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4. I'L'uriisiruits. OFFICE: DROWNLOW'SiOLD STAND, iikp on IJAY'STIIKkV, ilint Knlrn Side. Ilctwcen Main and Hill streets. 'roots or sniscmi'Tiox. Ono cory, one yenr. Ono copy, tlx months , Ten coincs, ono year, ..... Twenty copies, ono yenr ?J 00 ...... i mi ...... 17 M "WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1870. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PAPER. By mi agreement botAVeon the publishers of thi' 117(1,7, JrvM and Jfcxsengcr and CniioNK'iiK, tho rales of subscription to thi? "Weekly nro uniform : i. c. ,'1'wn Dol larsoaeh to singlfc subscribers ; clubs often, 917.50 ; clubs of twenty, $.'10.00. Each pa per now stands upon it merit. The Wkoci.y CiiiioxicJii:, at the same price of the Whig or J'rens and Messenger, is the cheapest paper in JJnst Tennessee, It con tains almost twice as much 'reading matter as the ' and Messenger, Md more than the Whir. It contalnstho latest telegraph ic news and the Market Reports, and the most desirablcnnd cheapest Weekly in East Tennessee. JUDGE BUTLER'S CASE. Wc learn from parties who were present at Bristol, that tho only question up for consideration in the easy of lion. R. It. Butler a-oh that of the jurisdiction of the Court, which ennio up on a motion by Dis tric.tAttorney Campto commit the defend ant to await his trial before tho District Court at Washington. Judge Campbell, of Virginia, arguedthc case for the defend ant. Judge Trigg held that he had jurisdic tion in the ease, and announced that he would hear testimony. In giving his opinion, His Honor stated that when he tirst thought of the matter, ho was clearly of the opinion that he could only commit the defendant, having no power to hear proof, and had so stated to the Government Agents, but upon further consideration, he had changed his mind, and would enter into a preliminary investigation. Tho prosecution adduced no testimony, and Judge Butler was discharged. STATE CONVENTION. Elsewhere wo publish a call for a Repub lican State Convention, to meet at Nash ville on the 22d day or this month, for tho purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor, and the consideration of such other questions as may be deemed necessa ry. Wc recommend to our friends through out the State to hold county meetings at once, and appoint a full delegation to at tend this Convention. Every county in East Tennessee ought to be represented. To provide against any possible accident preventing delegates from attending, proxies should be named, with power t east the votes of counties unrepresente "Wo have seen the result of a Convcntio materially changed by the failure of the delegation from a single county to be pre sent, owing to a railroad accident. It is o tho utmost importance that there shoal be a large and harmonious meeting on thi occasion. Let us show our friend in other States that, though we may be over-power cd, we are not deserting the principles o our party. NO COUNTY COURT. Yesterday being the first Monday of the month, the day set apart by law for ou County Court, a good many honest people irom the country were in to attend to their monthly business. They found, however that we have now no County Court. Judge Jones oflendcd tho Knoxville ring by re fusing to go before their Democratic Con vention and accept of their nomination for County Judge, for which Indignity our Representative in the Assembly, the chief of the Press and Jfcraltl, summarily cut oil' ids olllcial head. To satisfy the whims of this Knoxville clique, Fleming had Judge Jones oftlco abolished, and as a result Knox county has been without n County I ourt for some mouths. Tho whole, busi ness of tho, county, the winding up of estates, anil many other kinds of business, must stop because our able (?) and honcst(?) Representative wanted to show his power. A great many peoplo have been inconve nienced by this shameful legislation, and not a few have lost money by It. Hut it is a fair specimen of Democratic legislation, and so the people consider it. Tjij; New York Evening Post attaches great significance to the return of VJc Hugo to Paris as .a member of tho.N5uloi tor ual Guard. Tho signilicance, however, in its judgment, seems to Iks that it means tho downfall of tho Kapoleonlc dynasty. His son is charged with complicity In the re cent plots for tho assassination of the Em peror, and whether tho accusation stand or fall, It is reasonably certain that Victpr Hugo would not como to Paris except In tho belief that thoovorthrow of "Xapolron Ic nctlt" was accomnllshcd. A.disnalch from "Washburno fo the Ktn. Department says tho Empire is ended. j KyPXVXLLE , WEEKLY CHRONICLE. -WEQNpSDAY, SEPTEMBER. ,7 1870. SERIOUS BUSINESS. The chief who presides over the organ Is so busily engaged preparing n defence for his record in the last Assembly that lie llnds but little time to devote to lils paper, He voluntarily recommends his subscri bers to re"hd!olir columns and assures them' it isf the only source in Knoxville from which tlicvtiiccri look for reliable informa- uon concerning uie present war in i ranee. Wc arovery grateful to our neighbor for his fiifZelfls'hltcas. 1 HVe'khW the spirit in which thc; recommendation. If ma.de, but wc are Too kind-hearted to impose upon sueh'fwcakness.- In good faHlfj-Ava' advise our menu not to inane too lignt ot sucn matters, for his readers, falling to find any thing concerning the war really worthy of reading, are taking Ids advice In ' real earnest. "We do not want to encourage such recklessness,, for we know what the result will be- The subscribers of his pa per have long known that If they wanted news, they must read the Chiionici.K. "While our neighbor was in the Assembly, piling up the taxes upon our county by his reckless legislation creating Criminal Courts to bo paid for by our people ; abol ishing tiie County Judge, and thereby de laying its business for three months, t6 the annoyance and loss of executors and ad ministrators; legislating for the bond bro kers of New York", by trying to force re pudiation upon the State, and by trying to cover up and protect the corruptlonlsts against whom the; honest men of his party were warring while ho Avas doing all this, the Cmioxioi.t: was the only city paper tiiat published his record fresli ovcry morn ing in its special dispatches. "Wo did this for the information of his own readers and constituents, and for his benefit. They now lind the latest and fullest war news in our midnight special dispatches. All tills they have long known, but still thev have borne with him patiently, hoping lie would soon do better. 15ut.no. Now he tell them that they not only lind the la test news In the CnitONici.E, but that it is the only paper whose editor studies the war maps, and aids its readers in digesting the news. They are a Ivised to read our paper to find it so, and this is the reward for all their long forbearance with his want pf enterprise and indolence. "We might have passed titis all by, and continued to reap the advantages such recklessness gives us, but we cannot find it in our heart to do so. We reallv feel that it is our duty, to warn our contemporary of the results of such a course. We thank him for his kind notices, but we are now in a situation where we can well afford to do without them, and we trust 'hereafter he will think less of our cares and be more considerate of his own. " TAXING BONDS. A certain cblssof gentlemen have a great deal to say on the subject of taxing United States bonds. As a general thing, the men who urge this matter against tho Republi can party are men who were originally op posed to such bonds being issued. They were either opposed ;to the prosecution of the war against rebellion or were openly engaged in trying to overthrow tho Gov ernment. Wishing tho Federal army de feated, they of course were opposed to any scheme whereby means might be raised to carry on the war. One of tho means re sorted to Tor inrryiug on the Mar was to raise money by the N-unucoof theso bonds. Congress saw that in the unsettled condi tion of nllairs at that time that some in ducements must be held out, in order that the money might be raised rapidly, and to prevent the bonds from being sold at lig u re far below their par value. As an in ducement to purchasers, it was ordered that they should be free from taxation. They Mere thrown upon tho market, the money soon raised and the war successfully prosecuted, much to the disappointment and chagrin ot these men. Now, thev have a grudge against the party that de feated their schemes for overthrowing tho Government. I bey raise a great Into and cry about these bonds being exempt from taxation. Men w ho loaned their means to assist in clothing, provisioning and arming our armies have committed a periods of fense, and, in their view of the ease, should forfeit all rights which they niav. have ac quired hy virtue of any contract made with the law-making power. , Rut, they say, the-i bonds are' not in the hands of the original-purchasers. Thev have found their way into tho hands of broken and speculators'. B'upposo this to be true, doc, that change tho contract? Tliis may all lie true; and a nndorifv of the bonds niaj1?,1!iSRe' hands of unworthy parties, but the Government, in order to sell them when the-money Mas required. mm i uisiiie uieir sate lor near tiielr par vaiuo, entered Into-Hsolemn-totrnot that"! they should uot,lo taxed, and not-to com ply with thisVonlrur-tWuld be downright dishonesty,, . - , . . . C0NOBESSIONAL CONVENTION. It Arill be seen elsifwlicre that a Con voli tion has been called at Grcenevlllo on tlm 21st iiist.; to nominate a Republican candi date for in tho.Sccond District. Wo.trust that n full delegation avIII be sent from every county. Harmonv Kl,nni,t haracterl.e the proceedings, and' tho very best man should be selected. Nothing lull livislon among themselves can defeat tlm I Republicans of that district. WHAT BECOMES OF TRANCE. f I, u The news most anxiously looked for from Paris is that which will indicate what is to bo the future of Frauce. Our dispatches this morning show that the Parisians havo begun the work peculiar to them at such a crisis. Crvds otjpcople move through tho streets .shoStlngiVive Republiqtie I $ Other crowds, uniformed and annca Mith the chassopot, stand grim at their post and .M'atch' tln developments yvvltlt interest, The Corps' Lcglslatlf, by a'unanlmoiiH vote dccjare.tho dynasty ended. The mob in the streets carry out the vote by tearing idown'kfrom ocr the shop liooraj the Impe rial Coat of Arms. The iNational Guard shako their heads at such demonstrations but do not Know wlint to do. The Emper or and Prince Imperial arc prisoners and tlieiEmpr&tt(lculdc4 to follow. They are n guard without a nation orEmpcror, and do not know Miint a Republic may have in store for them. Theso are the domonsta tions in tho streets. In tho Legislative Assemblies and in tho Council of Ministers, similar confusion and uncertainty reigns. Tho Corps Lcglslatlf Avanta to send a Committee to the Rhine provinces to organize governments there but tho haughty War Minister sweeps into the Chamber, conscious of his power, nnd curtly Intimates that tho Ministry know their rights and do not propose to divide their responsibility. - Gen. Trochu meantime is in command of the army in Paris, and is proposed for Military Dictator. As tho M ar is flagrant, and some kind of gvernment some recog nized authority is necessary, ifseoms very probable that Trochu Will, for the present, bo that head. Whilo tho invaders of Paris are marching on Paris theories of govern mcnt cannot be discussed at length with profit or safety to the people. Rut aside from the M isliss of Paris and Paris is France there is ono other indi vidual who may have some word to speak as to how France shall be governed. Bis marck may demand to lie heard. King William may not want a Republic. He will not want a Napoleon, and hardly care to have a Bourbon. France has twice been a Republic but that does not prove she may not bo again. She has had more than two Bourbons, and has had tM'o Na poleons. But there is hardly policy in speculating, for if left to themselves, there can lie notning saleiy guessed ot tlie Paris ians. They are a fickle people, and mav to-morrow cry for an Orleanist. Moamvhilo tho German armies increase in numbers, and continue victorious. Ba zaino is repulsed in his efforts to cscapo from Mctz, and the siege of Strasburg goes on. If the Ministry still want war. the invading armies will soon be before Paris, and the great siego will begin. But before this shall come to pass wc will have efforts at mediation, and as King William is now in condition tobe magnan imous, he may offer honorable terms for peace and end the Avar. THE DIFFERENCE. During tho soA-enteon months of Presi dent Grant's Administration tho public debt has boon reduced 3150,138,781. During tho scA'cntccn months immediately pre ceding Gen. Grant's accession to tho Pre sidency, Avhen the Democratic party had control in tho councils of Andrew Johnson, the National debt Avas increased more than thirty nuUionx of dollars. But this docs not express the Avhole truth. Tho reduc tion of fho debt made under Grant's Ad ministration has been achieved Avlth minUhcd sources of taxation, as compared Avith those in existence Avhen the debt Avas so largely inrccascd under AndroAV John son. The reasons for tho difference are : 1st, That the roA-enues IniA-e been -collected Avitli more honesty and exactness under this Republican Administration than it Avas under Johnson's Democratic Admin istration ; and, 2d, That the expenditures have been greatly reduced and disbursed Avitli greater economy. Contrasting the two periods of equal length, tho one under Democratic, and the other under Republican influence, we find the difference to tho National Treasury in favor of the Republican Administration is one hundred and eighty-nix millions of dol lars, just about cloven millions per month near four hundred thousand dollar per day. This Is tho difference in favor of a Re publican Administration avIicu compared with a Democratic President and Cabinet, constantly restrained and hampered by a Republican Congress. If Andrew John son's Administration had bcon unfettered, if its corruption could have been protected and encouraged by a Democratic Congress I as corrupt anil Imbecile as our Democratic Assembly of Tennessee, there Is no felling how many more millions Avould have been stolen and how much more would bavn been added to our National debt. Tho above figures show what Democrats would do If they had the chance. Tlicv aro TcsiWuMble for our heavy debt ami "taxes, and are very angry to sco them reduced so fast. If placed In power they would take care to sco that tho debt of M hlMi tin.v complain so much novcr as reduced. They have boasted that It never would bo paid, and they Avould take i-nn- to nml.-n good their boast. Will tho peoplo vtfto for such a party and aid in restoring ittojiow- 'in x. .i , r, i ' r . . - I he National Guard reversed thclrirms ; TJlll re;",ar tr""1)s ,)u,lM, " Hign of' nm"i' EAST TENNESSEE .UNIVERSITY. , Tills institution will bo reopened., on the 15th Instant. Tho faculty for the ensuing year is composed of the following gentle men: rt( . John K. Payne. M. A., Professor of Mntho- sihiics and JNnturui Ji'iiiiosopliA'. It. Ii. ICirkpntrick, M. A., Professor of Eng llsh LnitKiinco nnd Literature. 1. D. Allen, 3L A., Profetor of Ancient -Languages. 11. Nlcliohon, M. A., l'roscssor of Agricul cuituro nnd Horticulture. F. II. llniclloy, M. A., Profofsor of Botany, .uincraiogy nnu ucoiogy. W. O. Atwntor, Ph. I),, Profes.or of Agri cultural Cliomistriv Chns. AVnring, 11. A., C. E., Instructor in Chns. iS. Newman, Principal of Preparatory ucpHruncm. Theso gentlemen are all men of experi ence, and will glA-c satisfaction in their A-a rious departments. No institution in the South affords superior Inducements to young men in senrch of a thorough educa tion. Dr. Humes, tho President, will con tlnuo t6 gh'o his personal attention to tho school, and will spare no efforts to render It n high success. Wo confidently recom mend the institution to boys throughout the country desiring an education. A WEAK INVENTION. Carpet, 70 por coat.; window curtains, if pn- jits, uuj niiiuui, L.IU11UII5, u oi nuiuu worsiea materiAl, ,o; Avnli unIn, jug, etc., -10; glass wa ter bottloand tumblor, 40; toilet soap, if castile, 1 rout per pound nud CO pur cent, ad Tnlorcm: toili-t .'(inn. if norfumed. 10 cents nor nound. nnd 2j per oont. nd' valorem : tooth bruMi. -10 per cent. ; limr.comb, 35. percent. ; looking glnss, if 10 ilk-lies by 21 inche, G cont3 per t-nunro foot; ioiiuuig glass, it 24 ly w inches, 10 cents per eotuw foot : bod-coVer. if printed calico. 54 cents and 20 per cent, ad valorem; bed-cover, if women, ou corns n pound ana oopercont. art va lorem. Now, fnrnicr.-i, if you arc fools enough to go and deiiosit A'our Aote for nnr lunn of this tsi- lcA-yiu,' party, for any post whatever, from pound Keopor to I'rcsidont, Trhy, voto for such nna uo uixca. The above article Avas reprinted in the Whig, yesterday, and if alloAA'ed to pass uncontrndicL-L might lead some nstray. In the llrst place avc Iiua'c an immense Avar debt to pay, as avc all well know. Many of us know, too, how that debt Avas incur red. Wc generally find the A'cry men avIio brought about the rebellion and drove the country to Avar, the loudest in their com plaints about tho taxes which they lurvo forced upon us. But avc have the debt to pay, and avc must pay it by taxes. In fix ing those taxes Congress has aimed to make them fall as much as possible upon luxuries upon the rich avIio are able to pay. But the roA'cnues the Government is obliged to raise to pay off this debt, our Democratic friends made us incur, amount to so large a sum that somo part of the. tax must fall upon the necessaries of life, Ihitthisis not the case in tho above list. Our farmers do not have in their bed rooms the fine, rich carpets, avIiuIoav cur tains, china Avash basins, fmo glass Avatcr bottles, perfumed toilet soap and costly im ported bed clothing, included in the above list. Most of our good East Tennessee farmers make their own carpets, or buy carpets made in America, and, therefore, the (Oper cent, tax of tho Whig imposed upon lino imported carpets does not fall upon them, but reaches only the gilded salons of tho rich. Their Avindow curtains are not damask or line Avorsted, or even costly paper curtains and tho "5 per cent named by tho Whig docs, therefore reach them. Tho imported china Avashbowls and pitchers, glass water bottles and tumblers, upon Avhich tho 40 per cent, tax is leA-icd, does not fall heaA-llv 111)011 manv farmers h(-rn-il,nutu l,nf If it does avc think they are avcII able to pay it. Tho perfumed soap and fine bruslics'and combs aro little articles, Avhich are general ly used by a class who can afford to pay the iiuiimiiiieii, inn inoA' ire nolo leu InnnM among the farminn class. But avc have enumerated enough of the list to show that AVhatat first reading might seem an article calculated to prejudice our farmers against Congress is in fact a very cratlc stump-speakers. In the tirst place, iiuitumin iiuu ml-iik invention oi iiomn. the tax on some of tho articles and in tho next place it taxes things scarce ly ever found in "farmers' hod- rnnnu." 14 H'runif "Wo believu Mr. Samuel Marshal, of Illi tint Li nnt lnn. . . . . I ' . speech in Congress, enumerating the arti cles upon Avhicli farmers Avcrc taxed, and in it enumerated linen table-cloths, china rtrt jiwv JWJ1U nillCU 11IUI1H KfllllO alWM n iuu muH. una cuuerv. icniviw nmi rm-ira Tho speech attracted somo attention, nnd found its Avay across the ATatcrs to liugland. It was there republished in tho papors, and as being on our farmers tables, was reform vuv lint ui in iii-ii'rt iiniiinii iv Mr. nn in i" Jirvaj HI llie wcaai anil nrnanrrUu rf eourairo emigration. iVrlmnu if ! n.i ..... . muun ra. aim us ronsniis in in- picture incso Democratic papers make of iir --iiirmcrs- ucd-rooms" should find its Ayny to Europe, jt Avouhl there be used as an argument in favor of emigration, nnd n H'v greni M'eaiui aim cxiraA-aganco of our farminjr nonulatlon. tiwnnV ..f4l... L ... ... . Ir It might be an armiment to hn nml in some .such a Avay, but for tlto purposes for which tho DenioemrA- tml.lUli fl if pimply ridiculous." ',' HON, W. B. STOKES.. We learn through private advices from Alexandria Tennessee, that though Gen. . B. (Stokes is dangornusly ill, His ppy. sjcian entertains strong hopes tor Ills re covery., jioiinsiieon suffering intensely, ami for a foAv days was very low, Ho-suffered from a sun stroke at Washington, and this Is believed to be the cause of his troubles. lIlHvrecOA-cr,v Avlll bo slow, but It Is thought wilU'O.ccrfaln, ,... f Ho.. .1.mi B. Bi:ric, who has been euuvassluir his district In Keiitnpk-i win, " military escort, has succeeded in 1 Torni nir all Jls competitors off, and now has lie truck to l.msclf. Who !v" Kentucky militia has accomplished nothing V The Democratic papers and stump speak ers 'havo had a grcadcal to say about tho hoaA'y taxes Avlilciihayp .bcon, imposed up on tho peoplo by Congress.' Tlicro nro scv cral very satisfactory ansAvers to mako to all such complaints. In tho first place, it is hardly necessary to remind our readers that but for the De mocracy, avc Avould luiA'c had no Avar, no public debt of great magnltudo nnd no heavy tnxes. They alono aro responsible for all our troubles, and it does not come Avith good grace from them to complain about high taxes nnd a heavy debt. But a still better ansAVer than this is the fact that upon the record they stand charged : llrst, wltli having increased the debt whilo in control of the goA'ornment, long after tho AA-ar had ended ; and second, with having persistently refused In Con gress to A-ote for the reduction of all taxes. Wo haveshoAvn In another column how, for tho last soventccn months of Johnson's Administration, tho public debt. Avas in creased thirty millions ot dollars. TliIsP too, bo It remembered, Aras done by a Demo cratic Administration, restrained and close ly watched by a Republican Congress. But not only nro tho Democracy guilty of In creasing tho burdens of tho peoplo while in poAver, but they nro also guilty of opposing all reductions in tho rates of taxation. In all tho leading measures of the Forty-first Congress for lightening tho burdens of the people, the Democracy wero found stub bornly resisting. This is shown by the A-otos of their Senators and Representatives in tho last Congress. Thoy voted In almost solid phnlanx against tho bill Avhcreby tho tnxon tea, coffco and sugar was reduced, Avhcreby n largo frco list Avas added to the tariff and Avhcreby sixty millions of inter nal taxes Avcro entirely removed. They acted Avith equal unanimity against the bill Avhich proposes to fund the public debt at four por cent, interest, and thereby lift from the tax payers cery year a very large part of their burden. They A-otcd nearly to a man against the bill Avhich gh'cs to tho South and West something nearer to a fair proportion of Nntional banking capital, and Avhich, on tho specie basis, makes the banking system free to allAvho Avish to en gage in it, as by right and justice it should bo. This is the record of the Democratic par ty in Congress, nnd avc submit that it estops them from complaining any more of the public debt or high taxes. Reader Avhcncver you hear a Democrat or ConservntiA'c complain of high taxes just put theso facts and ligurcs to him. foliOAv linn avIio first caused us to have a debt, then, who increased it by corruption and cxtraA'agance, and, lastly, who has been voting against the Republicans in Congress M-ho haA'c been reducing the tax es by the millions just as fast as they dared. Tho Democratic record is a shameful one, and CA-ery man in the country should be- thoroughly informed nbout it. EXPOSING C0BBDPTI0N. Democratic papors delight to dwell upon Avhnt they assume to bo corruption in the Republican party. If hnlf they say is to lio bclloA'ed, it Is impossible for n man tobe honest, and at the samo timo belong to the Republican party. Republicanism is to them tho synonim, for all that Is low, and mean and despicable in human nature Xow, Avhat aro fho real facts in tho case? Wo do not pretend to deny that thcro are corrupt men in our party. Wo do not de ny that in some instances such men have found their Avay to places of honor, profit and trust. It is almost a matter of impos sibility to prc-ent men acting from corrupt motlA-es trom succeeding to important po sitions. A victorious party will nlwiiA's bo encumbered with such men in its ranks. At tne close ot the Avar the conduct of our army officers Avas subjected to a righ investigation by a committee on tho eon- duct of tho Avar. When men Avcro suspect -of corruption in connection with tho dis position of cadctsliips, tho matter Avas promptly referred to n commit toe and the facts faithfully given to tho people. AVlien Fernando Wood, in tho donn malico of ids heart, preferred nh.nrmw against tho gallant Howard, tho matter Avas referred to a committee, nnd the brave soldier, Arho lost, an arm in the sorvloc of his country, while his accuser Avas dolmr all in his poAver to tlrwart tho designs of the GoA'crnmont, Aras triumphantly nc quitted of tho malicious charge. This is only a part of Avhat has been done. Where oA'cr corruption has been suspected, inves tigation lias folloAVed. and If susnlclnn venst well grounded, exposure has been the re sult. Whoever heard of such a nollcv In th Democratic -party? The Investigating com mittees appointed In our own State, by tho present General Assembly. Is a enso in point. It is notoriously truo that so lone- as Republicans Avcro being exposed, the Investigations Averc vigorously pushed for Avard ; but Avhen the conduct of a Demo crat was about to beconio the suhieet of censure, they Avcro exceedingly careful to nring as nme to ngnt as possible, when tint war wan coming un. and DpmnrmHc Cabinet Officers wero liorluringtbeinsolvtvi and stealing hy wholesale, Mid a Demo- eraue- congress oA-cr propose to investigate their conduct? When arsonals, arms and munitions of war of every description wero bolng so manipulated bv FloA'd. Burlmn. an's Secretary of War. as to be used in tlir oA-orthrow and destruction of the Govern ment, did n Dcmocratlo Congress inquire into such Avholesnlo corruption'' -These matters aro yet fresh In tho minds of the peoplo. and avo think the crv of corruption conies In exceedingly bad tnsto from men awio, ii tney did not apnrovc, acquiesced in coimpnons ino niosi gignntiein the His tory of our Country, involving nothing less than A-cry the existence of tho nation.