Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1876, Page 4

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Tho paper will ‘e promptly matled in a single wrapper, postage pald, Jor $1 per month. L Y MONDAY, JULY 31, 1870, ——————= At the Now York Gold Exchange on Satur- dny the ragometer indicated 80} to 80 cents on the dollar. P ] What with the grim combination of flood and famino, there is a bad outlook for ovor- crowded humanity in Chinn. Recont inun- dations have resulted in the loss of 5,000 lives, whilo s protracted drought in other provinces, covering a district of 800 squaro miles, and containing o population of abont 70,000,000 souls, has completely destroyed tho crops, snd o terrible famine seoms inov- itable. o e The Jesnits in France have recently beon successful in obtaining redress in the courts ngainst somae thirly newspapers, involving an expensio in each enso of 70,000 franes, but their victory promises to bo sn expousive bno, resulting in tho enforcoment of an old ordinanco, dating a8 far back as 1828, which proscribes the expulsion of the Jesuits from France. A motion is to be made in the Chambor of Deputica to-day to carry inta effect the almost-forgotten but uuropoaled cunctument, — A careful computation of the expenditures of the present House of Ropresentatives in conducting its multifarious investigations plnces the nggregnto at $125,000. This snm includesthe charges for theperdiom, fees, and niileago of witnesses, extra committes clerks, tnessengers, stationory, ete., but does notin- cludo tho cost of printing the testimony, subpeneing witnesses, and tho heavy ox- penso incident to tho longthened session of Congress growing out of the investigations. This is Democratic cconomy. Se——ne—n Congress will to-day enter upon the thirty- fifth week of the present session, which is one of the longest over known, and it is also one of the least productive of nceded and ‘bonoficial legislation. The President has ap- parently concluded thatedjournment isnot yot near at hand, and to have abandoned for the present all ides of his usual summer sojourn st Long Branch, as he has arranged to take np his residenco in one of the officor's honses 4t tho Soldicrs' Home, in the northern por- tion of tha city, and removed from the un- wholesomeo minsmn of the Potomac flats op- posito the White Houso, A statement in the affidavit of Mr A. C. Heara in support of tho movement for his pardon or a mitigation of his sentenco has called forth a vigorous and comprehensive deninl from Mr, LreoNanp 8wrrr, who has been represented as proposing to pay Hes. e $5,000 if bo would involve or convict Mensrs. Loaax and Fanwein. This state- uent Mr, SwerT brands a8 an audacious false- hood, wholly withoutr & basis of fact. A deninl may also bo expectod from Mr. * Buntox 0. Coox, who is reported fo have boon paid $2,500 by some Ohicago whisky- men to go to Washington and socure the re- movnl of District-Attorncy Wanp, It is now nnnounced that Trpex's letter of nccoptance will be placed in the hands of tho National Demoeratic Executive Commit- tee, which meots in Now York next woek. Consequently the friends of Liznprioss aro pressing for some action by the House on the question of the ropeal of the Iesumption net. They want something dono which will lavo thoappearanco of arepoal, even though Its practical effect sliould amount to nothing —somothing to let tho soft-money faction down easy, and mako it possible for Hex- ouoxks also to write his letter of acceptance before eloction-day. Tho gos-bills of the city averago nof far from $2,000 for every dny in tho year. If the proposed raforms will save 50 per cent of that amonnt, the average saving will bo 21,000 por day. Every day's delay by the Council in ndopting the reforms which nro alrendy practically ngreed upon entails a neod- Iesss expenditure of soveral hundred dollars, —wa do not say $1,000, becauso tho gas-bills aro heavier inwinter than in summor. Ilerois & cogent argument in favor of acting without furthor wnste of time. Tho new tima-sched. ule, and tho reduced burners, ought to be used beforo tho end of this weck, praschiaiha e e propriation to complete the WasminaToN column, which has been standing in a half- finished condition for soma years in a dreary part of the National Capital. It is now de- cided that tho monument shall be completed and ready to dedicato on tho oontonnial of Counwavrue’ surrender, whicli will bo in 1881. Boit will have taken 84 long to com- plete the monument as it took WasmiNaTox to whip the British. We don't know that theroe is any partioular objoction to this, ex- copt that it gives too much time to oxhaust tho present approprintion and apply for an- other, The pressing want of Mr, Joux Hisg, can. didato for Auditor of Stato on the Decatur ticket, likowiso on tho Democratio ticket, is want of some secluded epot where Lo can escape suxious inquirers who want to know whicls ticket Joux himself is going to vote. 1o cannot decently run on tho Decatur ticket and voto mgainst it. Nor can he decently run on the Democratio ticket and vote for Peres Coorrr and tho Decatur ticket. In fact, the only decent thing for Jouy to do now fs to got off both tickets most oxpoditiously. Brewanp also s in procisely the samno prodicament. Nelther Srrwarp nor lse dare toll how he 15 going to voto, The Chicago produco markets were irreg- ulur Saturday, and rathor active. Moss pork closed 15@1740 per brl higher, at §18.70@ , 1895 for August, sud $16.87}@16.90 for Beptember. Lard closed 160 per 100 1bg hivher, ab $10.85@10.874 for August, snd $10.973@11.00 for Bsptember. 1eals wero slronger, at 7ie for boxed shoulders, 9jc for do short ribs, and 10}o for do short clenrs, Lnke freights were firmer, at 1} @1je far corn to Duffalo, Rail freights wero unchanged. Highwines woro quiet, at #1.10% pergallon, Flourwas dull. Wheat closed 1@2}c lower, at 86§ for Angust, and 02}c for Soptember. Corn closed n shade casier, ot 46jc for August, and 45 e for Sop- tember. Oats wero firmer, olosing at 20§ for August and 20jc for Beptembor. Tye wos steady, at Bi@6Go.. Barloy wns ensior, cloa- ing at G9}o for Soptomber. Hogs wero in light supply, {n good demand, nnd firmer, solling $0.26@0.65 for poor ta choico. Cattle wore qnict and easy at $2.50@F.00 for poor to cholce, Blicop wero scarce and nominal at $2.50@4,60, One hundred dollats in gold wonld buy $112in greonbacks at tho olose. em———— Hrronern is growing weary of oxile in Canndn, whero no field oxists for the exercise of his poculinr tnlents in the direction of whisky-friuds and munieipal jobs, and is anxious to make his poace with the Govein- ment and return to Chicago, To this end, an effort is mow mnking in Washington to porfect an arrangement wheroby IliLoncTo can turn squealor and escape punish- ment, It is ropresonted that the con- viction of mseversl persons. mot yob brought to trinl dopends largely npon his testimony, and it i hoped by means of afli- davits to persunde tho Attornoy-Genernl that Hiuorera's ovidencs wonld not be without weight beforo a Chicago jury. It will take some pretty tall swoaring to removo the im- pression that Hironeru's valuo as o witness is very much below par, and that any such bargain ag that proposed could Lo sot esido on tho ground of no consideration. e Those who are holly denouncing Br.uronp Wizgo o @ thief on necount of tha let-no- guilty-man-eseapo lotter affalr, moy porhaps bo able to explain what to the rest of man- kind in incomprehensiblo : what earthly ob- joet Wirsoy could have had to atenl that lot- ter. It supprossed nothing, nor wes it of any valuo as ovidence, for alrondy it lind been given to the public, and by Wirson himself, with tho President's approval. To have taken tho pains to steal it, and to attempt to covertly get awny with it, would imply an imbecility surpassing even idiocy. * Tho only possible valno that could attach to it wasas a souvenir for an slbum, and that Wirsoy should havo stola it for that purpose in sim- ply incredible. No mischiof could havabeen dong by making way with that scrap of pa- per, the contents of which have boon pab- lished overywhere, and alrendy hns pnssed into history. No mischief has beon done,— nobody hurt; which makes the more obvious tho onimus of tho malignant distortion of tho facta for thosake, if possible, of villify- ing Bruronp WiLsoN. A THE OLD HONEST SILVER DOLLAR. Tho silver question hins ovolied n warm pro- teat in behalf of * public morality,” the au- thors of this protest assuming that it would bo dishonest for the United States to coin gilver dollnrs of the standard which proveiled from 1702 to 1873, and use them in payment of tha public debta, Among tho more ear- nest of theso is the New York Nation, which thus spenks, ignorantly or prevarientingly, of the ** monstrous” thrust at tha public credit contained in the Silver bill now beforo Con- groas: ‘Aside from the inflation which the bill proposes, it I8 tho same as if the Government shonll recolve any othor slmost unllmitable product of the coun- try and {ssue notes thercon. The bIIl makes o mont direct thrast agalnst the public credit. When our bonds wera lesucd, It was exprossly stipulated that, to guarantee foravor the payment of the in- terest on theso in gold, the customa receipts should be guyable only in gold cotn. The Dunanza bill removes, so faras a law can, thls safeguard, and permits tho customs to be pald in bulllon certifi- cates; o8 silver-bullion certificates could bo used, they of courso would be; and the rovenue of the Government would consist of sliver. This would compo! the payment of tho Intercat In ailver, and the principal when due a8 well, and would drive gold Into diause, The Nation is in error in assuming that in any of tho acts of Congross relating to the public debt there is any promiso to psy in- torest or principal in gold. Tho term used in overy instance is “coin.” Tho act of Feb, 25, 1862, providing a sinking fund, provides, 8eo, 5, * that all duties on im- portod goods shall be paid in coin,” and tho coin so roceived shall bo sot apart as o specinl fund, and applied, 1, *“to tho pay- ment in coin of the interest” on the publio debt; 2, to the purchaso of 1 per centum of tho publio debt, 8o that, up to 1873, the silvor dollar was a logal-tonder in poymont of duties on customs ; and even now tho debnsed subsidiary silver coin i roceived in poyment of duties for all sums not exceed- iog 356, At no thmo was thero over any pledge or promiso to pay in ‘“gold,” tho torm used being * coin,” the silver dollar of 412} grains being thon a logal-tendor for any awmonat, ; Tho act of 1678, so far as it dropped the silyor dollar out of the list of American coiny, and substituted the gold dollar ng the unit of valuo in the United States, was both unwise aud unjust. So far as the samo was dono secretly and without the knowlodgo of tho public, it was a fraud upon the country, which slould be redressed by the restorntion of tho silver dollar as a lugal-tender, It will be difticult to raiso any sorious ques- tion of moral delinquoncy in coining tho silver dollar and mnaking it & legal-teudor, 'ho facts oil preciude any charge of want of good fuith in such a proceeding, In 1793 the silver dollar was made n legnl- tendor, and, with gold, the silver coin of the United States wns o legal- tender until 1833, At that time tho rolative vilue of gold had declined, and tho American silver coin was worth nearly 7 per cout more as bullion than it was a8 coiu; consequently our silver coin, a8 fast 08 it was issued, was purchased at its coin valuo sud exported na bullion, ‘There wns, therofore, s scavcity of our own silver coin, aud an influxof the worn and dopreciated coin of other countrios, eapecially from Spain, 'L'o remedy this, Con- gress reduced the weight of the hulf-dollur from 206} groius o 190 grains, and of tho smallor coins in proportion. Their value as coln was thorofore greater than as bullion, and thoy ceased to bo exported, and ceasod to bo a legal-tonder beyond §6. 'Tho silver dollar, howover, was mnot changed; tho weight of that coln continued at 412§ graius, and it contintied o legal-tonder and the unit of American values, us it had beon from 1792, The silver dollar-picce wasat that time worth 107 cents in gold, and, in consoquenco.of the high price of silver compnared with gold, the silver dollar was not cofued to any serious oxtent, In AMarch, 1872, when this act of 15738 was considered in the Houso of Repre- sentatives, the silver dollar was worth 103 in gold. Up to 1878—from 1663—the silver dollar aud tho American gold coin were both legsl- tendurs to any amount; under ull the con. {racts of the United States with its eroditors, it wus stipulated that poyment should bo made in coin,—the’coin of tho United States,—and tho gold being the cheaper and the fnforior of tho two coins, the gold was omployed to mako all paymenta of interest, and was in turn used by tho debtors in pay- mont of duties on imports. During theso twenty yoars thore was no protest by the boudholders ngainst recelving the inforior gold ; no ona over protended to domand thnt tho Government must pay its intereat in tho silvor coin, which was worth from 3 to 7 por aent more than the gold, No one ever quos- tioned the power of the Government to pay the intorest in eithor gold or silver, or ques- tioned the morality of tho, selection of gold when that coin was worth soveral conts on the dollnr less than the silver, Within a yoar tho rolation betweon silver and gold hns changed. For twonty-fivayears silver wns at o premium in gold; now silver is nt n disconnt. Tha bondholders now in- sist that it will bo dishonorsble in the Gov- ernmont to select silver in which to pay its dobts. Is thore any dishonesty in such a polioy? 'Ilie United States, being in want of money, sold its bonds, receiving therofor from #0to 756 conts on tho dollar; tho contract wss that tho United States would pay principal and interest in the logal-tonder coin of tho United States—gold or silver—in twenty years, ornt tho option of the Govern- ment ot any timo after fivo years, This was the contract. 'Thero is, therefors, nothing in tho contrnct which can be tortured futo o prolubition of payment in either gold or sil- ver. Noone hns ever questioned the right, legally or morally, of tho United States to mako paymentin either gold or silver, or to uso both for that purpose. For tho first timo in twonty-five years, it is now possiblofor the United States to coin silver dollars, because, owing to the high prica of silvor, this could not be dono, oxcopt at a heavy loss. The United States, thorofors, in coining silver dol-. Inrs of the standard welght oxlstingsince 1792, is but rosuming the policy which hnos existed sinco tho Union was founded. It is not creating o now dollar, or one nnknown to its oreditors; but it is renowing o coinage hitherto susponded be- causo of the scarcity of silver. This dollar wasa legal coin, in which, by special contract, the United States might havo paid.every dollar of its outstanding linbilitics, That would liave been logal ond honest when gilvor was worth 105, and how does the fall in silver mako that dishonest or illegal which befora was honest and logal? In o brief time, the relations of silver and gold may again bo changed; silver may again be rela- tively the moro valuable ; but whero ig the morality which requires the debtor, when by tho torms of his contract ho can pay in cither silvor or gold, to always pay in the motal having the gronter relative value? Is such a principle enforced betweon individanla? Is it the rule in commorcial lifo? Does not the option rost npon preciscly tho same grounds as the privilege of paying the twonty-year bonds at any time, nocording to tha convenionce of tho Govornment, after five years from thoir date? Has the Government scied dishon. estly in ealling in soveral hundred millions of ita bonds, theroby depriving the holder of all tho premium thoy commanded in thomarket ? Wo are opposed at all times to any legisla- tion which in any way violates contracts or obligations, direotly or by ovasion; but we fail to discover the remotest ground for assuming any legal or moral obligation which will bo violated or ovaded by tho coinnge of tho time- lonored, honest silver dollars of the United States, nud their payment to the public cred- itors in satisfaction of national dobts. ONE OF TILDEN'S REFORMS, If tho Independents who, pursuant to the bargain and sale efiected at Springfield, aro to vota for Trupen, and who are, to & man, Anti-Monopolists, will but casnnlly explore his record o8 o railroad-grabber, they will find that n very extended course of crow diet has boen bargained for for them. Tho his- tory of his participation in the Terro Hauto, Alton & 8t. Louis, and Grand Rapids & In- diana, and Credit-Mobitior steals, horetofore published in uz Tamuse, will give thoso Independents an inkling of tho character of the railrond-grabber thoy have boen sold out to, Tiis record in connoction with the IIar- lom Extonsion Road will further enlighten them upon that point, ‘FrpeN was ona of the projectors of that road, which in remembored - to their cost by the farmers about his mative town of New Lobanon. They, it secoms, did not entor into the enterprise with groat alacrity, and soon it wns found thattho funds to keep it from collapsing could not ba raised by privato subscription, Under the Now York statute, the bonds of the town could bo issued In aid of the road upon vote of two-thirds of tho property-holders; and private subsoriptions having failed, of courso tho next effort was to sccure a round subsidy in town bonds, Upon looking over tho ground, Mr. Tirpex found that the requisite two-thirds voto in favor of the bond-subsidy could not be ob- tained. Thercon Lo procecded to labby through tho Logislature an act dispensing with tha requiroment that tho bond-subsidy Lo granted by vote, and anthorizing it to bo gronted instend when requested by the req- uisito number of property-holdors by their acknowledgment talien before a Notary, ‘Chat dono, in order to obtain the consent of the requisite two-thirds of tho proporty- holdern, nfier the consent of part had been gocnred) the Tiupess executod their in. demnity bonds to a certain numbor of land. owners, guarnnteeing them agninst taxes for poyment of the subsidy*bonds, In othor words, for tho snke of gotting thoir nominal consont to tho issuo of tho bonds,—subsidy in ald of his projeot,—tho guaranty was that the taxes for payment of the bonds should be levied only upon the neighbors of thoso guarsuteed, when thoso neighbors wero loft in ignorance of the managemont, and suffered to rost undor the delusion that they ull shared in linbility on the bonds, But, as thoro was no legal consideration for the guaranty, when the {axes wero lovied to pay the bonds gobbled by Mr, Tizoex's Company tho guarnuty wasrepudinted. Mionary, Fasnery, Ricuanp O'Butey, Faperr Wepsten, Jlona- 710 Hanp, Himam Guuson, Russxet Wiok. 1M, snd about one hundrod other residouts at and in tho vicinity of Now Lebauon, wore thus victimized, and **Slippery Sau” with his associates slipped out of all lability on tholr guarantecs on tho gronnd that it was givon * without consideration," And there- on thoy proceedod to squoeze out of the vory men they had thus tricked the taxes to pay tue subsidy-bonds, thelr follow tax-payers, ‘F1rpen procured cer. tain property-holdens to join in signing potl. tions for the issue of tho town subsidy-bonds to himself sud his nssociates, whilo at tho same thue ho secretly gave them guarantees ngainst being themselves taxed to poy the bonds, ‘That done, he slipped out of his guaranty on s technical plea of * no consid. oration,” and, with judiclal impartiality, That is, in fraud upone| squeozed them all. Tha bonds which by this swindlo were obtained from the town by TiLoEN nnd his sssociates nre yob outstand- ing, and the following ia tho situation of the luckless townspeople, as dosceribed by a cor- respondent of the Now York Timea: The town was bondod for one-filth of its valua- tlon, and 2 per cent of the taxes pald by the residents 18 on account of the ratirond dobt, The town Inin some respectn favored. It has a rich nnd productive soll, afrugal, industrions, and tn- tolligent closs of resldente, but, work asthey may, they ace thetr hard earnings wreated from thions an- nually by the tax-gatherer, Thoy look upon this representative as TiLDRN's tithe-gatheror, who an-, nually wrings from thoir pockets teibnto to supe port tha costly luxury that the Twpexe folsted upon thot, The ‘*wolf, gaunt and hungry, at the door, " fs a teeriblo reality to them, To thoso with mortgnges on thelr homestoads, the burden fmposed by the raflrosd bonds, Lears with double force, and thoprospect 1aanything but plensing. Property has, In conneqnence of the excessive rata of tazation, depreciated in value, and become al- most entirely unsalable except at ruinously low fignres, Deep and bitter are tho cursca the farmera of New Lebanon heap upon the head of **Sax" TipEN. . And no wonder they d it ate. M S BETWEEN TWO STOOLS, Mr. Lew Srewanp Js in an exccodingly uncomfortable condition, As far as we can learn, he is an illiterato, and vulgar old fel- low, who nspires to political honors without any claim or qualification. For this reason ho accopted the nomination for Governor from the ornzy Greenbackors, calling them- selves Indopondonts, in despair of over get- ting another chance, just as thoy gave him the nomination in despair of ovor finding nn- other candidate who would accept. Bat the Tllinois Demoorats with a leaning towards greenbacks and anxious to make sny combi- nation that might possibly get thom a fow votes, wera porsusded thoy could not do bot- ter than accopt Mr. Brewanp, At tho samo time they could not take the rest of Brewanp's ticket, nor could they repudinto TizoEN and the Bt. Louls platform in favor of Perer Cooren and the Indianapo- lis platform. ‘In fact, having nominated Srawanp, tho Greenbackors' candidato, tho Tllinois Democrats adopted tho Bt. Louis hard-money platform for him to stand on. This puts Mr. Lew BrewazD in a precious pickle, Hois now called upon to write a lot- tor accepting tho Democratic nomination, or got somebody else to writo it for him, Itis expected that this letter will sot forth his un- conditional surronder of greenbackism and pledgo his support to Troey and tho hard- money platform of St. Louis. If ke does not do this boldly and bluntly, it is under- stood that the Democrats will drop him, Of course thoy eannot run a man na their can. didato for Governor who is going to voto for Peres CoorEn for President and against Tir- peN. On the other hand, if Srewanp does come out in favor of Trpen and the Bt Louis hard-money platform, tho Independ- ents will have to drop him, because when thoy nominated him at Docatur thoy doclared their unalterable dovotion to an illimitable issue of greenbacks, based upon the * faith and resources ” of tho Govornment, and for~ aver irredeemablo in gold or silvor, or any othor thing of value. The Greenbackers are nothing if not fanatical ; they are loading a forlorn hope for what they beliove to bo a principle, and they will nol sacrifice this lobby for the benefit of an old follow who has sold them out. So Mr, Lew StewArp stands betweon two stools, nnd is likely to fall. If ha takes the Domocratio horn of his dilemms, he will lose the Greenback nomination and vote; and, if he takes tha Greenback horn, he will lose tho Democratic nomination and vote. And so the allianco which the Tllinéis Domocrats ac- copted to the serious injury of their party in the country at large is sure to miscarry, ns sensiblo men might have foreseon. THE REPUBLICAN CANVASS, The Republican party goes beforo tho people of this country in the presont Prosi- dential campaign with the personal purity of its condidates, and the garnest pledges of their lottors of accoptance, standing out so boldly and conspicuously as to overshndow the errors which certain individual membors of the party have mode, and for which the Domocrats aro secking to hold the party re- sponsiblo, There has been and is n mora sincoro protest against theso errors among tho Ropublicans themsclves than among the Domocrats, ‘Tho Democrats have takon them up, harped on them, and exaggerated them, with no higher purposo than to make party capital out of them; the Ropublicans have donounced them promptly and frankly, and have corrected them more rapidly and thoroughly than ever parly abuses wore corrected befora, There wns nover beforo a political party in this country, and probably nowhero else, that was subjeoted to such rigid criticlsm and liold to such striot no- countability among its own mombers; the reason for it is, that thore was nover l‘o(m—c a party that contained so large n proportion of the intelligence, education, and business prosperity of - the country, Its offico-holders havo not beon permitted to escapo tho ponalty of any orrors they have committed, and no falso idea of party welfaro has prevented the Ropublican masses from demannding and achieving any reform within the party that bocame neces- sary, This Roform clomont of tho Ropub- lican party, which bas guided it nlmost al. ways and saved it from mony o disastor ot tho handsof tho harpica that always hang about the party in power, achioved ita great- eat trinmph at the Cincinnati Convention in the nomination of Ilayrs and Wnceren, Tho nomination of Jliyes was recognized instantly throughout the comntry as such a trinmph, and if thero was any doubt about it in any quarter, that doubt was dissipated when his lotter of acceptance was made public and proved to be the most practical and straightforward utteranco onthe subject of reforming the public sarvice that hns over been mado by any Americun statesman, As o man sgainst whom the Democrats, with all their partisan mulignity, have not beon able to ralso a breath of glander, the honesty of his purpose and tho cortainty of keeping his pledge can- not bo questioned. 1Ilis election will not meroly sssure tho mnintenance of those cardinal Ropublican principlis in which two- thirds of tho American pogpla really beliove, but it will also assure a cvrrection of all tho sbuses that havo erept into offlolal practices, and place tho various branchws of the public servicd in the hands of a botier olass of men than wera ever bofore calld together fur that purpose, Unable to émpugn the molives, or nntag. onizo tho principles, or cat a single slur upon tho charnoter of Mr, Hivey, tho Domo- crats poiut to thoir exaggomted vorsion of party abuses aud arguo that thero can bo no clhiango o long 58 tho same rarty is retalued: in power, The argument roits ontirely up- on the assumption thnta party is & compnact and homogoneous political entity, which s alwaya controlled by the vamo fnfluences and must always not in the swne way, ‘Ihis fallacy Las boen intelligently exposed by the oditor of Harpe's Weekly in n rocont nrticle “Party Unity,” in which he shows that tho Democratic parly itsclf disproves tho theory. The divisions aniong tho Democrats are po Rori- ons and numerous that there would be a dozon strugglos in thelr party, it it should come {uto power, whero thero hing boon oue in the Ttopublican party. There nre hard- money Demoerats and soft-money Dem- ocrata ; thoro aro a few loyal Domocrats and many disloyal Demoerata; thoronro Dem- ocrats at tho North who have no sympathy with the Hamburg massacre and Ku-Klux. ism, and thero aro Democrats ok the Houth who will not tolerate any strictures on this nccount; thore aro some persons acting with thd Democrats who hope for n reform, but the grent majority aro onthusinstically do- voted to tho old spoils; systom., This siows how absurd it s to hold that any party is nil good or all bad, all right or all wrong; what the Ttopublicans olafin is that the bettor olo- ment of tho Ropublican party hoa succeeded in gotting control of it by force of nambers and suporior intelligonce, nnd that hence tho Rapublican party is more compotent to re- form public abuses than the Domocratic party, with the numbers and inferior intelligence on thosido of disloyalty, greenbackism, and the old spoils systom. [Harper's Weekly states the caso s follown : A The only sound bnala s tho gonoral drift and spitit of a pacty, and these are to bo gathered only trom carcful abscrvation and comparlson. For In- stance, ot this‘moment every intelligent student of public affairs knows that. nothing wonld be moro proposterous than the assortion thatthe Ttepublican party is responsible forrecontncts of tho President, It may, Indced, be sald that he (s tho Exccutive chosen by the party, and that (¢ must bear the pen- oty of his mlsconduct. Bat that argument would bave heold tho party for tho performances of ANpnew JonxsoN, The party itself las just de- clared n favor of the course of ofiicers whom tho President bas sinco dismisod, and it has pro- claimed a8 1ta quides principles which the Preal- dent dlsregarids, 'This is known to bo the result of acontest which Lina long been waged within tho party, and in which the reform clenent, o it is called, hasbeen victorious. To hold the Repub- llean party asa whole responsible for tho thiugs which it has conaured and proposcs to change, s practically absurd. To say, thercfore, that Gov. Tiavzs, however honest a reformer, cannolro- form, becauso ho must depend upon the party, 1s equally abaurd, becauso that party hns just shown that its reformers ara In tho ascendant. Party responsibility is a good and proper thing. It brought tho Ropublican party to torms on the salary-grab and subsidy abuses. But party responsibility cannot extend to individual errors of tho past which have been righted, or practices thathave boon dis- carded, 'Tho party might az wall bo held responsiblo for Jonnsox’s Administration of tho Government a3 for those acts of the presont Administration which are in dircot contravention of the spirit and principles that provaited in the Conventionwhich nom- innted Mr. HAves, or of his luttor of accopt- anco sotting forth the reform of tho public servico sa the chiof purpose to bo attained. ‘What the Republican party is now mainly rospongiblo for is tho nomination of Hares and Wroeesss, with tho assurance that all tho abuses in the Civil Sorvico shall bo cor- rected ; and we believe tho porsonal charac- tor of these gentlomen, supported by the Roform cloment of the party that nominated them, is a mufilciont guarantec of tho entire good faith in which this campaign is mado. MUNIOIPAL DEBTS, Tho exact smount of tho debts of American cities is not known, though tax-payers know it to be toolarge, In hisspoech at Oshkosh, year before last, Mr. Buung estimatod that the indebiedness of ocitics, towns, and vil- 1ages waa $5670,000,000. W, M. GrosvENOR published in the Now York Zribuns in July of last yoar o statoment showing that thir- ty-two citics he named had a dobt of $582,- 032,728, and he caloulatod that tho total munieipal debts wore at least §709,000,000, In tho last issuc of the Public Mr. Grosvenon publishes still later and more nlarming figares. The indebtodness of sixty-two cities is givon, amounting to $018,205,488. In nddition to this, from official documents is given a statement of all other municipal dobts in Ohio and Massachusctts, Tho total of the slxty-two cities and theothor Ohio and Muassachusotts municipalities 18 $640,701,807, Bat these figures aro nearly o yeor old. Debta havo beon incrensing over since, and theso figures nre defactive also in entirely omitting o lnrgonumberof municipaliticsand innot including items of floating debt and the like, There is n means of roughly caloulat- ing tho debt of tho municipalities not alroady countod in, In tho census of 1870 tho en- tiro municipal debt, greatly undorstated, of coursg, was put down at $328,244,620. From this Mr. Gnosvexon doducts the $229,083,- 612 of indebtedness, then, of the cities covered in hia caloulation above. This Ieaves $9,160,908 of the municipal debt of 1870 to bo added in. But, as thero has boen a goneral increnso of 180 por cont in muniel- pal debtis sinca 1870, the anbove must be cal- culated to have now roached a figure mufli- clont to make the grand total $868,861,953. Adding to this delinquont taxes, and the growth of indebtedness in the- last fow months, and we have the crushing sum of about $900,000,000 of debt owed by tho poo- plo in cities for the citics, This is about 8 por cent of tho cntiro estimnted wealth of tho country. It is a heavy prico to pay for elooting bummor governments in cities, THE PENNSYLVANIA BALANCE OF TRADE. ‘Thero is a pseudo-school of political econo- mists who aro always bowailing what it pleases them to call tho ndverse balance of tendo, The adverso balance of trade s when the country gota more in forcign trado than it gives, Imports $500,00),000, ox- ports 400,000,000 ; result, misory to this school; oxports §600,000,000, imports $400,- 000,000 result, happiness. Tho present con« ditlon, of our trade with forelgn countrics ought to bo a source of profound gratifl- cation to theso gentlemnen, the Pennsylvania sehool, Yor we are now exporting moro than wa import. ‘Ihe returns for the trade of the United States for tho flscal yonr 1876-'7C show that the gold valua of our exports was $636,000,000, of our imports $160,000,+ 000. This loaves n “balanco" in our favor of 876,000,000, Adding to this the 53,000, 000 of our exports of bullion lnst year, mukos tho totnl oxcess of exports over jm. ports $180,000,000, Hore is the preciso utato of nffairs for which Cangy and Keruey and their tribo have so long beon sighing, It would bo onmly proper that they should como forward and approprinte the credit for it, Whydo they notdo so? Hero it is at Inst, a handsomo balanco of trade for and no longor sgainst uy, 'This was tho rosult they claimod the proteotive system would produce, and it has douoso. But thoy are aa dumb in this moment of their triumph as if thoy had never raved about tho balance of trado. Thoir silonce is prudent, ‘Thoe bals ance of trado for ugappoars in the very dark. est days of the liard times, ‘When tho coun. try rocks helpless in tho very trough of tho troubled sen of financinl difilculty, the bal- ance of trade assumes tho shape the Protec- tioulsts had always assured thoir dupes would bo simultaneous with the highest pros- . pority. point as on all others. Boillustrious a series of political cconomists from Avan Burrn to Bantiar have exposed tha orndities of the balance-of-trade theory that it is not neces- sary to ropent the rofutation. Asa mattor of common reonse, practionl mon recognize the fact that, to do a profitablo businoss, the couniry must got—that is, import—more than it gives,—that is, oxporta. It is ovident, too, that the imports of the country should oxcood the exports in value, if for no other repson, bocnuse the vwalue of imports at tho port of arrival includes charges for transportation, commiesion, customs du- tles, and the like, that do not attach to the cxporta until they have roached their destina- tion. Tho especinl interost of the present # favorablo” balanco of trado is that it rofutes the promises of the Ponnsylvanin school of politien] economists. When wo have their ideal balance of tradoe, we have also tlio hard. est timea the country hns over known, and tho two follow a long reign of protective tarifs, BEFORM IN INDIANA. The man who naver woro a dloan shirt, if supplicd with that article would naturally and inovitably soll it.beforo putting it on, just to have it bad enough to mako it foel natural, Tho Indiana Domocracy have just demon- ntrated that they are of preciscly that sort. The groat unwnshed of that Btate finally suffored themaclves to ba persuaded by Gov. Hesoriogs and his friends that, for appoar- anco snko, they must clesn up o little in this campnign, To that end the Btato Central Committeo, after o doal of sharp prodding, was brought, not to put off tho tickot Bus- xmeg, WorneN, Prrrrr, and DownEy, the renominated Supremo Judges, convict- od by the records of thoir own courtof shame- less thiovery of tho Court expense fund, but to ‘“remit the question” to the Judicial Districts by calling conventions in ench for the nomination of a Supreme Judge. PerrIT, having in n wild harangus at Lafayolto stnggored cloar out of the party, was casily gotten rid of. Buskik, aftor a sharp con- teat, was dofented in the First District Con. vontion by ex-Congressman Ninracz; sud only in liko mannor was Downex supplanted in tho Becond District by ex-Judgo Prrxms. Despito the most desperate efforta of Heno- niogs' henchimen to make the ticket rospecta- Dble, that was all the cleaning-up the great un- washed of Indiana would *put up with;” and, in the Fourth District, thoy refused to make o new nomination, and left Wornex on the ticket, to mako it just unclean enough to soem untural-hike. His rotention on the tickot will do that, most emphatically. o is one of the Judges who, at the ex- ponse of the Btate, provided thewmsclves with a fall supply of mahogany bedsteads, marble-top wash-stands, fine carpets by the ‘hundrod yards, lncecurtains, sheots and nheot. ing, spring-mottresses, hair pillows, blank- ots, cashioned chairs enough to furnish a hotel, and the like, and besides had their own and their families’ wash-bills for yenrs regularly included in the rockoning, The whole, including the wash-bills, was charged to nccount of Court expensos, and was paid for out of the Stats Treasury upon vouch- ors drawn by tho Judges, numbers of which vouchers now on file in the Auditor of State’s offico bear tho indorsoment of Won. pEN, who, after exposure and full ventilation of tho facts, is rotained on the ticket by the groat unwashed, 4 KISSING THE BOOK. The Democrats discover that they sold ont cheap to the Greenback parly, snd thatin point of fact thereis nosuch party in Ili- nois. There aro some cheap mountchank politicians who call themselves a party, and have been trying to make a trado, and the Democratic party—which hasa dozen men of character and ability who would have made o good canvass of the State—has with habit- ual stupidity surrondorod to tho wild men of Docatar, It has nominated SrEwAnp for Governor and Hmss for Auditor. A general revolt throughont tho Btato, and tho probable holding of another Convention, threaten the permsanency of tho contract. Under these circumstances it is now considered necessary that Mr. Srewanp and Mr. Hisz shall formally abjure .aud renounce all further association or con- noction with the Deeatur circus andats polit- jeal platform, and shall as formally deolare that thoy know no gospel but that of the S8t Lonia platform, and nogods but the twin com- bination, Tizoxx and Hexoriogs. If theso two Rog-Baby men rofuse to be sworn s Domocrats, then they are to bo litted off the tickot nnd others numed in their places. Now, how isthis to affcot partios in the State? If Stewanp ropudistes the Decatur platform and party, including Peren Cooren, what is the Greonback party (assnming that thoro is such a party) to do? Does it con- sist of L. DB, Stewanp and Joux Hiuse? It thewe two mon apostatize, 16 tho wholo party to apostatiza? Is the party the privato prop- arty of theso two men, to bo by thom trans. ferred liko sheop nt so much per hoad? If the Groenbnok party refuses to npostatize, rofuses to ropudlate Peren Coorxn, and ro- tuscs to support TiLoEN, what has the Dem- ooratic party gained by nominating these twomen? Has it not paid a heavy price for two votes?—nnd that is about all these two men control. * Altogether, the TiLpex-Hise- Srewarp-Greenback trade is in a muddle, the result of which will bo to give Curvoxm 20,000 moro majority than he would have hnd had thero buen a Domocratio State ticket nominnted. As a class, the Irish are Democrata—that is, the great majority of thom have boen. But among tho younger men, who have grown up from boyhood among the Amerl- can boys, and have attended the same schools with them, thore is a strong tendenoy to be- come Ropublicans, ‘I'he young Irish who bave been bronght in social contact during youth with the native youth fuso very roadi- 1y with them, and are often not distinguisha- Lle from thom in speech, accont, or actions, ‘They bocomo liboralized and progrossive, and many of thom aro casting in their lot with tho Republicun party, Ilore s o “gteaw " indienting this tendency, taken from the Buffalo Courier, the Domocratic orgau of that city, of last Friday: Attho St. Patrick's Donevolent Socloty plenle hell at Taylor Vark, yosterday, s vote onthe Presidential candidates was takon and sesulted as followy: Wentlemen's vole—TiLDEN, 315; HavEs, 78] ma. Jority for TrLusN, 237, Ladles’ vote~TiLuxy, 258; Ilaxes, 63; majority for TiLLEN, 183, Wo call this a good and hopeful exhibit. Theroe are 22 per cont of both the men and women for Ilaves and Waerren. Thoso sovonty-eight votes aro avery one of thew young men who have lived most of their lives in this country, and have becomo thor- oughly Americanized, Most of thom will cast their fist Presidentinl voto this fall. And tho young ladies, too, show tho samo purpose to bo Republicans as do the young men. Mero in Ohicago mauy of the young Irishmen are Republicans,—vrobsbly in larger proportion then in Buffalo, iy, year this strongth will inorease, just in g, portion os the Irish youth associnte frag with Amorican children and they are edncateq togother in the rame sohiools. The most astonishing specimen in all oy diplomatie scrvice, as it 18 ealicd becausn it g, mits of no diplomacy, is Gen. I.W. I’Anmunnu, Cunsul at Baugkok, Binm. Report of the moy astounding of his performnnceacomes from Com, mander MATTURWS,0f the United Btates steame Ashuelot, who was sent to Bangkok to explory Panpninax's doings, and an abstract of whyg report has been recelved via Hong Kong, Therefrom it appears that the King of Slay being impressed with the mportance of lmm.' his country fully represented at our Contengls) Lxhibition, caused to be nade a collection of the products, uatural and industrial, of the Kingdom, and appointed Mr. CHANDLER, oy Amerlean resldent in 8iam, as Commissioner 1 the Contenninl. Thereon, PARDRIDGR, who hag himsclf aspired to represent Sfam at the Cep. tenninl, a8 Consul Issued n warrant againgt CHANDLER for debt, upon which i Intter was errestod and brought hefory Paupnioog,who exercised s Judiclal functions, 1irst by knocking down CHANDLER, whols an um' nan, and, next, by sending kim to the Consuly Juil, Then CuaNDLER'S wifa started for homg to procure {f possible the release of her hushan), ‘Whien PArvRinoe learncd of her misslon ho ey out to intercept her on the pretense that she was carrylng off {mportant papers conneued with her husband’s case, but sho made leres capo from out PARDRIDOE'S jurisdiction. Mean. while the Amerlcan missionaries and other Amerlean resldents had drawn up to be forwant. cd to the State Department » statement charg. ing Panpnipos and his son, the United Statey Marshal at the Consulate, with grave miscon. duct In numecrous fnstauces. An Amerieg named Rernonbps was suspected by Pap Driper of having been the primg mover in this, Accordingly Parbmnery son brought euit against ‘REYNOLDS [y tho Consular Court for $400 damages for libel. Tho case was tried by the clder Pag DDGE himself, onc of the parties libelod, it any Hbel there were aboutit. The proseca tlon was not ready to proceed when the cae was called. DBut Consul PArpnrives made the extrnordinary snnouncement that thode fense might go on and prove ReyNorps' [nno cencol Witnesses were accordingly called, ang on cross-examination, were asked as to thely share in the alleged lbel,—adimission of which would have subjected them to arrest and tria before Consul PArpiinge, They claimed thely privilege of refusing to answer touching what might tend to criminato themselves, whercon Consul PArpripas flaed these witucsses, vwho were missionaries, $50 each, nndat the conclusion sentenced them to pay tho costs of the whole proceeding, on the ground that they hind ob structed tho trialj and, upon thelr refusal ty pay the costs, sent them to the Consular jull ‘The upshot of it all was, that, in sheer disgust, the King refused to permit Slam to be repre sented at the Centennlal, and it was only at the gollcitation of Commander MATTREWS that the King made n present of the Bfamese collection to our Government, Such are the facts, asre ported from Hong Kong. There may be an other sido to ft. But, if there has not been some otrovious Iying fn this matter, PArDRIDIE cannot too soon be removed from tho positiva he disgraces by his tyrannical conduct. e ——— Bhe got aven with him, that Atlanta widoy aid, as dashing young widows nlways do with faithless young gentlemen who attempt to it them. Ile had feasted her on lee-cream; at ber had talked nonsenso fn the moonlight; and, finally, had exchanged tintypes with her, and they twaln wera to be made one, and he waste be hier number two. About this time the other woman hegan to figure In the case. Tho false, fickle young man feasted her on lee-cream, and, strange to say, notwithstanding the torrid heat at Atlanta, she also yet survived; and in due coursg of timo was also to bo presented with the tintype counterfelt presentment of the enid young man, What with his outlays for fec-cream for both dear charmers, and necktles for himself, at thisstage it occurred to himn to economize, He did. On one of his courting excursions tothewldow he managed to steal from her boudolr the tintype of himself, which hung on the wall just over the foot of her bed, and was the object of her fond gaze more hourt a day than aught clse in the room, save the looking-glass, Aund the fickle, falso young man bestowed that stolen tintypo on his fnam. orata No, 2. ‘The widow, of course, discovered his perildy all. 8he didn't take cold polion Nelther did she sue for breach of pronise. Ner yet did she pine away and dle. Sho just grab- bed that tintype from the neck of her rival, had the young man arrcsted for stealing it and, sweetest revenge of all, had his lady-losa No. 2 called 08 o witness to trace tho stolen property to his possesslon. And that young man waa held to ballona charge of larceny, And now he solemnly ponders how true it is that the ways of the transgressor are harl when it's a dushing youug widow that Is transe gressed agalnat, ———t— e The Chlcago Times, a1 was expected, comes out squarely ayaiust the tisket nowminated at Springhold oo thonth by the Deuiucracy, utlng tho low and vuliar Uldaten, - Tho tlckor 1n -rnrfi'fui 0o, ‘and oy that Bers, both deilyy to dofest . —1voria Demoerdts The Democrat misunderstands tho editor of the “'two papers, both datly.” His present op- position is simulated, just 2s it was to TiLpex and flenonicks, Whatover “ vulgar slang” le has flung at LEw 8rawanp, was inteuded to tickle the Republicans who buy his papers, and maoko them belfeve that he was hugely dis gusted. By degrees he will “lot up" on B18w- Anp, ond before long will support him. Tho present mud-throwing fs not maliciouss it {s on- Iy hypoeritical, Stoumy deslves the success of the Confederates and the defeat of the Repub- licans, He wants tire “Bouth” to come juto power once more, and rulothe conntry. [fohas the same feellngs and deslres fu this regard a3 any other doughface, 1o culls it “reform.” e —— e The “true-inwardncess » of threo of the cane dldates {8 exhibited plalnly fn the followlng cxe tructs from thelr respective records: Gon, Higyes' Teiter declintng Samuel J. Tilden's repl fo" leciioneer jor Con-{” 1o dyiea froun a ol {5 Gaun, 0st. 2 tesa.—) iy In the war s young Yours or tho et i, a o fmuan of axcotlont fan celved. TuaB¥s, 1 have'superior character an other business just now.|tafuments was des) ‘Anylnan who wowld leavs ratsing & company, U tho army st this tine tojwsited upon Mr, Trivkx clectionoer for Congroas'with whum Lo hadan ac ought tw be pealped. ‘Frulyqualntaoce, and saked yours, B, i, Havka, |t give hini s lettor of = lommendution - 1o cert TILDEN'S AECOND FIDDLE. [Btate otticlals, . Thomas A, Jenidricks §0 DEN's reply waa ay follotis: ¥ Young 1nug, younecd 0ok MaKR NO APFEAL TO'COmS 10 ine for auy such MEN T0 vOLUNTEXI a8 | lettur of Fucommendatiuni would ot say go when §7ute WAR I8 AX GUTHAGE s11 0oy golug nyselt, KD 1 WILL LEND MO ANSISTANUR WHATKVER TO lrs ruosEOUTION." ‘The Unlon soldlcrs who are Inclined to vobs the Democratic ticket this fall should pasto to foregolng In their Lats and read It over < caslonally. ————— Partlsanship got the better of justice tho other day i the contest for a seat In Congress PraTT (Rep.) had been elected by 850 m. jorlty from the Norfolk District over Goops (Cafed-h and the Democratic Committee repeted i fuvor of PLATT, and agalust throwinjout the vote of Prince George County, which ave lin some 500 majority, By rejecting it h was de- feated by 181 votes, 'The Commltteewero com~ pelled to ncknowledgo bis right to te scat, buk the Democrats and Confederates {r the Houso acknowledged no Hights, and refund to adopt the report, and gave the scat tchelr crony, who was not elected by the peops Tho Nor- folk District thia fall proposes toreturn PLATE by B,000 or 4,000 majority, The ppublicans did not turn out at the election Wo yoars ggo Tis fall they will be on haud t Vote. e e — ‘The following officlal stutembt of the cxpea~ ditures of the Government fryd 1560 to 1875, In- clusive, shows the utter falslf of the Demo- cratlc chargo thut the Admigtration {8 plung- {ug deeper and decper Into jxtravagunes each successivo year: [u 1609, §00,400,834; {n 1570, $164,421,507; fu 1871, §157,P,837; lu 1672, 817k