The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, August 24, 1876, Image 1
i5Sk" 1 THE BE!) CLOUD CHIEF. Uali's of l nMisinn. TheRed Cloud Chief. ' rUBMSIini) WKEKT.T AT KED CLOUD, NEBRASKA i l M. H. WARNER & J. S. GILLHANI, r i v.-- " ' VOL I'M E IV. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA. TIILRMUV. AU;UT2i. Wi;. numiu:r :;. IMItor- nml I'rnprlrtoM. . t I I i i X ,b . M I - IS 11 r 1 rnnt ami the Haiiibui-": Trouble-. Wa-III.t-. !.,'., August 1. Thf following message w.ls ieceived bv the .n:U' fioui the Picsident t-dav: " To the XvitnU- "fth I'nit'd .StaU: -In lesponsf to a resolution of the .S"ii at July 20. calling iiJmjii the Piesidfiil to oiiiiuiiijif.il' to tin ."v natc, if, in bis opinion, not incompatible with public interest, any information with icgard to tin slaughtfr of Aim-man citifiis at Hamburg, m. ('., I have the honor to submit the following mclostucs: IJIfif follow a mmilj'T of papeis lelatr.e to the HambuigatTaii.J Tin Pifsidcnt sayB: Thcsf inelosiiie-j embracf all thf information in mv pos session touching thf latf disgraceful and hrntal slaughter of inoffensive men at thf town of ilatubuig. . c. .My let ter to Governor Chambci lam contains nil tho comments I wish to make on the subject, -As allusion is made In thf 1ft tfr t thf romhtion o other Mates, and partn ul.uly to Louisiana ami .Missis sippi, I have .uMh l thf inclosurcs - IfttfiM ami tfstmi'thy m legaid to the lawless condition ol a pi i lion of the peoplr ol thf l.tttfi Mate. In icga.d to Louisiana aflaiis, murdfrs and m.Lssa eres of iiiiiK-fiit infii foi opinion's i.ikc. or on account of i olor, h.if hffn ol too recent il.itf ami too fieijiifniocciiiieiice to lequnc ifCMpitulatiou or testimonv here. All aif familiar with tin lr hor rihlf (IfL'iiN. thf onlv woml-r l.fmt; tliat w) many jiistily the m or apoloir- foi Jhfin. l!ut ifCfutly a committee of the .onate of thf Tinted Ntatfs viiitfd the tatf of .Misiisiijipi to take tf-timon on the. suhjfet il liaudsaml Molfiicfin flfdion.s. '1 heii n-pm thus not hrfuinadf public, hut I await il.sloithcomin4 with a ffflmof coiitidfiice that it will fullv .sustain all that I have si,itcd m ielatioii to framl ami violem m thf Matf of .Mississippi. I'. . (iiavr. Tin: l'Kr.-im.T m .. i i-m.i: n m ni.ni. in. Till tolhwilIZ lSlllf l'l Cedent's Ifltel to (lovfinor ( hauibcilain. leffiied to aiiuVf . IIri i ti i: M nmi. i -iiiN.ro I .(.'.,. lulv 2t. i-,r,. s 1i:ai:Sik: 1 am in icccipt of oui letter of thf -'Jd of ,lul, and all thf mclo.surfs c uuiiif rat fd Ihfifiu. irnini; nn account ot the Kite haihaioiis m.i s.icif of innocent nifii at tin- town of Haiuhui. . ('. ThfifWs whuhvou 'pic.,s a.s tothedut jmi nvc In jniir oath ol oilicf and to the citieim to m-mii- to all then i iil iiht-. im ! inline tht nht to it.tf accoidiun to the dic tates of the II own coicciencie-. ami the fllllhfl duty of the I'lxecntn-1 of th- ii'itiou to j:ie all needful -ad when piojierly called on to do mi ! cnahle you to eii.suif thii malifuahh imht. I fulh rnliriir in. The .scene .it riain hurjr. cnii-1. llooilthnt, wanton, un prooked. ami uncalled-for :ls it w.ls is only a lepctition of the couie that has hecn pur.iiicd in othiT Southern Mates within the l.Lst lew ears, m itahl in Mississippi and Louisiana. Mississippi is o fined to-da 1 oilicials choxfii ihioii'h I'l.tud of io!f nee. such a would M'arcch heacet edited to s.i aije-, niucli less to ciihcd and (hutian peplf. How Ion;; these thinirs aif to continue, or what is to bf the Iin.il lenifdy. theCie.tt Itulfiof the unifise only knows. 15ut I haw an ahulinir faith that a icmedy will come, and come speedily, and I earnestly hope that it may come peacefully. Then has never been a deMie on the paitot the Xoith to humiliate the South. Nothing is claiiniHl for one zslate that is not freely accoided to all others, unh-ss it be to kill neiji oe.s and Ilepubln ans with out fear of iiinishiiieiuand without loss of caste or reputation. This has eemeil to bea triihire claimed b a few Mates. 1 lepeat airam that I fully aun e with you :us to the iut:uuie of your duties in the present emeiirency.and :ts to my duties, (io on. and let eeiy ('omtiioV where the au damjeis thi eaten the jieacv of his Mali' iro on m the consci entious disciiaiirc of his duties to the humblest a.s well as the proudest citi- ren. anil 1 w ill t;ive every am ior w nicli I can tind law or constitutional power. The (Jovernment that cannot me pro tection to life, property, and all guar anteed ciil riirhts m this coimtiy the greatest is an untrammeled ballot to the citizen is in so tar a tailure. and every enemy of the oppressel should be exerted i.ilways within the law and by constitutional ir.eans' to retrain lost pri ileires and protection. The denial of sxuar.inteed ii-rhts is sure to lead to revolution, bloody revolution, w here the sufferinir must fall upon the innocent as well as the nuilty. Expressing the hoe that the better jiulixment and co-operation of the citi zens of the State over which you hae presidtnl so ably may enable you to se cure a fair trial and punishment of all offenders, without distinction oi race, or color, or previous condition, and without aid from the Federal Govern ment, but with the promise of such aid on the conditions named in the loreco inir. I subscribe myself, very respect Xullv, vour obedient" sen ant. I'. S. Ct HAN'T. To the Hon. 1). II. Chamberlain. Gov ernor of South Carolina. -vMissJane Jay. -who died a few days since, in Baltimore, at the asre cf seventy-three, bequeathed her entire estate, valued at over S20oti-o, after paying a few small leiracies. to the -Jane J Jay Home for Joys." an institu tion incorporated by the last Legisla ture, for educating and trainins: orphan and poor boys. There is a clock in the Centennial building which tells the month of the year, the day of the month, the day of the week, the hour of the day, the minute of the hour, and which is sai d to run for 100 years with one winding. According to the official exhibit for August 1, the reduction in the national debt for the month of July was Sl.lSs. 00:;. The total debt is novg3tl,Tno.in. "What ails this nation is want of con fidence, and it suggests a train of very painful reflections to see the mother of a familv of religious boys so scrupu lously particular in locking the pantry door after her. During the race between Dakota Maid, Aldine. Bay Hauler and Billy B. atjiidora, an Irishman remarked as the fTvers were coming in on the last mile, "Be jabers, see the gray! Tie's driving the whole herd o tneni fore him!" Problem TiMcti'- Letter of .cf ptaisef. All;.sv, N. V.. An- t.-Tildfn's i J'tt-i is ;lj loilows j i',i nti.kmi.n- When I had the honor J to icccr.e th" personal leliery or vour lftn-r on behalf of the Democratic ; Xational Convention, held at M. Louis ' on the 2-th of .June, wlvisini' ine of mv j nomination :ls candidate by that body lor the olliie of rrfsidfiitof'thf r-v-'i. I".. ."" " " -""""'ui'- .-'..cr M.itfS, l answereci that at mw i,.olV nif occunaiions to in im t '.i'.r.ifu meiit. 'I he convention beioic making its nominations adopted a declaration of piimiplfy which, as a whole, seem to uif a wise exposition of the necessi-ti-s of our country ami of the leforms needed to bring back the goveinment to its true functions, to restore the puritv of administration, and to reie-w the plospflity of thf people. Uutsomeof thesf ifioims are so urgfiit that th-v hum mue than a p-tssim,' appiov.il. Thf iifesity of a iffoim in thf scale of public cpe rises, redeial. Mate, and uuiiiieijul. and thf modfs of l-Vib-ia! taxation, jiHtuics all the iromiUfm iriven to it m tin declaration of thf M. Lotus Couv fit; ion. The present d-l-iession in all the business anr indiis triesof thf pcopjf which is depnM,jr hdi-ol us employ me nt and can vim,' want into so many homes, has its prin cipal cau.sf in fce.s.sie''oveinmentai coiisumptjon umlfr illusions of a spi cioiis piospfiity Miiifmleied bval.ilsf policy of reieiaIgofin:nfjit. A waste of capita! h.Ls be c i uoiin,' on ever since Ihepe.lceof l-lIT. W lllcj, CllM oil!', elld in univ-frsal.hs.Lstf i. Tin- redfialtaf.s ot the l.Lst elevfii y.-ars n-aili the m UMiitic sum of .tO,:.!Hi.ooo,r.o. Local taxation h.Ls amounted to two-thuds as much nioie. The vast airirie-rate is not less than .-?7.".io.oo.oo. Thisen.ii moiis taxation tollowed a civil c.mhct that had giMi impaled our ajiejratf vyalth. and had made a prompt i educ tion ol exjiense indispfiisaldf. It wa.s ajr-'iavatfil l.v most uuscifiitiiic and ill jinlgfil meth.Ml.s of taxation, thai m cieased tin- sacril-cfs of the p If far beyond the receipts of thf Tlf.lslllV. It vas aL'iavatfd. moieovt r.bvalinan cial jhiliev which temied to dimmish tin eiieir, skill, and econ..mv of produc tion, and the fiu.ihiv ot pnvaif ioii siuiiption .unl imliiie'd misiali ulation mi business .unl .; miifniuiifiativf u-.f -I capital and labor. Lvn in piosj.ei iis times the daiiv wants uidustn- ills conillUIIUtles I.less closelv OI.oli hen il.mv eainms. 'n,f. nia"rgin ot t.ossii.ieivm-s is at hi st a small pei- fiit.U'f ot thf national earnings: et .low Im these eleven t-ais the i;ov e"l ii uiental cousiimjition has been a lar-'ei poiuoioi lMe national eauiiugs than the whole jieojile can possiblv save, evi-n m prospeious times, tor aH new .iivistinents. Thf cousriiem es of :hesf errors aie now a piesent public 'alamity. but they im-ic UfVfrdoiibttuI -n.-vei invisible. Thi-v werenecesaiv int I inevitable, and weie foieseen and deputed when the waves of that ticti tious pispeiity Kin lu-het. In a speech made by me ,, the L'tth ot M-jf leinber i-;Nll UUssaid of these taxes: -1 hey bear heavily upon everv nun's income, upon even mdiistiv aiid upon eveiy business in the countiV. and vcai by year they aie destined t press 'still more heavily unless thev an est the .s tein that i:ives iise to them." It was comparatively easv when values were doublimr under repeated issues of leiral teiider paper money to pav out of our mowing ami appaient wealth these taxes, but when values iccede and Miik toward their natural scale, the tax gatherer takes from us not onlv eir in come, not only our pronto bin also a portion of our capital. I do not wish to exaggerate or alarm: I simplv sav that we cannot afford the costlv and lum.ius policy ol the Hadical m.ijontv of Congress. We cannot atbud tha't policy toward the outh. AVe cannot affoid the insignificant and oppiessive centralism into w hich our gov el nnienl is being conveiteil. We cannot afford the piesvnt magnificent sc.ih s of taxa tion. To the Secretary of tlie Tieasiirv I said, early in l-j."i. that theie is not a royal road foi a government more than for an individual or a corporation. What you want to do now is to cut down your expenses and live within your in come. I would give all the legerdemain of finance and financiering. I would give the whole of it for the old. homelv inaxim. live within your income. This lefonu will be resisted at ev cry step, but it must be pressed persistently. We see to-day the immediate representa tives ot the people in one branch of Congress, while struggling to reduce ex penditures, compelled to confront the menace of the enatc and the Incen tive, that unless objectionable appro priations be consented totheoperalums of the government thereunder shall suffer detriment or cease. In mv judg ment, an amendment of the Constitu tion ought to be devised, separating into distinct bills the appropriations for the various departments of the public service, and excluding from each Mil all appropriations for other objects and .11 independent legislation. In that way alone can the revisory power of each of the two houses and of the Ex ecutive be preserve 1 and exempted from the moral duress which often compels assent to objectionable appn priations rather than stop the wheels of government. An accessory clause, enhancing distress in business, is to be found in the systematic and insupporta ble misgoverhment imjHKsed upon the States of the outh. Besides the ordi nary effects of ignorant and dishonest administration, it has inilicted upon them enormous issues of fraudulent bonds, the scanty avails of which were wasted or stolen, and the existence of which is a public discredit, tending to bankruptcy or repudiation. Taxes, generally oppressive, in some instances have eonhseated the entire income of property, and totally destroved its marketable value. It is impossible that these evils should not react upon the prosperity of the whole country. The nobler motives of humanity "concur with the material interests of all in requiring that every obstacle be re moved to compb-te and durable re conciliation between kindred popula tion once unnaturally estranged on the basis recognized by the t. Louis plat form of the Constitution of the United States, with its amendments univer sally accepted as a final settlement of the controversies which engendered civil war. but in aid of a result so be neficent. The moral influence of every good citizen as well ;is every govern mental authority ought to be exerted not alone to maintain their just equali- ouuf s, i answ fr.u mat a: my i. ..oKVhtical and pfr..nal ni;ht. Jb convfiiifme ami m contorn -Vi':JLxJ'1 hh-. arv. dedarfs the M usiiL-f, I would pifpan-and tr.i ( .t''.ouis Convention.' to establish a sound you a loimalaccfi.tame. . f f rurrenev, r.-store public credit, and myself of thf hi-st if V .;..,;:. -... maintain national honoi ; and it '. V. U'fore tiii- law, ) stl.kfwi-i-t- -tat- lish .i crdial fratermtv ami -ix-l will anions citizens, whatever their race or color, w ho arc now united in the one destmv of a c iiniion b-lf-i:ov eminent. II the dutv shail be assigned to me I --" --.- s-. should not tall to exercise thf jowers with which thf laws and Constitution of ourcountiv clothes its chief m:nris- trate to tirotM-t all its citifn-. whatev - - !" tnen irmer comiition. in everv .lmc.-il ?m.l T.r...fi:d n-f).? l.L on to demand a judicious svstem of preparation by public economies, by offi cial retienchment. and by wisefm'ancf, which shall enable the nation soon to assuie the whole world of its perfect ability and its perfect readiness to meet any of its promises at the call of the ci editor entitled to payment. Theobjoct demanded by the convention is a" re sumption of specie payment on legal tender iiot sot thf I ni'ted .Mates. That would not only lestoie the public credit and ma.ntam thf national honor, but it would establish a sound (tiricncvfor the j pie The methods by which this object is to be pursued and the means by which it is 1. 1 be attained arc dis los d by what the convention de manded for the futuie, and by what it denounced Hi the past. Ib'sUIilptlon of specie payments by the government of the I "inted Mates on its legal-tender notes would establish specie pav ments by all the banks on all tlie'ir iiot'-s. The official statement made on the Uth of May. shows that the amount oi o.uiK notes was f ,oo.ooo, -o. b-s.s $-Jo,t m r . f i held bv thcm.sclves. Against these SjxiHurifMiif Holes the banks held -Si lljvi of legal-tender notes, or a little more than .in per cent, of their amount. Int they also held on deposit m the 1'cdeial Tieasiirv, as senility for these Iiofs. bonds of" the I'mted Males woith in gold aliiut s:;o,-0OO.0.-0. available and mm-nt in all the loifign moiifv markets. In lesiiiniiig. the banks, evi II if it Wf If possible foi all their notes to he piesctited foi pav liiflit, would hav .. hi.in io.ooo of spe ie funds to pay jsjo.ihk,hmi of notes, with out (oiitiacfiug their loans to then ustoineis oi calling on any pnvate deb oi for payment, ."suspended banks uudfttakiug to iesiinif have Usually been obbged to eollei t f I olll III edy bol lowfrs thf me ins to ifdccut i essf Issues ami to pi oV idf lfsfj Ves. A V.lglle idea of dls'ies-, !, th'iefoe. often a.ssi- ciatid Willi the pmeessof icsiimptiou. but the conditions which caiiseo dis- ties.s in these jointer instances do not now exist. The Covernment Ills only to make good its own promises, and the banks can take cue of themselves with out lisliessing anybody. The (Io em inent is. theiefoie. the'sole delinquent. The amount of legal-tender notes of the I'nited States now outstand ing is les.s than iJ.oO.o-io.ooo, besides ?.:.( tiio.toii of fiactional currency. How shall the Cov eminent make these noles at all times :ls good as specie r It has to provide, in lefcrcuce to the mass which would be kept in Use by the wants of business, a central lesei voir of com adequate to the adjust ment of temporary fluctuations of the international balance, and ;ls a guaranty against tiaiisient drams aitificiallv eie ated by panic or by speculation, ft lias also to piovide for the payment in com ot such fractional currency as mav be presented lor redemption and such in considerable portions of legal tc.ders as individuals mav from time to time desire to conveit for special use, or in order to lay by in coin. To make the coin now in the TrcJisiiry available for objects of this reserve," to gradually stu ngthen and enlarge that reserv e.aiiil to provide for such other exceptional demands for coin as may arise. does not seem to me a woik ot' difficulty. If wisely planned and discreetly puisued it ought not to cost aay sacrifice to the business of thecountry." It should tend, on the contrary, to a revival of hope and confidence The com in the Treas urv cin the ..oth of June, including what is held against com cert Uicates. amount ed to neailv -eventv-four millions. The current of pi ecious metals which has flowed out oi our countrv for eleven years, from July l. w,:,. to June .;, lsTu. averaging nearly 7;.ooo . a year, was Ss.vj.ooo.imio, m the whole period of which iJi7.'Oo.ot' wie the pnnluct ot our own mines. To anniss the requi site quantity by intercepting from the current floating out of thecountiy and by acquiring from the stocks which ex is't abroad without disturbing the equi librium ot foieign money markets is a result to be easily worked out by prac tical knowledge and judgment." With respect to whatever surplus of legal tenders the wants of business may fail to keep in use. and which, in Older to save interest, will be returned, for re demption, they can either be pant or they can he "funded. Whether they continue as currency or be absorbed into the vast mass of'securities held as investments is merely the question of rate of interest they draw, even if they were to remain in their present form": and if the Government were to agree to pay on them a rate of interest, mak in them desirable as. an investment, they would cease to circulate, and take their place v. ith the Government. State, municipal, and other corporate and private bonds, of which thousands of millions exist among us. In the ierfict ease with which they can be changed, from currency into investments lies the only danger to be guarded against in the adoption of general meastiies in tended to remove a clearly jiseertained surplus : that is, the withdrawal of any which are not a permanent excess be yond the vyants of business. Even more mischievious would be any meas ure which affects public imagination with fear of an apprehended scarcity m a community where credit is so much used. Fluctuations in values and v icis situdes in business are largely caused by temporary beliefs of men. even be fore these beliefs caiuconform to ascer tained realities. The amount of neces sary currency at a given time cannot be determined arbitrarily, and should not be assumed on conjecture. That amount is subject to lxth ermanent ;uid tem porary changes. An enlargment of it which seemed to bf dumbFe happened at the beginning of the civil war by a substituted, use of currency in place of individual credits. It varies with cer tain stages of business. It fluctuates with considerable regularity at differ ant seasons of the year. In the autumn, for instance, when buyers of grain and other agricultural products begin their operations they usually need to borrow capital or circulating credits by which to make their purchases, and want those funds in currency capable of being dis- tnbtill m sin.ill stir.-.i: sellers. The ad-Ke i t' . -l i f i .r- r n.. re j.fr rency at su h times is '. cent, of the w hob.' Vf' :zne and if a sur- ' Plus bfvond whntfis re, ..if.1 'r rdi - " T . .' I nary na Uofs not napp-n : lave turn on hand at the money cm:, r- a scarcity ot currency ensucani ais.. i sirinercy in loan markeL It w .d m reference to i ' such evpenencei tnnt n. thf discussion oi mis suoie-i in my n.ii'.a; n-ssa-e :o tin- Ww- York .Le-'islatnrf of .I.m .-. ls.'f, the suggestion .waa made 1 hat the Federal Government i l-.und to re- leem every jMnion oi i;s issit-s wn: n the public do not Wish t" use. Having assumed to moUQpoLe the stipplv oi , ..:.T . . . . . currency, and enacteI ex( Ii.sivjii agjunst everylMwly else, it is botnd to furnish ail wfiicii the wauiaoi iuis,ms rejuire. The system should jt.Lssively allow the volume of circulat ri1 i!-'ho ill ind flow according if i t rlinn'rifif wants of bu3influTrU sh ruld-Uwt.Ue.v3 ..b- rifely jus ioss:b' -Ific r.;nm:ti laws of t?ad which it has sujifrcsied bv arti ficial contnvam f-s. In asimilan'lscus sion m mv message of Jan. t. I-T't. it W.LS said th.it lesilUiptlotl should b- efft cted by such measures .id would keep the aggiegate amount of currency self-adjusting during all the processes will out creating at anv tnnf an am- ncia; scarciiy, anu wiinout exciting public imagination with alarms which ZT1 1 . ' " r I impair coiiJiiieiice.cf.ntrartmg th w hole laige machinery of creilit, and distTirlv ui'.' the natural operations of busiie1-1- I'ublie fcoiiomies. official retiench ments.andwi.se finance ate the means which the M. l.ouis Convention indica tes a.s thf pmvision for i rs, mi i ccs and ieiielllpllons. 1 lie Ik l its. tlie is a reduction of thf expenses of the Gov -finiufiil bflow its income, for that im- poses no IltW chaigf oil the people. If. howevir, the imprm idem e ami waste which have comhictsI us to a period of failing ifVfiiiifs oblige us to supplement tlie ifsults of economies and Ietleliclllllellts bv some iesort to loans, w-f should not hesitate. The Govfinnif nt ought not to speculate on its own dishoiioi in oiihi to sav m tflfst Oil It blokfll pi onuses, whu h it still compels private dealels to accept at a fictitious par. The highest national honor is not only light, but it would prove profitable f the public debt .is.-,,h,,h ben inteiestat pel tent, m gold. and .7 1 '." (."o-1 at erint. in gold. Thf avfiage mtfiist is :,.Vs per cent. A tin. tin l.tl pobcv whxh should secure the highest I lisllt Wisely availed of ought giadu.iliy to obtain a lediictlou of 1 pel (eltt. Ill the intfic-t on most of tlie loans. A saving of 1 pel cunt, on the avt i.igc would be 17. ooo.ooo ;i year in gold. That saving rtgulaily invested at l1 percent, would, in less than thnty-eight yens, extin guish the principal. The whole .51. 700.000.1 -oo of the fundeil debt might be paid by this saving alone, without cost to the people. The proper tinif for ie sumption is the time ivhen wise prepa ration shall have npened into a perte t ability to accomplish the object with a certainty and e.ise that will mspiie con fidence and encourage theieviving of business. The earliest time 111 which siuhaiesult can be brought about is best. Kven when preparations shall have been matured the exact date would have to be chosen with ieference to the then existing state of trade and cn-dit operations inourown country .thecourse of foreign commeice. ami the condition of exchanges with other nations. The specific measures and actual date are matters of details having reference to ever-changing conditions. Thev belong to the domain of practical administra- tiv e statesiiian-hip. The cantain or a steamer about sailing from New Yolk to Liverpool dees not assemble a coun cil over his ocean chart and fix an angle by which to lash the rudder for the whole voyage. A human intelligence must be at tlie helm todiscem the shift ing forces of the waters and winds: a human mind must be at thf helm to feel the elements day by day and guide to a masteiy over them. uch pn-pa-rationsare everything. Without them a legislative command fixing a dav. an official promise fixing a day", are sham-. Thev- are wmse. Thev aie'a snare and a delusion to all who trust them. Thev destroy all confidence among thought ful men whose judgment will at h'-si sway public opinion. An attempt to act on such a command or sin h a ptomise without preparation would end in a new suspension. It would be a fresh calamity prolific of confusion, distrust, and distress. The act r fop. giess of the 14th of Julv. i-7. enacted that on and after the 1st cf Januarv-1-7!', the .Secretary of the Treas ury shall redeem in coin the legal tender notes of the Frmed .Mates on presentation at the othceof the Assistant Treasurer in the city of Xew York. It authorizes the .secretary to prepare and provide for such resumption of specie pavments bv the use of any surplus revenues no't otherwise appropriated, and bv reissu ing in his discretion certain classes of l)onds. More than one and a half of the four years have passed: Congress and President have continued ever since to unite in acts which have legislated out of existence everv possible surplus applicable to this purposs. The com in the Treasury claimed to belong to the government had. on the Sutlf of July, fallen to less than $45.oC-j.i -3 as against ?."y.iv.o.jO on the 1st of Jan uary. 1-7.".. and the availability of a pan. of that sum is said to be questionable. The revenues are falling faster than appropriations, and expenditures are reduced, leaving the Treasurv with di minishing resources. The "Secretarv has done nothing under his iower to issue bonds. The legislative command, the official promise fixing a dav for re sumption have been made. There has been no progress. There have been steps backward. There is no neoro mancy m the operations of the govern ment. The homelv maxims of" eTerv day life are the best standards of its conduct. A debtor who should promise to pay a loan out of a surplus in come, yet be seen everv dav spending all he he could lay his hands on in riotous living, would lose all character for hon esty and veracity. His offer of a new promise, or his professions as to the value of the old promise, would alike provoke derision. The St. Louis plat torm denounces the failure for eleven years to make good the promise of the legal tender notes: it denounces the omission to accumulate anv reserve for their redemption : it denounces tlie con duct which, during eleven vears of peace nas maue no advances toward re sumption ; no preparations for resump tion; but. instead, has obstructed re sumption by wasting our resources and exhaustinc all our surplus income, and while professing to intend a speedy re- V i . .. :: :.. .. t ! .ir r : - rf.f! i:!"i :. ; I , J .v.r. .!... : .: i J of the pr f a tlav . it nt deuounct- tliat larrrn irociur Mil h;nlran-e to resumption. It tb : .- " . demands its repeal, and nlin demands j the Ctetal-ihnient of a judicious svstrm ' of preparation f-r rwmupsmu. ft can - - not t-dubtcU that the nuustttutiou of a system of preparation" without thf roiiiiseof a day lor the worthlfa prm- ise o! a Iav without a .aU-lu f llrl- i aration w.axld be th gain or ine ut e ui- ! . - - . suuue ! re&uiupuoii in scn.uig' rr its shadow. Xor is the t!-tit:n utti.n j unmerited of tlut Jtupnvidei-- vhicfs i in eleven years since the jt-ace h.ir.;, - J sunit-d S--.'.. and yet could nj; j ailora to give the HipSe asuml ;xnl i staple ccrrency. Tvvo and a half p-r i t ,t f i. . heexpendituni'f these lf veil ! rtstn t"n l, cAn!itator .in-eveiile-, would have pi -v :.Jc! I hr-nigh th.- U mi.'tT o-jI c . w--rv r -- -. all the aildiliunal com iiei!fu! to r sumption. The distress now felt by tli? ptsple m all their buslis-s tun! tnditb tries, though it Ills it-' pniu-qml cawh- m me enormous wasie oi camiai iom siontl by the false Jn.Iu i.s ,,f ,ur g.v- eminent. lias ieen great iv aggravate! bv the mismanagement of the urreiu I mertamtv is the proht.- jtuent of :nis-l iefs m all lawnes. N'vr w.us I. 1 J.. k lis evils m r m; man now. .Men nothing hfc.iu-e lhv are uriabl- lo to make anv calculation on w Inch the can -afely ielv. Thev undertake ijoth 4; because they fear a ios- in everything thv would attempt. Thev Mop and wait. Tlie men haul dan- not buy for the future consumption of hit cut t"iiirs. The manufacturer d.ues nt make t.l! us which mav not refund he oiitlav. lb- shut.- up lits factory ar.l disihaiges lus workmen ( apitaltst cannot lend on seniritv thv toiinnler -alt . and their fund- lie ahin-t without lllteiest. Me With eliteri'llse. who have cirdit or ss-unli- t pledge, will nt Imrrow. ( ousiiinptfti r.t fallen b low the natural limits of a 1 .-ax .li able ecoiioluv ; prices of ni.tltv thligt .tie undei their range In tie fiugal spe f-p.lVIXIg time-. b foe th IVIi W.II v.lsI m.L-s es of urreiiey Would !i in thf banks luiil-cd. A vet: and a half ago b'gal lendi rs were at their laigest volume, and si:r, . itne iftitej have been li placed bv the flesh lskiiH of I o.o-. ol bank note. Jri the im antime banks have been sitireudei lllg .llmllt .;.o-t.-l a llf'llth. b Olse thev cannot fmd a piotitable use nt .. nianv of their uot.-.s. The public mind vi!l no longer aci ept shams. It Ills siilTeied enough from illusions. An n. -eitiiw policy incie.tM s distiu-t ; an tin staple policv tut le.Lses unci rt.uiily. The people m.el to know tliat the govern ment is niov mg in the dire lion ol ulti mate safety and piosjieiitv. and that it is doing so thiotigh piudetit, sale, and con seivative methods, vv Inch will bf sure to inflict no new sacntice on the busi ness of the country. Then the liispua tion of new hope and Wfll-tounded mi tuleiii e vvill h.istfii thf lestoiing nioces ses of natuie. and piospenty will begin to leturn. The St. Louis Convention com bide-, ltsexjitession in icgard to the cuneiicy by a ilei laratioti of its convictions .is to the practical iesiilt.s of the system of nrepaiation it demands. It says: "We believe such a system. vv-ll devised, and above all intrusted to competent hands for execution, creating at no time an aitificial scarcity of the curiemy, and at no time alarming the public 'mind into a withdrawal of that vaster ma chinery of ci edit by w Inch 10 per cent of all business ti.ms.tctioiis aie per foiiued; a sv stem open, public, and m- siiinng general coijtuleine. would tiom the day of its adoption bring healing on its wing- to all our haiasscd imhis tnes. set in motion thf wheels of com merce, manufactures, and mechanic arts, restoie employment to lalmr. anI renew in all its sou ices the prospenty of the people." Thf gov eminent ot the Tinted Mate, m my opinion, can ad vance to a resumption ot spcie pay ment on its legal-tender notes by grad ual and safe processes tending to relieve the present business distress. I f charged by tne people with the administration of the executive office. I should deem It a duty- so ;o e.erci-o the wers w ith which it has been, ot may he invested by Congress, as be-t and -ooiie-t to con duct the countrv to that bem-bceni re sult. '1 he convention justly affirms that r' form is necessary m the civil ervic. necessary to its purification, neifssaiy to its eronoiny and it- tlicielicy. iierei sary m order that the ordinary "employ ment of public bu-ine-s may not l'a pri7f fought for at the ballot-fHx,abnef reward ot party zeal instead of jr.;:-s of honor assigned for proved com net ncy, and held for fidelity m thf pnblic em ploy. The convention wi-ely allowed that reform is necf-ary ev en inr' 1:1 the higher grides of the public serv ice. President, Vice President. Judges, sen ators. Representatives, Cabinet others these and all others inauthcrity aie not a private perquisite; thev are a public trust. Two evil infest'thf offi cial service of the Federal Government. One is the prevalent and demoralising notion that the public service exists not for the business ami benefit of the whole ieople, but for the interest of office holders, who are are in truth but ser vants of the people. I'nder the influ ence of this jH-rnicioiis error public e m ploynients have been multmlied. the number of those gathered into the ranks of the o:lice-holders have leen steadtlv mcre.iaed beyond anv issible reuuir." ment of public business, while meih- ciency. peculation, fraud, and malversa tion of the public funds, from high ' oi.ecs 01 puuuc iwr.ver to tne lowest poj have overspread the whole service hkd i ft leprosy. 1 he other evil is the orga: uc -' zation of the official class into a hulv.' IKiiticai mercenaries, governing c.11- ciiscs, and dictating nominations f n-- corrun systematically collected from the .s.alesK riRS Or fees of ntf!nc)iaa.- 'PI.,. .lL fc -.,. . Wi vuiv.t-iiumi-13. 1 tic umiii, cial class mother countries, sometime rOT' bv its own weight and sometimes ii , " alliance with thearmv. hw br-f n Mt.ir. tr " rule the unorganized masses even under uiuv eisui sunrage. Here it Ii:ls alreadv grown into a gigantic iower capable o'f stifling the inspirants of a sound public opinion and of resisting an easv change 01 administration until misgovernment becomes intolerable and the public spirit has bei stung to the pitch of a civic revolution. The first step in reform is thf pIpvji- tion of the standard bv which the ap "n.tl1a' power selects agents to execute official trusts. Xext in importance is a conscientious fidelitv in the exercise of authority to hold to account and dis place untrustworthy or incapable sub- uifirown pany. and attempting to cari 2 " 1 elections of the people bv undue int ve, ence and by immense corfuntion ft-n? if 1' . --: ; . .i. t; -t. t: ?-rr-: -f :L t.: Af! li imme.b:iW- ttM. l. 1 .r-"' . " ' J :. -. .f Wtt. vX rlli w s.! . n U thr Uh. : . I . an -a. nznl tliudlv !a v:..i.: , c re t ui orcnnuaUou t U tt r . . .. r4i- -; m. uihln H trt. !r:- ewt vtm tic!-!- "f jrori cvtuyrttu &d tklehti V' :; . I il.o riiui!thrU h Hs- . ftKxiuraA dfiiiie .:st.:. r, i 1 . . . i - withl.r.'a t.:r Uir -p:i-. i. of r . envn tt m tht i.o ref.riu of tl 'til , sr!t m th.i ts,Untr will U-1 tniib ! - 4nl p-rm..etit tint!', as Chief Ma - ! trt is constitutionals d"jnaln.'l f r r-c:r tvn. exi-n-ir havun? rep-: 1 fi s-xpor .1 thr futtht of self m Ht iwimKiif :TtTtu.i!l drhventl fz iu hi ifrciAtrxt tetnptatioii ? n.lnii- the owftr :.d jmtrowi Willi whLi&tj litiHruUej nr.T.'iarilv rharg'si. Fdti.atr.! in the Whrt that it t t! tlrt dutv of a ritutti of U.e nj ub. t take hi fair aiiot'i.. it .f ar-.:.! f rtil ! in Millie fT.u. I fuvr t r f"rtv ver tr a private cttifrn tu'.l . thaJdutt Ih".sch vupil m an ;!.-. Mial degr- during a!l that isriiI. w,' rornvrns if pi.ru'ri!, I u ihm a4Uirt-! the hal:t.f .ih.-.al ltfv U'.. a vear and a half aip I tntrl ttj- ijm tr-M'tit titrt it vv.-.s in ordfi t ft. iiimmate reforms t which I !! .1! I readv iUotrl -eVtr.il of th. Uf .; or mv inc. uriwii,; ;tf 1 ,,. ini- f"lf. fiofn frfth xiitftrr. how grra! the diff r nv is x-tus!t jrhdit. ' thioiigh an oii! 1.1I riit;no aatd ftotking tit .1 rt-foiiu of 'tHi' and !!Mt. mA it ! ittt-oKit'lf fr me to out m plate wh.it nfds ! r lon in th F-l -1.1I Adnmutratfn. with' u .u. atix ioiih Hftite of thf huVtiltif of thf n d (taking If iimiif.ml b sufFigi-s f mv utitrvriift! to iltmi't t) - 101k. I shail tub i..r. Mith (;.'s 1 1. li. to U tlie ethci nt iiiftnti..-'it -t thvti will. - i 1 .1. Tit ii n. To (iMin.tl Johii A b t 'Urn. od. Chairman (.tmialU ; I't u.kbii, thr lb. II. J. J Vt...tt.tla Ibli II J .Stattli If. 1st. Hit , II f LedilfM. Ihf Hot I". " I.Vott. and ..tlti..f the titiiiut tee, 1 te. .kni:i:al nlws ciimucnskh. ottrell A II.iIn.hL. Hiatiuf.w tui 1 . of piloting imm . lile f.t'bd. with li.il-ilitM-s atiiotiiitiiig t'x.Mi a .jiiail.t of a imllioii dollars A Ine at Kratn aid. .M .lines .fa. Aug jnd. ihtroye! ! buildings, in the business Jart of the town. !.tiss. from ?!",")" I" $4 .! .. The Republican Mate Convention of Michigan, have nominated the follow ing .Male ticket: Governor. C. ;,L Cresswell; Lit ut. (iovenior, Ahno .-essions; secretary of Mate. L. G. !. Hohleli; Mate 'fieasurer. W. It. Mc Creeiy ; Auditor. Gen. h'.tlph L! ; Imd Commission 1. Gen. Ik F. Partridge; Attorney General. Otto Kireher, and Mipeiiuteiident of Public Instruction. II. o. Taibell .The DeiwK-rat of thf tlh Ohio disttict have nominated John Ah .Mahon foi Congress. On the evening of August 3d. John Klingneger. of Ihiffalo. X. V . aged -t, owing todom stu-trotihle.i ut bin wife's throat and then his own. They leave thirteen t hildrtn . . .Thf OltfrviHi.M, tmin robbers ha, e hefii inu'fil loCher kee. Oxford county. Kans.m. ;uid Charlfs Pitts Ills been captured. Helrul 6l.-' n his person and a package of lettfp consisting of correspondence between in mbei-s of the iainl in regard to the lot.bery. Th" h-tlers nnlicatf .1 mii't ber of men m Ch-rkee who have been considernl heretofore abrtc suspicion. The names of the gang are llnu Younger, Hobirj Coify. t harh- Pitts alias George Wells. Cah-y Yoiing'T, J esse James, and Win. Chat v. ell. Thf three first nane-d have been arrest, d anu -;,.. recovered .. .News from ?? ' -rat of the Moux war 1- the ffl. that thf Indians are breaking up .i 1 small w.u parlK-s, with avnvvof b,- relating the l-.rder setth-merits ) One officer w.ls mortal''.. : ..r serioiislv v. aunded bv s. n.. .r i.: 1 Long Hnmch. Angus'. 7' were taking them to t. at thf lime . At Oxe Itli. Purrell II...IJ. v -' ; son, agnl r,. wl i4 t'. I' t. 1 O tectmg tos in : r lr u Another s. :,, aged 17i the head wit1 tl e hand, and ! ft f ri soil of the .ltj Jerrv. con.n.a Terrv s trrv -'J . Or. ih u!Iivar.-T cntaiS. cttio'ti k "jBgL ,? Cn ' ? hut "3! lll.S. " yJtn wd5- ' U . 'd asT-1 l'"mt havJuu..j,UTj fenY i:it UOn O " a 5M tion of?. V govern i3": by thei, 'iepiN Wattei : nieS j atorin nj sbi- v ! , t : ' .! : . r? atr t ' Jll. kt V ' H . it ,, ! j I fv " p.- !: ait JkttM t - V ! -:t : J . i;i'. ... i- litr. : i W ' ,! '""'' " WiAJ t t II II ' , , ftu i. t; , 't : i t - ' j . ir u . ! t V ' ' lRr""'N ' i Ma:v N H i 11 T. I U ' ' tM l lit i:. 1. ',. r . t". I .. .: t', .i A ! x t f-.f.l Wh lh' ' I d .1 U tl :v i.n.m t! M l!w to 1 1 f t 1 1 j . . t . . 1 -I- A ! ti lt.vH in ; ! 11 t!. sun l shn t -'. l !l t. a a ol udit. fl.tWIi f tb fli Stil'th. t ot 1 What can i d I 1 k .U lolt'lllg t the v , ( 11 . tlie !ttit. t w 1 but lh- faru'iv J home- froii, , k., ' all H I'USt!' a-i-l i ' that thr Us; ,, . something 'i x port utie guvt. N'.-w dim't do it. oi.t : ; attendant it 1 ' t will tas!e :." ' " . prepared M i fd. ;"" w ..it V.FlJ h n pians. t. and -.tiv Immi! . a; b!e ...! hint a ' 1 troui ;. t'.'t w- . v . ir fi: 1 e r- ( I- Sfli no h tv- ' la . . an I w." ;--! dialtiy w di'lut in giai.d are h:.' ItnU. liap,v I A Goid ling fo'ir tnrday ' some d.- f ' : 1! - ,.-,true wl - - "" !fewe", u V.