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The Democratic Platform Adopted. JANUARY, 8th, A. D. 1867. t! ;WfcTSit'e'bVni(rMjof OMoiiad Hwtiy sober to tha rarirje.pie tr the part as x poirndfdb,t Ua fM art. and - approved b xperi, auee'r that in tocordanct with thss arincip s w deo arftthst th federal .Government isanovern. rnent of liuirterl -powers, and' that it possos-ws no; ataribnt .sacta At r.spr8l.-v t nexmrarj Tairtioktf i(lel:ritei to in e Federal Sosstitu tiore: ftbft all ,tr sxivss are- reserved to the- I .Htatajs . Jfc prI&Jiiiat.4 artauBtfxiMif tbe Constitution tt lDd'Spenaable to tha preserva tion of thr reserre-l ri ihta of tba Ktatet and toe) popt tlM'tall Mnu"oT WTlo Goi-emineUt, whether-' Brats1 or Fa-Herat. Stroatd be trictl.TT n atrnee). lieoamae aM -M area's abridnetbe natural riihu of man ; that tha pre rraiion of the equali ty a rifo'r toStaiJ. aVieT ti!ttt cf the i(Hlia 'trde afj -to tha prsetTJtma"bf the Union; that tha Federal Vt rerntnent U oolitic 1 to lecislata .for o. administer? tbe local CjiattrrMW.ttia 9tate;'that i&woaui.a monstrous that tba local affaire of Ohio should bo mi I a ted bj t edera) . Con are in. which -aha ' Jltae I an : two .Seaatore. 'the" New' England (states, with hat a little freater ppoUtron; have twelve: that the tendency of the t'U'H Govern ment ift. iurp; tlfe'eWtrrel ffcbti of the State aod of lb r-e.je":' tml tret, thteefor,. a centralisa tion of JaW k Ita iMdtisara, ffejr peadipc dai- . er. frrat siren tn absorp'tion of power would, while it lasted, ba dsstructire of the liberties and rlni&r8tsM the people, ai wuald-aad aMhar iwdea- ml dabtyibesidea inrpoaeriabiiic ub peopla. Oxters aa wndae Incteaae pf tha powaraf tVa federal Hot .wranieot: that hib protactira ta-iffs have a 'ika ainolulilBnts of th' few, and pcainlt violating tha qnity nd sptriSoatba'Coi.a4latiaa;-a' Ma boi-! f rrrwigUni trtr.iwt44j mud tiVii. tanfVn. .oaaoatyis aliiiJwi oniy Ms prot parity, but '. Thai; tp each. &tate belong tha rigat to daiarnide, "tn'iuhflc8tiiitf of jU electors, at d:all attaiupta to impair iai. rigncenner oy ioograssioDaJ legislation rC.-nsriiutiooal amendment, are onwiseand das potle: that t)e tandeoauif p'weriato steal from the piany to the leaTaaj that, there! r 'Jetarnal vigi , lance la the p ice of liberty.' that the tendency of (awT'ii i feniw-ii stnmanay tnswrtio- that an tberof its tendencies is to govern too moch -icyisarii.v anq vexatioaiiy intertenna witn the ana names oi tne Popifl; tnattne freedom of speech ai.d of Ih rjra(ia etiaotial to tbe exist. nee of liberty; that no person not in the military or aval aeiaev en ia tha h.aiiMhnwyfciu.r.r-.itik '""'lAJmeVaiU. ican, lawful by beUeiirfratiiof iii-, noeriy or property witn. nt due proees of civil law: that the eouns abaals). always be open for the TOirc-o oi grievances; lDml DO ag, pof Ja&o law jhtuildiia.made: l(l.tn r:i otVthe poop so JFw -'aiblaoS(rna t apon vablieaffaii is lnvioiaoie; tnat tha military should ba held i due subjection to the eivil power; that while the JiTty (reaerfbad: 4v-toe OatiatlCatioir, iavc he t-ght to lovrtn. Uie minority ear indefeasible rights; and that a freaueat retaro to 6rat prineiplas tsvJ6Bt)al .ta.Uia aalara f ! Mat and, the ioeQpj'i,, v , , . .., ...... ,f:r . ...,.- .. .u TVI. -Essies ijTnai tba States lately hi rebeUie are ,lestt ihe UtHor, nd,.bava baaa ireoi amaad aa TiUch by every department of tba gpvar mnk,- and by PrrsidenlLi.noo.bo, in tU midst of tba war, rnvtted" tbem to" elect member, of Conaress; by a-raaineuK oonson, in various. jrociamations and ctfteaeriaaj ljbrOisKasas' whiab ermiued Andrew J nnson tuaitutha . anaVaaaeDaiarfrom 'i'aan esaee, mri memberi from. Vinini., Ten new ee and Louisiana to sit in tba House of Representatives at- wr inm .--,aio na.i sereaea,anasLuUa uuaHaat Wo(rrrfBd-bTi, ana which further recognised tbe-ji as 5ie4ji j Uia llrjon hj tne Op rasipal Qptirllanmeat acp rproviauig. j.fcr their i due represeutation IB CoDgies; by various tax lawa. ad-apecially by thodireet tax: by tba resolutivns . suH.BUjt.iug amondaoeata. to -tha Coast i Cut ion for their approval, and by various other acts and resolu tions imoartin the sadta recognition; all of which were-fp'SateA vinos' ' tbe attempt d secession of those States, by tbe Judiciary of the - United tj tales; . which holds, federal Oour s in all those rotates; and specialty cy"the Supreme 0nrajrkife eAairairisdictioa of easaa com fng rrotn theuujwnich it could not do were they not , Vo-tbe-tmrnn. -That being thus in the Union, they atand nV aivetlal footing with their sister Sta es f-Cates with uDeqeataghta being a thing aniknown to tba OoasUusto; tkai.-tiy tne express-term of thavUoaatitatrati, aaeb MttMa ia entitlrdv waive two oaoajtosa aea a.aaa portion of Kepresanta-rve in tha OongrMsaadto vate- m ail eleetions ofcrest dent and uoarFrasidMtctbaAtawacartbase tights are suoject to interruption by a state of civi) war. wajcHnasn udb oi peace, uc saFpeuaeo, muon leaa deatrayed, 'aitbont a plain -violation of tbe Constitu tionL tba Cat. grasp Has no power to deprive l(a ot its reserved .ristta. aud red nee tM a errildrial corditionj-thai. therefore the exolasioai y .tiie ;o-oa J4 Cot.gro.',,oi ail repriwantatio rVoro ten States, the proposed .ajulusion of tbiate Btates, Jrom ,ali roioe, ,.iiL. tbe next Prtsiiteo ti election, tn threatened overthrow of tbeif State Govern- ents and tha reduction of their Stales to be ewndition Of tetrftorie, are each and eveij c oa of them 'unoonstitutibnal. revolutionary and dea 'tib u.ea!mtT, destroctive not merely of tbe rignts mt thoee -States', but alto of the rigbu of every oth-. artata in the .Union, That those noeaaures are parrs of a' plan to nullify the Constitution, virtually overthrow -the' Htate Governmenu, to erect a c'on anliattd dasaotlsaa-oii tbeimins; and to estabHsh and perpetuate a tyrannical rvleof a minoritv over a majority of the lawman, people.' Tbat tbe peo gia aaooet,- witheut m lee f tbsir Kbarties.-pros-Besitv anfiVhooor. aubsnis toaanh amiali'v and sratj red nee itM a t beraforeu us tbe hope tbaMhe wartwng wiU be heed-' . ejuveaA -teanet (oaar-attMUo Oe peaceahtv avertei..o .solemnly iiatn .tho advoaataa of tbe plaa..thtt Uw.UI aat bfteaaaiUed toj a ..u.'i JI.,.jSoiao-TbatCoBtreBi feaotaoamnipotent tawxnaaint- powa That tba' tioaetitution pro ida- ahat no bill ehaii . beeosae a taw withnat tbe approval of the President, unless itbaa.pa-aed by tw -tbirrla of eeob. .Heaaa of tiorutras v That one othe objeots of tne reara-a-aallcd Uotwrasa in excluoina 8taiaa irom-raarmntasiua. ia -to oaaa bills' by a two-thirds vote whiBB..wereaitthe States reoreaented. eould not an naa- and ihw ia ,;.o.,ii, 1 atN.a.ujaiiuHiiawa prarvieuinaiorQgam. ' nat jf-rhiif precedent be acquiesced in. there wilt be nothiim . top'oventa, bare, eaajori.y of ongrete, at ady timfe ia tne future, from nullifying the oonsti tiybWJBl ajso ef 4tif tasasideauand nsaqHBar uwaaa- vtrolleJ legislative powetbjLan exclusion of the Jni noiity from tbeir seats., Tuitt the eaclusien . of even in a single State, might give' this control, and a pre text for auehArvexalusipn would lot bawaatiag to .' an uaidjuJioa aqd recti litioaaiy party. '..t Jtftolvod That the peplo. and especially those. oftbeNgTiebrtnral itais,' bate suffered too toog tbe exaetions of higlr protective Unffs.and as the rfliTwuimiTTO ot au agnoiuiurai ann laoonpg uJarlftO we demand that their substance aha lonv'er bef wxeurtwd- from 't envin order to fill the poclseswof eastern saoooeolisU-. taVviraeeseest.rThat aoeqoal taxtHotf H eoTHrary io tbe first firinelpVaaiof jdstieemnd sound policy, and wsawli nponaar-Uovarotaents, Kederai and State, td ueealr-aeeesjare IJbnatitutiohal means to remed thiaavil. nui-jt Fna : . ,-. , i .-f ttfoffcl'TftMiai dried Cdngrej baV'e proved-4honaRles to: ba io tavorpi "x-rru nuurage by.iorenig u upon tAe io Bre or the Uutrict of Columbia against their a most: . UL'arjimons wish. Solemnly eipresaed at the polli, by by'tboit yanpos device to .coerce abapevple-or tbe rnth to jai;pt if that toi art opposed (o. Jfegro Eufta&e bt&viuQ if iapvtd bi productive, oocii lo both vri.it' t and Mad, ahd'teid to vruduce die mT&rr",:fi: 1 .- Y. Beeoioed. That for all their efforta to nnbold thaContititiooe Under to tae President- and eb tbaaBajutity of tba Ja4gs of tbe Supreme Court of tha aJiaifd States eej hearty thaofcH. . u - - Republican, Platform Adopted June 19, 1867. lstc Thai one of Ae rreat'leasoos of tbe waria, that tb;Aoarjaoan people are a ation, and not1 merely a aoniederao of sovereign and independent btates. ?odt JbaA oBjewUace aaaoaaidp- da hstsed oo . thagre4tpiirafiBle.aMoaoc4nthUeelasatoaof Indvpcnduioevisdioated; by-i the preckainaiion of ihiovery,a,tWsiOt-cnepablioan derauo-J i ajiujuanoai.piif mu uiaaertaa.uia veeoniaxrueuail pojicv of lhTbirty-WinUtodi'ortiatb(iongreses. which we hereby fultyjindorte aasi damaad shall ha evriod.iBto.-eBiptta rtfieatiibyaavarjt additional needed lectflauoo. J (if l -.!;1.ii .--' ' . - .- .i kU That wiiiia we wUl atwars. harish' aad defend the. Anitsrioiuaaatteni of .local . anoV maavoipal self governmnU, for local purposes, ana a. national UyveriHapy orfataaa -aTutpasja and vkHe-ae are u'.ajuerably oppi.sed to all attempta atceatrait aatjon prx6nstlidatioB.of power anywhere, we hold that liberty aud. human -tight constitute oar great national. boanr which local or Sta'e oraaoiaatioos moat, nut tie allowed loibridga or take away 4 4tiv Xbat, imboed-with the spirit of true demoe racjr,-eta oeiierina that no powers rvesiary fur tbed?araiae o attainina Ura eao 44 vensment ouxht not to be restricted to privileged el es but ahould be vested in he . whole people without on ju." oi odious disiiiajiiuug or qualiflcalions not eqwajtyaateaiiiasire b;ail;aiiQTfurht'baUevi.igthat tbearatsiaetaaarisi airict aceidaaea witheh spirit and tenieryvrn'iwoeWaorvjirsvtinn,eo place oureelee on the simple and hroad pUUorm of im. parU.U mon.Aooanfrotiifrtgeii embodied inthe prdpeeed etmumaaeet at Ma -6ttite OonetUutiOK op. peuUnf to timiieonjMIn' fntAe inteU.g -ace of the people of Ckeo to optirwti t mi4holoMotei t 6th. The Am ncan people oee a' iarting debt of gratitude ti tbe baava aoldierw sjud railurs wbo, io the la -e struggle for oar national existence, eeaobly fought for our liberUesiaad ft the. privations. sul f erings and saeriflees wbioh they end ured, tbe loval men o Ooio he aby eledge t them and to the widows apdorvbanw of thiew-whe fell in defense of tne nath.n, ear V ui pa vqm and awaatanual support, fltb That wa anorove and Indnra tkai a, iltrr atereistratean'of out diatvaguitfced feNow ci titan, Marot Ueoeaab fhil. tt tsberidaa, in Lotjiajana and 1 eaas, ana pieaaw lurmin ntnttary o maraud ers in the eewarak Ptiir disuiot oi the -ouih, aihaMrdial aaounrt uftos Lnion man nf llkin : - t eir efforts to protect the IpytJ people. of tbe lata reoet o aaaa,'anatawswuwia tne vrKwniaation ot loyal and eonat.tutioiial eovernmentt in said States. ' 7th. ! aaat an itlv aadorsa) and uwnna aT tba administration of our present Governor J.iD Oox and extend to fiim our hearty thanks for tbe faith- lul aud Mutaaaaaac aawaiolK oav discharged hia official duties a4 sttUK4 the credit and honor of - WjuI vi Ben Wade a Believer in and Ben Wade a Believer in and Teacher of the Doctrine of, Disunion. Ben Wade a Believer in and Teacher of the Doctrine of, Disunion. [Extract from Wade's speech in the United States Senate, December 4, 1856.] "Bait roctierftile tMa'nd erev khd inmT- motraHthireeeeeesvepak ef the dissolution of the-Uaioa, aa an1 eleiaeel'of ever argnment. as thooatrH -era a eeomliar' IcOneaoensiiin. on their parrnartoey permMed the 'UOIon V sutaa even. If the do' netted taaawsMiaA'ra wohe)dlBtbe Union riWtkrlwrenooga,ahaoa their institutions to such an extent tbat they can not feel eeeur nder it if their interest arovio-, lentiyenaaawatjy laaantotthiauoion'. art.oi of thore who expect that xhet.wiU J a eeotii tuaiarH.. aVMaalaaM eflAoee who tcoertp faWMsaa saevarftWaatoawea aV ' It fmrtLD Me noTKn VIOLKKcbtotbw JLATfOBM OF WB PARTY, T which 1 bblono. Ire o aaopttd Ueoad Dea laniUon of i4vet tis (As batitof our voliti- oalmsvaaMasa, a hicb declares that any people when their Oovernment saaaes to rteet their right -when it isv sa subverted from -the true - pnr neevof OevoratBent a taopprese Ihewi.-bave A RIGHT to recur to fnndamaBtai principles, and if need be. to. DEStROY ram- UovauNMENT unbik which tkt i-i vi, aud ti Ttct on Ha Kci NB another 'P??lJx.a'iif lT9 to. ,Beir srel'ara.- I hold THsfr TBSYB A TK TBS RIGHT IviUnM blam mv projtjor ezareirtriftec. whenever mWTUJTWt thiuk the ntinganoy baa eume. I aertainlrahall be the adwcaU of that same dootrioa wbenevet I find that tbe prineiplee of this Oovernment have be eome so oppressive to TBS SECTION to-whioh I sSLONu. that a tree peopleoughr not longer to an- lure It. Yon wiU -Dol .than find MS haokward n being th KfAD VQCATBOFDISlTNIOlirG but an at acnti encv never bavine come. I have never f rat opened- my mourh in opposition to the Union. a " Ott -eaBKOT' FOSWtaBT BOLD MKH m THIS Uniow, ram rng smnrpr TO do so. 1i seems to e, wpt'iDf Ft ST THB.TiaT raiNCtri.S' oc thk GorBKMtKNT UNDIt WHICH Vt LIVB." CVHrret- tonoa onjoa.au uaugrttta atto,pae xa.; "There are some Senators wbn TjroffFS a rreal rtagaad for trie rights of the fitntea. I am one Of ijosewoo Daveurte as uiuob regard for the rights of tba ates aa soma who make louder professions tnv the subject t an I do. J am one ot those who. netonlvwnen an election i tvoding, but at all mTrtv-WlHIrOM. THK UON- Ji Ttiri 1UHAMTT sSDTHk KJIOFRI KT Or THK VlkiilMa uPKiii rTi'itvaiU r i7 imii I'". I ground myself neon tbaa resolotions, aac, standing upon them, 1 dauoaure this bill as a vif latiod, not on-y of the spirit of those reaoluiioni. hat as kn attempt to trample upon the Tights of tbe Statea and deprive, anem, vt the- power 'to. protect their own oiti tens trom atgression. and abuse. LVi gentlemen suppoxe that the eitatta now awakened to a keen seose'of tbair riehta and tAe danner of !wa. win ever auDmit to suon a Diuas tnisLt tell vcuno" , W -ro6e Mat in tk lntrtnm4nt tkrrlolm. tinmoj-tm tbuvitutum of Ma Cnited iStoiU V tkn foH oj a who i , r4Mfssaf aiaaiai araiurc 1 he OeneraJ Uovernmentor tne.stattea la their vrfMgmtyi 1 Whj. sir. toyitld that point Is to yield up all tbe rights ot tbe Xtatea to-prnteet t eir own citaveaB,' ad te-eansolidata this. Govern ment into a miseranie despotism 1 tell you air, WBBSBVefl VrtHi maV hfn1r f i it 'ti:a hill Mjk iHil Uttont icilt afasAiaaw til JTldral and Unit Ma- rUdiotiont oonflicta more dangerous than all tha womy wars w men are goi up in i;oi gress flicta iw-alaiaa the will never y 'eld for tbe more you jundertake toJoad.tbem mvu nan uiis, iiif groaier win up weir reaisa anea'..iJA .,a -i? a. i i - I stated that this bill wsa intended to promote Sadiaip the-weouvion ef- the fogiUva -bill. The e etiof does net deny ilC. 1 said tbers .were Main in this Union whose highest tribanals hao arjuged that bill to be' unconstitutional, and that I was one f thosavrbohei aved it nnmnstitntional ; tbat ny State believed it uneonstitntirmal ; and that, nnder the old resolutions of 1790 and 17D9. a Stattmuttuot tdybota judgtxrfthttt but of th remedy in tucA awavj ti: : . i . : . v i . a . ; . . . I' Theretsoneaowereiiru State whioh has asserted ine grey rtoeunne-wnic your stmt, air, (Mr. mason in the oh ir.) invoked i i nastofree yoorse ves from tbe exeroi e of powertbat threatened to reduce you to slavery. Your great ancestors rose against it, and- made the declaration of the. nlittbnn oa which I stand to-day, and on which you whoare Aoaaat uemncrau siMoa. an trom which you will not snvtna inxne nay ox triairxtniess you mean to in dorse thetttat Ba timore and aenv them at Wath iogtoo. , CiughterJ Then 1 am. not to be condem ned pullifier or ts adisunionist.uDlen I fall with toe great Uenrocratie prty upon the main plank in the last D'atfirra which the- are-ted. Toan- grmionul Glob App;nj(m, Krd CongreJU, Ind See- 18 6 7. llQ - la-. FALL AWD -WINTER -TRADE. DIB ECT I M P 0 RT ATi 0 N. :".ir.Cr."J buit , TOa WHOLESALE BUYERS. 'i id -t X- -!.":;0- 1:' ' ( neV 1.:? '.rq .rrt ve i: en. : IIARRI8 1 SIGLER. ri:' loo, : i.t-,.s ad L.jj ;f j -.in ot-:. town , steeet; .ftTl. ! v., I l on i I. t !' 'i'M ,! i A 'M Wonii call tbo att.cotipn of the Trad to their full J lines of s'q FRENCH : Gloyeu, ; ! ...' ,'..; :: 3 - ,Dres Buttonn ; jani:.'.-..!! -- aancl' Trimmings. 91U..T.-!' :i' tfi t-i.'f - ; I-:' , i o'. 5. . ir'l.'J-? -. Lin,: i: jd: t .! o '-' 1.-:t .. i -i ;i:ln'ri 'viii -jii:,-".!:. -ii lii iii n i: i. n I iutt- ! . rriniiK'tTi T B : 1SCIOTO TAtXEY 1 r1Qf.t All of .their own Importation, '-rALSO- H JS '1i rv;??i Pemneatte Clatha, ' ' Caaai- usaerea, Jeatata and Tweeilt, Bavia ' .,,',"'iior)i Sklrta,; Xiermain- ', (..., .'. " ' -: town ttttlt e5't)',i.;.,'",.7',T'" Mea'g, Womeafi i anA Children's I t-" .. ' And a full line of )''' ANKEE - NOTIONS. ii j e",An examinatioii of Stock andy frioet soliOT "Tr Hi in SafjiiiJ "t l it': i v-.i-'t if PATINTL1XEN THREADS '. :tl.'jin.: ' ' .1. .-'I'.- : ' ....; ' I ti Mhaoi.ti tt'-.'i f". wK' ' H'l'"' '.-.iV! .i: . : : A-"" .- : , ,i 1. I- " AH t . ia-'i Mil-... 'f" . ti Jnoi;.: CO All 'rfl -t.n6 ,'fit i.ilt 1- i , A Mf ,BO WBECEITINO MI) PBF- Dared to. deli' er to anv nart of the citv, or on ra-at Depot, ube best quality selected Hocking Coal a-ii-i'tidi ,uf-t , .... IX)WESiT,' !.'.!-::-? -u-- :i rri '; . ' 'o as.-3 Orders left at My Store, BUCK&TII.BlrOUB; will bave prompt attention. 'i j? r -tii . 4 ! 'Columbus, June 19. 1861. . ' i -. - . : - jinM Notice to Bridge Contractors. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, PICKAWAY COUNTY. CIRCLEVILLE, O., Sept. 9, 1867. EALED PHOPoatlJt WILL BE BE, O eeived at this office until 8 o'clock I. M.. on - fflonaoiT", the Tttl ctay of Octobers 1887 for tea eenttrudttoa of a'ttrldga across river at or near Lindsjj's i erry, two I the etetoto miles north of Ctroleville Plans and anecificfttions will be.'en-.n'a in aiil omceon ana alter th tn day oi oej. temper. . . Separate bids will be received for tha Mansonra and oapernraoture,, lasoafjf by the perch of 9S foet; ruperstruoture par liuea' foot .v : r. Arproved bonds will be required for the perform ance of said work. - The right to lejeot any or all bids if totbfrinterest ioiine county to do so is reserved. . ' -Proposals should be endor-ed on tbe envelope, "Propeaala f. Scioto River Bridge," and directed A lli.lialll, l.iiU. WILLIAM BOWMAN. County Auditor. ; EIERV 'With the COTTAGE PRESS and kVUll . , the printing ataterial aosumpany- , ... i. etj tnaa.cau oo uis. own sis xi. j J-printing neatly, quickly and ebeap- .mi 'J tuo IyxThey areao simpre ineenstruo- .U iiaj :( hpi uat a .oej: Ma years eld e rtflMre. . easilv . manase th l.ro.a .a 1 1 Printed instrnctTona are unt. vifb 5JOO- iUtt aaaoh offlea, enabling the purchaser vc J.-1 -r Q; t workwithoat a previous b lfl J;52u-now odgaof printing. A oireular, . liitj- ,Ju eontaioing.fu'l deeoription. prices, testimonials. Ao.f tant free to ell.-r Our Specimen SheeU ., of ..Type. "1 W ium oeuaBi " ltlMCl -aw. ..J PWH; 'I ii,ii r f J..-J-- - ' ' .01 : ' " 1 .-.'..' ....rtP ; . i , SO Aun Street, Jg If'!!' It!' n f ...Hr.n- REWTOBK.1 mob aJ-'r- DEMOCRATIC i'l '. jt v. Miii - . . . " etnr. i ; MASS MEETINGS T -I 1"iiJ .1; , : XOVElAND, Clermont county. ThnrfW: Oct. 3, ... Hons. G.o. II. fendleton and P.'Van Trump. I a. 'I rtstrittasi'a Appol ntmriitM. GREESFIELn, Highland oounty, Thursday. Oct. 3d, (instead of Hillphoro'as heretofore announced) " 1 witn Vol. George- W. Andrews and Hun. Nelson ., Barraro. : : ,cj .n,.:ti . i - on ' i-',;:t i!i ;! . WASHlNGTOSi Fayette oounty. Saturday, Oct. , 6th. with Col. George W . Andrews and lion. Nel '. -vton Barrere., i.i: ..jjli:.-.,! tin ; . .; ui . r, Ao Eatsysisan'" Appalaiinieiitsi. ; I iiOVELAND. Clermont county. Tbursdar. Oct 3d, ' with Hon. Geo. U. Pendtetoa and Hon. Frank H. V Hurdii. '!-. . ... ' J !.. . -i .. ;.. j eftMlg-e .P,; Tata TrumpVAppoint- - lf ' vK-r.n1"? V-.i l.i:.. :i: .1 ; L0VELAND. Thursday, October, 31, with Hon, i George U. Pendleton. -."'" T i TTfe Deai oe ratio State "EtiSfjotire1 Com- Tultiee aubbiiace-tbe ioHowfrid; 'appoint taent?; i'T t"H '' i' i--.' l;' Hi v : COi.UMBUWest Froat StateHoaSeK Monday i . evening, .October .7th Speaker Jadje.Thuruian i ' and others. ' " - !"" " Hovaii WW namwiey--'-i '"' At C0LDMBTJs!PridaJrevedirig,0ct. th. , i At DELAWARE! Saturday, 0er'5th.irith Col. B. ..Burns., ... , . , ' Gen.' CSeo. W. .inCoream'si Appoint t . . . .; , - mrBiw. rr '' - t - ,; ; . . ! ;trt, ' BATAVIA. Clermont county, Thursday, October n J :.u It ' TIT: ,T I. t : . . . i '- K wiirfi noui it in. d: r iuck.' - ' - . .LANCASTER, tru-field oouaty. Friday. Oct. 4th i 80MERSET,Perry county. Saturday, etnber 5th, ' With Hons. P. Van' Trump aad C. D. Martin. - Hon. C. I. Vnllnavdichnm, WUh'otber speakers to be arinotinced hereafter, ! At CARLISLE, cornei-Bdtler, Warren and HreM - eountiei on C. H. A D. R. R., Satarday. Oct. 6th Uou. J. 91. I.Irp sand Hatt Mar- ; At LANCASTER, Friday, October 4tb. with Horn. , O. W. atorgaa and Wi hi. Kinck. f ni" . ;. '.'-'; J. R. Xlr'EMlW;. v,;: " : Will address the following nietino;s : .'. F0ST0RIA, Sene-a ooutty, Saturday. Oct ,.','', - lion, i E. F, Mlneham'a Appoint- :: '. ' meaK ' ' .' "i TRLLOW SPRINGS . Geo. Spence. . Friday,' October h, with ii .i i-. E. It. Eskelman ! J,Wni Speakr' ' ' ' . At BR"ArVMAY. Uniou-aounty. Friday. October atn, a& s f. si. At NKWTON. Unioaeountv, Friday evening-. Octo- oer ia. j Additional Appointment! for l)cm ocrauc .'lass .ueeiinga. TO LK DO, Fridav. October'tth. ' fpekers-Honi i P- VAN TRUMP aud A. It. J ACKSO.V. , -NAP01.E0N, Sa'tirday. October 6th. Speakers ' Hobs. P. VAN-TRUMP and Aj.M. JACKSON. 'Additional Appointment tor Mass s" .inefliaet,' DELAWARE. ThdrMav Evening. Oct. 3.: Speak' ; er Hon. li..R..Critchfield. Buibln Ward, ; , iWlth "other : speakers, to be announced hereafter; will' speak at ' i . .KNT0N. Bardin county, Oct. 6th, t t , v ; ' i Col. P. It. Fouke, or Indiana, Will addTesa the following meetings: . , CLEVELAND: Thursday evening, Oct. 3d, with Judge. VV m. Lang. ; . .- , , iVERMILLlON. Friday, Ootober 4th. with Judge ' - ' - - KENTON Saturday, Oct. 5th, with Geo. Ward. JOHN G. THOMPSON, Chairman Dem. State Ex. Com. E. B. ESHELMAN, Sec'y. J. & W. WESTWATER, .Importers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers ia ' : '. '" .'";."', ; NO. 105 SOUTH HIGHi ST. ' -f-r-i . , ., . ..i. ,', , -r. I .i Xbo Iaareeat and,. Finest ..Stoclt - ":-r''"':- .; . -oj,- -: r .' gold band & plain - FRENCH CHINA; ''' '5 Of their own importation, ever brought to this city, et., JUMaV.W, WKST JVATEUH.' j t-Gr&8 PIXTURESor a Ffeweat Styles tc largest Attortment, T?"f'-)E?v'trt. STER LI N G, PLVTILD CASTORS; ,t;FOIlIafJ,jSl?OOIVH.: h :it:lainiji'vrmi-it'-' a"'4 J.m.ScXT. WEStWATEB'l. ! i - J GLASSWARE, J IS ENDLESS VARIETIES, CUTLERY, COAL OIL LAMPS AND CHANDELIERS, LOOKING GLASSES, .nd other House Far 4hing Goods, at I J J. -TI. dc IV. WISTHATERI j CROCKERY,;, ASSORTED, IS ORIGINAL PACKAGES, AT - -r afvsindc W. WESTWtTRK'S, r Ji-i V 'lOS South High s.CoWmb&s,"0. T : 0odi daliveitl to nil parts ot the -'ily tree of Claarge. I tepl7-eoilro HHERIFT'S PRDCLAMATIOrJI Ji HE QVUIFIED VOTERS OF Franklin Connie &re hereby notified to meet at ir respective places of hold in? elctioni, on the 3d Tuesday of- October, A. D. 1867. being tha 8th Day or October, A. I. 18679 mad rote fbr the following officers, to -wit f " I One Ijieu tenant Oorernor; v One Treasurer of State, One And. tor of State. Oae Attorney ieaerAl: , v One Supreius Judge; 1 ; V One Conoptroll-r of the Treasury; One Member of Hoard of Pubho Works ; One Sta e 8eoaKr; T -'O Representatives; One Auditor 'Jr ! - ; . ne Jfreaaurerbf Conntj; ..' . One Recorder; One Co aim gsion-r; : One 0 mner, and One Infi-marv Director, t ' n i oil) va ,- a aa c v au uuiduuuioii irv turj State t'onatitution provided Tor by rosol itioo of tha er.entl -Aasembty of the. State of Ohio, parsed April -fcM. U. M8. '- The Trustees of the several Townships are requir ed to return to the Clerk of the Court the names of tbe following number of Jnrors: i A l.A wnia ft.w. a.w as;r.a sen A matiilmani V. City A Montgomery Tp0 -terry . Franklin.. Blendon..... ! Jackson . Fleasanbu.. , Prairie '- Brown j Norwich ..... Washington . Sharon ...... "Iain ......, '; J'fferson Mifflin Truro Hamilton. .-t.,.. WadisnnJ.ifi Can ton , ' Given under my hand and aeal, this 16tb , Bt AL J day of September, A. I . 1S67. ' i , . W 1LLIAM DOMIGAN, ' i , r- Ah?nff Pt Franklin County. Ohio. . ji : t , . i I f SWAYZE & P ARSONS, MEKCIIAN T , TAILOBH 1 (Cents Turn. shine Goods'. i Opaoalteiiutod SUtse Hotels - m j rnnFlV ARE PtOW napa7r. i . Aj large and splendid stock of SPRTNiJ ;iinn ohsistrog of ' ; ; . , -' ' , . Et.. tp'Jrhicb they invite the attention of theeiti. gensof Columbua. ocUIO-deodlv.n.ehia Ohio Statesman. THE SITUATION ! FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL ! [Correspondence of the Ohio Statesman.] On the eve of a political contMt. invniv. inn questions of unexampled Importance to us as a State and nation, let lis endeavor to take a calm and deliberate View of the sit uation. .Laying aside, lor the moment, ev ery partisan-cotisideration, let us come up to the discussion-of thse questions as American citizens, Having one lot, one des tiny, in this our common country, and In terested alike iti'lts proftrreritv and lorr. I am no slarmlst, seekjpo: to arouse the fears oi the; timid,: fir to impose upon the credulous. I say only w-fiat will "be admit ted Dy an, wnen u . Say i that we live in troublous times that tha timea out of Joins, and that there areearful foret bodings of evjl. If we look to the National urovertMnenc, w find - that the co-ordinate departments move 'unsteadily. i0:,the1i; or4 bits,, iostllnz and Interferino- taV Itfi iAonri other, and tlireatenino; collisions danreWus alike to the public safety and the established order aud ' harmony ' so essential to the proper administration of affairs. With threatened impeachment of. the Chief Ek ecutive bri the one hand, and retorted usurpation and violation of the Constitui tion on the other; in one-third of the Un ion the ciyil power put In subordination to the military ; martial law -which is simply the will of the commanding General hvi lng lull sway, and threatenino; to extend itself ver the wholecoiintrr- n ,-'rUn.anc. public debt incurred; the people trroaninoi under taxation; and,, worse. .than all,th uoctrine boltlly announced that theoriranio law the Constitution itselfhas lost its wuiuii! inuperanve ia nearly one-third of the States in th TTnio,. . At such a time, broujrht face to lace with questions of such tremend Oil a im rtrtvf- tr the country .Involving the very framework Fcjcmn, vi me government itself, it becomes every man who mould address himself to the cocular pju m aimtr ,,n the political arid financial Droblema WA AN. workinfr out as a nation : Finance,- taxation, reconstrnctlori; thesW c v.ic gl cm, question! agtino; the cou n- try, tne resulciner leanv of tha ,,tt thrfiugh which we have passed, and which; are now hefore us demandino-a solution. iw-thousand five hHndred millions ot pumic ueoc. iruiy,ttiesearestartlih fio-- ures. iney almost pass. our comprehend ii j j "ivuiuiitarny pause whilstthe. umiu enuenvurs m measure tne length and uiouiu. auu ucixui. ana aeptn or these ag gregated millious,tbBt rest with such pon derous weight on .the capita), labor and resour6es of the country, from which there is no escape but bv the slow, nnwrt.in ri oit-times oppressive process of grindino- uii..iuii,i maifuiuer aesperate resource,1 repudiation., , , v... . -, -.. . ' AS yet nO person df rirominenno ha'a 'VtoUl ed to pronounce in favor ot repudiation! tuu, iiupeiicu vy tne necessities of the sit uation, and seeking: in all onarroni fr hnan ot renei, we nave, numerous projeti for liquidation of "the nnhllp. rleht prh.n. the most plausible yet presented, looking w imiucuiau: rata, as its advocates claim, is the uronosition tolianidat thaanri in debtedness by, an emission ot Government greenbacks in payment to the holders of me oonas outstanding or ver. r.n ho lo.Mort ia pursuance of existing- Uwn. Thia a unquestionably,. next to positive repudia tioii. the sharuest. auickest nnrl en no rontl n easiest way to dfspose.ot it. . Various argu ments are onvred by the advocates of this plan.- Thus, it is aririied ' paid for in greenbacks, therefore it is right to redeem them in trreenbanka. Tha-ini...- est Is too high', and tlieyare exempted from .ajaai.iiu. nicy am Davaoie. nnnninnl anH nterest, In gold, whereas to be content with greenbacks,; j Thee, and arguments ot like character, are presented to the consideration of the people, already restless under taxation'. State and national, unprecedented in the history of the coun try, and there Is force in some of thee ar guments, and they will acquire increased force and weight unless the causes of com plaint are remedied. Ijt na. than .i. deliberate survey of this colossal debt. iet us see it in its component; parts, and we shall be better Dreoareri is tnrm o opinion withegird to oiir duties as well as interests in the matter. btarting at the 1st of Julv. Jsni ta RnH that the entire, public --debt at t.hnr. ima amouuted to $90.807 828 68. The outstand ing Donas, representing this inrTebtedness, bad ben - paid ' for In gold. Dnrino- rh summer nd. filll; of l$6t,:, treasury notes 1 . "nriij5 seven : ana inree-' tenths, interest per, annura.: and, payable thre Veitrs Alter date, orconver.-ihio r th. option of the-holdei1 irtto bonds beano six. per cent.!, incerest,'. ana pay&6Ie!aiteFiive years and . within, th imitation of twenty years, when . they Vert finally unable. This was what was termed the first "popu lar loau.being taiten by subscription,'. nd amounted I believe to 100 millions of dol lars, all of which was paid in gold or its equivalent. This heavy draft on th-specie in the country, estimated At about 275 mil lions of dollars; with the prospect of laroe addtonb sums: being required ' by the Goy.ero,men t, prod uced -f m; auspengfon - of the banks, on the last of December,. 1861, slthough their circulation was only about 20&aiilli6ns of doirars. Then came Sn-Issue of paper by tfie. Government called "green backs,",declared by law to be a legal tender in, payment of all .debts, and re ceivable by the Government, except In pay ment of idoties-oii imported goods, whieb were still required to be paid in gold. The continuance of the war and increased .ex penditures of the Government necessitated further loans and issues of legaL tenders Thereafter, of course; all 1 loans were paid hi .leg al .fenders,: .wh ioh(. as 1 compared with uuviuaiwiurmg ma: war,, the rela tive value at the gold exchange depend insf onthe taews Of military operations, ratheri than 'the quantity of currency in cirotilation, ot any other cause. ! During the year,i862 the ,prenriuni ,pn, gold; aveiv atfed About Jo per cent.: in 1863 about ,io per cent.; and In 1864 it gradually rose fiJ BU, unoivn jodo it reached 98, and ' in thef uiuuui .iMuwmg run op to 186, per fetrt. premium being the highest point attained an advance Of 100 per cent, in a single month,' This was at the time of the inva sion of Pennsylvania by Lee's army. In August September, October and Novem ber, 1864, it ranged at .130 to 160 per cent, premium, and thereafter gradually declinetl until at the surrender of Lee's army, in April 1865, it fell to 45, and subsequently to 28 but gradually recovered o 40, and has since that time, vibrated between 30 and 40, as the political situation appeared satisfac tory, or 'otherwise, or combinations ol specula-ors were Able to temporarily affect the market. During all this time, and on this state ot facts, these bonds and treasury notes, of various descriptions, have been, issued, all alike obligatory and based on the .same public faith, until we hare reach; ed an aggregate of 1715 millions now out standing, of which 108 millions are at 5 per cent- and the balance at 6 per cent. There are also outstanding seven-thirty treasury notes to the amount of 400 ;railllons Ot dol lars,, which fall due .next June, and are then payable or convertible Into 6 percent, bonds, at the option of the holder, makinc an aggregate, when ' converted.' as they doubtless - will be, of 2,115 millions ol bonds.; The remainder of the indebtedness is represented by the legal-lender notes oi greenbacks, fractional cUrrericv, compound interest notes not yet retired. &vJ Now by ah issue of greenbacks : in redemption oi th ee . bonds, as suggested, with the 400 millions already in circulation, and the 300 millions of national bank notes' in circula tion, we would find bursal ves iii the enjoy ment.of 2,815 mUlibris otcurreney, enough, one would ,f uppo.se,., to gratify tbe,.raost zealous advocate of. an u n ad ul terated paper currency. When , werenlember -tliat the higheet amourif of bank'hdttes eyer in elr culationw prior. to he,-.war, -was: only. 217 aiilUons, and, that at the, breaking out ol the war tne, wnoie curreucy, paper and snecle. atriotinted to less ;th'an 506 mlllinna does - wotttie-ieonclusibuiBeem inevitable that suen anBMssio wouia leaa to an utter deetj-ucioti. of all values and render a re turn to a' specie basis altppst, if not entirely- Impossible during the present genera tidniAs a question of policyj thereror..T fee1!, oompellnd to idisraiM Airiacheujeijaa impracucaDie, teaviujg euureiy outoi view k r, -15 henestiorrTjr-pnbllc fftmfrsBttllmore delicate and Important consideration.-. Liet us bow consider another plan - Can not the 6 per cent, bonds now due, and fall ing due in a short time, be diverted into 5 per cent, bonds? .- We haver a perfect right to do this, if ircan be done. I do not think there Is any reason, except the un settled condition" Oi the-country, why U.S. 5 per cent, bonds ahould not stand steadly at par. rVe have now 198 millions ot these bonds outstanding, and they are selling at : par. The Govern meet is uuder no obliga tion to keep its bonds at a premium. ;' Prior to the war, on a gold basis. U. S. 6 per cent, bonds were sought for a't 16 per ; cent, premium; to-day a trivate individ , vial or corporation can s?o -to "NewYork ' and borrow millions on Government secu rities as collateralat ,Iesa rate ,han, pbe i Government is paving. At the present premium on gold, holders 6rP;S. bonds" . are receiving at the rate of eight? and 'one hall per cent, per annum interest, ia cur rency. This is too much." I say; then, tbat ; thesa-r pee ceat5-a0 df(Lj should be 1 withdrawn and sutstitttted by newlonds, ; bearing only 5 per cent Fortunately, this . 8ubstttatlbtrcart be cbmirerrgdTirTbeTroTd 1 ejs ,eoluie. .otherwise, without uy -vioia-tibn of faith. The 5-20s of 1862, amount ing np warrls or -oOO mllkons ot Obilari, ar-BOW,Davahia at--the, nleasure-of tha j Government; those of 18G4 will fall due in 18G9t, sndBilont'the G5vaiirlenl thas'bavl i ing entire control oer jthn,,,lB ,tIji vyajt ; A saving of over 20 minions per annum ot gold- interest may lie raadei-' Nows 'Wiai . the revenues collected In the last two-year we And,' by "an "offl.;ial statement of the Secretary oTthe 'TheasETryTTnane only a fewjaya ago; that ttw extraortfrhary. ertif rent-expense' ot the Gwerrrmene-hftre .been met, the inte.eston the debt nald.anrl la reduction- made in the principal bf J264 I millions of dollars in the last- ,tWQ-yea,rs, oeing at tne rape oi 13Z millions per armUm Add 20 millions -for-aving of interest, I would have given a reduction of 1S2 mil. lions per. Annum. At this rate thA.Vlht I would rapidly disappear; as: the princfpal. 'uiiuiniMicru iutt Hibercsb wuuia-B1SO-ulmlll' ish, and the amount -available for liouida d. i a .1 .. k. l t l . , - . Liuii ui ueui. wuuiu buuu lucrease lQji a Oil; blefalioi rsti'-a uir- Commissioner Wellsv In- his report on the tevenuet-informs-trs tliao the total amortnt ot revenue drawn from the country, during tne year enaing sutn oi June, 18U(i,.re(JuC' ihg the custom receipts' to curreucv. allow- ing 40 per cent.-premium for the-gnld, was equivalent to $16.04 currency, or $11.46 In gold per capita, on an assumed Douulation of thirty-five millions. , The public debt .of ureal tsruain is nearly four thousand piil lions of dollars, or at least one-half greater than ours, yet in consequence of 'reduced rate of interest and better ad iu iji is t ration of her revenue laws, her taxation oer ran- ita was only $10 93 lit goldVagalnst $11.4(5 in the United S atea; althoughher Indebt- eoness stands as.312a per, tiapitA' against $74 28 in this, country... Conimisiiouer Wells estimates the ratio. of .taxation to property the last fiscaliyear at-three and ninewrtnree: one nunureotns i33) per ceou in tne uniteu states, ana ounug the same year the estimated r.itio of taxation to' property in Great Britain at only nine ty-nine tenths of one per cent. I- quote irora nis report: i i . , .-in a t t ,;''Xhe revenue derived from taxation io the United States in 1866, was $566,572,2GS, ana tne vaiue oi real ana personal pro perty, according to the census of 1860. l4,2.zb vast.: the' amount of revenue derived in Great Britain from various tonus of taxation in 1864r-65. excluding the re ceipts from-Crown lands, uostofflce. etc. was 354,131.000 : the value of Teal and per sonal, property, according to-the census of 1861. being, $31,512,000,000, the estimated increase 61 three per cent. Per annum, or. fifteen per rent., advancing the' value,' In1 SO JO,2ja,tSUU,IAIU.". -, :U.r: '-' t -v-n.l : And thus he nhow8 that the ration of tax ation Imposed on the United States last year, viz: three' add ninety-threa one hun dredth ier cent; (3 93) would hav nro- duced in Great Britain the, enormous sum ot 1.42!.184,8J, in place of $354,131,000. the amount actually collected. -Itfoilotvs that the ratio of taxation borne -in the United States, last year, if imposed'. ;in Great Britain, would have produced a sum sufficient to pay off nearly one-third of her public-debt, besides current' exriehses; so that in three years' it might be wiped out entirely,. . ,. ,. . , r, ,.,.,-r,!. ,.v-r i I have' seen a carefullv Drepared state ment bjMr. Edward Atkinson, of Boston1,' irre rara ero'j oi anew iingiana manufac turer, who argues against ibe present sys tem of tariffs and taxation, and plants him- setf on the ground of a tariff for revenue, arrangea irom- a iree iraae stand point. He has ascertained that the rate of the in crease of population. in this country, has been three per cent, compounded, by the census taken once in ten years Binre 1800-. Starting, therefore in 1868 With an assumed population of thirtyiseyen miyions; at the rate ot $8 60 taxation per capita (.which, as wa:';- hntfl1 ' Haan. - ia npnt-W nnt .fi - - J .. ... . , Vll-bll ti ti less -. thaa-i the ''rate of -'last- vaarV :and -. -which' he -isbowsMi? will u.-nm. duce enough revenue t t meet the exrjrui. ln,Aa da tutimatl1 rtr C! . i ' mito eo i.ouuufli u un occicmry oi tne xireasury lor tne nscai year enaing 30th ol June, 1863, and leave an excess of twentvl i Iouf millions of dollars.for the reduction of , the principal of the debt. In, 1873 be re- , ances xne rate ot lnterest on our bonds to 1 5U Per eentj.for oiie year and thereafter to per cent.: sHe allows for, -an annual in- , cfease pt expenditures at the rate of $2 per , capita, on' the annual iiicrease ot popuIh- : I . i. ; . : i. . . ... . , butir. nu "ii xnie uaqiB lie retires tne WnOle 1 debt in, 1884, or seventeen years fro 1 He ' present time. Iu this calculation he treats i tbe whole debt as funded, including green . backs and all nj'ohetary transactions on a specie basis. 'He further shows that the - tax of 48 60 per) capita can be prbdnced af ' ter. an abatement of the taxon cotton and 1 the ad valorem tax on manufactures, and a .reduction of 30 per cent, on the. average .rate of duties at the existing tariff rates.' 1 FBrtherraore, ' he . shdws that 'as produe- ' . : .. .1 1 u : l r . : . , biura laiiu. ncaibii uiijicasts iuucu lavsbcr bltan population, the increased consumption of tea, coffee, sugar, liquors and the like would probably Allow the -abatement of the x corao :tax-iOr a-further reddet.ioiv-of the tariff about the yeap 1870or 1871," and that t'the rate of,$3.b0 per head wiU be obtiiijied lohg' before 1884,' from tea, 'coffee, suir, liqH0r9r'Spice8v;Bilk, goods, stamps,' banks, 'insurances, legacies ahd.ftueces-.ions, sup .' plemeil,tcd by a tariff ypon. other commo dities not exceeding tfiqrateof 20 percent, advaloreni." The reasonableness 'of this estimate is shown by the statement of Mr. 'Wells tbat "the average annual increase in i the , real and personal property of the United States from 1840' to 1850, accord ing to-the census returns wasin exoessof 5 per cent,, and from 1850 to 1860 in excess Ot 10 per cent.; " th us showing that the aver age Increase In the value:ot real and per sonal 'property, during the last ".twenty years, as compared , with the average InJ crease of population, has been in the ratiif of more than two to one. And Mr. Atkin son then asks the question1: "Whether ir. is jiot proper to Coiigress, after making the large allowance; for : army and navy, in cluded in the foregoing tablt-s. to assume a state of peace and of normal development . for at least twenty years to Come;- and up on that assumption . to issue bonds 'in classes, so. that .in each year the Govern-, ment may be able to pay a certain class, in-' Head of providing for the paynient-of debt jby the old . method of a sinking fund, a method condemned by all luodtTn econq piists." Accordingly, he.proposes tiiat tht wliole debt shall be consolidated into clashes of fifty millions each, so that as fast as that emount accumulates the bonds could be called iii at once by the Secretary , of the Treasury. ; ; . , . -, .,,, '. . uut it is saiu, tne taxes internal as well as from customs, are too high, and should be reduced; and with reduced taxation will come diminished revenue, and hence tin Impossibility of providing for: the debt. The taxes are ,too high, and should tie re-' i duced. The amount of. duties collected in gold the fiscal year endipg,30th iuae,: I860 was one hundred aud seventy-niner'mii- ' lions of dollars. We could stand a reduc-. tion of tone thira,-and derive enough fori . payment ot our interest from this source , alone-,- II is not raerelythe. rate iiof, duty,, or tax. that determines the amount of rev enue. ''HigH duties are to a certain extent : prdhibitory, and to-that extent reduce rev , eniiejiriTbe tax on distilled .' liquors affords an Illustration. In 1864, on a tajr, of 20 aud 60 cents ,,-per gallon., theri.Governtent derived a fevenu6-or tipwarrls of 28 mil-' . lionsoraoHars. ' In at the Increased taxi of two dollars per gallon, it only reali ized a little over 29 millions oftdollara, .The 1 rax! was. Increased over 300 pej. cent, yet thelrdveTitre increttsed "only 5 per dell t. ft is dot doubted that nearly, if not quite, the same quantity has been manufactured. The consumer has paid the tax. in increased price; the government. is defrauded ot the revenue ; while manufacturers and oftii-.ials lay up princely fortunes. Such .a system operates as a bountv to fraud while ii corrupts, and demoralizes the people. The Stlme prlucipleapplies to other articles, and it can hardly be doubted that a general re duction.of taxes' on all the leading article of manufacture, and the discontinuance of many .others,, would be att-'nded withthe mot, beneficial results to t ie revenue, as welj aS o Consumers. '. Our system of ,taxj atlon is t,by cumbersome and uu wieldyl .It ruire8 tod much machinery tix many offlcers. agents, inspectors, detective and the like,' whose salaries and expenses eat tip,-the tax, collected. , It is not doubted that a larsre proportion of articles borne on the tax list scarce! v bear, the expenses at assessment and collection, aud are, there fore, simply an iinoosltion ou. the con. sumers for the benefit of the manufacturer and of those employed iu the. collection of the tax. All unproductive taxes should be lopped off immediately.. The-most rigid economy. ;s,hould, bn -instituted in everji fcranoh of the Service. It is not to be dia gu.ised thajt unlixnlt'ed cdmoianil of uuiiicr mpnufacturea to order, has, ,f mistered six tTavagaht jand'iuiprovident expendUurugr Appre'priatipng and expenditures increase witn frightful-capitity contugent,,fundf, tell 'shameful. tales i whilst Cunfressmen'a tarie.Jtaiias by .pja-iq-from three tft uye:Liiousaiiu uuuars a year. - Ana tnusttie IegTslat?ve vies with the other departments in tberace of extra vasance... Never hetnre was there sudtx .urgent-necessity for the oft nutat pruning itnite, ana the stem retornvi ing hand. - 4nd with their firm application the Govennnent will be able to pay its hon est debts, and,, we Shall iteac ih more talk about repudiation. . -, t, , , .What next?-. I answer: return to specie payments. Ido not mean bv that immat diately. but withlrta: year or two at fur ' thest. There would ba but one finam lal rea-' son in the way of an almost immediate re-" ; turn, and that is thedutstanding 7-30 treas ury notes-falling due next June, amount-' ir to say 400 millions of dollars, and the 78 millions oi compound nofs yet out standings which must be retired or funded .before, it would be safe to undertake re- 9unrption..AU' tins, 'however,' muld be done by say thelst of January,1 1S69. The resumption 8bciUd be gradual to avoid un due pressure or panic and mLrht be on something likthe folloivitig b;tis: ; With a reserve of 100 millions iu gold to begin oni,tit is assumed :the Govern m--nt can safe ly, allow a circulation of say 300 millions of j greeu DacKvnuG farreenOacks us legal ten ders but as simple treasury notes, receiv-able-in payment of ail public dues, and of no less denomination than say 10 or 20 dol-' lar&to remain in circulation discharging all ita liabilities in specie or treasury notes, which would then be a specie equivalent for all business purposes, and in tlie'larVe proportion -of , commercial transactions would' perforin all the functions of gold, and often betaken in preference. B-mdliold-ers would take'them. or gold chi cks. for-: getting, or not caring, to demand coin-as npwT:lie distinction between bondhold ers and others, as creditors, would at once ceases All- would 'thwjtaudorr par. The'clamor for redemption of bonds iu irredeemable paper would be hushed ; for n6vwrinsieatr-ot-'pllitig Government cred ltors.down to greenbacks, th people M-ould i be elevated to the .same level with the' most favored, and all enjoying1 the stable currency .ot the Constitution. -There would be no demand lor coin as now, created by the' Government itself, to get money to pay Its interest, and augment duties already too hfgh. The dealers and merespeculators in gold. would desert the gold room, and its aoors might De closed or its halls devoted to more laudable purposes. For a time, perhaps, there inirht be some treDi- dittion. '. But soxin' confidence would besrin to resume sway; with the disappearance of the, premium ori gold, there would be no business reason to justify boarding; and it weuld-eome -tout of its hidinsr Dlaces and perform once, more the functions of monev. The business and commerce ot the country would soon acromiuodjite itself to the new condition ot affairs. - Doubtless there would be some failures of earn biers in 'raid, or stocks, or merchandise, or 'produce: but jttrese are only the drift,.wood thatmustne- pessaruy be noatea ottbi every great transi tion m-monetary anair.- and would pass away leaving scarcely a ripple behind. If the gqverumifut C04ld xueetjtailabilitle there would be nothing to fear. And that it codld-do" so' there is no .doubt. There Would be1 little or ho: contraction of eur reicy. At present, we have in circulation, say. in round numbers legal tenders 360 millions, national bank notes 303 millions total, . 660 "niniioiisC-; Suppose that,; in preparing ton resumption, in the course of next year, the hanks should reduce their circulation to 230 millions; add 300 millions treasury nptes,:givv550 millions and 110 millions of . specie released from hoarding, would ive:the same amount of currency we have at present. ' Allowing'the governr-ment:.100-millions; andfio .millions to he batiks t protect their circulation suppos ing the coin in the country to be the same in amount as at the beginning of the - war lao millions)-; ana 'we timl the required amount, 110 millions, already provided. ' I have safdrhothiag of the'National bank system, for it will be readily perceived that with resumption, as'proposed, much that Is Objectionable in it would disappear, and it . wouia tneu nave to stiiuu ou its own bot tom or gs out of existence. Deprived of greenbacks as a legal tehderfor thcircircti: lation, the banks would -have to make pro vision for keeping" their notes' up to the specie standard by -means bt specie funds. Such as failed to do this, would go into li quidation.' The notes being secured by pledge of U. S. stocks, might be' received and paid at the Trettstlry,' until such .time as. Government withdrew its. Treasury notes from circuktiori,,vhen itmiiriitauain Lreturn to a f r'ansaecion'pf all its' own affairs on a eoin- basis, ns bettrre the. War. Most of the National bank wpiild probably remain. in eivotont ei Duo on r principles- entirely Uifft-rent froni the present system; and in no respect1 Interfering with, the carrying out bt tlie views I have exoressed relative to a irefitoriitioii of the .currency to a specie UUblS. .. .. , . , This brief presentation shows, I think. that bad as our ease iu still it is not desper ate, that no good citizen should despair, but rather press-forward with renewed eu- ergy.iaod effort;. and, although CoirgresB la at present ooyona control, an expression of popular sentiment will not fail to exer cise pit. that body,' as well as on the. Execu tive, a healthy influence.,,. Unce' before, in the history of our country, we contracted what was then supposea xo oean enormous debt';- but many person lived to see it en- tlrelyiextiuguished.'i, hilsbitis not prob able that many- of those now living will see the liquidation of the present, indebt edness, yet it is not at. all impossible. ,Virh a reduction ot the rate of interest and provision tor taxation of -the bonds, or the capital invested in them, which Congress has full authorty to impose, with a reduc tion ol all-expenditures to that of an eeo notuical peapn establishment abandoning the idea bf it large standing army, eating up. the substance of the country' when it shtiultl be engaged in producing something abolishing Freedmeu's Bureaus and all other such contrivances for feeding and supporting negfoei or others at Govern ment expense-ewith these things done our taxes could he reduced more than one-half, and tb9 Government move along in slow, perhaps, but steady reduction of the ptib ifc burthensw ; 'i i' i -.-';--'...-, :a : But There, is a question of oversharlowine i UtnporUnce. the scttlement of which can not witn.'satety o postponed, ana which lies behind ewri questions' 'of flnntice and taxatlon-and that is the establishment of peace and -restoraiiou of the Union, in fact i a well as in name. o long as the pregeiit dUlocation, so to call ' It. continues, and, 8 atate of quasi war is maintained iu one-; third of the States, so long will it be use less to attempt to settle down noon any .arable.' plans , of finauce and . taxation. Therefore, do you desire early reduction oftaxattoin iand paymentofthe public debt? Kestore the Union.. Would you hasten a re turn to a fQnstitutional and. safe currency ? Thqn restore tha Union. i . Would you have peace Arid proyperttyi lr truth and in fact, thoughou Ul,-o horde's, hasten the-restoration of 'the.ttI'ion under .the Constitu tirri as our fathers made lt,and fetra?l, feel and1 know thittTiarhioTiy and brothwrhoo't are bnce more tarevail in thia now dis-trtfetedland?""- . t : - . : l lj - - a Jjl ' i-i .'.'-t'ti'-l it -"Tyhyi-isai-.-Uiafc; gold, is to-datr 44 Der 4enl.'pre'mitfrn?'i-''lt'i''no mm-ly Irt cbhse- quYH'e.bf atqtlnsatitand ViualrSd cdrrenr cy, fflifcaggrigte.7irciilatifcB.o -the couu. try, we have seen. Is less than seven hun dred millions of dollars; being only two hundred niil (ng m ire than waa in clrcula tolatthebfgi,ujngoftU)w. litis not, ! fheretore,.,tm qnantijg; but it Is .because tht-re is a want of couiideiir-e in, what wV I have; want,of conlideuee im tlie peace or stability of the Government, or in any ' plans of financial policy , that mair he de. ; termined n while suolt a state of uncer- ' tainty exist!. If our political trouble ; were, satisfactorily settled, aad a . normal : state ot pence firmly .established, there is . ; rro , valid liiiaucial or .cotuiaereial reason i for anything more than a nominal premi I um on gold, if even that... This fa-t is well I understood by all who are conversant with the financial affairs of the country. It is ;not, then, the mere tact of areduudaDtcur- rency that causes this prerjaium.- The great ipviLis that tnera is nt coodJence ia the -present -or what is to come in the future. ' T.O ; be.,; sure adJitioual . reason are -tound in the action of the Goverument it self. Ttte. mere; fact that it discredits its own paper, by ; refusing, to. receive, it i pavment o,its fn dues, depreciate k value, whilst the, idehjaud tnus cteateil te supplylts own wants enables speculatv r$ to keep gold at premium. .Thus the varw :oui causos' actsvid reactoo leach other, agtt gravating the. .evil., And: tcutill lurthe '' asgravato the evil, ,Giiveriirueiit collects gold if.does,iiot need, selling Siselfat times4 for Iu p wa paper- If the g.ld is not avciu-i ally Deeded, it ahould not beollmted.- m j .'jAnd now, 'readers. Jet. us proceed, to the. consideration ot;.: this, question - of rt-con struction. More, .than two- years have ' elapsed .since the termination of .the wat-) and. yet we find, the eountry : in a state -ol pra.-.tical disunion. Amid the-coo fusion: of conflicting theories, aod the strilrs .of heaDed partisans, we seen) o have -torgot-r ten,. 'that we have a country: terve,'or sv Constitution to control, or even to consult.) And thus, instead ot a well defined policy,., in harmony with and derived from then t Constitution, we ia.ve a maze el ; ttn-ories,i -aud; 4 re thrown Into A sea of -disputatiort-'without chart or compass to guide- usj Tae, -wildest experiments utterly,iviolativ:oiv 'every hitherto acuepted.idea .of constltu-: tioual right or obligation, arwtiirust before, us, and attempted to be: forced upon the couutrynoteu oolensi at the p.iut of the: bayonet. ,.lucreJible as this may seetu,yet: with shame and cpufusion of . face are war compelled to acknowledge that tbe picture -is only too true to the lile.t It we recuc to the beginning ot the war;, if we coiisUltr the history of -the four sad and , sorrow tnl, - yvars through which we passed, looking tot .- recorded facts and tbe repeated pledges of ' those who controlled. the legislative and i executive departments pt the Uivern!uent,i we tiud ; -our .'ay. perfrtctlyt clears But. amid the clamornnd jargon ot politicians i and time8ervers truth is lost In notion. and ; honest people are led to h ilt aud doubt, i Let usreour, then, to the, history of the last few years.' We cannot, have, it : too : Strongly impressed ou pur minds.. Alter i an exciting eleetitan, conducted.-, you i know, how, by a division iuthe Democratic! PVty, it rauning-. two candidates,: -.MrH Lincoln was elected, ; according to the ftrrus of the ConstitiUion, to the Fresiden-.': cy in. lS00..:In view ot tUe.doelared in-( tention ot the leading men of! the par y s to which Mr, Lincolu .belonged, to use bile, the powers of tlie Governinent in hostility , to the institution of slavery, thctiixieting in nearly one-halt of the States under tbe I admitted protection of tlie Constitution, 4 ana inllainml at-.wnat they believea an in- Tasion of their constitutional rights, a por- t tion of the Southern, States conceived" the r : idea ot a. withdrawal or. separation . from the Union, by ordinances, of secession, so j called, and the establishmeut .of another Government for . Uieniiplyes-. . In taking , this course .they.had the up'port of the de- H clared views ,'of the President elect, Mr. ; Lincoln, that any. people, at any time, dis- satisfied with the existing t forni ot Gov- ! ernmcnt, bad a.right to withdraiv trom or , overthrow, the objectionable Gov rnmeut and set. up another. more cou lormible to ( their. views,, "The constitutional right of,, the States so to secede, was held by tnauy statesmen of both . political ., parties, j The New York Trttmm. theforemust Kepi.b- , licau newspaper in the country ad ic-td -,-it." It bad been held by many statesmen. '-n ' New Ei'glanJ; aiid .the Virginia ana JCsm--., ' tucky , resolutions bf 1793 have often been ; quoted its affirmative ot the doctrine but ;i ; most ,m,oderate men whQ hold to the views '4 expressed iii V those resolutions', constiue , t(iem differently, and as recognizing in tne 1 States the right to determine for themselves .t whatthey may do in '.the last resort; in .; snort, tne rignt 01 , revolution, iniieretit in t the people, under all forms bf, government. ) Sh'nice'it .to say. thaf for wtiatev'er ot these reasons, dr. others, as the facts may have " been, South , Carolina,- Georgia, Alabama, Y Florida, Mississippi. Louisiana, and Texas j . passed ordinances ol . secession, and eslab-., 'fished, as" they -claimed, another governr, ..' ment. separate and distinct from the UnW todStatesJ 'They declared they had sei-ed- ed-rom the Union, and would maintain',1! '-their indepeiidetir'?, if necessary, by force , sof rms.' In this, condition of affairs, ,'. President Lincoln was inaugurated on the '.4thof "March,'1861, and on the 15th ot April " .follow'ing'.,he Issued ' his proct.amatron de-; "I 'clarlng that the laws of the XTiuted States' ", were obstructed in the said States "by com- ' -bii rations too poyerfuI to be. sui.press- ' ed 'Tiy : the ordinary .course- of judicial '" proceedings, " or. ' by ' the . powers vested in;'' this marshals " by - law;"; and' ;he, therefore; called forth the militia of the .Jsevera! Stated; to the number of 75 000. ."in ' 1 virtue bt the po wer vested" hi .ti'ijn -by the "I OonStltntion,". to do Whatf.'Jo suppress "said combinations and, to cause the laws to, .be dnly executed." -,At the saie 'tlme' he'.'. "convoked a -SDeclkl session of. ft.tiio-rfwia tji. " meet at Washington on the4;h of' Julv fol lowing, ine immediate cause of This call was;'lt was ..said, Uie attack. on Fort, Sumter,-near Charleston, and the , with I'rawiil of , the United States garrison od the day pre- . -""ceding. The work lof secession went on; ' Nortlt Carolina: Tennessee, Virginia, Art- " jinsas, -followedv" their sister States,, and ' great apprehensions existed that Kentucky, 'i.Missot)ri hri4' Miryiand would ultimately., -iollow; they "being slave States. " Meantime'1 J. -armies'' were 'rapidlv organizing oii both 'Bides. On tlie' 21st Jtily the battle bf Bull' Kiin was" fought on tiie soil . of. .Virginia, '! The so-called Confederates ,. were -the vie- tors, and their army threatened. ' .Washing- , j ton. At this time Congress deliberated ou ' a public act, declaratory, of tiie intentions , of the Government, and which passed both -houses, with but two dissi-ntiiig votes in the House and five in the Senatr. declaring r in the most solemn form that the wartlu-u " existing was not Waged pn the part of tlie.'.' , "'.,,,,.. In tl , 1. ert..lf nt. . . . . . J : ' Viuvriiiiuciiu, 1,1 I1H.UI "Ff ieNOllB . , f. nf Itip Sttlc hut ti H. K....1 rt ..,t.i- 1 . .. . u-,uaiMioi. , the supremacy of the Constitution "L and "sto ' preserve the , Union, . with !.,,, all. the dignity, equality arid, rights of the t States uuimpaired : and. that, as . soon aa. .' , taese objects should be aecompli.shed the , ! war ought to cease.-' Tney then proceeded to call f. rth volunteers tot the armies tp be . raised; to makuappropriations tor tlie pur- . , -chase of military -supplies, and all and eve- ' ry thing whatsoever necessary to the vigor- r oils prosecution' of the war.. And now the' ' ' cry ' ro arms " res-iunded throughout the land.- '-The flag of the Union, with not a star effaced," "theUnion and the Consti tution," became the battle cries, and forth from hill aud .dale lrom. mountain and valley from city and Jrom froctier forest, ' came forth the patriotic sons of patriotic , sires who had fought and bled to estul.luh ; 'the Union and tbe Constitution, to preserve . 1 . . -...J 1. 1 I . T aiieiu wiieu now uccuireu ju uanger. Uat tle succeeded battle, the earth lairlv rocked beneath the tread of t,he contending hosts,, aiid the very atmosphere was tilled with the sulphurous smoke of war. Blood flowed in nor for any purpose, ot .conquest or subju-', jfation,' nor purpose pf byenhro.wing or jn '. .1 terfering wifh the established" justitutiens- torrents the blood ot countrymen and kindred, lor father was ' arrayed against - ', sOnj and brother against brother. Another . v ' and another year, and still others, uutiL, ', ' -tour long and sorrowful years of war deo. lata the land, and thousands and hundreds. ot thous nds have yielded up jthe,ic.yoa, and tbe whole land. Ls shroud' d in, niauru g.7Pu..aJt' speettve.departnients ol the tiovertrm.et,t, proclaimed to the . world the .iip.ta. Cr.. I which the unnaiHral.aii(i horrible atriicgte ' ' was prolonged; and the peoph? supported '. ineur on inese - gromros.'. These . : , & . 1 .-. K.. f.. -J- : . - . ' while tinMS toxlstB. Theya're fetri;d'4A itiga, iu-liiiic ouok 01 TrofrKS 'Where the VoWa ,ot prlneeS and the pledged1 faith of nations' 'H ,r are recbrdedj' anfl wfll confront' ns allrt11"? -thatj gretf;da'wHehrthe'-bookii BnWI be"" oneBetiAaStf tie'niirtrvi,:iil't,irt r-tn'rl ...,; '-'"! led toji: ment. ' . In toJrJ"tobstasble'"ibrV;lbrmi . - -: t : ..-,-r,-r . r,.-i'"j"v.iviiv. . ., ition.Jbyi pledger Uj tVrngressio'uar eiiacV-1 jL'J ment, by every means kiown to civilized I ' '