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Pledged but to Trutti, to Liberty and Uw ; Ho Favorf jpii ui and ho Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 4. •m PaHuh*d Every Wednesdayby pUMrMii PablUitr. Kee In Old P, O. Block, " --Orrosrrt RiTKxawx Horis.- TKBMB OF SOBSOIIRNOI; »0c Tmt, (la Advance,)............. ft M If MiP»U within Threo Months. ...see Uteirlptimi reeelved forth rat or six man tha BVSOntHS CARDS. A Voice imifiWi. Its IqHIHMlw ne e'Klsat KTHE BANNER DISTRICT ONCK REPRESENTSD M CONGRESS. "4 *M m-. &MUHT 8PEKCN II* ' Hon, Jobs C. Sfcerwin, H. T, BKOWN, M. S>. PHYSICIAN and Sturgeon. O«c0 over the Post Office, opposite Perry |M»rtini 4tore. up stairs McHenry 111. ~ ' 0. H. JPEOSBS, M. K TJHTSICIAN AND 8UBGKON. Johnsburgh JtT IU>.--Office hoars 8 to 10 A..{M. daily. McHenry Ills.--Riverside House, Tuesdays, Thursdays and 8aturiUys. Office hoars a,to 4 K. A. BE EES M. D. PHTBiolAVand Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry 111. O. X HOWARD, M D. tnrsiCtAX and Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, McHenry, 111. W. H. BUCK. M. D.. OXROPATHIC Phyticlan and 8urg«>n.-- Office East Side Public Square, wood- Office hours 11 to 14 A. K., and 3 P.M. g~k.ii'. F. J. BARB IAN. ICtAB Manufacturer, McHenry 111. Or- den eoliolted. 8bop North EUt oorne*J ^e8|gn. bile Square. •tjXTJ west So PBBKI$9k,. :,1., AGON Maker. McHenry, III. General JAt>btaj promptly attended te. Shop, of the Pa olio Square. ElOHAHO BISHOP, TTORNEr AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. "i :/M>rMcHenryg III. " *jW RICH AH U COMPTON. '<$ ^USTICE of the Peace and Conveyancer.-- WUl attend promptly to the colleotkm of tbts. Volo, Lake County, 111. GEO. A. BUCKLIN rOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In- I sutAnoe Agent. Office nt Bucklln A iven's Store, hear the Depot, Mclienry, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. AS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land •. la McHenrv County, Illinois. OIKee with unty Clerk, Woodstock, 111. •A " ROBT. WRIGHT^ ~J~~- Hffannfactarerof Custom Made Boots and jU. Shoes. Hone but the best of material aped and 411 work warranted. Shop Northwest rner Publie Square, McHeury, III [I* JB. M. OWEN. K5ERAL Dealer and Manufacturers at in/Leading farm Machinery, w and Terms favorable. MoHEVRV, - - . - - ILLINOIS, N. 3. COLBT. rcHBXftf, Mclienry Co., ill. u8enii» Breeder of Ishoep, Berkshire and A choice lot of young laflkitMk (For sale. Please oall and examine before buying Msewhere. ______ UKO..SGHREINBR. 6&IOON and ttestaurant. Nearly opposite the Parker House, Mclienry I1L lWif»l'0hM Billiard and Pool Tables. giLOO^ J . BONSLETT, I and Bestaumnt. Nearly oppoeite '• Mill, XoHenry, III. Fresh Oyster* _ Owen _ . ^ , served aula any shape desired, or for sale by ; i Can. i «TQOOD STABLING FOR HOBSBS. J ^ DR. F. J^FLROSS. T\B*TI8T, Blverslde Block, Mclienry, III. ,| M Having opened an oflse In this village, I P"P** _ to do aU work in the line of my on short notice and in a workman- ke aaaaaer. All work warraated. PETER LEICKEM. Clocks and Jewelry of Violins In the beat ifSSfmZST'hto Violins for it door North ot Riverside Blook, McHenry and at rea Sale, shop thm 2Oouta qf Friday, April 25fA, 1878. To make a ent >RTON * <xC iPublleh- Por . las*week's Issue SmW. L. HORTON< kbiaders.SO J rket St.. Indian- u nine Such Is that grand Allot* * Vmful Com|»hl<Mi» -AND- Artlfloer^ Asslsttiht. i teeelpts by thousands for anything iitUlshed, saving everything. lyera Ontselu every ti MAXBU* money to all Agents want- CO., It Louis Mo. 4 O0OBOY8 &GIRL8 t>rl|«jMit Boy's and Girl's paper published wanted t actasagent r the best Boy's and Gin's paper published the west. Beautiful presents to subserib rs and agents. Every boy and girl can earn ~ ssoney eaavassiag dnrlng lelsnre Don't tall teseadfbr it at once. To ots of aMme; trs. jeett f« wHl sead to any address on hree months, tor 10 Cents in gig i Sam pie of [. Address veland, O* cash- or paper .and ¥ -I Alt MONTHLY lUv (Mat: of seven ... . T_ a every family^ reputation worw- ' iOMye by a , _ f evidence , Aaln mstrious, energetic pefeoa can e*agaeeia*aent iaeeme and vevylibeml by addinesslag with reference, Ut ta Steeet r! That is seltl adelphia. Its nasae stirs like a trumpet Mid calls to ~ w Temperance DEVON, t com. l-Book Movements, and for the cause, can compare I&.V Mr. Chairman, I have not th« rmnltv to think that l ean at this late day add anything In the way of argument to what has already been said In this great debate. My reason for tre*paa> sing at all upon the attention of the, committee is to give some utteranoe. however faint, to the voice of my con­ stituent*, that it may not be thought that they are careless observers of tlw momentous and far reaching legisla- tion that fa about to be consuuiated by this House. It has been declared by nearly every speaker upon the questions before us that he is in favor of a pure, free bal­ lot box. So far we are in happy accord. We only disagiee as to the method by which that freedom shall be secured and that purity maintained and pre­ served. it would seem that, being here for purposes of deliberation and not to advance ottr/:arty interests ex­ cept as the advancement of our court- try** interests advance them, we ought in reason to come to some agreement as to how to beat promote our common So soon as we begin to discuss the mode of proceeding, however, \m at once come upon a pfipciple of con­ ditional Interpretation which opens a chasm between us which no argu­ ment so fur has been able to bridge.-- We at once meet questions that are as old as the Constitution itself, reaching far beyond the issue of to-day. to tin very existence of the Government-- questions which have been discussed by oiir greatest Statesmen and publicists at different times with great eloquence and power--1 mean those questions which bear upon the relations of the National Government to the States.-- Thus ever do the great concerns of liu- Biauity, society and government recur. What has been is what it shall be. The matter of this discussion relates to the rights, powers, duties and limi­ tations of the General Government iu the regulations and control of elections of members of this House. The ques­ tion is at once raised whether the Gov­ ernment has any power at all over such election; whether they are not matters solely of State jurisdiction. You, as Democrats, take a position that a member ot the Xlouse of Representa­ tives is a State offlver. and that lib election should be controlled by State laws, wliile we, AS Republicans, hold that he is au officer of the United State*, and therefore the Government can and should control and regnhitc such elections in case the State refuses or Jiegiects that duty. Believing that such a right existed in and such a duty was imposed upon the Government of the United States, a Republican Con­ gress enacted those laws regulating elections which you now seek to repeal 1 do not now pause to speak of the spe­ cific reasons which caused their enact­ ment, nor to discuss whether they were the best that might have been enacted, or whether tlieys should or should not be modified at the present or some future time. 1 am discussing the ques­ tion as to whether the Government has the right to enact laws regulating the election of members of Congress. As has been stated many times upon this floor during thla discussion, we claim the right is given by the ta»r<h section of article 1 of the Constitution. If the words of that section he'*ak«»i in their natural, plain meaning, it WMM seem clear that they give to Cougnm the power to make such regulations M to the maimer of hold lug said election* as it deems beet at any time it inajr ehooee to exercise that power, provided other principles of the Constitution are not contravened. The opinions of the great men who helped to frame and £0 adopt the Con- »iiiu£!oii fortify thisvlew of the sub^ ject. The eeetioju iu question received as ttMch and as eartteM discussion as al­ most any other one question did. The Conventions of seven different States. New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Virginia, North Car­ olina, and South Carolina, recommend­ ed at the time they adopted the Con­ stitution that this section should be amended, so "that" (in the language of "the Con- had it not In their sitgelf."-- Iwdill, of Uorth Carolina, said: "An ttgpKialou may arise when the ex- ercite <* this nltiwate power In Con- great may tie necessary. • • * And it ieema natural and pro­ per that every government shall have Is itself the means of its own preser­ vation.'* Mr. Wilson, in his admirable argument, said: ^ If the Congress Ewer to male regulations, what might the consequence? Some States might make "no regulations at all upon the subject. And shall the existence of the House of Representative, the im­ mediate representatives of the people iu Congress, depend upon the will acd pleasure of the State Government?-- * * * It is possible, also, that they may make improper regulations, * * • We find, on examining this, para­ graph, that It eon tains nothing more than the maxims of self preservation so abundantly secured by this Constitu­ tion to the individual States. It will thus be aeen tnat those who were opposed to the section, as well as those who were in favor of it, agreed that iC£ave to Congress fall andunlim Ited power over the matter as a me of iellP'iiresenratioii; a power assumed whenever Congress might see At to assume it; an undoubted, original and unlimited power over the wiible matter, except the Qualifications of voters, which are to he fixed by the laws of the States. We also have the opinion of the Su- Sreme <;ourt of the United States in 'ibbon vs. Ogden, 9 Wheaton, In which they declare the principle tiiat "the power to regulate Implies in its nature rail power overthe thing to be reg­ ulated." It would be aeen that there could he no reasonable doubt that Congress had the right and the power to enact and enforce the election laws which you «are seeking to repeal, and that when the occastou should arise. It would be its duty to enact and enforce them. 1 wish also to state a little histo­ ry. So good and pure a Democrat as Gen. John M Palmer, the leading man of tiiat party in the Stale of Illinois, once issued an order for the use oi troops at the polls. It was In Ken­ tucky, and you may be sure that Gen. Palmer would not have issued it had it not baeu accessary,, It wm m fol­ lows: ^ [General Orders No. feL] HXAOQ'RS DirABTNIHT Ot KlVTOOtT, LOUISVIIAB. KY., July asth, 1861 The near approach of an Important eleetlon, to be held in all. the eonn ties ofthe State and Military Department, of Kentucky, renders -- 0 « n e r a l command- the state charged "by the law with the duty of conduc­ ting elections and to the legal voters of the «tate, the most complete protection. Mar- tial law prevails in tne Department of Ken- tncky, and certain classes of persons are es­ pecially under military surveilauce and con­ trol, _ Here follows a description of such cases: All persona ofthe class aforesaid, are re­ alty the New York Convention) grass shall not make or alter ulations In any State respi times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Represen­ tative*, unless the Legislature of sash State shall neglect or refuse to make laws or regulations for the purpose, or from May circumstance be ihckpable of making the same, and then only until the Legislature of such State shall make provision in the premises." Notwithstanding ttMSereeommenda- tious, no auch amendment was ever made or proposed to be..made, and It stands now as it did originally. Not ouly did those State conventions think that Congress had the power to regul­ ate elections given to it by that sec­ tion, but the leading men of that time are recorded as expressing themselves strongly upon that point. Luther Martin* of Maryland, inveighed against it as a "provision expressly looking to, and I have no doubt designed for, the utter extinction and abolition of all Statsu governments." Mr. Bishop, of Massaeliasetts,said that the great diffi­ culty with him was that the power given by the fourth section ws* "un­ limited." Mr. Parsons, also of Massa­ chusetts, coutended for the section "not only as those whose powers were neces­ sary for preserving the Union, but also for securing to the people their equal rights of election." John Jay gave as a reason for Its adoption "that every - .iMloao. Jt vote, or by persuading any other any man. votiag or attempt- per. beat quested to abstain firm all Interference with elections, and will, it they shall in ner interfere therein, by iitfctevote, son te vote oneearrea Aldwlllhe dvea to the civil authorities to enforce the laws 'and preserve the peace.-- any person who shall council, advise or en­ courage «nv Judge of an eleetlon or disobey the laws as in the proclamation of the GOT. •rnor of the the State, will t»e at once arres­ ted. The peace ofthe eountrv can bene, eared only by obedteuce to the laws. ' E. B. HABIA* Captain and Assitant AdJ't General. This order was issued more than three months after Lee's surrender.-- Kentucky had never been in insurrec­ tion, and there was not an armed rebel in the United States. Under this or­ der of a Democratic general two of the members now upon the floor of otitis House, representing the State of Ken­ tucky, would have bees?, at once arres­ ted and held for military trial if they bad attempted to vote or had ever ap­ peared at the' polls" Tltlt, too, at au •lection of Stat# officer* only. Another thing noticeable iu regard to the early discussion upon the elec­ tion of the Constitution we have refer­ red to. Much was said about securlug to every man his right to vote, but nothing was said about preventing those from voting wno were not quali­ fied to vote or preventing men from tine more than once. Their vision voting had not yet penetrated to that golden era in tfceireottatry** history when In its chieCcitya mac who was to become the oandkMe <* one of the great par­ ties for top Presidency should connive at repeating.and thus in the act of performlBf the highest civil right of a freeman, rob honest voters of their lights. Their eyes had not yet been vouchsafed to see the day when thou- sands of men who had the most un­ questioned light to vote should by mean# of lawlessness and murder be restrained. Atom easting their bal­ lots, while others should stuft the bal­ lot holt untft It should be made to speak what they desired it to. Their ear* had not yet heard eloquent speech es of men lu praise, of a true, un­ trammelled ballot, andln condemnation of tyranny, who had mounted into power by reason of stupendous frauds upon the very ballot box whose purity they extolled. These sights and sounds wen reserved for our century, to that time whoa men who had fought for loug years to destroy the Constitu­ tion had eom* hack again Into power through the grace of their conquerors, and. with an ngwreitt consciousneet of superiority In public morality and po­ litical wisdom, were instructing the men who had defended and preserved it front th«ir bloody sasaults as to ite true meaning and latent, and were tra­ ducing the character and maligning the motives of- Its defenders. This sublimity of political'. f|lf-asserfeioii, this climax or political' assumption, this arrogance of paHttcsl Insolence, was not to be forecast fey any specu­ lation, however deep. anduouM ouly be understood and hollared .after it had been witnessed in the flesh. Sir. It is known to every member of this House that at the time of tbepas- sage of this lust, elections In New York and In some other large cities toero a farce. The ballot box waa a vaat sew er. iiito which emptied the vile Wtm- tents of the alleys and the slums. In nephltio jttmoephere honest ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1879 men were stilled, wad nothing ptira could live. This was known to be so by the leading men of both parties, but nothing was done to prevent it.-- And yet budges of office fished out of this festering, reeking reservoir were worn with apparent satisfaction by meu who aspired to the highest In the land. In order to give a hint as to how vot­ ers were made and elections were car­ ried in New York at that time, r will read from the testimony of John I Davenport, given before the Commit­ tee on the Judiciary of this House hit February. Tliia recital of Mr. Davemf port ispckeiiing to any true patriot* and wofffd «;anse any one not blinded by partisan zeal tc almost despair of republican government: QUESTION. I would like you to state as briefly as you can. and somewhat historically as you pass along In order, the results of all your investigations iuto these frauds of 1868. ANSWER. Well si r,as I say, 1 learned first, that the applications on file no­ where near approached tiie number of certificates that had been issued. I learned that there was a very large and extensive issue of certificates in blank --signed and sealed In blank. I also learned thatthej-e was an issues of sev­ eral thousand certificates to fictitious persons, and for which there were ap­ plication* made, but which are not now on the files W the courts. 1 also learned that a very large number of the certi­ ficates which were issued in the names of fictitious persons as applicants were on tile, which applications were forged. I also learned that as to the applica­ tions on file for real persons, persons existing, those applications were forged as to the names of the witnes­ ses Signed to them; tiiat many ofthe witnesses ^hose names appeared in an handwriting cannot exceedingly fine write to this day. 1 also learned that X lu the neighborhood of eighty ostensi­ ble persons appeared as witnesses for about nine thousand applicants; that iu truth and and iu fact many of these eigiity were not in existence, and the names were fictitious, as for instance a man named Collins signed and appear­ ed under his own name as witness for various persons, and then signed the names of Michael Morril, and then ap­ peared uuder that name as a witness for various persons. I also learned that the rule in the superior and su­ preme court was that applicants were not admitted to the court. Judge Barnard was the only Judge who nat­ uralized. beginning on the 8tli day of October, and |olositig on the 33d. On the Oth lie naturalized six only, on the 7th he naturalized eight, and on the other fourteen days he naturalised teu thousand and seventy. „ ^ 1 learned also that these eetiflcates were sold openly, signed and sealed, In blank In quantities that contracts were made for their delivery In adjolultig counties and in adjoining States at prices ranging from 50 cents each to 82,50. 1 learned that persons In other States and in this city and in other portions of the State were in the con­ stant practice of bringing to the court long lists simply of names of persons antl residences; that the court, upon those lists--none of the applicants being here and none of them, frequent­ ly, in the State--issues certificates. 1 learned that ut various places through­ out the city, in almost every ward, there were headquarters aud club­ houses where certificates were given out--where men went and gave their names and in fifteen minutes received certificates, without any judge or court witness or application or any other Froceeding being gone throucb with, also learned of the organisation of mock courts, which met me various places in the city, chiefly in the room formerly used by the sheriff.dtuown as room 18 In the old city hall. Appli­ cants there generally had an oath ad­ ministered to them, which oath was that they would support the Constitu­ tion of the United States snd vote for John T. Hofiman for Governor. Anoth­ er was tiiat they would support the Constitution of the United States and vote the democratic ticket. * * • • A large number of these certificates were delivered In Bridgeport. Coon., under contract, aud from there sent to different portions of the State, There was a large quantity delivered in bulk iu Jersey City; a considerable quanti­ ty in Brooklyn--one thousand in one lot that I know of. To the best of my knowledge, some ten thousand of them were delivered in blank to Mr. James Fisk or his representative for use aloug the Erie road. This year the bureau of elections In San Francisco sent their representa­ tives here and consulted my records, Ac., with regard to a number of those certificates which were used there, and upon which some members of the con­ stitutional convention had beeu elect­ ed. One of them was forced to resign from evidence obtained to that effect, as I was informed, • * • There were ninety thousand applications or­ dered in the month of October alone, and sixty thousand certificates w These were the stupendous frauds that were rererred to by Horace Gree­ ley iu his well-known letter to Mr. Tilden, in which he said, sneaking of ouly four wards of N ew York. „Tberc are not 12,000 legal voter* living la those wards to-day, though they gave HoCman 17.443 majority. Had the day beeu of average length it would doubtless have been swelled to 20,000. There was nothing but time needed to make it 100.000, if so many had b«eu wanted aud paid for. • * * Probably a good part of the 50,000 sup­ plied last fall with bogus luturalLiatlon certificates will ofler to register and to vote. * * * Prosecutors, trates, municipal authorities a the pool; we have nothing to ho from the ministers of justice, and villians have no fear of the terrors of the law," The letter was written in 1889, and before Mr^Davenport had made his in­ vestigation, and before the passage of the election law. This investigation by Mr. Davenport reveals the organis­ ation of the machine by which the Sreat city of New York, with its mil-on of inhabitants,could be dechtrad to* he tor any ticket U» eieouoo oflten or s Demoo-at eaucsa might wish it to be declared for; not only thai* It could furnish all the votss whfch were acces­ sary to carry the fttata; not only thai but Connecticut being doubtful, they could spare eaoagh to carry tbts State; not only that, hat Haw JereeyoMid be aided; not ot-Iy that, hat ten thousand of them could te scsttered oai through Pennsylvania and Now York. Ther# was no houndry so distant hut that they found their way thither and wehaarof their' appearing In San franeiaoo and actually heliu| the means of earrylng an election there. They are a subtle 1>oison pravadtagour whole electoral system, for one ot those certificates up­ on Its face would he good if presented at'any %~ot!iw p^ee (Strike country,-- There is mcM'W||^w the Institu­ tions of onraemroy;-lw|pr this subtle, constant menlMs^ ^han flim aU the Boldlera In the land. Since this law has been In operation the United States supervisor of elec­ tions lu New York has prevented much illegal voting, and at the last election there, probablv prevented more than ten thousand Illegal votes from being cast; and If the law can be kept upon forced It will national will be that too the statute hooks and en be but a few yearn before the elections la our large cities nearly free from fraud, and without the aid of a soldier. Now gen­ tlemen. why do you #lsh to repeat this law? Are you in favor of fraud? Do you wish to repeal it In order to pro­ mote the yurity of the ballot box? Will you, geatlemen. In the presence of this overshadowing cloud of evil which threatens to stifle the true voice of the people at the polls, this real ever present evil which is before you snd ardlind yoa npon you, remove every barrer to its frightful progress? I have not time to mention with any detail at all, the horrible, disgraceful affairs by which the voice of the people was suppressed In two or three of the Southern vtatas, " to the oountr; the Senate December reveal the buriilhg disgrace entailed upon the American people in the attempt of the "wes&th and Intel- ligence" of the people to secure an election to Congress, The flight of large bodies of loyal though poor peo- plo (niBl|wt land to one where the cost of cAfueaship is less dear, where thay will not he vexed uy iU« uncon­ trolled baillflsof aa irresponsible and hostile society, is a rebuke humiliat­ ing hut well deserved to that powerful Government whleh has failed to pro­ tect them in their dearest constt tutlen- al rights. According to the reports of that com­ mittee-- . . "They declared through the press and otherwise the ir determination to carry the election. They organised rifle company aud cavalry companies* claiming that such organisations were necessary for the protection of the white people. * * * From the time tickets were In the fleld. armed bodies of white men appeared from aelghhor- ing parishes, raiding through the coun­ try, committing outrages on the color­ ed people. Some were whipped, some were shot, and some were hang. Some of those rsldliig forces were under the de puty sheriff, and some were under the command of J. Floyd King, the Demo­ crat candidate for Congress. * * A tragedy that results lu the death of fifteen men In one county and eight in another, ought certainly to oall Tor au Ivestlgatlou iu a civilised country: but no investigation has beea made by either loeal or State aathortles, to d*> teriniue where the blame rightfully belongs.** *~"te same oommlttee reports that in h Carolina, In Charleston eooaly . more than five thousand Demo­ cratic tissue tickets were voted, spud one hundred aud fifty-eight Republican tissue tickets. ' "No prosecutions have beea institut­ ed by the State of Louisana or South Carolina against the violators of their laws, and no eflorts made to punish the one who thus wantonly murdered or outraged their eltlsens; and when the United States courts have been resor­ ted to for the purpose of punishing these outrages on the ballot, the com­ plaint has beea In nearly every instance arrested, clearly la violation of law, by the State authorities, on charges of perjury, libel, disturbing the peace, or some umillar charge, and committed to jail unless he give ba!L Cltiaens are threatenedJhat if rhey attempted to punish the offenders In the United States courts, tha witnesses win be punished in lie State oourts; and thus the State declines ts punish these orimlnals, buferefuses to allow it to be dehe In the Halted States courts." How,geatlemen of tha^other side, heia.aya wicked oatraw proved in in three** the giaat States of the Union, one in ue North,, and the others In the South. You say that you are iu favor of a free ballot-box and of unawed, unterrlfied voters, These are noble sayings of yours: they soand well and they read well, we Say the same and we think the same. We thereforeinvlte your enthusiastic e©~ would seem as t» hands for u with operatioa iu enforcing thelsweagaiust fraud and violence. It though we ought totoli isoWe a purpose, will us? Bills are now nem gr ess for purpose cf snqul _ sewerage of thiscity and for pose or so improving a*d re, U that the inhabitants here mt9d twm disease and de such causes. It Is a worthy o one vqpMi which party: tmm .a** : > drawn, A bill has also be Hi recen passed whose object is to stay V ravages of the scourge of yellow f»W which so badly smote the citisens of two or three Stares last yew. Legis­ lation upon that subject ts prompt if not effective. Congress, witnoutreter- ciiee to party lines, proposes to do |h best it can iu the premises* and then« tlon rejoices. Can we do less, gentleman, than to do all #t can, all we knew how to do. to atay the great s violence upon the pate this dire di polltie which th: •qestructlois, yaa itiilili** of fraoa higher duty, can yon eonoelve a'Toftiar ««, than to make laws for SuON a pur- Mseaad furnish power for thitr an- jtagpimentf But you say tha* those *|pfci«e Peking to the States, not^to the , Ita^esyl^avernuient. la «*fferi#»ajr' that the States have negleotedto make proper regulation?, or if tkS hava made sd&ytagnletions havr*eU«eiy failed» enforce them. Theretono poster to-day anywhere in those'States Whtefe attempts to uphold the lategri- ty of the ballot-box, except the power ;«Hf the , United State* Government. And ehtr Democratic iMimiutetrattott of Louisiana and South Carolina, aad the leading Democratic politicians of New York are tlsrowlug every obstacle la the way of the esslVftcewentof tite laws ofthe Government which tftey have at their toasmaBd. Hot oniv that, hat not one Democrat opon tbl? floor or at the other end of |tie Capifolhas yet uttered a Sluile word in MsdMMatlon of these frauds and outrages, . oa the othef- hand yoa standSBiir"fteoliu body demanding in tise u)(Mr| ob|ihtion- able manner the entire repeal of tha Palled Statee atatutes upon subject. It cannot be objected to thei that they are "war measures,** the paitious Incideut to civil< looking alone to the the ah* ., of thellberty of the dtli*fi8.* were passed long after the' ceased. They areln the !a|a.rest< true liberty ofthe cUiaet^ aad, ara aimed at no section of the country, bat apifcly alike to all s*oti<»i. YOU Nihil not obscure this issue. The (M»0pie shall understand Stmt While you talkso graadly of freedaat s^ tlia polls you are beading M youreaatgies to ^ample out that &eedoat. It Mali be seen that now, hi the light of alt the testimony as to the overv^MMAg frauds hi tha large cities of tha Jtp*th% and several of the Southerti Stata^ you gentlemen wish to repeal thoee laws or to so eiuasoulate them that they retalu uo power wliatever to dlseever or puulsh t%; peipetratact. of? tha crimes, and vmtfe you are aao^il|«9iu| to remove Oils list buiwark agailisl fraud and vteteiice, aud the'onnr"sMe> guard that is in existence for tws real protection of the: great body ofthe people, you declaim^ wltk drasaatlc miutlonabout the llherty gf iuipeuding despotism, impel bayonet rule. Gentlemen themselves, bdt th^ dan tlie people by this falsa whole enormity of the orin belag committed against the ...... through the ballot-box, by your party, (aad soma other day, if permitted to become a recogulsed ageucy of s*»lit- leal contests,*migbt be committed by any other party) is at last seen and understood by the people of this laud. Populer government may be de­ stroyed as efieotually by fraud as by the sword. You ootad^ not destroy it by the sword, yoa shall not destroy it by fraud. The Republican patiy wlll never oonsent fio the repeal of these laws unless it oau get something halter la their stead. You caaaot repeal them, UQiess, indeed, the Prestdent shall approve your bill. The poaseisBos of the people is belug aroased; their - i1*! nimity, and gather! strength shfll sweep power over aU the laud, pervade the hearts of the every quarter and of evsry throughout our broad domain ; opluioa that shall demand ' fraedoia and tM brightest ele^loas« and shall, Ir i to hear the entire power rial Republic to enforce Its Then Mall the ballot-box ex honest, authentic voioe of the and our laws, issuing from un] foantaina,chall be tar stainless tion of the people's will. s-:1 refleo* NTlt tppeaafep the port of the Commissioner of Be venue that within the pastyearibe number of seizures of itlleKt distijppiurles among the 14,000,000 of the poptthtlfoa of the South was 1,858, while the 86,000,000 of the North be red only 87. The number of petsena arrested In the South for the vielation of internal revenue laws agalnstM in the whole North. Thorium, her of officers killed while striving to execute the national laws was 6, while the nnmber of wounded was 14, and all of these casualties occurred la the South. . •, » _ 1 ISTAfter the first of Ai^fliBt, tfm average rate of interest upoti the fund­ ed ilebt of the United States will ha only 4d4, against the average of 8.4, la 1866. With this improvement of two per cent, in the rate.the 4ebtitS||f has decreased about thrni hlndredi afft alx-' tyejUliondollars.and;the d^$cAaan'ia the annual Int6fest;'#^rge upoa tha* funded debt is #68JWO|00:a Nor sari these the only gratify ingi|^|resofl|» government's present tlon, fir tho eouuiSy hsa iu tha iWiUe increased »|8tiy in real ihd nearly all f#^ads. are h^r our own citi f Marsbairsl.ung Syrup, It thousands. Beeomta§#*<! it Mend amt oeli ienu.ScSVcrt*y8re*' vfpre I