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fie %i?mn : Sntclligaictt, HOYT & CO., Proprietors. ANDERSON C. EL, S. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1872. VOLUME VUI.?NO. 9. Address of the Trne Republicans to the Peo? ple of South Carolina. On the 16th day of October :aext, you will be called on to elect the various men who shall fill the various offices in the State Government for the next official term. The condition of the affairs of the State at this time causes the gravest; concern and most serious anxiety in the minds of all good citi? zens. Taxation unprecedented in amount in the history of this State weighs upon the peo? ple. No man but feels the burden; but how? ever and by whatever channel;; the taxes reach the Treasury, they come finally, in great part, . from those who till the soil, in the form of re? duced wages, and the increased cost of food, clothing and other necessary expenses of a " comfortable existence. The hard hand of toil largely pays the expenses of the State, though the money may be deposited in the Treasury by those who own the capital and the land. Let no man natter himself, therefore, that his pov ? erty renders this subject of tasiation one of in? difference to him. Besides the vast sums which have been drawn from the people by direct taxation, our rulers have been heaping other burdens upon us and our posterity, by enormous, and in many cases fraudulent, issues of bonds, the very interest upon which is a sum so large that it seems im? possible to pay it. Concealment of the real state of our affairs has been practiced to a criminal extent; report after report, statement after statement, has been made by the financial officers of the State, making false exhibits of our public debt; and it was only when an out? raged public opinion demanded and compelled an investigation, that our real situation was de? veloped, and tois found to justify the worst ap? prehensions which had been felt. The public mind is too familiar with the facts to require more to be said concerning the bond frauds; but it is worth while to consider here the question, what has become of the money 60 lavishly poured into the Treasury ? To what objects have we seen it appropriated by those who, under the law, are appointed to disburse it ? Have the rights of person and property, which it is the special function of good government to guard, been secured ? Have the children ef the people been furnished with the means of that education which alone can fit them worthily to perform the duties of citi? zenship? Have the humane institutions in charge of the State been cared for ? Have the resources of the State been developed, its in? dustries fostered, its present and future welfare provided for with, reasonable prudence? The answers to these questions are in the months of all the people. We are ashamed to be compelled to confess that the State Govern? ment has failed to protect the citizens, not only in the enjoyment of those rights and privileges intended to be secured by the provisions of the State and National Constitutions, but even in those more limited rights which no respectable civilized Government on earth allows to be vio? lated in the persons of its subjects; and it has been the strong arm of the Federal Govern? ment which has released thousands of men, women and children from a terror with which they could not mil to be filled by countless out? rages perpetrate'! upon their friends, relatives and neighbors, by conspirators, whose deeds the world reads of with horror. The public schools have been crippled in their work, and in many cases closed, because their teachers applied in vain at the State Treasury for the small salaries justly due them and necessary to their daily support. The inmates of the Lunatic Asylum must have been turned loose upon the community, but for the humane efforts of its efficient Super? intendent, who pledged his private credit to obtain food nobody would sell on that of this great State. The doors of the penitentiaty may be flung wide open any day, to allow the exit of a band of convicts, whom the warden cannot feed, because there is no money in the State Treasury to purchase food. The judges of your courts have not been paid their salaries for many months, and are compelled, in most cases, to borrow money to supply the wants of themselves and their families, and to be sub? jected to the temptations too often placed by rich suitors before a judiciary irregularly or in? adequately paid. It would be easy to continue at almost any length in enumerating what has been left un? done which ought to have been done. It is easier to say what has been done which ought to have been left undone. Jobs of every con? ceivable description have been undertaken, the interests of the State have been constantly and systematically set aside to enrich those who scrupled at no kind of bribery or corruption to secure such legislation as the jobbers required. Public money has been squandered for ob? jects of no public moment The expenses of some branches of the Government have been so enormously increased as to astonish all who are not familiar with the character of many of those who fill important positions in the State Government 'Tay certificates," drawn by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, purporting to be for expenses of the late session, to the amount of over ?1,000,000, have already appeared at the Treasury and been paid or exchanged for the notes of the Treasurer, and it is estimated by those in a position to judge wisely, that $250,000 in "pay certificates" is still afloat in the community, to be presented whenever there is any probability of their being allowed. This will make the expenses of a single session of the General Assembly over $1,250,000, or more than 4,000 per cent, of the sum which was for? merly considered sufficient to pay them. Enormous sums have been lavished in pre? tended support of an "armed force," which is notoriously non-existent The most corrupt practices have obtained in the making of contracts by State officials. The i contract with the Roberts and other arms com Sanics of New York, under which there was rawn from the State Treasury over $200,000, while said arms company received less than $90,000, is a type of the manner in which the State Treasury has been depleted. The public are familiar with the enormous extent of the bills for State printing. Formerly this item of expense for a scssiou of the Legislature was not one-fiftieth, certainly not one-fortieth, of what it has been during r.he year past. But to catalogue the abuses existing in the executive and legislative branches of tho State Govern? ment, would not only weary our patienco and sicken your hearts, but one who should attempt to characterize them would beggar the English language in looking for fit terms. You already know them in gross. You can hardly appre? ciate their enormity iu detail till you examine the facts and figures. We allude to but a few of them as specimens of the kind of expenses that have brought the credit of South Carolina no low that there is "none so poor as to do it reverence," and which have made the govern? ment of the State so odious to the people of the whole country. In this condition of affairs, what is the duty of the Republican party ? These wrongs are in no way the result of tho action of its princi? ples. They arise from the greed, and selfish? ness, and corruptiou of those who have stolen the garb of Republicanism to cloak their evil deeds, and who should be cast out of the com 1- ?_ pany of honest Republicans and honest men, as having degraded their high calling. Our plain duty points to this ; our obvious interests demand this; the interests of party demand it; the interests of the State demand it; a decent regard for the opinion* of man? kind demand it. We must put forward for official position those, and those only, who are known as upright, true and unstained men, whose Republicanism is as undoubted as their integrity and their capacity to perform the functions of the offices for which they are nominated. Within the lines of the Republi 1 can party our work lies. There are honest hearts and wise heads enough in that party to do our work. Every good citizen, whatever his party affiliations may have been, owes it to himself to work to purify and regenerate our State Government; tut the work especially belongs to us. We cannot abandon it to our political adversaries, until we have demonstra? ted our inability to do it ourselves. With this necessity upon us; in an emergen? cy more exigent than has existed in the history of our party in South Carolina; with the eyes of the National Republican party upon us, and expecting us to rise to the demands of the oc? casion, like honest men, the Convention now in session in this city has placed in nomination, as a candidate for Governor, the one man whose officials acts have brought upon the State, and the positions he has held, more disgrace than has attached to any other officer ot the State Government. I Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr., was the person who, as Adjutant and Inspector General, made the contract with the Roberts Arms Company.? j We do not know that he received any part of j j the $114,000 which disappeared in its transit I from the office of the Financial Agent of the I State of South Carolina, in New York, to the j ' office of the Roberts Arms Company; but we i do know tliat it disappeared. The Financial Agent's books show that it was paid; the arms company's books show that they did not receive it ! Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr., was the person who, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, : flooded the State with a shower ot "pay certifi? cates/' and swelled the expenses of that House, for a single session, from $145,000, (the highest possible figure to which they could amount legitimately, and this is based on most extrav? agant calculations,) to quite, or over a million dollars. And this palpable violation of law, this direct filching from the Treasury, is neither denied by him nor his friends, but is excused on the ground that he disposed of a large amount of these certificates in favor of the poor people who fled from the persecutions of the Ku Klux Klan. Was a candidate ever be? fore driven to straits like this ? A false certifi? cate, a fraudulent and unlawful draft of public money from the public Treasury acknowledged, and the act defended on the ground that the money was disposed of in charity! Yet even this infamous excuse is wanting, when we know that not one per cent, of these unlawfully is? sued certificates was thus disposed of, and when we daily observe the style of living this candi I date holds?a style befitting a profligate mil I lionaire, but impossible to an honest man, with I the legitimate income of a Speaker of the ' House and an Adjutant and Inspector General. We do not attempt to explain the entry of ?11,000 against the "armea force" appropria 1 tion, paid to Mr. F. J. Moses, Jr.; but the known character of the Speaker of the House, and his career in that office, awaken a suspicion very well defined, which he has not only failed to clear up, but has allowed the matter to go unexplained, though for many days it has been commented on by the newspapers, and though it would seem to be all-important that he should explain it to those whose suffrages he was soliciting. We are straight Republicans; none will go farther than we in any path of duty or honor, to serve the interests of the Republican party. The cause of the Republican party is dear, unspeakably dear, to us; its principle of the equality of all men before the law. is that par? ticular jewel which outshines, with us, every brilliant in its casket But honesty in office, capacity in administration, fidelity to public trusts, are principles which cannot be ig? nored by true Republicans; and we cannot endorse the action of a Convention which ignored them all in its selection of a candidate for the highest State office, however "regular" that Convention may be. We have, therefore, joined in a movement for the nomination of an independent true Republican ticket; a ticket containing the names of men whose fidelity to the dictates of honesty and duty is as well I known as their zeal in the cause of true Re | publicaninm. They are firm supporters of the ! nomination of Grant and Wilson, and of the I great measures of the national Republican I ' party which has placed them in nomination, while they add to their character for integrity, J superior capacity and ardent patriotism. We appeal to the voters of the State of South Carolina to support them, knowing that their election will give us a wise, honest, energetic administration of the State Government, and that they will, regardless of their private i j terests, or the private interests of any set of I men, make it their business to repair, to the j extent of their ability, the injuries the body politic h:is suffered by waste, extravagance, fraud and incoinpetency. Now is the accepted time to rouse yourselves and throw off the incubus which has lain, worse than a night-mare, upon our State; and which will be tenfold increased in its horrors should Mr. F. J. Mosses, Jr., be seated in the executive chair. Refuse to avail yourselves of this opportunity, and ere many months have passed over our heads, dire disaster, without a parallel even in our disastrous experience, may be confidently anticipated. JAMES L. ORR, President Wm. E. Earle, Secretary. Columbia, S. C, August, 1872. Sunday Dinners.?A Sunday's dinner is made the most sumptuous inoal of the week in a great many households, and the guests retire from the table more like gorged anacondas than intellectual human beings, with the re? sult that during the whole afternoon there is such an amount of mental, physical and relig? ious sleepiness, if not actual stupidity, that no duties whatever are performed with alacrity, efficiency and acccptnblcncss. The Sunday dinner made of a cup of hot tea, some bread and butter, with a slice of cold meat and ab? solutely nothing else, would be wiser and better for all; it would give the servants more leis? ure ; the appetite would be as completely satis? fied half an hour afterwards, while body, brain and heart would bo in a fitting condition to perform the duties of the Sabbath with pleas? ure to ourselves, and greater efficiency to oth? ers, and doubtless with larger acceptance to Him toward whom all our service is due.? Hall's Journal of Health. ? A lady in passing another on the street, should never look around to see what the other wears, because the other is engaged in the same business. ? Davenport, Iowa, has a girl who 'spells backward. We never thought backward was a hard word to spell. Platform of the True Republican Party. The true Republican party of South Caroli? na enunciates the following platform : Whereas gross and flagrant abuses in the administration of the affairs of the State of South Carolina have grown up in the executive and legislative departments of its government, and have become an intolerable burden on the Republican party and the State; and whereas the State Republican Convention has put in nomination for Governor, Franklin J. Moses, Jr., who is responsible, with others, for many of these abuses, and who, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, fraudulently issued pay certificates for an immense sum, has re? ceived large sums from the "armed force" fund, when no such force was in existence, and has corruptly controlled much of the legislation of the State; and whereas the Republicans of the State have generally demanded that those who have been guilty of corrupt practices shall be ejected from ofhce; and whereas the Conven? tion, instead of making an honest and true Republican nomination, has by its action shown that the corruption and incompetency which have characterized the present adminis? tration are to be perpetuated; and whereas we, a portion of the general Convention, have felt that, in view of this condition of affiairs, and of this breach of trust on the part of the Con? vention, it is our duty to withdraw ourselves therefrom, and by the selection of a ticket thoroughly Republican and honest, to go before the masses of the party for the justification of onr course; therefore, be it Resolved, 1. That we declare our cordial ac? ceptance of the platform of the Philadelphia Convention, and pledge ourselves to the earnest support of its standard-bearers, General Grant and Honorable Henry Wilson. 2. That inasmuch as the notoriously corrupt and imbecile character of the present State administration has brought disgrace upon Re ublicanism everywhere, and is now a heavy urden upon the National party, impeding, if not endangering, its success, therefore, the Re? publicans of (South Carolina owe it to them? selves to elect such officers as will insure an honest administration of government, and thus assure their brethren all over the land that the disgrace which attaches to the party in this State shall be removed. 3. That we pledge the honor of the State to the payment of all its debt which has been le? gally and honestly contracted; but that we will not hesitate to repudiate that portion of it which is illegal, and therefore null and void. 4. That we pledge ourselves to inaugurate and carry out an honest administration of the State, and to resist the payment of all fraudu? lent pay certificates and warrants upon the Treasury. 5. That we pledge ourselves, so far as in our power lies, to an immediate reduction of the enormous taxes under which the people are groaning, and that we believe that this can be most speedily accomplished by introducing hon? esty and economy into the management of the various departments of the State government. 6. That the pledges made by the Convention nominating Franklin J. Moses, Jr., must be judged of in the light of his record, and of those who sustain him, and that when thus viewed, the people of the State will not hesi? tate to say that pledges from such a source have no value, but are simply intended to blind the eyes of the people to the true purpose of those men, which purpose must be in the future, as in the past, the accomplishment of purely I selfish ends, regardless of the welfare of the I State. I 7. That, iu our judgment, the best safe-guard to the public treasury is the election of honest and faithful officers to the various departments of Government; and that the history of the i present administration shows that no statutory safe-guard will protect the Treasury with j Franklin J. Moses, Jr., at the head of the gov? ernment and his willing tools in the other j offices. I 8. That under our Constitution, we believe any other than an ad valorem system of taxa? tion to be null and void, and hence that the general license law, passed at the last session of the General Assembly, was in violation of the Constitution and of the rights of the people, and could only have originated in a desire to extort from the people of the State still larger sums of money, to be corruptly used by the men who controlled the Government. 9. That we blush for our party when we re? member that, under this administration, the education of the people has been so shamefully neglected, in consequence of the failure of the Government to pay promptly and faithfully the appropriations made by the Legislature; and that we pledge ourselves to apply a remedy for this crowning disgrace in the future. ' 10. That every encouragement which can j legitimately be given to those endeavoring to develop the national resources of the State should be extended, and that the interests of the laboring men in the State concur with the interests of capital in the demand for an earn? est effort to develop new and varied industries within our borders. This we regard as the ! means of improving the condition and increas? ing the wages of those who form the bone aud sinew of the State. Action op the Democratic State Exec? utive Committee.?The Democratic State : Executive Committee, after a full and free con? ference, yesterday, adopted the following reso? lutions as embodying tue policy, in their opin? ion, proper to be pursued by the Democracy of the State in the present canvass : Resolved, That in the present state of par? ties in South Carolina, we deem it unwise to nominate a Democratic State ticket, and de? cline, therefore, to call a convention of the people for that purpose. Resolved, That having adopted the policy thus indicated, we demand of the Republican fiarty that they fulfill, in good faith, their pub? ic pledges, and give to the State an able, non cst and economical government, under which extravagance and fraud shall cease, and all classes of citizens shall be faithfully and intel? ligently represented. Resolved, That we now place on record our unqualified condemnation of the corruption and robbery which, as the Republicans them? selves confess, pervade the executive and legis? lative departments of the State Government; for which corruption and robbery the Republi? can party of this State, as sustained by the Federal Government, is alone responsible. Resolved, That we deem it of the first im? portance that the Democratic party be organ? ized in the several Counties, for tho purpose of obtaining, by such means as may seem best, the largest measure of local and legislative re? form. Resolved, That the Chairman of this Com? mittee appoint, at his leisure, a Chairman for each County in the State, who shall carry out iu the respective Counties the objects of the preceding resolutions. The following resolution was also adopted: Resolved, That the members of this Commit? tee from tho different Congressional Districts have authority to make arrangements for the nomination of members to Congress for their respective Districts. M. C. Bittleu, Ch'n. State Democratic Ex. Com. Platform of the Moses Republican Party. The Republican party of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, hereby declares to the country, that it stands, in the coming campaign, upon the following platform, and will demand of all its representatives in the Scate Govern? ment the faithful maintenance and practical enforcement of the policy and principles here? in enunciated: 1st. We affirm our earnest adhesion to the platform of principles adopted by the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia on the 6th day of July, 1872, as embodying the true ideas of American progress, impelled by the spirit of the American Union. 2d. We support, for President and Vice Pre? sident of the United States, U. S. Grant and Henry Wilson, knowing that the safety of the nation and the rights of all American citizens will be secure under their administration. 3d. We pledge ourselves to effect instantly a financial reform in the State Government, by suspending the payment of the interest on eve? ry bond of the totate to which can be attached the shadow of a suspicion, and providing for the punctual payment of the principal and in? terest of the unquestionably valid debt And that the members of the Legislature elected by the Republicans shall be pledged to carry into effect the meaning and intent of this plank. 4th. In the interest of financial reform and good government, we pledge ourselves to throw around the State Treasury every safeguard ne? cessary to insure the faithful application of the public funds solely to the public service, pur? suant to just laws, enacted in the interest of the whole people of South Carolina. 5th. As essential to the reform herein guar? anteed and imperatively demanded by the peo? ple as the vital necessity of the State, we shall require that the public expenses shall be re? duced within the public revenues to be derived j from a moderate system of taxation, based upon a fair and equitable assessment of all property liable to taxation under the Constitu? tion. To effect this needed reduction in ex I penditures we insist that there shall be an im? mediate reduction in the salaries of all public officers, from the highest to the lowest, in the State and counties, and that there shall be a judicious reduction of the public officers them? selves, and that the number of attaches shall be declared by law. J 6th. Experience having proved that the gen? eral license law, although honestly designed by the Legislature to relieve the burdens of taxa? tion on real estate, is, in its practical opera? tion, odious and oppressive, we pledge ourselves to its instant repeal. 7th. Believing, from sad experience that it is a necessary safeguard to the public treasury, that all its transactions should be constantly open to public inspection, and always under the eye of the people, we pledge ourselves to secure the enactment of a law providing that no moneys shall be paid out of the Treasury except in pursuance of an appropriatiou speci? fying the amount to be paid, and such payment shall be made only upon the warrant of the Comptroller General, duly countersigned by the Governor and requiring the Comptroller General aud Treasurer to publish daily a state? ment of the transactions of their respective offices, showing what warnnts have been drawn, and the receipts and disbursements during the past twenty-four hours. 8th. We pledge ourselves that the govern? ment of the State shall henceforth be so ad? ministered in all its departments that neither the public schools nor asylums of charity shall be closed for want of proper maintenance ou the part of the State. 9th. We shall demand the due enforcement of law and order in every section of the State; and here state that we believe these can be best secured, and an enduring peace established in South Carolina, by the co-operation of all classes of citizens, in a mutual respect for all rights of property and persons guaranteed by the Constitution aud laws, and a considerate and just toleration of all differences of politi? cal opinion, each citizen being free to assert his own rights and privileges, while solemnly bound by the common country to scrupulously respect the rights and privileges of others. 10th. We maintain the authority of the Gen? eral Government to interpose for the preserva? tion of domestic tranquility in the several States, and we acknowledge with gratitude such interposition in this State, and with the hope that the example lately presented to the civilized world withiu our borders, will avail to assure to our people the enjoyment of the right of free speech, and human rights, we in? voke for such violators of the enforcement act of Congress as were ignorant and undesigning, the merciful exercise of Executive clemency. 11. We pledge ourselves to the enactment and enforcement of proper laws for the liberal encouragement of immigration to our State, from all quarters of the world, to the end that the arable land in the State, three-fourths of which now lie. fallow, may be brought into speedy cultivation^ manufactories established, and our grand material resources be developed under our bencficient system of government, which recognizes as between citizens of South Carolina no discrimination on account of races, color, or nativity. 12. With full faith in the justice of these principles, confessing our errors of legislation and administration in the past, which have wrought grievous injury to the State, we appeal to all true Republicans to unite in bearing our candidates to victory, aud to prove to the world that in South Carolina, Republicanism and good government are not inconsistent with each other. Any Other Way Would Have Been Better.?An Arkansas local soliloquizes thus ly : "Some of our exchanges arc publishing as a curious item a statement to the effect that 'a horse in Iowa pulled the plug out of the bung hole of a barrel.' Wc do not see anything ex? traordinary in the occurrence. Now, if the horse had pulled the barrel out of a bunghole and slaked his thirst with the plug, or if the bar? rel had pulled the bunghole out of the plug and slaked its thirst with the horse, or if the plug had pulled the horse out of the barrel ana slaked its thirst with the bunghole, or if the bunghole had pulled the thirst out of the horse and slaked the plug with the barrel, or if the barrel has pulled the i.orse out of the bunghole and plugged its thirst with a slake, it might be worth while to make some fuss over it." ? A little boy was being instructed in mor? als by his grandmother. The old lady told him that all such terms as "by colly," "by jingo," "by thunder," etc.. were only little oaths and but little better than other profanities. In j fact, she said he could tell a profane oath by the prefix "by." All such were oaths. "Well then, grandmother,'' said the young hopeful, "is 'by telegraph' which I see in the newspa? pers swearing ?" "No," said the old lady, "that is only lying." ? A gentleman having a horse that bolted and broke his wife's neck, a neighboring squire told him he wished to purchase it for his wife to ride. "No," said the other, "I will not sell it?I intend to marry again myself." ? Why arc blacksmiths alway wicked men ? Because they arc given to vice. Elect the Best Men. There are eight or nine Counties in our State, snch as Anderson, Pickens, Oconee, Greenville, Spartanburg, and others, in which the white people have a clear majority, and can elect whom they please to County offices, and to rep? resent them in the General Assembly. The delegates from these Counties have been, since the radical changes effected by the Reconstruc? tion Acts, the only modicum of representation allowed to the property-holders or white citi? zens of the State. They have not, heretofore, been sufficient in numbers to prevent mischiev? ous or corrupt legislation by their mere votes, and therefore none of it is chargeable, proper? ly, to them. Still, they have not entirely met the expectations of the Conservative citizens of the State. They have generally voted right, but, with a few honorable exceptions, they have not been active and earnest in their de? nunciations of wrongs and frauds which were being committed under their very noses by their scheming and Yenal associates of the Rad? ical persuasion. The Republicans, indeed, have repeatedly charged that some of the Democrats were no better than themselves, and were equally ready to engage in illicit legislation when they were allowed to share in the spoils. We are slow to I give credence to such infamous charges, espe? cially as we know that the Democrats, with very rare exceptions, recorded their votes against all swindling measures. It serves to show, however, the necessity for the selection of men of irreproachable character, and also of ability and experience, so far as practicable. We have had enough of half-way compro? mise men, such as the Democrats in the Legis? lature have frequently been. Even if they are honest and faithful to their public trusts, they have no power, and exert little, if any, influ? ence. So far as practical results go, s?ch men might as well stay at home. One earnest, ca? pable member, able aud willing to speak per? suasively, is worth to us in the present General Assembly a dozen ordinary men, of small cali? bre, who confine their legislative effects to vo? ting aye or nay upon the question j as they are put. A gentleman of high character and ability will command the respect and esteem of the very worst men, and will exercise a powerful influence over them. The voice of one honest man will put to flight a legion of thieves. In ordinary times, electors may be allowed to gratify their personal preferences for individuals in the selection of public officers, without seri? ous detriment to the interests of the communi? ty. Now, however, when at best we can secure but a small minority in the Legislature, it is incumbent upon every good citizen to set all other considerations aside, and vote not for the man he may like best, but for him who, he knows, will be able to render the best service to the State. There have been two causes, in our judg? ment, which have heretofore hindered the white Counties from selecting, in all cases, their ablest and best men to represent them in the State Government. In the first place, gentlemen of character, such as had been wont in better days, when public office was a mark of distinction and honor, to accept positions, were disinclined to be thrown in with such a disreputable crew as tbey knew would be congregated at the State House. In the second place, the best men in our State were, as a rule, the most prominent in tho war, and those, too, who, from an advanced age, were not active participants in the clash of arms, were identified with the past history of the State. It was very generally conceived that men like these woulu be especially distasteful to the negroes, and with a view, therefore, to counting the negro vote where the majorities were small, sccondrate. compromise men were fixed upon and elected. Wo trust this short-sighted policy will be no longer pursued. The Democratic or Conserva? tive members of the Legislature are our forlorn hope. Each one should be a tower of strength in himself. Greenviile has led off iu the right direction by placing B. F. Perry at the head of her ticket. We hope the other Counties will follow her good example, and send none but pure and, as far as they can, able and influen? tial representatives! to the Legislature.?(jjplum bia Phoenix. Carl Schtjrz in Indiana.?One of the most remarkable political phenomena has been the recent tour of Carl Schurz, the leader of the Liberal movement, through Indiana. It has resembled the triumphal march of some con? quering hero, rather than the canvass of a po? litical speaker and leader. Tho boat upon which he traveled was hung with banners and flags. At the smaller lauding places, where the boat did not touch, the entire population turned out and greeted him with music and ar? tillery and shouts of welcome as he passed. At all the stopping places committees waited upon him and presented addresses of congratulation, singing societies sang and artillery fired salvos of noisy welcome. Tho spontaneous and significant manner of demonstration was repeated at every town and village on the river from Evansvillc to New Albany ; and at the latter place 15,000 people gathered, with flags, banners, music, fireworks, and immense processions, to bear him speak. At one point on the river, which the boat reached about 5 o'clock in the morning, the whole population turned out, sent a committee on board, and there and then insisted on hav? ing a political meeting. Senator Shurz com? plied with the singular request, went on shore, was escorted to a grove, the meeting was regu? larly organized, and he then addressed the early rising association in a speech of great power, finished up and dismissed the meeting before breakfast. Such work as this means business. No par? ty on earth, by the usual process of organiza? tion and drill", could ever get up a political meeting "at 5 o'clock iu the morning," even with the attendance of Parepa herself to warble her favorite ballad touching the beauties of that early hour, and how much cau be done between that time and breakfast. Such a meeting as this could only originate directly from the people, acting by theuselvcs, aud the popular character of it is i..aicated by those who were present. Americans, Germans, Irish and negroes, men, women and children ; Re? publicans, Liberals and Democrats?all turn? ing out to express the sincerity of their belief in liberal reform by paying this Tcmarkablc tribute of respect to its leader and inspircr.? Chicago Tribune. ? About two years ago, a Norwich town, Conu., gentleman received a mortal insult from a neighbor who lives a quarier of a mile or more from him. After two years' medita tation, he has now purchased a peacock and a jackass and anchored them in a field adjoining his neighbor's back yard. * ? "Which, my dear lady, do you think the merriest place in the universe?" "That im? mediately above the atmosphere that surrounds the earth, I should think." "And why so?" "Because I am told that there all bodies lose their gravity." Agriculture and Improvement. A great deal has been spoken and written concerning agriculture and its influence on the nation and on the individual, and it will not be denied that the advancement of the one in every desirable direction, and the prosperity of the other, depend in a direct degree upon the progress made in this fundamental interest; and the prosperity of any section is in propor? tion to its advancement in agriculture ana its associated interests. Agriculture is now under? stood, and properly so, to be a science?the gaining of the mastery by man over nature, and the acquisition of such knowledge of her ways, and her laws of action, as will enable him to attain the control necessary to secure the results he has iu view. There can be no successful agriculture un? less it be made profitable and pleasant. But before this result can be obtained there must be an abandonment of old prejudides. These prejudices that stand in the way aof improve? ment of any kind are tue off-spring of igno? rance, and they constitute the formible obstacle to any thing like progress. Whenever these ex? ists, an obstinate determination to permit no in? novation on the rules and practices of our fore? fathers, no deviation from the customs of other years, there cannot possibly be taken any step forward. When a mind is so constituted that it can find nothing attractive iu the inventions of genius, or the discoveries of science, we can confidently assert that it is stagnant, and until its depths are stirred by the power of enterprise or learning, it wiil remain dull and sluggish, contracting always. We must get something to dispel old preju? dices. Obstinacy is the result of prejudice and ignorance, and when we can dispel them, we can, with reason, look for improvement. Now, this is a fact that demands more attention than it has received. Unless farmers devote more time to the cultivation of their minds, how can they make any desirable advancement. The wise man once wrote: "The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leis? ure." And in that sentence is food for reflec? tion and thought sufficient for an entire ser? mon, if we had time to preach. It is not the skillful hand, the strong arm, or the watchful eye alone, that will, in these days, bring suc? cess and wealth to the farmer. These are needful, but the cultivated mind is far more important. If thorough tillage is indispensa? ble to profitable results, then an educated mind, with experience and observation, are essential, for there can be no thorough tillage in the sense here understood, unless it be performed with intelligence, care and skill. Judgment is absolutely worthless unless it is based upon knowledge. An ignorant farmer is sometimes successful because the circumstances are fortui? tous, but we urge a higher standard of mental cultivation for farmers that they may, at times, wrest success from unfavorable circumstances ?that practical skill, learning, experience and matured judgment may secure desirable results even when the elements seem to oppose him. We have written a great deal on this subject and it is ever an interesting one to us, for throughout the whole country we can see that agriculture is making rapid advancement, and that farmers are increasing in their social and political influence, while their material pros? perity is being improved. But the full power and grandeur of agriculture will never be ac? knowledged or known, nor will it ever attain that pre-eminence it is entitled to as the basis of national prosperity, until farmers every? where, large and small, powerful and humble, admit the truths we have just stated.?Kentucky Home Journal. Ex-Governor Perry ox the Two Candi? dates for the R.residency.?Ex-GoV. B. F. Perry, of South Carolina, has written a letter in response to the invitation to be present at the National Peace Reunion at Louisville on the 11th and 12th of September. He concludes as follows: The election of Horace Greeley, which is now as certain as any future event can be, will not only restore good feelings between the two sections and the two races, but it will restore the Constitution, the rights of the States, the 8acredness of human liberty, honesty, justice and purity in our Government. How any one who is not an office-holder, can prefer Genend Grant with his past administration to Horace Greeley, is to me passing strange, if he has the welfare of his country at heart. Greeley is a civilian and Grant is a military chieftain; Greeley is a statesman of enlarged, comprehen? sive and patriotic views; Grant admits that he has "no policy"?in other words, no statesman? ship?and his measures prove it. Greeley is an honest, pure man, so acknowledged by all; Grant has received gifts and appointed the E'vers to the highest positions in his Cabinet, ord Bacon, the wisest, greatest of mankind, was impeached and disgraced for receiving gifts from servitors in his court, though in every case ho decided according to law. Gree? ley will have around him the purest and ablest men in this republic; Grant is surrounded by corrupt and unprincipled men, who shape all his measures. In his negotiation with refer? ence to Santo Domingo, Grant set at defiance the Constitution and law of nations and usurped the war powers of Congress, and then conde? scended to lobby his measures before the Sen? ate, and ofTer to bribe Senator Schurz with his power of patronage ! Greeley has been in fa? vor of reconciliation ever since the surrender of General Lee, and has denounced in the strongest terms the thieves and rogues who have been plundering the Southern States. Grant professed to be for peace, but his meas? ures have been anything else, and he has sus? tained with his bayonets the corrupt officials who have beeu stealing from the war-worsted States. I might continue this comparison, but enough has been said to show the great diftereuce between the two candidates for the Peesidency, and which the interest of the country demands wc should elect. I am, with great respect, yours truly, &c, B. F. Perry. ? Some ladies and gentlemen were taking a walk near a cemetery when a ghost appeared. They all ran with the exception of one pretty widow, who stood her ground till the ghost got to her. She then went for the spectre, and thrashed out of disguise a young fellow who merely wanted to frighten the party. Leading her victim back to the house, the widow cried ?"Can't fool me?I have seen too many men in sheets, in my time !" ? A Tennesscean on the way to Baltimore, who had been a large slave holder, was ap? proached by an anti-Greeley man who remin? ded him of his previous wealth, and said, "Greeley did more to free your slaves than any other man," when he replied, "That is the very reason why I want him to try his baud at freeing the Southern white men." ? A minister said to us that he once preach? ed a very peculiar sermon?soothing, stirring and satisfying. It was so soothing, that half the congregation went to sleep; so stirring, that the remainder left before he had finished ; and so satisfying, that none of them came to hear him preach again.