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STATE UIGIITS DEMOCRAT
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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1880.
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C. . VULVHXTU.N. X. . III SrilRltT.
HUMPHREY & WOLVKRTOX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAY,
Albany, Oregon.
Wil I'rai tUs in nil llip I'.mrt In tti Suts. Probata
niMter stul .-WkvLi.,... ntw-uUct u. rtuiUy.
I, FI.INN. H. K. t il AMBKM-AIN'.
FLIXX & niAMEERLAlX,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Albany, Oregon.
"OlVu-n in Foster's r.riek TUock.tS
v I. in 1st f.
K. X. MKAIIAS. I.. lllLVKU.
8T1SAUAX & ItllYI'ISlT,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELOR AT LAW
. 1 baity. Oregon.
-j JK Vf-TK K IX A l.L. THE COtT UTS OF
L I hi iSlitle. They vve special atlen
ln lit collection null probate matter.
Ultiee iu Kilter's Hew brick. -liHf
l7h7montany7
ATTOHNUY AT LAW,
ANI
Notary Public.
Albany, Oregon.
Oftic upstair. overJuhu l?rirsr More,
is; street. vnnlSitr
D.-n. N. KIiACK burnT
AHORSEY &3 COUNSELOR AT UW
Albany, Orcen.
WCIee up stair la tbe 04J fellow's Tent
plr. .
Collection it rr!n!l v.
pJl.
J. K. 7EATHEHF0IiD,
(XOTAKY VI T.LK
iTTORN'KY- AT LW,
AUIM, OEII-dV.
"V"1I.L PKAl-riCR l AU.THti llil'ltTS OFTHE
It Sit. aUctC.l.m KlVv'H I. ClU-ClUllUt Mtal
pnlac nwulr.
XIIOu-e hi Ol.l F.tS-s- Tifiipk". p:
j. e. mwui. xv. ti. pii.yku.
i'owklii c'i- isiijYi:u,
kTT(M!NKYS at law,
An.1 ;;i!ii iiojs in ( h:iurrrv
Utttsv. ... oick;ox.
Callw iir." promptly -ma! on all pciult.
Iiuiim ne-.r.i:.it.c.l in r-.-i-ii e tci ms.
i':.iv m I'h-i.t's r.iseK.s-5.
VHill'.'!".
( v t i:n i:v r law.
iliiiM. cnun'
ll . l:t the t'.bl Fi-ll.-."s
1 tr.upit!.'
vi-.n.v.
F. r.j. IVrSLLEK,
VlllSi: AT i.A'
l.r'.iiVXOY OiititOV
Will pm1ic- ) nil (!. t"Ufl "1 H.e H -I.
I'll'lUfi Hi-Illll ' i"l illfctllH'., 41il-
,--. 1.(11 tetul -..,. i.I Itilf. Irltu
J. A. .VVSVs
ATT0a?iY AKO Cu'JS2i03 Af LAW
OI5
.ON.
prn.t:ri In all lli i'vi.i I !i .Slal
y4il: ,ji tl.-1 't.t.rt fl.tii.H'- "v 3
Vli0V I.
JI. J. EOUGIITOi;, M. D..
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T'lE f.n'R ! A -U.IL"ATE Of THK TSI-
KKSITV ir.iu.ii ' l York, ami u a
nwi'Wr ct b-Jirt ii.;tit 2tiua Cutitn;e vt
2i;c YliIc. i
,j3rT;i!- anl rtf-iH-nrr on corner f Toiirth anl
, ni-.t.rt-iii StrcvL-( Oirfct-ilj' bjcli v Cue U. K. thun-b.
D. W. BArXlir, 51. D. J. M. POWKLL., M.H.
BALLARD & POWELL,
rhj-siciaus ami Surgreons,
JLebtinon, Oregon.
ifO (?! in Ibanon Prug Store ."St
Tir.nlOtf
Dr. . V.'IOTS , 111 ICE,
Odd Felloes' Temple,
Oili'.-e hours from to 12, ami from J to 4
vollSn-KKf
ir. II. J. Churchill,-
HOMEPATEiaFETSICIAH&SITEGEON
(Oflicoln Mi-liwalR'ft Brick.) .
Alltai!. . Oregon
Chronic Disase3 a Rfwiiaitjr. Can bo
foun.l at my ol'ice at all hour of the day
or iiijriii when not proii?Hiooaliy aoseni,
. . vl.iii2ir
G. C. Kelly, M. D.,
Physician and . iirffpn,
4iI.MAXV, OKF.GOV.
KarOffice in JI'I I wain's Block. Kph!-
deiioc, on dxir north of Broom Factory,
vMnStf.
jfSperevor to Ir. Bifwer.)
Office and rcjli!ci: o on BHnm! Mtrot,
near No. l'u Ktilne IIodho, 2.'!tf
tor. t. i js:a, '
0CCUL1ST AND AURIST
rIt-lor.JKH Has IIAU FSPKKIKKfE IN
I J tro:ttiiiK tlie virion tiLst'aKi'H to wtiicli the
ty aoil car an nuljji cl, hhJ O-i-Ih nm ti,lt-iit of
KivliJ!; entire tuitimnct mn ti Uxh& who may
)ta? ineiiiHi1! vtn uihiit ins cari. nosir.
TAKE NOTICE!
TF YOU WANT A Cf.F.AX. COUFOltT-
JL ablo shave, hair-cut or Uilh K0 to Ihe
FAS!! ION HAIR CIJTT1XG READ
where you will iiml fins. Enzlaniler and
Jfenry Hackensto always on liarid au(l ftblp
ttiKJ wituiiu lo Uo goca work.
Rooms on First Mreot, two doors !low
-U oil, Farjfo & Co.'b oflica. - smf
JOHN ELLIOTT,
PRACTICAL inLLY7EIGHT
Albany, Oregon.' V
Iaformatibn given clieerfullyv Address
me at AlJoany. wax
rnis paper rRns,
nutimvu ma U niudB tur it I N ti . t lw.
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IS NOW RKl KIV1NU Jlifl
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DRY GOODS,
BOOTS & SHOES,
CARPETS,
GROCERIES,
WALL PAPER,
Houso Furnishing Goods,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
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Ur Itne uf rIUM ?hmU. lUiitjT CAU itr
Um-iii, i am Ut-iertmucu ul tu h unut ruL
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he!toth. rfC3iuiena-U i Uniucl lVorU that
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j'l-wwin jrt'icrifrirc iu any inititf r. It. I At i-
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Jfe lii-ai J.tumal tt hatl 0m turv fr iWtut4
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Sold In Albany by FOS1IAVA MASn.V.
In Kalem by K. S. II UBKELL.
ALBANY
COLLEGIATE LN'STITUTK.
ALSUSY, OK.
Tbe Second Term will open 03 No
vember 3, 1S7D. - '
3 far It U dinble three c u r- of lnirOfitn
ik-ictUiilc aiul
A fall rnrpkuf InHfrnnar baa herm crrtil.
Kir iKlciUni cfmcpmintr the count- of tuU' and
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STAR 'BAKERY !
CONRAD lijLESEIl, rronrietcr-
fresh Ilroad . Unify.
Groceries and Provisions of all
kinds Cheap :
pSrWA and spe rny Stock, 42tf
Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton,
Veal and Saunagq. gIj
ways on hand.
Hii'l!Ht Cash Price paid ir nil kinds of (at atK i.
HO, FQH SODAVILLE !
T WILL MAKE'TKIPS WITH MY STACK KVE11Y
. .Salut J:iy tietweeu
ALBANY AND SODAVIUE
1
and tll carry both freight and mnre. Leavq
ordera at St. "Oliartcs or Hevere li-iy. J ttnvf' own
the Ie-d atabla at fciodaviJU:, and Will Uki! finjU carp o!
norsea ten in niy cuivu. ,
'4-Jtf .: T.L. D(JOGER,
41 AATOSOOOO A.YEAR.orSJito KOadav In
O lt)UU your own loeality. No ritk.- Wotneii do
a well as men. Many make rnore thaa tlie amount
stated above, No one cab fail to make money fast.
An v one can do the work. You can make from 50 ot.
Uteiiiiii hour 1-y devoting your eyeninh- ttnd
titiid to the hiiKine, U t-u nothinar to try tlie hua-in-Hs.
Muihing like it for money ioakir' ever otfered
before. Busmesa pleasant anu stnctiy nnnomiiie.
Header, if vou want to know all about the best iiayinir
biuineis Ifefure the public, send us your a. hi reus and
we will aend ym full particulars and private terms
free ; aamplett worth 35 also' free ; you can then make
up your mind lor yourself. Address ut-utuii biiA
SON St CO., Portland, Uaina.
HANCOCK'S KOSLE SENTIMENTS.
Itt'iowilh is ji'f8iHtotl .the liolile,
grand niul hlaluKiiuin-like ofliciul lottcr
of General llniioock, tho l)imocrntio
oiuiillJuto for Prtwlilont, to Oovornor
IViisn of ToxaN. Every Peiuocint,
every nlriotio citizen, no matter wliat
Iiih Ki!itki, in iid t spj'litiul nuil udiuire
tlie sentiinenta exprewicvl, mul tlie devo
tion of llie author to tlie Kiijirenmey of
the civil law :
II i:HQfAiiTKRs Finn Mil'v Pist.,
-New Orleans, La., Mar. l, '6H. ) .
To Wis JJjivlfcHi'y A. J. 7V, flovr
tier of Texu :
Kir : Your communication of tbo
17th January last was received by din
eoui-ae of mail (the 27th January), but
not until it had been widely circulated
by tho newspaper presa. Ti aurh it
letter written nnd ullinlied for mani
fet purposes it Ima U-en my intention
to reply as noon aa leiaure from mom
important btixiriess would permit.
Your atntement that tbtf Act of ('-on-greas
"to provi.lt for lh more efiieient
government of the KoIkI Staleit," de
clare that whatever (lovemnieut ex
isted in Texas was provihioiml ; that
peace and order hhould ! enforcml ;
that Texas should be part of the Fifth
Military District, and nubject to mili
lary power ; that th rreaident hhould
appoint un otlicer to command in aid
listn't, and detail a forco to protect
the rights of person and jiroperty, Hup
press insuircction and vielence, and
punish inaurrection and violence, either
by Military CoiumiaKion, or through the
action of local civil tribunala, as in bis
judgment might went best, will not Ihi
disputed. One need only read the Act
to ercoive it contains such provisions.
Hut how all this is supped to have
niadc it my duty to order the Military
ComtiiiNMon reijucattHl, ijou havo en
tirely failed toihow. The puwer to do
a thin?, if shown, and the propriety of
doing iN nre often very ditferent mat
ters. Yon olmcrve you are nt n hs to
understand how n Uu eminent, with
out a lepiincntutioti in ttigtfh, or a
militia force, and subject lo military
jower, can lw said to le in thf full t?s
erciw f all irs iroper jkiwcw. Ytm
do Hot it tlctt tlmt this (loveriiiueiit,
(11:11. .1 or N-ihiiite.l by Coiijjitss, lias
all the .iwct ttlii.lt the Alt ii.t'.lxl.
slid tn.iv fully fXeiciM tlicui nivoi.Iii.;
ly. If i-.i think it 1.11 Jit to lave
ltir. jMvterw, kIh.iiI.1 . allowed loeti.t
liieiiibns in (,'.111-1, vh. wield fi militia
blce. HI.. I ye( l.,r J-oe.
ur (iiii!hm.I ifi 1,4,1 t,i lw pu f, 1 red
HuiiiM iii, but ayniiist t'licgim', w ',.
11 a l it w hat it is.
As lesjss's the btMie between tn, anv
. . lift i. m us to w!nt t'ongrem onl.t (o
have dili has no iert inriice. You ad
mil the Act t.f Congrens authories me
to try an t lleitiler by JUiutary Coiuiiiis-
aioii, or allow the local civil ti ibiiimls
to 1 1 y. sh 1 shall dit in t-ht, and cannot
Jei-v the Act rfifguize Sill h Will civil
Inbiiiiul.t ns IhmI aiilhoi il icm fur the
irOM. M cttlicd. When tun t'.'l.lelnl
thele alh 1.1. lecul Ik-hI liibiitisis tur
any p'' i pore in '1Vii, ton uii.nt either
icnv the ) lam i.-. In - ti 1 lit-Act .
t'il-tflH 1. rile piiMri t-t (,'iet'ief h t,i
pan I he Act.
I u.l in t 11 in:;;!; that V"" ilix-M lit
it ui my ileclurnl M'l, "thai the cilinlrv
re;i-) i.i in a f.talet.f .io!utilid J-ace,"
lid piiNted to hlate tho eroiiiid f
your dLiM iit. They aj jrt ur to me imta
little extraoidinary. 1 quoto your
wonlM: "It is true there no longer
exists hcr (Texas) any iir'ani-d r-
sixtiirico to the authority of the I
Siatey. ''l,ut h lar;e msjoriiy of llie
white spulHtion who aitlciputed in
the lato Jlcl.t llion areembittered against
the (Jovernmciit, and vield it an un
willing oldicnce." Nevertheless, vou
concede tliey do yield it o'-cdienre. You
proceed ; . , '(
'Jtonn (.f this clawi have any affec
tion for t! (JoverijiiW'tit, and very few
any respect f..r it. They regard the
le:aIatton of Longresa on tho subjeut
of reconstruction its unconstitutional
and hostile t tlieit interests, and con
sider the Government now existing
here under attlhority of thp tmte.1
Stirtes us an iiurpiition of their rights.
1 hey look on the eiiiuucipation f their
late slaves and the disfranchisement of
a jifirtion of 'their own class iis an net
of insult and oppression. ,!
And tins is all you have lo present
for proof that war' and not jx-ace pre
v;iils In Texas ; and hein-t) it becotues
my duty so ydn suppose- U sfit aside
t!;o civil triiniails. and enforce the To
nal 4.Jo(Jo against cituens by means of
.Military Commissions.
My dear sir, I am ict a lawyer, nor
has it been hiy business, as it may have
been yours, to study the iiohcy of state
craft and politics. But I' rntvy lay
claim, after an e'tTperienpe of ii'iore than
hair a Iireriiuie, to suum poor knowl-
e lfii' iT tiieii. si.d K-iiier appreciation of
wIihi iu iiro.-Mi.J V to social order and
huppiiicKs. And for the future of ur
common country,, I could devoutly wish
that no great number" of our jieoplA
have yet fallen m'Wiih ' the views you
appear to entertain,"' VToe be to uft
whenever t shall come ass tha,t the
power of the magistrate civil or mili
tary is permitted to. deal wili the
njere otmiions or feelings of the people,
I have been accustomed to believe
that feelings of resjiect or disrespect,
and feelings of affection, lore or hatred,
so long as not developed. nt? ftpts n
yjojntiou of law, were, (natters wholly
beyond the punitory power, of ''human
tribunals. ' . " ..'"''.
,. J will muiutiiin tjat the enthp : free:
doni of thougit and Bpeech, jiowever
acrimoniously' indulged, is consistent
with the noblest aspirations of man,
and the happiest condition of his race,
When a boy, I remember to have
read a sjieech ot Jiord Chatham, deliv
ered in Parliament. ' Wfta during ofiv
Revolutionary War, and related to the
policy -of employing savages on the side
of Britain. You may be more familiar
Willi the siieech than I am. ' If I am
not greatly mistaken his Lordship de
nounced the, British Government Lis
Government in terms of unmeasured
bitternefs. He characterized its o!icy
us revoking to every sentiment if hu
manity ami religion ; proclaimed U cov
ered with disgrace, und vented his eter
nal abhorrence of it and its measures.
It may, I think, bo safely asserted thut
n majority of tho Britinh nalidV con
curred in tho views of Lord Chatham.
But whoever supjKised that profound
eace was notexisting in'that kingdom,
or that tho tloveriiment had any au
thority to question tho right of the Op
position to express their objeutiiuis to
the propriety of tho King's measure
in any words, or to any extent they
pleased 7 It would be ililliciilt to idiow
that tho opHiuents of tho Government
in the days of the elder Adams, or Jef
ferson, or Jackson, exhibited for it
either "affection" or "respect." You
ate conversant with tho history of our
past parties and silitical strangle
touching legislation n ulienagc, sedi
tion, tho ciiil-ni-o, jiMlioii! Imiiki, our
wais with ICnglaud and Mexico, and
cannot be ignorant of tho fact that for
one party to assert that a law or system
of legislation iii unconstitutional, op
pressive and UMttpultve, is not a new
thing in the United Stales. That the
ieople of Texas consider Acts of Con
gress tiiicDielitntioiiiil, oppressive or In
sulting to tht'ie, is of no coiiKi'ipienco
to the maid r in hand. The President
of tho United Klates hits announced
his opinion that these Act of Congress
are unconstitutional. Tho tiiipreuio
Court, as yon ore aware, not long ago
decided uiiaiiiiiioiit.lv' that a certain
Military Comuiissioit was unconstitu
tional. Our people everywhere, with
out rcfeivnco to which side they took
during the ItclxtHion, differ as to the
const itutionatity of I he to Acts of Con
gress. How the matter is, neither you
nor I ln.v doginatieslly allirui.
If you deem them constitutional
lawc, and U'nclicial to the country, you
not only have the tight to publish your
opinions, but it might I si your bounden
duty as a citien to do so. Xot less u
it the privilege of every citizen, wher
ever residing, to publish his opinion on
this and rvi-ry tither question which he
thinks concern his interest. This is
merely in accordance with the princi
ples of our free Government ; and nei
ther you or I would wish to live under
any other, it is time now, at the end
i'fa!iink.t two t ems from the clost! of
the wi.r, w,i should Is-gili to mvllett
hit manner ef jt-op!e up ere ; toiul
etitte iiaiii fiee tj.u!.ir discussion, and
rMend si. In.- eoi.siderntiou and foibeur
af.ce to optt;'i.g views. The tunxiiii
I in. I in uil iiilelU ctuat col.lelH truth is
mihiv, uii.l lutist pteviiil, ami thu er
ror is l.mui.'ess when leitnoii i- h ft fire
to coilil-ut il, ie Hot onU' sniilid but
salutary. It U a poor couipliiueut to
tile hterits of such a i.uim' that :n n.l
vis-atts wtiidd silence ipiilin!i by
f.iice, slid p-neially those ui.lv who are
in the wrong will icnort to this ungen
erous liieatic. I mil cor.ltdeiit Ji.ii will
imt commit your n-iion j.i. lament to
the pri'jH sii i..n il nt nny aiuomil nf dis
ciiM.ioii, ur i, s-;i f optiiii'ii., l.i.w-tt-r
iinwiv in v.Mir j'l.ljment, t.c m,r
MM-ltiiii ij' tit in...', I,neer li-M'lilflll
or bit lei, li.it resell ing in brench of
law, cm I'll ni-Il j.n.!;l,iM..ii f..i- t.iir
I. !mI iI.hI i. I. .hi,. I j-ine t xiiilH in
'lVw... Yoil liiiht nt e!l !. I Vll. lt
pi-t' und J-nce eirtrf in New Yolk,
l' ii!.s hiii.l-i, M.-irt l.iiid, C.ilif.irliiii,
(i u.l mi. i Keiiiuck v, w here a innji.rilv
i.C iht jtople thtli-r with a minority on
l)icM j m-:i i. tii ; or that profound act
exil in the UoilMtiof lejreseutati Ves
oir the S-nnte at Washington, or in the
Sispitiine Court, where all these ijues
tiuus have been" reeatedly discusMnl,
sml parties patiently and rcsjaclfully
heaid. You next complain that in
parts of the .State (Texas) it is dilh'cnlt
to enforce the criminal laws ; that
sheriff fail to arrest ; that grand jurors
will not ulwavs inflict ; I hut in some
cases the military acting in aid of the
Civil authorities have not len able to
execute tho process of tho Courts; that
IK'tit jurors have aciiuitted iiersons ad
judged guilty by you ; and that other
jiersons charged with offenses have
broke juil and fled from prosecution. I
know not bow these things are : but
admitting your representation liteially
true, if for , micli reasons I should set
aside the local civil tribunals and order
a Military Commission, there i no
place in the United States where it
might not Is) done with enual propriety.
'flier is not n State in tho Union
North, or South where the like facts
are not continually happening. I'er-
U'ction, W not to Ik predicated by man
or his works,' , No- one can reasonably
oxjiect certain nnd absolute justico in
human transactions and if military
tower is to ho sat in motion, on the
principles for which you would seem to
contend,! fear that a civil Government,
regulated by laws, could have no abid
ing place beneath the circuit of the sun
Jt is rather moro than hinted in your
letter, that there is no local State, Gov
ernment in Texas, and no local laws
outside of the Acts of Congress, which
I ought to respect; and that I should
tuidcrtako to protect tho rights of per
sons and property in nip oivn way and
in ' on &rlj.itaiti winner 1 'l f such be
oiir meaning, aw compelled to differ
Vvith you, A,fter tho aboflton of sluve-
ry, (an event which J hope no ono now
regrets) the law of Ijouisiana and
Texas now existing prior to tho ltebel-
lion, and not in conflict with tho Acts
of Congress, comprised a vast system of
pmsprudenpe, bath cavil and criminal
l required not Volumes only, but Iibiiv
ries to contain, them, They laid down
principles and. precedents for ascertain
Sng the rights and adjusting tho contro
versies ot men, in every conceivable
dae, They wero tho creations of great
and good and lwned men, who had la
bored, in their day, for their kind, and
gone down to the grave long before our
recent "troubles, leaviil'j 'works an
inestim.aWe kspy to the human race.
These la wsras X am informed, connepted
the civilization of past and present
ages,' and testified of the justice, wis
dom, humanity and patriotism o more
than one nation, through whose recoids
they descended to the present people of
these States. ; I am satisfied, from rep
rpsentations of persons competent, to
Judge, they aro s joifiK.'t system of
taws as may bo found elsewhere, and
better suited than any other to the con
dition of this people, for by them they
nave long been governed. W hy should
any one wish to abolish them I, They
nave committed no treason, nor Bee hos
tile to tbe United Stales, nor counte
nance crime, nor favor injustice. On
them, as on a foundation of rock, re
ioes almost the entire substructure
of social order in these t wo States.
Annul this code of local laws, and there
would be no longer any rights, either of
person or trorty, here. Abolish tho
local civil tribunals made to execute
them, and you would viitually nanul
the laws, except in reference to the
very cam's coguuahlo in the Federal
Courts. Let us for a moment upsie
the whole local Civil Code annulled,
and that I am left, as commander of the
Fifth Military District, the sola foun
tain ff Uw and justice. This is the
jMisition in which you would place mo.
I am now to protect all lights and
red i ess wrongs. How in it possible for
me to do ill Iiiiiutnciabl questions
arise, of which I am not only ignorant,
but lo the solution of which a Military
Court is entirely unfitted. One would
establish a will, another a deed ; or the
question is one of succession, or part
nership, or descent or trust ; n suit of
ejectment or claim to chattel'; or the
application may relate to robbery, theft,
arson or tnu rtier. ilow ami to lake
the first step in any audi matter. If I
turn to the Act of Congress I find noth
ing on tbe subject. I dare not on
the authors on the local code, for it has
ceased to exist. -
And you tell tun in this perplexing
condition I am to furnish by dint of
my own hasty and crude judgment,
the legudation demanded by the vast
aud manifold interests of the eople I I
repeat, air, that you, and not Ccugresn,
are responsible for the monstrous sug
gest ,t that there are no local laws or
institutions here to be respected by ine,
outside of the Acts of Congress. I ssy,
unhesitatingly, if It were losible that
Congress should an Act abolishing
the local codes for Ijouisiana and Texsa
which I do not believe and it should
full tomy lot to supply their places
with something or my own, I do not see
how 1 could do better than to follow
the law in force here prior to the Ke-
Islliuti, excepting whatever therein
relates to slvry. Powr my destroy
the forms, but not the i!e'iple of jus
tice ; the will live in spi ii of the
swoid. Jlistorv 11 i i. u 1 1 e F.o-
in s Q psndects weit- l.mt f .r n Uu s-ri-
(v siiioiij Hit rui.i.i.h i i.st war sua
revolution had h'-spe-l hpou tin in, tnt
at leng'h werti dui; tuir -.f he iiiiu
again to m regarded a a pret io.i !..
nre.
You r -lc.fl i. sv i!,t "-u.ee
the publication of (mv) G.-neisl Orders
No. 40, ihi re bos Iweii a Jiereeptiliie in
crease of ciiuie and unilVttioii of
hortile feeling toward the ll.nt ii.iiiei.l
and its upKrter," and add llit it i
"an unpleasant duty lu-give such re
cital of the condition of the' couuMv."
You will l-eiluit lue lossy tlmt 1
h eill it iliilsmsibU the titt t.f these
statements can l true, aud that I d.v
very greatly dunl.t the corietness of
the second. General Older No. 40
wer issiird at New Orleans, Novetnl-r
', 1SC7, and vour letter was dated
Jauuarv 17. I SOS. Allowing time for
Order Xo. 40 to i each Texas and'le
coiiie gent-rally kuown, some additional
time must have elased before Us euect
would be marifestesl, and yet a further
time must transpire In-fore you would
le able to collect evidence of what vou
term "the condition of the country
and yet, after all this; you would have
to make the necessary investigations to
ascertain if Ordets No. 40 or something
else was the cause. "The time, there
fore, remaining to enable you, be
fore the 1 1 th of January, 1SGS, to
reach a satistscioiy conclusion on so
lelicate and nice a' question must have
lieen very short, llow you proceeded,
whether you investigated 'yourself or
through a third person, and if so, who,
they were, what their competency aud
fairness, on what evidence you rested
your conclusion, or whether you ascer
tained any facta at all, are points uon
which your letter so discreetly omits all
mention, that I may well.be excused
for not relying implicitly uion it ; nor
is my difficulty diminished by the act
that in another part of your letter you
state that ever smoe the eloss of . t he
war a very large portion of the eopl
have had no stiection for tbe Govern
nient, but bitterness of feeling only.
Had tbe duty of publishing and circu
luting through the country long before
it reached me, your statement that the
action of tbe Histriot Commander was
increasing orlme and hostile feeling
sgalnsi the Government, been less pain
ful to your sensibilities, it might iiossl
bly have occurred to you to furnish
something on tho subject in addition to
your bar asseition.
But what was Orders No. 40, al
l 1.1 i ,1.1 ,.'i
nuw idiiiu it, uitvo ui reyw yitu HVU"
uiejto it f i,i aett wrvii mat me great
priupiples of American liberty are still
the inheritance, of this jieopls and ever
should be, that the right of trial by
jury, the habeat corpus, the liberty of
the. Press, the freedom of speech, and
the natural rights of persons and prop
erty must be preserved," Will you
question the truth of these declarations?
Which one of these great principles are
you ready to deny and repudiate! Who
ever does so avows himself the enemy
of human liberty and the advocate of
despotism. Was there any intimation
in General Orders No. 40 that any
crimes or breaches of law would be
countenanced i You know "that thw-
was not. On the cc.ritra.vy'' jo know
perfectly veil tKat while 'th consider
ation of prime and offences ' committed
in tbe Fifth Military 'District were re
ferred to the judgment of the regular
civil tribunals, a pledge was g;vea in
Urdere JNo. 40, whicn a understood
that tribunals would be supported in
their lawful jurisdiction, and .that ''for-
euile resistance to law would be in
eitantly ' ' su ppressed by arms," . You
will not affirm that this pledge has ever-
been forfeited. There has not btjea. a.
moment since J have Wen iu command
of the Fifth District, when the whole
military force in my hands 1ms not been
ready to support tho civil authorities of
Texas iu the execution of the hiwx.
And I am unwilling to believe thev
would refimo to Citll lor aid if ihey need
ed it.
There are some considerations which.
it seems to me, should cause yon to
hesitate before indulging in wh(.les,i!e
censures agaiusf the civil anthnriiies of
Texrs. You are yourself the chief cf
those authorities, not circled bv the
people, but created by the military.
Not long after vou had thus comn into
ollice, all the Judges of the Supremo
uoiirt or Jexss hvo iu number were
removed from olliue, and new appoint
ments made; twelvntif the seventeen
District Judges were removed and oth
ers appointed. County otliceis, tnore or
less, in seventy five out of ono hundred
and 1 went rihtC"uiiitea, bh or..
and other apjsointci! to thnlr plurea. It
is fair to conclude that the executive
and judicial functional ie in Texas nre
the tierscns whom you desired to fill the
oll'iccs. It is proper to inentionalMo,
that none but registered eitiens, and
only those who could take the testouth,
have been allowed to serve us jurors
during your Administration. Now, it
is against this local Guveiuineiit, cre
ated by military jniwer prior to my
coming here, and so conqstMed i f your
iersona! and jioliticiil fiieti.li, that J,ou
have preferred the most grievous com
plaints. It is ot them ll.,tt you have
asserteil they have not donit thetr duty;
they will not tuaiutaiu juKtu-e : will not
arrest olfendurs; will not puuixh crimes';
and that out of one huti.lic I homicide
commit tsl in the Lost te!vo monll.s.
hot over feu arret.! have been uiade :
nd by mean of such rnm disregard of
luty, you declare that ticiiher proiwrtv
or life is safe in Texas.
Certainly vou could h ive sni.l noth
ing more to the discredit of the i.lli. ia's
who aie now in ollice. If the facts be
a J'OU allege, a mystery is presented
for which I ctn imagine re explana
tion. Why is it tht y.ur jKilitical
friends, backed up and sustained by the
hole military tiower A the United
States in this District, , should be un
willing to enforce the law agmtiit that
part of the imputation lately itr rebel
lion, aud whom vou represent as the
offenders 1 In all ti e history S '
troubles, I bitvi? noser seen or beard
fore " of such a fUct. rejteat, if tlie
fset b t, il is s 'profound luysterv, ut
terly stli'i-Hssitig My C:lltplt-heliion. i
nm c-msttsiiied to dec-hue that 1 be-
lievfjou aie in very pest eiror as to
fret". I find lh.it st the date of your
letter f.iur ces nlr t.f h lni.:i.h's hud
eeli leiHirted to ihest? ll '.lrpurter us
hitvin occurird since Noveudvr "D.
l.o7. ll tlale of Order JO, and thitse
cHts were ordered to I tried or inves-
isj-' as ifn as th lejHitii were re
vived. However, the f.tct t-f the one
hoii'lied homicides may slid Ihi correct.
as slslel liy Vuil. the r iveilmnti
Uuresu in T-xa reiwirti'd i.t.. IniuJre.l
ml sixtv ; Lour many of lheo sere bv
Indians aud Mexicans, ami h-iw th lt
mainder were clasxilie.l, is not Liiowu,
nor is il known whether tle-e dsta are
accurate.
Tim Itett t.f llirt O'iiini'iiidiii ' ulli
ct-r of llie Dislriit of Texat flmw that
since I assumed omuiiiiii.I tm HpidL-4
Hon nave teeu ttmile to I, i tit ly you
for the srie.-t f criuiinuK in the Sute
of Texas. '
To thU dale eighteen ea.,es ff h.Hui-
cide Lave been rejioiU'd b in' as hav
ing occurred since Xovemls-r -3,
although special iiistriictioii had l-ca
given to report such cases when they
occur. Ot these, five were committed
by Indiaus, one by a Mexican, one by
by an insane man, three by entered men,
two of women by their hus'.Mibds and of
the remainder some by parties unknown
all of which could scaro-!v l attrib
uted to Orders No. 40. If the Keisu ts
received since the issuing of Order No.
40 ore correct, they exhibit no 'increase
of homicides in my time,even if you are
correct that one hundred had occurred
in the past twelve months.
That there has not lieen a crfcct
diuinistration of justico in Texas I am
not prejmred to deny.
That there has been no R'.uJi wanton
disregard of duty on I ho part of the
official as you allege, I am well satis
fied. . A. very little while nao vou re
garded the present officials in Texas the
only ones who could safely be trusted
with jiower. Now you pronounce them
worthless and would cast them, usid.
I have tound little, rise m your let
ter but indications of temiH-v, lashed
into excitement by causes which I deem
mostly imaginary, a great confidence in
the accuracy of your os-n opinions, nnd
an intolerance of the opinion of others,
a desire to punish the thoughts and
feelings of those who diner from you,
and an impatience which magnifies the
short comings of officials who are per
haps as earnest and conscientious in the
discharge of their duties as vourselt,
andu most unsound conclusion that
while any persons tire" to be found want
ing in atfection or respect for govern
ment, or yielding in obedience troni mc-
tives which yon do not approve, war,
and not peace, is the status, and nil
such persons are the proper subjects for
military penal inrisdiction. -
If I have written anything to" tlisa
abupe vour mind of so grave an error, I
shall be gratified.
lam. sir. very rcspeuttulh. vour
obedient servant, '
W. S. HANCOCK,
. , Major-General Commanding,
" .- , .,
'VjMV,. Smith," said a lady nt a fair,
won't you please buy this boquet to
present to the' lady you love?" ''That
could not be." said Sir. bmith; "I am a
married man."
:'-.".' - - . :; - '
It la vain to hope to please all alike.
Let a man stand with his faco in what
direction he will, he must neccfaariiy
turn his back on one half of the world
, t yalla Walla is blessed w ith a worm
doctor. ' .Those afflicted with such "crit
ters" can now be acoomuodaJ.ed. c
Till: r.c !:, il toxr.i-.sT.
tone tr Cie ,1II llrlnrenn(! I im raster 6f
trie War.
No mail ever exacted stricter obedi
ence or inure, thoroughly Maintained il.
lie l.i'iM.ked no diiKU-dience of hi own
orders, nnd ho resented their infraction
with elian'teristiu lire. When bis
command 'needed supplies ht stopjicd on
no technicalities of obstruction to ol
tain them. The writer well remembers
once sending a n qnisition f.r f.od and
forage loan olicer at one of the rail
road stations, and was refused on the
ground that thu supplies belonged to an
infantry command in the rear. For
rest having fulled in th! sumo manner
to obtain needed snpplie-', coolly took
what li wirlii-d without further jiailcv,
stating that if any complaint was nit.Je
he (General Forrest) was resjKi,sib!.
Hi service", were o i vulusbln Ihht his
llen.iifl to lli wiiter in explanation of
his tukiiig thf-Ait i-.iq.plie (hat he never
hchitated to oven id. i forrnnlities when
hi deemed it nrecwary ; that he would
break a ihouaimd of them at any e-mt
to himself l-fire his men sod Ikhm-h
should Blitrer f.r Want of Sulisis'eliCe,
and that the infantry in camp could g;l
plenty in. lie, w hile hi liu n, ulw.iv s in
active service oi the front, could not
obtain Mi.liM! sll the t'mif. Another
iiistatici) of his tlisregard f rule w;t
that hi! allows! hi nvui toaVisetit thetu
rj'lvts just when ho pleased. He had
his troop cm hand on alt necessary on
casUit.s for iiiiiuh or lighting or picket
duty. H would turn a whole regt
nient l.MMte f r n d.iy or two when iu
tho vicinity of iheie homes, or when
t.ey could b sjiAnnl, and this when
there were positive order against it
from army headquarters. And the
practical result r.f it wa that it abso
lutely benefitted the service; it natLslied
and encourage 1 the men, and t;i4 1c
them belter sni.iier. No General pun
ished desertion more severely or de-tnandis-l
harder service, and none bwk
morA responsibility in Is-ha'.f of the
cmifort or "pleasure of Lis cornm md.
Vt'iiili! ihu writer coniircle.r line with
Forrest the scout f that Ol'icer were
constantly in front anil nar. Furrest
not only recounoitrel his own ground,
but that of everybody else. His search
for information was unceasing. It was
this tcsilcss watciifolm- i,u I iuq.iiry
that cii.siitnted one -f his chief Irsits.
Hi sout w.n nbiquitioti. They
went everywhere nnd they exhausted
evei v mime f i.ew. Wherever be
went I. had en ry roud, path", thicket,
mu I p-.int i f ili-i vjiion r ;iprm.-h,
front, (1 ink mid I'-ar, ji!l:eted, und in
n.l-lilii.ii h;s .ills sariiied for niilcs
arounl,seniling iKilletin to him hourly.
Just, ls-toie rhe b:itll of t'hickunisim
lliB writer wa i.t c.iniu.iti.l of a brigade
i.I eavlry at Alpine, Ga. Forrest
.;i).. , I by going tr, ih f,tit and i
qttired .f the eou.tiii-iu of nuttier and
theneuat-f tla- enemy. H received
si! tho information obtainable, aud as
he started t:T to l he front he Isiwed
adieu and wii! : "I Iw-lieve J will go
and give lien-- fellow h dare." Kx
'ojelrrti Cjiicir in t'tt Clncitnviti
JJii'juirrr,
;S'r,i X, Y. T .'J.uue, (Ccj.) rU. U, r.TJJ
rtitcouuirr (iMUDirc
tllKlt l:rpn:!lrnn Tc-tltscny as t (ra.
.rCrl.I' hnrsctcr.
Jj'-l us gatlnT up the fiul from all
tiiiri xunil r.f tt-t-tliiiotiy and see if,iKs-
?.li.li, just where we siantl. Read tb
pvideiiee. Willi varying degree of
guilt or guilty knowledge, every maa
of thorn, .Willi one exception (Mr.
Blaine), bus been obliged to confers
that ut Mime time under streta of
consei.'iice, let m hope, though that
t not fully proven got rid of it.
No".v let u- g slowly over the list.
James A. tfai field, of Ohio, hid
ten shares; be never paid n dollar; i
receivetl fo'i, which after the inves
tigation leg;iii, bo was anxious to
have eoiisidereil a n loan from O ikes
Amrft to himself.
i
Theso Jiiea betwyed tho trust of
tbo !eople, ileeeivotl their constilu
ents, nnd by their evasion and f.ilse-
IiimhIh coiifc8sod the transactions to be
disgraceful. Pas no resolution.
Drop It where it is. Remand the
whole business ta tho piniple.
t From lb- X. Y. Tiim-, (Rrp.), Fet. 13, 1ST3.1
Of tbo rueriitier referred to Messrs.
Kelley and Garfield prvsent a most
distressing figure. Their participa
tion in tho Credit Mobilier nfTalr is
complicated by vbo mast unfortunate
contradictious of test iiuoiiy which the
committee ihi not undertake to un
ravel. The only possible comment
on theis eases Is that bad they taken
n perfectly upright course In the mat
ter, mid refused to have anything to
tlo with the stock, no occasion for the
contradiction eould have arisen.
A romance of the late ex-President
Buchanan, has Is-en brought to light.
The early sweetheart of Buchanan,
n lady of Delphi, Indiana, recently
died at tho advanced age of ninety-
four, and who hut far her own action"
would have been the lady of the
White House. The wedding clothes
were prepared and nil made ready,
when, a strange fatuity -seemed to
seize the minds, of tbe young lover,.,
and they resolved by a devotion neg
ative in its character to remain true
to tac!i other through life by a solemn
pledge that neither would ever -mar
ry -a pledge which was sacredly kept.
The lady is saidn have been exqui
sitely lovely oven in her old nge. -
The farmer turns tho furrow
With a careless unconcern:.
And ' '.-.-' : ,.: ". ,:"', ;
The farroi4s works tho handle
Of Wie big, old-fashioned churn.
Their son sorts out tho laters
For the plantin', in the cellar;
While "
Their daughter on the back porch
Is talking to her. feller.
Subscribe lor tbe IIemocp.ai
A Ht.vDBCI tO:l SOW.
ev mks. JitiiY ror.n.
Tho surging sea of human life forever co
ward rolls.
Ami bartotlje eternal shore its daily
freight of souls.
Though bravely sail our bark to-daj,pa!e
ilwith sils at the prow'
An I few shall know we ever lived a hun
dred years from now.
O, rnlghly human brotherhood !
fiercely war and strive.
wby
While Ooii's great world has ample space .
for everything alive?
Broad fields, uncultured and unclaimed,
are waiting for tbe plow . '
Of progress fbat shall make them bloom n
hundred years from now.
Why should we try so earnestly in lifo's
short, narrow pan
Ou go! Jen stair to climb to high above
, our brother man T
vish homage bow 7
Our gobl will rust, ourselves be dust, a
hundred year from now.
Wby prize so much the world's applsust?
Why dread so much i's blame?
A flseting echo is its voice of censure or
of fame ;
The praise that thrill tbe heart, tho acorn
tnat dye wUh shame the brow, '
Wlii'be a long-forgotten dreams a hun
dred years from now.
O patient hearts, that meekly bear your
w eary load of wrong !
O earnest heart, that bravely dare, and.
striving, grow more strong !
rres on till perfect peace fa won ; you'll
never' dream of bow
You struggled o'er life's tbcrny road a
hundred years from uow.
("rand. lofty sou? who live and toll tbsf
freedom, right and truth
Alone may rule the universe, for yon is
endless youth ;
When 'mid the blest wkh God yon rest,
the grateful lands shall bow,
Above your clay in rey'rent love a hen-
dre J year from now. .
Edith's empires rise and fall, O Time, like
breaker on tby shore ;
Tiiey rash upon thy rocks of doom, go
d.iwn and are no more ;
The starry wilderness of worlds that gem
night's rad'ant brow
Will light f!ie skfcs for other eyes a hun
dred year Imtn now. .
Oife- Far her, to whose sleepless eyes tbe
pat and future stand
An open pago, like babes we cling to Tbr
protecting hand : '
Change, sorrow, death are nsagbt to us if
we may safely bow -
IVnesih tbe shadow of Tby throne a hun
dred year from now.
Tbrow obi oyster cans, broken dish
es and ti forth loto your neighbors'
yard, lie's no man if lie can's pass
'em along to the next.
Borrow a wheelbarrow, "rake, hoe,
spade and whatever else you want
through the summer as socn as you
tun, so tho owners will forget to
whom they wera lent. A mn who
buys a wheelbarrow wheu be can bar
row one will never be be chief fin an- .
cier of an insurance company.
I f one of the gate hinges is missing-,
take the other off and throw it away.
It is better to have a gate on binges
than one binge, it is cheaper to throw
away a hinge than to buy one.
. Spring is aguod time tocrwI under
tbe bouse and find the missiDg shears,
thimbles, butcher knives, silver .
spoons and pall covera A, urettt
many families get rich by hunting up.
things which the cat has lugged out
of the houso during the' winter.
The season has arrived when seven r
or eight otoves can be dispensed with.
In the average dwelling house. Any
man who can kick strong enough to
brake a horse's can kick over a stove.
That's tho easiest way to get 'era "
down, tstove pi re. properly made
and put up, will fall wheu the etovo
does- '
Seeds t-hould bo planted in tho
spring. Several years 'r experience
have conclusively proved that seeds
planted in the fall are certain to have
n-umps before January. Five dollars-
worth of sun flower seeds w ill produce
shade for at'least twelve cats and an.
old hen. . Sun flowers can't betrained
to climb up the side of the house; bat
nether can an elephant. Therefore
by planting sua flowers you avoid
planting elephants.
Some folks take up carpet aud beat
them in the spring. Others wait
until fall and then beat the carpet
stores. Every family can take its
choice, this being a free country.
Spring is a good time to paper
rooms. Most any one or tlie Ltmiiy
can hang wall paper. All you need
Is a barrel to stand on, a pail of paste,
tho old stub of whitewash brush and
a boy to pour water on your elbow
Joints to keep down the friction. If
you want to bo original, dont try to
match the paper. Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Eruest Ingersoll, in hi3 inter
esting article on "The Metropolis of
the lioeky Mountains," in Scribner
for July, says that in congratulating-
herself that Cheyenne has lrom one
thousand and five hundred to two
thousand more miles of wind a month
than she, Denver asserts no strong
claim to being a calm locality.
A good tnothery voman, hating frivo
lity, and camping to please her chil
dren in tbe mouth of a eanon. is what
this dare-devil wind loves above all
to meet with. It holds-still till she
has made everything ready, and is
just reaching out lo set her frying-pan
upon the njeely glowing caals; then
piff! aud the emberaare froing over
the top of the hilL and the . whole
camp devotes itself for the rest of the
evening to collecting scattered articles.
There is a yarn about a miner who,
being swift of foot, chased his -vagrant
firo and held his skillet over it as
it traveled. When his bacon was
done he found himself fifteen miles
from camp. "
. , ;,, iu m ,
A man with fame is like a man with
a coin. The larger it grows the more
apt it is to be stepped on.