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THE TKOY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1878. TROY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1878. RATES OF ADVUTMMG. square llHWttoi 1M ttm mmmomi immum n AiMtMnlm' Hotlees. Klt tlotttearMt Mstlots,t. 8 00 Mrsy Mottoes (tlsjrl Mm;) 00 fcMh additional strsv In Mate Mitae, , l 00 Liberal dedueioai win" be aaace to rerular advertisers. Advertisements will Uk ttae regular ran ef the paper. Kxtra ekaagessasds for pro. fened pi mm. No oerttaastc of paMtestloH will be made until tuck puMleatlsa hat bees paid for. The Bon-obfervaace of thli rale has beta the oeeaelonof mnch trouble and actual less. Our. tenu are: Uaoh'ln advance, on aub dptloiui eaah on delivery, for Job work anrt rnn on demand, for advertisements. Max. On and alter the lat of Mar, 18T8, 1 will deltas? MMc at 20c. per gal lon. Mm E. G. HuofoifD, MOSCOW MILLS are now in good repair, grinding Wheat anauom. wnen not running, iau no hsewUl be withdrawn. P. Wnio k Sow. Dr. C. Benson's celery and ciiam omilr Pitts are prepared expressly to cure Sick Headache, Nervous Headache, Dyspep tlo Headache, Neuralgia, Kervousatss and Sleeplcsineis, and will cure any cane. Trice fifty cent a box, 30 pill, pottage free. Sold by all druggists. Office. No 100 M. Eu taw at., Ilaltlmore, Md. All persons indebted to the late firm (A Parker, Crews & Co., or to Charles W. Parker, or Beverly S. Crewe, for debts incurred prior to April 25, 1878, are hereby notified that the notes and ac counts of said parties have been placed at the Farmers and Mechanics Savings bank at Troy, Mo., for collection. Elbert E. Hickox, Assignee in Bankruptcy of Parker, Crews & Co. julolw Lost. A two-fold pocket case of stir gical instruments, purchased from A. M. Leslie, whose name is stamped on it Have been used but little. Supposed to have been lost north or west of Millwood. Any one returning the same to my office, or givingsuoh information as will lead to tho recovery of them, will be suitably re warded. O. H. Mron. M. D., Millwood, Mo. Clifford's rebrlfge. Unfailing. In fallible cure for all diseases originating In biliary derangemcutt, caused by the mala ria of tnlsNinstlc countries. No preparation known poiie.ses an eradicating power over this clam of diseases at all comparable to Clifford's Kcbrlfuge. It is the ne plus ultra ol Ague remedies. Sure and tale In ac tion, Its great power in neutralist!! ma'nrl oui Influences Is only equaled by Its harm 1cm action on the body. No disagreeable after effect from this remedy. . C. lticu akdson, Prop'r, St. Louis. For .ale by all druggist. MUSIC. For the purpose of accommodating tho pupils of the Troy High school as well as my patrons in general, I hereby give no tice that I have secured suitable rooms in the immediate vicinity of tho school, o that no interruption of the regular course of study in the school will be oc casioned by tho hours set apart for musi oil instruction. The large number of pupils already promised (25 at this date) need aire no uneasiness to my patrons. as I nave made all necessary arrange ments to thorouirhlv instruct all minus: and for that end will have employed a tnorougu assistant. 82 w6 E. M. Wollaxk. litvei is Mas;. The Liver Is the Imperial organ of the whole bumsn system, as it controls the life, health and bapplnets of man. When It Is disturbed In its proper action, all kinds ol ailments sre the nstursl result. The diges tion ol food, the movements of tho heart and blood, the action of the brain and nerv ous system, ere all Immediately connected with the workings of the Liver. It has been successfully proved that Green's Au gust Flower Is unequalled mourlng all per ions affected with Dyspepsia or Liver Com' Slalnt, and all the numerous symptoms that result from an unhealthy condition of the Liver and Stomach. Sample bottle to try, 10 cents. Positively sold In all towns on the Western Continent Three doses will prove that It Is Just What you want. Boarding Howe Off MBLMMS. aKNA DEIAVJBXI, Trvy, MSS0Ur, I sm'nreDsred to take boarders bv thedsv r work. Meals SO ccuts. The house Is coimnmiiou. nsnutorpeiv located, with isr e yam anu snaue trees, i no molt com fortius place Initio town by odds. first falJUlVtai M' fte m SaasiataJ w w ssrasswi AasafMfsl at so sal invitation from ths fives from thirtsen ooaataes in the stale assembled in convention at the ottyof MetJoaion the 8th day of Jnne last, to convaw in resetwooe so toe dobhw in- deMtdnsss of their respective loeelities. That convention imposed upon the un dersigned eommitses the duty of prepar ing aa address Jo the people of the state. In discharging this duty we shall not un overtake a thamision of all the issues in volved. The convention will meet sgsin on the fourth Tuesday in August, at Ma con City. It is important that the peo ple of the stats should be correctlv in formed as to the spirit and purposes of tnasootty tne one or pouov it wui pur sue in the future. It is well known that since the termination of the war, from various causes and under the force of oiroumstaaoea not neoasserr now to dis cuss, a very large number of bonds have been issued by counties, townships, ci ties and towns in the state, chiefly In aid of the construction of railroads. We have no data from which an accurate statement can be made of the aggregate amount of these bonds, or the localities from which they were issued. It is a fact equally well known by citisens of Missouri, at least, mat a very urge por tion of these bonds have been illegally and fraudulently issued; or else, after their isans was authorised, imnronerlr obtained and disposed of against the in terest and wishes of a large majority of tne people to be anectea oy uiem. up to the time of the last decision of the United States supreme court upon the question of township bonds, there had been no proposition, so far as we are in formed, for any concert of action among the people of the state in reference to their bonded indebtedness. Different localities, where resistance to the pay ment of bonds had been deemed advisa-. ble, relying upon the facts peculiar to their own cases, had undertaken to fight their battles without regard to others and without feelincr the necessity of anv con cert of action in the premises. The leg islature oi, 1HW, in tne interest oi rail road cornorations. and availing itself of the reckless spirit of improvement and speculation then prevailing in the state, passed what is known as the township aid act. In the spring of 1876, and be fore the question had been directly passed upon by our own state supreme court, the supreme court of the United States unanimously declared the act to bo unconstitutional and void. The ef fect of this decision was to make all bonds, no matter in whose possession they then were, utterly worthless. Upon the authority of that decision there was a general suspension of the payment of interest upon township bonus, and the people of the state rested quietly in the belief that the question was finally set tled. The tribunal which passed upon it is the highest known to the constitution and laws of the land The reasons given for the conclusions of the court were em inently sound and satisfactory to the country. There was no reasonable grounds to apprehend that this settle ment of the question would be disturbed by any subsequent action of the court. The opinion in the cose referred to (Hnrshmnn vs. Bates County) was based upon the interpretation which our own supreme court had given to the constitu tion oi leoo as applied to,tne provisions of the act of 18G8. It was true that the question had not been directly passed upon by our stato court, but the inter pretation was gathered from the various cases in which it had been indirectly or collaterally raised. In the month of , 1B7H, tne supreme court of the United States, upon an examination of the some cases on which the Harsh man and Bates county case had been de cided, and without any new lisht on the subject overruled the decision in that case a majority of tho court (six against two) holding that the act of 1868 was constitutional and ought to be enforced. At the time of the decision lost referred to, there were pending and undisposed of in our own supreme court, at, least two coses in wnion tne question oi the validity of the act of 1868 was directly involved. These cases were reached in their proper order and decided during wo lost spring months, it is loir to state that only four judges eat in the first case, and that the decision of the lower court, holding the act to be uncon stitutional and void, was affirmed by a division of the judges. In the next case 2ritn a full benob) three of the judge an oniuion which cannot be overturn! by judicial teoaoiung, likewise held the law to be unconstitutional and utterly void. We presume it will not be denied that these two cases are the first in which our own court has undertaken directly and in express terms to psss upon this ques tion. This was the state of the case in reference to townshiu bonds, when the people of Scotland county held their meeting and invited the tax-payers of Al I 1 1 at, . . outer inieresiea portions oi tne state to meet them in convention at the city of Mexico for consultation. The subject of township bonds, however, was not the only one to be submitted to the consider ation of that bodv. The nrmntv of Hnnfc. land itself was chiefly interested in the uujeci or county dooos. uuier locali ties were comnlainine of the illeoal iaaua of bonds by towns and cities. There are in all these cases points of resemblance and matters of common interest and con cern to all ; henoe all were embraced in the call. It .was not reasonable to snp- poMthai the holding of this would be approved by parties in the aayssavt of ibsse ba bosrf-koMLasr isHsrast of the eo bonds. The known tolMlasjaasdpowssfnliaape- mrnyiJual otMosL at hart" of ths tmblie for the purpose of sending out a rsiat report of tot pro cwedinnci that body. We were not W sppouited, therefore, in supposing that snob a tunc would bo done. Intima- of tnt n ttvaiiea ami mnra Iml si the time, satisfied ns that there was a de ubersiebtentfon on the part of these parties to ha ve the impression go out, at isr as possible, that the settled purpose of those who assembled at Mexioowasto repudiate all debts contracted in behalf ofooonttes, oitses and towns, without re card to their oharacter or the manner in which they have bean created. Nothing could have been more false and un founded. There wsa nothing in the deo larationsof those at whose instance the call was made, and nothing in the action oi tne convention yam it assembled, that oould justify such a charge. Repu diation, in its proper sense, oonstituted no part of the scheme by which the Mex ico convention proposed to avoid the payment of bonds, it is a term justly odious to all right-minded men, and when applied to a refusal to discharge aa hon est obligation, its use is altogether right and proper. But when an individual or a body of men think proper to avail themselves of a legal defense against the Payment of obligations illegally con tracted or attempted to be made bindinn- npon them by fraudulent means, then such an act is but the exercise of a right common to all men, and for which they cannot be justly censured. We will not say that all parties interested in the pay ment of fraudulent bonds have joined in the cry of repudiation from improper mo tives. There are many ignorant and un suspecting holders of these bonds per sons who are the victims of their own folly or the dupes of unprincipled bro kers and operators in this class of securi ties. Such people are greatly to be pitied and some allowance may be made for any false impression that they may attempt to create in the premises. But coming as it does, chiefly from newspapers pub lished in the interest of dishonest rings and unscrupulous operators, we are forced to believe that it has been manu factured for the purpose of diverting at tention from the fraud and villainy by which the bonds in most cases have been obtained. We believe that we are war ranted by the facts in saying, that the convention at Mexico was composed of men of fair standincr in their njaueotive counties, and that they represented con stituencies of average intelligence and re spectability. It was not a band of mere politicians met together in the interest of any party to discuss the bearing of any political questions, or to carry out any mere partisan purposes. It made no ef fort to organize a new party in the state. as its enemies have charged. Speaking as iia representatives, and irom tne ex pressed opinions of its members at the time, we say now that it is not desirable that any party organisation should be formed in the state to carry out the pur poses of that body. It met for the pur pose of representing the tax-paying citi- nuw ui we suite, wiuiuut reguru to party, and to consult aa to the best legal mesne of defending their rights against the out rages that have been perpetrated upon tnem. The fact that a portion of the proceed ings of the convention was conducted in secret, has been the subject of some un friendly comment, and deserves a pass ing nouoe at our hands. The prevailing sentiment in the convention m relation to all classes of these bonds was. that the auestion as to whether their payment aould be resisted or not, was a legal question to be met and decided like all others of a kindred character, by an ap plication of the law to the facts in each particular case. They proposed to moke common cause wherever the facts should reveal a similarity of condition, by dis cussing the best mode of relief under the law. Ordinarily there would be no ground of suspecting that a private con ference of parties litigant meant anything more than a discussion among themselves of the facts connected with their case, end the best line of policy to pursue in its general management and trial in court. Why should suon a conference be ob jected to in this particular case ? Why suspect these men of more improper mo tives than others similarly situated ? The resolutions which were adopted and pub lished to the world represented trathfully ute spins km purposes oi we Dony, and there was no utterance of a single member who participated in its delibera tions, either publio or private, that was inconsistent with them. We have said that the leading question in referenoe to all bonds of wis character is a lepra! one. We repeat the statement it is purely and simply a legal question. Many labored efforts have been mode to show that these are questions of good faith and moral obligation in referenoe to the payment of these bonds, wholly inde pendent of the question of their legality. We maintain that arguments bused upon such considerations have no application to the payment of municipal obligations, and never had. No man ever purchased the bond of a municipal corporation upon the idea that its issue had been assented to by every individual tax-payer of the coummnnftr to be affected bv it The only questions to be asked or answered in reference to a bond of that character are: Has it been issued by proper au thority of law T Is we taxable property of the locality sufficient to meet the obli gation, if its payment has to ba enf owed by law? These are tho tne tonndations of pabl& credit as applied to sorpotsswns, sndtaeysre IsjMtr. But suppose we that .nan sninueatea assttonsihow shall thrvbe t It will not be pretended in ajiyavsB ease thatirrerv solitary tax-payer in tiss seen mudrty hat svm his aas to the crea tion of an taXshtadneas for that locality. U, thsMfote, snysort of obligation has4 nees iBapoasa upon mm oy ss not oi others snd withoVt his oonsent, it is purely a local one. There is nothing binding on htf eouoaence ta the premi ses, sod if he is aflseted at all, it is purely by the imposition npon him of a W obligation (oommoa to all citisens of toe oommnnity in which be lives) in consideration of some real or supposed benefit conferred upon him in psomni ary point of view. Such aa act, whan performed under the forms and in pur suance of the authority of law. really imposes a debt upon his propatiy and not upon him personally, we think it is neither oontrary to law nor good mor als to say that such a man not only hat the right to inquire, but justice to him self and his family demands that he should snake the fullest investigation into the legality of such an act, even though his taxable property may not amount to five dollars in value. If it turns out in that case that his nrouertv cannot be taxed for the purpose of dis charging the obligation, neither can the property of nis neighbor, no matter now anxious he mar nsve been for issnins? the bond. The court, whose duty it is to provide means for the payment of bonds issued by it, would nave no au thority to levy and collect a tax that did not equally apply to all the taxable prop erty within its jurisdiction. The oonse quenoe would be that the wholeprooeed ing would fall to the ground. The bond would forever remain unpaid, for the reason that no individual would volunta rily oonsent to pay any part of it, unless his neighbors oould be compelled to con tribute their proportion. All this talk, therefore, about moral obligation and (rood faith, can have no application ex. oept in those cases where bonds have been issued under the authority and in accordance with the forms of law. The convention was a small one. It is desirable that a larger representation should be had. if possible. Macon Citv was deemed to be in many respects a better locality for the meeting of such a convention, and the fourth Tuesday in August a time at which a larger attend ance could be secured. These are some of the reasons which influenced the ad journment of the convention over to the time and place named. We earnestly invite the tax-payers of every outraged community to send their representatives to meet us. It makes no difffierenoe whether you originally favored the issue of bonds in your locality or not If the fact is, that you have been deceived, cheated and defrauded at any stage of the proceeding, by the corrupt action of Erar municipal authorities, or the vil iny of others, take proper advice as to the legal status of your case and defend yourselves if the law will afford you a remedy, we advise no action wat may be oontrary to law. We ask no man to assume an attitude of hostility to the le gally constituted authorities of the coun try. We favor no rebellion in this coun try except against those who would in vade our rights under the law. We urge ail men to ooey we law and respect au thority. At the some time we will say to all who have been wronged and out- U Mn .UhmhI 1 J y ... a bonded indebtedness contrary to law.' . 1 a 1 . . i aa . -a.. buuiu oy your ngnts onu aeienu wem to the last From the foundation of the government there has been but one rule of construction applied by the supreme court of the United States in passing upon we constitutionality oi a state law. That rule is, that where, the state su preme court has given an interpretation of their own constitution, as applied to the provisions of n law of that state, that interpretation wiu oe adopted and fol lowed by the United States supreme court, whether it is deemed to be correct in fact or not There can be no other rule of construction that will be consist ent with the independence of the state judioiary. We desire simply that that rule shall govern in these bond oases, as weu as in ail ower cases, we desire that the independence of our state judi ciary shall be maintained ; we bell eve that we have a right to insist that the rule of construction laid down bv the su preme court of the United States itself shall be adhered to. We do this respect fully, yet earnestly and firmly. In so doing we are neither rebels nor despisers of authority. We insist upon it, because we have large interests at stake that can not be protected against fraud and out rage without it We have not looked to bondholders and their legal advisers to instruct us aa to our rights under the law. We have not applied to them nor to newspapers published in their inter ests and the interest of whisky rings and other schemes of publio plunder fore. code of morals on this subject Actuated by a simple, yet firm deter mination to defend ourselves against wrong and injury, by all lawful means within our power, with a consciousness of the rectitude of our intentions, let all who are interested in this matter send their representatives to Macon City on the fourth Tuesday ia this month, re solved to take such action in the premi ses as may be deemed legal and proper, regardless of the cry of rebellion or re pudiation. Taos. J. C. Faoo, Pike County. T. W.B. CJsaws, Franklin C. 8. Baku, Scotland " W. B. Snvxns, Balk W. B. Bjucos, Cass " QatarrH SiiiHROtSBfffS Of atel fMffBBEssBn AtaMtA SBaassssjscaaasaafsBfssass) aassasnsa4sl faWftal wsatTwsFwlW MawsTwfl sw RAOIOAL OURE. Am ftfafaJlft. --a al - Radtaal Gum. PWi WatkMM Av- CMi-stor aHTWimi Mwortsn was SfStMMMC rJtsvHliWse4 v Benin nrvcir ( -GAME BACK RHEUMATISM COLLINS IUREB HOT A QUACK NOtTRUM. .lls,Ifttylllv""" HARDWARE ! JOS. KUMBEEA'S Is the Placn ta Mar If HE.1T DRILLS PLOWS, All kinds of Farm Machinery. Heating and Cook Stovea, Fruit Cans, &c. At IlOWOalt Pl'lOOBs A Complete alack at TIN AJTD HARDWARE Always Hssf. Call asd examine Goods and Prices btfore buying HEW SADDLE MIDHME$S FIRM. SEDLACEK & KUMBERA Are now prepared to do nil kinds of work In this line. SADDLES, HARNESS, ETC. "We Boy lor Cash AND SELL LOW FOR CASH. Come and exawlae tfiods and Prices. Special attention giv en to Repairing. ALL WORK WARRANTED. a THE TROY HERALD.