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Fur more we y.r?zc a gei?.,,. |
The lutilo oart? of fiiif;e:'h? ' no hair,
A low KOVd dpokon?ob ! how vciw l?ttoli
ThcMO little toko i?o to lowion onvre !
It mullein litili? if Our homo bo bave'
Of luxury, mid what tli* world flails good.
If wo havo 'Jidy one true 3j-i?-it tbcro
By whom our bettor solves ire underatood,
Whoso doepcHi heart-throbs aro for us alone,
"With whom hi (.hough's and wish en no aro on*1.
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the platform
Of tbo 9eiuoo?at;o National Convention
Tho Democratic party, iu Netiounl Conven
tioti assembled, reposing its trust iu the iu
telligonoo, patriotism and discriminating jus
tice of the people?standing upon tho Constt
'tution as tbc fou mia ti on und limitation of tbc
/powors of the Government, aud the guarantee
of the liberties of the citizen, aud recognizing
tho questions of slnvory aiid?aooession as hav
ing boon settled, for all ttuac to come, by tbo
war, or tho voluntary notion of the Southern
States, iu Constitutional Conventions assem
bled, and never to be leuowod or ro-ngitnted,
do, with tbo return of peace, demand :
1st. Immediate tortoratiou of all the States
to thciv rights iu the Union, under tho Con
stitution, and of civil government to the
rajherican peoplo.
2d. Amnesty for all past poliiictil ofToncea,
5ted the regulation of (lie olectivo franchise in
the 8talc3 by their citizens.
8d. Payment of the public debt of the Uni
ted States as rapidly as practicable ; all mon
eys drawn from tho people by taxation, ex
cept so much as is requisite for tho necessities
of the Covern m cut, economically administer
ed, being houcitly applied to suoh payment. ; ?
nnd, whore the obligations of tbo Government !
do not cxprcfisly stale upon their faoe, or the I
law under whioh they wore issued does not [
provide that they shall be paid iu coin, they
ought, in right and in justice, he paid in the
lawful money of the United Stutes.
4th. Equal taxation of every species of
property, according lo its roal valuo, inclu
ding Government bonds and othor public se
curities.
6th. One currency for tbo Government
and tbo people, the laborer and the office
holder, the pensioner and the soldier, the pro
ducer and btttd-hohkr.
Ctb. Koonomy iu tho administration-of tbo
Govorument) the roducltfni of the standing
army and uuvy ; the abolition of tho PVcod
mon's Uitroau, and all political instrumentali
ties designed to secure negro supremacy;
simplification of tire system and disoon(?ti
fino? of inquisitorial modos of assessing nnd
?olteotlng miern?lj:oVonuo;BO thftt th? burden
of taxation may be equalled and lessened,
tho credit of tho Governine!.'' aud the curren
' cy made good j tho repeal o? all ouaclmoii!*
for enrolling the Stato milita into national
forces iu time of ;pcaoe j W?* tariff for re
venuo upon foreign importa)' and suolv equal
taxation, under tho luterani rovonuo laws, as
will aiford incidental 'protoetlon to domostlo
tal?n ufad uves, and as will, without impairing
the revenue) imposo?.tn<) least buM?fr upbu
and bo3t promote andE^?o?r/ig^ tho groat in
dustrial interests of tho country. ??
7th. Pvoform of abuses iri^.tVie administra
tion, the expulsion of corrupt mon froin of
fice, the abrogation of usoldss) offices, ' tho re
storation of rightful authority to and tho in
dopendenco of tho esecutivo and jndioinry
departments of tho Government, the subor
dination of tho military to the o? vil powor,
to tho ond that tho usurpations of Congress
and tho despotism of tho sword may cease.
8th. Equal right1) and protection for na
turalised and native-born citizens, at homo
and abroad ; the abortion of American na
tionality whioh shall command Iho rospeot of
foreign powors, and furiiiah an example and
oucouvagement to people struggling for. na.
tionnl integrity, constitutional liberty and in
dividual rights; and the maintenauoo of the
lights of naturalized citizens against the ab
solute doelrm? of immutable allegiance nnd
. the claims of foreign powers to punish thou
for alleged crimo committed beyond their ju
risdiclh a.
In demanding thoso measures and reform?,
wo arraign tlic radical parly for its disregard
of right, and the unparalleled oppression and
tyranny which havo markod its career. Aftor
tho moat, .solemn and unanimous pledge of
both Houses .of Congress to prosecute tho war
exclusively for the muiutcuanco of the Gov
ernment and tho prcsorvatiou of tho Union,
uudor the Constitution, it has repeatedly vi
olated that mo-1 .sacred pledge, undor which
alone was rull?od thai noble volunteer army,
which carried oa?- flag to victory.
Instead of restoring the Union, it has,
so far as is in its power, dissolved it, and
subjected teu States, in times of profouud
peaco, to military despotism aud negro su
premacy.
It has nullified thcro the right of trial by
jury; it has abolished the habeas corjyus, that
most saored writ of libo; ty ; it In.s ovorthrown
tho freedom of speech and prow; it has sub
stituted arbitrary aoixurcs and arrests, and
military (rials and secret star-chamber iuqui
siti?os for the constitutional Irtbuualu; it has
disregarded, in time of poac.i, the right of
the people to he free from searches aud seiz
ures; it lias outcied the post and tolcgraph
oflicci-, aud even the private rooms of individ
uals, and sized their privato papers aud lot
j tere, without any specific charge or notice of
I a fii da vit, as required by tho organic law; it
I has ?ouvcrtod the Amencau cap?tol iute a
! bastilo; it has established a system of spios
and official espionage, to which no constitu
tional mount ohy of Europe wonld now dar? to
resort; it hits abolished tho right of apponi on
imporhmt oo:isth -tioual questions to tho su
preme judicial tribunals, aud throatons to
curtail or destroy its original jurisdition, '
which is irrevocably vested by tho Constitu
tion, which tho lonrned Chiof Justioohaa
boon subjected to the most atrocious calum
nies, Hicroly becnttso he would not prostitute
his high office to the support of tho falso and
purOwuu uliurgta preferred.agaiu*t the Presi
dent. Its corruption and ex tra vaga uco have
exceeded a?ythiug known in history, and by
its frauds aud monopolies it has uo.irly doub
led tho burdoo of tho debt eroatcd by the
wfr. It has stripped the President of his
constitutional power of appoint.nont even of
Vis own Cabinet. Uudor its repeated assaults,
the pillars of the Oovornmcat are rooking on
their bnee, aud should it succeed jn Novem
ber nest, and inaugurate its President we will
meet, as a subjected and conquored people,
amid tho rui.is of liberty and the souttorod
fragments of the Constitution, and wc do de
clare aud re-solvo that, even sinoc the pooplo
of the Unitod Slates thvow off all subjection
to the British crown, the p?vilogo aud trust
of suffrage have belonged to tlio sovoral States,
and have bceu grantod, regulated and con
trolled exclusively by tho political pewor of
oaoh Stato respectively, and that any attempt
by Cougress, on nuy protext whatovor, to de
prive any State of this right, or to iuterfore
with its exoroise, is a flagrant usurpation of
powor whioh ean find no warrant in tho Con
stitution j and, if eaneltoncd by tferc people,
will subvert our form of Government!, ami can
only ond iu a singlo oontraHr.ed and consoli"
datod Government, in whioh tho separate ex
istonoo of tho State will be onttrcly absorbed,
and an unqualified despotism bo established
irt placc of a Federal Onion ofoo-oqual States;
and that wo rogard the reconstruction Acts
(so-callod) of Cougress ao suoh aro usurpa*
t?ous, and unconstitutional, revolutionary,
and void ; that our soldiers and sailors, who
carried tho flag of our country to viotory
against a most gallant and dctorniined foo,
must over bo gratofully romomborrcd, aud all
iho guamntces given iu tiicir favor must bo
faithiuiiy 0arPio4 into ot?eut?ort.
. That tho public lands should uC difctriljHlyOd
as widely as possible among the people, and
should be disposed of either undor thcr pro
oinption of homestead lands, rid eoi d in rea
sonable quantities, aud to nono but actual oc
cupants, at tho minimum price established by
tho Govornmont. Whon grants of the pub
lic lands may ho llowcd, nooossary for tho on
oouvagemcnt of important publio improve
ments, tho proocods of tho Bale of suoh lauds,
and not tho lands thomsolvos, should be so
applied.
That tho President of tho United States,
Andrew Johnson, in oxoroising tho power of
his high office iu rosisliug the 'uggroe^jons of
Congress upon the constitutional rights of tho
States and tho people, is ontitled to the gr?*
titude of tho wholo American pooplo, arid in
behalf of the Bouiooratio ttarty, wo tondo?
him our thanks for his patrintio offovts in that
regard. . jL
Upon this platform, tho Iftin?oratlo patty
nppoal to ovory patriot, including all the con
servativo ?lomon i, and all. who deeifo to jwip;
[ port the Constitution.and' restore tito Union,,
i forgetting all past differences of'opinion, to
unito with us in tho prosont great atrugglo
s
fot tho libertios of tho people; aud that toni!
suoli, to whatever party thoy may have horc
tofovo belonged, wo extend the right lumi of
fellowship, and hail all saoh co-opernliug with
ns un frioudsnad brethren.
Tho Political Campaign?Radical Prospeots
Not lb aud South.
All tho advices received hero recently from
the South, roprosont oarpot-bngisrn as on its
doath-bod. With tho exception of Florida
and South Carolina, all tho Southoru Sta tos
.ir? eoitecdcd as covi a. u to go for Seymour and
Blair. Tho radical organisation \a ihe ?ocon
struotcd rogious arc dwindling away rapidly,
aud dofootton has veaohod their very strong*
hold with such alarming results, that tho
oat pot-bag horoos see nothing but riilu uboad
Thoy bave discovered their groat weakness
in tho very ttpot whoro they looked for au im?
prego iblo tower of strength. Tho negroos,
whom thoy toiiod upon as their right arm of
power, have become disgusted, and proclaim
that tho white radioal is a groator enemy to
them than tho white rebels who were Ic.toly
their masters. Tho most intelligent blacks,
therefore, have determined to join hands with
their old ma?tefs, und thus drive away the
oavpet-bsg adventurers froni the Sont h to their
nativo clement. Hits rcr/rdialiou of radical
ism by tho colored citizens is overwhelming
tho Ropublioan loaders of the South, and con- ,
Bcquoutly they aro boginuing to reatine that
thoy havo boon caught in their own trap.-? ,
SovornI shrewd Republicans who havo just ?
returned from different parts of tho South ad
mit that Sambo baa turned tho tables upon ,
thorn completely, and now t heir only hope of ?
success isin the North. This last hopo scorns i
uot to havo a very firm hold of thorn either, i
judging by the mauuor in which they write j
to their friends in this city. Tho corrospou- ,
deuce sont here from different Statos iu tho j
East aud West, by radical stumpers and man- ;
ngcrs, is of the most desponding character. ?
They admit thnt Pennsylvania, Indiana aud j
Ohio i.vo lost to Gr.xnt nnd Colfax beyond r?- |
dcmptioii, and one of them declares itnnt lili- ?
tio'ts will go tho sanio dr.y, tud?sa tho strOU* ,
gost offerta arc mado to fave it. Logan's ,
defeat as Congressman at large from the Slato ,
is spoken of as certain, but the electoral ticket* ,
it is urged, tony bo carried by clever engin"
oejing.' The most sanguino Republican I (
havo seen hove f.om Colfax*? Stato, only fig
ures up Republican majority of 3,000 in
Indiana. This Republican is otto of the most
shrewd and influencia! politicians iti tho Stato
of Indiana. In fact, the impression is vory
genovai here now that Seymour and Blair will
be elected by a vory decisivo majority, not ou
account of any groat popularity of thoir own>
but because the people of the country aro de
termined to have a chango anyhow.
[IVWt. Cor ..r. Y. Herald.
Be Cautious, in Word and Act.
If there is one counsel which, during tho
next niuctv days, should be impressed with
morei frequency and moro fovoo than all othors
upon the Southern people, 'it is this : Be
cautto?tf in word and act I
Wo outer tain the most sanguino hopos that
tho approaohmg electio? Will result io a de
cisive triumph for the friends of liberty and
law, and a restoration of the Govormuotit to
its ancient foundations, now so far romoved.
And, while iu tho advancement of that most
desirable issuo, littlo is affordod us to do, it is
unfortuuatcly truo that wo may do muph to
imperil, or, at. least, retard it. In that regard,
tho near past riso? boforo.us with fch#>n|ost
solonui monitions.
It is by no moans certain, that the people
of tho North would not havo .sustained the
President In tho fell oloctions of*186?, defea
ted Congressional radicalism, and anticipated
by two long yoavfl, tho glorious victory on
whioh wo count in Novomber ; but two un-/
fortunato oiroumstanocs conspired to thwajl
the rotraoing stops of those .people, nnd "^
dash baok tho tido of returning roason and
maguauimity whioh promised such happy ro
siti ts for tho general prosperity of the repub
lic. One of those was tho cxtromo impm
douoo of oortain of tho pnbllo uttcraucos of
tho Prosident, but the far moro fatally eflco
tivo obstados was tho riot in Now Orleans I
It is no exaggeration, to say that melan
choly ooourrenoo v turned the soalo in fifty
doubtful Congressional Districts, and thereby
scoured that two-third* vote in the Houso
whioh is aocouotablo for all tho enormities of
tho most profligate logishttion that over our&ed
pioplo with ovon tho traditions of froomon.
Thus was lost, tbtv two years, the ohanoo of
peace; thus was gained"military dospottem,
I carpet nag Constitutions, nngro s upremnojr,
tho to??rtf cf o?tca bill, aud all the multiform'
vonwmitios'Jvfhioh*disgraood the last sossion of
tho Thirty-ni nth Gongro^s and tho first session
of Its successor. ? . ? " ' " . ? *
A^ainiantetbotloh nppreaohos in whiolvtho
'very issuoli ,of BSCtV arc to* bo pnssod upon
ofteo mor?, 1 ? country, bv'oallod en in tho
light of the prao'ical oxporionofc ?f two bittor
A.
I aid fateful yi?av8 to roviow its former Joels
ion, mullicar iho great appeal of liberty r.nd
tac Constitution. Tbc oiroumatance;! of tisis
tij?al aro al? in one favor. Congross has ?r
od each passing month of loose iotervening
yoara with ? uow outrage tipou us, and a now
argument, therefore, in our favor. Recon
struction, iu its every development, has star
tled the publio ear with some now violation
of J^.pjivato.right and publio liberty. The
ufyVTtfte 'purposes of ladtordU?*, ehadowing
fejjelbe entire subversion of the constitu
tional rights of States aud people, have boeti
fully revealed. The utter and ahandonod
profligaoy of Congressional government has
beou laid baro to all eyes. The thorough
fuilures of reconstruction to acoompii di any- ?
thing but tho ghostliest moolccry of freedom, \
is sorrowfully admitted oven by Republicans I
tho'tmolvcs. The waves of war had further !
aud full chanco for perfect .subsiding, and ?
filially, the conservative mon of tho country
have now had abundant time to rally from the |
terror which tlio despot torn inaugurated by j
Ijiucohi bo widely spread ; thoy are wonder-1
tug that so boastly an idol could ever have
been thought a god, aud* are hastening to
compensato for their supineuoas hitherto, by
uuwoulod diligeuce and determined effort
now.
in this most fortunato conjuncture of our
riffaiw, our tiiumph of the Const itti t ioti oan
lO'tYoeiy ho jeopardized, savo by ourselves,
sevtaialy by no party aud uo agency or.u it ho
io much joopardi/.cd as by oursolves. It is
vaguely whispered, aud tho recent disturban
ces in this oity, at tho Federal Capital, at At
lanta, at Charleston aud elsowhere, give grave
Bountonanoo to the rumor, that instructions
havo been iaauod from ocrtaiu radtoal leaders
in Washington, that conflicts with the ne
groes must, at all hazards, be provoked at tho
South hotwoou this aud election day. This
is procir.cly what every ono acquainted with
radicalism must havo antioipatod. Half that
Congress so easily accomplished would have
k?4k':iiVkt*.n.fnl]v donnui)Qod..as well North a?
South, had not tho passions of the LNOVMlorn
people boon oxoited by tho syst orna'ic lying
>f radical proseos respecting "Southern out
rages." And they havo too often profited by
this game to slight its assistance now. It i?t
not important to them what may be the origin,
or what tho character of the victims, of tbeso
disturbances. A party which oould make a
horo out of Ashburn, a Bftittt out of Jobo
Brown, and a martyr out of Dostie,'and could
find ai) odor of s-.uiotity in a negro brothel,
eaunot bo very scrupulous about the quality
of tho material with which thoy propose to
work.
Lot us bo oareful, then, to avoid even tho
appearance of violonoc. If a disturbance
arise, let it bo manifest that the conservatives
were the aggrieved party, aud that the conse
quences, whatever thoy may be, properly at
tached to our enornios, *nd wo will baffle this
last and most favored resort of radicalism.?
And to that end, it is cqitilly desirable that,
whilo dohounoing with whatovor sovovity of
lauguago tho deeds and dosigns of our cue
roios, outfspeakors and writors should do noth
iug towards hunting a breach of tho por.oo
and thereby inviting the many and* irret? lov
able oviln that must certainly eusito.?~??ic?i*
mond Dxatnincr, and inquirer.
The Status of tho Negro.
In assortiug that "this is a white man's
government," (says the Xow Orleans ?Y./!e>,)
th\p whito pooplo of tho country by no means
foreshadow injustloo to tho negro. Thoy know
nu(i xojoioo that the old institution of African
spVory ?p atan ond. To revive it would be
Zf step whioh nono but the insane would duro
tQ take. Being froo, tho uogVo in as much
tinted as his white neighbor to tlic safeguards
of ?1)4 law?. Ho must bo protooted in his
p?ribb, h?3 property, and all his material
rights j and for bis infractions of law he must
bopuliisuod In the same mannet as tho white
man is. In all othor matters ho must rooog
nizo tho pvejudlooa of immemorial oustom and
tradition, aud aoocpt suoh a position as ho oan
work out for himsolf. Ilo must r?mombor
also that though froodom is a word of super
lativo sigoificanoo, yot those who call^them
Boives froo n?o always froo.
In this world pf prror and oorruption thorc
tare many kinds and dogre^e of slavery, and
that of physloal subjeoHon to a maetor, though
humiliating and unpleasant/ is by n? moans
tho most galling and dogr?^ing.
England for a third of froontury has filled
tho world with tho dolusivo btjf&at that whon
ovelf a slavo louohod her soil his shackles foil
off forthwith, and our Govornmonii, ni noe tho
oloso of tho war, has taken up tho cry ai\d
echoed it with ail tho pharfonioAl vigor, of
fiet'co, unthinking fanaticism. Lat England
turn hor cyo to tho slavory in hor factories and
minos, and.tho ftoreo than heathen ignorance
with whioh it is associateti) and say, if bUq
date, that hor pco|He oro all flract Ftvou
among thoao who aro independent, as far as tho
more necossitiee of lifo aro concerned, there
- ' * .* *
>% \
-1-1-?? ~'-jt (rumili ? ? ii?ni?niiim?iim i?m?iii? i?ii<mnii
I aro thousands,' nay, miilioos, who aro undor
! the grossest bondago to their vioo??? boii
; cinge infinitely morc corrupting than ouo of
j more servitude And what may be said of
Eugiuud, hi this regard, is alino*', equally
applicable to A morion.. The uogro who has
boon freed from tho bonds of physical scrvi
tudo is, in nine coses out of ton, less freo than
ho wras bofovo bis emancipation War* declared.
His habits have bocomo worso ; his hoalth is
not so good, his wants are not so well provi
ded for, and boyomi all else, he has become
tho slarc to selfish and corrupt party dema
gogues, who umko him tho instrument of
plunder, and, as far as possiblo, the shield of
their own corruption.
Now iu the proscut oanvass the white Cou
sorvat?vou of the South, who aro the neigh
bors and must be tho oinployorr of the uogroes
when tho rule of the earpct-baggers cud?as
end it must within a very limited period?
have endeavored to oonviucc tho negroes that
to them thoy must look for their Into cirfrwn
ohisomcnt?for tho ratification of every priv
ilege beyond equal protection to life and
property. In the North, whore tho Pedicels
bnrve freon in power, they havo not extended
to the few negroes who reside among them
the privilege of impartial suffrage ; if thoy
bave givo? it in tho South, it was an act of
fraud, intended merely to servo their own ,
base euds. ,
We will not pretend to Ray that the white ,
people of tho South arc very mueh better than <
tho white pcoplo of tiic North, but thoy cov- <
tniuly aro moro reliable than the carpet-bag- (
gorn, and tho immunities which thoy grimi |
tho negroes will bo for?vovgrantcd. Tho
oourso which the Southern whites are to adopt ?
toward the blacks must, be an honest one.?0 i
No people or party can with impunity sacrifi?e <
honesty for the purpose of scouring a political
victory. Lot the negroes understand that ?
tho whitos are empowered by the lato ?ud- i
ioal amecdiucut to tho Constitution of tho <
United States to restrict negro suffrage, oud
tuo extent to which that provision will bo <
........ ? ' - -?v V-i-o-^rtf ?w ,
colored people during the oxt.stnig oanvn* i, or
up to tho time whet: ?ho white people will
again bave control of their own affairs, :.ud ?
onjoy to tho full their rights of solf-govoru- [
mont.
It is probable that there will bo restrictious ?
on, ?uff: aye, but if so, they will bo framed in I
a spirit of sound statesmanship, aqd will bo
enforced without disti notion of color. White
and blaok men who commit grave offences,
andar1, sont to tho penitentiary will not. be
permit'.ed to vote, and possibly oi-hor equally 1
I wiso restrictions will bo framed on other poi Us *
' affecting the public weal. Whorovcr negro
I rule has been attempted, it has proved h fail
ttre, and in a country such as this, where the
blt\?ke a'Vo in so hopc?oss ti minority, negro
tule is impossible. L ttbe blacks then, as
well as tho whites, accept- tho situation. It '
is useless to oling to delusivo hopos and con
tend against tho inevitable. The white man 1
will* be t?io rulor iu this bind, and the negro
will gain a huudrod-fold moro by ?a hobest
oonoiliatory course (.hau ho can over extort
in any other mnffrVer. .
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Reasons for Being a Democrat.
1. Booausc I bclicvo that "Tho powovs
not delegated to tho United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibiting-by it to tho
States, aro rosevved' to tho States respectively
or to tho pooplo." (Cons. Amend. Art. X.)
But Congross has imposod nogro sufirage,
which belongs to the States. (Chicago Plat
form, seotion 8,) on Nobraska and tho States
of t?ic South.
2. Boorusq I bolievo that "No person
hall bo convicted of treason unless on the toe.
timony of two witnesses j" (Cons. 8, see. 8,
1,) and "The trials of all orimos, oxocpt in
oasoi of impeachment, shall be by jury," (Art
8, sooi 2, 3,) nnd "No bill of atlaiudor,
no c.r, jk>?? Jacto 1?j,w, shall bo passed." (Art.
1, seo. 9). But Congress has declarod mon
traitors, oud punished thorn as suoh, without
the testimony of any witnoss j has imprisoned
citizens, and refused them a trial, aud has
enacted laws to puuish pest aots. ,
8. Beoauso 1 bolievo tliat "No Stato shall
make anything but gold and all Ver ?oin a ton
der in payment of dobts.'r^ (Art. 1, see. 10)1
; But JaeoWn Logislaturos mado greonbaoks,
worth only 40 oonte on the dollar at tho timo,
a legal'tender. . j? * ,
4. Beoauso I beltovo thnt tho froo oxpree-*,
sion of opinion at tho polls is an oaaontial
ic?ght of a froouinn. But Congross bus doolar
.ed that none shall voto wlto ?annot swoar tliaL
Ihey JjoHe .o in t?t? scoiai and political equal
ity of the - agroi (Tost oath of Arkansas*)
fL BoonUso I bolievo that the rich men*
sh?tAti p*,y, taxes as woll as the poor inftn.7
Bnt Cofgross, by oxompting tho bonds, has
enabled' tho rich to thtow the burden of taxa
tion on tho poorr
6. 'BeOnttso I believe ff greonbaoks are
good enough to?pay Ilio soldior who lent his
blood lo his country, they are good ohough to
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pay the stay-at-homo, who Oftly !cnt his inon-*
7. Because ? believe that the laboring
man at the North ehould not be obliged, after
frooing the uogro, to maintain Iii in in idlouoss;
bo .should woik for his living, or, if unable to'
work, bo supported by tho Stillo in which he?
lives. But Congress, through tho Frcodiuau'e
bureau, doos koop Liiu idle that ho may vot??
tho Jacobin ticket.
8. Bocatwo I boliovo th.tt if tho espouse*
of government, during tho oight yean, prior to?
1SG1, were only 6193,000,000,7g2,000,00O
a year,) we should not have spent $187,000,
000 from Juno 1st, 18G7, to J uno 1st, 1808
?a year of profou nd peace. (N. Y. Tribun b y
20th July.
9. Booa?so I believe that a Jacobin Coii
gron8, with a two-third majority, is responsi
ble for tho evils which afflict tho country, and.
not the right of executing Clio laws they
nmdo,
10. Because I bolievo that Horatio .Sey
mour, who .saved NowYofK city from the riot
ors, (Mayor Onydyke in Constitutional Con
vention,) Pennsylvania from the rebels,
(Stanton, Lincoln, Forney,) nnd whoso tdalee
man-diip ?tn.s too long been acknowledged to
bo disputed, is a more roliablo mail lo govern
tho country than Grant "who knows nothing
of politics," (Wade,) "who ir* a drunkard/'
(l'ilion,) "who cannot stand up before a glues
of whiskey, and is as brainless as his saddle,"
(Wendell Phillips), who ;io\or held a civil
;> ?.?, who was dismia?cd from tho army.?
(War Dep. under Buchanan), "who can only
talk horse r.nd dogs." (Wade.)
?l. Bconuse I believe ?h?? powor c'en tered!
it Washington will an surely load to despot
ism in m erica, as power centered at Baris
loca in Fraude.
12. Because I believe that ?? is highly
immoral and dangerous to continuo itt author
;y a political party which Casts out. of their or
ganization such a man as Ohatfo, Trumbull,
Ooolittlo, oto., while it acknowledge* as load
ers such mon r.3 Cov. Brown of A'tuToiMonville'"
?ro^lp^teRi^f?.** Stentor Calicot,
"For those roasons, a n? many olhcs " too'
mmoroite to 'mention," I will this fall vote tho
Democratic ticket. Lot nil thinking men
ivbo love A mori can liberty more than party
mcco'ss, do the .saure. Posterity will blesa'
theru.
A FREEMAN.
tJtXOAj Aug. 12th 1878.
Rio ht.?Tho following is oho of the Roso-'
luttons Unauiinously adopted by the Wake
County Democratic Convention, on tho 8th
inst :
Resolved, That W. W. Holden, "who,;
writes himsolf Governor of North Carolina/'
having doolaved in his iuaugural address that,
"Every o fi roo and employment in the Stato/
from the most inferior to the most oxaltod.'
must bo filled by tho friends of Reconstruct ion*
and of the. new Constitution," thus prosorib'-'
ing, for opinion's sako alone, the only class'
of out citizens who aro either worthy tho con1.*
hdono'o of the people or capablo of an oulight
ened and patriotio ad ministration' of the gov
ernment, aiucorcly depreciating the pVosotfy
tivo apirit whioh ?r?Voe us to tho u'copssify.'
an a defensivo mensuro, of doing oo; and witl'v
no uukind foolinge towards thoao who' must
suffer tho oonsequonoo of tho conduct of thoao *
whom they havo unfortunately placed in pow
er, wo'horcby plodgo oureolvcs, in the futuro,
to aid, oncourago, omploy and pnirontsb' Dem
oorate and Conservativos, in proforcn'eo to all
others, and to protpot and dofend ca'oh other
in the oxeroiso and enjpymout of ali out con
stitutional and Iogal rights'.
Sblv Hkli*.?How fuiil? often are our en
deavors to' socuro a happy, prosperous, or
iudcpondonl futuro for these we lo;ivo behind
us. In fupbj it often'scorns timi extremo o.iu.
tion in this regard . defeat:) itself. The beet
legacy to ohildron is Solf Help; bank H*ock
is nothing to it'. That may tnko wings ; but
tho energy to whioh disaster is only mi incen
tivo to offort, that is of itself a fortuno. Wo
look with tendor oyos upon tboso wo love, and
?igli t? think woe?may, porohnucc, not bo on
tho sh'oro when they launch thoir Utile barksy
folrgbtlhig.Him who holds the wind? in Ilia
ha % and regards tho fall of the sparrow.?
Savd it,good motherjoneo, in reply to mich anx
ious' fchrs, "I have got beyond that. If
should'bo takon away from w$ children boforo
tn'oiV maturity, very likoly somo one who will
sbo faults to which I should havo bepn blind,,
will do for them far boiler than should. 1
UavQ thought it all out-^and can trust Hiro%'*
?vKRV Dcmoorat would bo delighted to ee*
Blair and Colfax mako a speaking oanvasw
togother. Blair is wiiling, but Colfax is woak.
They onco had an encountor ip Gongreos.
Blair pulverised Colfax botwoeu hia thumb
and- foroflngor, nnd oould, upon a pinoli, havo
taken* him ne pinoli of snuff. : ??t t??So
didn't honker aftor euoh. on article.-*-LomjV
ville Journal! ^