monotonous drudgery, instead of an
ennobling, liberalizmg.intellectual pur
suit. Could 1 have known in my youm
what a business farming sometimes is,
always may be, and yet generally shall
be, I would never have sought nor
choseu any other. In the farmer's
calling, as I saw it followed, there was
neither tcope for expanding faculties,
incitement to constant growth in knowl
edge, uor a spur to geuerous ambition.
To preserve existence was its ordinary
impulse; to get rich, its exceptional
and most exalted aim- So I turned
from it iu dissatisfaction, if not in dis
gust, and sought a different sphere and
vocation.
Grace Greenwood compares Grant
to fifty fathom water on Lake Huron
so dear and yet so deep. Why not
sy tbe deep blue sea, at the bottom of
which you may see the coral a thous
and fathoms down? St. Joe. Herald.
Why compare Grant to anything?
There is no figure more sublime on
earth than the name.
Seymour said in a speech that he
never dealt in bonds or was ever en
gaged in banking of ny kind. We
hate tbe authority of the Utica Herald
for saying that he was u director in the
Uueida County Bank from its organi
zation in 1836 until it was remodelled
as a National Bank. Does he tell the
truth?
The wealthy Democrats demand
equal taxation for all kinds of proper
ty. As it is, the wealthy pay the tax
es and the por do not. They want
the laborers tools, clothing, furniture
and income taxed as well as their lux
uries. How do you like it? Press.
PARTISAN EXPEIVfUTUIlES,
We have to shoot so many hes on the
wing around home, that we can only
afford to spend our powder on distant
game when it ia very large. A Mr
Eden, who is running against Gen
Palmer for Governor of Illinois, some
what as a bull would run against a lo
comolive, has discovered that ihe re
venues of the Government for three
years have been S500.000.000 a year
and he calls on the Republican party to
explain what they have done with the
SI. 500, 000, 000 of the people's money
The question displays the same charm
ing modesty which Judas Iscariol might
have shown had he demanded of the
eleven in what manner ol dissipation
and deviltry they had squandered the
apostolic treasury, when Judas himself
carried the bag. But the minority apos
tie did not venture to put a question
which would have placed him eternally
on a par with the modern Democracy.
However, as Mr. Eden probably does
not know what the money was paid for,
and as The Chicago Tribune asserts
that it was squandered for partisan ob
jects," it is well to see what objects the
Democratic party regard as being of
interest only to the Republicans. Dur
ing the three years beginning July 1,
lbGo, there were paid out of these
revenues for interest on the public debt
an average of $140,000,000 a year, or
for the three years exactly S418.484,-
8S5. Therefrom we infer that to pay
the interest on the public debt is a Re
publican partisan object, in which Dem
ocrats have no lot nor sympathy. They
loaned no money to feed, clothe, and
pay our soldiers ; thev own no bonds
and would pay no interest.
In the first six months after the close
of the war, t'tere were paid 233.491,
778 as back pay and transportation to
send our soldiers to their homes. This,
too, according to Gov. Eden and the
Democratic journals, was a Republican
quandering of money on partisan ob
jects In order to make it Democrat
ic or non-partisan, our soldiers should
have been sent home beggars and pen
niless, or the amount paid should have
been equally divided between the arm
ies of Grant and those ot Lee. Still
more Democratic would it have been to
ump the Union and Rebel debts into
one. and then repudiate the whole.
Out of the same sum S49.3S2.859
were paid in bom ties to Union soldiers
only. Clearly a Republican Squander
ing of money on partisan nbj-cts." as
no bounties were paid to Rebels Elev
en million dol'ars more weie paid to
Union men for property lost and des
troyed during the war. A none of
this was intentionally paid to Rebels for
property destroyed by the Union armies
thi- alr was "money squander on pr
tisan objects."
Should the Democrats rnrrm into
power they would rectify this injustice
by paving Rebels for the devastation
committed bv the Union armies on the
property of Rebels. This is what the
Albany Argus means by saying that
the "unascertained" debt of the United
States amounts to about two and a half
times the ascertained debt, or S6.000,
000,000. The balance of ihe debt will
never be "ascertained1' until the Dem
ocrats come into power.
Ten million three hundred and thir
ty thousand dollars were reimbursed to
Northern States for Biim advanced by
ihem to aid in suppressing the Rebel
lion. This is clearly partisan and He
publican, as not a dollar was reimbursed
to the Rebel States, nor to the New
York rioters, nor the Sons of Liberty,
nor the St. Albans raiders, nor the
Confederate bondholders, nor the Eng
lish pirates and blockaderunners, for
the losses incurred by them in sustain
ing the Democratic rebellion
Sixty million dollars were paid to the
navy, the brave sailors of Farragut,
Porter, and Foote, for back pay, and
contracts made during the war. As
nothing was paid to Semmes, Lynch,
and the Rebel pirates, this is evidently
"money squandered on partisan ob
jects." So are the $1S5.426,127 paid in
army expenses, including those of our
Indian war, and the 850,000,000 paid
in pensions, and S73.000.000 paid in
the expenses of the navy, and the 8247,
000.000 paid toward reducing the prin
cipal of the debt.
It is rather more difficult to explain
now the Sl47.373.969 paid during ihe
three years as the ordinary expenses
of the Government or civil list, almost
wholly to Johnson's 41,000 Democratic
office-holders, who are now contribut
tng to pay the expenses cf buying votes
for Seymour and Blair, can be regrad
ed as "money squandered tor partisan
objects," though doubtless some of it
may inadvertently find its way into po
litical channels.
Then the expenses of Reconstrution,
82.344.700, were so equally divided
between the Democratic "policy" gov
ernments set up by President Johnson,
and the final State Governments author
ized by Congress, as to render the pick-
it gs moderate, when it is considered
that the officers cf both governments
have stood nearly as much chance of
bong murdered by the Rebels and Ku
Klux as of being paid.
Finally, $914,860 has been expend
ed in removing the exposed bodies and
bleachiDg bones of both the Union and
Rebel roldiers, without dis
tinction of the cause in which they fell,
and burying them decently in the Na
tional Cemeteries.
Having answered their inquiry, will
the wiseacres of the Democratic party
inform ua what are the other and
Democratic objects on which they wo'd
have expended the same money7 Tribune.
Keep It Ilefore tlie People.
That the Republican party has re
duced the national debt over Ave hun
dred millions of dollars since the close
of the war account.
That the Republican party has light
ened the burdens of taxation more than
two hundred millions of dollars since
the close of the war.
That the Republican party has reduc
ed the rate of taxation to about one half
what it was during the war.
That the Republican pany5 saved the
Union from the results of Democratic
treason.
That the Republican party is the only
party pledged to the support of equal
rights for all the poor as well as the
rich, and the ignorant as well as ihe
earned.
That tbe Democratic party, through
open and covert rebellion, has cost the
country over three thousand millions of
dollars and the annual interest thereon.
That the Democratic lebels took the
fives of three hundred thousand of the
bravest patriots the world ever knew.
That the Democratic rebels crippled
for life over three hundred thousand as
pure patriots as ever lived.
ihat the Democratic party gave to
tbe North a million weeping widows
and mourning orphans, our friends, our
neighbors, and our relatives.
That the Repuohcan party will re
store peace and prosperity to the coun
try That the Democratic party is pledged
to revolution and repudiation, and that
this policy means more debt.tnore blood,
and overwhelming ruin.
Frank Rlair's Position in 1851.
"I, Francis P. Blair, of St. Louis in
the State of Missouri, a native-born
citizen of the United States, and of
rotestant faith, in the presence of
Almighty God and these witnesses, do)
solemnly promis and swear that I will
not tote, nor give my influence for any
man. for any office in the gift of the
people, unless he be an Americvn born
Citizen, ita fvr of Amtrioana ri1lin(T
America, nor if he be a Roman Cath
olic. In the presence of Almighty God
and these witnesses, I do solemnly
and sincerely swear that I will, when
elected or appointed to official nation
contering on me the power to do so,
remove all foreign aliens or Roman
Catholics from ofhee or place, and that
will in no case appoint such to any
office or place in my gift."
Such are tbe avowed principles of
the Democratic candidate for Vice
resident. They are interesting at
this time to a large class of voters.
Germans, Irishmen, how do you like
it?
"Where are the victories you prom
ised us?' said Horatio Seymour fneer-
ingly, in a dark period of the war, just
before the glorious illumination of
Vieksburg and Gettysburg. Now the
Democratic leadets all over the country,
who had relied upon the popularity of
his nomination, as they witness the re
turns from Vermont, Maine, Colorado,
and New Mexico, repeat the inquiry :
"Where are the victories you promised
us
The Mobile Tribune in a recent ar
ticle, informs its readers of what tbe
Ku Kluxers will do when they e'ect
Seymour and Blair. It says: "One
of the very first things we will ask will
be the assumption of tbe Confederate
debt. This is precluded by the amend
ment known as the XlVth article. But
the Democracy deny that this amend
ment has been legally adopted. This,
it may be said, is the result of the prom
ise to Hampton, and is made as a guar
antee of their good faith."
A straDger observing an ordinary
roller-rule on the table, teok it up, and,
on inquiring its use, was answered, "It
is a rule for counrng houses." -Too
well bred, as he constructed politeness,
to ask ucnecessary questions, he turned
it over and over, up clq down, and at
ast, in a paroxysm of battled curiosity.
inquire , "How in the name of wonder
do you count houses with this ?"
Of the one hundred and fifty one
Representatives in Maine one hundred
and nineteen are Republican and thir
ty Democratic. Last year ihe Repub
licans had one hundred and five, and
the Democrats forty-six. There is a
lie in one district. .
Mayor Alden, the Republican candi
date, was elected in Nashville over the
Democratic and Conservative candidate.
Reaction has begun, has it ? The Ban
ner exhorts the citizens to discharge
every negro who voted wkh the Re
publicans.
The Democrat, demand equal taxa
tion of bonds, houses, lands, stock, cat
tle and farming implements. None cf
these are now taxed.
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