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VOL. 1. RUSSELLVILLE, ARK., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1875. NO. 14
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CUMBRREAND P»ES*YTERI »N CHURCH—
Cn Main street. Services every fourth
Sunday at 10 o’clock a. m. and IS o’clock p.
m. All are invited. 1L SMITH, Pastor.
Baptist Church—on Main street. Ser
vices every third Sabbath. All are invited
to attend. He* . W. W. Crawford, Pastor.
Methodist Church South—every second
Sabbath. All are invited to attend.
Rev. W. J. DODSON, Pastor.
Metiiodist Episcopal Church.—Every
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are invited. E. JONES, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL at tlie Presbyterian
church every Sabbath at 9 o’cleck a. n».
All children ami parents are respectfully
invited toattend.
K. J. WILSON, Superintendent.
Christian Ciiibch.—Elder J. 11. Dalton,
preaches every second I^ord’s day in each
month, ami Saturday night before, at the
Prairie Grove church, one mile east ol
Russellville,
Fraternal.
MASONS—Meet on Main street on
the list and third Saturdays in each
Month. J. W . Russell, W. M. J. B.
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Meet every Wednesday night of each
week. J. W. Russell, W. C. 1’. J. F.
Mundav. Secretary.__
8TATE OFFICERS.
Governor, . A. H. GARLAND.
Secretary of State,. B. II. BEAN ERS.
Auditor,. Wm. R. MILLER
Treasurer.T. J. t'llURCHILL/
Attorney General, .«• i fJ1 :J*JJ
Coni'r. ■'tate lands,.J. N. sMllHEE.
t nancellor,.J* R- EAKIN.
Clerk of t hancery Court,.A. K. w iii.
Adiutant General, <’• 1L 'yV'JJ
Chief Justice.E. H. ENGLISH.
A^ociates, W. M. Harrison, and David
Walker. _ _
5th Judicial District.
< oinposed of the counties of Pope, John
son, Franklin, Crawford, Sebastian, Surlier
ami Yell.
< irmit. Judge,.W. W. M ANSFIELD.
Pro*. Att'y.,.J- I*. BYERS.
4th Senatorial Plst.
Senator,.('ll \s. K. TOBKY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Representative, ..N. D. SHINN.
sin*riff, . ..JOS. PETTY.
< In k, .\. J. BA Y US'*.
‘'Minty Judge, ..FRANK TI1.M II.
\sseHHor, . b. W. b. DAN IS.
Treasurer, .s. R. PARKER,
t oroner. .,J NO. 1*. LA .VGFORD.
Surveyor, ...J \S. 1. POTTS,
. CITY^ OFFICERS._
'la-'.r. .1!. W, ( !.K VVKK,
>ni«r.. II. F. WHITIC.
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1875. 1876.
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OF TIIE
RUSSELLVILLE DEMOCRAT,
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county,and of the state of Arkan
sas. It claims no right to lead or
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assert it, to speak its own opinions,
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port ail movements, political or
i otherwise, which promise to fur
| thur, and unhesitatingly oppose
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBI
TION, 1876.
Circular Letter of the Com- j
misaloners.
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Arkansi ans—We now urge, and !
will expect you to prepare, with-1
out delay, for “America’s centen- j
nial.” All material for exhibition,!
save that of a perishable nature, j
according to regulations and in
structions, must he ready fol* de
livery "Bt Fairmount Park, Phila
delphia, Pa., during the coining
winter. Articles of a perishable
nature can be delivered jifterward,
before the opening day of the ex
hibition, May 10, 1876. Trans
portatiou and space, we trust, will
be afforded to all who desire to
contribute or exhibit Get ready,
and enconrage each other to help
us in the good work. All should
struggle to advance the prosperi
ty of our people and benefit man
kind.
CENTENNIAL FINANCE BOARD.
The act creating the centennial
board of finance, approved June 1,
1372, for celebrating the centen
nial anniversary of American
Independence, by holding an in
ternational exhibition in Phila
delphia in 1876, appointed the
following-named persons for Ar
kansas:
State at Large—A. W. Bishop,
Jas. Torrans, D. C. Casey and
R. Weeks.
First District—John T. Jones
and Wm. R. Miller.
Second district—Henry B.
Morse and James W. Mason.
Third District—Irving W. Ful
ler and Sam. W. Williams.
For additional district—II. A.
Mi lien and Joseph Stanley.
The powers and duties of this
incorporate committee are defined
by the act creating it. The object
of this committee and scope of
office in each state is to obtain
funds, by every means at com
mand, to aid in the grand celebra
tion. National banks throughout
the countr}' are empowered to re
ceive subscribtions, and were sup
plied with the necessary books
and forms for that purpose.
CLASSIFICATION.
The general regulations for ex
hibitions in the United State al
low ten departments, with subdi
visions of classes and groups.
The departments arc as follows:
First—Raw material, mineral,
vegetable and animal.
Second—Materials and manu
factures used for food, or in the
arts, the result of extraction or
combining processes.
Third—Textile and fertile fab
rics, apparel, costumes and orna
ments of the person.
Fourth—Furniture and manu
factures of general use in con
struction, and in dwellings.
Fifth—Tools, implements, ma
chines and processes.
Sixth—Motors and transporta
tion.
Seventh—Apparatus and meth
ods for the increase and diffusion
of knowledge.
Eighth—Engineering, public
works, architecture, etc.
Vi..»K Plauli/i n ml rrra nhln
arts.
Tenth—Objects illustrating ef
forts for the improvement of phys
ical, intellectual and inoral condi
tion of man.
The following bureaus of ad
ministration were established by
the executive committee at its last
session, viz: Installation, trans
portation, foreign, machinery, ag
riculture, horticulture and fine
arts. There will be a chief for
each bureau, who will be subject
to the directions of the director
general, and charged with the or
ganization of the department as
signed him, and the care of such
subjects as may be entrusted to
his bureau.
Applications for space should
be addressed in form, as soon as
practicable, to director general A.
T. Goshorn, No. 904 Walnut street,
Philadelphia.
The county clerks in each coun
ty of the state will have a docu
ment showing the system of clas
sification, form of application, all,
complete, for the exposition, and
they will have authority to receipt
for all contributions ibr exhibi
tion deposited with them, by par
ties or persons everywhere
throughout the state, and will
keep a careful record according to
classification of the same.
STATE ORGANIYATION.
To urge forward the work as
rapidly as jtossible, to cariy out
our plans for the success of the
j enterprise, an “advisory board,"
I or committee, will be immediately
; formed at the capital, and “co-op
eratlve county boards,” or coin
| mittees, at once organized in every
j county in the state. We must all
endeavor to arouse emulation and
excite local interest in the objects
of the exhibition. The members
elect of the present legislature,
wc trust, will be prominent in all
the count}- co-operative boards.
Throughout the state the repre
sentative from each county is solic
ited to act as chairman of the lo
cal co operative boards, and to or
ganize said boards, with county
clerk as secretary.
State senators elect will in each
senatorial district khidly act as
an advisory to the county boards
in their respective districts.
Members of the press, the learned
professions, and all state officers
are,cordially invited to render all
possible assistance as honorary
collateral co-operatives of the
commission.
All local county boards, ns soon
as their organizations are coin
pleted, will report through their
secretary to the chairman of the
state advisory board at Little
Rock, Col. H. L. Fletcher.
GEO. W. LAWRENCE,
GEO. E. DODGE,
Commissioners.
IMPERIAL GRANT.
ANDREW JOHNSON ON
THE SITUATION.
The Liberties of the People
Almost Gone.
Stirring Appeal for Freedom,
the Constitution and the
Country.
[CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEE.1
GENERAL SHERIDAN’S REMOVAL IN
* 1867.
But there is another fact or
another circumstance in this line
of thought, a great fact, as I con
ceive it, and that is in 1867 Gen
eral Sheridan was in command of
the Fifth Military District, as it
was called at that time. Incon
sequence of his mismanagement
of that district he produced so
much dissatisfaction and such
was his officious interference, and
such were his oppressive acts,
that there was one general wail,
pne unanimous murmur came up
from that section of the coun
try, and that was for his removal.
He was removed from the com
mand. I merely refer to this fact
to show that these parties now
engaged in the work of usurpa
tion, in the work of tyranny, in
the work of violating the organic
law of the land, that it is not a
new thing to them. In conse
quence of this wail that came up
from the people, it was determin
ed by the President then that this
man should be removed, and his
removal was ordered. In the or
der dated August 26, 1867, it was
stated that Major General P. H.
Sheridan will at once turn over
his present command to the offi
cer next in rank to himself, and
proceed without delay to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, and relieve
General Winfield S. Hancock, in
SkJNamn* TY1 Gilt of
the Missouri, ami General Geo.
P. Thomas will take command in
his place. This order was after
ward changed, and General Han
cock sent to take command of the
Department of Louisiana on ac
count of the indisposition and
sickness of General Thomas. It
will be remembered, I know, by
most persons, and especially by
Senators here, that when General
Hancock took command fome of
the persons who had been remov
ed from office by General Sheridan
were reinstated, that peace and
quiet were restored, general satis
faction was given and General
Hancock, in an order addressed
to the people of that State, laid
down the true dividing line be
tween military and civil supre
macy.
JOHNSON JUSTIFIES HIS PRESIDEN
TIAL POLICY.
When this order was made,
there sprung up a controversy be
tween the Executive and the Gen
eral of the army, the latter protest
ing against the removal of Gener
al Sheridan, saying he was a very
popular man and was following
the will of the people; but notwith
standing this assertion, which was
a mere assertion, lie was not rein
stated. At that time the people
of Louisiana appeared to be in a
disturbed condition and most of
the antagonism seems to have re
sulted from General Sheridan’s
management. He rendered him
self exceedingly obnoxious by the
manner in which he exercised the
powers conferred by Congress, and
still more so by resorting to au
thority not granted by law, aci
necessary to its efficient execution.
His rule, in fact, was one of abso
lute tyranny without reference to
the principles of our government
nor the nature of our free institu
tions. This state of affairs, which
"resulted from the course which he
pursued, seriously interfered with
the harmonious, satisfactory and
and speedy execution of the acts
of Congress, and was sufficient to
justify his removal. It, therefore,
could not be regarded as an effort
to defeat the laws of congress, for
the object was to facilitate their
execution through an officer who
had never failed to obev the stat
♦
utes of the land and to exact
within his jurisdiction a like obe
dience from others. This was
what I then said to the General
of the Army. Upon the transfer
of General Hancock and after he
took command of the department
he issued the circular I have al
luded to, giving general satisfac
tion and showing and acknowl
edging the supremacy of the civil
over the military authorities of the
United States. Well, then, you
see how we travel in that liLe.
MILITARY TYRANXY AND A THIRD
TERy.
Now the query comes up in this
distracted condition of affairs in
Louisiana, Why is it? I ask, has
this man been selected and sent
back to this people, who before
condemned him and prayed for
his removal? Why is it that he
was sent back there? It was
known that he was the source of
irritation and dissatisfaction when
he was there before, and yet he
was sent again. A man wtTo was
obnoxious to the whole country,
except a few persons who may
have been interested in a particu
lar line of policy or measure or
something they wanted to accom
plish. Why has he been sent
there? Was it for the purpose of
irritating them? Was it for the
purpose of driving the people to
acts of violenc? Was it for the
purpose of getting up insurrec
tions, mobs and riots, and the cry
was to be raised that the southern
people were in revolt, and in the
midst of that qry and the preju
dice of one part of the country be
ing incited against another, to go
into a Presidential election? It
is very easy to see what the re
sults would be. No, “let us have
peace.” I know the determination
of that people. Their great ob-’
ject is to be restored baek into
the Union upon an equal footing
with all the other states, and that
is all they desired—a fair partiei
puuou 111 lllc iL-giOUitiun ui
country. I will tell some of those
who are acting behind the curtain
and who are clinging to power
that it cannot be obtained by pop
ular consent and the approval of
their public acts here. We shall
have a system of terrorism, and in
the midst of excitement, and in
the midst of a war cry, they will
triumphantly ride into the Presi
dency for a third Presidential
term; and when this shall have
been accomplished that will be
the end of the liberties of this
country. (Applause in the gal
leries.)
The President pro tem. (Mr.
Ferry, of Michigan)—The chair
will interfere with the gentleman
from Tennessee to inform the gal
leries that it is in violation of the
rules of the Senate to express ap
proval or disapproval of the pro
ceedings of the Senate. The Ser
geant-at-Arms will put a sufficient
force in the galleries to preserve
order.
THE UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION.
Mr. Johnson (resuming) said:
Yes, it is my honest conviction
that a third term for the President
of the United States violates the
example set by Washington, which
has become a part of the constitu
tion by the general acquiescence
and approval of the people, who
would look upon its violation
as a sacrilege. Even Washing
ton, the Father ot Ilis Country,
I when he served four years,
wanted to retire at the ex
piration of that term. He though
that that wag long enough, ant
his Farewell Address was partli
prepared at the end of the firs
four years; but being prcvailet
upon by those surrounding bin
on account of the peculiar condi
tion of the country to accept i
second term, and on the cxpira
tion of that term terminated hii
contraction with the govefnment
That example lias been pursuer
and followed ever since and hai
been looked upon as part of the
country, but is almost out of or
tier to refer to such a man ai
Washington in these times- Le
us look at the example which hi
set in many things; look at tbi
probity of his character. We fint
that Washington was opposed t<
a third term, and set an example
by serving but two But I fine
another thing in regard to Wash
ington’s character in sustaining
the morals of the country, in set
ting the example in practice anc
precept. Washington received nr
more while he was serving the
country, even in the army, that
barely sufficed to defray his ex
penses.
GIFTS AND GIFT-TAKING.
We find a provision container
in the constitution which declare:
that no title of nobility shall b<
granted to any officer of the Unit
ed States, nor shall any officer re
ceive any present or gift from an3
prince, potentate or foreign Power
What a fortunate thing it would
have been if in the formation o
the constitution, when our mint
was directed to the side of tin
voter and we were contemplating
what was likely to come from that
direction, if in the last clause oi
two, the last line or two of this
section of the constitution we had
added, “or any citizen of the
United States;” for there is as
much danger in gifts and presents
and gratuities from citizens of tin
United States to public officers as
there is from princes and potent
ates of foreign Powers. Here it
is in our midst and right among
us, and if it had suited at this
time to introduce some proposition
like that—a resolution suggesting
the propriety, or giving it as the
Senate's opinion that the consti
tution ought to be amended in
this way it could be a subject of
important consideration about this
particular period. There was a
resolution in 1695 in the House ol
Commons in reference to the
Speaker of that body, Sir John
Treval, who rose from obscurity
to be Speaker of the British
House of Commons, attracted
public attention and occupied a
and of the death of Queen Mary—
who seemed to be one of those
queens that were beloved and re
spected by the populace—he oc
cupicd a front rank in the funeral
procession, bedecked and adorned
In all the paraphernalia suitnblc
to the occasion. In less than two
weeks afterward the following
resolution was adopted in the
body over which he presided:—
Resolved, That Sir John Treval,
Speaker of the House of Com
mons, {or receiving a gratuity of
1,000 guineas from the city of
London is guilty of a high crime.”
Is guilty of a high crime—this
wns the resolution and this was
the language they used iu 1695,
notwithstanding there has been
so much reference to the corrup
tions of England and the English
government. But such was their
view and such was their action in
reference to their Speaker, who
had received 1,000 guineas as a
gratuity for his inttuence and as
sistance in passing a bill through
the House for the benefit of the
city of London 180 years ago—
and still it lives in history; and
notwithstanding the British gov
ernment is called corrupt, that
was their view of gratuities. I
am reading from a newspaper;
but you will find it in Maeauly or
in the “History of the Speakers
of the House of Commons,” fourth
volume. They carried this propo
sition so far that he was made to
read the resolution and did read
it and felt to the fullest, deepest
- extent his own degradation, and
i when the resolution was adopted
I he was made to get up aud read
■ the resolution which condemned
, him. Now, this would be just as
I legitimate a subject to consider
i here to-day as the subject we have
now under consideration. We
l | could consider just as well a reso
I lution expressing an opinion with
i! reference to officers of the United
, States receiving gifts from citi
zens of the United States. Why
i not consider a subject like that?
i Let the popular heart understand
it, and let it respond. It is time
i we turned our attention to things
, like this. I merely read this res
: olution for the purpose of making
: a general application to anybody
; who is guilty of like conduct,
i This is what England did with
one of her Speakers who had re
ceived a gratuity for aiding the
corporation of the city of London.
THE REPORT OF THE SENATE COM
MITTEE.
Well, when we get to the Kci
logg government in Louisiana,
what do we find there? Do we
find a case like the one I call the
attention of the Senate to? And
then do we find the action to cor
respond with the course then
MtKt'Iir* iimi, will'll ni- get iu
i Louisiana, that Kellogg conics in
, as Governor, and how? The com
mittee of able gentlemen of this
Senate made a report in reference
to Mr. Kellogg and in reference to
the government of Louisiana. In
the conclusion of their report thej*
• say “It cannot be maintained
that its proper exercise violates
the rights of the States, because
the States have no protection or
security from fraud or violence
without calling upon the national
government, and the government
cannot refuse or neglect to exer
cise it in a proper case. The
condition of the people of Louis
iana is substantially one of an
archy, and it becomes the duty of
Congress to act in the premises.”
The committee report and say
that it is the duty of Congress to
act in the premises. When we
come to examine that clause of
the constitution as the committee
argue, and, I think, very ably, we
find that it is not the Executive,
that it is not the House of Repre
sentatives, but that the United
States shall guarantee to every
State in this Union a republican
form of government. Has the
President of the United States
such power? I do not understand
him to be the United States.
Does that provision authorize the
Executive, upon his own volition,
to go and take charge in person
or by his agent—some man select
fianiii f K A n urn ,• /if lllA /vn
inent of a state? No, sir. There
is no such thing in the constitu
tion; and the interfering in the
State of Louisiana in the taking
of tliat government is a palpable
violation of the constitution of
the United States. The commit
tee in their resolution say:—
‘■Therefore, your committee rec
ommend the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution:—
Resolved, That there no State govern
men at present existing iu the State of
Louisiana.
There is no State government
existing in the stntc of Louisiana,
hence the power of Congress. The
State has reached that point in
which she shows her capacity, her
want of capability to govern her
self, and the committee ably argue
that it must bo a very extreme
case for even Congress to act in
the matter. I should think that
in agreat case of emergency, when
a state was in anarchy and all
was confusion and disorder, there
might possibly arise a case in
which the goverment of the Unit
cd States according to the forms
of law and the constitution, might
pass upon and save them from
anarchy' and disorder. Hut the
case must be an extreme one and
the Interference must be well con
sidered before it is done.
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ABSOLUTE AS AN KUPKKOK.
Resuming his argument Hr.
Johnson said, hero is a General'
I of the Army, who is sent back to 1
the people who repudiated him,
i w ith authority to go and Look over i
: this country and to mark himself
j out an Empire, prescribe the lim
j its Of his government or what he
! shall take under control. He
marks Out the drea. He describes
| the points and limits of his com
mand. Mis power is as obso
lute as that of an Emperor. In
all these proceedings does any
body see anything of the General
of the Army? Where is General
Sbermau all this time? Perhaps
he may not be in accord with all
I these proceedings, and General
j Sheridan is placed in direct con
nection with the President of the
United States and the Secretary
of War, and is authorized to go
South, mark out his command and
take charge of it. W'here is this
authority derived from? The
President of the United States, it
is true, is made Commander-ii:
Chiet'of the Army aud the Navy;
but has he a right to delegate h(s
power of laying off and defining
■districts to another at his discre
tion? Was there ever such an
assumption of power? He might
lay off the whole South in one
military district and take charge
of it himself. Look at the growth
of power. Look at the advances
which ursurpation is making, and
when we come to consider calmly
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bias or prjudice, we find that these
acts are none other than those of
usurpation and tyranny. Where
does all this power eoine from?
And I might ask “Upon what
meat doth this our Caesar feed
that lie is grown so great" that lie
can prescribe and lay down Em
pires and place commanders over
them? It is time the country
was awakened and considered
these tilings. If the excitement
has been so high in times gone
by that many things have been
overlooked I think the time lias
arrived, and I trust the excite
ment has gone down and the
American people can return to
the organic law of the land. It is
time that the people had begun to
consider and weigh well these
things.
THE 4th OF JANUARY.
Wc find with reference to this
Kellogg government that General
Grant says it was a gigantic
fraud, and that neither he nor
McEnery was entitled to the of
fice of Governor, but having found
a usurper in, lie takes him by the
hand and sustains him. Well,
we come up to the organization of
this recent Legislature. There
seems to be a division. He says
that the Democrats asked for the
interference of the military first,
and then the republicans after
ward asked for it. He looks up
on it as a mere matter of party,
not as a matter of principle; but
he says the democrats asked him
to interfere and then the repub
licans made a request signed by
fifty-two. I believe then the mil
itary want in there, and what did
that military do? They went 1/1
and as General Sheridan says
himself, Mr. Kellogg said to tiie
Army, or to the military, put this
mau in and that man 6m, and the
Legislature is set up by the mili
tary at the point of the bayonet.
And that is done under the pre
tence of keeping the peace. The
Legislature is qualified and or
ganized, surrounded by armed
soldiers. That is a new way of
qualifying members of the Legis
lature, and contrary to the genius
and theory of our government,
and contrary to the genius and
theory of any free government. If
we can go back to the times of
Cromwell, when ail officer rode in
to Parliament Ilall, booted and
spurred, and drove out membefit
of the ! arliament, we can find a
parallel case. There stands the
military with bayonets, the legis
lature is qualified and go into
power surrounded by them. May
we rot well enquire What
meat doth this our Ciesar feed
upon that he hath grown so great?
How has it come that all these
things are being enacted in this
country? In the progress of in
vestigation this ease gets worse
and worse. It is a state of things
that ought not to be tolerated.
the case of Tennessee, when the
military was forbidden to inter
fere, the Legislature got together
and went on harmoniously and
passed laws. In this ease if there,
was likely to be a riot or distur
bance, aud they had tri d to sup
press it without first making ap
plication to the Presideut of the
United States, ns they can do in
case of insurrection and riot, they
might have preserved the peace.
There would have been no blood
shed. They would havo man
aged to have settled it without,
any difficulty. This talk, shout
the sacrifice of lives, and the
shedding of blood, is thrown in
simply to justify the nibitrnry
act tlint has been practiced by
tlie military in Louisiana.
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