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ITnleji* rtrfleWfr" ffQ>ei*?r\s?,;' "A d vertlnciu eh ts witnn+?rHlt?tytA^tfWp.. *?<!.'??* Obitunty nalMo* *nd nil mutter* inuring to to tho W-uoflt of u#jr ono, arc regarded ns AJ The Speoc^r BVn. J. B. J^WoTttelivered *Vt?* Great Democratic<? Meettnr at Yvtkj.9*?'r -' At Hie gfeaf''i)orn<$c7n(tc feec'tTnjr,., over al.lUll HH plWIUIU. HI Hill public eqoirejof^ jmMMty n nvlvnnin, on Worttl/iy ovomtig. Angust 24, 1808, Hon. Jemmi ili S. Ill.ick do ' ii?4red t h e' f&) fp ? $ Vfttitfd 'in* terestfng apeecfr: Judge liJuck.JUjton tiking (lie clmir, hi*-nf>prt-citofciw of tb? bear ly mliiiMfll itad jieiglibors had m'-i'ied Lis selection as <ib?ir(n?il. ?b*4 ffn ?ii?fcne* to ihd ?Wies of (WmMtinjf Li would 'et foi?li senve of tlie giotalfi *J? UI0 ?0??, "V would do it fcneflt^.'Wiflning him-elf to 4U? {?ro?iia?M topifA, '??- ??K the more sglaborate argument* to hu tuAcle by the ?li*lin<riudi?d gentleman from MaryJimd fi wa^Jwlio had oo.*ne here <>o RjHsdaj iuviutiou to grjure the cnuse 'i<y pleading t'h. 'lie eoatirtaed? Theeandtdate* uf the <t*r? partfe* ?rB 0?w fairly in tfee tf*M, .-find we have abundant <ao*e to he voud of the (election made for we by the C.Mivenfclo* WM<lt nwmldod in Jfaw Yoik'pn tins Fourth of'July. 1 <lu uot heliaye (bet any -member of the ftartv to which we *i? oppe^l would o groialy flatter Grant and Colfax a? to any that they-are finer, morally and menially, for rtir place* to which tlvey teipeclively aeiMafV^han-Seytuour and . ?,i . s ?_i j'irtii , pmi H irimi *9% ? *-?* vr*?fv?n ? ?? j mlmit that our eandidatrs hav* a very <leci?le.l j*<JvtU4iii?c ouor their*. Mr. &+ymnttr U*<r for many Hpears bean regarded" ha srtnnVHfNpr at the head -of thoee p?M?e men Jioiq kviinia the Demociaey wwuKJ Ikj Ik?iiml H> ml+i< he chiefp{ the nation. 1!* wnfl In* g reeuiinence v?tt \ty muv oeekluoud c'tr comat'Mtve*, liNt <nUv jkc hie ni\*n* I njged t?i?Ti1* a*d hi? tiMf<i?Vc?d in^eft riiy. II< iicfjfT eottgkr thi* f)<)Mi<Tu*ik>/ii; ;, -?? the contrary, it wit* llunst tip oit liiin after he hail repeatedly declined it. I nit at toot) a-tjte hid c<m*wt<d to l#ke it, there wa?-?w> name m the country that ootiH fcfaml f??r one trement Odf??l"i the competition <f M*.""1 The ftrendnif nil the other candidate* irnmediately eon ceded the p?1?tt of aupeiioriiy to blm; and now chore eatitMJdfe* me themselves lite most enrtlMieiMtic ewpJiortert. Opf?wiiro? mekrwy uwhv Wore the fervid eloquence 6f Fendfls" | *' ? t* 0 fi (o* ; me ponderous Utgtc 01 lienuncKs n literally Smashing the rank* of (he Mongrel* In Indian*, and rj^ncoek, with the magnanimity that belong* to It is noble and hororar rtatnre, ha* thrown the whole weight of hi* reputation Into -yiifriBMr wnwHf *im>f>wr ty-inwg. ilia friends evesjmtrtflk to C?> with their whole might for Heyinour. [Great npplause.J 1* ' In the 8(?t*-;t>f New -York, where Mr. Seymour's history and character ?re wclj known, hi* majority, h i* said, will he counted by hundreds of thoo*? and*. This may l>e hii over sanguine calculation; but h i? entirely certain 11)4t j<lr*nt ha* r\<f mdre chance of carts ing tTTat Stale agfcth*rI?ey^i^AW,, TTkan lie has orator t m^j fjfitT in Old J Codoru*. [Laughter and applause.] _ I du.not say. that Seytnoyr has jio, rrneruW Jf ^rogiga'.o pofUieind* w>ld not slander and wUuse him, that would be a very had sign for him. The Scrip*-lore saya: Woe bo unto you- when all men apeak well or you;*' which means that yofl cattnot ;pof*il>ly be nn honest nana, and at the same time be pnpqlar with ell the rascal*. There i* enough said against Mr. Seymour to take that curse hwAv from him llut J submit to you that there has not been ttnd that there wilt not be one specific accusation made against him with die slightest slid# or eeblmee to suppotl it whicb ought to induce you to tartieve that lie if sot a eutesiOM) pf ll,eJ?'gl?g e?r drfteV. and a patriot pure and rft*1u? Jess. More ov4r, be id a Christian iu?n. Jle believe* in the obligation of an oath, k end if he sneara' W" preserve, protect i and defend the Constitution,*-r*u nray I xest assured ibat Uu jjsifl, do it. ^ Oeu. Blair ?m one <J tbe ablest and most distinguish**! CaoaraU of lb# lato oivil ??r. lis baa. retry. UiftU .faints upon us and upod the Country, J1J* w? * fl^Htiug. i?te*Hrfff General. JJU had no #pnn^t3S/?53rti jSW^bore atrociouscruelties upoDAOn aoiuV*t?nls i' arhich wili eternally (H^grafce thau-une* of some o (ft fr'o Ulcers. H? %o?ifcfr*?o; ba.n military cdwrtif$oW')?dtt4npiii iuunler upon inoo<?nf JJe had nothing to do with ille gal arrests which filled the dungeons nf the country with lite victims of politi* m - ' as ! ' ' .) ? 11 . 4l-Ji " moiTf* 06 | 0 j IflM'i/. vl. V' ? ? ??( W?? ?H. ?dt U ** a***1' / f* - ! * ?r?4 M? Ml " |m? >* ? ?l ?v| I&?< * ?r> -.lb ^ ta*W* r4|B?*lt?-.tt? h? 4*** ' . ? ??li * /.' ? !_*?* ' ? > ?A 'je."? Jt^o'ju cmI malice. ^.wn, j"li.Kw' v6>y WPII that il ?a? ?ot wiirjiW. *xb.ilcL U? i iotf l?U , ftikltt'iMf for Uim, for ke Waa.sio mwnY deputy kidrtapjrtr. Whenever 1 he went upon July, he mIwhjs vmre'two uniforms?die uniform cast of a soldier, nad the n ni form romluet of a gen lamnn fllrral innluiim 1 Aftpr the w*r nrHVover. ho defriWhd, ^ ed of the p:t.'0', ili pofvpr that they should ?-< !m the pledge* which h<* and thoy hotli had made to the people I of tho country. 11o was a member of t that Congies* WITTfeh, on the 22d day ( of (rhadnynfer the battle,! sofMTtV dob I uitaniiuously parsed tbiougli i both i Uouaa*, declared that the ob^ct of llio i war wn? not subjugation or conquest, I but eolelrMo preserve the integrity of . tho Union Mild to maintain tliofcupiem ' acy of the Constitution and laws in jhe i South, a* well as in the Norji. lie went into the war u^>nn the faith of tlint reiolhtloft, followed by thnnsartd* of hi* fiicinis. Upon tho sariie ftith. ' thousands in the South, and hundreds of thousand* irrthe North, hud sno?i- i ftced their lives and git en tin their prop ertv. lie would nbt splimit to fee swindled, nor to let the people he swin cileu out of their-Wood and money.-? i I dare ray I lint at that time it wnn not his intention to abandon the support "of the party with which" he had been con- i necled; he slrtiph- desired to make them I hbnesh Hut finding that to be I-.opo lea.*, there wae no alternative Jell hnn > but to ' cone out from the etil and corrupt fellowship/ and rally fr, the flag of j ihe Constitution, mound which th'fe Y)e rnocraoy had already assembled. lint < to do this was no eaey thing in the State ! of Missouri, Tpe vulgar despotism of i thieves and ruffians wliioii had been ea fabifrfied there under Congrcssfonjil au*,uiciea, assailed Gen. liiair with all its brutal stiength. They refused to let him vote because ho would riot atral low their infamous lest oaths, which ho denounced ae a disgrace to the civilian- i tion of lie age. They threatened hi* life daily; and orice, while addressing n public assemblage. lie was shot at and will.in mm n<<a (it* linir.ir mnnlorAii Hut nothing Cctiiil tame the ftuilxritv of hi* crtwnige; lib mid hi.* say, uhi> reas t-eeted tLc right of f?ee speech^4 in war and in ponce, in the Hall* of Cofijr*** and upon the hunting*,'**# the cmn>?J t?Wo et'd nprtn the I^tiJe-ff.'Td. lie was ever uuw '*> the cyprljj uilonal right* of the people. Npw it i*> ottr ttitn, and we the people will bo tine to Him. tT^ua appl.diso.J Hot there erg other C0)!"ider*|tonn in ihi* election beM<e? the pi. re per?0))H; merit* or demerit* ?>T the tlith?*? >( otuiv tlldnte*. The eontinnprt oxister.we- of tlm;gpvernmept?the life of the. hn? tion?w nt stake upon the iispe.' Some of yoti may poiMiNf suppose mai mis i* n fuJ-e alarm. ?lf you really believe flint fti "institution* of thi* country are not in very grent danger, or that their destruction would not be a rerv prions calamity, of course you will disregard our warning. It i* true, however, (hat many jndicloue and sdfcer Him, uannflucncod by parly prejudice, hare come to ifte deliberate conviction' tUal uclesa thfeahijvof Rmte i* speedily -pul upon Her constitutional lack, she will lie diiven upon thercefc* and' became a total wreck. We cannot possibly endure tpuch longer this devil'* dance' of discord, m ism If and corrnpton. How can the'government (which is ' the Constitution an<f lawsY survive if it remains in the bands of th<vo who aro hostila to it t The stmggtawo are now making i? to save tfte natron alia? out of the hands t># it* enemies. Who are It* friends! Who are it* enemies? These are questions ivbh.li can easily bo sat lied*. For morn than three quarters of a century, ubite the Democracy controll*aj ?i.I:? - A*. : -e. ^ ru wir |Hiwuo nuniry, in; ?vnuui luvrnv* tion of the organic law took place? none at all which they had power to prevent. We were faithful to the Con stltutlon, because we sincerely believed it the best forjD of government .which could be nAvpted for any people in our Mlnatioti. ft was framed by the *<?e*t and grcntert men that ever lived in all -the tide of time, at the head of whom was General Washington himself, nn ; honor not only to his country, but to ! human nature, and a man- whose name ! is never pronounced by any true patriot 1 without emotions of profonnd inspect and reverence. They toM Us In language at once sublime and tiip|de what werr the object# for whicb thpv had es taldUhod And ordained it. Thev said - a | it wh " to toaa h mure peii^ct union i between the several Stale*, to e*lahli?h I justice, to injure domestic tranquility, to ptroiido fi>r the Common defenee/jo promote the general welfare an<] to secure the blessing* of liberty to otirH-lvea and our posterity." Their area; objects ! it ha* accomplished in time* past, and will accomplish ogairf, if Its I unit a' i? .n he observed ftnd ha precpts tlwj'ed We owe no personal Allegiance to any mao or any body, of men. Obedience o the Constitution and law* in the ;#M oPuil loyplt*, end the essence of all pa-. tdoii?hi. 'f*Fio oAnnfry'aar* to all h.i people what the founder t>f ChWaffahlty aaid to III* d??ciplosf "If ye l^re me, KW>I M w!i < *> r I-' ? -????? 4 i i" H wiifW:* *4t L k^yr ^^vT^:'^'T3 r 4 _^V \l2IAJl* <?* * JL V toAv V? n*<?4 a?*???4*3fr? t*A * ? HEKSBRVV4B9K!IHHHBlllR""lllfl : M their acts Ritii tiu'ir^RlJ^S^W* WI|VC** the profound***" on*t?HH^?l"far thwt in o ruinent w Tiibv "*"*' * '' ' r 1 v^;i<Mt2r"i>ifijTrhrt ever seem* k? -?iJ*eir' owtv ?3'e.% wiihtnit regno! to hiiy prohibition d Um? if iv wIU ptomote their interest or gratify tkeir p**lWifc,-W flivfe ffftlTft nn nrlilii io>m1 <?h>m.*e /?'?ve' ttewr, Upon any OCCMNtl. lieate?i?eeiM)j Jecent re.-pect ft constitutional objection* to. any of limir. lueasuiej,/?v .matter fronr w lrat rptarterHl cam???. Private individuals who have attempted to nr cue such points, have hocti'^nested, lhrn*t into <h?ogeoan and t rented swiih a cruelty sprit *b no KiWilwiff ffllfrT < inflict upon his beast. The Piy'lclenl took ground in favor of the Conslitu lion they answered him by nn impeachment, nnd came within one .vote of deposing him front his cflice, and putting in his 'p?Hee a areatnreof their own, who would trouble them with nu conscientious scinples. The Supreme Cobrt catne to the rescue; ?h?v bioke down fts juiisdiction, insulted that high tribunal, and trampled i.a just authority under .their feet. fteihcmber that this is pot a dispute upon an ab?Vr?ct q-.ics ion of pulllifral ethics. They have carried out their hostility to the Constitution into the fullest' practical operation. And this they did not merely in a time of waf, when the p***ions engendered by the contest might have afforded some feeble excuse for their conduct, hut in n lime of profound peace, when the United Stales hail for more than two yen re cea?ed to have an armed enemy in the world, Congress deliberately eat down and plotted the total overthrow of the Constitution in ten oY the States, /or no legal reason expressed or understood, winch..would not he applicable to all the other States They not onlv destroyed the State governments within those liiuits. biH-wbe? annihilated the Federal government at thw same time ; ihfcv 1? f floV oiie vnattye of either ; and upon the ruins ?.( both ihev ere:l?-d a ?! *> poii?m as absolute as that of ?n AjiajipMiltan, It was not only a usurpation of power not granted, and therefore foi bidden, hut it w as exercised in a wnv precisely most destructive to rbo/tsgreal rights which the Comlitu lion was made on purpose to protect * It is undeniable that the reconstruct lion acts, so-called, violate not only ibe whole principle and sjmil of the Con oimiinn,'but thev abrogate every sepa rale pio'vjsion in it and all tbc amend* meals including their own amendment rur ino wtmiinon or siaverv. iiirt on clme* that slavery or involuntary seni ttfd?> ivmll not exist w ?icop' for crime wliertofihe party shall Imva been drily coiivlcl,<d." Jluj under those nets any perron inny.be, and it u notorious that score* and hundred* ?d person* pcifectly Innocent of etfine have been >ednee;| to "slavery or involuntary servitude'' of the worst kind?to hard labor fir years nnd f?r life whhront the smallest pro tense of a due 01 legal conviction. Good naturcd persons may suppose thar' these oMrages w.-re not wilfully done. I admit wo are bound to put on tboif couduet the kindest construction we-can eonsietewly with reason-. Hut charity never wove a mantle broad enough to cover such crimes as theirs. There is dir- ct evidence, corroborated by a eftohg chain of circumstances, which proves iuconlcstibly that they knew what- they were about. I ought to mention at least some of the etidence to which I refer, and I wjlj. In the first place it is liternlly impos sible for ibem to bate made n mistake. You must presume that members ol Congress have rend (ho OowuhnMun.? ffavtmg read it they could not bvliwu that it mithoiizud the establishment ol an irresponsible despotism in anv pntt of the country ; for it U radiant ftlt nver ? t .1 L. i- ? - ' ?" J * wiui in* ligiii ui noeiiy luio ju?: we.? They cenld not help' hot see that it provides a jury trial' and ? habeaf cnrpua for every citizen. They must have known that it for bade searches nnd yeiz ures of person and property without warr-uit. They could nut close their even on the word* which declare that no act of attainder or bill of pains nnd penalties shall 'm passed; that all judicial authority shrill l>e vested in tin ord*:Oed and established courts; that every State ia guaranteed melt ftMin of republican government as it may cho?*e, anil that Congress shall not regulate the light of aud i age. 'J hero is some things for which tgnoranee is no excuse. A man who lias studied (lie IVu Commandments cnniic't he allowed to sMy that he thought it right to mutter, steal, or lienr f*U? witness against hi* neighbor. The Constitution is as plain as the dceAlfgm*. Another thing. At tli?9 time the?* laws were passed, Mr. Thaddeus Steven* was the great leader of his party Ir. Congres*. " flis v**t intellectual siu peiicrity entitled Wtp to M the bail eminence." lie lowered above all others, like the King of the Titiana surrounded by ptgmh?. Out of their unlimited con fid once the^tm?ted him to frame their measures according to the \iews ^ *> *"? (< Kst^i' j >U?I -a J Ihtu .ty*?*?i* <*?mt ? ? ti ,*a?r >_*>- t, ywmtv ? v , ,., llV >H?? >s ><*4 -??n ? IkeWRxi.-** a*. 3I7TTTjA_3?, >W .>ju mil' * a wtr>wi W v I HI I Ill I I ??? CAIU>lJlNA, SKPTKMBKB < ..? a/.* *;.< .. , yjjftR|yA/? " te upon cou^lilu^>n?I H Vie*} ion*. II . <Jrew up tlie rejpotjstjiiciion 1:*w, Ihi?J li befi-re i1i.mii. hIiu tonl tnem it hot constitutional, lie woulil not stultify himself l?y assert inir it* -/.assw^. ? ? 2? 1? ?..fe IVWWU n HTf VQirmil III I II" 'Hganio l?w for such an act. When. oljocted, ho eaid their i-crd pies .wer? tru?r?d.y tho aplinteta of th? old Vfcdten Constitution, fettering in their* kitlnovo. Some of the entailer. Radicals pteloftd.d to beliov? thai the 'wnrHiiHking power? tho power bestow j j#*t oh Congress to make war upon for eign nations?would justify eve/v kind of interdicted legislation agaifrst our oWff^Kpih in h:time of perfect peace. Ue-rtiJcncfd that paltry twaddle by the OprysV'pn-of hi* profound contempt.? , Afterwards in a piinted and published letter, lie boldly avowed lit at Congress httj, repudiated ilia ^Constitution, and jhat the recv?nstrucpen act was a usttrna thin, lie not only acknowledged that bo himself had committed that ofiVmee, hill ho tinncd'State's evidence and lea ;Ifioti that hi? associates weie Equally guilty, llis testimony j? directly to the point. He knew the truth and ho proclaimed it unequivocally. Now that aeam tins disarmed mm ol 01* tntglity power it would not J>e magnanimous in n* wbo opposed hitn, much less in those who followed fiitn with servile ad miration in his life time, to vex hi* spirit j hv asseriing that tie falsified the history of his party in regard to this most important affair. Again, wlreiMhis bill was first passcd, th? -President sent it hack with a veto message, in which fro showed it to be unconstitutional by pointing out the particular articles and section* with which it came in direct conflict. And the demonstration was so clear and transparent that any child could see it. Not a man in either House had a word to sav in replv. " The}* saw themselves arraigned before their constituents by-j the Chief Magistrale of the nation and climbed with the violation of their tno?t sacred obligation* > but tbey stood mute and made no defense. What Could this mean but a conscientiousness of guilt ? This is nof nlk 'flio ftnnrr>mn Conrl in the Milligan c?yse, had decided thai Congress cad 1>I nol pass a law under anv circitm-tanoes or at any lim? Jo deprive any person within tlie Utiilrd State* of his light to he tried by an im partial jury in n rrirribir c?.rirt. This decision was perfectly ?v<ll known to the inemhets of (Congress when they detei mined to deliver nine millions of pcoplo at once ttf he hung or imprison eii wiilipnl judge or jury, according to the plen?tire or en pi ice of the Satraps " or "Lord Deputies''whom they might send down tc do the woifc. Let me mention another met which shows thnt thev noted with eyes wide open to the truth. Last winter?ex nelly h year tifter the reconstruction act was passed ? the rpresd' n of its constitutional validity was again argtred hes foro the Supreme"i"Wlirt in the McCnrdie case. Congress knew that the Couil must decide against them { and -for tliat reason alone they marie a law to fojhid any decision at all. The unfortunate imUvidunl. guiliy of no crime, who had lied to that snuctuary as his last refuge and laid his hand* upon the horns of the altar, was dragged awav nnd handed hack again to the " slave power-'* of his oppressors, to be iinpiisoned, scourged, or killed, if ibov should rhitiSr proper. Thus they prevented the judicial exposure of one outrage bv committing another still more atroctoWT 5" ' If the maioritv in Congress has ha bitu'nlly iegi*laipd in wilful and corrupt disregard of Mieir constitutional obligaii >'?s. what nrtght t?7 ho ihp popnlar judgment npyp, \7hat should r< be tiie vor<jid upon n candidate for (ho h View*fresidency who has lw*en |he ytpfojPJ'r'"and organ of nclr ? tlongrees T What should I j your d-ci?iort upon a chi.ilidaie f r, the Ir^siJt-noV w ho hav ing " im*potior "?^?f hi* own. consents k to'become-the mere imt'fiimenl in their handsf All political pit Hot n plie i a, ?n<f ali men of cuthtiion sense concur in the belief thdTpuTdic virtue ? the only ?e cure foundation' ifpon which a governmeut like our* can r'esf, ffVw l^jng can public virtue survive among men who do not recognise the duly of ohe die nee to fit at fundamental law which U tin ontv ptnfeet-fo'rf' Ve'haYe for the light* of life, liberty and property ? Congrces must be rC'dly demoralized idi end v. Of course you will not be IreyC wiihoof ,e\idence, tlial tliev Vole oo IKAV VA(A nn Amuli \ni * "?' ?? K'.VI *. v V/.. yvv..,. tutional qinations, according to liicir intPro*ts and not necotding to their public du}y. Hxit If it wefe prored to your entire nati-faction that they repre (tent their own breech'* pocket will) far greater fidelity than they defend the rights of the tax-payers, it Would* not excite yottr snrpiise or lower them much in your estimation. Titer cannot commit any- higher crime than that of betraying the lii>?rtie* for which our forefathers Miffeted and died. If they have done that you tnny say to them whnt Othe'lo said to the man who hindered hi* wife? JE'VENTS I#* t*tf? :/?rw a vf ' ' V* X > K 4* 1 . 30. iS'GS. u 11?... - ? JL'J .' e1". : " Never i>r*jr in?>re ; abandon all remorse ; | on norrora lieuU horrors accumulate; For nothing canst thou to damnation add Deeper (ban that." lint look a little further and see the horrilde effect of their example. Congress ha* taken outrol of tlie Executive branch. The Senate usurps the power of removal from otlico and for. bids its exerci?e bv the President?they are masters of the administration aud command the army of ofliee holders.? Of course the subordinate* aie ready to adopt the code of morality which llieii masters act upon. All dishonest officers may say to Senators and Reps reseu I at ivc?, " You are hound to pro* leet tp} we are not faithful to the public, hut we are as true aa you are to the party and ourselves; you stfore toMtppotiiho Constitution, and we swoie to perforin our duly with fidelity; our oath is no stronger than yours; if jou C?n swindle the nation out of her lib eilies what shall lunder us from cheating the Treasury ? Aye, tho Ie*?on you have taught u* we will learn, and it shall go hard hut wo will bettor the instructions." The consequence is, that we have the most corrupt government on the face of the earth. I cannot speak with perfect accuracy, but I believe I am within reasonable bounds when I tell you that a thousand millions would not cover the frauds committed since the close of the war. VVe have the heav iest debt that the industry of any p?o pie ever struggled under without being totally crushed, and it is increasing instead of Ireiog diminished. We are taxed enough to keep the government running and to pay otl the whole debt in ten years, if. the money were hon estly applied. Hot one half (he internal revenue imposed by the Kederal Goveuimont, and collected from the people, is stolen before it reaches the Treasury, and tire other half is squandered by Congress iu schemes of tl^e most extravagant corruption. Ilefore the war, our current expenses were less that) seventy-five millions of dollar*; now they are nearly four hundred million*. beside* the interest on the nation hI deb", and without counting what is stolen in {ft/ntilu. The financial difference between Democratic rule and Mongrel wis rule, is wpith your seriout attention. This is (lie necessary result bf the 1 Radical system. Ii canned he rithor wise as long as they remain in power. ( No evil tree can briiig foilh good fruit. < If \ on cense to he governed hy law and ' allow yourselves to he held down by ; mere brute force von must pay for it. ' Tyranny is affray* expensive. The price of your own enslavement will be proportioned to the cruelty of the vassalage. Cong e>s keeps np an army, a navy, a K reed men's Bureau, and other machinery of despotism, and makes us pay hundreds of millions for them, in oidor to maintain in the South a lawless domination of negroes, scallawags ami carpet-haggeis. I?v this means they hope not only to control the South but to do what they please in the North ?to rule us for their plta.->ure and jdun dor us for their profit. The ino*t hideous shape that lyrnnnv ever puts on ia that of a corrupt oligarchy, where the forma of a free government are coupled with substantial despotism, where the tights of the people are acknowledged in theory, while they are practically trodden under foot; where there is a written Constitu lion which the rulers swear to presetve without keeping their oaths, llxiher than see Gen Grant elected President, wkji iiir* uiiwciainiiiiii^ umi lit? 11 10 administer the government on the Congressional plan of disregarding all con stitntional obligation*, it would bo far better to let hint ?>r somebody obe be proclaimed absolute dictator, and abol i.-di tlie Const it tit ion at on?e. For ntv self, if I ntitsf clioo*e between tbe two moat frightful evil* that ever scourged the human race, T will-, wWhout besitalion, take an unlimited monarchy, in preference to a rotten republie. Hut wo are not reduced to that alternative. We will nave our institutions by pitt'hvg an end' to tbe power which threatens-their overthrow. This niigh ty and puissant nation is already " roils inflf herself like a strong man nfier sleep nn<+ shaking her invincible lock*.'' We 'will elect Mr. Seymour, and the govern ineut ehail be administered again in the interests of justice and liberty regulated by law." Judge black retired amid long linued shouts of applause. A or jsp.rwgneM, itiiisyariiusetls, has produced n velocipede, which he claims lo bo far superior to tho French. In ordinary bands; it will av-erago twelve miles tho hour, and, oil a smooth way like the Iloston Common, ean be propelled at the rate of twenty miles tho hour. It ean be manufactured ut a inueh less price than the French vtl.i. ctpedc. Wiscnsais.?A gentleman Well fitted to form a reliable estimate, who has just inad^ a tour through a largo part of Wiseon?jn, declines that all appearances indicate the | success of tho Democracy by over 6,000 i majority. , 1 F ? I V . <! * -f <{? * " :..V . V - ? >* .: j-V wv.r oft vvtf w-ri * ''jwtsxcjrv? P *imi?c .. tq?a*ArttyL 1 " * ''' "M* * I* S ? .. c<>r. ol linltiiuoro Rpiecopal Methodist. Letter from Bishop Doggett, baltixoum, auk. 2w 1 , Dear JJro. Poital:?I wrote you a hurried lotlcr from Spartanburg, S. 6., in whieh I proposed, at Borne future time, to resume the narrative of uiy tour. So long an interval lias' Intervened a* almost hopelessly to break tha sonneetion between the former and the present sotnmunication. This, however, is an unimportant defect in n correspondence which, 'at t?est, can avraken only a temporary interest, T regret that I did not sooner execute the purpose wliich I then formed, of givinK some ncsount of Wofford College, inasmuch as lapso >1 time and a multitude of duties hare quite flnced from my memory several facts eesenliul to an accural.* statement. This 1'isUtulion, under the patrcnagu of the South Carolina Coufcrcncc, originated in the noble generosity of the private gentleman whose hon red name it heads, and was planned aud onioned with u munificence which, at the time.' Iiixl, perhaps, no parallel in the educational liistory of onv Christian denomination in the iountry. It is located iu the snburbj of the rillage, presenting n highly picturesque scene, ;on*i*ting of nn ample and admirably m*ssgod Callcgo edifice an I Professors' residences/ in the form of cresecut curving towards tbo rillage. The scale on which it was projected. ?>i cunvepiioa in aceoruaucw with tho advancement of (be age, and tbo wants of tlio coming generation. Tbo buildings, tbo ground*, tbo eudowincnf, Wort* a splendid contribution tt> tbo cant* of learning,and to tbo Methodism of tbo South. It webt into operation under tlio happiest auspices. Dr. (now Bishop) W'fghtmnn was its iirst Prbddent. Dr. Shipp, his accomplished successor, still presides. Until tbo war, this Institution realized tbo expectations of its founder ?nd its friends, annually replenished its hails with onndtdates ftir its honors, and returning . tliem to blues the country and tho Church.? During that eventful period to tho literature >f the South, it did not suspend its operations,?ut struggled heroicully through the furious tempest. Though terribly damaged in its patronage, and l>y the total loss of its endowment, it survived, to repent'its benediction* upon tho posterity of a people whose claims to* renown rival those of Marathon and Sola mis. its Faculty, with true heroism, stood their Sround, subsisting upon meagre fare, guarding with self-sacrificing vigilance tho sacred trust committed to their charge. Tbey are still attheir posts, ready to confer the rescued boon upon tho generation of youth for whoeo bene3t it lias boon preserved amidst a storm which ras extinguished tho light of so many instifdlons amongst us. Very few Colleges in Amorea can boast of a superior Faculty. Thay its men of profound acquirements nnd eiojsnt accomplishments, men of maturity tfrsl xperionce. In a full corps, there is not a vovicoi Tbey ore tried men; and, I am bap* ?y to say, are all Christian men of tho highest type of character; who, to their literary qtfaliVations, add the sanctified endowments of tbo liospoL I consider that Woftbrd Collogo is a beautiful example of a fountain of Cliristain learning. where abound all the ngencies and gtiarMitlcsbf a religious education. At tho time uf my visit, it numbered 76 students, nearly ..II ?r ?i -> A v n?_ r>> ?? miyiii ore pious, aim wno firmpiliy Iheir pfirity hy their lire*. I officiated on one neoosion nt evening proytrs. Immediately after (He usual du<-lauoatii>n, n largo number withdrew for religious exercises into an adjoining lecture roonf. ft wi?* a delightful speetaple. I wi'l not omit tbo names of a Faculty jf wbnui tbo Cbureli cannut be ashamed ;? Doctors Sliipp and Smith, and Professors Du-r (una, Carlisle, Dul're and Lester. The site of Ibe College is fomanfie nnd healthy. The Church, nnd especially the South Carolina Conference, bus a large interest in this Institution. It deserves nnd will richly repay tbo pntronnge of the public. Jn the lor* of its endowment, its only investment 5S' fhe eonfidenee nnd support of tiie people. It* merits arc erpini to tlic test to which it has been re-" duecd. Affectionately, D. S. Dooobtt. Action or tiik Gkoooia Lkqislatcrk.?As' there is a great deal of talk and n big fuss is being made out of tiie action of the Oeorgin Legislature in expelling the negro in>-mb?rs as ineligible under the flonalitntion, we will merely a'ate the facta in that matter. Nobody questions the authority of tiie law itedif, lint it is attempted to find fault with the exerci?e of that power the law confers. On lids account, the Radical* are trying to prejudice the negro agaihst the white people. The facta ard simply nt nit* rircuun n?r unrgiiir# iu u Constitutional Convention, and upon tlie question of calling such n Convention, the' Democrats nttempted to defeat the election by nH voting nt all; consequently, there were lees than five thniii-and white votes vast In tlie State?therefore, every delegate to the Convention was a Radical. These lladieals framed tlie present Constitution of Geoi^ia, ard when it was submitted to the people the Democrats Opposed its ratification, hut Ave?e defeated. Now, because" this Cmistitrtlion declare# negroes not eligible fo office, a great itwMe is made and the efy of persecution ia raised against the Penioerntio party and the Legislature for supporting a constitution framed by the tie-groea themselves and the scalawags. [Spartanburg Spaitan, \ f!th inst. Wihtvkmoise.?Captain Gilbert) dtie o/ the epeakors at the Democratic meeting in Florence, on '/nedtlay evening, read n letter from the editor of the Boston Courier, alleging that Whittcmore was not n saint?in fact, was no better than he ought to he. Not to put 'oo nice a point on it, the letter said that the said W. (M. C. from reconstructed S. C.) on a certain occasion proved f 5,000 short in his cash, for whiolt he wan unable t<> give the necessary voucher*.? Thi# we have teen told by one who win present nt the meeting in Florence, end' loutnl the letter r'ead. There is n singular coincidence in this. Only n few dnys ego, during tlu? meeting of the Republican (negro) Bute Convention in Columbia, when i Jr. Whiltemore's aoeounts were examined, the committee reported Utah tl?oy had no douht it was all right, hut that they thought, it would have hern better if Ml*. W. hrd presented vouchers fur the money expended. [f'h irlnton Mercury.