Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 19, 1875, Page 4

4 TL CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, J UARY 19, 1875. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. MATER OF ADNACRIDTION (PATANER IN ADTAY CE). Postage Preprint this Ofico. ln enre anit give Post Ofiee addreer. in fall, Including Stnto nnd Coonty, Remittances may bomatecithorbydratt, express, Post Oftco order, or in registered letters, atone risk, ‘TFRMS TO CITY RURSCHInEAS, Daily, delivered, funday excepted, 25 cents porwenk Dat's, delivered, Surlay incited, 80 conta nar week. Acdrese TINK THIBUNE VOMPANY, Corner Madison aud Dearhorn: joago, Ike TO-DAY'S AtMUSEMENTS. ae Urret. hatween at of the Btrakosch, ACADEMY OF MUSICO1iileted etresty between Mads {gon and Monroe, Eugagemont of John SfeCullough. * Virainius,” FMM street, between Dear. iitea Voura hn Man-Trap.” Atior- CHICAGO 441 born end Stata, noon and evening. GRAND, OPERA-HvU! 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WE MEAN ALL WE feath, $3.” Satiaiaction or m lose, at half tho cauatyat INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, » and Conntry Theat eo eA nd Carriages, Fluan- City, Suharh Fatate, Wants, ents, Hornos nal. and Huw EVENT DAC wnsoments, Periodicals, Rail- mand ‘Timectaliiey Ocean Stoaiuchiyy Peoporelsy Medical Cards, ofe., cle. he Chicans Gribune, Tuesday Morning, Jeauary 19, 1875. A new Senatorial candidate has appeared in Nebraska in the person of Hrxry B, Arkis- sox, a son-in-law of Tiptox, Gen. Tuaven who thought somo time aga that he had every. thing his own way, is vexed by » dozen Ricu- woxps in tho ficld and Credit Mobilier be- tides,* ee Mr. Iexarivs Donsttry, tho hickory-shirt Reformer, has been nominated for election to the United States Senate by the Democrats of Minnesota, It is thought thatthe Davis mon will not desert their colors until both Raxwey and Donvetty are withdrawn, Tho Sheriff lately clected by tho people of Vicksburg and Warren County, Migs., to sue- eced tho colored man Cnospy, was yesterday ojected from office by a company of United Statos troops acting under tho instructions of Gov. Auxs, Tho Courts refused to recognize the new Sheriff or to interfere on his behalf, Tho reinstatemont of Crosny appears to havo been strictly rogular and legal, [eee Mr, A. R, Surfienp, ex-Boss and ex-Gor- ernor of the District of Columbia, improved the temporary advantage given him by tho enforced presence of Wurrrtaw Rem in Washington yosterday, to arreat that gentlo- man on cherge of libel.’ Mr, Riup was treated with no indignity, and, consider- ing the atrotious character of his assaults upon Mr, Dawes, wo ofe not disposed to waste much sympathy on him. Ex-Postmaster Wiziast S, Kina has been heard from indirectly, Wuireraw erp tess tified before the Ways and Means Committee yesterday that Mr, Bnapnony, formerly Pres- ident of Pacific Mail, reccived a lotter from Krxa two years ago, asking the loan of 825,000. Kno said in his letter that ho was writing with prison-bors bohind him. Brap- buny replied that he would soon havo prison- bara iti front of him if he didu’t stop writing such letters, It is becoming quite onsy to uecount for the mysterious disappearance of Kxyo, —_—_—_ Mr. Jaxwts Panrrox, speaking before the Sunday Lecture Soviety Inst Sunday, said : Tt cannot be denied thot the worst scandals in the Politics of the United Btatea began in 1829, whon Anpnrw Jacneox, in order to wreak revenge upon Urxnz Otay for imegtuary wronge, turned out 2,000 competent and exemplary oftice-holdere, The six previous Presidente had removed, tn all, 90-90 in forty years, ‘Tho rule of thy scalawag began then—in March, 1629, Respeotability and competence began tien to avoid the public aervico, By a curious coincidence, the rule of the Democratic party began in March, 1829, when “‘the rule of the acalawag” also began, The corruption of our politica and tho inofficienoy of our Civil Sorvico aro the legacies of the Democracy,—thoir first gifts to the country, ‘Their last gift was the Rebellion, Gen. Bierman has sont to Secretary Ber. ENaP an epitomo of a report lately received from Moj, Menurnn, who is now stationed in the Shroveport District, concerning outrages that have lately como under his observation. The Major says that the thrents made before elaction against persons who should vote the Republican ticket aro being mercilessly carried. out; that White Leagues are boing rapidly formed ri that all citizens not belonging to the Leagues sro ostracised ; and that moro than 500 fami- lies have been. driven from their homes and ore utterly destitute. Maj. Muniuut’s Teports Of ontrages will not Probably count for much with the Democrats i but, for all that, thoy conto from on officer regularly appointed to investigate affairs at Shreveport, and can easily be disproved if they ore not true, Sareea ree eee Mr, Wasuncny and Mr, Canvexten have been invited by the Wisconsin House of Rep. resontalives to address the full Legislature on the Louisiana question next Wednesday, ‘Sho fact that these gentlemen gre candidates for election to tho United States Senate was dis. tinetly recognized in tho giving of the invita. tions, ‘Iho idea of setting up a geat in tho United Stalos Senato as a prize to bo won in debato is now and childish enough, As well havea competitive examination, and give tha successful candidate the option of going to tho Sonate or taking his prizo in money. If tho people of Wisconsin want @ man who is only 4 brilliant dobater to represent them in the United States Senate they cannot do bot. ter thau toxeturn Mr. Oanpenven, We had thought there were some othor quatifications fur more essoutial to be taken into the ac. count, 3 The Chicago produce markets wero quite feragular yeaterday. Mesy pork wes active and weak, closing at $17.87 1.9 ooah, and 915.00@28.05 voller February, Lard was lous active, and 2 1-2@5¢ per 100 Ibs lower, clos. ing stendy at S15,382 1-2 cash, and 812.40 for Kebrunry. Meats were more aetive and easier, at 6 1-4e for shoulders: { 1-4¢ for short, and ! 1-Ye for short clears, Dressed hos we active and axbade firmer, ab &7.5560 8.00, Highwines were less active and steady, at He per gallon, Flour was dull and weak, Wheat was in fair demand and casicr, closing AL #S 1-80 cash, and 88 1-20 xeller February. Corn was in better demand, and 1-2@34e higher, closing at G6 1-f¢ ensh, and 72 3-Se teller May. Oats were moderately active, and a shade firmer, closing at 52 3-40 eash, and ¢ for February, Ttye was quict and rteady, at 97@07 1-Ye, Barley was dull and easier, closing at i 1-2 for February, Hogs were dult and 10@20c lower, Limited sales at $5.50@7.05. Cattle were quiet and. casy, Sheep were without qnotable change, Mr. Wirreraw Rei appeared before tho Ways and Means Commnitteo in Washington yesterday and gave testimony in the Pacific Mail adair. Mr. Rei has been passing a good many hints about in his newspaper Intely as to tho disposition mado of the cor- ruption-money, and has pretended to possees pecnliar menna of information, He failed utterly to substantiate before the Com- mitieo any one of the charges to which he has covertly given circu. lation, Myr, Iteip has proceeded in his treatment of the Pacific Mnil scandal by the method of insinuation,—" by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase, as * Well, well, we know'—or, ‘We could. an’ if we would’'— or, ‘If wo list to speak '—or, ‘There be, and if they might'"; and the event shows that ho doesn't know; that he couldn't if he would; that when he lists to speak, he hasn't anything to say. Tho repu- tation of the New York 7'ribune onght not to bo much -advanced by its share in this Congrossioual investigation. Tho at- tacks upon Mr. Dawes, of which it has been the vehicle, are now shown to have been bared on the flimsiest ind of evidence ; and to be specimens of reckless journalism hap- pily quito monstrous and unique, The charge of Mr. Haren that tho J'ribune is being used by Mr. Jar Govrn to depress tho valuo of Pacitic Mail stock is’ much more reasonable, on its face, than the rumor of Mr. Day complicity in the corrupt transactions of Inwix. It will be noliced, too, that the Tribune has consider- ately impenched the character of Mr. Dawes in tho midst of the Massachusetts Senatorial campaign, with the apparent. purpose of hurting him as much as possible. —_—_—_ THEE LODISIANA RETURNING BOARD. ‘The report of Messrs, Fosrrn, Puexrs, and Porren, the Congressional Sub-Commitica who went to New Orleans, agrees in every particular in regard to the organization of tho Louisiana Legisisture with the account of tho procecdings heretofore promulgated by the Repnblican members of that body, Thero is no reason, therefore, for going over this ground again in detail. The simple fact is that of 105 members declared elected by tho Returning Board, fifty-three wero Republi- cans and fifty-three Democrats. Ono Repub- lican had been ubdueted and three Democrats were voluntarily absent. Tho Republicans had a majority of two, but the Democrats seized possession of the House by violent and unlawful means. This was a coup Wetat which no previous fraud or irregularity on tho part of the Returning Board, absolute and final in authority undor the laws of Louisiana, could justify or oxtenuate, Bat that portion of the Sub-Committco's report which sums up the evidenco before it exhibits o inmost lnmentablo condition of things in Louisiana, In regard to the gener- al condition of business and society in that unhappy State, thoy find that Gov. Kezz0go is vested with a degree of power “scarcely exercised by any sovercign in the world,” that the wantof popular confidence in his “yigantio fraud” of a Governorship is so general that it ‘is aecompnnied by the par- alyzation of business and destruction of values”; that housos and stores in New Or- leans “sre to bo had for the taxes”; and that *‘ taxation as been enrried almost litoral- ly to tha extent of confiscation.” The claim that Kenrooa has reduced the debt by fund- ing it at 60 conts (which was partial repudia- tion) is met by thos assortion that the arbi- trary powers conforred upon the Funding Bonrd onabled it to admit $6,000,000 of fraudulent debt, thus incrensing the oblign- tious of the poople to pay money they did not owe under pretense of relieving thom from obligations to pay money which they did owe, Tho deplorable condition of the people of Louisiana, politically and commercially, has never been more strikingly described than it is intho reportof this Sub-Committoe, Coming to the examination of the Return- ing Bonrd’s action, the Committco find that it was “arbitrary, unjust, and illogal; and that this arbitrary, unjust, and illegal action alone provented the return by the Board of a majority of Conservative mombers to tho Lower House.” ‘This conclusion is reached from tho evidence which was taken beforo the Committeo, who examined over ninety- five witnesses, and elicited testimony which fills more than 1,500 printed pages. ‘The original returns gave the Conservatives & mn- jority of twonty-nine out of 111 members, and the Sub-Committea aay that thero was, on the whole, a free, fall, fair, and penoea- Dle clection and registration,” aud that * thero ‘was no evidenco of any iutimidation of voters practiced on tho day of «lection,” Yet the Returning Board, not examining the returns in parishes whero there wasa protest until after the unprotested parishes wero counted in, returned an equal number of Republi. cons sud Democrats os lected, leaving fivo vacancies undeterminod for tho House to fill, ‘The Committce givo samples of tho pretexta on which votes wero thrown out, In Rapidou Parish, threo Conservatives were elected and their election was not con. tested, At tho very last session of the Ho. tuning Board, without giving the Demo. cratic counsel time to contradict tho stato. aucnts, an afilduvit of ex-Goy, Mapisox Wes, the Prosldent of the Returning Board, was introdneed; it set forth that thory had boen intimidation in certain Parts of ihe par. ish, and 0 the three Republicans were do. clared elected! ‘Tho Congressional Commit. too had ovidence before them showing that ex-Gov, WELLS was not fn the parish at allon tho day of clootion, nnd no othor evidence of intimidation could be found. Tu tho Parish of Do Sot, a Conservative was clected by over 1,000 majority, but tho Board rofused to count the votos, ‘Ihe Election law provides that the Supervisor shall make the returns. In this case the Supervisor brought them to New Orloans ond gave thom to a Woman of bad chsrecter who offered to sell them for £1,000, ‘Tho Conservatives caused tho dupli. cate roturns, filed in the Sooretary of State's office acconiing to law, to be Produced before the Board, toyuther with tho tally-shesta, polllists, ate, ‘Ehewo contirmed the Con. Fervative majority, but the Bonrd refused to Tecommize them. ‘Thus a Kettoae oficial was enabled {o unseat a Conservative elected by n thonsand majority by his individual violation of the E ion law. Other instances of the sme procedure wero found in othor parishes, dnly detailed in tho report, in whieh the same villainy had been practiced. ‘Che Inw is such, therefore, that the officials appointed hy the Governor, together with tho Return. ing Board, also appointed hy tho Governor, may at any time defent the Opposition, no muntier what majority of the yotes it may have polled. Itis only fair to stato that the Krenoaa faction in New Orleans have telegraphed to the President, and caused to bo promulgated throughout the country, that the Congrcs- sional Sub-Committee henrd only ono side of the eese, and that thoy adjourned and left New Orleans before the other sido could get in their evidence, In equal fairness it must be stated that the Sub-Committee distinctly declare that “They received all the testimony that was offered, and in addition they re- ecived all the testimony that was then on handin New Orleans, offered by either party, as to tho condition of affairs in other parts of the State.” Tho rolations of ox-Gov. Wents toward the Committee also appear to controvert the present claim of the Krntoaa faction, Ifo was ropeatedly invited to appear before the Committoo, but declined, After the Committee had adjourned, he offered to make a deposition ; the Committee then re- convened to receive his testimony, but ho again declined to come before them. ‘They also gave him the privilege of giving his ovi- dence before a United States Commissioner ; but this he Hkowise refused to do. ‘The “arbitrary, unjust, and illegal” action of the Returning Bonrd, if we accept the ver- dict of the Congressional Committee, cannot of course be permitted to exense the coup @etat of Jan. 4, by which the Democrats seized poxsession of the House, even though they wero entitled to it by a majority vote of the people, Such an admission would be to admit the right of revolution in a legislative body, and to establish a precedent of the groatest peril to Constitutional Government, Aud yet the stato of things found by Messra, Yosren, Poenrs, and Porren seem to leave the peoplo utterly withont a remedy; tho Committee themselves do not suggest any. All through the reconstructed States tho power vested in the Executive under the laws mado by the earpet-baggers is, as in Louisiana, utterly inconsistent with republican ideas of government. Tho Governor of Louisiana has the power of ap- pointing all election officers, the gencral Re- turning Board, and all the Judges of courts. Ho, therefore, holds the result of an election in his own right hand, without any referenco to the popular vote. Congress ean alono furnish 5 lawful method of relief from tho present incubus which oppresses the people of Louisiana. —__ THE VICE-PRESIDENT'S ADVICE, ‘The Vice-President, in correcting the falso statement of the Springfield (Mass.) Mepud- Hean to the effect that “he had publicly ad. mitted the denth of the Republican party,” takes occasion to give the party some vory excellent advico, which should havo all the more weight in that it comes from 5 Repub. liean of long standing aud high position, who has had great experience and tho opportunity - to know the truth of what he advises. Ho points ont very clearly the reforms which must be made insido the party to insuro its success, These are: 1. A declaration against athird term, 2, The removal of high off. cials whose mismanagement has become of- fensive to the people. 3, A conciliatory pol- icy towards the South, and an avoid. ance of irritating Pedoral interforence in Southern affairs, 4, ‘I'he defonse of tho equal rights of the blacks, and on avoidanes of seemingly unconstitutional acts and measures of doubtful constitutionality, Ind theso re- forms heen instituted long ago, he thinks the record of November last would have been a different ono. A declaration, positive and ex- plicit, against a Presidential third term would havo cilenced, in the opinion of the Vice-Presi- dent, tho senseless clamor against ‘ Cwesar- ism” and concentration of power, which hag had jits effect upon many voters. Had cor rupt and dishonest officials, high in standing, Leon promptly romoved when the firat inti. mations of their corruptions were mado public, it would have saved the party the demoralizing offects of the numer. ous scandals which havo grown out of land-grants, subsidies, Credit Mobiliers, and carpet-bag extortions in the South, Had it not made scrious mistakes in interforing with the rights of States, and adopted mens. ures of questionable constitutionality, it would have atrengthened itself in those Statos, Such oro his opinions, Tho fault, however, does not lie with the party, but with designing and covetous mon who have prostitutod their oftices for per- sonal greed and advancement. No reform is needed in the principles of the party. Tho reform must come in the practices of somo of its leaders, ‘The principles of tho party aro just as true, important, and nocessary to the successful progress of the country as thoy over were, ‘The necessity for tho exist- enco of tho party is just as atrong as ever, but tho road to success doos not He in tho direction of reckless misrule of offisials, The Vice-President’s advice is sound, It points out tho defects which must be cured and the way to cure them, ‘Tho success of tho party depends upon its disposition to tako the romedy proposed, and the advico is omphasized by the elections of last fall, THE LITTLE TARIFF HILL, Tho so-called “Little Tariff bill,” which is now ponding before Cougress, is os full of little and big intyuities ag such bills usually are, Itcontains ona especially-charnoteristio grab, which deservos notice as a fair specimen of the means whereby cortain manufacturera —and their Congressional frlends—grow rich, Tho bill proposos to increase tho duty on bi- chromato of potash, Itis now 8 conts per pound, It will bo from 4 to 6 cents if tho “Little Tarif bill” becomes alaw, ‘Thischem- jeal is ono of tho raw materials used in countless mauufuetures. Very many other chemicals contain it, It is the base of a number of colors, It enters into many dyca. Tho United States consume about 6,000,000 pounds of it por annum, one-third of which iy imported. ‘Tho othor two-thirds come from some ore-bods in Maryland. These beds are allowned by a Baltimnoro firm, which thus has a monopoly of the trade. ‘Ihe firm hag already become very wealthy, but it wishes to become more so, Accordingly, it has asked Congroas to double tho duty on the stuf it eollz, and so allow it to makod conta moro per pound on its wares. ‘The argu. ment theso avaricious monopollats use ds, of course, the nocesaity of taking care of the ‘poor man," It 4a absolutely necessary, 80 thoy any, to give them the power to tox other manufacturere abd the People in general in order that they may bo abo to pn; their employes cuough {olive upon! ‘This anxiety is touching, {t in varely that wo find tho capitalist so deeply interested in tho wel- fare of his workingmen, If, howover, the question is to ho decided on this basis, the answer’ to the lirm’s petition must be “No. For tho number of workingmen einployed hy manufacturers whose présperity partly de- pends upon getting bi-chromnte of potash as cheaply as possible surpasses tho number employed by the Baltimore firm by tens of thousands, Tho interests of Inbor, then, imperatively demand that. bi-chromato of potash should be cheap, 'Lho interosts of one firin demand that it should be dear. So the firm goes to Washington and Idbbica for high taxes on that article, while labor mmat staud muto and unprotected at its daily toil, Tho Baltimore monopolists asked for 6 conts duty. Nothing less, they said, would “ savo their employes from starvation,” However, . they thankfully accepted tho Houso's offer of 41-2 conts, aud show signs of gratification at the 4 conts which has finally been incorporated in the bill, Wo have not heard that any of their em. ployes have stopped starving on account of the prospective profits of the monopolists, but the inereasod price of bi-chromate of pot- ash will foree a number of manufactures who use it largely to diminish thoir production and reduce the wages of their men, Advo- cates of tariff-stoals for tho benefit of Ameri- ean workingmen will please ponder this fact. It is significant that, while the Maryland ore is tho bost in tho world, the imported pot- ash is better than the Baltimore product. Enervated by protection, tho American mo- nopolists take no prins to manufacture a first-class article, ‘Their market is secured to thom by high duties, ‘Their wares will sell, whether good or bad, and it is cheaper to hhave them bad, arenes PARTIES AND TRE COUNTRY, Vice-President Witsox has written a letter to the Springfield Lepudiiean on tho situation of the country to combat tho notion that the Republican party is “dead.” We have been told that the Democratic perty was no moro, and wo are now told tliat tho Republican perty has mado its exit from tho stago of American politics. Tho factis that neither the Democratio nor the Republican party is dead or have any iden of giving up the ghost, Hoth live, and the sooner each recognizes this fact tho hetter for the country. Wo will leave it to the Vice-President to show, as doubtless he enn, that the clemonts of tho ovigival strongth of tho Republican party rempin, and that, proporly managed, its suc. cess in the future is assured, Ours is a differ- ent task,—to show that parties do nat dic so easily, and that tho Democracy suryives and remains what it was. ‘The party of Stato Sovereignty, in other words, of dissolution and secession,—for these are tho logical consequences of tho doctrine of State Sovercignty,~—has not been even sleeping. It has been wary and watchful all these years, hoping against hope, that its opportunity would somo time come. Ashaincd of its old name,— & namo which history has mado o synonym of political infemy,—it has assumed varions aliaecs, and strutted about here ag the Inde- pendent party, and here astho People’s party; in one place as the party of Roform (wie), in another as the Conservative party. Repub. licans have in individual cases beon hood- winked into tho belief that these wore all different names for a now party which was to be immaculate, infallible, supremoly good, completely uncolfish; to ba constituted only of statesmen and exemplars of all tho vir- tues; mon free from all temptation, or gifted with tho graco always to resist it; who would nover stenl, lio, voto themselves back-pay, have anything to do with Crodit Mobiticrs, or yield themselves up to the arms of corruption,—who should bo, in fact, all of thom, little demigods dwelling in 8 political ompyronn and feeding on ambrosia, ‘The strangest thing about tho hallucination of our Republican friends was that, with o faith almost divino, they persisted, or seemed to porsist, in believing in this immaculate party, spite of the fact that tho whole rank and file of it consisted of immaculate Demo- erajs, At tho Inte cleotions tho Republican party rebuked the corruption of its own ad- herents, The now immeculato party was led to imagine that that rebuke was an ap- proval of its principles, or of its want of principle, and forthwith assumod o bold front. It now takes steps, ag it did in this city a fow days ago, to drap its alias and ro. appear tho Democratic party, with its old distinguishing principle, State Sovereignty or national disiutegration,—for its reappoar- ance as tho Democratic party means this or it means nothing. It is to bo hopod that this fact will strike the members of the Re- publican party with the force with which it should, and satisfy thom of the truth of the maxim in pulities, that parties live long and dio hard. In all deconcy, tho Democratic party ought to go and bury itself, hero is no instanco in tho records of tho past in which 4 party, after having, by its principlos and tendencies, Ied o nation to the brink of ruin but failed to ruin it, aftorwards sought to xe. cover the ascendency and to govern tho country it could not destroy, A distinction 60 shamofaced and notorious it has been re- served for tho party in this country lnown as the Democratic party to achiove. Millions of Americans fondly believod 1t was dead and buried, Over its grave, ita whilom organ in this city erected a monument with tho epi. taph: “Putrid Reminisconco.” ‘The “Pu. trid Reminisconco," howover, walks tho earth again; and thoro are good men found so forgetful as todo it honor. They honor it, however, only because they beliove it is not the old secossion, Democratic party, ‘That party they in their innocence say is no more, Bunxe romarked, a long timo ago, that parties vary thelr means to sceuro tho unity of their ond, The Domocratio party in tho United States has boon wisor in its iniq- uity thon any party with which Bonxu wos acquainted. It has known not only how to vary its means, but ita form and ppearanco, in order to secure the unity of its ond; aud tho unity of its end, if it havo any such unity now, is, wo insist, natloual disso. lution, Lf this be not its ond, or the logical conclusion of its State Sovoreignty principles, it has no end and no principles, ‘Tho porsiutence of the old Democratic or seecssion party need surprise no oue at all fa- toiliar with tho history of political partios, ‘Che present parties in England have been ar- royed ogainst one another tor upwards of two hundred years, Tho Conservatives and Lib- erals of to-day in England are the Tories and Whigs of 1680, They have changed only fn name. ‘The Torick were always Conservatives, ‘Tho Whigs wore always Liberals, ‘Lhe Dom. Oorats of this country always were the Con. servatives ; the Republicans always were the Liberals of Ameriva, Tho English Tories have beon beston often, Often have thoy, Uke the Democratic party in this sountry, always endeavoring to keop the Ene lish nation behind other nations in the march of improvement, ‘They have unie formly supported regal, nristoerntic, nnd coclosinstienl authority. ‘Chey oppo.cd the Exclusion hill and supported Cuanies U, Thoir motto was, “Tho King before the Aristocracy, tho Avistocracy before the People.” ‘They advoeated the doe- trines of the divino right of Kings, of passive ebedienco, of tho exemption of the King from all Parliamentary control, of the supremacy of prerogative, of intoleranco in nintters of religion. ‘hey looked upon all change as a political evil, aud hence opposed all extension of the suffrage, tho Catholic Emaucipation bill, and all the roforms which have placed the England of to-day in the first rank of ci ed uations, On the other hand, the Whigs, or Liberals, have been, like tho Republicans in this country, the constant nd- voeates of reform, of progress, of equal rights, of political nud sociat amelioration and advaucoment, For 200 years they have op- posed all that tho Tories or Conservatives have ndvoeated, and Inbored for the ennso of liborty, for tho rights of Parliament and of the people as opposed to those of the Crown, and for the extension of the privileges aliko of Parliament and People. ‘They voted against the taxation of the American Colonies, and favored tha publicity of dobate, liberty of speech, of religion, and of the Press. All tho progress of Gront Britain is duo to them, Had their opponents succeeded and they failed uniformly, England would be to-day precisely whero it was two hundred years ago. It would be a fossil, without any influ- enco in tho history of Europe. The history of parties in Engload demon. atrates tho trath of what wo have said above, that partios live a long timo and dio hard, It proves that, whilo they live, they aro trio to their essential prin ciples, What is true of partics in England is truc of parties the world over. It is true of parties hero, It is truo of tho Democratic and Republican parties, Spito of all its re. verses, the Demacratio party lives. It lives by its attachment to State Sovereignty and its love for the spoila which belong to the victor, Living, it is and must bo, itself. It is, like ll parties, made up of men ; and Inrgo bodies of men do not end eannot chango their prin- ciples or viows inn generation or in two gen- erations, The Democratio party ten years after the War is tho samo.as the Democratic party ton years before the War in its goueral sims, scope, aympathies, and Purposes, For ten years before the War it was, during the Administrations of Prencr and Bucnanan, doing all in its power to prepare the way for the overthrow of National Sovereignty, ‘Tho return of the Democratic party to pow- er nt the precont time would bo a national ca laity, for tho Democratic party can only undo what tho Republican has done since tho War, and so pué the country back fully ten years, Its work would bo nenessarily de- structive, not reconstructive. Thoso formerly members of tho Republican party who, during the past fow years, have been playing the part of indopendent states- men willdo well to consider that they aro not numerous enough of themselves to form a party, and that, by refusing to co-operate with the Republicans, they co-operate with the Democrats. Every Independent, by whatever named called, isa gain to the Demo- cratio party, No party is perfect or can bo perfect. ‘The Republican partyis, howover, botter than the Domocratic party, because it belicves more strongly in tho civil and politi- cal oquality of all men, in universal freedom and education, progress and amelioration, than tho Domoeratic party; aud for the addi- tional ronson that it holds to tho idea that the American poople constitute ono fovoreign nation, whereas the Domocrats helieve that the soveroign authority is subdivided among two score patty political corporations enlled States, Hence it is that, sinco every good citizen must, whothor he will it or not, act with either of tho existing parties, ho should act and work with tho Republican. Those elmnoroys for roform, who ignore this truth, are impracticable idealiats, Utopian dreamors, Quixotic statesmen, ‘There ara many reforms to bo mado, many important problems before the country needing solution. Tho Republi- can party is competent to make tho reforms and solve the problems, a THE OTHER SIDE. In auother articlo wo have recapitulated the report of Measrs, Fosren, Prezrs, and Porter, the Congressional Sub-Comnitteo which went to Now Orleans, and commonted on tho contlition of things in Louisiana which that report seta forth, In that article, how- over, we havo statcd that the Krntoca fac- tion in New Orleans havo criticised tho Com- mittee vory soveroly for the manner in which they took their ovidenco, and havo charged that the Committce adjourned and loft the city without giving tho Republicans a fair opportunity to collect and produco thoir tes- timony. ‘This sido of tho ceso ix more elab- orately sot forth in a lotter addressed to Gen, Buren by Mr, J. R. G. Prem, a resident of Now Orleans, and a gentlemen of alloged good standing ond considerablo influence, ‘tho letter haa been printod by the Now Or- loans Republican, Mr, Prram stands by the position which Gen. Srerinan has tekon in regard to tho condition of socioty in Louisiana, and not only says that the Congressionnl Sub-Committes heard but one sido of the caso, but intimates Yery strongly that they did not propose to hear the other sido. He dircots his criticisms espeoially against Mr. Puzzrs, Jo says that abundant ovidenca was at command to estab- lish the charges mado by Gon, Suzeran in his dispatches to the President, and thoreby justify the action of tho Roturning Board, hut that the Committee refused to consider it, He also charges that the Committee permitted the Democratic side to scleat the witnesses from the two parishes—Rapides and Iboria— which thoy did invostigate, aud that tho con. templated assault on tho State-Houso on the day the Legidature was to meet had brought largo number of Domocratio witnesses into town, Mr, Prexin says that the only roason. why the White Leaguo decided not to make this assault (a decision which was reachod only the night before the convening of the Logislaturo) was because of Gen, Buenipan's presenco in tho city, which, hoe snys, was oquivalent to the whole anny. After waying that Mr. Porrry objected and Mr, Parties seconded him wheucver any tostimony was offered as to violence, Mr. Piri rovapitu- Intes some of the signiftcant evidence as fol. lows; * Among the other witn: District-Attorney Brow. wivis, who prosecuted the rutians of the Colfax mas sacro, songlt, but waa forbidden, to relate what had fallen under bis olicial ooguizunos, Wherefore Mr, Puvlys opines thers t¢ no greatur toaecurity of life and property bere than before tho Wor, “Ihave ‘boon for years in constant receipt of information as to the intimidation aud sbuse of tha colored. paople,” saya My. Aaoxwreg, “The people of & ‘spproved Mio Coien toaassore bd far 64 St wad fe mmeure of Ke. |, exist thero, ya tho Demnernt Lvererr, possibly have been smprictent for a ltepubliean, Sng tho oxettement fmmodiately followip 14 to oxpresadineatiafiction at the turn of rvitters," naya the Lenguecchief Ounrs, WINL grin aigtlficrnien, “Our people aro mary prono than others to rudden neta of violence,” confesiol Bihop Wasten, “1 woul rerfstany kind of iryanny, and the generat Polley of my paper (the Bhruveport Times) fe to make # radienl chungo 40 our Goverument, even if i does cont human tfc,” sald the Whito-League scribe Lox- anp, Yet despite auch acknowledpmonta from (he party Mr, Pite-trs seoka to befriend, despite tho eor- Toborative evidence, which Loairoyo to exclude on the Republican ride, na to maasgcres, assansinations, ollie efala driven alike from their posta nnd their perishos, and voters from the polly, and asto Btate-wito tutinle dation, he conctuden there fa no pevater {naccurlty of Ufo and property than before the War, Mr. Piven says distinctly that the incen- dary Innguago of.the White-Lenguo pross in Louisiana is not combined to the Shreveport Times os has been intimated, but extends goucrally to such papers as tho Vindicator, the Sugar Aol, tho Picayune, tho Bulletin, ete, Here ia a quotation which ho makes from the Franklin (Lo.) Enterprise + Thore should be kept and carsfuily preserved for futura reference a binck Hirt, or Vouk of remembrance, du every parinh, wherein should bo inscribed the names of those white men who in this emergency prove ro reant to tho instincts and dutics of race, and cast thoir Jot with the African, Tho {ufamoua record should bo ke conspfeuous for all tno to come as tho picturaa of uotorlous eriminals'in tho roguca’ gallerica of Isrgo cities, Thesomen must not be forgutien, Let thelr names be written in tho black lint with s pen of adawant, that thoy and all who descend from their loins to the fourth generation may be Parials, forevor east ont fromvall sasociation with the Caucasian race, Let all wio adhera to tho negro party tn this political contest be reckoned aa negrocs, aud treated on such. Tet the black let for St. Mary he openad, Lot tho uanten of those who paut for immortal infamy be cn- rollod, Whoo names shell head tho list? Wo know to, father and sou, who have equal claims to tho dis. tinction, Mr. Pirxm accounts for tho protests against Gen, Sirentpan’s dispatches made in the namo of the Merchants" Exchange and other commercial corporations by saying that all the Northorn and Wostorn business amen who go to New Orleans must first sncri- fico their political convictions to the general howl before thoy can oxpect to transact. busi- ness, Ife also cities somo individual instances in which prominent business men have ade mitted their dread of expressing their gennine convictions as to tho terrorism practiced throughout the State. Thus wo have, in connection with the pre- eeding article, prosented both sides of this unfortunate controversy. It seems to bo fated that no two men or sot of men, cvyen. though they belong to the samo political party, can look into Louisiana affairs and come to tho same conclusions concerning them, We know of nothing but a special Providonce that can certainly bring order out of all tho troublesome complications which PINCHBACK. : Prrennack has probably overreached him- solf in his sharp practice to get into tho United States Sonate, Prycumacn was clect- ed (?) Sonator in 1873, for the term of six yenrs, beginning March 4 of that year. This election was mado by tho Dunenr-Kentoca Legislature, which Messrs, Canrrnten, Loaay, Antuoyy, Atcony, Hun, and Tnuspvus ro- Ported to the Senato never hada legal oxist- ence, Tho Senate has over since refuscd to admit Pricnpack on account of that fact, On Monday night of Inst week, Prnompack. secretly deposited his resignation as Senator under tho bogus clection of 1878 with tho individual who is acting 28 Governor of the State, and next day induced the Legislature to olect him to fill the vacancy. He has by his resigna- tion divested himself of all title to tho seat under the election of 1873, and hos gained nothing by tho supposed new election. The Jaw on this subject provides that Sen- ators shall be elected by the Legislature on the second Tuesday after the organization thereof. This is the rule when a torm will expire bofore tho next regular meeting of tho Legislature, or where a vacancy shall oxist at tho time the Logislature meets, But the law provides that “if a vacancy shall happon during the eession of tho Logislatnure, then (the election shall take place) on the second Tuos- day after tho Legislature shall have boon or- ganized ond shall have notice of such va eancy.” Tho Legislature of Louisiana seems not to havo bad any knowledge that Pixcasaox had resigned ; they thought thoy wero “ electing him over again.” But Piyonpack having ro- signod. Jan, 11, his election on Jan. 12 to fill the vacancy thus created was necessarily ille- gat; that eleotion could only take place on “the sccond Tuesday after notice” of tho resignation had been given tothe Logislaturo. Between the two stools the ambitious gentle. man has had a fall, Thoro iu no doubt on this aubject, The Jettor of the law is plain, Mr, Somnen diced Wednesday, March 11, yet the Legislature of Massachusotts, then in sossion, could not elect 9 succosgor until the second ‘Tuesday after notice of the vacancy, which was March 24, On the 4th of March, 1872, Henny Wrzson became Vice-Prosident, thoroby vacating his soat in the Senate; but, in viow of tho law, it waa held that the election could not bo held until the socond ‘Tuesday after notice of the vacancy happening; so tho olection did not take place until March 18, ‘Tho Senato is relioved of his claim under the first election becauso of his resignation, and his second cloction is clearly yojd. Wa think the Sonato will fool gratified with hav- ing got rid of this applicant for recognition 3 8 Senator. es THE STATE CENSUS. ‘ In tho Constitution of tho State of Mnois of 1818 it was provided that in “ tho year 1820, and every fifth year thoreaftor, an enumeration of all the white inhabitants of the State” should be made. The Constitu. tion of 1848 provided that “in the year 1855, and overy tenth yoar thereafter, on enumeration of all the inbabitents of tho State shall ba made,” otc, The object of theno provisions was to sooure a basis for the apportionment of members of the General Assombly, The Constitution of 1818 pro- vided that thore should bo on apportionment of imembora upon the Federal census in 1850, and upon the State census in 1855, and evory ten years thoreaftor, All this hag been abol- ished by the Constitution of 1870, which provides for an apportionment once eycry ten years, basod upon tho Federal consus ex- clusively, ‘hore is, therefore, no longer any legal requiroment for taking the census in 1875, Is there any occasion for taking such consus at all? For what purpose is it to be takon? The Constitution of tho State makes the Foderal census the oxclusive authority in all mattors depending on population, ‘The census of 1865 cost the Btate a large sum of money, The returns were made to the Secratary of State, and those returns ‘wore never made waa of, never compiled, and, if they have not rotted away or boon sold for waste-paper, ore there yet,—nover having been read exoopt to got at the total popula. tion of the aovoral countiog. We notice that there are several bills proposed providing ger a mings of atatistionl information to be gathered with (he enumeration of the popie lation, ‘Thero is no niet) purpose to he ae complished by this consus, unless it be to tive employment to threa or four thousand Persons for a fow months to compile fgares whieh will he entirely valucless when taken, Wo trust the Legislature will not touch the matter at all, All tho statistical information that ia needed can he collected anunally is tho Assessors’ returns of each county, ‘'Lhy Btato may as well save tho cost of this useless and wholly wnecessary work, Steen meme reer THE BUN HOAZ. Tho story telegraphed from Now York yer terday morning, to tho offect that certain figures show that the earth ia falling towards tho sun at a rato which will bring thom to. gother in somo 1,440 yenra, inn very yood at. tompt at a sensation sun hoax, "That is n't that can bo seid in its favor, Astronomcra know, and can prove, that what is known ng the ‘moan distance" is atmoat exactly tho same as it was at tho dato of tho transit of Venus in 1769, They furthermora know, aud can provo, that the averaye distance of tie earth from the sunt is greater now than it wag then, tho orbit having swelled ont slightly, inerensing the minor axis, whilo tho major axis remains unchanzod. Woe aro not, therofore, nearing tho sun. Tho slate. ment referred to was probably to tho effect that if astronomers go on re. ducing their estimates of tho sun's distanco at the samo rate ns thoy have dono recently, they will soon reduco the estimate to nothing, An astronomer could never have mado such a stntomont ss is imputed tohim in the din patch abovo referred to. ‘Tho following shows the menn distanes ot the sun from tho earth in mniles, his diameter in miles, and the masa of tho stn, that of the earth being taken as tho limit for tho two exe treme values, and the monn valuo of tho colar parallax given in Tix Taipunr of yesterday ¢ “Parallax, | Bietaice, | Diamelen seconda, woier, miles, 9,06) 241,400) 9.43) 6,659] 9.24 625,000 ‘These values aro all much less than thoso Previously accepted, and will probably Lo found too small. To the Kitlor of The Chicago Tribune: Curcago, Twit, 14.—I desire to correct a statement which appeared in ‘Tur Tarpone. of Saturday, fn rete @ peraon calling himself Onantes J, Woop. nurs, ‘This statement particutarizes that {hla porao: hag solletted passax you railroads, ropresenthigg htmsielt ns au attache of Ti Tutpurss tat ho faa feaud™ in no fat ag he claims any ancl connection? that * lo valablinhed hinugelt in Wockford, I, a8 a'ropteioniae live of THe Tninere, and was ruppressod 08 soon aa the fact was mado known;" and that he “ wan dstecte od th altering a pass from Gloyeloud to Iniianapalls,” solves Canues J, Woopnuny,” I wial to pay ainnl ys 1, That I hold’ tho authority ‘of ‘Tie ‘Taumyd under ita previoua inanagement to act a2 ita COLT spondent from the South, an authority that has been tacitly oxtendod ou the part of Ti Fninune by the publication of lettors from the Ezst nnd Wert} aud under which I haye been for tho last month ergaced ‘upon s nerics of articles, written at the Prompiing of tho (then) editor of Tug Turaune, and which vero to bo published subject to his gpproval, At tho timo uf the recont chunge tn tho mi onient of Tire TRivtxe, T enterod into other arrany utes for the disposal of those articles, which chanye oxplains the iguor: avo of tho present management in regard to my record vo far ay The 'IntwuNe 1s concerned, 2. That I was nover “suppressed " at Rockford, Ul, aalocal correspondent of ‘Tux Trmuye fron’ that poise Bo far from that, this connection oxlute:| dure ing the entire timo that I edited the Bockford Regrs- ter, and only onded with m; dispoxst of that pypor to ita present owner, I thon feft Itockford aud canceled my engagomont with ‘Ine Tuuvune, 3, ‘That Iwas never “detocted "in altering any pase ‘or paaney, and never prosented any paws or pusaes Over tho rallroait wich your statement indicates, Xf tuo correspondent who has made this attack upon me will indicate (as hono doubs Mie tho day or train on which the pass was presouted, £ will satisfy bota him sud yonreelf aa to the impocalbility of may ‘bavhuig pros sented it, ‘There statements can bo mupported by documents {n my possession, tho flee of ‘Tux TniouNE, and the Tocorus of ita counting-roomn, antes J, Woopnuny, ‘Tho item in Tue Tawowz of which Mr. Woop. BURY complsing was based on a lettor from Mr, %. FI. Prenson, General Tickot Agent of tha Clovoland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Tudianapolis Railway, who wrote to this ofics that a “man calling himeolf Citartxs J. Woopnuny, rpocinl correspondent of Lue Cutcaco Taiunn, ap- plicd to me for a pass on account of that paper, which was granted. On tho doy of bis Jast visit horo our conductor took up sh ale tored pase, which I incloze to you,” ete, What Mr, W. saya in regard to hia correspondent relation to Tne Trinvne at Rockford appears to bs truo, and ho hay also exhibited to us a otter, dated May 30, 1874, from tho former ouliter, au- thorizing hin “ to write letters for Tux Taimune from the South during hia proposed tour”; but said letter contains this proviso: “ 'Thie nota not to bo used for tho procuroment of pasion on public conveyances.” Mr, W. doniea vory posi- tivoly laying altered any pags, and wo ore not dleposed to doubt his statement, nor do wo do- sire to ses him injured in reputation or others wiso, and had ho not exceoded his crodontinla hia name would not have appeared in Tue ‘Laiaunz. SS ee There ig.a senso of pootia justico in tho fato of Italy. In tho sunny land of grapes, Gani- DALDi6s, and bandits, the present social pestiloucs known os lottory-onterprisen had its birth, nnd, as with cholera from the oozy banks of the Gangos, slowly and utoalthily marchod woatward to destroy the ‘New World.” Now Italy finds tho plaguo of suck giant proportions as to chal- Jenga the vigilance and ingenuity of her gtates- men for its suppresaton, In Italy, in Spain and her dependoncics, Kentucky, and other place, the lottery is a Governmont fustitution, In Kentucky it hag a Jesuitical grin upon ita fico; in Italy ithagy not, The opposition is loul in elamoriog for the aupprosuion of logitimatizot gaming, which it aptly designaten @ national shamo, At tho final unification of Italy, with Romo as the Capital, the omullor lottories wore unified also, and the drawing took place reqular- ly overy Baturday, Suoh ia the passion for gambling among tho Italians that thoy will ainke tho last rag upon their backs fora chanco, and the miserable pauperiain of Italy is due diroctly, a4 well as indirectly, to the pornicious system, ‘i'no independent press leadu the cry for its prompt eradication, Italy, in her glunt strides to the fron¢ among tho clvilizad nations of the earth, is hampored by this Ings and greatest rolle of medieval ignorance. Whon it disapponrs, Spain —onfeobled, ebiftlacs Spain—wili alono in rope officially encourage gambiing, Thon Ken- tucky will ukare tho honor with {he most cou- tomptible power of the Old Wortd, The Ilinois Presa Agsociation will hold o special meoting at Bpringfoldon the 29th inut., and remain in session for throo days, A cordist invitation is extondad to the oruft throughout the Stato to be presont at the mecting and tal part in tho discussion of subjects, ‘here can bo no doubt thet, if some of the thinking and accomplished journaliuty of the Stato will accept thiy invitation and tako s ehare iu the conduct of tho mouting, much practic] good may ba acconi- plished. Tho programme ou this occasion shows a desire to como down from tunciful ovgays to the discussion of practical affairs, and in just such proportion ag it doos no ig itau improvo- ment on ita predeceusors, The desire to exhibit specimen copica of newspapery, from four to& dozen, gives ovidenco of a dosire to malo the 0% casion useful beyond the more introductory oom emoules of on editorial excursion, a The intellixent compositor possesses the cap of Foatunarvs, Atone bound he can lesp, bim- nolf, and (what Fortonarvs could not du) cary 100,000 and more readors of Taw Tans with bim from Ohina to Gitcego without turning & halr, In tho letter writton by Avas Sart ee “ Dud Ourreuoy,” ihe plrsas @ Wuy ted We Cidbn',