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JfitJenrB paindealer. - , * fsra^ wm& &am, THE OHIO CAMPAIGN J. T4.N 8LYKE, FcrausHEB. SM* ILLINOIS. OFJTHE DAI. CURS BtrNDBS) A*» HINBTT-Brs o never drank or smoked or swore, died in Chicago ht were under 1 year of age. A BAiitoioBKAN named Se! othing daunted by the mysterious fate :V®of Donaldson, proposes to «i1 in a bal­ loon from New York for London, which fce expects to reach in fifty hours* sift Wabd Bebchkb announces pGat he will not lecture the coming sea- T^son, ail reports to the contrary notwith- ' "p , J^tffnding. Per contra, Theodore Tilton 1 ' la preparing for an extensive lecture tonr the East and West. Ths Chicago Tribwie states that a lew days a^go a cargo of wheat was purchased • s fro. that city rcad forwarded -m Antwerp - y\ion Rceo-iiBi of parties k>, Europe, who i :|S't|i>rexerred l̂ea]iing direct with the Ohioa- '•••-i&flfo magpie The Cincinnati papers tenderly rsoord the death of their famous little jackass, who some time since whipped the lion* : 'ess of the Zoological Garden in single ,.r combat. The lioness died several weeks ago, and now the jackass, her con­ queror, has followed her to that bourne where jail the good jackasses and bad lionetsdes go. f f Kktokns from the New York census indicate that the total increase of popu­ lation in the State in five years is over lxaif a million. The chief growth of population has been at and around the centers of manufacture. The agricul­ tural regions have generally declined, ̂ , while nearly all the cities and towns ̂jphow sj|n increaae.. $ Boss Tweed is slowly but surely un- riveting the chains that bind him, and soon step boldly out of prison. His present operations are directed toward defeating the city of New York in its $6,000,000 puit, and the preliminary movements, based purely on legal techni­ calities and pettifogging quirks, are, of "bourse, favorable to him, for quibbles never are in favor of the wronged party. When they get up a family feud in Alabama they carry it out With a liveli­ ness unknown in any other locality. An encounter recently took place in Hsoam- bria county, in that State, between two families, in which there was a father and ' two sons on each side. When the row 4*~««#ras over there were flrre dead and one living man. The latter had enough buehshot in him to make sinkers for a dozen cod-fishing lines. A fellow who evidently wanted to commit suicide in a novel manner " choked himself to death, in Ohio, re­ cently, with a hoop-skirt" How or why • ̂ Jie did it is not mentioned ; but we sua- ,"'?/ipect that the vivacious contents of the 4 ""\jioop-skirt first fascinated and then crazed him. It probably jilted him, afterward, as is the wont of some hoop- skirts, and then despair deprived Mm of f̂latterance--literally choked off and : w let him drop into eternity* ; A farty of gentlemen in Dallas, ^Texae, the other day sat down around a ̂fine, ripe watermelon to enjoy them- selves. The carver cut the melon f tkrough, and in the heart of it, veiy mcely imbedded, was a spotted lizard . about four inches long. It is hardly necessary to add that the party lost their appetite for the melon, and the question as to how his lizardship came there oc­ cupied their attention the balance of the evening, without reaching a satisfactory - solution. into the oewsptfar tyd$ness and lost heavily thereby were 275 merchants and adventurers, 315 school-teachers, 57 law­ yers, 4 blacksmiths, 33 plasterers, 10 farmers, 900 fanatics of various ela/ases afflicted wifSi literary leanings, 100 vis­ ionary young men/who drew upon their fathers, aud flxaa suddenly exhausted large margins of the paternal capital. Hid 6 lottery men. Ax sditor af a Boston paper recently employed a graduate of the Yale school of ournalism, as a reporter, and sent him off immediately to a neighboring town to work up a Jmurder case. Af îr waiting two days, the editor was hqrri- fied to receive a telegram from his/am- bibiCuo protege, reading, " Have got all the facts and am just going out fishing. Will be down in a day or two." He was true to his word, but after looking at the editor through an opening in the door of the sanctum, he seemed to understand that Journalism was not his forte and stole silently s way. Thbws is considerable r̂enness in the honesty of municipal̂ & l̂jmcistratlon in Chicago and Si, Louis,, for the annua! expenses of the two cities do not vary 00,000 from each other, and are about 900,000. St Lotus spent $9£1,000 br new streets, street-cleaning -Ind re- ;, against $339,000 in Chicago, the former finding its tmmll blocks and fre­ quent streets a great burden to it. Chi-< cago pays for lighting, sewerage, fire department and legal expenses $2,031,- 000, whilr St. Louis pays for the same luxuries only $971,000. The great con­ trast is in the t* litigation of the two cities, which was $107,000 to $7,500. On the other hand, the St. Louis health department cost $193,000 to $98,000 in Chicago. ILLINOIS NEWtf* A oahp-mebttng will be held at Sul­ phur Spiings, near Zanesville, during the last week in August. Con. Bobebt G. IngkrsoiiIi, of Peoria, •has gone on a summer tour to Europe, accompanied by his family. A swarm of bees have appropriated the west tower of Centenary Church, Jacksonville, as a bee-hive. Mrs- Hester CoiiWEnn, of Peoria, committed suicide the other day by droWing herself in a cistern. Domestic infelicity. Takqvabx, of the Canton Register, threw a bucket of water on a oouple of organ-grinders who persisted in serenad- ng him, for which he wm arrested and fined $7.60. . Considerable excitement exists in Cass and Morgan oounties over the find­ ing of gold dust in the ravines in the vxcuiity of Arcadia. Tab postal rates with Europe, as fixed tiy the late general treaty, which went into effect, July 1, 1875, are five cents for letters weighing one-half ounoe or less, two oenta for postal cards, and two ? cents for newspapers weighing not' over four ounces, to all countries except France, to which the rates axe nine cents for letters and three cents for *¥ newspapers. To Egypt and Asiatic ̂Turkey tk® postage has also been re- , 1 duced to five cents on letters and two * cejjle on papers. , The latest reports <$. the European breadstuff's market indicate better proo- pects for the crops, owing to an im- c'riy, provement in the weather in England, •vT* wherebyv,harvost hopes have been rc- p- vived somewh*k In Russia the official crop reports repls^Hfc the wheat yield a good average. Diî assing the situation, - the Mark Loxie Impress thfnim with stocks so near exhaustion, even "though fine weather should help the crops, a return to former low prioes [ ' seems to be impossible. t Mb. Rowem», in his forthcoming Newspaper Directory, will show the fail ,. ure of one thousand newspapers in this • country during the past year, th« loss to publishers, subscribers and advertisers amounting to over eight million dollars, ] the Republic, of New York alone losing ifff1 baSt » mî iofwi. Among those njjho went J. B. WHiiJiAMSOK;, the proprietor of the American House, •» Rockford, had an ulcerated tooth drawn lately, from which erysipelas set in, causing his death. The old penitentiary buildings at Alton are fast falling into decay. The Telegraph says they would now pass very Well for the ruins of a feudal castle on the banks of the Bhine. The old Blakeslee ice-house at Quincy, erected in 1858, tumbled down Thursday last from old age. At the time it con­ tained about 2,000 tons of ioe. The loss on the stock is supposed to be about $2,000, and on the building $1,000. The largest and finest importation of draught horses ever made to the United t̂atas arrived at New York a few days since, per steamer Graoe--twenty-seven mares and stallions---owned by M. W. Dunham, Du Page oounty. In the case of David A. Gage, the de­ faulting ex-City Treasurer of Chicago, Judge Booth, of the Circuit Court, lias decided, in effect, that the seven signers of the official bond are liable for the defalcation--something over half a mil­ lion dollars. The Slate Journal sent a special cor­ respondent to the reported gold fields near Decatur, and he reports the whole thing a most palpable humbug. He having years of experience in the gold fields of California, claims to know whereof he writes. ̂ The police of Quindy have lately un­ earthed a gang of thieves at that place. Among them are two brothers named Thomas, who, it seems have heretofore enjoyed a good reputation. * Their op­ erations were devoted exclusively to stealign harness. The Hon. Thomas Bidgway, State Treasurer, has returned from New York, where he pud out on account of interest to holders of Illinois bonds $411,000. Of tlna amount, $355,000 was interest on local bonds, $36,000 on the State debt, and $20,000 to canal revenue deficit bonds issued years ago. The first of a proposed aeries of an-, nual reunions of the 7th Illinois Cavalry will be held at Bushnell, Sept. 16 and 17. AH members of the 2d Iowa and 7th TTmmum regiments are cordially in­ vited, and those intending to pa îicipafc are requested to address S. A. Epper­ son, Bushnell, McDonough county, 111 The Board of Trustees of the Wes- leyan University at Bloomington have received a letter from Dr. Sims, of New Jersey, who was in June last elected to the Presidency of the university, giving notification that he declines the position. Dr. Sims is now traveling in Europe, and this is the first heard from him on the subject. Sp««eii of On. B. B. Hay**, Deliver** at Karton, bnrrciM County, Ofcto, 31st, 1815. It is a gratification far wMch I wish to make lajr' wtaowWamento to the ftepuhMctti oommittee o{ thisooutotyto lave the privilege of beginning, Id be> half o( the Republican# at (mfc* dtwuwioaa of jUa important political canvaaa befere tbe people of Crtwrwncp county. Although tty reaideoee is separated from youia by tka whole bre>*dth of the State, we are not atmagan. We hare met before on similar odcamoiM, a*»d some nf yon www sny tades in toe Union army during a considerable part of the great civil eonflict which ended ten years ago. Those who had the honor and happiness to eerve to­ gether doting that memorable straggle are not Uaeftr to forget each other. JVe shall forever regard f<«*r years as the mpst interesting period of f Rreat majority of the ^eople^of Lawrence Cn'iiru? is Wru o§ suiuicil, untc iinO reason to recall the events and scenes of that contest 'with satisfaction and pride. The official record* of the State show how well Lawrerce county performed her part in the war for the Union. From the beginning the end, with the ballot at heme and vritl; the musket in thy field, this county stood among the foremost of all the communities in the United States iu <k' vuiioii io ihe good cause. And since the nation's triumph Law­ rence county, sooner or later, but Merer too late to rejoice in die final aud decisive victory has sup­ ported every measure required to secure the legiti- "I place the currency at par, Wi beiteve that what mate results of that triumph. You hav« don" your j country now needs to revive business a>»d tc part forever to set at rest the great questions of the I give employment to labor, is a restoration of coafi- past. It is ^settled that the United States constitute ! tlence. We need confidence in the stability and a ration, and that their government; possesses am- ! soundness of the financial policy of the govern- pie powt-r t<> maintain ;U antkority over every part > ' of its territory against a?1 opposers. It is settled • been that no ea%n under the American flag shall be a i sittve. i't is settled tlv-t all Kiuu bes or nasnraiised f" in tlie United States and within its jurisdiction shall be cttizeEg theraof and hare equsl civil aad politi­ cal righto. It is *et.tlca that th-.- debt <.-cn:ract<;d to eare t)i? nsiioo. is SEcred aad stell lie be:., sfty jimid. IToti m&y well »e congyssuJsted on of these qw|uci» you fought aud voted om the right side. , r -- ftirmnately there i# sti'J fm'ther ^«se for oou- | the currency, which, I think I see full well, wan* gratuiation. Oar tdversaries who "fere on the "" " - wrontf aide of all of thcce questions, and who op­ posed us aw all of 'them to the very lasi, are flow compiled to be cilont in their platforns on every one of them. Not a single one of their fourteen resolutions raises any question on any of these long contested subjects, It is not strange that they are silent. I do not choose on this occasion ito recall the predictions of evil which they ho confidently made when discussing the measures to 'which I have referred. It is enough for my present purpose to point to the grand results. When the Republican party, with Abraham Lincoln as President, received the government from the hands of the Democratic party fifteen yean ago the Union of the fathers was destroyed. A hostile nation dedicated to perpetual slavery had been established south of the Potomac, and claimed jurisdiction over one-third of the people and territory of the Republic. These Stotes were " dissevered, discordant, belligerent"---©in­ land wm rent with evil feud and ready to be drenched in fraternal blood. Now, behold the change ! The Union is re-established on firmer foundations than ever before. Brave men in the Mouth who were then in battle array against us, now stand side by side with Union soldiers with no shadow of discord between them. Slavery, which was then an im­ passable gulf between tho hostile sections, is now gone, and good men of the South unite with good men of the North in thanking God that it is forever a thing of the past. Then there was no freedom of speech or of the press--no friendly mingling to­ gether of the people of the two sections of the coun­ try. Now the people of the South receive and greet as a fellow-citizen and a friend tho Vioe-Preident-- a citizen of Massachusetts and an anti-slavery man from his youth and Maryland, Virginia and South Carolina send their distinguished sons to celebrate with New England the Centennial anniversaries of the early battles of the Revolution. The |ncn of the North and the men of the South are now every­ where coming together in a spirit of harmony and friendship which this generation has not witnessed before, and which has not existed until now since Jefferson was startled by that "fire bell in the night," the Missouri question, more than fifty years •AO. In this era of good feeling and reconciliation a few men of morbid temperament, blind to what Is passing before them, still talk of " bayonets " and " tyranny and cruelty to the South," and seek in vain to revive the prejudices and passions of the past, But there is barely enough of this ftngry dis­ sent to remind us of the tei rible scenes through which we have passed, and to fill us with gratitude that the house which was divided against itself is divided no longer, and that all its inhabitants now fair start and an equal chance in the nee of .acted with skill and caution, * * f fcnse potftioo enable them to guard ftgtftestihy evil." anduatug a favorite iltastralion he aaM: " The Secretary of the Treasury ought to be able to judge. Ki hand is upon the putoe of the -wintry. He can feel all the throbbings of the blood the arterlM. Ee caa tell when the bloo<r flows too sad actons, aad when the exnansimnhmi ThistaiagsusfacetofacewttSttle funl jntal error of this dangerous policy. The trouble the pnlse of the patient will not so often decide f qneatioB as the iitoont of the doctor. Mo m government, no Ooogma is wise enough and pure enough to be trusted with this tremendous power over the business and property and labor of the „ ?°."ntrv- Th»t which concerns so intimately all burt- J officers Increased: how the merabera Mas should be decided,if possible,en business princi­ ples, and not be left to depend on the exiganeies of pontics, the interests of party, or the ambition of pMlimc men, It will not do for property, for busi­ ness or for iu'oor, to be at the mercy of a" few politi- cai leaders at Washington, either in or out of Con­ gress. The best w*y to prevent it is to apply to oa- per money the old t est sanctioned by the experience of all nations--let it be convertible into coin. If it can respond to this test ii will, m asarly ss pj-ui ble, be sound, safe and staple,, ( cOukvT. * ' (̂ The Bepnblicans of Ohio are in favor of no mid­ den or harsh measure. They no not propose to force resumption by a contraction of the eurrenev, The1* •ee that the ship is headed in the right"direction, as;, they do no: to '<we what has alresdv been gained. They are satisfied to leave to the influences of time and the inherent energy aud resources of the country the work that yet remains tj be done, to affair* of the lea ling i itiea and a majority of the wealthiest and mo.H poLulous counties in the State. It would be profitable to inquire how this came about, and what are the results. In the course of the canvass it is my pnrpoae to show in detail bow unfortunate their maiukgeCMttt of State aSkirs has been. It will appear on investigation that the in­ terests of the Mate in the benevulent, penal and re­ formatory institutions bare been sacrificed to the rla doctrine; how the Cities, and especially chief city of the State, las suffered bv the cor­ ruption of its"rulers: how public expenditures have been increased, until the aggregate of taxation in Ohio, in this toe of money dspewaion, is vastly larger thsa ever before: how tbe number of salaried the Legialature were corrupted by bribery, notorious and shameless j and how the dominant party utterly failed to deal with this corruption as duty and the ffOtm ftSTTiri Cif thn dtStiffliicd, FftUftdo&S SimCI aecepth e statements ha\-e been made aa to the dnction of the levy for State taxes, »n<l as to the ap- propriaiions. It is enough now to say thtftlb* ag­ gregate taxation in Ohio in 1874 was over $37,000,409, a larger sum than was ever before collected by tax- gai£crcrs ir Ohio. THE SECTAMAK WAE OW SCHOOtS. .AltogeUier the most interesting questions in our State affairs are those which relate to the manage, by the last Legislature, of the Geghan bill,*and the which the iieetarian wina of the ?><>>«•« party is now waging against the public schools. In the admirable speech made by Judge Taft. »t the Republican State convention, he sounded the key note to the canvass on this subject. He said " our motto must be universal liberty and universal suf­ frage, secupd by universal education." Before we discuss these questions, it may be well in order that there niay bo no excuse for further misrepresenta­ tion, to show by whom this subject was introduced inin VIASHAA finri frt ATnlini>!r WA That confidence has for many months past agnated dence. The country believed* and reioic*d to be- All parties have mkeu hold of it, I îuoopatic Never b&v* I spoken in favor oi that iaflition of win there shall never be esttp retHtmption at all That is the difference. It is one t>®ing to contract the currency with a view to the resumption of «j>ecie pavnicnt; it in anotlier tbiag neither to contract nor enlarge it, but let resumption com-; naturally, and as soon as the business and production of the coun­ try will bring it about. BUI it is a very different thing indeed to inflate the currency with a view never in all time to redeem it at all. And that is precisely what this inflation means. It means de­ monetising gold and siver in perpetuity, and substi­ tuting a currency of irredeemable paper, based wholly and entirely upon government credit, and depending upon the opinion and the interests of the mpmbers of Congress and their hopes of popularity, whether the volume of it shall be large or smail. That is what this inflation means. Sir, I have never said anything in favor of that. I am too old-fash­ ioned a Democrat for that. I cannot give up the convictions of a lifetime, whether they be popular or unpopular." April 6, when the Senate Inflation bill was de- Mfted, he said: " It simply means that no man of my age shall ever again see in this country that kind oi' currency which the frHniers of the Constitution intended should be the currency of the Union; which every sound writer on political economy the world over says is the only currency that defrauds no man. It means that so long as I live, and possibly long after I shall be laid in the grave, this people shall have nothing but an irredeemable currency with which to transact their business--that currency which has been well described as the most effective invention that ever the wit of man devised to fertilize the rich man's field by the sweat of the poor man's brow. I will have nothing to do with it." How great the shock which was given to returning confidence by th" Democratic action at Columbus, abundantly appears by the manner in which the platform is received by the Liberal, Sand the English and the. German Democratic press throughout' the United States. The Liberal press anil tho Qerman press, so far as I have observed, in > the strongest terms condemn the platform. They *j>t ak of it as disturbing confidence, shaking creilit and threaten­ ing repudiation^ A large part of the 1 >emocratic would be strange, indeed, if this wjre otherwise. In Olikvless than two years ago, the Convention which nominated Gov. Allen, resolved, speaking of the Democratic party, that '• It recognizes the evils of an irredeemable paper currency, but insists that in the return to specie payment, care should be taken, not to seriously disturb the business of the country, or unjustly injure the debtor class." There was no inflation then. Now come the soft money leaders of the Democratic party, and try to ^persuade the people that the promises of the United States should only be redeemed by other promises, and that it is sound policy to increase them. THE NATION » CBSMT. The credit of the nation depends on its ability and disposition to keep its proiitiises. If it fails to keep them, and suffers them to depr elate, its credit is tainted, and it must pay high rates of interest on all of its loans. For many years we must be a bor- TBM DEMOCRATIC mrLATXO* SCRB1B us now proceed to the consideration of of the questions which engage the attention of the people of Ohio. The war which the Democratic party .and its doctrines brought upon the country left a large debt, heavy taxation, a depreciated cur­ rency and an unhealthy condition of business,which resulted two years ago iii r» «u&r>cial panic aim w- j _ , . . . - / ... preseiou from which the country is now slowly re- power markets of the world, covering. With this condition of things the Demo­ cratic party, in its wceat State Convention at Oo-i ff***":..J lumbtiN undertook to deal. " »swa, tB The most important part, in fact the only part of their platform in Ohio this year which receives or deserves much attention, is that in which is pro­ claimed a radical departure on the subject of money from the teachings of alt of the Democratic fathers. This Ohio Democratic doctrine inculcates the aban­ donment of gold an1 silver as a standard of value. Kcceafter gold and silver are to be used as money only " where respect for 'the obligation of contracts re- auires payment in coin." The only currency for le people is to ?>e paper money, issued directly by ' the general government, "its volume to be made and kept equal to the wants of trade," and with no provision whatever for its redemption in coin. The Democratic candidate for Lieutenant-Oovernor who opened the canvass for his party states the money issue substantially as I have. Gen. Carey in his Barnesville speech says: " Oold and silver, when used , as money, are re­ deemable in any property there is for sale in the nation, will pay taxes for any debt, public or pri­ vate. This alone gives them their money value. If you had a hundred gold eagles, and you cou^d not exchange them for the necessaries of life, they would Ik; trash, and you would be glad to exchange them for greenbacks or anything else that you could use to purchase what you require. With an absolute paper nwney, atampea by the government and vuide a leijal tender for all pwrpmeg, its ftmetUmt a* money are as perfect a$ gold or silver can This is the financial scheme which the Democratic party asks the people of Ohio to approve at the elec­ tion in October. The KepuUkians accept the issue. Whether considered as a permanent; policy or as an expedient to mitigate present evils ^e are opposed to it. It is without warrant in the Constitution, and it violates all. r ound financial principles, OBJECTIONS TO iNJ LAXIOK. The objections to an inflated and Irredeemable paper currency are so many that I do not attempt fc state them all. They are so obvious and so famil­ iar that I need not elaborately present or argue them. All of the mischief which commonly follows inflated and inconvertible paper money may be ex­ pected from tnis plan, and in addition it has very dangerous tendencies which are peculiarly its own. An irredeemable and inflated paper currency pro­ motes speculation and extravagance, and, at the same time discourages legitimate business, honest labor and economy. It dries up the true sources of individual and public prosperity. Overtrading and fast living always go with it, It stimulates the de­ sire to incur debt. It causes high rates of interest. It increases importations from abroad. It ha.< no fixed value. It is liable to frequent and great fluc­ tuations, thereby rendering every pecuniary engage­ ment precarious and dkiurbiug all existing con­ tracts and expectations. It is the parent of panics. Every period of inflation is followed by a loss of confidence, a shrinkage of values, depression of business, panics, lack of employment, and widt- epread disaster and distress..,. The heaviest part of the calamity falls on those least able to bear it. The wholesale dealer, the middle man and the retailer always endeavor to cover the risks of the fickle standard of value by raising their prices. But men of small means and the laborer are thrown out of employment, aud want and suffering are liable aoon to follow. When Government enters upon the experiment of whims, and on the excitement of the hour. It af fords such facility for contracting debt that extrav­ agant and corrupt Government expenditure are the sure result. Under the name of public improve­ ments the wildest enterprises, contrived for private gain, are undertaken. Indefinite expansion be­ comes the rule, and in the end bankruptcy, rain, and repudiation. THS CEXTOA^IZAXXOX or VOWZ*. During the last few years a great deal has been said about iue oentraliflng tendency of recent events in our history. The increasing power of the Government at Washington has been a favorite and hackneyed theme for for democratic decla­ mation. But where since the foundation of the Government has s proposition been seriously enter- t»ini-il tyHioh would »]inh mrtTisiprnts &*}d dSP- gerous powers on the general Government as this inflation scheme of the Ohio Democracy ? During the war for the Union, Bolely on the ground of ne­ cessity, the Government issued the legal tender or greenback currency. But they accompanied it with a solemn pledge in the folloVing words of the act of June 30, 1864. " Nor shall the total amount of United States notes issued or to be issued ever exceed four hun­ dred millions, and such additional sum not exceed­ ing fifty millions as may be temporarily required for redemption of temporary loans." But the Ohio inflationists, in a time of peace, on grounds of mere expediency, propose an inconvert­ ible pa per currency, with its volume limited only by the discretion or caprice of its issuers, or their judgment as to the wants of trade. The most dis- timau-hi-d gentleman whose name is associated vttb tM (Object once a*id 44 the process must be County Conventions also ioofe action upon it, The Republican State Convention passed rejoin* tScns on the question. It is stated that it was con­ sidered in about forty Republican County Conven­ tions. The State Teachers' Association at their last meeting passed unanimously the following resolution. Mr. Tappan, from the Committee on Refiolutions^reporte .1 the following: iieimlved, i hat we at e in favor of a free, imnarUal, and unsectarian education to every child in the State, and that any division of the school fund or appropriation of any part thereof to any religious or private school would be injurious to education and the best interests of the church. An able address by the Rev. Dr. Jeffera, of Cleve­ land, showing the " perils which threaten our pub­ lic schools," was emphatically applauded by that in­ telligent body of citizens. The assemblies of the different religious denomi­ nations in the State, which have recently l>een held, have generally, and I think without exception, passed similar resolutions. If blame is to attach to all who consider and discuss this ouestion before the public, we have had a very large body of offend­ ers. But I have not named all those who are en­ gaged in It. 1 have not named (hose who began it-- those who for years have kept it up--those who in the press, on the platform, in the pulpit, in legisla­ tive bodies, in city councils, and in school boards, now unceasingly agitate the question. Everybody knows who they are. Every­ body knows that the sectarian wing of the Democratic party began this agitation, and that it is bent on the destruction of our free schools. If Republicans acting on the defensive discuss the subject, and express the opinion that the Democratic party can't safely be trusted, they are denounced in unmeasured terms. Gen. Carey palls them " political knaves " and " fools" and "bigots," But it is very significant that no Demo­ cratic speaker denounces those who began the agi­ tation. All their epithets are leveled at the men who are on the right side of the question. Agitation on the wrong side--agitation against the schools may go on. It meets no condemnation from leading Democratic candidates and speakers. The reason ia plain. Those who mean to destroy the school system, constitute a formidable part of the Demo- cractic party, without whose support, that party, as the Lt'gimaitirr nu told 1, njluiig, CSSSCS CSuty the county, the city, nor tho State. The sectarian agitation against the public school* was begun many years- ago. During the last few years it has steadily and rapidly increased, and has been encouraged by various indications of possible success. It extends to all of the State* where schools at the common expense have l>een long established. Its triumphs are mainly in the large towns and cities. It has aiready divided the schools, and in a considerable degree impaired and limited their usefulness. The glory of the Ameri­ can system of education has been that it was so cheap that the humblest citizen could afford to give his children its advantages, and so good that the man of wealth could nowhere provide for his child­ ren anything better. This gave the system its most conspicuous merit. It made it a Republican system. The young of all conditions of life are brought to­ gether aud educated on terms of perfect equality. Th it i The tendencv of this is to assimilate *"OT- "»£ iZ£ SS&SZ& "" Am"lc™ B'" perhaps two per cent, per annum on this v Thirty or forty millions a year we are paying which yielded last spring at< of their enemieK. it is said "deaina the destruction of the i party ' d*rf»«F t OfStanML but the power whim paaasd the bill. Theaeetartm wt_„ ettMe party rules thai party commercial metropolis of th* holds the balance of power in large cities of the country. votes the Democratic party every large city and county In OUoaM < era 8ta«e. Tinlhr Ttrriiinntlal run flu H claimed that Gen. McClellaa Atta Tm m atanaa Abraham Lincoln, aadKiJw^ empam*& to the rebellion. Aif tnla State r-;$lied : " I learn from mf Who do the enemies' of the Union Wi The man they are for, I am against." *ay to the friends ef the publie schools; the enemies of universal education vtikt onemisa of thefwe schools give tbairMi solid vote" to ths Democratic tiekal, tfc* • the aehools win make no mistake if they Tote BepwhUeanttcketi 'its fiopuinitauM enter upon this: vass with many anvantagea. Their ; loaded d-v-j--. -with i!«. • vord of the kit] pn-.Tncratii- have BOt hMM ffl Ohio. Since the present divMos ot years a«ro. no Democratic Lsdelatl i® bring defeat to its The have never been willing to itiufin went Of t<S*0 *"* 1 rii ni ill! IiiigialatWltia *"' The Democratic inflation j Democrats, has driven off 1 and is accepted by -cry few old fulikaedj in its true intent and meaning. Th® 16 are out of power in the cities Ui lit aud are everywhere the ftffflnsha, If Democrats assail them on account otmDSg&irof yeans ago, or in a distant doulheni State, erafrWash. i--" -publicans reply by pointing to wlm% are new doing ia their <.ma. eAes. op is- last Legisiawire. llto mi&AaJe for such retort are alxiii'Saot ttaci ready-at hand. The Republicans are embarrassed by no seMOgihag alliance with the sectarian esoniiM of | schoote, .m»4 they have yielded to no imli iijsit Kiwi* at dictation Sn jsnbUc a£Vr«, ^fe is^alae to see indications of an cctlve uanvmw, Mtfi a Ir-ivo vots> set the election. Sneh « eaBvws eut& » vote in Ohio never yet resulted in a DemoWnMe vic­ tory. Our motto is, honest w;on?v for all, and Am schools for all. There shouid be no tntitiou which will destroy the one, and co secttriaa iuterferases which will destroy the other. fPSl efrttld sav sum. on account of tainted credit. The more promises to pay an individual issues without redeeming them, the worse becomes his credit. It is trie same with nations. The legal tender note for five dollars is tfie promise of the United States to pay that sum in the mouey of the world, in coin. No time is fixed for its payment. It is therefore pay­ ment on presentation, on demaifd. It is not paid, it is past due. and it ia depre­ cated to the extent of twelve per cent. The country recognizes the necessities of the situation and waits, and is willing to wait until the productive business of the country enables the government to redeem. But .the Columbus financiers are not sat­ isfied. They demand the issue of more promises. This is iiifiatiou. No man can doubt the result. The credit of the nation will inevitably suffer. There will be further depreciation. A depreciation of ten per cent, diminishes the value of the present paper currency from fifty to one hundred millions of dollars. Its effect on business would be disastrous in the extreme. The present legal tenders have a certain steadiness because there is a limit fixed to their amount. Public opinion confides in that limit. But let that limit be broken down i.ud all is uncer­ tainty. The authors of this scheme believe inflution is a good thing. When this subject was under dis­ cussion a few years ago, the Cincinnati Enquirer said "the issue of two thousand million dollars of currency would only put it in the power of each voter to secure $400 for himself and family to spend in the course of a lifetime. Is there any voter thinks that is too much, more than he will want?" This shows what the platform means. It means inflation without limit, and infla­ tion is the downward path to repudiation. It means ruin to the nation's credit, and to all individual credit. All the rest of the world have the same standard of value. Our promises are worthless as currency, the moment you pass our boundary line. Even iii this country very extensive sections still use the money of the world. Texas, the most prom­ ising and flourishing State of the S&uth, uses coin. California and the other Pacific States and Terri­ tories do the same. Look at their condition. Texas aud California are not the least prosperous part of the United States. This scheme cannot be adopted. The opinion of the civilized world is against it. The vast majority of the ablest newspapers are against it. The best minds of the Democratic party are agninst it. The last three Democratic candidate# for the Presidency were against it. The German citi­ zens of the United States, so distinguished for in­ dustry, for thrift, and for soundness of judgment in all practical money affairs, are a unit against it. The Republican party is against it. The people of Ohio will, I am confident, decide in October to have nothing to do with it. THE INFLATIONISTS ALABHBD. Since the adoption of the inflation platform at Columbus, a great change has taken place in the feelings and views of its friends. Then they were confident--perhaps it is not too much to say that they were dictatorial and overbearing toward their hard money party associates. There was no doubt as to the intent and meaning of the platform. Its friends asserted that the country needed more money, and more money now. That the way to get it was to issue government legal-teifder notes liber­ ally. But the storm of criticism and condemnation Snii,nTtott"volSm^'k?^^wiine^^ which burst upon the platform from the soundest on the interest of leading politicians, on their anemies of the American system have begun the •rock of destroying it. They have forced away from the public schools in many towns and cities one-' third or one-fourth of their pupils, and sent them to schools which it is safe to say are no whit su­ perior to those they have left. These youth are thus deprived of the associations and the education in practical republicanism, and American senti­ ments. which they peculiarly need. Nobody ques­ tions their constitutional and legal right to do this ; and to do it by denouncing the public schools. Sectarians have a lawful right to say that these schools are "a relic of paganism--that Ihey are Godless," and that "the secular school system is a social cancer." But when having thus succeeded in dividing the schools, they make that a ground for abolishing school taxation, dividing the school fund, or otherwise destroying the system, it is time that its friends should rise up in its defense. / We all agree that neither the government nor po­ litical parties ought to interfere with religious pects. It is equally true that religious sects ought noft to interfere with the government or with political par­ ties. We believe that the cause of good government and the cause of religion both suffer by all such in­ terference. But if sectarians make demands for legislation of political parties, and threaten a party with opposition at tho elections in case the required enactments are not passed, and if the political party yield to nuch threats, then those threats, those de­ mands, aud that action of the political party become a legitimate subject of political discussiou. and the sectarians who thus interfere with the legislation of the State are alone responsible for the agitation which follows. t TH« GEGHAH BILL. And now a few words as to the action of the last Legislature on this subject. After an examination of the Geghau bill, we shall perhaps come to the conclusion that in itself it is not of great impor- , tancc. I would not undervalue the coi -uentious ' scruples on the subiect of religion of a convict in the penitentiary, or of any unfortunate person in any State institution. Bui the provision of the Constitution of the State covers the whole ground. It needs no awkwardly framed statute of doubtful meaning like the Gcghan bill, to accomplish the object of the organic law. The old Constitution cf 1802. and the Constitution now in force of 1851 are .substantially alike. Both declare (I quote Sec. 7, Art. 1, Constitution of 1831): " All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience. No persoii shall be compelled to attend; erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any form of worship against his cousent; and no preference shall be given by law to any re­ ligious society; nor shall any interference with the light of conscience be permitted." If the Geghan bill is merely a re-enactment of this part of the Bill of Rights, it a work of superer­ ogation, and it is not strange that the Legislature did not. when it was introduced, favor its passage. The author of the bill wrote, " the members claim that such a bill is not needed." The same opinion pre­ vails in New Jersey, where a similar bill is said to have been defeated by a vote of three to one. But i the Sectarians of Ohio were resolved on the passage of this bill. Mr. Geghan, its author, wrote to Mr. Murphy, of Cincinuati " We have a prior claim upon the Democratic ! part}'. The elements composing the Democratic I party in Ohio to-day are made up of Irish and Ger- I man Catholics, and they have always been loyal and Democrats in all quarters has alarmed its support- I faithful to the interests of the party. Hence the ers. Many of them have been seized with a panic, I party is under obligations to us, and we have a per- and now are utterly stampeded and in full retreat, f feet "right to demand of them as a party, inasmuch They Ray that they are not for inflation, not for in­ convertible paper money, aud that they never have been. That they are hard mouey men And always have been. That they look forward to a return of specie payment; and that it must always be kept in view. Why what did they mean by their platform? Did they expect to make money plenty by an issue of more coin? Certainly not. By an issue of more paper redeemable in coin 7 Certainly not. They ex­ pected to issue more legal tender notes--notes irre­ deemable and depreciated. But public opinion, as shown by the press, is so decidedly against them j power, that Ohio inflationists now begin to desert their own ' platform. Even Mr. Pendleton is solicitous "not to De held responsible for the Columbus scheme. He says, "I speak for myself alone. I do not assume to speak for the Democratic party. Its convention has spoken for it," aud proceeds to interpret the platform as if it was for hard money. Senator Thurman did not so understand it. He thought the hard money men were beaten and felt disappointed. It now looks as if Gen. Carey might l>e left almost alone before th-' canvass onds. If Judge Thurman could get that convention together again, it is evi­ dent that he could now in the same body rout the in­ flationists horse, foot, and artillery. Nothing but a victory in Ohio can put inflation again on its legs. Let it be defeated in October and the friends of a sound and honest currency will have a clear field for at least the life of the present generation. 1 STATE AVVAIBS. Two years ago the Democratic party came fully into power in Ohio in the State Legislature, and for the first time in twenty yecaa elected the Executive of the state. They werf also intrusted with the as they are in control of the State Legislature and State Government, and were by both our means and votes, placed where they are to-day, and they should, as a partv, redress our grievances." The organ of the friends of the bill published this letter, and among other tilings said: The political partv with which nine-tenths of the Catholic voters affiliate on account of past services that tliev will never forget, now control the State. Withdraw the support which Catholics lviv-i; given to it and it will fall in this city, county and State as speedily as it has risen to its long lost position and That party is now on trial. Mr. Geghan'S ; AM UngaUant ̂ She cam© from Detroit, Mich., and She lost uo opport unity in aiutiug tliyf. she came to Minnesota to recuperate. She did nf>t hesitate to enter into (ton- Vernation -with any person die |a contact with, giving advice, climaiologi- cal or physiological, to invalid*, and* peeking the same from those of robust constitution. Her conversation wu al­ ways prefaced with the introdooioty M» common to visitors, "Did you come here for your health?" She thus ad­ dressed a stalwart, rnddy-ris^gedjpoang man at the dinner-table of the Metropol­ itan a few days since, and the following dialogue ensued: "*es, madam, I oune here probaUbr the weakest person yon evwr saw. I had no use of my limbs, in fact mj bones were but little tougher than car­ tilages. I had no intelligent control of a single nrasok, nor tto am of a aingift faculty." " Great Heavens," exclaimed the «h tonished auditor, "and you lived?" "I did, Miss, although I was devoid of sight, was absolutely toothless, un­ able to articulate a single word, sn< ̂ dependent on others for everything, be- in# completely deprived of ail power to help myself, I comnxenecd to ia. mediately upon, my arrivals aud have scarcely experienced a sick day since, hence I oan conscientiously recommend the climate." "A wonderful case!" said the lady, but do you think your lungs were affect­ ed?" "They wiere probably sound, but po»* sessed of so little vitality that but for the most careful nursing they must hove their fnnfttiona=" 1 "I hope you found kind friends, air!" "Indeed I did, madam; it istotham and thepure air of Minnesota that I owe my life. My father's family were win me, but unfortunately my mother was prostrated by severe illness during the time of my greatest prostration." " How sad. Pray, whac was your diet and treatment?" "My diet was the simplest possible, consisting only of milk, that being the only food my system would bear. As for treatment, I depended entirety upon the life-giving properties of Minnesota air, and took no medicine except an oc­ casional light narcotic when very restless. My improvement dated from my arrival. My limbs soon became strong, my sight 1 and voice came to me slowly, and a full set of teeth, regular and firm, appeared." "Remarkable, miraculous! Surely, sir, you must have been greatly reduced in flesh?" "Madam, I weighed but nine pounds. I was bom in Minnesota. Good day." --<Sf. Paul Pioneer-Preta. -- < • .v.. v'• ' Three CMMren of One Family Kitted In Staff mi How, ; Mr. Alden Moms us that & family residing in the western part of Rich land county lost three children of 5 years of age and under, last week. The oldest, about 5 years, and her younger brother, found a hen's nest under a bam, and, reaching her hand under to get the eggs, she was bitten by a huge rattleanaka twice in the hand. With a scream she withdrew her hand, when the brave little fellow said he wasn't afraid of the old hen pecking him, and put his little hand in and received the thrust of the cattle- snake's fangs. The mother, hearing the screams of the children, set down on the Moor a boiler of hot water and hastened to their rescue, which from their aereami and cries for help were in danger, and to her horror found both fatally bitten by the reptile which had t'W posses­ sion of the hen's nest. She seized her little ones in her arms and ran to tho house, and on entering what horror met her gaze ! Her babe had fallen into the boilmg water! We have not all the par­ ticulars, but are informed in less than half an hour death relieved the three children from their terrible suffer­ ings. Their little limbs, so active, and their sweet voices, so cheery, in one short hall hour were hushed and chilled in death.-- Viroqua ( Wit.) Independent, m m . : Hi Census ISotes In the State of Sew TnI Oswego lias a population of 22,280, a gain of 1,370 since 1870. Troy shows a population of 50,000, 3,50 ̂ t s(̂ gr̂ .a, 83*2 Bmw-i.870. Binghamton has 15,425, bill will test the sincerity of its professions. That threat was effectual. The bill was and the sectarian organ therefore said: The unbroken solid vote of the Catholic citizen* of the State will be gifen to the Democracy at tttt , iaii election." t _ Elmim has picked up handsome®* In regard to thwwbo against the Mil, It of 20 093. a earn said. Thev have du;,' their jxgttteal grave; it will and SttOWS a population OS 4U,WO, • gwB not be our fault if they do not fill it. When any of i in five years OI 4,230. them appear again in the political aivna. we will | Syracuse counts up 53,300, a gain i& put upon them a brand that every Catholic citizen : A ^ t oiQ * will understand." 2*o defence of this conduct of ! y6&TS OI . : .. ,?U\. the last Legislature has yet benn attempted. The • facts ate beyond dispute. This is the tirst example i of open aud successful sectarian interference with j legislation in Ohio, if the people are wise, they will j give it such a rebuke in October, that for many yaars at least it will l>e the last. S But it is claimed that the schools are in ro danger. I Now that public attention is aroused to the iinpjr* ! tanee of the subject, it i« probable that in Ohio they He S a are safe. Bat their safcty depends on the rebak* w 00 ^ * which the •̂ople ahall gtn te tb*--#srty | s; ; Dunkirk has a population of 7,5 gain of 302 since 1870, and a ~ from I860 of 238. Kingston has a population of a decrease of 1,33$ since 187& Hudson shows its ut m v . . titifci