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W, ( !.K VVKK, >ni«r.. II. F. WHITIC. I luiMtir.r, . ...INO. A. F.HM IN. '' rod , .inimi -iond,. . .1 AN. W. III SSK,1.1 . Jiiwd Marshal,.C-.C. Ll'KU. 1875. 1876. PROSPECTUS! OF TIIE RUSSELLVILLE DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ' fiuueMle, Pope county, irk, The Democrat," " WILL BK An Advocate of Liberal Progressive DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, A —And a complete record of— Current Events! : Both in and out of our county and State, And devoted to I LOCAL, POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND LITERARY INTELLI GENCE. E M P II A T I C A I. L Y T II E “PEOPLES PAPER.” The Democrat is thoroughly in dependent in its course, under no pledge or covenant to support the schemes or fortunes of any man or set of men, always having at heart first, the good of the people of Pope county,and of the state of Arkan sas. 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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. ****** 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 _.1 _ ‘ «V».WV1.»I,V.J} ... I *"* V 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. * * * _-__^