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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 ! ' '
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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-'
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4 _^V \l2IAJl* <?* * JL V
toAv V? n*<?4 a?*???4*3fr? t*A * ?
HEKSBRVV4B9K!IHHHBlllR""lllfl
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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. ,
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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.