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, . w " - VOLUME XIII. LENOIIl, N. C. "WEDITCSD A Y, DECEMBER 28. 1887. WALLACE BROS. Statesrille, U. C. 3044reeiiwiciStN.Y." -tot- To the Wholesale Trade. W congratulate our friends and customers on the fine outlook for crops and consequent good fall bus iness. Anticipating a largely in creased demand, we have made very extensive preparations and will soon have our entire in line. We feel confident in saying that it will be the largest stock of ' i :' . - ;' 1 General Merchandise in. North Carolina. Every department will exhibit a Complete Assortment p , - . x " ... containing almost everything re quired, and invariably at the Lowest Market Prices. Please call and examine, before placing your or ders. WALLACE BROS, Statesvillo, II, C. DAVETIFOItT COIXEGH. A High Grade Home School for Girls. Lehoib, Oax.dwm.1. Couktt, N. O. Special courses in all departments for teachers at reduced rates. Term Opens 3rd Thursday in Sept. 1887, with a full corps of Teachers. Special rates for girls from Western North Carolina. Pro-cinisent in Point of Lo cation, in Hijfccr nSlfcf TZvLzic, Art, end in Jiciscn can tc:d. Frfia Wiiricj cf tti Eny, fej Jsha Eitei Cocke, tf Ittrfcisia. , On fire with his great design,1 Jacksm then rode forward in front of the troops toward Cbancellors tille, and here and then the bullet struck him which was to terminate bis career. Jackson had ridden forward on the turnpike to reconuoitre and ascer tain, if possible, in spite of the darkness of the night, the position of the Federal lines. The moon shone, but it was struggling with a bank of clouds, and afforded but a dim light. From the gloomy thick ets on each side of the turnpike, looking more weird and sombre iri the half light, came the melancholy notes of the whippoorwill. "I think there must have been ten thousand," said General Stuart afterwards. Such was the scene amid which the events which now are about to be narrated took place. Jackson had advanced with some members of his staff, about a mile from Cbaneellorsville, and had reached a point nearly opposite an old dismantled house in the woods near the road, when he reined in his horse, and remaining perfect ly quiet and motionlees, listened intently for any indication of a movement in the Federal lines. They were scarcely two hundred yards in front of him, and seeing the danger to which he exposed himself onje of his staff offi cers said, "General, don't you think this is the wrong place for you ?" He replied quickly, almost impa tiently, "The danger is all over! the enemy is routed go back and tell A. P. Hill to press right on !" The officer obeyed, but had scarcely dis appeared when a sudden volhiy was fired from the Confede!ate infantry in Jackson's rear, and on the right of the road evidently directed upon him and his escort. The origin of this fire has never been discovered, and after Jackson's death there was little disposition to investigate an occurrence which occasioned bitter distresL to all who by any possibility could have taen part in it. It is probable, however, that some move ment of the Federal skirmishers had provoked the fire ; if this is an er ror, the tioops fired deliberately upon Jackton and his party, under the impression that t'hey were a body of Federal cavalry reeonnoitreing. Whatever may hve been the ori gin of this volley, it-came, and many of the staff and escort were shot, and fell fnm their horses. Jackson wheeled to the lef t and galloped into the woods to get out of range of the bullets ; but he had not gone twenty steps beyond the edge of the turn pike, in the thicket, when one of his brigades drawn - up within thirty yards of him fired a volley in their' turn, kneeling on the right knee, as the flash of the guns showed, as though prepared to "guard against cavalry." By this fire Jackson was wounded in three places. He re ceived one ball in bis left arm, two inches below the shoulder-joint, shattering the bone and severing the chief artery ; a second passed through the same arm between the elbow and the wrist, making its exit through the palm of the hand ; and a thiad ball entered the palm of his right hand, about the middle, and passing through broke two of the bones. ! Here, Captain Wilbourn, of his staff, succeeded in catching the leins and checking the animal, who was almost frantic from terror, at the moment when, from loss of blood and exhaustion, Jackson was about to fall from the saddle. He was then borne to the field hospital at Wilderness, some five miles distant. Here he lay throughout the next day, Sunday, listening to the thun der of the artillery and the long roll of the musketry from Chancellors ville, where Stuart, who had suc ceeded him in command, was press ing General Hooker back toward the Rappahannock. His soul must have thrilled at that sound, long .so fa miliar, but he could take no part m the conflict. Lying faint and-pale, in a tent in rear of the "W ilderness Tavern," he seemed to be perfectly resigned, and submitted to the pain ful probing of his wounds with sol dierly patience. It' was obviously necessary to amputate the arm, and one of his surgeons asked, If we find the amputation necessary, (gen eral, shall it be done at once ? to which he replied with alacrity, , les, certainly, Dr, McGuire,, do for me whatever you think right ine arm was then taken off, and heslept soundly after the operation, and on waking, began to converse about the battle It was about this time that -hfreceivedWthe folio wing letter from General Lee : "Jl have just received your hote informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my reSetlt this occurrence. Could I hale directed events I should have ohosen for the good of the country to have been tabled in your stead, fcongratulate you mW which is due to your skill and ener. gJThe remaining details orJack-( eon's i lness ana aeaiu --"T-He was removed to GW, J rTot on the -R chmond and -freaer Fcksburg Railroad, where be gradu li l J S pneumonia hating attack idTh m 'When told that his men n Rnndav bad advanced upon the S&ttog "Charge, and re- m mber Jacksan ! he xcl.im". It was just Iie fhem ! It was just like them. Tke men who live through this war," he added, "will be proud to say 'I was one of the Stonewall Brigade' to their chil dren." Looking soon afterward at the stump of his arm, he said. "Many people would regard this as a great misfortune. I regard it as one of the great blessings of -my life.' de subsequently said, "I consider these wounds It blessing; they were given me for so'me good and wise purpose, and I would not part with them if I could." ; His wife was now with him, and when she annouu.-ed to him, seep ing, his approaching death, lie re plied with perfect calmness, "Very good, very good ; it is all right. These were nearly his last words. He soon afterwards became delirious and was heard t( mutter, "Order A P. Hill to prepare for action ! Pass the infantry to the frout ! Tell Major Hawks to send forward pro visions for the men !" Then his martini ardor disappeared, a smile diffused itself over Iris pale features and he murmured : "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of tho trees!" It whs the river of death he-was about to puss; ind sooii after uttering these words he expired. The character und career of tho man who thus pissed from the arena of his glory, are the property of history. - LippincMl's Monthly Magazine. :' The first thing 'that strikes the runner who reads the table of con tents on the cover of LippincottV Magazine for January is the excel lence, of the names. .Fiction is rep resented by Brander Matthews, George H. Jessop, Edgar Saltus and Albion Tourgee j essay and crit icisra by Edgar Fawcett, Charles E. L. w ingate and II. Fit mess ; poetry by (.iintoc Sdollaid, John James Piatt, L'arlotta Perry, . Nora Perry and Amelie Rives. Brander Matthews and: George, II. Jessop have joined hands in the composi tion of the complete novel, "Check and Counter-Check,"' a bright, in genious and humorous story, with a plot that is full of clever surprises and entertaining situations, and a dialogue that sparkles with fun and epigam. Tourgee's second instal ment of "With Gauge & Swallows" tells in a swift, vigorous style an ep isode of braverv in the war, called "An Unlawf nf Honor." Edgar Sl tuq has a clever fancy entitled "The Grand, Duke's Rubies." Fawceti's attack'bn "The Browning' CrjiZ.:" will stir up the Browning clubs and excite remark and attention even among those who disagree with its conclusions. The venerable V. H. Furness, the celebrated Unitarian pulpit orator of Philadelphia, draws upon his memory for some "Remi niscences" of his youthful days, in- eluding a dinner with John Quincy Adams, and Charles E. L. Wingate contributes a series of letters from Clara Louise Kellogg,- Emma Ab bott, Christine .Nillson, and other famous opera-singers, expressing their preferences a3 to operas and individual roles. "Our Monthly Gossip' has become an editorial de partment a sort of bureau of mis cellaneous information.- It opens with a discussion of the genius of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," com paring it with stories" in which a similar idea has been differently treated ; and it answers queries in regard to the Erl-King, Gambrinus, Poe's Detective Stories, The Bab oushka, etc. "Book Talks" reviews the holiday books of the season. An interesting announcement is made in regard to the February number, which will be written entirely by women for woman, and will contain fiction by Mrs. A. L. ;t ister and Amelie Rive's ; autobiography by Belva Lockwood and Fanny Daven port ; poems bv Ella Wheeler- il cox, E lith M. Tjiotiias, Mrs. Piatt, etc., and other matter of general interest. Wonderful Cares. . I W. D. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale and Retail Druggists of Rome Ga., say: We have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery, Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for four years. Have never handled reme dies that sell as well, or give such universal satisfaction. There have been some wonderful cures effected by these medicines in this city. Sev eral cases of pronounced consumption have been entirely cured by u of a few bottles of Dr. King's NTew Dis covery, taken in connection with Electric" Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold by Baldwin, the druggest. Having in our official capacity as members of the Plymouth, Pa., Hospital Committee, been asked to test and prove the effectiveness of many different articles to be used as disinfectants in sick-rooms and as preventives of infectious fevers, report that Darbys Prophylactic Fluid has been thoroughly tested during the recent Typhoid epidem ic in this place. It proved most efficacious in staying the spread of the Fever. . F. H. Armstrong, J. A. Upp, Thos. Keer, S. M. Davenport, O, M. Lance, James Lee; Jr. C::a Piatt Ez;:x til Ey?::riiy tf tii Protection and' polygamy are the twin relic of barbarism. The one is the religion of Utah, th other that of Pennsylvania. They are alike in form as they are alike in stupidity. As droves of w-men are scaled to a prophet to inure thefr entrance to heaven, so the masses are sealed to the manufacturer that one may fatten while the oth ers thin to skin and bone mi imagi nary blessing. The Mormon proph et works his wife n earth in return for his pa?s to the happy here: ffer when they shall have been worked to death; and the monopolized cap italist wrings tho last cent from wretched toil in return for a protec tion against the pauper labor of Eu rope. It was the late Tom Corwin who said that in supporting a protective tariff "The bigger the fool the bet ter the argument." Of course the consumer pays the additional cost put upon the article consumed, and the tax neither adds to the quality nor increases the quantity of the thing taxed. The sole object of protection is to destroy competition. If this is not its par pose, none can be discovered. If it cheapens production, it kills' itself. When they first promulgated the American system they , based their claims to recognition of their proj ect upon the plea that our infant industries of a manufacturing sort needed the fostering care of a pater nal government. Reduced to plain English, what they said wa3: "Let us rob i he consumers) of a bounty to . pay these feeble producers until such timefwbeu the weak enterprise es fchall be able to stand alone, and then competition among them -will rednea th"m to a level wjjh the pau per labor of Europe. Let us, Mr. President, set up and strengthen them on legalized extortion until they are strong enough to cut each other's throats and so relieve the consumers.' A BOUNCIXG INFANT, TH0UGII. For half a century we have been waiting for two things; one is the time when the infant industries will come of age and be able to stand alone; the other, for that home market. We are no nearer either than when we began. ' The main sufferers with us from this iniquitous system are the far mers. Since 18(3 1 the agricultural products of the United States have steadily fallen thirty per cent, what other industry could survive su;h a shrinkage? The poor tiller of the soil stands 'dismayed . amid his crops and finds, through loss of market, the very soil slipping from beneath him. He does not know what hurts him, and borrows on mortgage to meet his local taxation, hoping for better returns from fu ture seasons to save his poor home. I cannot give in an easier and more familiar way the views. on this subject, as seen from an agricultural standpoint, than to reprint a little address made to' my neighbors when, to greet my: return home they complimented me with a sernade. I said: . - OLD HAYSEED TAXED BOTH WAYS. "You see, we sell under free trade, and are left to the mercy of the worst form of pauper labor. 'What is .ur condition when we come to purchase? Why; we are met with protection. All that we buy, from a horseshoe to a mower, all that) we wear, all that we build for Bheljter, all that we use over and above our products, from the cradle we are rocked, in to the coffin we rot in the clothes we wear, the shingle that shuts off the storm, the glass we look through, the blanket we sleep under to the tombstone that records our -supposed virtues, are augmented in price to double their value, so that we sell under free trade and buy under protection. New, do you wonder that we , work at a disadvantage? If piotection is such a good thing we want it. If free trade is such an evil we do not want it. And yet we have the one and not the other. We get what we do not want and are denied what we do want, and it is the most barefac ed, impudent swindle ever perpetra ted on an intelligent people. There is precisely where insult is heaped on injury. We are considered so ignorant and stupid that we may be plundered with impunity. (A voice "How about wool?") Let me tell you. They pretend to " protect us on wool. Well, we have lost more on our protected , shears than we ever made on our protected wool. If the government will give us free lumber, free salt, cease its protec tion to the barbed wire monopoly, and see that I am charged a reason able rate for transportation on these public highways, called railroads, I will undertake to undersel at a prof it any wool grown in any other part of the earth than that of these United States.' Make home attractive. Nothing adds so much to the pleasures of a home as music Buy a good Piaro or Organ from J. L. Stone of Ral eigh N. C, and you will never re-' gret it. It looks as if Russia' had fully made up her mind to get licked. k BIS 601 Cht a Tariff fisf araer Thicks cf tba Pres-. UnVt llesugi..-' To the Editor of Tlte Lenoir Topic:, The President's message' is th first gun of the camp .igu of 1888. It has startled th politicians, im pressed the people, and - its echoes have been head in Europe. It marks a new era in our political his toiy. Old things are done away. Old issues are dead. The "bloody shirt in the N-r'i and tbe"nigger" in the South, give place to more important and inviting topics. The Pres dent presents a new and living issue. ith the honesty, courage and simplicity for which he has gained a just and enviable reputa tion, he tells Congress its plain and simple duty to the country. His words are easily understood. Xo equivocation or political .cunning marks their meaning. Looking at it from the standpoint of a politi cian, the message is neither wise nor expedient. He forces an issue upon his party, on which the party.is dU vided, and this too on the eve of a great campaign, in which it is rea sonable to suppose he will be a can didate. It is an issue his opponents profess to hail with joy. If Mr. Cleveland were a mere politician, he would not have done this. With a popular and unspotted record of three years in office, presaging fu ture victory, he had no need to take risks. But Mr. Cleveland is a patriotic statesmuu, who seeing danger ahead for the people whom he serves.flings away any thought of selfish ambi tion, and gives ongress a warning, his party dare no refuse to heed. The danger consists, in short, of withdrawing from circulation, aud hoarding in the Treasury, so much of the money of the country, the life blood of its prosperity, as to produce "widespread disaster and financial ruin." But it may be asked h w andiwhy in his efforts to avert a financial pauic, doe3 the President run any risk of political success, or manifest any courage in announcing the dan gtr to Congress. The risk and the courage consist in the method he advocates of changing existing laws to avert the danger. It is because he tells Congress there must be a reform of the tariff laws, that such an awakening has followed. Now, when it is considered there is an immense money power, consist ing of great corporations and mo nopolies, interested in preserving intact for their own selfish gain, the firesent vicious, inequitable and il ogfCM tariff laws,: when it is known this power employs thousands of agencies, newspapers, writers,&peak ers, legislators and Congressmen to insid'onsly instill into the minds of the people the idea that,' in some mysterious way these tariff laws are a benefit to the laborers of the coun try, it is easy to see the President and his followers have no light task ahead. The real question is, "Shall G0, 000,000 people continue to be taxed for the luxury of the employers if 2,623.083 laborers ?" . The inevitable result of this new issue which the President thus for ces on the country, will be a new alignment of political parties. No man need cling to the Democratic party, however loyal be may have been in the past to its policy, if he favors a high protective tariff. No man, however dear to him and proud he may be of the grand history of the Republican party, ought longer to support it if he sees the need of a reform of the tariff laws. Alfeady the change is taking place. The Birmingham (AMa.) Herald, the organ of "protected"' iron manufacturers, indicates that it will support, not the old Republi can party of mighty achievments aud proud fame, but the new party, degenerated as foreshadowed by Mr. , Blaine and other leaders into amerei organization, under the control of the money power. On the other hand the Chicago Tribune, the leading Blaiue paper of the Northwest in the.campaign of 1884, and probably the most influ ential paper in that whole region of country, is an earnest advocate of the President's policy. Ittays: "The message is able and statesmanlike; luminous in style; perspicuous ia statement; clear in its meaning; aud irrefutable in its conclusions." The Chicago Tribune will not be alone of Republicans who will support the President in his patriotic efforts, Republicans who will serve their country rather than follow their party in its estrangement from its once high and lofty aspirations. The wisdom and patriotism of ibe message may be summed up in its closing sentence: The simple and plain duty which we owe the people .. - is to reduce taxation to the, necessa ry expenses of an economical opera tion of the Government, and to re store to the business oj the country the money which we hold in the trea sury through the perversion of Gov ernmental powers.' t an any intelligent, patriotic cit izen fail to endorse such a senti ment? ; Tariff Reform. "Gentleman John" is the latest title Sullivan has won in England. He must be conducting himself like an English lord. A Letter fro tia Soatb. : Elisabeth X. J Sunday Le-d-r. f '. - - - ' I , Olexbcrxii:, North Carolina, Thanksgiving Day. , Old bolXcheerful rays came peep- ing over the hill fronting the hos i pitable home of of the mountaineer, with whom we are staying, at half past seven o'clock in the morning. The weather here is delightful, al though occasionally hazy, which prevents an extend ed view of. .this romantic section. The real charm and attraction of this country is its air. And when one considers the importance of this element, in its purity, to the human frame, its value as a restorative -agent can hardly be over' estimated. Nearly one thousand diseases follow in the track of the human family, dogging their steps from the cradle j to the graye; seeking entrance into tne citadel of life tnrougn the door, of every neglect and exposure. The , 'hidden hand of the destroyer lurks in the deadly germs of the water we drink, the food we eat and in the air we breathe. How few escape the ravages of this invisible ai my of the enemy to die a natural death! We mourn over the dead, but weido not protect the living. We ascribe to the mysterious baud of Providence that which is really caused by bad drainage, bad air or bad food, and which miht have been remedied by our own care. Although the fabled elixir of life has not yet been found, jaud no poteucy of drugs, no physician's skill, no discovery of science, no pleading of loved ones can stay the hand of the merciless tyrant"Death' yet there are spots in the world comparatively exempt from many of the deadly germs of disease, and where preconditions of longevity are extremely favorable. Statistics show that the people of this section, as a rule, are longer lived than dwellej-s along the sea shore, being comparatively free fron many diseases, such as pneu monia, diptheria, feverand all kinds of epidemics. Disease germs are never found along the Appalachian range, and hay-fever and catarrh are impossible. There are no sud den or sever eehanges of weather here, where the rarified atmosphere acts as an absordent on all material matter. Thousands of people from the north aud extreme south spend thir 8'' miner mouths among the health giving mountains Blowing Rock twenty-eight miles from Lenoir, e ithty tent -of! Caldwell county, be- it-ir the i1, i-f Yi'rv , o for th is section. Lvno'tr i- ! i-t! to i.iit.us iof a "brunch ol the PietiiMuM air line system, readily iearlic iYoui Salisbury. . The good iK'tel at tho rock, with its low--priced accomni'u iatious,shouldentice thousands of toplefroui the north during the heated term. I hope some Elizabethans may be tt tup led to visit this country next sum mer. They will be heartily wel comed by the people here. At this season the fields and woods abound in game, aud oue .cannot go amiss in finding partrid ges ii large coveys, squirrels and rabbits, while back upon the higher hills black bear and deer are tb be had in abundance. Mr. Harrison Aid rich, a hunter who was famous before the wa"r, whomj 1 met on Grandfather mountain in 1864, last week killed two bear ore of which weighed nearly threei hundred pounds. He usually hunto for large game along the Watauga river -a beautiful stream which courses through the mountains ffor many miles, i Last week, with the aid -of a net, we captured many partridges, some of which weighed over three-quarters of a pound each. Th y are now in prime condition. I expect to send quite a number to friend in Elizabeth, if the weather admits. I regret thal-the law prohibits the shipment from ihi State liyeof birds. Elizabethans will be interested in learning the following quotations. Butter per pound, 15cents; Caba ges, per pound 1 cent; Fresh pork, per pound G-cenls ; chickens, i2 cents; turke;s, 40 to 50 cents ; ap ples pe bushel,-50 to lb cents; po tatoes per bushel, 50 cents 'r corn per bushel, 40 to 50 cents. . The aui of a market .accounts for these prices. Chestnuts sell for, fifty cents a bushel, but the supply is greater th.m the demand. It is estimated that three hundred thou sand bushels of chestuuts have been handled in this section thi3 full.; Gatherers of these nuts set fire to the ieaves in order to facilitate their operations. , There is any quantity of hard woods in this region, and when more railroads penetrate the hills, the owners thereof will reap the harvest they have long waited for. Speed this happy day for these good peo ple. We last week spent three days on Grandfather mountain over six thousand feet above the sea level but were compelled to leave Sunday morning owing to the intense cold and a fall of several inches of snow. Saturday night many mountaineers visited our cabin, where a right merry time we had. Among, thute who contributed to our pleasure was a handsoinu Tennessee girl - Mrs. Gooden who performed on a banjo until she broke all thestriugs, which her husband replaced by new ones which he ran twelve miles to obtain. One of Mrs G's songs ran this way: "De corn is in de barn, De hog is in de peri, De royal mister gobbler Is er struttin' in hia den ; De 'possum's up de 'simrnon tree, De coon is in de holler, An ebeny one of dent ia As fat as dey kin woller ; Whet up de butcher knife, Wipe ou.t de. tray, An" stan' back 'Hard Times Fer ThanksgiTing Day V " J. M.D. VmiMTM LETTEB. vr .x t . - f r j AjdiAiixu., Lee. AO. To the Editrof The Lenoir Topic i iv ith characteristic fairness Speaker Carlisle called Mr.Mills to the chair this week, and, descending to the floor', requested the House to choose the1 Committee on Elections. This unusual action was taken on " account of the contest of Thobe against Carlisle, upon which this committee is to pass, and the Speak er declined to have any voice in this selection of ihe tribunal which will try the issue, so that, no matter what the result, he can no t,be char ged with manipulating the, Com mittee in his. personal and political interests. Some of the Republican extremists favor sending a Congres sional Committee to Kentucky to have an investigation chiefly fr the purpose of making-, much needed political capital.. But this can. hardly be done as the evidence in the contest is virtually .closed and the case will probably be conducted with the regular formality- of judi cial proceedings at the bar of the House. A r . As but two of the House Commit- -tees have been appointed, that body has not begun its regular work, but in the meantime, the members are mapping out much legislation, a good deal of it on the tariff ques- ' tion. Mr. Randall is preparing a reve nue bill, looking to a $60,000,000 reduction of taxation. Mr. Mills,the probable chairman of tho Ways and Means Committee is framing a bill, based upon a reduction of $30, 000, 000 in. internal revenue ) taxation and a largely increased free list. It is certain that this measure will be carefully scrutinized ! by Speaker Carlisle before he gives it his sup port. Mr. Randall's bill, proposes to make an equal reduction in tariff duties and internal taxation. It is believed tnat the Speaker and the Ex-Speaker will come to an agree ment on tariff reform that will be -generally acceptable to the Democ racy. Why, so Widespread is the conviction that tariff revision is necessary, thateven the Republicans are wording up a measure to that effect, so that in the event of Dem ocratic dissension, they can take advantage if the situation, I rush their bill, through, and steal the en emy's thunder. The Senate Committees having been organized this week, that body is fairly progress' ug with its work, aud a shower of bills has been in-" troduced, thany of them, however, being oid to readers of the Congress ional Record. Among the more im portant mention may be made of Senator ilo.tr's bill to change In auguration day from March 4th. to April oOth. In case it passes., this bill cannot become a law until after . the next inauguration, as the State Legislatures must first ratify the measure. . ' Senator Piatt has again introduced his resolution to abolish secret ses sions of the Senate but that digni fied assembly is so jealous of its privileges and prerogatives, that there ix little probability of the passage of such an act. " Senator (,'u) loin's bill making the "United States Postal Telegrapb'a part of tile Postal system of the United Slates, providing for the construction of a number of tele graph trunk lines, connecting the principal ciliesx)f the country, ap propriating four million dollars for -the purpose, and regulating the tar iff of charges, white it is not with out it3 merits, one of the serious objections' to its becoming a law is that there would be an immense in crease in the uumber of Govern ment employes. It is also, claimed by mauy that such a scheme would be an infringement of States' rights and a dangerous rconcession to the doctrine of Federal centralization. Senator ChanJh-r's bill to "regu late" Congressional elections in the Sta: es of South Carolina Floida, and Mississippi, and L misiana by the presence of Federal Marshals and bu pel-visors, is the very worst bill of -all, and if it ihonld puss the Senate,, would never become a law, because there is no yalid reason why ; these states should be singled out for reg ulation. Such legislation is worthy of this same "Bill" Chandler who was largely instrumental in stealing the votes of three of these states for his Fraudulency, Rutherford Hayes, who- was "the first and only man to dishoner the Presidential chair. The dissolving Republican party has given proof a3 strong as holy writ of its decadence by spetr- ing" into the American house of Mill ioniares Bill Chandler, the sponsor and the brazen beneficiary of the monumental politics! infamy of mod ern times. "Whom the Gods d -stroy, they first make1 mad.' i i i : i 1 I":! 5 4 f tf- K M it V 1 I 11 - ) M - f 1.1 ! . i i ' i i 'i 4 n .i i ' i; 1 j i V. n
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