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JJOUSTON # TEXAS GENTEAL
RAILWAY.
CHANGE OF TIME.
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ON AND AFTER MONDAY, JULY 15, 1878,
Passenger Trains will run daily (Sundays excepted) as
follows I
Arriving at Austin 5:45
p. M.; Waco 8:30 p. m.;
Loaves HOUSTON Dallas i1:u0 p. m., samo
8 A.M.—EXPRESS
Loaves HOUSTON
6 p.m. ACCOMMO-
DATION.
FnrCoinliiitna, Aus-
tin anil interme-
diate Stations.
day.
Returning,
las 8 a. m.j Waco 4:30 a. m.,
ietuniing, leaves Dal*
Austin 7:15 a. m., arriving
at Houston ut 5:30 p. m.
.same day.
Arriving at Austin 0:15
a. m., anil Corsicanu 11:30
a. m. next day.
Returning loaves Aus-
tin '7:15 p. m., Corsíoana
4:30 p.m. arriving at Hous-
.ton 9 a. m. next day.
PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS
are attached to AocomniDilation Trains botween
Houston anil Austin.
Tho above trains make tho following con-
nections, viz:
At Ileartie, with International Railroad
daily, (Sundays excepted) North, at 3 25 P. M.,
and 4 a. m., South, at 10 a. jr., and 11 p. m.,
At Waco, daily (Sundays excepted) with
Stages for South to Bolton, and North to
Hillsboro aud Waxahuchio.
At Moxia, with lino of Hacks for Pa irflelil
and Butler, on Sundays and Wednesdays.
At Dulias, North, with EI Paso Stago line
daily (Sundays excepted) at 2 a.m. for Mc-
Kinuey, Sherinun ana Torminus of the M., K.
& T. R. R.
West, for Fort Worth, Weatlierford and
Jaeksboro, Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fri-
days, at 0 a. m.,
East, for Knufinan, Tyler and Longviow,
Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 2 a. m.,
Southwest, for Cleburne every Monday at.U
a. m.
Northwest, for Denton anil Gainesville,
every Wednesday at 6 a. m.,
At. Ledbetter, with daily Stage for LaGrangc.
At McDade, with daily Stage for llastrop.
At Austin, with daily Stage for San Marcos,
New Brauufels, San Antonio and El Paso.
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General Freight Agent. nugHtf
HOUSTON
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AIL DEPARTURES.
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Thursdays and Saturdays, at \! o'clock 1'. St.,
and on Sundays at, 11 o'clock,
Mails via G H & 11 U H—Texas Central
ami Branclies—linmston anil (treat Northern
R It—International R It anil llarrisbuvg and
Sun Antonio It R close at 5 o'clock A. M., Sim-
days excepted.
Mails for Houston City—Austin and vicinity
close at 5 o'clock A. M. and 1 o'clock 1*. M..
daily, Sundays excepted.
Mails for San Antonio City and vicinity
close at 1 o'clock F. M, dully, Sundays excepted.
Mails for Liberty, Beaumont and Sabine
Pass close Mondays anil Thursdays ut 7 o'clock
A. M.
Mails for lnilianola and Corpus Christi close
three times a week—on irregular ila.vs.
To prevent mistakes, it is respccti'uily sug-
gested that owners of boxes should invariably
request their correspondents to give Hie num-
ber of the box in tins superscription of the let-
ter. \V. T. CLAKK, l\ M.
.nona a JLIA'E STE*Mujiemis.
TO NEW ORLEANS VIA BKA-
SHEAlt. AND MORGAN'S LOUISIANA AND
Texas Mail road,
FOUR MAILS l'ER WKF.K.
THE following new anil splendid Iron
Steamers leave Galveston as follows:
Steamer JVIÍITXICV, T. N. I.l'wrs, Master,
Sundays and Thursdays, atP. M.
Steamer CITY OF XOtlPOLK, ,T. Hopkins
Master, Tuesdays Saturdays at -¿ I'. M.
C.'arrying Passengers anil Mails only, and eon
necting in New Orleans witli routes North and
West.
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CHAS. FOWLER, Agent,
Otlico on Central Wharf
rpiJE LIVERPOOL AXD TEXAS
STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
A. C,
SAN JACINTO,
Brnnows. Commander.
SAN ANTONIO,
John Rea
.Comma líder.
Fob tiik Galveston Staxdaiiu.I
LOTTIE AN EVANGEL.
Peacefully sleeping the young bride
■ daintily moulded tho lifeless cl, ""
About the puro angelic face .
Of cuff ánii pain no siugle trace. '
And crossed npon hor placid Ijreijst,
Tho little hands swnet rosos prest;
Oh, she was wondrous fair to seo
It seemed as if it could not be.
That she was dead, ah dreadful day,
When her bright spirit left its clay
Upon her breast u floral cross,
Its meaning glad, Iwr gain our In**.
Above her feet with silken shoos
A wreath of beauty intugling hues,
And thus she luy in flowery state
As loved ones lie ut Heaven's gate.
Thoy said she swcr'tly smiled at last ~ '
When agony aud pain were past,
Within the glail cerulean eyes
Tho language of tlio uppor skies.
And tho' no words her lips unsealed,
That heavenly glance to us rcvouloil
A hope lioyontl the gates of death,
As with hor lust respiring breath—
Sho softly smiled at last to rest
Her head upon Iimnuuucl's breast:
How tho Great Shepherd gently leads
Her happy soul to fragrunt meads.
Aud where perennial roses blow,
Iter shining 1'eet in beauty go
Besiilo the silver rippling stioani,
Her robes of light in splendor gleam.
Oh well beloved beauteous child
Could'st thou now see our sorrow wild,
Motliiuks in pity for our puin
Thou fair would come to us again.
We know that thou art happy now
Bocuubo upon thy peerless brow,
Thoro rests tho halo of tho blest,
Tho circlet of tho Heavenly guest.
About, thy lips tho parting smile
With which thy spirit was erewhiie ;
Released from earth and spread her wing,
Thou loveliest daughter of tho King.
Wo may not mourn our dead in Christ,
Because beyond these clouds and mist,
They live agaiu anil wo shall meet
Aud walk In peace the golden strcot.
8. Adams Wmui.v.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 18th, 1872.
VALE OF CALDER,
And. Coiihky Commander.
Tho steamer Vale of Calder. will sail fur
Liverpool dlrrot on Tuesday November If
not sooner. For freight or ntbln passage, ap-
ply to C. W. HURLEY, & Co.,
Agents, 117 Strand,
C. GRIMSHAW & Co.,
Agents, Liverpool. oSH*If,
CAPITAL LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
[Concluded.]
Editor Galveston /Standard: III tlio
power of corporations this country is
being flooded with emigrants. Volun-
tary ontfgmuoti i ftunfinoim? -uní in-
voluntary emigration based, upon the
scheme and artifice ot' designing cor-
porators ill order to crush home labor
is oppressive, lu every turn of capital
and its treatment to labor we see the
truth of the following "For tho few,
broad lands and gold. For the many
beast and soul starvation and six feet
two of charity mould." Wendell Phil-
lips asks for property in common. This
is becnuso ho. believes that each man is
dependent upon his fellow man and
owns nothing from his exclusive energy
or skill. Hut the fact that labor gives
value to whatsoever it is attached ex-
cludes tho practicability of things held
in common. All that is needed is bet-
ter treatment, a recognition of labor
and a helping hand to industry. It is
observable that in the history of
Greece, Industry and Freedom grew
together and together died. The days
of the Emperor Augustus have been
marked as those in which the useful
arts flourished in the. Roman Empire.
Rut of Louis Napoleon it is to be no-
ticed that his reign marked for its fre-
quent revolutions paralyzed the indus-
try of Franco.
Industry alVects religion. I mean by
industry uH'ecling relia'ion not your
"isms" nor my "isms," your doxy nor
my doxy, your church nor my church,
but a pure. Christianity manifesting it-
self in works—a diligence such as is
illustrated in the Bible, in a man having
a hundred sheep and losing one of
them goes straightway after the lost
sheep until he finds it. That Divine
Providence is intimately eoniiecteil
with industry, may bo seen in the
crude belief of tlm ancients. Inventions
were regarded as emanating from the
(Soils.
God created man an industrious
being and furnished him the material
for its application. Ry a due exercise
of industry man has made the gas to
be at his service. The metals lie under
his feet in perfect vassalage. The sea
is his burden bearer. Oxygen and
Hydrogen and Nitrogen, gold, silver,
coppct and iron, mercury and lead, all
contribute to his comfort. It is only
when wo move over the waters by mind
or steam, when we light our streets and
dwellings with gas, when we span the
river and tunnel the rock, when wo
make bricks of clay and build houses
of stone, when by the printing press
we scatter knowledge to the four quar-
ters of the globe, when by the telegraph
we communicate to the world in an
instant of time, when we copy the life
and beauty of creation, when we bring
music from brass and by the telescope
view other worlds, that industry is
performing bor highest work, and mau
fulfilling his highest destiny iu obe-
dience to tho injunction "Have dominion
over tlio flsh of tho sea over tho fowl of
till air, otc. But in order to bo indus-
trious wo must co-oporato and treat
kindly our. fellow man. Cicero says,
" intelligence, self-government, and
right conduct towards our fellow man
are essential to tho growth of tho use-
ful arts.
Industry lifts tho poor out of the
dunghill and sets him among princes ;
it sutlers not tho head to droop upon
tho bosom, nor tho eyo to bo downcast.
Hands that aro under its influeuce
novel) bang down. Industry is strength,
industry is wealth. ' '
D. A. Sthaker.
I from tho Toledo Blade.
THE NASBY LETTERS.
Mr. Nashy at Cliappaqua—The Jollification
over tho October Eieutions—Another Trip
Proposed and Opposed.
Chappaqua, Oct. 11. 1 <->72, >
(Wich is in tho State uv Noo York.) 5
Tt wuz nito at Gliappaqun. The wild
winds sighed mournfully about the
dreary house, and blew chill aud sad
among: tho denuded branches uv tho
fallen trees wich the Philosopher and
Sago lied cut down dooriu tho cam-
pano. (Ez he lied to be allnss surprised
cuttin down a tree, he didn't uv course
liev timo to trim em all.) Tho cold
autumnal rain wuz a t'allin in a mclan-
colly drizzle, and the frost king's damp
and icy linger had tetched the famous
Spring wich it wuz hcimetieally a seal-
in uv. For wich, thank Heaven. Ef
thatrspring could be friz up so that my
bowels, wich requires sutiiiu heat.in,
snood never be persekootod no more
with its accursed waters, 1 should be
happy. Inside the house we sot. We
hod gathered to jollify over our expect-
ed triumph iu Ohio, Injiauy, and Penn-
sylvany. We had reseoved the news
and wuz jollify in. Then* wuz the great
and good Greeley hisself, there wuz
Tilton uv tho curly locks, and Reid uv
tho crafty face, there wuz Cochrane
and McCiure, and lendin men uv Peiin-
sylvany, uv the South and West.
We wuz jollyfyin ! Down the fur-
rowed cheek uv each the pensive
tear wuz rollin, and each wuz
wuz usiu his pock it haiulkcrchor at his
eyes, probably to conceol his joy.
Wo ¿ot long in silence a stiuiyin the
— L ■ " .nit ,• <>- %■'*
Gmilr'y spoke, lie rejoiced over «lie
victory he hod achieved in tho three
States, tho he would say in candor that
tho victory wuzn't complete ez he cood
hov wished. But thcr wuz cvry coz
for congrutulasho.il and rojoicin. Tho
majority agin us in Ohio wuz only
20,000. Now there is, in round num-
bers, 2000 election precincts in that
State, and of only live Republicans iu
each change from the tyrant Grant to
mo, why 1 carry it. Likewise so in
Pennsylvania and Ingiany. The ishoo
is now narrowed to the twOj anil who
kin doubt the result í Is not that com-
fort cnttli 1,
The response was a most hilarious
and enthusiastic groan from all present.
JSIr. Leverich, a importer from Noo
York, remarked that the result iu the
A Vest wuz doubtless, becoz Mr. Gree-
ley wood persist in loltiii out that ho
wuz a protectionist.
i\lr. Mii'fgregor, uv Pennsylvania,
swore in good Scotch, that the result
iu Pemisylvany mite lie attribooted
solely to the fact that, lie ignored Per-
todkshen and wuz a dallyin with Free
Traders.
Kernel McWolter, uv Kentucky, re-
marked that his Abolishiinisin, which
he threw out oil his trip, lost him his
strength in Southern Ohio and Injiany.
Mr. Placid, uv Northern Ohio, wuz
certiti that his apologizin Ibrhevin bin
an Abolishunist, at .1 eit'ersonville, roll-
ed up the fearful majorities agin him in
Northern Ohio and Injiany.
Captain lloolan, late Quartermaster
in l lie Federal Army, wuz satisfied
that, the abooso uv the soljers iu Pitts-
burg, cost, him the soljer vote.
Ma ¡or Migffins, uv Virginia, late C.
S. A.', knowil that his as coketlin with
tho Federal soljers lost him tho support
uv the friends uv the South iu the
three States.
To all ii v wich I listened and then I
gave my views. Wo wuz beaten—or
to put it <'■/■ mildly ez possible, we failed
to acheevo a. decisive victory by at
toinplin too much—wo tried to kivcr
too much ground. The great and good
llorris, under whom I fondly hoped to
hex a Postotlis, is too versaJeel in prin-
eipple. In his writ in ho. is rigid, but
in priuei|ip!e he is versatel. It wood
lie money in his pocket ef he cood re-
verse the' order. Ef his principies wuz
ez stratet'orward ez his method uv
enllin a man a d—d villain ho wood
be entirely great. When a man runs
lor President, and tries to eonsiliate.
Free Traders, Proteckshinists, Fed ral
Solgers, Confedrits, Abolislmists, Pro-
slavery men, with a dozen other varie-
ties hii v in. lie undertakes a large job.
It never did win yit, and never will. I
wuz with the deeeest—that is our noble
dicef— all the way. It, wuz not en-
courngin when he wasmakin a speech,
'savin Pittsburgh, support in tariff, to
I see on a bulletin board opposit he
! idoutikle speeeli lie made (lie day afore,
j in Noo .Jersey, lonviti tariff entirely to
the Congressional dostriks. It wuz not
j altogether a pleasant tiling at .leffcr-
I sonville, when we felt, it onr dooty to
¡ apologize for our hevin Dili a Aboli-
tionist, to hov the speeches wich we
made three days afore in Pennsylvuny
denouncin sktM.'ry, poked into our face,
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tod ine.
In short, we wuz a ridin too many
bosses, and the trouble wuz, tliem
bosses wuz all pintiu iu different
direckshons. Wo undertook to sit on
a dozen different stools, and, ez talent-
ed ez we are iu that portion uv our
body, wo aiut broad enuft'. It doesn't
matter to me, or to Cochran, or Tilton,
or McCiure. With us it is n simple
question uv winiiiu. There is tlioeanip
uv tho enemy to plunder, nnd to as
the method uv tnkin it don't matter.
I found sovernl sicli in every towusliip.
The follow whose sole pants for a Post
offls ez the hart panteth for the water
course, will do jest ez I did. He'll hist
his hat enthoosiastically for tariff at
•Tohustown to-day and for free trade in
Illinoy to-morrow. Bnt the people dont
all want Post offlses ez bad ez wq do,
aud consekeutly tlont hist with
ease. So tbr ez/I am co'ucei
Hero Mr. Greeley iuten-upi
He wuz entirely convinced that snccess
in November wuz ashoorcd. He hed
bin embamissed in the October election
with County, Decstrick and State tick-
ets. Now that it is redooscd to a strate
islioo botwoon me aud Grant, it is dif
ferent. I sliel go into tho canvass my-
self. I shol accept invitashuns to ad-
dress agricultooral societies, aud sliel
make a personal toor—
" Don't!" exclaimed tho ontire assem-
blage,throwiu thoirsclves on their knees
before liim, oz ouo man, witb tears a
stroamin down ther cheeks. "Don't—"
" Sir!" sed 1 storuly, (for I felt tho
timo lied come for plain talk,) " ef you
will go, uv course you must. There is
notliin in the coustitooslui uv the Yoo-
uited States that prevents a man from
makiu a fool uv hisself. That is one
uv our reserved rites. But, gentle sir,
listón to advice. I repeat, " Dou't." I
kin stand it. I am an old man, and hev
but a few days to linger. You are an
old mau, and wot happens to you don't
matter. Wo hov neethér uv us much
of life or character to lose. But hev
pity on these young mén 1 Think uv
Tilton, nnd Reid, nnd don't carry them
any further down than possible. They
kin; it is true, change their names, and
go west, bnt it will toiler 'em. Hov pity
ou 'ein. But ef you will go, go prepar-
ed, so that ez little damage will bo done
oz possible. Cut all tbo telegraph wires,
so that reports uv your speeches kin by
uo means be sent out. To make ashoor-
auco doubly shoor, leave behind you
skillful burglars who sliel destroy the
mails, that reports sliel not get ont. Kill
remorsely every man yoo see with anote
book and pencil. Put yoorself in posi-
sioii to deny what yon lmy, said, when-
sicli thorough and iadjcál troi
yoo wood be comparatively harmless,
ami your speeches would not weigh
onto us ez terrible ez did tlio last yoo
made. Ef yoo persist in goin without
takiu tliem precautious, do it; but yoo
do it without mo. I sliel wash my hands
uv the whole biznis, and go back to
tho Cross Roads, where, of tho liviu
aiut so good, I commune daily with
better men. I hev sed."
Tlio Sage conclooded finally not to
go, but rather to trust tho sober second
thought uv the people.
The jig is up. 1 cominonst borrowin
money this morning uv every mau
who conies to Chappaqua. That pres-
ages immi<¡it depareher. I tried to
sekoor a soot uv I Ion ises clothes, but
the only ono I found wuz a soot we
bought in the spring and rubbed all
over with earth, to wear when wo were
surprised diggiu iu tlio garden. ILis
choppin soot aiut worth tukiii, aud his
traveiin soot, which 1 wanted, ho wears
all tlio time. I sliel borror vigorously
the low days I hev left, hopin to amass
oaulf to keep mo thro the winter.
Petroleum V. Nasjiy, P. M.
(Wich wood like to tie Postmaster, but
sees no hope uv it.)
grant or greelev, and why?
George Wm. Curtis on the Presidential Question.
George William Curtis opened nt
Boston tho Parker Fraternity course
of lectures, with his lecture entitled
"Grant or Greeley, aud Why i" Ho
siiil:
In the. old Swiss cantons of Uri aud
Valais the purest popular government
known lias existed for more than a
thousand years. On some bright morn-
ing of spring the little army of Uri,
bearing the banner of the bull's head,
marches to agiten meadow among the
mountains; all the men of age follow
on foot, and the magistrates oil horse,
the chief magistrate wearing the sword.
Iteachingthe meadow the people gather
around the chief ruler, there is a brief
pause for silent, prayer, ami then aud
t here, in the general assembly of the
people, the magistrate delivers up his
sword, loaVes the chair, and, descend-
ing, takes his place with the other citi-
zens. If he lias served them well thoy
bid him take the chair again, for in these
simple democracies there is no rule that
the chief magistrate shall not be
re elected, if the people shall have de-
cided by experience and not by a the-
ory whether the chief be worthy, and
the rejection of the retiring magistrate
is the exception both in the single can-
ton and in tlio whole Swiss confedera-
tion. A traveler tells us that for eigh-
teen years no member of the executive
council failed toobtain re-election when-
ever ho had so desired, except in two
instances, and yet constant reelection
has not. impaired the Swiss traditions
of popular freedom, which remain to
this «¡ay. It is a pleasant picture, that
of the Swiss peasants iu the green
mountain pastures, gathered in the
summer morning to make their laws
ami choose their magistrate, and so
continue from age to age. You say this
to possible in poetry and in State* too
sm U for Europe to reganL-but the
political custom of Uri and voláis aro
the basis of ours: the term of the pres-
idential election in America flows from
those ulear and Alpine systems. Wbat
aro we now doing at this moment bat.
assembling on a day, which lasts from '
June to November, to decide whether
we shall say to oar chief magistrate,
who is about to resign liia trust, "Vic-
tor of Appomatox, leave the Ousir that
you have disgraced/ or whether
we Bhall Say to him as Mr. Lincoln said
to him in handing him his commission
as general of the armies, "Gen. Grant,
the nation's appreciation of what you
have already done, and its reliance
upon you of what still remains to bo
done, are now preseutod you with this
commission. A the coaufty Jjereiu
trusts yen, so under God )!Wil $Ífóln
you." [Applause.] The country said
so to Washington, to Jefferson, to
Madison, to Monroe, to Jackson, to
Lincoln, and already on the outskirts
of the groat congregation of the
the voice begins to make itself
On tbo edge we call Maine, on the
heights wo call Vermont already wo
hear tho cry, "General Grant, as the
country herein trnsts yon, so under
God it will sustain you." For happily
ours is a government not of mon, but
of laws and public opinion. Every four
years we elect not ouly a President,
but wo choose also a party; the party
determines tbo principles and spirit of
tho administration it brings into power.
We at this moment deal with two par-
ties, and with two only; and which of
these who have preseuted us with a
candidate do we believe will more spre-
ly secure the welfare of this country—
tho Democratic party, with a tow Re-
publican recruits, headed by Mr% Gree-
ley, or the Republican party, headed
by Gen. Grant ? Listen to the err of
each OB it falls upon ns this autumn
night. The Democratic party shouts
from the mountain's edge to the sea,
"Forgive and forget! forgive and for-
get P And what is tbo Republican
response f It is in the air; it boats iu
our hearts; itjtromblcs upon our ton-
gues ; it rallies all the great heart of
tho American people, iii which was
never a thought of vengeaucc—" By
all tho memories of the dead, by all
the hopes of liberty, we will forgive
everything, and God helping us, wo
will forget nothing." (Loud applause.)
If we would know for wliioh party to
vote, we must understand what it is wo
vote for. It is not reconciliation, it is
not reform—it js something deeper than
**"*• "ér¡?Mp$¡gfl* * a mvi ia m
the government of the iiewf ri,,inn ■*.vf
has followed the war shall -WiwuhÍ.16
torcd iu the fullest and most sympath-
etic faith of tho principles that tri-
umphed iu tho struggle—and wo both
interpreted and amended the Constitu-
tion, politically, by the war, and de-
cided as a pcmiancuco that tho equal
rights of every citizen are tho sacred
Suard of the whole people; that unity
oes not depend upon any State or any.
section of tho country nor any minority
in that section; that the Union is not a
department of foreign affairs, but tho
national authority of tho sovereign
people of tho United States. "From my
birth," says the nation, "a cloud has
rested upon my constitution, and the
Virginia aud Kentucky resolutions havo
threatened mo every moment in tho
hands of the Democratic party. Thank
God, I am released. I am no more a
child, but a man; no longer a con-
federacy, but a nation; no more se-
parated States but I am the United
States of America, ono and indivisible.
If a man has received injustice or in-
jury, and his neighbors will not protect
liim iu tho loyal courts under the local
law, and refuse to aid him, I will de-
fend him," says the new born nation of
the war. "Amen," echo Vicksburg,
Gettysburg, and Port Royal. "Amen,"
says the Kearsage, as sho sinks tho
Alabama. "Amen," shouts Sherman,
us ho marches to tho sen. "Amen,"
says Goucral Grant, as mid tho heaven-
ly music of four millions ot breaking
chains Goucral Lee surrenders to him
tho broken sword of slavery. [Loud
applause.] This is the new Union ; the
wai Avas not fought for nothing. Its gos-
pel is yet unseen, undeveloped.To which
pnrty will yon trust it 11 do not,of course
repeat the story of the Democratic
party. You know that its strength
and its mastery were in tho principles
ami tho spirit known us tho South,
which iu our politics is not and never
was so much a place as an idea. Tho
South was not New York; it was not
Boston. When Air. Toombs said ho
would call the roll of his slaves on
Buukcr Hill, he said so becanso ho
knew he had filares in Boston. Tho
most cherished Democratic tradition is
State authority, which is as different
from local self-governnieut as despotism
is from freedom. This is the party of
which Mr. Greeley truly said, iftnore
were not a newspaper or a school in
the country the Democratic party
would be far stronger than it is. No
wonder that he and the party around
him now shout in vociferous cries,
"Forget, forgetFellow-citizens, it is
the only political wisdom, "Remem-
ber," cries the slave of yesterday from
his new found freedom; "Itemember,"
murmurs the soldier who sleeps with
folded hands in his grave. Take the
rosiest view possible,—then answer me:
Are the traditions, dogmas, policy of
the Democratic party the sign of
that statesmanship, of that justice and
genuine respect for equality which
the country demands t Hero is a
new union, Itere is union of liberty, not
slavery, iu which there is to be progress
and reform, all dependent upon iutclli-
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