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V ' J l A MAW AT THE DOOR. I "No tramps hero," said I ; and' shut the door in his face. Tho wind blew so .cold I could hardly do it, and. tho. sleet vas beating on' the pane,' and ttrees were groaning and moan the bare ng as i ahey. suffered in the storm. " Np; tramps' ! Then the man I hadn't seeij fo r tha .dark went ; awy -from the door-p-chatnp - -champ, came through the slush, ard I .heard the gate creak as it always does, juid then champ,1 champ, camcjthe man back again, and then he -knocked ;on the - .door -knocked.-not so hard asl before nd I opened it hot. and angry. This time I saw his face,a.p3le ghost Jof a face," wit yellow brtrwit hatr, -crepped dose,. pd starting, bloo eyes, -.and he put his hand grn3t the dovr and held it open'. "How far 4 is it to the next bouse, maWratridheJvl:-,;-,-. Three miles or more," said I. " And that' not A tavern ?'V Share ; it's Mise rMicten's and eel against tramp' i ! im." jt be cot she is as " I dWl want to dVmk eaidj the man. But I do want Ibod. ) Ton need'rrt be araid te ret me tn ma'am, j Tve Vee wounded end ire able to walk ' far, nd 1 nj ' e!oths re thin ; it's bitter cold. I'vs been trying to get to my parents at Greeabank, where . 1 can rest isntil I am i better, and all my money was stolen from i me three days.ago. Tow needn'jt be afraid, Just let me lie befbre the firej and only .i give me a crowt, to keep me frcm stary i ing and tie Lord will bfeaSyow for it.' Aud : then he tooted at me with his mild blee eyes in a way that Would hare me do it, rf it had'nt been that I hhd seen so much of these importers. The war s was jtfet over, and'every beggar that came along said he was a soldier travelling . borne, and had been wounded and robbed. One that I bad been fuol enough to help, ! limped away out of sight, 'as .he thought and then, for I was at the garret window shouldered his cratches and tramped it witVtbe strongest. j "No doubt yoer pocket is jfii!l of mo ney,r said I, M and you only want a chance to rob and murder hie. Go j away wj'th you, i . Prucilla, that's my niece, was baking short dikes in the kitchen. Just then she, came to the door and motioned with her lips to me: , "Do let him stay,.aulty " and if I hadn't hod good sense I might, but I knew better than a child of sixteen, i Go "away. 'with yon," says I louder than before " I won't have this any longs fir." . And he gave me a kind of a groan, and : took his hand from the 1 latch, and champ, champ, through the frozen snow again and I thought him gone, when' there was once more, hardly with a knock at all a faint touch like a child's now. ' And when; I opened the !dobr he came quite in, and stood ' leaning ion his . cane, jpale a a ghost, his eyes bigger than ver. I Well, pi'til impudence f f said I ."':; He Joe Red at me and .'said: .Afadam," I haT a mother in Grcenbank. . I waV to live to see her. . I shall not if J try to go Airther teighi," . .:,:, '. r'.Vv " Tkey all want to see their mothers," eaid I, end jrjst then it came to my mind i thai I hoped my boh Charles, who had beea a aoM ier t oflicer he had got to i be, mind -wanted toeee his,, and would . ml hara been wovnde4 y on see. said r T i.' r- r j Don't go a sho wing m jour hurts," ,aidj; . tkey buy them, so they told me, i U go begging with now. I rad the' pa i pera,I tell ye, and 'I'm principled,: eo!s pur clergy maa, agm giving anything un i leea it'a through some well organized sb r petj. Trarape'are my abomiiiatioo,'and i yu for laaping you all night you can't exs I jMCi that of decent jblks-of -:, Drucilia oame to . the door ' and ; said , -Jet him ataj, auBt, vitb her lips again, took bo Dotioa !; So he went this time, and did not come ! back ; and I sat' down by the re and liss aaed to the wind . and sleet,.and felt die - warm fire; and smelt the baking cakes and I the apples stewing, atfd the tea drawing pn Jhe kitchen stpye and I uusbt to have been Yery comforUWe, but I wasn't, ., Something seemed tugging at my heart I all the tuna. - I gave the fire a poke, and lit another- i candle to cheer myself br, and I went to my work basket to get tb sock I had been ! knitting ox m .Chariie ; and as J went to get it I saw something Urns: on the floor. 1 picked it up. It was an old tobacco poach, ever so xnach like the one gave i Charlie, with fringe around it, and writ Uatn it in ink, , MB. -F. to R. H. and inside was a bit: of tobacco and an"; old pipe,-and a letter ; and when I spread Tl out 1 "saw at the lop : "My dear 'son. I knew the beggar must have dropped -it, and my heart 'gave - one big thurvp as though it had. turned into a "hammer. . Perhaps the story was true and he had a" mother. I shivered "all over, and the fire and the candles, and , the nice com tortable smell might not have been at all, i was so cold and wretched. '. And over and over again I had to say to myself what I : bad hea-ftd ' our pasior say so oftenl "Neyer ; giTeany thing to chance beggars ' my ;dear friend always bestow your; alms on worthy persons, through well organized .societies," before I could get a! bitf of eomfor't. And w hat an old fool. t was to. cry, I thosght, when I. found my cheek wet. ; - , V - " Bat I did not cry long, for as I sat there, hark and crash and jingling came a sleigh over jhe road, and. stooped at our gate, and I heard my Charlie's voice cry s ing, " Hallo, mbfher F' Aad oat I went to the door iaad had him in my arms, my there he was ia his' uniform with his prets ty shonlder straps and hearty as if he had never been ; through any hardships. lie had to leave me tq put 'bis horse up,-and then I had by the fireisgain, my own boy And Drucilla who had ben ap itairs and crying why I wonder eame down in a flutter. for, they were like i brother and sister and he kissed her, and sho kissed him, and then away she went to set the table, scd the nice hot things spooked on a cloth as white as snow and how Char ley enjoyed them ! But onoe h the midst of all, I felt a frightened feeling come o ver mc, and 1 know'd I'd turned pafe for Dru cilla said,: whit is the i matter, Aun.t Fairfax!" ; : : -; - : I said " nothing," but it was this: Kind O, like the ghost of. a step, going champ, champ" over the frozen snow ; kind ol ike ; the ghost of a voice saying, JjCt me lie on the floor before your fire and give me "any kind of a crust j" kind o'like seeing some one who had a mother, dropping down on the wintry road, and freezing and starving to death there. That was what it was but I put it away, and only thought of Charley. . We drew up together by the fire when tea was done, and he told us thing about the war I'd never heard before. How the boldiers 6uSored, and what weary marches and fhort rations they sometimes .had. And he told how his life had been set upon and he was badly wounded i-. i . - ' and how, at the risk of h own .jlife; aeK low soldiet had saved him, and carried him away fighting his path back to camp. "I'd never have seen you but for. him," says my Charley. And if there's a man on earth I love, it is Bob Hadawav the dearest, lest fellow. We've shared eacb other's rations, and drank- from the same canteen many a time ; and if I ' ever bad a brother, I couldn't think more of him." " Why don't you bring him home to see your mother, Charley 1" said L j Why, I'd love him too, and anything I ffinM AcLgr him thti iti9Ti wlir KyA my boy's life, couldn t be enough. Send for him Charley." j . But Charley shook his head, ana covered his .face with his hands.-. . . ' .- ' I" Mother "said he, "I don't know whether Bob Had way ; is alive, or dead today. While I was still in the ranks. he was taken prisoner. . And the "prisons afe poor places to 1 liva in mether. Td give my right hand to be. able to do htm any good but I can find no trace of him And be has a mother, too : she i lives at Gfeenbank-pobr oid lady. '- My dear, good noble Bob, the preserver of my life !' And 1 saw Charley crying. ; Not to let. us see the tears, he got up and went to the mantlepieoe. I did not look around until I beard acry;i !Jreat Heavens ! what is that t" ; As 1 I turned Ckarkry had a tobacco pouch the man had dropped,' in bis band. . " ' Wher did this ebme from )" said be, I feel as though I had' aeena jghost. I gave this to Bob Hadaway the - day he saved me.. -.; We had -not much to ; give, you kJlow',, and he vowed never to part with it white he lived. ; How did it come, mother 1" f fell back in ! my chair white and .cold, and said I, "A" wandering tramp left it here,! never yout . Bob, my dear ; never your j Bob. He must have- been an imposter.' I would not turn away a pers son in want ; oh no, no: no ; it ts anotner noucb nhild nnt that .or ha stole Lt. .A tall follow with bin e eyef and yellow brown hair, wounded, he said, and going to see his mother at Greenbank. : Not your ob.? 4 ; ;'':"V?' v ! I''':'-' And Qiarley stood starting at me with clenched hands : and said he. "it was mv Bob ji wgs my dear bid Bb who' saved my life and you have driven him but in such a'nighj as this, mother, my mother, to use Bdb so." ' I ' j - "Curse me, Charley"? said 1, curse me if you like'; Fni afraid' God'will. Three times her asked only for " crijst and a , place to lie, and I drore'him away'. ' I--and heVlying on the road now. Oh, i I had knowp ! oh if I had known !" - And Charley cauglit up his ' hat. "I'll find h'rm'if he's alive?' said h. "Oh Bob my dear; friend !" ' . , l .. And then I never saw the" gnrl in such a hurry down Went Drucilla" jbn her" neef as 'if she was saying her prayers, and says bhe, "lhank God I dared to do it !' and says she to me "O, aunt, I've been trem bling with frtght, not knowing what you'd say to me. I took him in the , kitchen way, I could hot' see him so faint, hmw gry and wounded, and I put him , in the spare chamber over the parlor, and ;Tve been so frightened all the while." , ' , "Lord bless you," said Charley. : - "Amen !" says I. And she getting bolder, went on t "And I took him up hot ,fca cake, and pp satfee and tta." says shn, "and X looS him a candle, and a hot brick for his feet, aad told him to eat and go to bed in the,, best, chamber. Aunt jfairfax, with the white counterpane. 1 After this Charley, j not being ungrate ful or poor helped Bob into business. And he gotjover his wounds at kst, and grew as handsome as a picture, and that day one again "was married to Drucilla. -"I'd give you anything thave," said 1 "and I wout refuse Druciria,?' when he asked me, telling me he loved her ever . - - since she- was so kind to him on the night I've told you of. w , : And Charley (is to stand up with them ,.ahd I'm to give Drucilla away, and Bob's sister is to be bridesmaid, and I have a guess that some day Charley will bring her home to me to Dracilla's place. ' I don't drive beggars away now as 1 used to, and no duubt I'm imposed upon, but this is what I say, "Better to be im posed upon always than to be cruel to cue who really needs help." : And . I've read my bible more of late end know who says: Inasmuch as ye have done Huns to the least of these, ye have done it uns to me. I "I said I would take the resolutions if theyveould allow me to add but three words, which you trill find embodied in the plat form, I added j this : 'AND WE DE CLARE THAT THE BECON- LSTRUCTION ACTS ARE REVO L UTIONAR TUN CO N S TI T U TIONAL AND VOID,' when I pro posed that, every single member of the Com milk, aAd Ihe tear meet nuuiii it, were the xnen of th NorO -came jkfrward and said they would carry tt out to the end. W idi Himftos , on the 4th of July. New York Nuilifiers Convention. At last wa .have the official reports o the Camilla massacre, concerning which so much has been said. v We ask readers to compare them with Thk Teibbke's account?. It w bow established, by official reports and sworn evidence!. 1 that tlie Republicans were entering Camilla in", peaceable procession rM-: j 1 - -- -J AT"trr llSH w 1 that country is armed ; thajthey made no threats and expected no trouble ; that they were Urst told I they could not hold their meeting ia Camilla, and then wers fired up-r on when tbey I entered 'j that they' were wholly unprepared for any attack ; that tbey were mercilessly butchered and pursued miles from the town ; that no Inquest was held over "the cerpses thus scattered through trheir streets and about the country, and - thai to thbi day ths civil authorities of Camillabare taken no steps : to punish he. murderers. These' wers the statements made by Thb Tbibu n a - and denied by Mr. S. 3. Hill at the time ; these are the facts now'establUb ed by the official reports. -; " Freemen ofi Pennsylvania Ohio, aad In diana t you are abeut to pasa verdiot. on the authors of this massacre. Shall the Camilla rioters be eocoa raged to fresh outbreaks by voer Voice eext Tuesdav ! Shall the mur ders of ifitchell County receive such saac tiou as to insure their repetition in all parts of the South t Shall the erect and biesing Rebels, whom Frank Blair's words have warmed into virulence, be 'encouraeed to disperse the earpet-bag State govern meota, jreoganize their own for err use nt aad elect Senators and Tiepresenatives I" Shall the bloodshed of Camilla spread, and make permanent the exist! ag desolation I or shsil restored order and assured government bring revival of iudastrjr aad general prea perity I ShaH we hare wa-ar pe B member, Camilla will hear the answer your, ballots give next, Tuesday" as distinctly as Philadelphia or Oiacinnati rrJnf. ' V' ' "tTLera tod! Mav to rotor th Goi msrutnt and ths Constitution: And that i far tte Pre$id4nt elect to declare tAe(recon iWiiAnvrj bum ana , wk. wt.wv army to undo its usurpations at the South, JinufM ths earbet-baa State government, al- im ih telUe veovle id reorganize their own governments, and elect Senators and Reprr ?bc Sew ICebtUion. Theie was, .some yehrs ago, in ; 'India, a tribe sfcee put dowti bw the strong hand of the Government. . The ( hereditary business of this Oriental Kn-Kluk Klan was homieide, andj-o jber was itJ constant recreation. It wajlaid. unfenspecxinj trarflcrs, and pav ing knocked theni oh t,e head, or strangled or Btabed them, it eonpladoJ by rifling tlieir carpetjbags. "These pleasing profsesors o' the File Art of iforief, although extremely entbnsastic, and evtn frantically devoted to their tl-ade, Vdid not publish a . flewspaper ant! inf this respeet I hej Tliagi 6f Alabania are ralher iu advausp of their Eastern pro totjpek bei.nVVindeex!, the first organization of balded murderers in the world which has s-ived .at the djgnhy of an org:in. Tlie "fyiscalcosa (Ala.) Monitor (R. Kanlolph, Etlitort is a eariosily jn its way, and Is jiiSj the Jomrnal whicb tlle Eatt India Thugs would have printed, if; they Lad printed any journal at. all; rW vast premise of this agree4lle, sheet tlut jit proudly bears the names of Blair and Seymoor at the head of its homicidal and injetndiary coluinbs. It openly avows that should these persons be e!ectel to the places , for which they have been dominated by tjhe " Democratio " Cob reutint the work cif wholesale lynchhig at the Seuth will begin.! In order that there may .be bo mistake kbpnt the methods to be mhyed (as the editor !s pleased to say 'on ie loin-ili of Mjjrcb,1669," Tie Mon itor rives a rtule wlocidengraving iu which two ' carpet; baggeij" are represented sus pended by the neck from a tree, with the legenl, "Hanc. enrs. hanirl" The ceuial Thd unprecedented re- action is movine'ori with, the. swiftuess of a Velocijpede, witli t'lla jViolcnce of a tornado, with Hie crash of aa avalanche, sweeping face- of the eattli. The negrolsui from tlie ha&pi day of reckoning with these .white cuuele scoundrtLi a'pproacheth rapidly. Each land every one Who has so unblushing. jy esshyea to lower the Uaucasian to a Ie- t he Caucasian to a de- ree ven beneath the African race, will be Tq" . .p venen9i nu e a" wim ccnruingiy, ii ioanu nereaooni wnen me. imie ripe xor acuon." una Monitor is gocw enougn to gwe us a particular tie- scription of the modus operandi, as follows: We cantlidW lielieye that tha nirtnrpJ uiveffi to our re&oersral supra, coirectlr re- i - . I ' T 7 I preseats tne attitude) anti aittinde ot all for- eign And doinestie foes of our land vho still 1,a iAa f M.i-nl TUMnlrofnrhanmnff will Ue given to lje negro, who, having mounted the carjet-)agger and scalawag ou the nkle that he didift draw at ihe elections will tie them to a limb, and, leading the said mule jfrotn under thejm, over the forty acres of gr&itnd that he also didn't get, win leave the vagabonds high' in mid-air, a feast for anthrppophaguus vermin. il . It will be seen tliattliefe is room left oh the limb fori the suspension of any bad G rant negro who may be found at the propitious mouient. Afler this exlularaling description, which is very much aided by the rood-cut above meat The Vofiitor calls the public at tention to " a Scalawag Justice of the Peace namek A. H. Sealy of Hickman's Beat," who has diecbrfre3 a 'rascally negro from ens tody,? and " suggest that Sealy and Jack (the negro discharged) be tnrned Over to the mercies of a Ku-Klax" Klan, or some other ; ' .-I good Society proteoitor ate." Thia mild tint to a liaad of bravosito eomnait oely a ocuple ofmwders eomes,"it must be remembered from a sheet enthuaiastically devoted to the eleptipn of Horatio jSeymour, and which pro rw-oa! aftpr hin ninc-nrntirm fin thn 4th nf March prox to bajng witliout judge or Jury wuw " ' - 0 1 " ' an iPpTnnrcirerT r ri .Ji "any bad Grant negro who may do found at top pruiooa .nnmfenr - , ! In brder to pnrfe thet these ruffians are perfectly. capable et executing; the atrocities whioh tliey. recomtnend in a public journal, it i.nourb to chow, bv their own exultant onfUions. that tl ev have alreadr executed tne luce, a hub, x ne wniior says : x iTe . .Ji w. -rir . ir' .. notorionsTy bad negroes were found swinging by tbe necks to limbs in the woods of Col- .bertlCounty, a- few days since, . They aaa tenUuilty rf Ung threats a,ain the whitis:7 If threads were a capitaF offense, pray how long weuld 7R. Randolph, Edi- wr, ew.--... c. rr specimen of JheMonttor t persuasive ways; . .fMnj.ni.f;n t Tfa. nr!nr "Scalawag Clopd of Montgomery, and carpft-bsgger Lakin of -Nowhere, arrived bemThursday. : Cloud, the Radical Jockey, rrtml a trainer f 'Lakin. the BesTOovins iaekasiu The oas is a Ion jr. alim creature of tbe iUitrix kind : 'the other is a stout, pursy reptae of the genxiB batrachto. Both would make first-rate liemp-stretchers. For fur thertinformatiottjuiey may regard the wood out. Wse where. (Next week we will ejve a more elaboraterdescriptroa of tbe tarmxnts. We would not take a good deal lor this xresu Here follows the promised description : of the varmints ; 7 kin and Cloud, poor devils ! visibly - hxk in therr snoes while nere. Tlie g- Bag tnanner in wnicn ineir noisome btu t ).... .IL Mri.M at the hotel indicate ereat tremor of the fingers. Every fellow they metjoa the stre:. appear to Uietr alarm- ed fancies and gniuy eonsaeoces, w oe jsku-- Klukes in diseuise. Now and then, as they would pass by a crowd, wine cruel man WOUld grve au eaearuuy jou, uiuv I an BBearuuy yeu, mu- "a ed Ignoramus Lakin fairly shake , Tike a bowl of jelly.' It was rouod bellied from f riffht. ' our desire to nve iueo -"wv oj i L o vaolr nr two. aa ia to nrovide , , . ' . , .i j.i.: LiCi W M wv www., w- - i us ith foodi for sport.' They have de parted hence forever. f , " ' Thro' the world A Aims wiU follow them like tbe black plague, 'Tracking their tootstep9 ever day aud night, jpnipg ana eve, oununer i wwi-vt- This ia the style in which this nnflincliirg snppbrtor of JJlair aud Seymour proposes to inangurate a peace after the election of tltose worthy gentlemen. It will he indeed a peace which stirpasseth all understanding.' It appears that this Alabama paper, which is ready to hang ' an Grant negro who innj,be fonnd" at the propitiotts mornent," has pot the least objection to TJlalr and Bey monr negroes, as witness thefollowing affec tionate ad vertisement printed in its colntnns : SETMOCB iD BLkia BAEBKCEI AHD PCBL1C . ' I ' . sPEASUirel ; : - At the University grounds, near the city of Tuscaloosa, on Saturday, the 19 th of Sep-j tember, 1868. Everybody invited, both white jand black. Persons wishing .to sub scnibe either money or provisions will please call on Job a Glascock, Esq. j Thia ik an odd. way of "aweeping negro isni from off ths faee of the earth," which, in another, place R. Randolph, Editor, threatens to do H, with the iwiltness of a velocipede and . with the violence' of a tor nado.? These slight inconsistencies occur in the: very same; issue. " In one part of the paper -the negro U invited to coine to a Sey mour barbecue, ; and to' partake freely of roast, pig and whiskey ; and f hoet ,hy jowl with this hospitable overture is a threat to sweep all Blacks "from off thejfaceof the earth.?' Thia is to welcome the coming and speeld tli.e parting gaest with a (vengtance. In one column The Monitor says: " We contend that White men must rule America; and! whilst willing to have negroes protected from cruelty and injustice, we at the same time are not willing to place; them on a foot ing, political or eocial, with the descendants of Xdaio." In another column,. "Every body is invited, ioth Bla'ck andWhileJto attend a Blair and Seymour Barbecue! Ui.fortunately, H tbe five negroes": who were hung in Colbert County, " for making threats against the Whites,'" were not able to be preseM at the Tuscaloosa Barhecue to swell the exnltant, 'heaveq-reactilnf olroat for Blair and Seymour. . The prudent at tisan n in thft ,innwinr naraarat.h from The uif wnn no dtinbt nresent and "hoi- lered" for Blair and Seymoor enthusiastic uJlMMY onEis-Makes the prettiest and best boot we erer saw. He Koes tor the Seymonr anl Blair ticket, and is every way oi;t!.y ot patronage. - t-rr 1 , , .1 .1 Si t- I neuonoc Know iuai n is uvusssnrj w give any faither extracts from this lovely .aBdauiUMe geymour pnblicatios, although ! ""o"' vvuv.oun length from the material netore. as. ae World, on the SOth alt., was kind enough to c..5t-jdde wilh its usuu suavitv, ' what It is pleased to call Thk Tiubua-e's " manufacture of Rebel outrages," and to lapgb at our dreadful stories of murder and reVellion," which it termed "contributions to popular iKisinfoitnation." With the view of promot- ing the. daily recreations of this facetious journal, we have ventured upon the forego ing! extracts from a Southern newspaper de voted to the causa of lr. Seyniaar. We trust that we have thus improved upon The World's advice to u?, 44 to go back to our own files, and reproduce the Kansas bloody shifta of 1S36.'? The Tuscaloosa Monitor (Bbiir and Seymour) moet bo much better authority than Thz Tkibuns can pretend to be in the offico of The World. New York TriHnlt. Be it remembered by the voters 0f the, 1th Congressional Distrwty Ihat PLATO DURHAM, Vie Rebel candidate for Congress, vo ted tQ raUe $548,784, o taxes jnvm tv f jni ifpfrav f the. KfrrfA (rovern- I WWWW v rnhit. This IS Where yOtir ligfl taxes COIHeS trODO Tub Wat ir woEK3.-Jjemocrauc orators I ano jLemocratie ppra ai mwavwi n o ,,u thi the onrv wav ' wnicK CRn aecnra peace, obUin their rights and avoid being cheated by wicked -'carpei-naggers is to tmi i-r Aiom. of the eolored neotleof Geogia some fifteen or twenty thousand took this advice and voted tne iJetnocrauc uctet, aim wuu wb uv rtbun i Why, the Democratic members elected by CQd TOtc- BHiting vith their brother Democrats, turned ail tne eoioreq taaemoers out of the Legislature; declared .all eolored ien ineigible to office, and even deprived thein ot the right to t on juries, Well may the eolored tnea exclaim save us from our (best) ' friends.! ; rroni mis ajf-garceiui ouirage in -ueorgia the eolored men of this Btate can draw the following rules: . To be turned oat of tbe Legislature vote the Democratic ticket. To be declared incapable of holding of- fioeJ vote tlie Democratic ticket. To be driveu irom the jury box-'-vote the Democratio ticket. . - ,To be deprived of every right of citicen- shin. Which Congress and the Republican party has bestowed upon him, and to be re- i stnAjT Berlin m nnmtal anvai.r.vnTP THf i o r - .j MBJSOCBATIO tickct. m m -v the condition of (he RepvUhOan lurty When toe gel fomoerm -yre intolerable than ti . ' . T 7 . c,7 WOS for the inhabitants of bodom and QymorrOVXZ. VANCE, . r i SLb i Llie ItialLLl Democfitic Con 1 i vention. Who murdered Dock Hampton? De mocrats, From . Hie Cincinnati Comtnerclal. Ulr. Colfax at Iiidiaiiapoll A Brlefg botStirrlnff mid VAtvc five Spcecli Ucception at the Kink. IxDiASApoLis, October 4. The Indianap olis battalion of Fighting Boys in Bine wait ed ori Mr. Colfax last Saturday, evecing,-at the residence of Theodore P. Haoghey, Eq. The distinguished Iadianian was intrcniuced by William Wallace, amid tremendous chcer ing acd ppoke as tollows: - 'Fellow-Citizelns: I came here tc'lay with a broken voice and exhausted strength, to visit some friends of mine, and perhaps, to snj a few; word during the coming week to the citizens of Indianapolis. I thauk yon with all the! warm ' emotions of a' grateful heart, for the kind acd enthusiastic manner in which you have surprised me by this wel come on my return to the capitbl of our State. ,'i I "expect to speak to you on. Monday evening next if health and strength' shall permit at some length, and shall" not, thero- tore, detain jyou long by any remarks to-1 night. 1 canJ. however, congratulate Ui6se whose hearts are warm with devotion -to the noblest cause that was ever advocated iu any land beneath the circle of the sun those (who advocate the paUiolicaud noble princi ples 6' the Rcpublicau party, on the auspici ous indications of the magnificent triumph that awaits them in November next. Cheers. Never in mj lire liave I felt more failb, as well as hope, in the success of a cause iu w hich I was engaged,: than I have felt and now feel in tho success' of that cause whoso canvass is drawing toward its close. Cheers. You are! destined you who' stand by bur noble and God-given principles, the princi ples ot justice, of Liberty, of humanity, of loyalty and of peaccto win a victory that will eclipse in brilliancy nil the glorioui tri umphs that we have won in the past Cheers. jjl ' J. . ,. ' "... " ' . ' Behold ihow brightly does the 'mbrniDg dawn I Tho light, after tho darkness of the night, always cornea to us from tlie east; and now tnrn your eyes thitherward; you see thel heavens naming with the glory that awaits us. That Providence that watched over our land in its darkest hours that Providence which has brought 'us, as a nation, , safely throngb the most nefarious and . wicked re bellion that the world has ever know u that p:.i-..Aoa rtnt.iotefTd to surrender the country into '-' the hands w - , vla sought with their traitorous hands to lake the nation's lite. Leverj A short time ago you were . listening lor the first responses the people should make to the questions in volved ia the political cam paign. The fiTst response that came was from the S.tate of New Hampshire. We are told that there was a great reaction in tlie nuhlic mind, which was to drive the party ot liberty, of patriotism, of humanity, and of justice from power; but when the response came from; New Hampshire, what was it? As you bent yonr ear to tho ground ana isiened. it was: "-iramE, tramp, irazop, iue boys are marching. heers.J The next response came from the State of "Vermont,! where it did not require half , of onr Republican strericth to gain the victory. The loyal,.: true-hearted Republicans of that" State, though they knew, that victory was easy aad sure, yet, in order to show their devotion ( to the cause - ot their country and of humanity, 1 and their sympathy for the men who laid down their lives to crush treason, eo that it miglrty never again raise its wicked bead in this lair lana ot ours they went! to the polls as one man,j and when yon listened to the response that came rom Vermont. It Was SUIl -Aiaiup, irnmp, tramo. the boys are marching." marching ti virtor-r. fCheers.! They told us-tliere was a wonderful reacr tiou iu that old Democratio State of Maine, which wak to show ithe deohue ot the lie- nubliean cause. But when again yonAent yoar ear to the ground, and liutent d, for the response which you were told wa-j to be'the nresajre tQ aeieat ana aisasier, ii was hiu, tratnn. iramn. irainp. iu uuj om ju- K,e I a' lot, as they put down treason with tle bullet. rCheers.1 Tou Wi 1 hear it again. The boys are still marching oa marching steadily against the enemies ef their country marching aga'nst rebels and traitors, add all those who truck heads with tbe men who sonant to destroy their country. - That march will not cease until it ends in complete and glorious -Htnrv. rCheers.jj gle f Because we are faithful to the memo rv of tbe noble and cherished dead, faithfu to those who died that with their heart's blood thev miaht etuniroith the fires of trea tun. never 'to be rekindled upon American so4L The South, itt billowed with the craves ef the martyrs, and over their sacred texuU the men whose treason they give their lives to nut down, are again striving to- rais the standard of reUllion. But tloe who have eerrived, faithful to the memory of those who fell--soldier and" civilian, joining i hands together have deteWmd that no where in this laad, above the grave where a patriot soldier sleeps, shall a traitor dare to mouth his wicked treason again. Ap plause.. :U; ; i :l ; . . w e are going to nave peace, oecause' we will have loyalty triumphant, We are go ing to have peace, beoaose we re going to have rebellion atricfcea down wierever n dares to raise its serptwt bead. We are go ne to have peace.1 because we will nave a President' proiding over tbe destinies oa tne naivon wno, wui uie nnnij aru w n nower iriten Lira bv tbe people, will strike . . .9 1 ' . 1 .t . . . - . l.y down any man, or set of men, that hall dare to molest or make afraid an American citizen for hia devotion to tbe Union, no matter if he. be the poorest or ncLest in tbe land. ICheersT ! . , . - ' . . . I 1 V And now. as i am aDont to via you icoou nisht. let me chance somewhat tbe serious character of these remarks to something more apDropnate to this btautiiuj eve, . tne brilliant scene before me, and the happy. circumstances by which we are surrounded I will tell v6a a story of some time since. which; will be found to have an application In the earlier history of thia country, when. the. militia used to meet tor training purpos- ea. a vonnar man who attended tbe training for the first time in his life, was more heroic by far in ramming tbe cartrigesiuto his gun than jn; Bring tnem on, ana ny me tune ue started for home he had sixteen charges in his musket. His motlier as.ked him if he had attended the training, and be told "her be had. f "Did you! fire" any!" "No!" said he. Yoa we're too much of a coward; sive me your gun.'' She took the muskctJ and fired it o9 and as you will readil y uaa ginejas the charge went off at one end the old lady went down to her back at the other. Said, the young man to her, ' Lie still, InaiB- ;. my, there are fitteen more to. come jti.n Laughter. . . , . -fs . ' . Our Ifeinocratlc friends have ieiurd from ; New Hampshire; they have heard from Main, and tils the old lady of my story lhf had better lie still. There are fifteen more to come yet. Laoghter ud cheers. - Again, I congratulate you oo the tri umph which certainly awaits you in Novem ber, and thanking you again for Udscreet Ina I bid you good night. , , r. Colfax, after the crowd Lad dis?sra- d, went to ths rink to witanssaTlha rt5ra sentation bf the Drummer boy. of 8hUoh. A suddent burst of applause greeted htm ae ho entered, and lasted for some minutes, dnring w hich the performance of tbe play was necessarily suspended, a. After the oloea of the representation the audience callad him out, and, notwl thstanding his evident reluctance, be was compelled to soma upon ths p'atform. His few remarks were aa fol lows: ..uy:i .,. x.-ijxji'j Ladies ajtd Oxktlmkts: It Is aoaresly fitting that one 'whose spheit of dot haj been in civil life should stand at this xnO inent upon the board on which, by the very soldiers who periled their lives for the sal vation of this liepnblie, you have seen por trayed and reproduced the stirring soensj of camp Hie, the privations and jdaagers and perils of the battle-field, the storm of shot and shell, and flame, amid which they fought so bravely for the country ; the misery and fU'Torings they enlnrd tr m erog. Vine, wiiere the groans of the wounded and starving prisoners echoed around the dvil- zed world, and filled it with' horror : an1 the final and glorius eoosummaUoa of a oa tion saved by the sacrifices made by its he roic defenders. I have witnessed these scenes to night with an interest shared with' you, because acted by the , very., men. who uuugIcu tu lueso surnng ana evsntiui sceoa of camp and field. I shall speak to yon on ' Mouday evening next, but to night my heart is too full of these thoughts, that spring up in the mind when' w remember the' four years conflict by which treason was crashed in our land. Bv the sacrifice we hmiMn portrayed by the blood of the sainted dead by all tlie solemn memories that rise be fore us to-night-let tu be faithful, to fnt brave boys who save their lives so wllllnrfv can add no more. But thank roa for the compliment you have paid rae j rr "The spirit Mf WUhes Booth $ttU Ike tltank God, Therefore., take .couragt. Seymour,. Blair, and the revival of the great cause is the motto of every true man " isa Bluff (Ark.) Vikdicatob. Sontlicru Blnrdcrs. The World thus moralises .over ths late massacre at Camilla, Georgia, and other out races at the finiithiL-- -J. . " The ' Rebels of the South have every - thing to lose and nothing to gsin by an- ' outrage the ltadical leaders everything to gain and nothing to lose. Who, then, is tho more likely to act the aggrsssor f Let the reader carefully revolve this subject; ct hnn consider that every. outrage; here tofore has been profitable to that party, and unprofitable to the South, and he cannot but see where tbe guilt of these things lies. Tlie Rebels of the South have everything to lose and nothing to gain ly aft 'outrage,' " when they are its guilty author, and ia no other case. Ttte World assumes that ma jority of the voters in the Free States sre Democrats;- and it pretends that fts own circulation is equal to that of The Taiansa, It is very certain lLat, through oars 4 and otUer journals the whole truth oomes to light These " outrages n esn only damage the Rebels by inducing Northern ' dnxens otherwise inclined to the Democrats lo vote 1 witlithe Republicans.. That is th "precise way the only way in which the- Rebehj 4-loae " by said outrages.? Aad they could not so lose if the candid did not see that the Rebels were the guilty aggressors. The World understands this whole matter perfectly. It knows tlist the one question that now detracts the South and' disturbs b JCntlonal neace is hsll Blackf be al- ; lowed to vote at elections i"t ine .iteoeis are determined that tbey shall not :thst the sets of Congress which made tbeii voUn shall be subverted, t aad Frank. Blair fore aliadowed ia tbe letter ihat. gave him tb Democratio aotnisstion for Tice-Presldent; and the loyal 7ourimiioni thuartoaaded nto nonentity aad vasealaga. la' strict ae- corasnce win this programme, tns Eebel of Mitchell County del ermlned thai tW Re- publican candidates for Congresa andEleo- , tor should not speak at. their, oouaty seat, Camilla, as they bad. announced tha4a.latsn tien to do; and when the day Cams ani tbe speakers, with a band and 'proceeslon, hey ambushed, fired upon and tutcneredae many of them as posrfble, LunUog aad ibooting . tlie fngitives for hoars. All who have reed both sts ries know that this Is the atbstantial truth, and that it Is a natural, aaesssary ra- sult of tbe doctrine held ly The World, by Seymonr, and by the Democratio party gen erally, that M niggers " .have alright to vote, and that it is presumption' sad. usurpa tion on their part to attempt it If Frank . Blaif is a statesman, then then the; Rebel murderers at Camilla were. patriots; and their action was far more justifiable than -that of Seymour's " friendi " In flini City ia burning a Colored Orphan Asylum and bang ing or roasting u aiggers " who'werv not "desrifox one man, because be is White, has aright to domineer over anotlier because h Js Black that is at the bottom uf all ue crimes and outrages, aud Tfi World k uows iL IT, TV Tribune. . ' 11 The cause for which JaksoAtom wall) and Stuart fell cannot be in Win, and in some form will yet riuriA." Wade Ha'mptus at Gen. Lee's ollege, m irginia. 1 .! i- i.1
The Rutherford Star (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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Oct. 24, 1868, edition 1
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