Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 16, 1876, Page 11

HENRY A. WISE. rof a Secession Loader of ik the Gld School. Tho Last of His Race---An American Civilization that Feared a Behool-House. Wls Tersistent Disloalty untll - Mo ¢¢Turned 11is Faco to the Wall and Diod.” 4 Porsonsl Appearancs snd Oharacter- istios---The Gxaves sad Oilley Duol Fyam Our Own Corrispondent. Wasminatox, Bept. 18.—Henry A. Wise s fead, ot the age of 70. To most of the younger renders in this country he Lins boen for years s tharacter of hlstory, Ilis active day was long slnce over. During the last ten years his silence tins boen only occasionally broken by a speech which hadn {t something of theflery force e was wont to givoto the Congreasional debntes of forty years ago. The crazy activity which character- ized his oarly life did not altogether desert him. At rare intervals during the last ten years, he has spoken with the Idlosyncrasics and much of the heated foree of the old days, Iis last ap- pearanco in public wwas at the last session of Congress, when ho made an argument befars the Louso Electlons ommitteein the contestod caso of Platt veraus Qoode. That speech, thoso who have heard him in tho old daya say, was as clover, carnest, and flery aa his youthful uflur(la‘i 1iis argument racalled many ovonts which 3 passed Into listory In connoction with his name, somo of which even his death might not have agaln brought to recollection. BYBNTS 1N 118 CARBER. fn hig death nnother grent Bocesslonist leador has fallen. Ils carcer was one of the most notable of our thne. e was an eccentric sclon of old Virginta stock. The notoriety which he lios attafuod s, n o great mcasure, duo to bls reatloss, blustering, and noisy sculvity. e sras long e Whig member of Congress, antor- ing that body beforo ho waos 80 ycars of age. Ilis place always was In the Opposition natur- ally, and e succoeded pretty well In keoping that place fn national politica to the end, In Congress hc. was always noted for the radieal chinracter of hia oplnfons, and for the violence with which he gave cxpression to them. Ile firat entered Congress as tho espouser of the canse of Andrew Jackson, defeating Rich- ard Cole, of the Opposition. After the election hie was challenged by Mr. Coke to fight; and, in the duel which ensued, the challengor had his right arm shattered by tho ball from Mr, Wige's pistol. Later in life, Mr. Wiso was connected with the Graves-Cllley duel, us sccond for the former, in which duel My, "Cllloy was killed, That event cast o shadow upon the reputation of Mr. Wise, which wna never altogether re- moved. QUATRELS WITIL JACKSON, Wise had searcely entered Congress when ho quarrcled with Jackson, uud opposed the ro- moval by the Intter of tho deposits from the- United States Bank, his pet bouk system, nnd the Bub-Treasury. in thu uullitication tronbles, Mr, Wise Issued an addregs to the peoplo of York District, Houth Caroling, in which ho equally condominud the courss of South Caro- 1inn aud the nction of President Fackson. ESI'OUSES TYLER, Bubsequently Mr. Wise took up the causo of Tyler, and, from that time until his death, ho continued ultra in his adherence to the prin- ciples which the party of Mr. Tyler roprescnted. On the succession of Gou, Tyler to the Prusi- deney, upon the death of Gen, Harrlson, Mr. Wisg bezame nn_iniluenttal adviser of the Ad- mivfstratfon. President Tyler nominated him Minister ta Spain, but the Sunatodeclined to contirm him. — Ie was subscquently mado Min- fster to Brazll, in which capacity ho” ncted from 844 to 1847, flo continned more or Jess active- Iy fu political llie until 18565, when, as Demo- cratle candidate for Governor of Virginia, ho made n campalgn agalnst thoe Know-Nothings which hus become historle, Ho was cleeted b over 10,000 majority, In that canvass, aithough * In fecble health, he traversed the Btate fn all dl- zections, making his charactoristic specelics, ‘Then followed tho JOTIN NROWN RAID, . fnwhith Clov. Wise succeoded to fits shtiataction in obtalning the notorlety he so constanti; sought throughout his entiro career, e signo the death-warrant of John Brown with apparent cheerfulness, ¢ I118 PERSISTENT DISLOYALTY, . In 1861, 18 a member of tho Virginia Stato Convention, he made an_indepondent report from the Committce on Fuderal Relations, which recommonded o comprotniss with the then seeeded_States, This compromise lulllulz, and the Ordinancs of Sceession passing, Mr. Wise threw himeclf with atl his vigor into tho Confederato cause, and heeamne Brigadier-Gen- cralin the Rebel army, 1o never had Lis volit- lcal disubllities removed, and never, asked a par- don. _Last wintor, on belng usked why e had not done go, ho stated that to askn pardon would bo to confeas that lio had done some- thing wrong. The Baltimore Gazette this morn- {ng echoes the splrit of tho South by tlla com- taentary upon Gov. Wise's courso: Only a short month or two ngo, whon appearing There au connedl In a conteated elucidon caso befors the Housa of Represuntatives, ha reltarated hiw tirm convlction that ho hud done nothing but his duty to s Htato nnd hifs conntry for (hopart which he t00k i the War. And up to to-day, when tho old man turned his faco to thio wall and gave up his lust breath, not ono slgh of refirely mot o wiilspor of apology, had buret from bix bisow for auy of tho doeds of lhoémt. Huy what his ocnemles will of Lis luter political conrse, nono of them can ro- fuso the adimrtion which sach o great thongh zugged nature commands, LAST prTOon, QOov. Wise bad sald, * Your truc-blooded Yaukee will never stand still in the presonce of cold steol ' and, “When the Yankeo army have cxtended tieir £0108 around Virginia as does the anaconda around his victhn,* Bo told his sol- diers to “Get o n‘wm\—n luncel Maunfacture your blades from old Iron, ovon though it b the ilres of yuur cart-wheels, Got o blt of carlaye. spring, and zeind and burnish & in the shapo of a howle-knife, and put 1t to any sort of a han- dle, so that it bo ltmn{;—mh. Lickory, or ople.? And in 1870 hie had nothing to retract of all that; he hiad done nothing for which lo should ask o pardon. BINCD THR WAR o ex-Governor has reslded in Richmond, tak- fng dittls part in polities. _Bo far ns he did take any part, howoyer, lio was Prua_ to his old Whig lrwl;fllum, and denounced the Demueratlo party in Virginfa quite os much as he did the Repub- llean, ~ Indeed, his speech In thoe Platt-Goode case {8 tho severest arralgument of the Demo- cratie party in Virginia that has ever beon spoken or printed. It sct-forth with sha analysls nml“ tiery vigor tho moustrous frouds cominitted by the Democrats in tho Norfolk Distriet, and ‘showed, conclusively to suy falrs minded man, that tho Republican candidaio was tumphantly olected. ~ No better campaign- docunient agalnat the Democratic party in Virginla cnulfi be fornd than this remarkable effort of Mr. Wiee's before tho committes fn tho Plabt-Gando cuse, i x'lulso.ub Am’mmwluln. i ok s personal appearance, whe Wlllll:r,p\vus very nmklng. Tiis_ hatr, which was always long, Wwas slmost enllrvl{ white, end Lungdownupon s shoulders und buck in lonz, thiu, scattered locks, 11 eyes wero fet-black, and emitted u flerce and brilllant Ught, such ws 18 deserlbed as having been one of ‘the leading chiaracterfstics of s youth, Hlis eyobrows, Which wero rray and bush{ overhiung and over- ahadowed hfirdurk eyes, 118 moutls was largze and firmly-set, fllustrating tho stubboruness, couruge, and pertinacity of his character, is face, “from long-contiuued fll-health, had a livid pallor, 1118 largze bones were cverywhere Amemu upon his cmaclated frame. Tircro was 1u Lis face an expresslon of bolducss which indi- “ated a cou of his convictions thut would ake i reckless to porsonal donger, sud o ustless, resolute peracverunce, which would Dot doefst until the objecy desired had been at. tained. Like all inen ‘of his class, ho was ve uverbearlng in nis opinlons, could tolerate no Iffercuces uf views, and failed to give cousidora- Hou o thy convictions of others, A3 AN OLATOL. Tt was us an orator thut hu was most noted. Dis forte was brilliant, overwhelmlug, over Learlnz fnvectlve. Hu understood well, be- sldea, the urt of pathos, and could play upon Le passlons of u popularsudienceas well as any living urutor, ils cuunclation was clear, fof- ble; and yory rapld. Hie _volee, nnlumll{ remulous witf sge, quivered coustantly wit Cdtement. His manner was deflant, and bia Wholo besring fndieated 8 consclousucss of wer, Iy gpeaking ho wade quick, nervous, quent gestures, and feonstently moved hls '¥ With enthusfasm and earncstuess, AN INTHIGUEIL Iis pollticat earcer wos that of the Intriguer, (Lol tho slateswau, Hu was auadept rivii] THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1876~TWELVE TPAGES, the arta and mcku? schiool, aud had lttfe seemingly called tho dilel ern reform. politics of the old mpathy with what he {l-nle theorles of mod- 118 ENMITIRS, Tlis personal cumitics were very bitlor anft nncompromising. [fs controveralcs with Julin Quiney Adams, when the lntier became a mem- Ver of Congress subscquent to his Presidential term, were frequent, aud often fusulting oud disgraceful. NN LAST OF 118 MACH. ¢ Mr. Wise wan about the last represcntativo o the scliool of Virginia politiclans of bis day. e helonged to n class which s now nearly ex- tinct. In the ago of. the tclefim h and the presa, it 18 probablo that no such class of mon will exlst fn this country sgain, Tho politics and conditions which msde such a school posal- Llearogone, The day when the stump-spocch was the only polltical educator has gone, It takes uomc{h&z mpre now than hnnll hot words to put down your antaconist: and you canniot glways eonviiics, your ol!{mnfl“fl now by shooting them. 'The dags of the old Virginia arrogant aristocracy. are ended. ' 'The people havechanged with the timoes and the country, Wiso represonted the class whicit has becomo historical, which was Ernhlbl 0 necessary part of Amoricau politics, but which the country will not miss now that they are gone, The time has gone for ihe existence of any achool of politicinus who could hanestly oppose the esumf}‘{.mcm of public schools and the dis- scmination of populor intelllgance, BLAVERY PHATIAD THR BCHOOL-HOUSN. The timo {5 past when the Governor of State can approve such a resolution the Virginia Legislature: Pesolved, That the Commities of Schools and Collogas Inqulre into the expedicncy of reportings. il mhlhfllnu School-Commisslonera thronghont the Commonwealth from aubscribing to any teach- er, male or female, who halls from the riorth of $ason & Dixon' line, unleas they slinll have resid- od in the Btate of Virginla for at joast ten success- ivo years previoue, Yet tho time was in _Gov, Wise's day when suchi a motlon was considercd riecessary to the salvation of the 8tate. The Yankee schoolmis- tress was the terror of the plantatlon. There was treason {n her carpet-bag, and eomno Gusy- Fawkes Elot always in her scheming brain, do “eafety™ required that tho schioolmlistress should” he pillorled; aud Gov. Wisc, I believe, {8 on record ns having denounced the publle- school syatem na a danger to the Republie. In filr:ml. subatantial [pnorance there was safety for Btate aud system. I8 VANITT, There was at that timc on exhibition fn the Capltol n plctura of * Columbus Discovering Amerlea.”” “That picture, I think, was subse- quently purchased by the Governmont, and fs 18 now’In the hall of the Rotunda of tho Capl- tol. Columbus, the central Iz‘:uru of this plet- ure, {s of hcorle stature, and represonts tho moral and Intellectunl achlevementa of modern times trlumphant over tho uncivilized New ‘World, which was typified by tha timid Indian squaws, who crouchied beneath it. . Mr, Wisc, in his speoch, represonted himscl! ns that great ond noble figuro of Columbue, whils ho cotn- pared the Administration majority in Congross, ‘which hie oppnlcd, tothe tinid squaws crouch- ingat Columbus’ fect. Such was Henry A. Wise In 1887; and such was he yesterday morn- :‘r;gdwhen he turned his face to the wall and edy reat of hi TIH GNAVES AND OILLEY DUBL. L. Tha famoua Graves and Cilley duel, in which enry A. Wise was the sccond of Graves, ought not fo bo passed without mention ata tiine when almost the Inat survivor has passed from enrth, The duel was the fourth of national consequence In this country. It Inflamed tho cutlre Union, and, probahly more than any of the duols which lind proceded it, aroused the North to take a detérinined atand against the stroclous Ducling Code, which was one of the crowning glorfes of t\m Blave svstem. Tho whole affalr was_barbarous and dlsgrmeeful to all concerned. Jonathan Cilley was a Repre- sentative In Congress from Maine, Inthocourse of debato he had made soms roflections upon J. Watson Wobb, now living, then cditor of the Courier and Euqulm' of New York. Ciiley bad refused to fight Wobb, because he would not recognize him as o man of honor. Uravos belonged toa class of Bouthern fire- caters, who took Webb's (lnnm:l upon them- selves, and challenged Cllloy, The ‘duel oc- curred Feb, 18, 1833, on the “old Bladensburg dueling-ground, four miles from that village, and about nine miles fromn the City of Waahing- ton. The weapons were rifles, the dlstanco 80 yards, Cilley was killed at the third five. After the first and sccond fires, Cilley apologized in a manly way, but declined to publicly humiliate himself, On tho third fira be fell, and dled in thres minutea. Tho following Congressmen were present: Jones, of Wisconsin, who scconded Cllley; Crittenden Snt tho Missourl Comipromnise); Mancfce, Calhoun, and llawes, of Kentucky; Duncay, of Ohlo; and Bynum, of North Coro- lina, The record of the ducl, which fs contained in the booka on ducling, shows that the whole affalr was o heartless murder, JIORACE GREELEY ON THIS DUBL. The hmgclt articlo writion by Horace Grecloy in the Jegersonian—ls nuwa{m er which diod so carly—waa his account of this duel, The articlo was written lnmediately after the sad affair, and {s such nu intoresting reminiscenco at this time that its substuntlal portions aro hors re- produceds . But enough of detall and circiumstance. Tha reader who Lias not ecen tho ofiicial stutement wiil find its substance in the ’nrag\llnfl. 116 can lay the blame where he chooses. We blame anlf tho ac- cursed splrit of Falso Honor which required this bloody sacrifice,—the horrid custom of Ducling which cxacta and fiul\ln!en thia atrocity. Itap- lm-u evident that By, Cllloy's courso must haye been bascd on the detormination that Col. Wobb was not entitled to bo regaried 8s o gentioman; and, If 80, thero was hardly un cacape from o bloody conclusion aftor Nr. Uraves had once con- sunted, owover unconsclonaly, to hear the note of Col. Webb. Ench of tho partics, doubtless, ncted na he consldered duu to his own character; cach waa right In the viow of tha duclists' code of honor, but Tearfully wmui in tho eyo of reae eon, of womlity, of humanity, and the imporativo laws of man ond God, Of tho princls pals, ono slocps cold and st beneath the lcy pall of Winter and the clods of the valley; tho other— farmore to be plticd—lives to excerato, through years of nngufsh and remorse, the honr when he was impelled to Smbruo his hands in the -blood of & fellow-belng, Mr, Oraves we know personally, snda milder and more amlable gentleman {s rarely to be et with. Ile has for the last two yenrs boen a Rep- resentativo from tho Loutsville Dlstrict, Kentucky, and Is universally osteomed and boloved. Mr, Cfl- ley was o young man of one of tho best familion in Now Iompshircs bin grandfathor waa a Colonel, aud afterwards n Genoral, of the Hovolution, 1lis Drother wue a Captain In the last war with Groat Uritajn, aud leader of tho desporate bayo. netecharge ot Bridgawater, Mr, Cllloy hinmsolf, though quite a young man, hins boen for two years Speakor of the Honve of Reptcsentatives of Maing, nid was last yoar clected to Congress from tho Lincoln District, which fs aecldedly nlvpumd to bim {n politics, and which recontly gave 1,200 ma- {nrlly for the other sldo. Young as he was, ho had scquired 8 wide popularity and influence In his own Stute, and was {aying tho foundations of a brilllant caroer in the Natlonnl Councils, And this man—with 80 many ties to bind bim to lifo, With the sky of his futiro bright with hope, with- out an enciny on earth, antl with a wifo und threo childron of tender age whow his death must drive to the verge of madnuss—has perlabed mlserably in & combat forbldden by Ood, Yro\vln out of o difference so pltiful fn ftsolf, vo direful In}ita con- sequences, Could wo ndd anything to ronder the moral more Lerrlbly impressivey A Uemocratic newspaper relates the followlng of Wise's ducling record: 1n hls first contest for Congress, a difficalty with his oppunent, Coko, lod to s challong and o dusl, Artlved on the'ground, Coke whispored in his sec- vnd’s ear, but “purpodely loud enougl for Wiso to lear, **Icall you anl God Almighty to witness that Iam liullllus of thia man's bluod;™ to which Wisu quickly zofulned: 4*You had bottor lcave God-a: bty slono and loak to yoar uwn_ blood, d—d you," putting u bullot into Coke's groin when tha word wax given, and coming oft himwelf with- out nacratoh. ~1lo ‘slappod James K. Polk in the faca fora trlfling offenso; and he was sacoud to Uravos i hia fatal duel with Cilloy, of Malne. e forcud & North.Carollua Congressivan namud Stan- loy, who lind been Md%firlnlu him into a Aght, to send him o v.-lullopgu. tanlcy was practicing near Iteverdy Jolnson's reeldenco with a plstol, 1t fe #ald ander Mr, Johnson's tutelage, whon a bill ro. ounded from the target inta the Jatter's faco, and :‘I;In lnd:Ite ?n ©y0 in coustquence. ‘This put an ond to POINTS, The nther day, o an ancient chronleloof Con- gress, I camo upon a curloua fllustration of tho uppourance of Br, Wise when making s speoch fu 1847, 1l was then described ns & tall, pale, thin 1nun of 80, of youtlful appeurance, dross liko on old man. His urpm‘e ‘was sloyenly, and Bh cuat hung like 8 miller's oag upon hia shoul- ers, Gov. Wiso was tho author of the cam palgn- motto of the Whig party, *Tho unfon of th Waige or thosacs’ m{'m;‘:?u.;' =g . . Wilkes Hooth wason hisstaff when, as Qovernor of Virginin, ha visited tho seend of the John Brown war, Uov, Wiic always refused to support Greeley, and partod_with tho Conscrvat{vos upan thub qucntFo:n. Hlis law-practico was very oXtensivo; and Judges, lawyors, aud jurics ssemed to de- light to humor his cceentricitics. 1o lived In llfchumnd fu the house which waa long occupled by Chiof-ustico Marshall, and of which tho lutter once sald ho shiould 1ike to bocoms thio owner. Gov. Wise always eotertalued o high opinton of Gen. Qrant, e Tho Emois blue, Soringeld tMaar.) Revudlican. Tho Emmn—lmxe swludlc has a it term(nation In the repurchuse of the property by Mr. Trenor W. Parlc for fts dobt duo to b, ~ The sutfur- {ugs of the English stockholders are thorcfora otunoud. They bave fosd their money, but, happily, they are relleved of thelr stock now. Mr. Park got their nonuey, and now he has got thele mine. ‘The way of L was something ltke this: Park bargalned with his fellow-cotufeder- atos I London that the dividenda ahowid con- tnne for A year, ay cesentlal for the working-oft o the stock upon the finocent publle, but, towsrd the laat of the year, the inine gave out, and Park put up the money for two or more of the Jast alyl- dends, and 1t Is this debt that has enabled him to selzo the whole rruimn,\'. The experlence reealls the story of the Jew who was fi"["F Into huslness: **I've got a partner, antd he, *who puta In capital and 1 puts i experlenco; at the end of three years, I ahall have the eapital anid o will have ‘oxperlonce,” Whether tho ming will now * vindicata ' [tralf by tho dlscovery of new tronsures, ng has lieen viguely promised, remafog to ho seon, I 1t doca, it WHIL lic ot the further exponas of Mr, Park’s’ charavter, And we should say he could better go without the toney, e p—— A REAL CHATEAU EN ESPAGNE. * No,slr; distinetly and emphatically, no! I declliie the honor you propose to confer upon me and my daughter, The arrangement be- tweon your fathiur and me, on which you would taka your stand, was conditional, and was broken by him when be let his folly land him in bankruptey.” 4 Forbear, Mr, Caspar forbear, I entreat you. Donot revile the memory of my dear departed father,* suppllcatingly interposed the young man to whom the rotunil and rubfcund host of tho Londoner Hof, In Zcugstadt, addressed the shove peremptory refusal to givo him his daogh- ter fo marriage, ** My father fell a sacrifice to an Impradent act of gencrous fricndship for a ‘worthless cheat; but ho was not a bankrupt,—he paid to the lust farthing of his liabilitics, * The greater fool he, fle might ensily havo compounded at 20 per cent or su, and let you start fafrly fu 1lfo with the balance, instead of heggaring himselt and you. Ilad he taken my advico all would have been well, and you might have married Loulsos but ho proferred playing the seutimental fool of ‘lonor and principle, 08 ho bombastically called it.” “Tontreat youonca more, Mr, Caspar, not to pursuo this themo further, And please, Mr. Caspar, take into your kind consideration that, though my dear father has left mo poorin worldly poascssions, I have recetved an excellent education, and you know {t is sald that knowl- cdga I8 power,” “ Knowledee Is fiddlesticks, siv! Hadn't your fathor knowledge enough for thres average mon, and what did it avail him? Wasn't he taken fn by s scurvy know-nothingi No, sir; monoy alone Is power,—money, com= bioed with prudence and caution in all dealings with the world, Take advan- tago of everybody and of every chance that of- fers, and let no one ever get the better of you, ‘That's tho true philosophy of lfe and of succoss init. Never put your name {o paper for any other man, nor part with a farthing of cash out of your own purse, unless you securcly hold more than the equivalont value to cover you. That's my principle. - Ihavesa poor opinlon of the man who will lot himaclt be bested, or let & chance slip to fmprove his position, becnase, foraooth, some foollsh crotchct of honor may stand Inthe way. ¢ Wide awake’ fs my motto. it ever I am caught napping, T glve the world leave to tell me ot ity and I give you leave to woo my dauchter, But Iamtooold a bird to bo caught byany sort.of chafl wha taver. Know)- cdgo power, fndeed! Why, look at yoursclf; you profess to know six languages, and what do you nake by your knowledge—a sheggarly 600 thaler a year; a nice Income, forsooth, to keop o wife on—a girl who has from childhood been accustomed to every luxury, Pooh! ' * But Louise loves me, Mr. Caspar, and-—" “But Loufse loyes good living and flue dresses, sir, Love ina cottage is a nice thlng, no doubt; but were you to try it with a wile brought up intho Jap of luxury, you'd soon find out how, at the firat knock ‘of short com- mons and cohon-nrlma at the door, your boast- ed *love’ would straightway take lfluln l.hrou;fll the window. You may sliake your head, sir, but you may trust my old cxperionce for le: 1 bave scan 1t happen every timo under such clr- cumstances, PBut, maybe you think old Caspar will relent, and will do the bandsome thing by hils daughtor, cven thuth she should let you poraunde hor to make a fool of hersclf—" “You wrong me, Mr. Caspar; indced you do, 1 Jou bellove that I ever would—" Well, if 1 do, so much tho better for all partica; only 1 would bave you clearly under- stand, once for ali, that you will never ebtain my consent to marry mi daughter, unless you arc ablo to show me that your knowledco is worth a good round tangible sum In hard cash, say a thousand ducata for every onc of your six languages. Now, what Is it, Charles?” Have [ not told you a hundred times that I will not be intruded” upon in my private room! How dare you disobey my order, slr—how dare you " These angry words were addressod to the ortly hesd-waiter of the Londoner Hof, who, anlng knocked twico without offect, had ven- tured to turn the handle of the door nnd to cater the sanctum of **mine host," with a larze Jattor in his hand. Ilcro {8 a lottor, Mr, Caspar, about which I would ask your orders." “A lettert Why didn’t you put it in the {:‘c‘l‘i‘l'"\\'hy amT tobo troubled about every 4ThoTetter 15 not _propald, Mr, Caspar, and tho postman wants lflgmsclml postage——"" ¢ dlxteon devils! Here, hand it to me.” Mino host took the lotter from tha walter's hand, and looked at it with ‘a purzled cxpres- slon. It bore an armorlal seal, with a Count's crown, and had tho f'ost-Ofllc stamps of Carta« ens and Madrld impreassed on i, It was ad. ressed simply to the * Proprictor of the Lon- donor Hof fu Zeugatadt.” Now, It so happoned that the hotel had often numbered Spanish noblemen and morchants * amany its froquenters, and My, Caspar's father und predoccssor was known have been on more than one oceasfon fluanclally concerncd for such par- ties, Bo mine host, nfter somo_hesitaton, con- cluded to rlsk the postage, aud opened the let- ter, which he found, to his great embarrass- mant, was written In tho beautiful lancuage of Cervantes and Calderon, After a brict Intornal atruggle, Mr. Caspar, ‘who up to this time had not axtended the least show of hoapitality to his unwelcome visltor, graclously told Cliarles to scitle with the post- man and'to bring up o bottle of Btelnbel Cablnet, with two glusses, and somo cakes an biscuits, He then handed the lotter to the re- fected sultor, with a polite request to rond and interpret tho miasive to him, which the youn man at onco set about to do with chcorful alacrity, only too happy to render acrvics to the father of his beloved, “As hio was porusing the lotter his countenanco asstunod an exprosslon of profound astonishment, which soon changed ta ono of triumphaut oxuitation; aud no won- ler, ‘I'ho lettor was dated from the * Caatilla do Cartagena, B Betlombre 1871, 'The writor was n Bpanish nobleinay, an ex-(ienoral of tho Span- ish’ army, devoted body aud soul to the legitd- mate King of Spuln. ‘A fow years before ho had had to By from his native Jaud, It was at that time that Le had bad tho “honor " of making the acquaintance of the propriotor of the Londoner Ilof in Zougstadt, where he had then been ulnyln!q for soma time. Hehad found the propriotor of tho liotel & man of lionor, ho stated, and of a kind, obliging dlapoaition, The remembrance of this fact alone gave him now the requisite courage to uddress himself to the sald proprictor (n an affair of tho utmost delleacy, and of the very highest fmportance, A few inonths ugo lie had been called back to 8paln, to take the lead in an jntended Carllst rlsfug. Most ‘mll“lll}““% he had been taken prisoner by the police” of Madrid, of whom, which was still more fatal, he had killed one an wounded threo {n his florco strugelo for free- dom; 80 he waa a close prisoner now In tho Castle of Curtagena, slowly recovering from his own wouuds recelved in tho desperste encoun- ter. Excopt thoe clothes on his back, and his sliznat ring, which could not be forced from his flugor, ovorything had been taken from him, aud he would be left to porieh, utterly helpless and hopeless, had it not pleased su all-benign Providence to raise him u friond In the person of o humble warder, whom his sud mllh;xutuu and bittor sufferings had moved to coimpussion. 1t waa solely through the ngency of this fiuod’flnvnn that he was sble to pen the present letter, The man was, unhappily, too poor to delray the postage, and ho (the writer) must therefore trust to the nobla genaorosity, so well known to him, of the hi)‘ropflumr of the Londouer Ilof to dlll:hllgfl thls small amount pro tem. j algo tn propay the roply, which was to bo sent, under cover, sddrosscd Lo & cortaln party in Cartagena, kuown to the good wardor, And now hu would como to the real obiect of the letter. Intho {fullest rellance upon dm honor and {ntegrity of 4 Gorman gentteman, he was golng to onildo to the “propriotor™ a most niomentous recret, and to placo an Immcaso trust {n him, - Ho (thy writer) had been changod by bia Mafesty the gz With the safo custody af eng Carlise War- reasury, amounting to sonio 6,000,000 pesotus, his large sum of money, In Bank of Bpain hotes, was, together with sonie 200,000 francs (n Bauk'of Breuce notes, whivh coustituted tho lo remnant of his own private fortune, secu; 1y stowed nwul 11 the double-bottom of a trav- eling-trunk, af the time In the keeping of on In. habitant of Cartagena, swho supplied him (o writer) with his dinuer. By a miracle this precioua teunk lLad been” raved from the chitehes of the pollce, nnd, most fortunately, not & moul in Spain cxcept fhe writer knew tiie value of Its contentas ahont which, however, lie naturally felt most t'lcn:ply anxlous, He wasin A constant _tremblo leat “the least mischance should lend to a revelation of the seerat and throw the preclous depnsit Into the hands of tho usurplug Government of 8paln, or of other thieves. Tho Carllst party could §ll aflord the loss of £120,000, and, aa for himaell, the selzure of his poor £8.000 would leave him & boggar, There waa another consideration which weliched still heavier upon his mind; tho socret recoptas cfe n tho Lrunk contaloed aiso the papers of the Carlist party, which it would be ruin to many noble aud generous persons [n Bpain wers they to fall into the hands of the nctual usurpln CGovernment, Ile liad, then, reficeted long and anxfously upon thin most critical atate of aflairs, and at Iast ho had declded to trust to the honor of A German gentleman, He there- foro ventured now to ask permisslon to send the trunk per railway to the proprictor of the Londoner Hof. 1Ile gave his word of honor that the money had been honoatly come by, and that it really helonged to the partfes named. The proprictor of tho Londonor Ilof would kindly keep It safe till further fnatructions. Howéver, to reward him for his trouble and s natural anxfety {n this somewhat delleate affair, he [the writer], who had the fulicst power to act for the Carlist party, begged to authorize the gentleman whoni he was sddressing to take 10 per eent of the Carlist monoy—say 800,000 peactas or francs—for himeelf, ind ho most carncatly entreated him not to refusc the proffered FlrL 118 acceptauco thereof, indeed, would be held hy the writer the safest pledga for the honorable ?crlnrmnm:e of the high trust re{pomd In him, He [the writor] knew and felt, of course, thatheand his party were, by the pres- ent step, placingz themselves entirely ot the mercy of a stranger: but he saw no other way out ot tha difficulty, and he was quite convineed in his mind that he might anfely trust to the proved apon him by the old man, got so afrald might be tempted to try a *yint- ner's dodge ™ upon him to remoye him out of hin way, that he steadiastly declined the hose pltable intation, Next morning he was suddenly sent for to Another Jetter had arrived. aspar of an unexpected dircouragement, Lthreatenine pose ftive destruction If ft could not be averted. A Ietler inclosed nasafled the poor General in the vilest terma as an Intending swindler and thief. The writer called the General’s attention to the ITact that he had Incurred a debt of 1,785 peactas for food, etc., supplied writer, who had held no other sccutity than the trunk. The General had basely taken ad tags of the temporary absence of the writer from Cartagena to_get the trunk away to the railiwny station. He had, through bambaunzled his wife, n poor trustin the weiter) had ped the departure of the trunk. ned the “(efe's” order (Inclosed) to sell the trunk and [ts contentaif not properly re- deomed out of his hands within " a fortnight from that date. After this surrcptitious at- tempt to swindle the trunk out of his posses- alon, hio would trust in no promise of the Gen- No, no! He must have bis money, or 1, as the * Gefo hiad given him the he General knew now what he lad to ex- ect. TFoor Don Juan wrote in soro tribulation hat he was endeavoring to raise the funds re- quired, but that he was sadly afrafd he should ‘There remained but one way to mnke suro of the removal of all difflcule ties, If Mr, Caspar would, under the extraor- dinary and unexpected clrcumetances which had 50 unfortunately arisen now, remit ot once the 783 francs, tho trunk might be on its rmany in about five days from the re- celpt of the present letter, He wonld not ures the matter much, however, ns he felt the natu- 1o ask even so slight omparative stranger, Only the foynense Interests st stake, more cspecially Wwith regard to tho unfortunate d e compromised by the discovery of the him In prison by the Fortunately he ust returncd in not aucceed In time. ral reluctance of o aservice of ac high honor and kind fecling of his old_ friend, the ‘prn rictor of the Londoner Hof. Jle was anxlous) ry waiting for his correspondent's reply, and for fils permissfon to send the Lriunk, as fm could not nlcfl; a night 8o long as the artlcle ro- malned in Sphin. Buch waa the purport of the letter which thie rojected sultor—having, to Mr. Caspar's intense amarement and hot indignation, coolly pock- cted tho intercsting docutnent—Imparted briefly to that gentleman, and then calmly proceedeid tonform his Intended father-in-law that he had been so dcefrly impressed I.\a tho latter's lecture upon worldly wisdom that ho meant to profit at once and to the fullest extent by the wiss max- Ims cnunclated by Mr, Caspar, and begged therefore to propose that they should joln in tho affair to which the letter referred upon the Br(mlplu of share and share allke, and mine 0st's consent to the marrlage, *_'The coolnces of this well nigh took away Mr. Caspar’s hreath. And SUDPORCy sir,” he shouted at last in & *towering e, ‘' suppose, sir, I decline being swindled {n this Infamous manner, and clect Lo hand you over to the custody of the pollce upon the chnrze of atealing a letter belonglng to me, what will you do then, sir? Heht" “In that ense—which {s not very likely to hap- en, however—I ulna)lr shrll, with due regard o thie fact that the Gorman mpire Is at pres- cnt at peace aud amity* with tha sctual Govern- ment of Spaln, deom it m{ atriotie ‘duty to lace the contents of the letter before the e, and trust for my reward to the gratitude of the Spanish Governinent." ** You cannot mean it, alr,” gasped poor Mr. Caspar, in n state of truly pltiable perturbation. - ““Yon, tho son of nn honorable father, surely cnuh]l"novur be guilty of such incredible bases ness “You fust try me, my dcar Mr. Caspar; that’s all. Bascness, indecd! Why, didn't you tell me that you had a poor oplnion of the man who would Ict elip a chance to fmprove his position, because, forsooth, somo foolish crotch- et of honor might stand in the wayl You shall not have a poor opinton of me, depend on it Ithank you for the lcason, and, pleaso tho ru;u, I ghall try to better the instruction. I ova your daughter more dearly than life, and 1 will belleve in your old experivnce that comfortablo incoma is lndln{wusnblu to happl- ness {n married Mfe, Well, 150,000 francs—my share—will make Loulse and me all snug, and there will stlll romain tho aame sumn for i’un. You sce it has been shown to you now lat knowledge may, after all, be worth o good round taneible sum, Why, in'the present in- stance, twice 6,000 ducatsfor cven only ono of m{ alx languages.” fr, C‘Ammr sat several minutes staring iIn utter bewilderment at tho calm, radiant face of the young man. He was slowly 12alizing the real ‘state and position of afTalrs, aud the con- yletlon uncomfortably dawned upon him that he waa truly at the other’s mercy in tho matter. Bo, Jike a acnsible man of the world, he agreed to the proposed terms, and the young lover and his darling Loulse_enjoyed n’ few wecks of supremo happluess, But we must not antici- ors, had had power to induco him to send off Mr. Caspar made a very long_ face at at then the whole affalr” looked o stm- tforward, and the rallway reccipt and the Judge's order In rofer- enee to it looked so substantially convincing, that mine host, after deep pundering, declded to purchase two thousand-franc notes, and send them ofl at once, N Ten days after the trunk real), which at once removed all tho slight qualing Mr. Caspar was beginning was clalined at the statfon and brought to the hotel, Ming hiost, his daughter Loufse, and her gathered around {t In a carelully- locked private room. hio trunk, a rather ancient-looking affafr, ned with the keys that had urtagenn. The dlsap) to_fecl. " The trunk inted gazo of the three Ucholders rested with foreboding fear on s het- crogencous confused hea nost uninvlting sapect. shirts without slecves and full of holes; cont and shirtslceves with the very for bodlcs to them; boots and ed by bodies without soles, by soles without bodles to them trousers Incking the most fun- uiremnonts for decent wearing; Rhosts of ancient shirt-collars, and dilapidaf crownless hiats, Such was the wardrobe of Don Juan de Gor- Salvatlerra. Young Edward Relmling assionately tore and tossed this sweet collec- fon out of the truuk to get at the false bottom., Alas, it turncd out a very false bottom, ndeed! Whatcever it might have “contained ot some od or other of its existence, at presen showed only the most distressing emptiness. Even sawing the plauks asunder, and_splitting the wood up in thosmallcat bits, falled to brln, fortti the *“£123,000 in Bank of Spain and Baul of France notes." The tableau round the broken trunk may be mora casily Imagined than deseribed. The old man was ng, Edward Relmling was conald- en, and looked very gloomy nd n lively scnse of bumorous, wus slirleking with laughter, to the Intcoscst indiguation of Lor father, und the deep annoyance of her lover, After a time, when Br. Caspar had cooled down o little, that estimable old gentleman ‘“begged ” to fuform Mr. Relmling that the contemplated match must of course be consid- ogain_now, Miss Loalse, however, could and would not sce it at all fn that Mght. 8ho dectared her firm resolution to marry her lover, even though her father should sond her off without a penny, Tho young man, who, with tho buoyancy of you ventured to reiming had told him that if ever ke was cal ho would give Lim (Edward) leave daughter. And the old man, fearful of losing his long-established reputation for prudence and ncss, and oawfully afrald of having the inst him, was at last prevailed on to give his reluctant consent. 8o th oung Rolinling and his loving ride raigod upon the fuundation of one of the of old clothes of the hore were coats and orest apulogles shoea represent- thy soon recovered his Ir, Caspar how he ate. P The Spanish lcttar was signed * Junn de Gor- riad y 8alvatierra.” Upon nscarching the books of the hote] it was found that a Beshor G. Bal- vatlerra bad been staying there somo flve years bofore, and had lived en graund seigneur at the time, Tho writer of the letter was esidently this gentleman, who clearly had enjoyed tha frions hlg of tho Iate Mr. spar, now about six months deccased. 8o m reply was dispatched there and thew, promisiug tho strictest compli- ance with the unh-npf prisoner's demand. Edward Reimling, the young man who had so engcrl{ und successfully mastered the lesson In worldly wisdom taught him l;y mine host of the Londoner Hof, was the son of a wealthy citizen of Zougstadt, who, having {mprudently enguged his crodit to a heavy amount for o “dishonost friend, bad honorably proferred ruin to u eolor- able repudiation of the Habilty incurred by him, Ho bad dled shortly after of a broken heart. le and the Boulfaco of the Londoner Hof had been Intimate fricnds, and ft_had beeu agreed be- tween them that young Edward Rclmliufi should marry Loulso Caspar, * Wo have seen how Mr. Caspar had, nfter tho ruln and death of Fa- ward's father, repudiated this agreement, now unce more rvestored to force and validity by fmmg Relmling's remarkable nfl.lmde in learn- ng practical lessons out of Mr. Cuspar's own book of worldly wisdom. No aonswer was received for some time, and Mossra. Caspar and nulmlln? were begluning to dread leat the socret should iave been betrayesl, or Don Juan siould have changed. his mind, when suddenly thero came anotlier large lotter, with another lieavy *postage on it. o lottor contained a raflway receipt of a trunk welghing ahout 100 welght—decared to contain person: offocts, dirceted, mrrhgn pald, to tho propriotor ofthoLondoner Mot in Zougstadt—nnd two amall koys. In the letter Don Juan Gorriad y Salva- ticrrg instructed Mr. Oaspar to openthohox, re- mova tha doubls bottom, and “tako out tho £138,000 in bank notes, together with several parculs of paper urelul'ly fed us; £12,000 of this wmoney Mr, Caspar wos told to take for himsclf, and he was speclally entveat- cd not let any falso delicacy ‘stand in the way of compliance with this injunction. Ha waus alio requested to sond, as soon as,possible, after thourrival of tho trunk in Zengstadt, 2,000, in Bank of England or Bunk of France vmlcu, to o certain address fu Curtagona givon in the letter, This money was to cnable the or prisoner to discharge somo debts incurred B?hlrn‘ toreward tho people who had been kind to bim, and to bribe, if possiblo, his way out of tho gates of tho Castle of Cartagend, ¥or tho first thno for months past, Don Juan gratefully stated he could once mora sleop in peacey tor ho felt convinced that his and his party’s moncy wns safe ot last, Mr. Caspar was, in faet, the angel of his salvation, o ' requeeted that gentlemon to inake out a Mst of the notes remalning, and to depoeit them {n o reputable bauk or other safo place, with due precautionnry lnbrovh- fon to lnaure the return of the money tho hunds of {ta legithnute owners In the event of Mr. Caspar's untlmely death, which Don Juan most fervently prayed tho Ahnighty would, in His infinlto mercy, forfend, 1o trusted that Mz, Caspar, as 4 gentleman of bhigh Lonor, would rullg'lounly abstaln from oponlng suy v the parcels of paper. 1o folt sure that o Ger- mun gontlaman would not comieseend to spy futo private papers {utrusted to s safe-keeping by the confidence of honorable men. The notes seut to Bpain had better be amall notes, care- fully paciced up and reglstered. Amigo mio,"* sald’ Don Juan, at tho ond of his letter, * vos no poders figurares In grande alegris gue oy sfente ml corazon al yer fuers do peligro esto coffre. La Providencla slempro vela por los disgracindos,” (My frlend, you cannot fin- oglne low muchs iny hear! rcj!nlcml in see. lug this trunk out of danger. Providenco al- ways watches over tho unfortunate.) The ex- uberant x:{ Wwith which this most weleoms letter filfed the hoarts of mino host and in- temded son-fn-law m:g bo more cuslly fmagined than descril Buch an extraordinary wind- 4 to man. Old Caspar enjoyed wtaste fn his nind of tho cestatle dellght of clutchivg bis £6,000; and {t thore was a gloamy corner left Inhis heart which tho beaing rays of pleasuroand conteutment falled to reuch, e found consulution in the thought that hls purtner In- the affale, who_had, to uso his own terse expression, bested him, wus to warry his duughters thus after all keeplng tho whols of tho woney {u the family, S0 he miwlo up hls mind to chicerfully tako his rmrt; und ho cordlally Invited hils intended sons n-luw to crack w few bottles of cholew wines with hiwm fn glecful antielpation of the crowu- oK event, But yuunzokldwurd Relmling, suspl- clously wutehing the doubtiul glances cuat oveus veriesticasties in the airasubstantial superatruct- ppluces.— Tinsley'’s Magazine, ———————— GAS-TROUBLES. The Experience of Dos Molnes, Special Correspondence of Tha Tribune. Drs MoiNgs, la., Bept. 13.—Chiesgo scoms to be bothered with the gns question, This city has had it bad, and perchanca you may proflt a little by the experlcuce of others, Beveral years aro, n charter was given to B. F. Allen and others for & gas company, with tho excluslve right o use tha strects and light the city fora term of years, which has not yet expired. This was virtually o monopoly of the business. Tho price of gas was fixed ot $4 per 1,000 feet to private consumers, and $3.50 to thecity. The gas furnished was slmply shominable, most of tho thne. The people demurred, and the City Councll, falling to got any reduction, re sorted to coal-oll lamps, a5 an experiment, to Common Kkeroscnc-lamps wero uscd, sct in a common glass lantern, such os is nsed for gas-lights. Tho cost 18 not more than one cent a night. ‘Thoy Al well for a short time; but the lighters neglected to clean them or properly trim them, and inashort time every lantern was black with soot, and the lamps fllled with dirty, unclean oll, so that ecarce o glimmer of light is vistble from them. Secveral have exploded, scattering thelr flory frazments In every directlon, and burning un the poat. Another dificulty with them is the tmpossibin- ty to Mght them when thio wind blows. Tho lenst puft of wind oxtinguishcs the lamp-flame bting: consequently, on windy nights light from the ofl-lampa, Bo far thicy have not proved o success, although, the! are’ vastly more economical than gas. Wit thess obfections in summer, what would they be In winter, whon the lamplighter, with freoz- ing finors, would scok to ovado all possible lght the strectas. ng About the timo theso lamps wore erocted, a new gas company proposed to the City Council to erect works, and thousand feet, guaranteed fifteen-candlo power, provided a charter was granted then, nearly onc-half the cost of gas to the clty and the people, wus a duty they could not evade. urnlsh gus for $9. of an ordinauce, whon pounced upon the City Council with en injunce tlon to restrain the passage of tho ordiuance, But tho Councll passcd the ordinance, when they wero arrested for contempt of court tha corporation-nowapy Injunctlon to rostraln the publication of the or- dinance, which was to take etfect after tho pub- licatiou, The Council then gotquictly together assed another ordinance, which was taken to the offico of an evenlug-paper by scctlans us adopted, tho peper belng delayed for that purpose; and, fu twenty minutes Its passage, It was published, io casa waa carried to tha Bupremo Court, r was served wi with the old Company was o policy, the City Counteil having no authority to convey the oxclusive privileges of the stroets aund afleys, ar public property, ta a private cor- An Important question—that of the d In tho Bupreme Court, Tho clty took the grouud thal courts had o jurlsdiction over the Ci il or (ts acts ns a Iy, ¢ bod, Tha result of sl this {s, that ny are gridironiug the city, und on the st of 04 ot half the price hither. d Company, and the old y have reduced thelr Tatea to corro- although it had repeatedly refoaed to moeke a reduction, on the ground that could not afford ft. 1t has been demonatrated for lees than 81 per thousund coal-oll i8 Injocted nto the retorts with the cor —cvon as low as 60 to ompetition and numer~ ous gas companies will furnish Chicago, as hero, with cheaper gus, Coal-oll latps will culininato in smuke aud Tailure. contempt—was uot yt'hu new Com- tobor will furnisl ta charged by tho thess gas-troubles, for a much less rat conts per thousand. The brown old cliffs, whilo meery wavalets play Boneuth thum, dream 4 But learn tuo lute, l-!u:l; Isughing o dresu of codlass youthy whou linke the i pply Lt o biting tool HOLMAN. A Look at an Indiana Deme ocratic Congressman. An Oflice-Sceking Barnacle, Cons tractionlst, Inflationist, Obstructionist, and Demagogue. How the Puritan, George F, Hoar, Put Him Down---Holman as a * Anoker." From Qur 0irn Correspondent. Wasninatox, D. C., 8ept. 12.—Willlam 8. Holman ought to succeed f success is to be measured by offce-sceking, e has been ono of tho tmost perafstent of ofMce-scckers In the Btate of Indiana. Hia measure of himself, as etated In an offictal Congressional publicstlon, I8 In theso words: HA OPBNETH 118 MOUTH, William 8. Holman, of Anmr.\‘L v:'u born 8t & foneer homestead called Vervestan, in Dearborn ‘ounty, Indfana, Sepl. 0, 1822: recclved a com- mon_ echool cdacation, and studled at Frankiin College, Indians, for two years: studicd and prac. ticed [aws was Judge of the Court of Probate from 1843 to 1846; was Prosccuting Attorney from 1847 10 184005 woa & member of the Constitutional Cone yention of (ndiana In 1850; wase a member of the Legisiature of Indlana in 1851; was » Judge of the Court of Common Fless from 1852 to 18303 waa clected to the Thirty-slxth, Thirty-soventh, Ihir. ty-eighth, Fortleth, Forty-fitst, Forty-recond, and orty-third Congreares: and wan re-clected to the Forty.fourth Congrees as A Democerat, rocelving 14,3402 voles, ngalnet 10,835 votea for Claypool, Ttcpublican. 1118 CHARACTERISTICS. Thot means that e has been almost continu- ous {n oftlce since he was 21, when he was noml- nated Judge of Probate. e might have been o Judge much earlier, probably, If ho bad been born carller. Voorhees sometimes falled to entisfy his constitucnts; Niblack sufferad ship- wreck with the salary-grab; McDonald {s some- times severely criticlsed ; and Korr, even, caused diszatisfaction on account of his positivencss; but the Democrats never fatled Molman, He s an Ingenfous, audaclons demagogue,—thus real- {zing the fdes of a Democratic leader. o nover forgets the voter, when helsin a conditlon to remember anything. 1ic more constantly keeps his constitucncy - view than any other man in Congress, Tho most acrid man on the floor, he 18 onc of tho most genlal rnd afMfable gentlemen in private ife. Ho 18 belligerent to his political opponents when lils record {s belug made up; he 18 suave and gracious In social fntercoursc. LIS TWO-HORSE FEAT. He sometimes makea one record for use in Washington, and another for “ home-consumo- tlon.” In the winter of 1873-'74, In Wushing- ton, he was n_Contractioniat, and voted ngainst the Currcney bill which President Grant vetoed. Although niot aa pronounced fn hils vicws as Thurman and some other radical Hard-Money Democrats, Holman voted repeatedly with them's but at home, tn the State Convention which fol- lowed, he was enthusiastic in faver of the Green back policy. In the Conventlon of 1874, indeed, ha I reported as having “labored ™ on the Committee of Resolutlons to have adopted the resolutions favoring the redemptlon of the 5-20 bonds in grecnbacks fn"flflllF e repeal of the law which scemed to make these bonds payable In gold; favoring the repeal of the Nationul- Banking act, and the substitution of/fzreenbacks for national-bsnking carrency, geveral county conventlons in his dlstrict con- demned his course in Congressas n Contrae- Llurifst, whilo the nominating convention ot his district indorsed hlin a8 a-meinber of Cougresa. Mr. Holmau o that year was successful In fiood- winking the people, and was, at the samo titne, ‘¢ all thinga to all men.” I1fs positlon upon the Currency questfon then was & successtul two- horse feat. JESUIT. Before tho campaigu I8 over, be will have dined and slept fu the house of every prominent Quaker in Wayne aud Raudolph Couunties, if he is admitted. TILDERISM, Doarborn and Franklin Countles are hisstrong- hold and tho seat of Democratic power, They are constautly relied-upon to furnish the neces- sary vote to ‘elect blin. It Is unneccssary to scnd out a secret circular to these countles, ns Tilden dld to the Stats of New York in 1503, Thesu countles always know how many votes to retara for Holman. PUT-DOWN RY A PURITAN, The most complete picture that has ever heen made of Holman as a demagogue and an ob- structlonlst was drawn by chrlgn F. Hoar, the cateat master of garcagm (n the Houso, Mr, Hoar {8 o type of the bighest product of New- England culture. The question at fssuc was o legal ono; and Molman scemed to think that, if the courts did not agreo with him, and aid agree with Hoar, it was so much the worse for the courts, Mr. llotman beeame angry at Mr, Hoar's opposition, He charged that Hoar hnd *emasculated ” Iis proposition, and that he had forgotien his manhood and his daty to Lis constituents. It mnfiha eafo for Demucrats to chargo the brothers Hoar with being cecentric, crotchety, and pedantic. It would not be. safo for any’ man in New En{:lnnd or claewhere, within"the hearing of thelr volces, to fmpugn tho hunesty of thelr motives, They came froin the sterncat atock in the fsothermal zone of Puritanism. Goorgo 1loar was quick upon his feet. Tho scholar was aroused. In sharp, blting, Bazon words, ho eketched the demn- Bogue, taking Holman as his subject. 'The plcture drawn was this: HOLMAN AS A DEMAGOGUE, Now, tho gentleman from Indiuna eald what he Liad no right tasay: that 1 knew or supposed 1 waa defeating his amendment, or **emasculating™ it. 1 have Liad no auch purpose, 1 lave qulte s inuch right to eay 10 him that thete are two mothods of legislation: Ono is tho method which denls with all persons nnder tho authority of our legislntion with cqual and exact !mllcu, s0 that, whilo leglee ullnf‘ we considur that our function in iike and equal to the functlons of var Judictary, desling with all persons alike, and equally and ‘muy. The other method Is that of constanily gettjug up with unjust, fmpracticable suggestions, that do not commend themacives to the noral senso of the House, or to the sensc of Justice of the wmen who ara to voto itpon thom: und then going home, like =& domagogur, and saying to the peoplo who do not understand what bas” taken placa: ** Lol | um tho only friend of Juatices lo! {am the only friend of thu People, Sce bow unjuat, how much under tho influence of corporntions, aro Iour LcEi-luturcu and your Congrese, and everybody elas but me," ‘Thus claiming s epccial character for virtue, and atriotism, and economy. § will not point out to Tio gnzo of the Houso tho gentloman who fiils thut plcture of a logislator, HOLMAN AND TiE THMPERANOE-ALLIANCE. Mr, Hoar, in the course of his arialgnment of Holman, used the wurdal ‘“‘sober es ho s presumed to be when sftting fn his seat.” These words were bitter and unkind, but they struck home ot Holman's weakauss, Holman, s couple of winters ago, it s said, {nlnud the Congresstonal Temperance Boclety. One of his_conatituonts, who happened here, ralllcd him about his new departure, when, the atory gues, Holtman Look hitm one sfde, aud sald « “Ton't you tell that story to nny of my people, for anything In tho world, It 15 trus clwufih: but 1°could uover come back bore It they had noy {dea that I was p temperute maun," —— $$ PROTECTION.” Evils of the Protactive-Tarlff Systom, 70 the Faltor of The Tribuna, In presunting my vicws—nay, my cxperience —of the Protective tariff, allow me to soy, in advance, that twonty-six yocars ago I advocated the samo principles in my home-country, Swe- den. At that time, and before that time, the only champlon in 8weden for Free Trude was Mr. Lars Yohav Iferta, the well-known cditor aud proprictor of Affoubladt. Although o nobleiman, a wholesalo morchant, the owner of mauy factorics and vesacls, cte., he spont much time and labor ta convincs the Swedish people that Free Trado was the only means to ralse 8weden from the poverty and inactivity it ex- perionced, and that Protcetivo tarifls were n reallty death to business and lubor, But so ob- stinstely do peopla in general cliug to the ideas thoy once have accupted, that 1t was only after tivanty yeara’ labor that Mr, Hierta bad tho sat- {sfaction to ‘itness Nls* unceasing efforts crowned with success, o did not live, though, to enjoy the fruits; but his wmomory lyes for- ceyer in tho hearts of a grateful people, to whom ho was a blcsalng and o pride,—a noble noble- mau, ndeed. Through tho instrumentality of the now system of Free Trade,—yet only purtly sceepted,—Sweden In 4 fuw years has prospercd already to a large oxtent, and money sud work are plenty. Every hindrauce or restraint I the wuy of a cltizen t3 honcstly support himself and family {5 a violaton of his huwan rights, u theft from the ldividual under tho pretenss of law, sad'a | crlmu ogatust soclety. Btlll wmore destructlye will such au fojustico appear when the rights of thourandn are violated at the esme rtroke, In order to favor & few at theexpensn of the many. Thia Is done when monopollzing tariffs are graated under the pretext of protecting home- industry,, ; No proper government exista for any other hurpose but to malntain law and order, protecs the rights of dtlzens, and promote with Impar- tallty the Interests of all. The principal duty of the lcqtslatot is, or ought to be, the common welfare, which effectunlly ta promated only when the efforts of all the citizens to henestly support themselves, and therehy be able to dis~ chargo their dutles to the community and State, arcsustained. Every restraint In tho way of the efforts of citizens in this respect imits also thelr sald obligations, because they make thelr performance impossible.® It iaa woll-known and melancholy fact that governments do not pet- orm thesa duties. Bometimes the reason fa Jr- norance, but more oftan partiality and favors fsm, hrough ignorance of the con- sequences, the monopolles have origle nated; throurh favorltism, tho hereditary rights’ and the prerogatives. In thg ono case was presented the excuso; the necessity to protect the home-induatry from the competizlon of forelgners; in the othier, personal merits wnd services. As to thelr belng ;tmtlul, and there- fore unjust, alf these pretogatives and monopo- Afes, without exception, have proved themnselven destructive for suciety,—~preventing Ita progress, producing poverty, -ufl‘erlnf, and oppression, und demoralizing high and fow, rich and poor, men and women. 1tis a gcliiay aud false assers tion that socloly, In any way*or mauner, has been. profited Dy themj but & I8 & truth that, o certaln degree, it has kept. up In spite of them; which is a proot Low mighty 18 the energy and. elastic the socl:l power which the rulers and legislators have male themsclves so much troubls to destroy. Thero is still another fact, a8 & consequencs pro- ceeding from tho fuct Just mentloned: that tho Intellectual progress of natlons lina been stayed,. or vounteracted, in proportion as tha materjul progress has been bindered ; because it s o law hat they contemporurily {ncrcase or decrcase. No couitry 18 80 poor or lacking n re- eources but that oll ts peoplc can en- Joy a good living and ordinary education, If only man's jnnate talents and natural efforta 1o ab- taln material Indepenienice are teft fulland just liberty to develop themselvess und yot thera s no country, hardly, where the musses to not live i poverty, seif-denlal, and Ignorance. Tho thing ia this: the masses are ogpn:ned, on the one efde, by the many-beaded power; on the other, by the nonopolles aud wealth; in this way checked and_nclosed from all sldes by & Chinese wall, too hizh to be jumped overy too strong to be pulled down. Yet they have some- times united their strenuth in an effors to break down this wall, which they are told to belicve {s crected for thelr 'Yroucuun. when, In reality, it Is their prison, This united effort of themasses nssumed the character of o eyclone. its “burst- ing was called revolution. But the r)rv strength can only break down; It s the intelligence which can bultd up. But the tppermost In o~ ciety have takon care that the Intellipenco shoitld not be the ally of the mnsscs; It is thefr enemy. lnppflfi {or the masees, every sin pun~ ishes " itself, Tho favored children of socloty, who have known how to obtaln, and with a glut- tonish selflsnness have enjoyed, adyantages at the expense of the people, begin slowly to ex- perience the appiication of this moral law on themsclyes, through o reaction which they ean nelther withstand nor avert. Although unwillingly, the{l will have to step down to tho cqunllt+ upon which they have trampled, and to acknowledge the rights they huve scorned. True, they will never voluntarily return the stolen property; thoy are too much accustomed to extravagance and pleasure; but an {mmov- able Fate {8 pulling away farthing after furthing therefrom, and this eamo Fato will at somo time m}umu everything now out of equillbrium, The begluning {s already made In many purts of tho world. Many applications of this moral law aro re- vealed'in our days, Icould rofer 1o the royul power by the grace of God,” which deapotii power forever I8 distempered amongst clvitized natfons; one single blow yet, and the whols structure falls to the groutd. I could refer to the secular power of the Papacy, which e vau- Ished never to return. L eould refer to the no- bility and_the hicrarchy, both once powers mighty oa Kings, which tyrannical greutness, or great l)'rnnny. soon is only a tale marked on tho page of Listory. I couldrefer to o great inany othier thinge, but shall now conflne mysolf to cxunining this our most dangerous eaciny aud greatest oppreesor, the Profective tariff. It may scem on the surface, to yuny, as {2 the effects of this systemn connot bo #0 very de. structive, and thut only an unhealthy {mngina~ tion paints them so; but it s nercly hecauss these people useribe the clfects to differcut caunes thot they reasonso, ‘e fact {s this: there Is not, this very day, In the United States, a siugle buman helngs, from the President dowh o the pauper, who does not—nusaibly unknown, h]y himself—more or less suffer from the cffects ol this system. A hard and pmsllus titne s visiting us. Already s loug tiine we have suf- fered therehy, and §i vain lovked for rellofs and men of all clnsses and positions are asking each othor: *What is the reason for this order of things{" Iaunswer: The Lrolective tarifl. Manu. facturers close thelr workshops or facturles, and dischargze thelr laborers, or reduce thelr manu- facturing, becsuse the home-market s over- stocked, and the high prices for thetr nanufac- tured gaods do not allow them to sell in the fore cigu market, whero the satne artleles aro made and sold for a less prive with profit; and they aro nsking themselves what the cause fs. I ane awer; The Lrofective tarif. “'The stores stand cumpty of customicrs; salesnen and clerks aro dlechirged; the mechanies receive no orders, and the laborers obtaln no work; and they askhiig heaven and earth what nakes tho trouble, 1 anawer s The Protective lar-:‘r. This ao~called “Protective™ system resembles in fts cffects very much a wholesome gnnlshmaut for sin, und may be Is 80 in reallty, For the sake of truth, let us sce how fur {ts” effeets can penetrate: Lyery one understands, what so often has been demonsirated, that, when u people produces nore that it consumes, o sure plus fa obtalned, which is uup«'la{,—wlwm- er In cash, stock, produce, house, lot, fur- niture, or whatever other property; aud, an the contrary, whien a people consunes more thim it produces, a detleit {s the result, which, for a Ew le, must have the same vonsequences iy for 1o Individual, namelys ruln. When commerca and production ure left free, they alwnyn seclc for thicmaclves markots, wherever to bo found; and, thomore there is sold or exchanged above hume~onsumption, the greater will be the sur- plus or wealth, Buttho Protective turifl stays tbe production, laylng it In fetters, becauso ¢, caniines the production to the home-market, and, when that Is provided, labor tmust cense. Under sueh o system, musuluentl y WO are nd ouly unablo to get nny surping at all, but wo cunnot even mmpl{ our wants, bheense, when we lack labor niud Income, weluclk also all ineana to supply our wants—borrowing excopted. For- fustance, wo witness now all around us how hard 18 the lot of merchuuts, mechunivs, und laborers, who bave to suifer under this systen, Le us #eo how It progresses: ‘rade, from belng * vrofitable, s without re~ ward, aond labor decreases, ‘This forces to retrenchment, nnd peoplo ure obliged to giva up conyenlences to whivh they are aceustonied: ‘What ia the reason? 'Thiey dou't kmow. But it ponctrates further: Trudo gous with loss; labor ceases cutirely, Retrenchinients aro succceded by wont; even fudlipensablo things cuunot by Eu'" ‘The vietima do not underatand the cauge, ut they fecl its effects, ns they fuel the offocts of aguieral contlugeation. Every effort made {8 in valn; the fluod’of adversity 1a too strone; nothing con withstand {t, The credit has des parted with tho prospority; diatress Is staring them in thelr facea, Buu {t ponctrates still fure ther: Theatore aud the workshop go into the hands of creditors, The pawnbroker is upplied to. The family aro no moure decently dressed lnmkllm"wm“ 18 uopuld§ wurmth and food are ackling, But the Protectiv ystem peuctrates deeper still: Tho furnitura ls w.\whcl?d. Distress -%i. hand-in-hand with ceitme, The victim steals Leglslators, low dare you condemn the thief? It tsyon that are the thicves; it Is you who huvo stolen away the prosperity from the indus- trious citlzen, and have reduced bis wife and children to beggurs, s {t, thew, auy wonder that Lo tenls rather than starvel” Your selfsh lfillem has brought forth the frult it of necoss 8l blll taust bring.” Can you escape the respousi tyl Excuse me, I don't bnllmuu. L5 Aud see here the proofs: Property decreases in value; it shrinks topether. Tho rent, if pald, dues not pay tho Interest on the :unf\’us— money for your houses, Debts can't be col- lected. Factorfes aro run with loss, or are closed, Mercantilo houses full, Cupltal lics idle, Tho résources of fucome dry up. Thegf~ Jectu of the sytem reach even the wealthy ! Aro you still willing to defend the Protactive tarift ' Hemerubor that the road which leads down hill ls travelod wlzbty quick, The Amier~ {cun uation {8 on such & road to maral and ma- m;hl ruln. It1s borrowing which keops it up yet Legislators, you have no right to be blind as to tho causes’ of social evils und ruln, You buyo uo right to mistake causca uud effccts, or ; to aseribe effeets Lo wrong causes, It 13 your ' duty to _undo tho wrong you have dune, the wnlsery you bave accowmplizhed, Common aenss demands ity 8 sufferiug people deuwnds {t; your uwa intcrest demands it It corvuption, it 1l-adviscd sclilshncss, shall still louger prevent you from ameudiug the wrong done, your re=. spousibillty will bo fearful. Be sure of {t1 €. O, Luxvsrny. TWo Lave an oxample thercol now: (be thxes cauuot be collecteds