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NATIONAL PROSPERITY. «Great Speech of the Hon. Jbhn°8her- Delivered at Cincinnatî •Our Country Xow Enjoying tlie Kreftt- o.st Revival of Business of Modern Times. That Revival a Natural Consequence of the Policy of the Repub­ lican Party. TTfc® monstrous Kvilw That Would Flow from the Election of a L Democratic President Fellow-Citizens : The Democratic party 'desires to make a change in the Executive branch of the Government of the United States, and appeals to the American people to fcring about such a change this fall. The Republican party, recognizing the right of that party to make the appeal, wili hear patiently and kindly all it ha» to say. and no word of insult, no act of "violence, mil be offered by any Republican in any part, of the United States to deter the Dem­ ocrats from the exercise of their right freely to discuss in their own way their political con vie-, tiona and opinions. We Republicans only regret that this privilege cannot bo exercised by us also. The last great change in the Executive branch •of the General Government occurred in 1860, by the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. At that time the open advo­ cacy of his election could not be made safely to life or limb in thirteen States of the Union, where the strength of the Democratic party lay. But, in spite of this, the people of the Northern State*, (irmly impressed with the necessity for the change, made it ; and what man in this broad laud dot s not now feel that it was a happv change ? And yet the Democratic party of that time resisted it. It not onlv resisted it during the canvass, but the controlling segment of that pariy rebelled igninst it bv iorce of amis, nnd undertook to disrupt the Government and to destroy the Union. The Democratic party desired a change in 1864, when, in the midst of war, the magnitude of which even now in the distance staggers us with amazement, it met ill National Convention and resolved that the war \Tas a failure and de­ manded peaco on any terms. That was when Grant was in tin- 'Wilderness and Sherman was on the road to Atlanta, when our notes on de­ mand w< re worth only -1(1 cents on the dollar, and when it seemed almost as if Providence had deserted us. If its desire for a change had then been gratified, we would have now no united •country to boast of, no land to love. The Amer­ ican people, though weeping over their lost ones ami leclitig heavily the burdens ol war, said there should be no change, and there was nmie ; Abrhani Lincoln was elected again. The Democratic party desired a change in 1868. It was encouraged by the defection of Andrew Johnson and by manv divis-ions in the Republican party. The rebels'had been restored to their lost citizenship, and had already or­ ganized a system of terror in several of tlio Southern States. Tweed was in the ascendency in New York with his gigantic frauds: he plundered the (Ity, filled the cravings of the army of his dependents with the plunder of rich contracts, issued tens of thousands of fraudulent naturalization papers, stuffed the ballot-boxes, and thus reversed the vote of the Empire State. Yet, after all, the American people decided that there should be no change ; that the Republican party which saved the country should still be trusted with its admin­ istration ; and Grant, the soldier of the war, was made President. So, again, the Democratic party desired tc change 111 1876. It had previously organized the solid South, according to the" Mississippi plan, with tenor and violence. It fosdlv thought it had made g< od a fulcrum of 188 electors from States lately in rebellion, and had carefully laid plans to secure enough more to make the election sure. Tilden, who, as Gov­ ernor of New York, had become popular with the business men of that State by liig aid in the overthrow of Tweed, and by his opposition to corrupt canal rings, was nominated for Presi­ dent. He liaa a barrel full of money, which •was spent, without stint, and thus introduced for the first time in American politics the most shameless corruption in a Presidential election. But, more than all the country was suffering under great financial distress. The wave of misfortune, which came in 1873 to the whole -commercial world, had scattered its wrecks over our great cities. Every man who had capi­ tal to lose, or debts to pay, or wanted labor for bread, felt discontent for evils that ho could not explain. It was natural, but not just, that many of these clamored for a change, who had no sympathy with the principles of the Demo­ cratic party ; but still the fraud that intimi la- tion attempted in three of the States failed in its object, and the Republican party in the Northern States stood by its principles, and Hayes was elected. And now, fellow-citizens, let us pause for a while and see what has been the result during the last four years by the election of the pres- -ent Republican President Has lie given any cause for the change from Republican to Demo­ cratic measures and men? When Fresident Hayes was inaugurated the Resumption act of 1875 was an unexecuted man­ date of the Republican party. It had been voted for only by Republicans, and had from its introduction been assailed, resisted and ridi­ culed by the Democratic party. Many honest, sincere men til' both parties, who really wished resumption, believed it impracticable for years to come. But there was the law. I had i.ided in its p..ssatre. and I believed in it. and 1 was charged with its execution. I was supported by the full faith of the President. Gold was at a pre­ mium of nearly (> per cent. The national reve­ nues had l-e< 11 greatly impaired as the re­ sult of the panic, so that there was. in fact, no surplus revenue to aid in the work of resump­ tion. The only mean-* left was to increase the volume of coin before the day of resumption bx the saleof bonds, to dotheutmost to strengthen the public credit, and to produce confidence in the ability to resume, ibis was done in the eighteen months that followed the inauguration of President Hayes, and at the end of that pe­ riod the credit of the country had been greatly advanced ; surplus com had Iteen accumulated to tlio amount of £3 30,(Kit),000, and the public mind, relieved from imaginary terrors, had become not only reconciled to re­ sumption, but was anxiously and hopefully awaitingothe event. During all this time the Democratic party excelled itself in active re­ sistance to the successful execution of this law. They sought to ro^H-al it : they sought by in­ vestigations through committees of Congre.-s to discredit all the proceedings lind under it : and it was 1/oastfully said that thousands of dollars would be given to stand 011 the right of the hue at the juiblic treasury on the day of resump­ tion. The examinations made of myself clone by committees of Congress upon ihis subject amounted to over 100 printed pages : and the speeches that were made against what tiny de­ nounced as a crazy, impracticable scheme xvould fill volumes. Your ears rang with their ridi­ cule and denunciation of the Resumption act; but still; thanks to the Republican party, re­ sumption came, and came so certainly and so securely that at this day specie payment-! are more complete, i:i the true sense of the term, than ever before in this country, and as com­ plete as 111 any country in the w..rid. Tlere is no longer any depreciation of the notes of the United States, and, not onlv in this country, but 111 all foreign countries, they are received at par with gold. The Democratic p rtv. convicted of false prophecy, could only short out that it was Providence that did it : that the goo.\ crops, which came six months after resumption was a complete success, did it ; nnd some of them hn l the audacity to say that the way to rivumpfioti was pr«-p. 1 ml by the economies enforced by a Democratic House of Representatives, v.liir-b, as I will show you hereafter, instead of redncom the expenses, actually increased them largely i;i all branches of the public service subject to sn- imal appropriations. One thing is certain, that if its desire for a change had been grati­ fied lour years ago by the American people, the Resumption act would not have been enforced, resumption would not have come, and tlio hope­ ful joy which gladdens the homes of millions of laboring people would still be repressed by the evils of irredeemable paper money. Re­ sumption, then, with all the good that has ac­ companied and followed it. iR the direct result of the wisdom of your choice in the election of a Republican President four years ago. When President Hayes was inaugurated, there was upon the statute book the Refunding act of 1870. It was placed there by the Iiepul>- liean party--a part of its policy for the gradual reduction of the burden of the public debt. It had been partially executed bv the sale of 5- per-cent. bonds and when Presid nt Hayes was inaugurated we were selling 4}£-per-cent. bonds at par, slowly and with difficulty. It then became my duty to continue the re­ funding ; and, ' taking a hopeful view of the future of the country--its power, its wealth and greatness--I determined to withdraw from the market the 4}^- per-eent. bonds, and sell the i per cents, at par. This was believed at the time to be a aonbtful experiment; but, being firmly sti)*- , ported by President llaves, tlio Treasury De­ partment undertook the task. A sale of "every such bond was a saving of one-third of the in­ terest on that portion of the debt; for everv dollar realized was applied to the payment of tn equal amount of bonds bearing fr-per-ccnt. interest Bankers shrunk from taking such a bond : but. on an appeal to the American j>eo- ple through popular subscription, within sixty days after they were thus offered $75,000,000 of these bonds were taken, and were absorbed, mostly in small sums, all over the United States. Thus the success of the loan was es­ tablished. Frequently, however, as the opposition of the Democratic party to resumption was devel­ oped, and at times appeared to be successful, credit would become unpaired, confidence would be destroyed, and the sale of these ImjiwJs would fall off. But, as events resulted, and the Democrats failed to secure the repeal of the j Resumption act, the bonds sold again, but in comparatively less sums. The credit of the 1 Government advanced precisely as resumption approached success, and, within 1()0 days after [ resumption, there we re sold £510,347,800 of 4- • per-cent. bonds, thus completing the work of | refunding, as far as the law allowed it to be ! done, by the redemption of all the bonds bear- | ing 5 or 6-per-cent. interest that were then re- I deemable. The result of this Republican policy 1 was a saving to the people of the United States j of $14,290,453.50 interest per year. i But this was not the only benefit derived by our people from refunding operations. The rate of interest beeamo permanently reduced on all investments throughout the country. Low interest is the chief factor in our prosjwr- itv. It became possible for manufacturers and tradespeople to borrow money, so as to conduct their business profitably. This low hite of in­ terest produced a demand for new investments, and new enterprises were started into life. Thus, by the policy of the Resumption and the 'Refunding acts, tlie way was paved for the pres­ ent era of prosperity, and the whole of this was the work of the Republican party. If the change desired by our opponents four years ago had occurred, no mail can truly say that such results as these would have taken place ; for, from Tilden down, the Democratic party fa vored the repeal of the Resumption net. 1 That party, during these; four years, lias been the j slave of the liio.^t idle and crazy popular delu­ sions of fiat money--their leaders eveii talking about bloated bondholders and aristocrats-- and was ready to fan into flame the passions of men to mobbtsh violence and 10 tierce conten­ tions between capital and labor. A Republican administration is now paying the public debt at the rate of £10.000,000 a month, or $'2.50().00;i a week. In all probabili­ ty. before this administration closes its term, the debt will be further reduced $70,000,000, making a saving in anuual interest of $4,- OOO.O'm. This policy of debt-paving and interest-re ducing is the most striking in the history of anv country. Other nations have had great debts ; but no nation ever before paid it so rapidly, so justly, so honorably. This fact alone is worth more in public credit than all tho gold and silver in the country ; because it is a capital from which wo can draw whenever 110- ces-ity requires. Tho Democratic party pursued an exactly op­ posite policy. From 1857 to 1860, when Mr. Buchanan was President, it steadilv increased the public debt from to .®5!i.'.)(>4,- 402.01. At the close of that period it paid as high as 12 per cent. 011 one-year treasury notes, and sold 6-per-cent. twenty-year bonds at 89 cents 011 the dollar. While tiie debt was being reduced by the Republican party, the Demo­ cratic party impaired the public credit by pro­ posing schemes to cheat the public creditor. Its influence was the chief obstruction to the debt-paying end interest-reducing policy of the Republican partv. In States where it has ascendency, like Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, it has either repudi­ ated" the State debts or threatens to do so. Its success in a national election would, in n^y judgment, greatly impair the public credit and reduce tho value of public secu­ rities. During the administration of James Buchan­ an the loss4)y defalcr-.ti Jn of public officers in the collection and disbursement of the public moneys was on every $1,000; during Pierce's administration it was £3.56 ; during Polk's administration it was £4.OS; during Jackson's administration it was $7.52 ; during Van Buren's administration it was $11.71. Mark the contrast with Republican administra­ tions : In Lincoln's time, embracing the recklessness caused by war, it was 76 cents. For six years of Grant's administration it was 34 cents. In Hayes' administration thus far--assuming that all amounts in dispute are lost--the loss on (f 1,000 would be so small that the smallest coin of the country would make it good three times. It has been but one-third of a cent 011 $1,000 of the amount involved. And what has been the result of Republican administration under President Hayes upon the general business interests of the country ? We have witnesse f, and are now enjoying, the great­ est revival of business of modern times. We have leaped forward from a period of extreme distress to one of great prosperity. Our ex­ ports during the last fiscal vear reached the en­ ormous sum of $835,000,000, being an increase of $320,000,000. Our imports dining the last fiscal year were $608,000,000, being an increase since i875 of $135.000,0()0, and making ar. ag­ gregate foreign commerce of the last year of over* 1,500,000,000. Every nation contributes to our comfort. From every land, and from every sea. and from every part of our country, we gather the productions of their labor to supply our daily wants. Our manufactures in'sdl!-ranch­ es have increased, so that not only do we sup­ ply ihe domestic markets with nearly all the articles ccM-nfi.il to human life, but we export 111 great quantities the productions of the work­ shop and the farm. Wu now feed Europe not only with grain, but with meat, butter, lard, c niic-d fruits, and an infinite variety of other production*. We arc gradually gaming trade 111 other < ountric s. North and S .ntn. an i may hojw, in a short tune, to supply them v.itli !:• arly all the articles of fori ign production tin v d< sue. In the ;;ivat bran dies of induct! y-agriculture, niniirfuct- ures. Mid mining--*e ;:re now taking our rank as the leading nation. With plenty of monev as good as go d, with plenty of work tor ail who are willing to work, with cheap capital, we have now superadded the most bounteous crops that evir blessed any portion of tlie world. Think of wheat crops of 450.0iie.o00 bushi-ls a year, and corn crops of about l.HOO.OOO.OOO a veaivand everything else in proportion. For these high prices have been realized. The ad­ dition to the wealth of the country for the last three or four years can scarcely be estimated. We know that our Government debt, formerly .largely held abroad, is now almost exclusively held at home : that tlio mortgages upon our lands and farms have been reduced to one-third thiir amount in 1S75 ; that the l ala: ce of trade is so largely in our fax or that fmei-n countries, 110 longer able to send hac'; our securities, are compelled to ship gold. '1 he ! uilding of railroads keeps pace xvitli our general prosperity. They are cro-sing th; plains dud exploring everv vallev, and vear bv year we hear of new settlements ; f fertile territory hitherto unavailable for tillage. xvhosc sui'phi- products increase our resources. The muni er ami amount of bus ness failures have be n rei'u more than one-half. Iu a word, all theciivumstaace*-and elements that indi -ate increased xvenlth and pro.spentv to our whole cou try -e-eui to combine to make its iiiniiediito future exceedingly bright. The rough road has been traveled, and the smooth one is now before us. We can fairly claim that the renewal of busi­ ness is she natural result of the poliev of the Republican party. Every public measure tliat has contributed to it was a licpuhlk-nn measure. An honest and faithful administration of the Government : a linn iidh< r< nee to the Re.>umi»- tion and Relunding acts ; the maintenance of the public fi:::!i as against flat n» •:! y : and the prot-etion policy embodied i:i our tariff la vs, are the human agencies, the w.-rk of the Ile- p;l.biic:in par;v. tlial have comnl.uted to our prosperity. It is true that Providence gave us bouni' fiiis crop., but the-e came alter resump­ tion was M.vme. and after we. had laid tlie foundation of hi nest money and ciiveisilied in- duvtry. xxhich ens: led us to imi-roxe the bless­ ings of Providence. Certain it K that we owe nop,-it of our prosp< litv to tlie- Democratic pai ty. And now. in ISO, they want a change : not a change in the DeiiHx-iutie House or -enate. but a change in the Executive branch of the Gov-' eminent, so that all I ranches of the Govern­ ment xxill be practically under their power and control. It is known very well that within a period of four years the eloction of a Demo­ cratic President would probably, by the chances of life, convert the Supreme Court into a cita­ del of the principles and policy of the Demo­ cratic narty, and change the national teuden cies of that great tribunal into a machine to cripple tho Government in its power to protect the right of the freedmen by the adoption of the narrow notions of State rights which gov­ erned the Democratic party before the war. And who are they who propose this radical obange ? It is tbe same Democratic party that j in 1860 sought to overthrow the Government, j governed by the self-same men or their lineal I descendants, and the same elements which con- I trolled the policy of the administration of j James Buchanan. Who control that party • now V The basis, the governing power, of that 1 F,arty ^ 'n *.'u! solid South. That segment of I tho party will furnish 106 members of Con- j gress and thirty-two Senators, and, by their 1 numerical majority over their Democratic asso- ! ciates. will dictate the policy and laws of our I Government. Next in importance would be the l influence of New York citv, whose vote is so j potent in wielding the political power or tho great State of New York--a citv that for manv years has been governed by corruption, that : practiced the frauds in the election of 1868, and is confessedly under the domination of the most dangerous elements of American societv. They can claim 110 Northern State except what they deriTe from the sha^w of the influence ; which centers around New Y'ork, and, perhaps, the State of Indiana ; but we dispute with them their ascendency in that gallant State. And thus these elements, embracing the worst feat­ ures of American politics and society, would 1 rule the National Government in all its : branches, an<T restore again all the ideas, prin- ; ciples and acts from which we escaped by the ! election of Abraham Lincoln. The/bone and sinew, the heart and brains, of the North are now, then, with the Republican ' party. That section which furnisher the capi­ tal, the commerce, the trade, the enterprise, the vital energy to our syRtem. is to be subordinates! to a section which still clings to the idea that : this is not .1 Jnation, but a confederacy, that its powers are dependent for enforcement upon the narrow and provincial ideas of insignificant , States. This is the change they propose. This , is the revolution they xvould bring about. : Mr. Tilden says they want a change in order to condemn what lie alleges was the fraud of ; 1877. But this pretended fraud consists simply 111 the .fact that tlie Electoral Commission, a tribunal xxhich the aided to organize, and whose judgment they agreed to abide, decided differ­ ently from what they expected. I did not be­ lieve in that tribunal! I believed the constitution and the laws already furnished ample means to ascertain and determine the result of the vote of the electors ; but they forced the adoption of . this commission as a means to exclude votes duly returned from some of the Southern States. They failed in this, and from that time thev have cried out "Fraud, fraud." The fraud that existed in the election of 1876 was the fraud, violence, and intimidation practiced bv the Dem­ ocratic patty in at least five of the Southern States, but in such a bungling wr.v in Louisiana i that it xvas promptly corrected bv the return­ ing officers of that State. In South Carolina and Florida the actual vote cast, as well as the . legal vote, xvis in favor of the Republican elec- , tors. They attempted in Oreg-n. 'where the people had without question voted for the Hayes electors, by nanoxv technicalities to ex­ clude the lie publican electors and to recognize the Democratic electors, and large sums of money xvere confessedly paid to accomplish this ] fraud. • But, fellow-citizens, this cry is now the slieer- , est hypocrisy. If the Democratic partv be- - Moved in it, .why xvas hot Mr. Tilden ro.noininat- ed r Then the people colli I have tried the alleged fraud. But the fraud practiced bv tlie Democratic party in the South i* a continuing fraud-- tv o years ago, last year, and this year-- ; continued openly with grim'humor and justified : by the dominant opinion in the South, and by i the acquiescence of the Deuio-'.racv of the North. It is only by this fraud that the Dem­ ocratic p.vty hopes for sue vss. If now tHere | is a chrnge in the Ex cutive branch of the ! Government, it will be caused bv the grave and : startling fact that the rebels" of the South have, by bloody means, succeeded in ovi r- : throwing the-constitutional l ights of 5,000.000 of freedmen, and the Democratic ;iartc of the North, eager for power and place, oo-oporr.te , with the rebels of the Sonfh in this crime, bv sharing in the power and places secured by it. Senator Tluirman says th< y xvant to bring about a change, so as to restore the old tiine- : honored doe-trine of the Democratic pcrtv in re­ spect to State rights. This. I believe* is an honest statement of the chief desire of the party. Thev \u>h, under the forms of a pa rtv contest, to turn back the dial of time for twen­ ty years from the national principles that have guided the Republican party to the sectionalism that prevailed l>cfore the war. We accept the ; issue. j Yon will always find the Democratic party : opposed to our vi^vs of national authoritx". j It seeks to lielittle. to degrade, and cripple the National Government : to subordinate the rights of tho citizen and the nation to . the law or public opinion of tlie State; to treat the National Government as a confederacy of States, xvithout power ' to enforce personal rights or national interests within the limits of the State without the consent of the State. You will find this ! radical differ lice cropping out in every contest I on every question, great or small, that enters ( into American politic-. It was this that led to ' the civil war. Under the lead of the Republi- j can party the Union xvas preserved, the consti- ! 4tttion was maintained 111 its full vigor and strengthened by amendments so as to declare tho equal civil and political rights of all men, without distinction of race, color or condition, and that Congress should enforce these rights by appropriate legislation. Upon these termk the rebels xvere restored to their rights and privileges as American citizens, and now. xvitli 1, their Northern associates, under the name of ; the Democratic party, they revive the old con- ; test, and deny to American citizens the protec- [ tion of national rights by national authority. ! This doctrine of State rights is the basis of opposition to national lianks, to the protection of American industry, to the national election laws, and protection of the ballot-box. and to \ the navigation laws. Whenever tlie question arises iu national politics, you will alxvays tind the Republican party in favor of flic enforce­ ment oT all the rights, civil and political, con­ ferred by the constitution of the United States, while the Democratic party oppose the enforce­ ment of these rights, and leave the citizen to the tender mercy of local or State law. It is for the patriotic people of this country to «ay whether tli y want a change back from the national tendencies of the Republican party to the principles that brought our Government to tho verge of dissolution in the days of Bu­ chanan. The principles of the Southern States, xvitli their bloody violence, are the fruit of .Judge ThurnianV doctrine, while those of the North'rii States are the outgrowth of Ro- pnMian ideas. And now. fellow-citizens, suppose a change i- made : suppose the restraint of a Republican President is xvitlidrawn. what will thu Demo­ cratic party do under tho doctrine for which ludgo Thunnan and Gen. ITampton plead? On th*'day or the inauguration a horde of greedy office-seekers, hungry in search of office, will eonic down upon the heads of departments ; xvitli their claims for reward for party services, and inexperienced men will be thrust in to dis- , charge tlie most difficult functions of official i life. Trained end experienced officers, whoso eapaeitv and fidelity are recognized cx-eryxvhere, , will be turned out. and the great operations of the Government be placed nt once in inexperi- • enced hands. A still more dangerous horde of claim agents, 1 now huanting Washington, alrcadv keen for plunder, and versed in all the tricks of the (rr.de, wi 1 seek to open the doors of the treas­ ury to the brood of South' rn claims, xvhich. de­ spite our overflowing revenues, wall bankrupt the treasury in a ye"!'. Tims far. during this | administration, the gate has been put down and barred against all these claims. The statute of , limitatio s and the decisions of the department ' have cut them off ; hut. under a Democratic ad­ ministration of the Treasury Department, how easy it would be to bleak down this barrier. I know from my personal knowledge a number of : claim-agents, influential men. who xvill vote for Hancock 011 the ground that his ' lection will en­ able them to recover claims now barred. All that is needed to cause the refunding of the I cottoii tax, amounting te> fiw.pno.ooo. is an iy>- : propr.ation. MoM of the memlx rs of the : South, t'nrocgh their constituents, are interested in these cl.iims. i A slight extension of the period of limitation, as to claims for eaptund and abandoned cot­ ton, xx ill open up tens of mill ens of th s class of claims. An enlargement ly half a dozi 11 words of the law for the p.'-menl of Quarter­ master's >tores • ill bring uj*>n the treasury demands for more than $lco.t!('0.(i(»;) for lood consumed by onr army in the war of the ie- belli.-u, taken from dis'-ivai people and for damage done tie m us a. n -.tural result or onse- ipiciice o: the xvar. l!xp.eri< nee has shown that to sxxei! tliesc claims, tenfold or even a hun­ dredfold. testimony can be mannfiietu;' d wirh the greatest l'aciiitv and apparently of tl:« clean st character." Should this be acted upon by an officer fri 'ii• 11 v to the 0! ject . no man can estimate the demands that i in this way, under cover of right, may be foist­ ed upon tlie people of the UnMed Sta'ti s. And why should not this be- done.-' If the princi- 1 pies of the Democratic party are to be again adopted by the votes of the people, and the very men who fought for them are to be pi -cod in power, xvhyshould they not be indemnified for their losses/ W by should they lit Lie p .id for their slaves? Why should not the brave rebels who fought for their principles be ph.cod on the pension roll'/ Ex'en a change in deci­ sions by tlie Secretaries of War and Treasury would bring iiikiii the Government tens of mill­ ions of dollars of Southern .claims. Tho Democratic party has opposed from the beginning as unconstitutional our whole system of national banks, and favored a system of State banks as a matter of constitutional right. By the passage of a law of two lines they can repeal the tax of 10 per cent now lev­ ied upon the notes of State banks, and thus, without a formal repeal of the national-hank system, they can revive the whole State-bank system and flood us with xvild-cat and red-dog money. That this will be done I have 110 earth­ ly doubt whatever. I know that the leading Southern Senators and members are especially anxious to revive the system of State bauks* and eonfnsion. It is not a community of ideas, liegoiten of free discussion ; it is the harmony of fear, the unity of terrorism, cemented in blood. Now we are united by fusion with this criminal and dangerous solid South. The young, pure blood of the Greenback party is to be trans- | fused into the frame of this dying desperado. ! I can see nothing of advancement to Green j back principles in this alliance, so fraught with ... , . . , national peril. I believe that the interest and with a view to have irredeemable pajx-r money 1 tlie good of the country are best served bv again, and some of the Western Congressmen . the defeat of the Democratic part v. That 1 will follow in the same direction. All this - ~ may contribute to that end in the most im­ mediate and direct manner, I go to the Repub­ lican party. I am yours, x E. H. Govk, Chairman. will lead directly to the repeal or ciisuse of the national-bank system, becauve it is a principle of financial law that the poorer currency will supersede the bet­ ter, and in a short time every person xvill trying to shove off upon his nei'ghlxir unsecured notes of State banks xvhb'h xvill go down with the first wave of financial panic. All xvar legis­ lation, or that xvhich has grown out of the pres- ervation of the Union and tlie maintenance of the Government, will b<* gradually swept away, the army will be opened to rebels, and the men whom we fought against will again wield the military and naval arm of the Government. Rebels, still proud of their achievements in the Rebellion, bitter in their hearts, and full of rage against tlie defenders of tlie Union, xvill ride rough-shod in their new authority over men who have sacrificed their all in defense of the country. Public credit cannot long escape from the strange and unnatural restoration, and the business interests of the countrv, so intimately identified with political events," will feel the staggering blow. We want to change this Democratic Congress into a Republican Congress, in harmony with the spirit of the age and with the general poliev of tlie Republican party ; a Congress that will, while closely scrutinizing the public expenses, ! Total 16 be just and liberal for all necessary purposes, • Isaac M. Marsh, [us.] and economical, careful, and prudent in the ajv ' Sworn and subscribed before me this July pronriation of public money. We want to up- 1 20, 1874. Levi 8. Hart. hold the national authority, so that the time i Notary Public and ex-officio Justice of the Bead Thig. The following is copied from the offi­ cial records of Chatham county, Ga. : [Book 2,222, page 203.] State of Georgia, Chatham county. Before me personally came Isaac M. Marsh, a resident of Sax'annah, Georgia, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith he was in pos­ session and the laxvful owner of the following- named slaves at the time they xvere emanci­ pated and made free'by the United States Gov­ ernment, to-xvit: 1 woman, Snruh, age 15 1 1 woman, Ellen, age 35, and 4 children, from 3 to 12 age 5 1 woman, Ann, age 40, and 4 children, from 3 to 14 AN OCEAN RITEB. asr<? 1 mu.11, Charles, age about 40 4 woman, KII011, his wife, age almut 60... 1 woman, Isat>eila, age about 18 1 woman, Kliino, age about 50. 1 man, Jim, age about 60 Total Public and Peace. Chatham county, Ga. Recorded July 20, 1874* There are thousands of such claims recorded in the South, and other thous­ ands made out and held in readiness to lie filed when tlie auspicious moment ar­ rives. That will lie when the solid South obtains control of every depart­ ment of the Government through the suwess of the Democratic party. There is not a particle of doubt that the old will soon come when neither a mob nor a State, nor local public opinion, xvill be strong enough to dejuive any American citizen of his civil and political rights. We want to continue aetivitv. industry end good times. We want to foster our industry, extend our trade, and fill our vast area with thriving, industrious people, i.ati've and naturalized. While maintaining American principles, we offer the industrial classes of all nations who are wilting to share in our lot and conform to our policy, the liberal and equal benefit of our laws. We wish to see the rights of labor protected without disturb­ ing the rights of property. We wish, above all. to maintain the national credit and the national name, so that, both in our foreign and domes­ tic policy, it may be understood that this re- . . public will be jnst to the weak as well as to the ! cratic party gets into power, stroiu', will ask nothing but what is right, and 1 submit to nothing that is wrong in our dealings 1 with foreign nations. ! To secure these great objects, we have placed , in nomination Gen. Garfield, a citizen of Ohio, | , xvho was trained in tlie school of adversity, j *on» \> is., late a convert from the Dem- wl'iich has produced nearly all the proat men in | ooriicy to the ranks of Republicanism, American polit'cs. He is self-educated. He has ; „„„„ ,-i 1 1 „ 1 _ ^ 3 been tried iu both civil and military life, and in ; . ad ill c .sse d a large Garfield and ex-ery position o vupii d by him lie has rendered ; Arthur meeting at Galena, 111. satisfaction to his constituents. He entered th( DhWtiy al • Tlitnl E^natorWCwiHt In th« Facllle. The London Nautical Gazette con­ tained recently an interesting announce­ ment and detailed account of a newly discovered current in the equatorial Pa­ cific. The discoverer and explorer of this remarkable oceanic movement is Capt. John McKirdy, of the' steamship Peruvia, running between Callao, Hono­ lulu, and Hong Koug, who has devoted much study to the circulation of the sea from the Peruvian coast t« Panama, and thence westward along th* equator. It is well-known that approximately parallel with "the line" and from the second to the tenth parallel of north latitude the Pacific "equatorial counter-current" moves eastwardly, contrary to the grand general movement of all equatorial waters. Along the western coast of South America there has been also recognized since JIumboldt's time a vast flow of glacial water from the Antarctic basin, which, after penetrating to the equator, turns westwardly and falls into the general westerly movement. But now, to the surprise of hydvographers, a third and {powerful equatorial current is revealed iv Capt. McKirdy's explorations, which presses with a large volume from the j Mexican and Panama coasts first to the ! southward and then to the westward. The remarkable features of this cur­ rent are its shape, force, and color, with its temperature--all so distinctly tracea­ ble far from land that its explorer says: "Its color is a deep, deep blue, or deep bluish-black, and cannot be mistaken (the surrounding waters of the North Pacific are a bright, beautiful blue), and its waters differ in temperature from that around it by about two degrees, so that you can teli in a minute if you ore in it or out of it." As it flows west of tlie one hundredth meridian, west longitude, it feels the northwestward pressure of the of Mr. Hollingshead, but that he had thought it well to come. He thought that "London was a big town, that ev­ erybody would not l>e out of town, that some of tlie citizens would be here, and that the critics would be here. And," added Mr. Raymond, with an fixpTCM ion which provoked shouts of laughter, "they were here." slaveholders of the South expect to be ' £ivat body of Antarctic water known aa , paid for their emancipated slaves out of : Humbolt's enrrent, of a "dark, dirty i the national treasury when the Demo- ! </recn" hue; and thus the contrasted Gen. rant's First Political Speech. The Hon. Pliilo A. Orton, of Darling- volunteer tinny at the beginning of the war as a soldier, performed brilliant sorvi idly, until he was called by the people of his dts- tric; to represent them hi Congress. Ho is thor­ oughly informed and trained in all the questions of the day, and in all of them is in lull har­ mony with the Republican party. He is admir­ ably prepared to discharge the civil duties of the high office for xvhich lie has lx-en nominated, and compared to Gen. Hancock, by any test that may be applied to hini, is his superior in ability, capacity and fitness for President of the United Stales. Gen. Hancock relies solclv upon his service in the army, and upon tho Issuing Al the conclusion of Judge Orton's ; round. I yrecti" hue; ! stream of "deep bluish black" is forced ] bodily north of the equator, forming a j shrunken horn or distorted letter S re- j versed, the lower end pointing to Panama j aud the upper u little to the eastward of I tlie Sandwich Islands. The equatorial I counter-current also aids in causing this ' "bend" in its course, but when the pres- ; sure is removed the current of dark blue resumes its westerly path, curving gently uwera,)- j speech Gen. Grant was loudly called | for, and promptly made his way to tlie | l'ront of the stage amidst tremendous ! applause. As soon as order wius restored 1 ! tin* General spoke as follows : ! j Laihf.s ani> < ii:NTi.KMi:N : I did not intend to i ( speak xv bo: 1 I came here to-night. I am very j | lu.lcii like Judge Orton. I have never made a j • Republican •peech in my life, or any kind of a I j '.'ohtic! speech. I am sure it xvould require I j some time and much preparation to make 0110 ; i of any Wnut.li. I can, of course, go a little far-f * 1 • , . • , . •» 1 «»«»» IVflUM, t .O it J l t l an order, which, m my judgment, under ; tl,« r than Judge Orton. and sax-that 1 The explanation of this "mighty river running in the Pacific Ocean," as Capt. McKirdy calls it, is very ratjonally pointed out by himself. "There is con­ siderable testimony," he says, "as to the existence of a enrrent setting to the south­ ward and southeast along the Californian and Mexican coasts (possibly a continua­ tion of the Japanese current). This body of water gets pent up in the Gulf of Pau- It cannot get south on account of I the circumstances, was a concession to rebels I that ought not to have been made, while | Gen. Garfield can point to a varied civil aud j military life, combining the heroism of the sol- i diir and trained experience in the highest civil I duties. Let 110 personal disappointment enter into or color our zeal in the good cause, but, ! xvitli the courage and hope that animated the Union army during the war, let us press for- xvard our Republican principle-i until all that we have guaranteed by the constitution or the laws shall be fully secured to the humblest as well fts the loftiest citizen of the republic. never voted a Republican Presidential ticke'T in niv ilie, and but one democratic ticket, and that xvas many years ago xvheii I xvas quite a young mail, but I xvill pledge you my word here to­ night that if I am spared, although I sh-dl be nt some distance from you on the 2d day of November, I shall return to Galena to cast one Republican vote for President of the United States, and I hope the city of Galena will cast a round Republican vote such as it has never cast before. nma. it cannot get soutn on account 01 i p n m t, ^ Humboldt's current, and the two streams j y A , , change their course to the westward, • „ e 0 Ollendorff fa Leadrille. In vww of the spreading populai#r the mining boom, and the extreme prob­ ability that there will, in course of time, be a new generation of Leadvillians to be brought up in a way they should go, t Puck has drawn up the ground plan of ' a revised Ollendorff's grammar, wherein, f the beautiful forms of speech familiar to " our own too highly civilized infancy shall . be so altered as to harmonize with the prevailing tone of Occidental society. We give a sample page which may be ol interest in the great cause ot popular education. . lesson 1. Has the Good Speculator the Mining Claim? Yes, the Good Speculator has the Mir • ing Claim. Has the Good Speculator the Mining Claim of the Widow and the Orphan? Yes, you bet your Life the Good Spec­ ulator has the Mining Claim of the Widow and Orphan. You bet your Life? I bet my sweet Life. - He l>et» his sweet Life solid. Who has my Lode? I have not your Lode, but the rich Wife of the boss Bankrupt your Lode. Do you know Where the Wife of tha boss Bankrupt is? No, I do not know Where the rich Wife of the boss Bankrupt is; Nor Nobody do not know Where the rich Wife of the boss Bankrupt is. Can I bet on That? You can bet on That. What can I bet on That? You can bet your old Hat on That. Can I bet my new Hat on That? No, you cannot bet your new Hat <m That; for you have no new Hat to bet on Nothing. You Lie. Do I Lie? Yes, you Lie. Does the Man with the red Flannel Shirt Lie? No, but the Man at the End ol this Barrel Lies. Is he Dead? Yes, lie is dead. Of what is he dead? He is Dead of too much Previonsneaa. Have yon seen the Coroner? No, I have not seen the Coroner; but the Uncle of my deceased Friend is Dust­ ing around with a Derringer. Is the Uncle of your Deceased Friend STAND FROM UNDER. Dencrtlng the Democratic ltanhs by rintoon>H [New Albany (Ind.) Cor. Cincinnati Commercial.] Tlie Democratic exodtis .in this city amounts to a panic, and the wildest alarm pervades their ranks. To-day Mr. George F. Penn, Democratic Coun­ cilman from the First ward of this city, and a heretofore ftjfihldabfe local Dem­ ocratic politician on account of his in­ fluence, publishes a card renouncing Democracy, and declaring for Garfield and Arthur, and Porter and the Repub­ lican State ticket. Mr. Penn is General Manager of the operative department of the glass works. The Hon. Washington C. Do Pauw, proprietor of De Pauw's American Plate Glass Works, this city, and his two sons, Newland T. and Charles De Pauw, nil heretofore strong Democrats, are out boldly for Garfield and Arthur and Por­ ter and the Republican State ticket. Dr. Elijah Newlnmd, formerly Demo­ cratic State Treasurer of Indiana, and a lifelong Democrat, is openly for Garfield and Arthur, and Porter and the Repub­ lican State ticket. Mr. Frnl Wilson, a foreman in the window-glass works, and heretofore a red-liot Democrat, is for Garfield and Arthur, and Porter. The late Hon. John S. Davis was one of the leading Democratic politicians of Indiana, and at his death, a few wet ks ago, was Judge of the Floyd and Clark Circuit Courts. Three of his sons have witliin a few days came out strongly for the Republican national aud State tickets. Mr. David G. Hudson, a heretofore- pronounced Democrat and an active business man, says: " The business men of the country do not need or de­ sire any change, for times were never so substantially good in this country as at What (Jen. (Jrant Thinks: Every Vote \ Musi He Counted. The\following letter was written by Gen. Grant to Gen. John A. Logan in response to an invitation extended to tho ex-President to preside" at a Gar­ field and Arthur mass-meeting to be I held in New York : Manitov Svuixos, Col., All p. 12, 1880. My 1H:au (»i;>:. Loo.an: I left this place txvo j weeks ago for nil extended tour through Sail Luis I Park and the Gunnison country, and lieiice have only just received your letter of the 2^th of I July. I xvill b" fjoint; East the latter part of September, and xvill gladly attend any meeting I itit'-nded to further the success of the ticket j headed by Gartield and Arthur. I agree with j you that it will not do to" l>e beaten 110xv. We I should never In; beaten until every man xvho counts, or xvho represents those xvho count in the eniunerntion, to give n•presentation in the I Eli-ctoral College, can cast his vote just as I10 I plenties; and cau lftive it counted just as lie cast it. 1'onrn tnilv. U. N. GnA xt. present. l" will therefore vote for Gar- \ at Concord. Our Law-Abiding Fathers. The anxiety of our Revolutionary fa­ thers to keep within the law, and to ob­ serve all legal forms, is shown by the following, published in the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader: When the War of the Revolution was begun, the Continental Congress took measures to show that the British Gov­ ernment was the party xvho first com­ mitted illegal acts aud provoked a breach of the peace, thus thoxvmg the responsi­ bility of causing the war upon the parent country. Accordingly, a string of depositions was taken of witnesses to the tight at Concord Bridge, showing that the Brit­ ish tnsxps did then and there "commit xioloiit assaults aud murder, contrary to the law and peace," and that the people well!-compelled, in self-defense, to resort to force and arms to repel such unlawful assaults and attempts at murder, etc. Among the depositions xvere two taken of witt 1 s.ses xvho participated in the tight Thev testified under oath that they were members of a militia company, and were ordered out for the purpose of pro­ tecting the peace and resisting the'at­ tempts of a body of lawless men, known as British soldiers, to imade the rights and premises of the people for the pur- jK>se of robbery, committing murders, j have some, and so 011. That the militia to which they were attached >tood in line at one end of Con­ cord Bridge, while the unlawful combina­ tion opposed to them were draxvn up in field and Arthur, and Porter and the lie- publican State ticket." There is now in course of organization at the De Pauw American Plate Glass Works, in this city, a G arfield and Ar­ thur Club, to be composed of seventy- five voters, every one of whom have heretofore voted the Democratic ticket. Mr. George F. Penn will be the Presi­ dent, and Mr. Charles De Pauw, Sec­ retary. Three Republican clubs in this city have enrolled among their members ci<rlity-five men xvho heretofore voted i line at the other end of the bridge. j tin- Democratic ticket. I That the aforesaid combination did, in j This is the way it is going all over this j an illegal manner, and in violation of the J part of Indiana. The deadest duck in the j peace of the Commonwealth, open a ; jKiiitical puddle is Fianklin Landers, I murderous fire of musketry, and tired who imagines himself running for Gov- liange their course to the westward, running along side by side near the equator, until they meet the equatorial counter-current, which splits them like a wedge." Undoubtedly, as this able offi­ cer of the mercantile navy suggests, the the newly-discovered "horn-shaped cur­ rent" is " a continuation of the Japanese current," known as the Kuro Si wo, or " Black Stream of Japan," whoso pheno­ mena and movements off the coasts of Japan and its recurvation across the Pa­ cific to the California coast were origin­ ally ascertained aud charted by Capt. Silas Bent, of London, in Perry s Japan expedition. The deep-blue color of the Kuro Si wo near the Japan Islands and all the way across the North Pacific to California marks its identity with Capt. McKirdy's "deep bluish black" current as traced westwardly from the Gulf of Panama to the mid-Pacific. Tho importance of this discovery is recognized by the highest authority of the British Admirality as reflecting new and decisive light upon the mysterious circulation of Pacific xvaters, and as jus­ tifying a recasting of Western Pacific charts. It affords a long-looked-for key to the history of the Kuro Si wo--the Gulf-stream of the greatest of oceans-- as that dark water, after coursing so many thousand of miles, bends around the North American coast, and, complet­ ing its grand round, re-enters the main equatorial stream whence it originates, near the Asiatic coast. It is quite evi­ dent, also, that for all purposes of navi­ gation in the region through which it moves, so magnificent a "river iu the sea" (within which the Peruvia made the handsome run of 322 miles a day), is destined to be a great highway of com­ merce. Hnmor In tlie Family. Good humor is rightly reckoned a mast valuable aid to happy home life. An equally good and useful faculty is a sense of humor or the capacity to have a little fun along with the hum-drum of life. Wo all know how it brightens, things up generally to have a lively, witty compan­ ion, who sees the ridiculous points of tilings, and who can turn any annoyance into an occasion for laughter. It does a great deal better to laugh over some do­ mestic mishaps than to cry or scold over them. Many homes and lives are dull because they are allowed to become too deeply impressed with a sense of the cares and responsibilities of life to recog­ nize its bright aud especially its mirthful side. Into such a household, good, but dull, the advent of a witty, humorous friend is like sunshine to a cloudy day. While it is oppressive to hear people constantly striving to say funny tilings, it is comfortable, seeing what a bright- ener a little fun is to make, an effort to my deceased Friend is a Good Shot. Shall I Dust? Yes, vou shall Dust. Shall I Dust P. D. Q? Yes, you shall Dust P. D. Q.--Puck on Wheels. A Land of Wonders. Nevada is a land of curious natural phenomena, says the Eureka (Nev.) Leader. Her rivers have no visible out­ let to the ocean. She has no lakes of any magnitude. She has vast stretches of alkali deserts, however, that give every indication of having been the beds or lwittoniH of either sens or lakes. Down, in Lincoln Couuty there is a spring of ice cold water that hubbies up over a rock and disappears on the other side, and 110 one has been able to find where the Mater goes. At another point in tho same county is a large spring about twenty feet square, that is, apparently, only some eighteen or twenty inches in depth, with a sandy bottom. The sand can be plainly seen, but on looking closer it is perceived that this sand is in a per­ petual state of unrest. No bottom has ever been found to this spring. It is said that a teamster, on reaching this spring; one da}*, deceived by its apparent shal­ lowness, concluded to soak one of his wagon wheels to cure the looseness of ita tire. He, therefore, took it off and rolled it into tlie, as he thought, shallow water. He never laid his eyes 011 that wagon wheel again. The mountains are full of caves and caverns, many of which, have been explored to a great distance. Speaking of caves, a rodeo was held last spring over in Huntington Valley. Dur­ ing its progress quite a number of cattle were missed, aud for a time unavailing search was made for them. At last they were traced to the mouth of a natural tunnel or cave in the mountain. Tho herders entered the cave, and following it for a long distance, at last found tha cattle. It appears that they hud probably- entered the cave, which was very narrow, in search of water. It had finally nar­ rowed so that they could proceed no farther. Neither could they turn around to get out. They had been missed some days, and, if they had not been found, must inevitably have perished in a short time. As it was, they were extricated from their predicament with difficulty by the herders squeezing past and getting iu front of them and scaling them into a retrograde movement by flapping their hats into the faces of the stupid bovinea. It is well to turn off an im- ernor of Indiana. Why He Supports OarHeld. The Hon. E. H. Gove, Chairman of the Maine Greenback State Committee, Greenback candidate for Congress ill the First district in IMS, and Secretary of Stilt- under Gov. Garcelon, has written the following letter : ];n>iiKi'onr>. Aug. 20, 1*W0. 0J, <.f tlir O •• • ill . ol: St..!.- c'oiuiu;t!tv: I here"V -m i . li'ler my uieni >t.-r.-<hip of your organization «'ud \xuVlra>v. Ileivaiier I shall aei xvitli the 1; pu'-lfMii nartv. N.> one can more sincerely regiet the necessity that com­ pel* tlii.s stop." The original end sought through a new P irtv xvas eunvn-y reform; its pivsent 'aim is "to .beat tin- Republican party." The lirst issm cU'ed Ihons.m Is on : tic s" •mvl h- Mie sends them back. Against the will ahd calmer judgment of true men, the persistent and tireless IVmocracy have dragged the Greenback pany into this false position. I find it n > longer an independent organization. Itf forces, its now directed, am one with th< "solid South," a factor in the struggle for Dem­ ocratic supremacy. Of this party Solon Chase says: "They now stand upon the hardest kind of hard-money platform, and the Bourbon rule in the South, where they may have tlieir own way, is a dis /race to the civilization of any country." A " solid South" is the boast of the Northern Democrats ; it should be their shame two volleys, resulting iu the death of several members of the aforesaid militia company, and it was not till alter these two volleys had been tired that the afore­ said militia company returned the fire. It xvas in this manner that the. old continental Congress proved that the overt act was committed by the English troops. Donble and Twiated. A laughable circumstance once took place upon a trial iu Lancashire, where the Rev. Mr. Wood was examined as a witness. Upon giving his name, Ottiwell Wood, the judge addressing the reverend person, said, "Pray, Mr. Wood, how do you spell your name?" Tho old gentle­ man replied: " rt double T, I d<-ultle U, E double L, li'itiliie U. DouMe O, D " Upon which the astonished lawyei laid down his pen, saying it was the most extraordinary name lie had ever met in his life, and after two or three attempts, declared he was unable to record it. The court was convulsed with laughter. One estate in California is half the size of the State of Rhode Island. patient question sometimes and to regard it from a humorous point of view, instead of becoming irritated about it. "What is the reason I can never find a clean shirt?" exclaimcd a good but rather impatient husband, after rummaging through the wrong drawer: His wife looked at him steadily for a moment, half inclined to be provoked, then with a comical look, replied: "I never could guess conundrums; I must give it up." Then he laughed, and they both laughed, and she went and got his shirt, ^ ̂ { ^ stnuige> ̂ K. ist i ?»«: 1»?«*•» ̂<* 1 what might have been an occasion for hard words nv.d unkind feelings became I just the contrary, all through the little vein of humor that cropped out to the surface. Seme children have 'a p vniiar faculty for giving a humorous turn to things when they are reproved. It does just as Weil oftentimes. Laughter is Tit for Tat. We naturally resent being paid back in our own coin,.especially if it has not quite the true ring. We can easilv ex­ cuse ourselves for cheating a neighbor, but for him to do the same thing to us is tin act not to be extenuated or condoned. To have the measure out of which we sell taken as the measure out of which to sell to us is very hard to bear. " I have weighed the two pounds of butter you sent me this morning," said an irate customer to a dealer in the above-men- tioned article, "and am surprised to find that it is short weight just three ounces. If that is your way of dealing I must buy my butter somewhere else." The butter merchant looked up siu-prised, but, without declaring his innocence, bought of you in the scales, and gave you the full weight in butter." To do as you are done by and to do as you would like to be done by seem to be very different things. better than tears, more at home. Let us have a liitli A Fat Do?. People who have no regard for truth Florence ami Raymond. At the reception of American actors by the Savage Club of London, Mr. Florence said that "times have improved of late, and that he could recollect when actors not only dul not get breakfasts given to them, but found it a hard mat­ ter to get breakfast at ail. But all this is changed, an \ if America sends bad actors to the old countrv she sends very f -w poor ones." Mr. Raymond, quoting Artemus Ward to the effect that "he felt he had the gift of oratory, but that he hadn't got it with him," explained that he had come to London at an awk- wartl time of the year, against the advice sometimes not very happy in their choice of lies to gain a jxniit; mid after they have told the wrong one, it is gen­ erally too late. The Kennebec Jon mat revives the old story of the boy who^ brought the dog-skin to tho tanner to sell: "Was he a fat dog?" asked the man o( leather. "Yes." "Was he very fat?** Mies." "How fat was he?" "He was the fattest dog T < "Well, my boy, if he was so veiy fat, his hide is not worth any thing. ** I "Come to tliiuk uf it," returned tha boy, "I don't know as he vaa ao my fat, after all!" *