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liothat' • • .leans 0 therery-ivhoDliana,i^allwhenjpite,whoV . • .io as It is :pub-teloiikers,k, in►e to n our devileasily•encericks party rt of pub-theiris we ee of. andcani-so be rould Cental 1 a lven-lizeds*iship pi* is o faris are it, to unty, sable ntraleallybeenthisgleeti had andLetyear, ed in 5 ef-t the 1 the o to t on cans, flit it have efore ut tocom-rorks gins, n wepast, sed a back llionnpjywells pa-endshim,pit-rug-hose kept t of nred I la-) per slice have have take iloy-*s is s of is a vag-bions basin ax oftmesrhilesol-ears con-fcion, ated lank , but real-bofchorm,hisoun-hing ition were sal-m tael of cansnril-billsand. . ►non-life^-. •and- • Sow;andthatV;ba-cbf aholeandgarii.• K ' * ■* ■ lt;i t .* .• • * * 7 I, . • , J ( ,v . I *** ^ ^ . *# . ‘(1V ^ s J** ^Fqr(Cte§i^legislation df the? National Gbverri-if•.,. '■ v-'Xvr-l^nfgnas evidently teiided t^mafebianieii tU ^ e iaus6 oi* sec-tion 22 bf article A to read as fol lows:gfch e I nchu rich er an d the poorlSbbr^ •4-and besides this perceptible tmdendjvvtf *which all the enactments show upon | thbpifaoe, there has scarce!yeen law put upon the statute books but which has been conceived in infamy and born in political dishonor; nothought of bene fin ng humanity or► • \ *• * •the country at large . has entered into* . * ■ .• • • * .*”the make-up of bills that have been presented arid passed by our NationalCouncils, but all for the one purpose* that of strengthening: and perpetuatingthe dominant party iu the power they♦have so grossly abused. Untold millions of the people’s money have been ruthlessly squandered for this one purpose alone. All the vital interests of the nation have been lost sight of, neglected and disregarded in the determined effort to rule or ruin. ItIn relatfba to fees imd salaries; except the •jaws be^made TOfas grade the.com-Ipensadbn...dt oMc^tk0ip. ’ propprdoii ? to th population anffthe necessary services fee uir-ed- '■ AMKXBMENT NO. G.S.SxAnd Ci^o tli|i inazoo eon, and rerequires but little thought or intelligence to see and realize this fact. Our shipping interests have waned to that extent that other nations speak of the dirth of American vessels inforeign ports and harbors,* which of itself is sufficient to bring* the crimson of shame to the cheek of every American. The history of no party but the one in power has ever pointed to a case of bribery of Cabinet olEcers; why the internal revenue officers had license, under this party’s rule, to steal from the taxes of the General Government, with the understanding* Othat a certain per cent, should be paid over to the political sinking fund, created for the sole purpose of carrying elections and perpetuating the disastrous ends; United States Courts were contaminated, Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys bribed and justicethwarted; scoundrels after having % «° been proven guilty of theft, Insteadof being ousted and sent back to private life disgraced, have been promoted to more lucrative positions. Yes, and all the official patronage of the Government has been used as a mighty lever, to further the interests of the republican party, and when this party could 110 longer succeed under the guise of decency and hou-estyj they steal Hayes as President, aud endeavor through him to conciliate the South so as to be able to carry the campaign of 1880. But we believe that the eyes of the people are opened now, and in March, 1880 will oust the wnoie tribe of thieves, and seat a man that will commence a new era in the political economy of America.PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.The following are the proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted upon at the April elections, 1880, which were agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the Gen-eral Assemblies of 1877 and 1879,and by an act of the last General Assembly, approved March 10th, 1879. The law providing for the submission of the amendments to the electors of the State enacts that “the secretary of the State shall procure ballots ofblue paper on each of which shall be printed the proposed amendments and below each amendment shall be printed the word ‘Yes’ in one line, and in another line the word cNo;’wthat any qualified elector may vote for or against any amendment by depositing one of those said ballots in the ballot box. If he intends to vote for any amendment he shall leave thereunder the word ‘Yes’ and erase the word ‘No’ by drawing a line across it, or otherwise. If he intends to vote against any amendment the word‘Yes’shall in like manner be stricken out and the word ‘No’ left; and if both words are allowed to remain, without either of them beiiig erased, the vote shall not be counted either way.” These amendments are designated by numbers, and numbered 1, 2, 3, 3:, 5, 0, and 9, numbers 7 and .8 having failed to receive a majority of the votes of both branches of the General Assembly.vAMEXDMEXT NO. I.Amend section 2 of article 2 so as to read as follows:Section 2. In all elections not otherwise provided for by this Constitution, every male citizen of the United States of the age of twentyrone years and upwards, who shall have resided in the State during the six months, and in the township sixty days immediately proceeding such election, and every male of foreign birth, of the age of twenty-one years aud upwards, who*shall have resided in the United States one year, and shall have resided in the State during the six mouths, and in the township sixty days, and the ward or precinct thirty days immediately preceding said election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States conformable to the laws of the United States on tne subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside, if he shall have been duly registered according to law. * ■'V. tAMEXDMEXT NO. 2., * • • , r * . * * **.•Amend section 13 of the second• * * # ’ . * . . ’ • *article to.read:Section 14. All general elections (shall be held on the first Tue8da.y after^ the Monday in ;Noyember, but township election s may be prpyidl by. iawK Provided, that the General Assemblyinay.(proyide^^ tfie election of. a.11 judges of tourte of ge n eral add appellate j urlsdictlonan^;^l^tipii to jb;heldftost •;8heiti;offl^no' oilier officers 'shall;' fee yotad: tor;! abd shall ulso provide tori the(regtotmtlon v ofx ail f per-^sonsentitledtj 0?amendsjl^y striking! tfie|^qrd|5wMte: oqtifbr mingi tbe^is?®e^q tHe^Goustit^; V0'■■ ■ v•:* r:' \ *-r f-^yy0'[*1--0V-0 ; ■ i* •*tibffdf-fclm'Umte'd'Statos^ v •• . • * • *.* • .... i • - v The 1 ollowing Amendment is pro-• V * * ” • TV . . • •posed, to-wit: Amend section 1 of• * - Vthe 7th article to read:Section I. The Judicial power of the State shall be vested*In a Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, aud such other courts as the General Assembly may establish.* AMENDMENT XO. 9.No political or municipal corporation in thisJSuite shall ever become indebted, in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding to per centum on the value of the taxable property within said corporation, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county indebtedness, tfhd ail bonds or obligations in excess of such amount given by such corporations shall be void; provided that in time of war, foreign invasions, or other great public calamity, an petition of a majority of property owners, in number aud value, within the limits of such corporation, the public authorities, in their discretion, may incur obligations necessary for the public protection and defense, to such amount as may be requested in such petition.THE REPUBLICAN RECORD.The Itepubl can party saved the Nation from dissolution in l.SOi. j$he stood by our institutions and saved them irom ruin. She abolished slavery. fcShe stands by the people, freedom of the buiio:, freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. *5he has ever been a party of the people and for the people. The laboring man's truest friend. The itepubl 1-can party has stood firmly by the Nation's credit and made an honorable eifort to pay her just debts. It is a pai ty that ever advocates free schools and popular education Her chief principle, around which ail others cluster, is that this is a Nation with a big N, and that- its government must rest on the will ol the people freely expressed at the ballot box. So ue of her members have made mistakes, but the lieeord in the main is a grand and glorious one; one of whieli an American can be proud. Her principles are still principles of good government and progress. And we see no reason why the party that saved the Nation and controlled it in its hours of darkest trials, is not still thegarty_ most competent to control.—Middle-iury Record.Ha! ha, ha,—what effrontery—“how we apples swim”—saved the Nation with a big N! Well if you are not a tit subject for a straight jacket and the asylum for idiots and fools, we can’t properly place you. Saved the country, eh,—this looks very pretty ai first sight. No democrats participated in the struggle. Let us see— Grant, Logan, Hooker, Cap. Thomas, all went into the war democrats, and to enumerate the rank and file of thearmy from a democratic stand-point, it would reveal a startling figure for proportion, considering that the party was opposed to the war in its outset. “The laboring Iran’s truest friend”—If it were stated theKidneWIN edy inEnergy Lost v strong your si with p meompuOnly ;JAf204 IFLad lor irre;send Iprice.DR. eritica or writ Man he 70 cfcs,1 1 p. in.PMo1that is good.reverse, the laboring man could see it.* By the extravagance and wholesale plundering of the republican party the hard times were inaugurated, which has made thousands of iroodCHEWorreiiucureandandnessandhonest and industrious^laboring*men, unable to find employment, tramps, beggers and paupers, sundered the holy ties of many, very many once happy and prosperous families. How is this for the laborer’s friend? Again*D Jthe republican party stood by the oredit of the nation—yes, self-interestSP1SnnfiKeacsxny itarsiCatotidot port i*GINS.DJABEHIGHTENTIMALEIt8 8UIt Sv In* fsalat]of thi•Ho aof its office holders compelled this; this party has stolen more money than would have paid the national debt. Look* for a moment at credit Mobelier swindle; Belnap bribery, whiskey thieves—Revenue pilferers— Southern States pauperized by carpet-bag republican office-holders, and protected in their unholy work by Federal bayonets, by order of republican Secretary of war, and last, though not least, stealing Haves inJ L| £Torder to perpetuate their ruinous rule.“Her record is a glorious one.” Yes, the record is a glorious one, made so by the likes of Robeson, Belknap Babcock and Boss Shepherd, “old men” like J. Madison Wells and John Sherman, and young men like Anderson and other Louisiana liars, whose aspirations were so strong* that they did not hesitate to accept office from Hayes for tlieir lies. Oh! yes, the party has a brilliant record, and has drew around it a motely crowd of thieves and liars, a hundred or more of whom are now drawing, pay from the government for their lying andfraud. “A party that stands by the.people and demand freedom of the ballot box.” Yes, so it does and has been standing* by the people of Maine for the last week, with afmed men protecting a mob of thieves and rascals while they legislate for the interest of Jim Blaine, and will not allow the body, that was declared elected by the will of the people, enter the State’house. All this is done because4 '•the people did not see fit to continuesuch a party in power, such is the' *freedom of the ballot box that theTherepublican party -would* have, party is one that legislates for the interest of its leaders and to continue its disastrous rule, which they are determined to do by fair or foul means.There is nothing too contemptably* * * %low and mean for them to resort to, to carry their party’s ends. It is a party that has made a record that shall ever be a disgrace to America, a party that is dangerous to the welfare of the people, and it is the duty of every voter who has the interest of the country at heart to cast his voteHowthe Lui endure iS.mitlwill etcthe irri hoarsenordinar pain inti Asthma pbloga clans rei Maay Coe cure-all; theLun; have fai by Drug afte:and st( Should eCures Gness. G wife vri Disease, bottles 3CUBEDStcHOBone of Horse. lt;worth $ Ad dree51 -6nWAcure l*iJugaa phrty.CAST’S RIDING S ' -f r THINEH as22 I i^ v ^* s=a5 slag!;The :ECTHIN00 DT.Will BAW *ny *i»e lc^ liV*xiy:twsitlon. Thon*»nd» inof the oper-j ttor d oe» all the work.Bend for Circulars ^and :-lPrloe«.ACENT8WANTED.AXecmid 11SpernuvoluntDebilit erally; Mental UOBKI of the1 The mlrablex peri lt;Self-A!out meoperatcordialcertairno?mupure-hJandsa^Sentj fiddres age itsAdidiTHEAddreii K. C. Baal, Ht. Xanli. no,
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Elkhart Democrat
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Fri, Jan 23, 1880
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