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'I .11 If Sfte'ffljwloSiie Mercer; . SATUKDAY.MAY 24. 1879t, ty, thongha:J Jias npnfid. be ask: u r E- k , a e truia i-qj cause ju com ixo f wvviuj . ' Mr.'irresiaeni, it seeuicvi mo litle hard and inhospitable that Southern Senators whose States were forced back I into the Union should be so often twit ted with their presence on this floor. fVeraiBtiere in obedience to tlie consti tution and the Union, and if I recollect aright some of the Senators on this floor AamA to the South to invite us back into these halls. And I have a distinct refl ection thatitajEKeftaxor pp? Mr. LogatfJiift mrfrom thewayPttWfNSPtth UrJMR ' vite tnatystace u sena oenniuiB hcic, and they came attended with such a Numerous retinue and were so urgent in aitHelf solicitation that for one, found it impossible to resist so weighty an in vitation.. Laughter. Mr. Logan. When I got here I did not find you. LaugtterlJ j , U ) Mr. Vance. J3utl cme scbta as I dould.Langhler.l The honorable Sena tor found me, and he would not open the door for me after he had invited l m fT. auditor.! Now ;Utat we are here the Senator from Itlindis complains of out presence, andlb&JSenator from .N ew lorkaccus- PR ni rif wishrnorto -aominate ac tue east to wKcTTwoHiaTr been -invited, and says that we areliKe McGregor, who claimed that the head bf tlie table was wherever he sat. For one I dis claims iasiceaki in ate at the feast, unl4lwMeitf Jvf t$itpr iDmofcratie measures be domination. I do desire, hhowevert 'be equally honored with 'ih'eijtnef guests.- 'And I desire, in vin "lationialso of 'the' good name and rude .hospitality of McGregor, to say that in ray opinion he would have been the last man in all Scotland, riever and cattle lifter as he was, to invite a man into his house and up to his board and then de nounce him for being there. MftEle4i4t:f ul .there ,ue Any. real ganger tothe- befet 'interests of this country if it were again under the com plete control of the Democratic party? Surely not. It is history that this coun try owes its chief glory and develop ment' in the past to that grand historic party. But for its sagacity and patriot ism it is safe to say that we would still be a- feeble and inconsiderable people. Tun Demwiatic-party -have -extended ftrmboundai'ioo -of this -ReDublifrirom, v thMiaftMi.Mmi to the -BaTJm 0se'atf. Its unaT M hiehwrtendei f font X4 fculf of mAsl. K1asVAM all that SPten A)f countryiBkilns, irirers, nointanflf wii 11 theii wealth! of .Jfand silver ahdDrecious metals, em- T . ATTjrt t .IT. . . -I- ling moreroan mimon -xx squaroit i. as i now rtjiueiuuci, nut n am- land where frozen eark contends with trozen water, mnaoiiea Dy seais uiu savages, in a climate which I have heard described as nine months of winter and three months of damnation cold weath er. Laughter. In addition to this territorial wealth and power which Democracy has given to the Republic, its great lawyers and magnificent statesmen have in all gen erations of our existence been the spe cial champions and expounders of the constitution the bond of our Union and ths very ark of the covenant of our liberties. - They have striven to have its principles' understood, its provisions UtUiiiLaiiieu in men puiiLj', iiuuiia uica- sings extended to all ; and great as their seyices have been in enlarging our boundaries, spreading our commerce, and elevating our diplomacy abroad, their services to our ieople and to man kind in the exaltation of constitutional frinciples more entitle them to the con idence of American citizens than all things else put together. In addition to their services in maintaining the con stitution they have i in the main been the chief promoters ' of public economy and the enemies of corruption. Under Democratic rule there has been in this country no Credit" Mobilier, there has been no Black Friday, no San born contracts, no robbery of freed- -men's. savings banks, no Belknap, no returning boards and no electoral com mission ; no military interference at the ' ixjIIs, nib" test oath" for jurors in the United Staefe courts, no Federal spies and overseers 'wjten the people were choosing their rulers. And now that we are seeking to restore this state of things and to bring back the govern ment to the paths in whicu. our fathers trod the attempt is denounced as revo lutionary and the trumpet is blown to - warn the country that the end of all things is about to come, when, we trust, nothing is abjput to come to an end except the domination of the Re publican party, " Coming briefly to the real questions, ;'; i I asfewhj should the law authorizing the mijitaryi.tQ be used at the polls not be repealed ;;and why should the law authorizing Federal supervision also be " not repealed? I take it to be indisputa bly established witaout turtner argu roent. that the whole subject relating to the elective franchise is placed by the " crtn&titiltion1 utider:; the! Control of the States, land all that- the Federal govern ment can do is to see tnat the states, as such, do not discriminate against any on account of race, icolor, or previous condition of servitude. This is the whoje duty(and power of Congress as declared by the Supreme Court. When any Republican Senator has ventured r for one moment to abandon the line of ' l A 1 I.. A 1 n 1 - lneoitne eountrv. me excuses tnven V for the retention Of this law upon the staLUtouooK are mugicai almost 10 puerility . .---ni,.k-. One Senator "cravelv urses that it cri fnnr. nf laT'asTwen "added "to the rtton, dated jsovemoer 10, Srr.T-,ir.Hv r.hfi KnnWiejin' nartv exceot eral W. T. Sherman, ;Wi ATasTcaa W oad" sf fetch bf -icy waste, a trict of Columbia : j,, m flhouMnot.be repealed pecause the great " ' bulk of the army is In the distant West, only Borne few hundreds being east of : the Rocky Mountains. . He tells us in i: tthe course of his enumeration that there are only about thirty in the State of r-, V6rth Carolina and asks tlie Senators from thatt3tate if uthey-'are;'afraid '' of iLnL .. 1 J! 1 ,11 I ; mail uuuiuci ut ouiureia.. jraa:siiig OYjei !rfhti dbviOUs fact that within' thirtv davs .whtert thousand could he sent there if de-' 'Itedi l: answer ihati wedo ; fear them,' lArt because they represent tlife pOw'ef of the U nited states government andtthe en- ibitefia--am-which wiewauaA wweri m f ear them as the v IroirtmSJfeifi&lnWsmaUleaJElii the "dikes which bear back the waves of vnBfuoeiu-afomiutMKJiK me meaaovjs of liisslionjebteadwefear them as the iwtw.es vm vpn. mww& hon- DWingtnaf widirdecepti ive beau- V; TSMTtPJw, ; desolattofriof the . temnest jttefeartpmi'a3tHQ'shephei of the mountain fears ' for iMslamba ia:iiMrAH?Kttfw-b .,nrf . . - n , vuwvunivg wnucuwjT. oiu-vycui ui paui.iur ob imowan to pe ine shadow smiuv eagie,'j,ae..jremorseie8s .tyrant or ' k i thi Air ; we fear them as. Charlemagne vi ua WoTserYilaigSiB-their first appearance " " 1 i JijrfhMew t Ms. empire;: we fear them " . 1Mtribtlrlomans feared the cross- m kai,pg,9f the KuVpoa.;by iCcesar,' the'pa?- 't fW1100 with arras in his harioT WVWMWVtt Roman rrnnf- l?? we fear and belhjye that when , - hu-A.merican Executive crosses the lt- P1C9H of his constitutional -powers, tnd .'A k ... .. .. ..., witn illegal powers ,. oi v arrest no thereby proclaims- himself the enemy; bf the liberties of our people. A-..fla4 grant illustration of the justice of : this fear is to be found in; the various praers of the War .Department directincr the concentration of troops in hb States of South Carolina, Flonda,nxiiI)uisiana one occasion of thfe.lectiojfot4870. The excuse that these soldiers were not intended to interfere with elections or to be placed at the polls, but only to be sufficiently . near to keep the peace, is not sustained by the facts of that reism of military violence, nor will it be if tried again. I quote from an order dated headquarters .Depart ment of the South, Columbia, South Carolina, October 8, 1876, issued by Gen- i Rhoilld Ala barracks OTcamtt In any case bi sf f$r from the- place o voting that prompt pk Mm coma max on occasion arising oe reiiucreu uii cWltojacera, theommanflUi 2V assistance if rea Hired mar De promptly Riven, mo troops, however, will be placed actually at anypou of election except upon requirement to that effect by the marshal or. hit deputy. I ; - So it seems that the discretion; as to whether the law should be violated or not was vested in -a deputy marshal! In fact they were so illegally disposed and used, in a hundred instances. The President, as appears by the order of General Townsend to General Emory, dated October 27, 1874, seemed anxious to have the troops placed at the polls without the appearance of doing so. In that order he propounds a physical problem or conundrum' to General Emory which that officer had to give up.- lie says: Cennot points be selected near polls where at tempts to overawe voters, likely to result In riots, may be made, and troops stationed there a day or two beforehand? It would not be deslreable to have soldiers at ot too near the polls, ax all appear ance of mttttary interference,- except to secure voters their right to vote, should be avoided. Not to "keep the peace," mind you, but to secure voters their right to vote! Now, this was a hard problem: to place troops so far from the polls as to avoid all appearance of interference with the elections, and yet so near as to actually interfere by securing all men in their right to vote. Quod est demonstran dum. It was too much for General Emorv in fact.it was too much for com- tinon sense and common honesty. All these orders show palpable and shame less determination on the part of the Ex ecutive to control both the elections and the counting of the votes of presiden tial electors, as well as the organization of State governments. The manner in which he troops were shifted about from one to the other of these three States, on which the presidential election-depended.. exhibitsLths animus of .Jthis infamous transaction Jn a manner sot plaiii.ithat the wayfaring man, thongh iajf Repubfieah, need not err thereto" -: ' :y ... . , But tlie'President tells us -in his veto Xite$sage that thete, has been no inter- lensiice uuniig uia- ouiiji uwuntiuii, iu promises that there shall be none. So .inject 4;he people's liberties anT not to have ' them secured ,bv law Here is the promise of one ' President of the United States, and : one who" stands ex- xeedingly high in RepubrrcaTrestima- 1870, to uen- isliington, D is Instruct General Auger, in Louisiana, and Gen eral Buger, In Florida, to be vigilant with the fores at their command to preserve peace and good or der, and to see that the proper and legal boards of canvassers are unmolested In the performance of their duUes. Should there be any grounds of sus picions of fraudulent counting on either side it should be reported and denounced at once. No man worthy of the office of President would be willing to hold the office if counted in, placed there by fraud. Either party can afford to be disappoint ed In the result, but the country cannot afford to have the result tainted by the suspicion of Illegal or fa-'se returns. U. S. Grant. On the same day the following tele gram is also forwarded to General Sherman : The President thinks, and I agree with him, that it will be well for you to give to the Associated Press his telegram and mine to you. referring to affairs now In the South J. D. Cameron, Secretary of War. Of the vast, open-jawed, and caver nous-bellied nature of this promise I lave not the heart or the time to dis course. I snail content myselt with imitating the discretion of Mr. Rod man, wno, returning home one night full of tax-paid, and fearing that his speech would betray him, to the many questions of his wife, for a long while maintained an obstinate silence, until at length to end the matter, he solemnly remarked, "Mrs. Rodman, you know 1 am a man ot tew words, and now l am piumu done talking. Tnat subject immediately became res adiu dicata. I am done talking on this sub ject so well calculated to make an American citizen blush. rue arguments made Dy the oppo nents ot these Dins, especially those ot tne veto messages, strike me with a good deal of amazement To illustrate their absurdity let us frame them into the semblance of mathematical propo sitions, thus: 1 1 proposition iMrst: : Theorem. The trdXms.ofj.the United States are two thousand miles away on the frontier and could not be used to control elec tions if they were wanted. Senator from Maine. The troops could not be so used if they were here, as the law forbids it. 1 promise not to use them. The Presi dent. Hence it is revolutionary and dan gerous to liberty and the purity of elec tions to pass this bill forbidding such use of troops. Q. E. D. . Corollary Jlrst.-r-The necessity for troops at.the polls to secure fair elec tions is in proportion to the squares of the distance of their present location, L ethe greater the distance, the great er the necessity. Corollary second. The necessity for the presence of troops at the polls is al so in proportion to the legal inability to use them if they were present, and if the President is determined not to use them at all to control elections, then -the necessity becomes absolute. Corollary , third. The revolutionary and dangerous character of a law con-:-sists in the fact that it is useless, there being .already in existence laws suffi cient to effect the purpose. Scholium In the above it is assum ed axiomatically that the terms "liber ty" and "purity of , elections" are synon ymous with the i term "Republican par ty." Prolonged laughter. Proposition second : Theorem. The right of citizens of the, United States to - vote shall not be denied or abridged by ;iue uijixea ciates or py any state on account of race, color; ;br previous cont-, dition of servitude. -,- r t (V- Sec: The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by ''appropriate legislation. The . fifteenth amendment quoted by the President ; . : ThOiSnprenieiiCQitrtrin the United States against Cruikshank, and iii Iyeri ;-vs;Happersetti"vhave "declared that the offiy Jiriffht: guaranteed bv this f amendment is the fight that-citizens shall not be discriminated ' against on account of racejcolpr,.: or previous con dition of ; servitude. -j Hence ''national legislation, to nrpvide safeguards for free , aiid .honest, elections is necessary, as experience-has shown, .not onlvto feecurethe right; to vote to the enfran- Appears at the-place of choosing our rulers, armed either with the sword or 5" SSZ, tbf SVbut aojidtjtms to me that tie1 iwiko I VlUttS Ot IU8 JM OITn. 'EaS xTBSIOent. 'Uofollarp iflrst-fW follows that if John smith -cretrf Hfnrtk at. an irfinn in North. Carolina and punches a ne gro's head he immediately, by, presi dential logic," becomes the i State of North' Carolina embodied in the flesh, and he, or it. discriminates ayainsr. tho vuuokuuuuu tuu me guarantee is caiiea lor at once. . . i u Corollary seconds-It it- be a white man whose head is punched by the em bodied Statef John-Smith-North-Carolina it is a discrimination all the same,; pfovided the said .white man was about uj voce or mux vuteu vuv xvcpuuiiunu ticket, that being the true meaning and interpretation of the words "race, color, and previous condition of servitude." ? Corollary thirdIt follows necessa rily'that if New York rpeater-rotei. the Democratic ticket fiva titrresj M one dayg h fljboonies likewise jBie igrealr State o News York (inclnding Ihi3ena tor)kr, ott7o, thed rreitg Siafe of JTefw" YtkHt3e&omes thepterrand by so voting he discriminates (the Lord knows how) against the right of some body (the Lord knows who) to vote on account of race, color, or previous con dition of servitude ;' and the only ave nue opened up by which this guarantee can be enforced is to send in the army and Johnny Davenport Laughter. Scholium. The "previous condition ref rred to in the foregoing is that of Re bal&licanisii; arid implies also present condition: that is. being a KeDublican. 1 Scholium $ec6fids4i brcing the right tin ittfetbv sAMieralissnot an "interfer- ence with elections, Scholium third. This doctrine of "discrimination" does . not apply to the State of Rhode Island, where man's right to vote may be freely abridged pn account of his present condition of iiUr pecuniosity. Proposition third: Theorem. "The Eractice of tacking to appropriation ills measures not pertinent to such bills did not prevail until more than f oi tyJ years after the adoption ot the consti-1 tution. it has Decome a common prac tice. All parties when in power have adopted it. The public welfare will be promoted in many ways, by a return to the e.acly Eracticeof. the government and the true principles of legislation."- The?Ptt8identijin; rUi ;i Hence the practice of tacking legisla tioi to appropriation fbills baying been practiceu by aflpartiesi for triore than fifty years, it should be immediately abandoned when disagreeable to the President or inconvenient to the party, its antiquity not being sufficient to jus tify it, though greater than the period of its non-use. Corollary first It follows, therefore, that the practice of using troops at the noils, which did not prevail for more than seventy-five years after the adop tion ot the constitution, should now be come of general and indispensable use; fourteen years being amply sufficient time to legalize it, and it. being now ab solutely necessary for the preservation of the Republican party. Scholium. or the purposes of the next .presidential election fourteen years of military interference' are equal to seventy-five years of free and unre strained elections, on the well establish ed principle "that circumstances alter cases. (The .Lawyer s Jull vs. the Farmer's Ox, 1 Webster's El. Spell.) jn . B. It is said on high authority that the Secretary of War and the Sec retary of State once held this problem unsound, but were coerced into assent inc to it bv nartv necessity. But allien sabe! TLaughter.! So much for the absurd deductions which may be logically drawn from the premises contained in the veto messages and the arguments of Senators, JNow, Mr. President, why should not the peace at the polls and the purity of elections be intrusted to the authority, the virtue, and the patriotism of the States, where alone our fathers placed it V Is it because the States are unable with their civil machinery to nreserve the peace ? They have invariably prov en able in the past except in cases of such unusual violence as is contemplat ed in the constitution, article 4, section 4. Are they unwilling? Surely they are willing to preserve their autonomy and perpetuate their own existence. Are they corrupt t surely if their in habitants as citizens of the States are too corrupt for self-eoverriment. it is not possible that their virtue should be improved and their corruptions cease the moment they are invested with au thority by the United States. On the contrary there is always found less of responsibility and more of corruption in aggregated than in separate commu nities.. How can a corrupt State officer become an incorruptible Eederal offi cer r To suppose that the States are either unable, unwilling, or too , corrupt to hold peaceful and honest elections is to declare unmistakably that the people thereof are incapable of self-govern ment. "Let each Senator have written on his brow what he thinks of the Re public," said the Senator from New i oi k, quoting the old Roman. So say L Let each Senator say for himself what bethinks of his jState; are its people incapable of self-government, of choos ing their rulers peaceable and honestly? For one I can say with unspeakable pride and with absolute truth that the people of the btate of North Carolina who sent me here are able, willing, and virtuous enough to fulfill these and all me oiner nign i unctions ot free gov ernment ; that they have ever done so since the keels of Raleigh's ships first grated upon the white sands of her shores : and God helping them, thev and their children will continue to do so, if not destroyed oy centralization, unti chaos shall come again. It is with ex treme sadness that I hear any other Senator intimate that it is not so with his people. Mr. President, did you ever consider tor a moment the manifold and extra ordinary uses to which we are subject- ing me soiuiersr Anu did you ever think that all this means in fact the failureof the civil authority, that our liberties are declining more and more as we employ force ? Sir, in the uses to which we put the soldiers I am remind ed of what I read about the bamboo in Asiatic counties. It is said the natives do almost everything with that won derful arborescent grass. When young ana tenaer it is eaten and preserved : it is made into houses and boats, astro nomical intruments, ornamental work, yards of vessels, aqueducts, rain-cloaks,' water-wheels, fence-ropes, chairs, tables, iiatn, anu uuiuieucis, lans, pipes, cups, shields, tool-handles, lamp-wicks, paper knives, and a hundred other things. In this way it seems to me that we are rorsaiang the civil functions Of our in stitutions and utilizing the soldier. in addition to their legitimate busi ness as ueienuers oi tlie- country, we have made of them governors of States, legislators, organizers of legislatures and judges of the election and oualifieatinna of the members thereof, judges of law- au jpLMLj tuiu.UA . mu criminal courts, policemen, .sheriffs,knarshals and deputy marshals, revenue officers and still-house nunxers, managers, of railroads, control- lers of churches and of schools, justiceii' of the peace, ; supervisors of election, mathematicians to see a fair count, pro tectors of witnesses, foster-fathers of returning boards; and, above all, as Jter publican propagandists. In the jaaW guageof the sewing-machine companies, "no family should be without one," laughter; , jthis Republican political' bamfeopMfolterej not great danger ? Does it not indicate the decay and the disuse of the civil arm of the law, which is the natural and only safe protector of our liberties? Let us, sir, discard this miserable bamboo policy and cease to make jthe soldier our political maid oi Hu worK. jwbiuuuui Hie Aiepuoncan party in ref- nartv in ref erence tqf theSff 9fjpoldiers and super visors at the polhvon the pretense.' of preserving ;4he,peace and securing free elections, is the most remarkable one mat reasonaoie men ever assumed. ItJ liiaj w Auiiuiuauju uius : Tne elections shall be freerif -we have to surround ibfej polls with bayonets; the elections sliill? be according to the laws of the States if ; .we have, to overawe t the., civil magis trates and State officials hy an exhibition f power y the elections shall be pure if it takes Davenport and all the convicted criminals and occupants of all the dens of infamy in our great cities to manage them ? the"eiect&n shall be - unforced and without the appearance of violence if a batterypf-ertmery has to be trained, on every ! . ct-box in the land; and lastly, the :on shall be fair if we have to r.r. ,rwitho;ut warrant and im prison witLatDrtrijaii, until the elections are over, every j man who offers to vote the Demoerafiejacketw 5 Tharspegpties ofTBepubliean Senators mean thi: thevetoes of " the" President mean this, 'and cthey mean more than this. Mr. Presidexife--in-effect they say that unless we can use. the army at the polls we wiU let that army dissolve, we will leave our forts and arsenals ungar- risoned, we will; strip' the frontiers of all protection and let the men, women; and children of that border country be laughtered and scalped, ana . the un checked savage ' extend his ;barbarOus sway over all that land 6f promise, once more remitted to its ancient wildness We will not only do this but we will de nounce, the fDemocratici members of Congress who offered us the money to support this army as the authors of this disaster. All these things r will we do rather than lose our chances' to count in the next President,, and we will cover the facts and obscure lihe logic of the case by reinflaming the bitter prej u dices of the war in the. hearts of our constituents! Can it -be; possible to do this ? Is there to be no end to passion, no restoration of reason ? We shall see. r. nroonf ess that I do iiot believe these absurd methods bf tealing with the American mind can-much longer pre vail I regard them as . the desperate efforts of a sinking party, and I believe ne people will so regard tnem. 1 nave been much touched hy the affectionate warnings given us by the other side that we were ruining ourselves in trying to repeal these laws. The kind-hearted Senator - from Michigan notified us frankly that If we persisted we would go down into the waters of oblivion to rise no more forever. He did not even give us a chanee at the general resur rection. Laugh terj It seemed to dis tress him, and if I thought it was true prophecy I would freely mingle my tears with his at the contemplation of so dire a calamity. ' Candor compels' me, how everrto acknowledge that X cannot re ciprocate his, charity. If I thought the Republican jarty were standing upon the brink of a precipice, beneath which seethed those cold waters of oblivion, instead of warning them I pledge you my word I would try to induce them to step over the edge m fact, I might lend them a push. Laughter. At least I should feel as indifferent about it as the odger at an inn did, who was awakened in the night when the meteors were falling, and told that the day of judg ment had come, "Well, well, said he, testily, "tell the landlord about it; I am only a boarder." Laughter. And now, iir. President, it the breath was about to leave my body and I was permitted to say but one word as to what my country most needed, that word should be. Rest! Rest from strife, rest from sectional conflict, rest from sec tional bitterness, rest from inflamma tory appeals, rest from this constant, most unwise, andunprohtable agitation. Rest in all lands and in all literature is used as the symbol of the most perfect state of felicity which mankind can at tain in this world and the next "And the land had rest" said the old Hebrew chroniclers in describing the reign of their good kings; "and his rest shall be glorious, says the prophet Isaiah in foretelling the coming of our Lord, when Ephraim should have ceased to envy Judah and Judah should have ceased to vex Ephraim. TI. -li.. Jl ! .1 l rLeaveu. iuseu is uescrioeu as resi a place "where the weary are at rest." There remameth therefore a rest for the people of God, saith the apostle. Can we not give this rest to our people ? I know, Mr. President, that those from whom I come desire it above their chief joy. The excitement through which they have passed for the last twenty years, the suffering and sorrow, the calamity, public and private, which they have undergone have filled their hearts with indescribable yearnings for national peace, for a complete moral as well as ' physical restoration of the Union. There is one policy, and but one, to effect this object, and that is the policy of conciliation, of restoration, so steadily pursued by the Democratic statesmen and people of the North. It is the only true statesmanship for our condition, the only genuine remedy for tne nara times with which we are afflicted. Nature everywhere teaches it, and her thousand agencies, silent and mysterious, constantly inculcate it, even as day unto day uttereth speech and night unto msrht showeth know ledge. Cross this noble river which flows by our capital and search for the uaLue-ueius ot uiooa-waterea v rrginia You scarce can find them. Dense for ests of young saplings cover all the hills and plains that were so lately swept bare by marching and encampmj armies. "For there is none of a tree i: it be cut down that it will sprout again, anu tne tender oranch thereof win not cease.' waving seas of wheat cover the open fields so lately plowed by the V . -. 1 11- l.21 1 7 ! uuiouug Buioiia wuiie ciiitrging uanai ions met in deadly shock ; and green grass nas so covered the lines of m trenchment as to crive them all the seeming of the cunning farmers' ditches. Restoration ,i3 nature's law. Let us imitate her. God of all mercy and grace, may not inese gaping wounds of civil war be permitted to heal, if they will ? Protect the System frow Malaria. it is possioie to do voa even in regions oi coun try where miasma is most rile, and where the periodic fevers which it causes assume their most formidable types. The immense popularity of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is ?ery largely attrlbu table to. the fact of ItsaflJaacy, as a remedy for chills and fever, bullous remittents, and as a pre ventive of the, various forms -ef ipRinriia disease. In those portions of the West and Booth where complalats -ef ,thls nature prevail, and in the Tropics, it is particularly esteemed for the pro tective Influence which It exerts; and It has been very widely adopted as a substitute for the danger ous and comparatively ineffective alkaloid, sul phate: of quinine. Physicians; have not been among the last to conoede its merits, and the em phatic professional indorsements which it has Taceived have added to the reputation lthasob- l lined at home and abroad. i i "Eaist Attainable hj the Bheumatle. .' Xes, although they mar despair of relief, ll is attainable by rheumatic sufferers, for there is a remedy which carries off,' by means Of Increased activity of the kidneys important -channels for blood Durlflcation-r-the , merit! fitamAnt tn vhiAk pathologists the most eminent attribute the painful symptoms a theory completely borne out by urin ary analysis. The name of this grand depurent is Hostetters, a preparation likewise celebrated as a remedy for constipation, which causer contamina tion of the blood with- the bile and a certain means of relief In dyspepsia, fever and ague, and nervous aUmenta. Bis, perhaps; the. finest tonic -extant, and is highly recommended as medicinal stimulant by distinguished physicians ant analysts who pronounce it to-be eminently pure and very beneBciai. The press also eorses - " ? One Tail Which the Doctors All Agree, t' Doctors : disagra about a greai; main things but they are all of one mind regarding Cod Liver Oil. s the only thing to prescribe when the enfeebled system refuses to absorb and assimilate any other kind of nourishment, whatever, may be the cause of the patient's lack of vital force. Whether it is consumption, scrofula, or the general debility so often touowing malarial fever; this peculiar form of food is toe only known specific that rarely fails to Invigorate the blood and solid tissues of the body, andspeedily averts the dreaded process of decay.. Yet people turn from this beniflcient means of preserving life, because of its repulsive taste. Thousands will rejoice to know thai all its uable qualities are not only preserved but mul opUed. In the palatable mixture of Scott's Emul- tSVtSP oa wtth the ypophos pbites of Lime and Boda.- l,a,. V. w mmMmmvJ VWOUIVUVO UJ if5LF?,PT0:TOereat mischief. We be neve this is so, and that a better means of secure u o uwuiuiiu complexion is to use some good blood medicine like Bosadalls. the great Southern Kemedy, which cleanses the blood and gives nes manent beauty to the skin.- -it - . .... l r . , j.; . '"'V S I . asr " " r ess bin ''' " i " patent 13? tjicittc. ; r 'Hi INTRODUCED, . 1865. ia the fruitful -onrCe of many diseanes, pramt ( " ' sent amoBg 'which are DYSPEPSIA," SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS, DYSENTERY, BILIOUS FEV2R, AGUE AND FEVER, JAUNDICE, PILES, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM PLAINT, COLIC, ETC . 1 1 ' SYMPTOMS Of". ' : IjOss of Appetite and Kanaea. tha bowels -' fcreooative, bat aometimea alternata with looseneea, Pain in theHead, aocompaniect -withaDuUsensatioriinth9backpart,Pasi ' fa the right side and under the gouldey : ' blade, fullness after eating, with a. chain 1 ' clination to exertion of body orrnind, Irri- -tabflity of temper, Iiow apirita, iioasol memory, with a feeling of having neglected ' : soma duty, General weariness? Dizziness, buttering at the Heart. Dots before the yea, Yellow Skin, Headache generally over the right eye, Restlessness at night with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine. IF THESE WASIflNGS ABE UUHEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED, TUTrS PILLS . are especially adapted v such cases, a single dose effects sucti a change of feeling as to estonlsh the sufferer. TUTT'S PILLS re eempeanded from snbstoaces that are free trow any properties that can injnre the most delicate organization. They ' Search, Cleanse, Parity, and Invigorate : tha entire JSytem. By relieving the en gorged lilver, they cleanse . the blood ' from poUonoo humors, and thas impart health and vitality to the body causing the bowels to act naturally, without which no one can feci well. A Noted Divine says : Dr. TUT!: Dew Sir; For ten yean I hive been a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constioation and Piles. Last Spring; roar Pills were recommended to me ; I used them ( but with little fich). I iu now n well man, hmva food appetite, digestion neriect. r.seular 8!o:j1k, piles gone, and I have gained iortFiouuus solid flesii. They are worth their woieht in co.d. KlV. K. U SlilPSoK, L-.D'sville. Ky. WS PILLS, Their first effect is to Iaereaae the Ap-prt'-'r-, and canse the body to Take on Flech, iuu . system is nourished, aud by their Toutc A tlon on the Digestive Organs, Keguiur Moola are produced. DR. J. F. HAYWOOD, OF NEW YORK, SAYS:- " Few diseases exist that cannot be relieved kv re Storing tha Liver to its normal functions, aud for this purpose no remedy he ever been invented tUnt has as happy an effect as TUTT'S PILLS." SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS. Office 35 Murray Street New York. VT Dr. TUTT'S MANUAL of Valuable luf or. nation aud Useful Receipts " will he mailed fret on application. OTPS HAIR DYE. Gxat Hair OS Wbtsxcbs changed to a Glosst Black by a single application of this Dyk- It im. parts a Natural Color, acta Instantaneously, and is as Harmless as spring water. Sold by Draggists, or sat by xnresa on receipt of $L Office, 35 Murray St., New York. apr 1 ly. THE GENUINE DR. C. McL ANE'S Celebrated American WORM SPECIFIC OR VERMIFUGE. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. THE countenance is pale and leaden-colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pupils dilate ; an azure semicircle runs along the lower eye-lid; the nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip; occasional headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears ; an unusual secretion of saliva ; slimy or furred tongue ; breath very foul, particularly in the morning ; appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stomach, at others, entirely gone ; fleeting pains in the stomach ; occasional nausea and vom iting; violent pains throughout the abdomen ; bowels irregular, at times costive ; stools slimy, not unfrequent ly tinged with blood; belly swollen and hard ; urine turbid ; respiration occasionally difficult, and accompa nied by hiccough; cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; uneasy and dis turbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but generally irritable, &c. Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY in any form ; it is an innocent prepa ration, not capable of doing the slightest injury to the most tender infant. The genuine Dr. McLane's Ver mifuge bears the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrapper, o: DR.. C. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS are not recommended as a remedy, "far all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in affections of the liver, and in all Bilious' Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head ache, or diseases of that character, they ' stand without a rival. AGUE AND JEVER.- No better cathartic can be used prepar atory to, or after' taking Quinine ; , : As a simple purgative they are uh-, ; equaled. ' s ":; BEWABE OF IM1TATIQXS. ' '' - The genuine are never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on the ld, with the' impression DrUMcLane? v.: Each wrapper bears .the signatures of " ; Cv McLAifS and-FutMrNO Bros ;;1tIttslst!iipo'n having -.'tfce. genuint Dr.-' C. McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming Bros.,; of Pittsburgh, Pa., the1 ' market- being Rill of imitations , of thief '1 r name McLane spelled differently but ' same pronunciation. . , '. ; A GBEEN EOTJSX AND AT YOUR POST OETICE. ROSES ! ROSES ! -Send - and- et "my catalogue of choice Green House and Bedding Plants. - We can send plants throngii the man to any bait - the counter . JL' AJLXVy JwA A XJ JL, -1 U . ) V WUVWUWU aUU JB IVilSlta A TORPID LIVER GRNDIOPENING ! '. fit ' jn-itJ ' ' . i ; --'-Cat the j ; ; CHINA PALACE - - '-MMatfi -i m, vscmm- .... JNO. IBO OKFI g L D & C 0 -ON Friday, Satu day and Monday, April 25, 26, 4 28. We take great pleasure in luforming our friend and the public generally that our new stock has arrived and is complete We eordlallj invite all to inspect our large and well selected assortment, consisting of CHINA. GLASS AND CBOCKEBY, PLATED WAKE AND CUTLSRT, TIN, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, Lamps. Buckets, Chandeliers, etc, etc. All of which we will offer very low, at prices to suit the times. COUNTRY MERCHANTS will do well to give us at call, as we are prepared TO TLL W HO LES.A L E ORDERS AS LOW AS ANY NORTHERN HOUSE. Very respectfully, JNO. BROOK I ELD 4 CO., Charlotte , N.C., April 24, 1879. JUST RECEIVED, A FINE LOT OF SPRING CHICKENS, TURKEYS AND DUCKS, -AT a M. HOWELL'S. May U, WXnMxte smfl gjetttjelrg, GREAT BARGAINS In Jewelry and Fancy Goods, Gold and Silver Watches, Silver and Plated Table Wave, AT J. T. BUTLER'S, WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVER AND SILVER- PLATED WARE, GOLD AND SILVER SPECTACLES. Gold-Head Canes and everything you want at J. T. BUTLER'S. dee24 J3 LASNE, ,. 1 ' IVcm Paris, Franee, W ATCH, and CLOCX MAKER, GILDER and BIL- ' i nl YER PLATER, ,i: , Trade 8tte'bppby prsbftp ;Church, ' Everr krinrt at lemfit mAa i nmi mt if nrf. a warranted one year. TSvery klnd ol Jewelry or jsawzb uuams, voumagi irer-iJjaan and aK vanlzmg made at short notice and equally as good uuow. vfunuuoeioruieiraaeaitowpnees. i.- jcrewwaated w1Ux PVBOUum and, good -BeBtred' work tmleaDed lor wftt' be soid at the eiplratlon of twelve months for cost of repairs. : r; r Status.:? ; i ;; ip ALDWELL HOUSED 'CALDWELL HO1 ME, V:' " H" vn!r lmiatA BtxVk Corner Tryc ' -'A'W - '; : ,:.jCauaATE. It 4X. v i h- ;! :-.', - - ; s , : ri- '' CHARLOTTE, N. C, 8. P. CALDWELL.... ... ... ........ .Proprietor, ' This house Is permanently established and offers all the eonreBieneefl and eomforta of aflrst-elass boarding hduseJ Persons visiting the eity will And It a pleasant borne.?:. Permanent boarders wanted. CanberurnlshWvJtthrccmk 1 - . BATEIrllay,ctransient,1.25; per weeki $6.oa r Regular table, $13.00; board and room SMITH'S WORM 01 . ; - . Athkhs,Ga.. December 8 ix-c - A few nights since I gave my son nn K Worm Oil, and the uVS terge worms. At the same time I SvTL little four years old, and she EXS worms from four to flrteen Inches lon tehH Worm Oil for sale by DrumrUta en?II;f',Pa Pared byE. a LYNDON, AtK, nemti- h Price 25 cents. tobSld,,. O S A D A L I jT THE GREAT SOUTHERN REMETivL tor the cure of ScrofulaT Taint. Rheumatism, White SMMib'1 Goitre, Consumptionv BronchJtu L00"1 Debility, and afi diseases ai impure condition of the bloort. roi" w Journal of the necessity ol Hlvwlvs ki. bottle of this medicine among their ramuy necessiQes. "i leading nrMVA. famUies throughout the South enrWi 01 ttehlghest terms the Fluid Extract o?'! DR. R. WILSON CARR. of Baltimore u ' h hag nuri l. vnooo oiri "'"ore, MV. er diseases with much saUsfaSiZ" M - DR. T. C. PnH nf Uuih -H LrK' " uirnor to m, yivinuauuii ne uas ever usea. ' m i? -Vwsi'arir-Ba Putt BUT' TkiWVTTV uitt . .i . mhbenbHeTha qiSntenel8 " &U friends CR1KTTW m n,.,t ... . vilte, Va., say it never has failed to give Z Tennessee, says it cured him of BheuS Horn teAT1 all aIoa Aa. "U1IH- iuRua nitvumuVHKl WsjUO. tiinStaV J?. could give you testimonials from even- staii ouuiii wiu lruw persons Know to ev ery man, woman and child, either irsoni !y or by reputation. Rosadalis Is sold by till riniii. JOHN F. HENRY, CL'RRAN A ( (. . 8 College Place, - 1 NEW YORK. For sale by L. R. WRISTON 4 CO., Drtiist febl6 1w Charlotte: SK t, Is a perfect Blood Purifier. ad t th only purely Vegetable remedy known tosri rnce, that has made radical and Pf.rmansn Cckes of Syphilis and Scrofula in all thw stages. It thoroughly- removes mercury from tha system; it relieves the agonies of mereunai rheuraatkm, and speedily cures all skin 'lis- Sold by druggists generally. feb25 6m , Bishop D. & Doggett (Sonthem Meth.) It 1a an exoellent corrective of indigestion. Have used it with prompt beneficial results. Rev. Dr. Mangum, Prof. University of N. C. I concur with Bishop Doggett In his estimate ' the Yest Pocket Cure. , . Rv. E. A. Yates, P. E. N. C. Conference. It has benefitted me. Send another packnge. Rev. Leroy If. Lee, D. D Meth. Hlst'n. I am never without It at home or abroad. It b an antidote to Indigestion. Uneasiness after meal or purging Is checked and the bowels reguu ted. Its merits are attested by numbers of W character. I have seen a "tried-everythlng' w peptic of fifteen years relieved hy one dose. Rev. Dh. Jeter, Broaddus, Dickinson (Bap ! It is endorsed by the direct personal testimony of men of national fame and of strictness -speech. It is not too much to say that no mwfci ever had such support in its favor as a The word of any one of the eminent dMm underwrite this antidote to dyspepsia has daserw weight. Their a nited witness Joined, with perl mental use and approval o( thp Drepaatiesjf well-known physicians, removes, alldoutt. beyond qnesaon, a wonderluf fherapisutical Editors Religious HeraJftVa, ' i ReV.:lV jfitifainZk, Ham. Sid. Col, Va. 1 it 14 jughlr esseemed here by the reguiarmrw- cal Faculty aad the people. It is excellent mw digestion and flatulent colic sedative, wipm tonic, slightly aperient, without nausea, j SOLD BY ALL. DRUGGETS-. ' - For sale by; DR. T. a SMITH, Charlotie, N. C. ODELL, RAGAN CO., Greensboro, K C. THSO. y. aORTTZ, Salisbury, N. C. mar20-14tt AROMATIC TEETH. GUHSBBEATH - : NO MORE RHEUMATISM OR GOUT ACUTE 6 R1C H B 0 N I C S A L I C Y L I c A ' . SUES CURE. Manufactured only under the above Trade-Mart ; '. ,!-;:. '::- ; wvft : j EUROPEAN SALICYLIC MEDICINE CX . . . . . j or pams ajn uarais. v immediate relief Tmrranted. rroaWBjrJgf guaranteed. Now exemstvery used by aS physicians of Europe and America, Wcon continents. . xne nuwi jf'?"""7hiii or MiM niitaf 1ft) cases wlttu jraru icpvin ou cures w y , ko iioisoiw"" days. Secret-The only dlssolTerof RSSlc iru- 1 .1 a .1.1.1. mriota In lull Rlnod 01 KJeuTf7t- and Gouty Patlenta. J&UX) 8 bw, "price. 50a Sent to any address on iJisti Ad" raed by Physicians. fV Sott; Only importers' Depot WW' V; , or ale by X, H, MciPIK. ru ft March 20-2mi Raleigh, N. C JanlO
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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