Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1876, Page 4

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Florence, Dofiar. and _Siate. «The ighty Adclphi Thentres Monroe street, corner Dearborn, Variety entertaln: ment. _ Waoi's Muarnm, Monroe streat, between State and Desrborn, Collven HNawn. ““The SOCIETY MEETINGS, and =Tl o nnuat Commuinication this (Fl- day ' o for buainess and elrction of ullicers for the ehanlrg fe yepr, A full attend. .,y oriler uf Lie Mas- el TUCKEIR, Sccrutary, VASIIINGTON CHAPTRR, NO. 43,1t A, M.~Annual l';l‘ll‘\fiscfllhl“ this (Friday) evening, at nuclnrk‘ for slectfon of omecrs aud payment ot ddes A il at: tendauce reguested. by UnleE o i CHARLES B. WRIGHT, Secretary. o iy oRcr oT e v e let o Fen cordilly Invited.” By order ofyhs W FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1870. Greenbacks at the Now York Gold Ex- change yesterday closed at 93, The project of organizing the Chicago Club of the Illinois Free-Traders’ Lengue was incepted last ovening nnder promising cironmstances. It is hoped by the promot- ers of this worthy enterpriso to furnish the public mind with material for attention and reflection that shall toke the place of the present subject of mational oxcitement—a consummation more dovoutly to be wished than reasonnbly to Lo anticipated under the circumstances. Navertholess, every little helps. South Carolinn s now fully fitted out with n double set of Governors and Lientonant. Governors, the Democratic aspirants having yesterday arrived at the fruition of their nmbition to the extont of A ramp inangura- tion by n rump Legisluture. Haarror will now attempt to oust CuaMBERLAIN and seoure full posseasion of the Chief Executivooffico, Of course he will be resisted, nnd then the | trouble will begiu. It will not take long to give the riflo clubs the color of n legitimnte military orgavization under the State law, und when thus reinforced by n partisan force of nrmed men it will bo in IaxrroN's power to Legiu the bloody work that he has delnayed till now. When it will begin and where it will ond no man caa tell, “Hewirr’s Bobtail” is the briof but ex- pressive characterization bestowed by dis- gusted Democrats upon tho one.horse nd. - dress telegraphed over tho country by the Chairman of the Nutional Committee. It hind been intended to issue an claborate pro- nuncimmento after the foshion of Doy Canros’ favorite fanfaroundes,” calling on the faithful throughout the laud to rally to the defenso of their libertios and their prospect- ive ehnres in the distribution of offices. Such is understood to have been Mr, Tir- DEN'S notion nnd desiro, and with such & document duly prepared came Hew- 1Tt {0 Washington armed withal. ‘o “* make it more binding " the name of avery member of the Demoeratic National Com- amnttee was to be attached, but whon the thing camo to Le read nnd discussed thero was o revolt among tho Committsemen, and several refused to sign. 'That celebrated caucus had intorvened whereat the Southern anen played the part of cynical feobergs with snuch chilling offect upon the general fervor, and there was no help for it but to pigeon- liole the Lig proclamation for tho present. Hénco * Hewira's Dobtail,” with its solitary conductor, T'ho Louisiana case roceived a thorongh overhauling in tho Senato yesterdny, Very Approprintely the debate wns led by Ar. Suensay, who, as o membor of tho party ro- quested by the President to proceed to Now Orleans as spectatom of the ofeial canvass of the vote, was especially qualified to out out the work for the Republican side of tho argument. The vigorons, offoctive manner iu which he acquitted himself is told in the ropart of the proceedings, AMr, Monrox also camo out strong on the occasion, and fully shared the honors of one of thomost notable debate-days of tha Forty-fourth Cougress, Messm, Tuunaay and Bavanp were the londers on the other side, and in the 1ole of apologists for the flendish atroc. ities perpetrated by tho Democratio Bashi- Bazouks of Loulsiana wero as successfnl as could bo expected undor the oxtrome disad- vantage of being called upon to defond n thing that was absolutely indefensible, And the upshot of it all was n most barren vie. tory for tho Democracy. They sccured the privilege, withont opposition from the Re. uns, of having tho report of the Demo- Committee printed aud stitchod in with the official roports and documents pertaining 1o the Loulsiaua case orderod printed by the Sennte, ‘The Chiengo produce markets wera® Ren- erully firmer yesterday and provisions wero quite active, Mess pork closed 10¢ per brl Ligher, at $16,45@16.474 for Decomber and $10.65@16.675 seller Jonuary, . Lard closed 1240 per 100 1hs higher,at $10.10forDecombor aud £10.15@10.17} for January. Meats wero steady, ot Go for now shoulders, boxed, Bjo for do sbort.ribs, and 8jo for do short-clears, Highwines were 4o highor, at $1.07) per gollon. Flour was quiet and stendy, Wheat closed 1c higher, at $1,18 for December and $1.18§ for Junuary, Corn closed pe lower, 8t 4G{o for Docember and 4fo for January, Octs closed firwer, at 83fo cash-and 83} for January. Rye waseasy, at 71e. Barley closed steady, ut G3jccesk and 4jo for February, Hogs wece quiet and easy during the fore. noon, bLut closed fairly sctive and firm, at $5.40@0.00, Cattlo were dull and easy, Blieop wera quiet, with common grades low. 'I'HE CHICAGO er. One hundred dollara in gold would buy §107.50 in grecubacks at the close. It is not difiienlt to percoive the true sgini- fleance of the action of the Iouze yestordny in the burial of MeCnany's resolution pro- viding for a Joint Committes to met with n similar Lody from the Senato to endeavor to nagreo wpon some plan for adjusting the Electoral diffloulty, in tho adoption of TloxTon's eaucus plan for n Joint Committea of Soven and a Bpeclal Committee to inquire iuto and report upon the rights, privileges, aud powers of the Houso in the promises, and in the refusnl to considor Ledoxnz's resolution calling upon the Suprome Court for nn opinfon concerning the Iaw and the merits of tho dispnted question, It menns that tho House will not di- vide the question; will entertain no iden . of compromiso or ndjustmont that dooa not recognize as conclusive the decision 10 e arrived ot by the Ilouse respecting its own powers. What that decision will be is an assured fact alrondy, and it is clearly tho purpose of the House Democrats to take no risk of an ndverso opinion from the Snproma Court. There is little encourngement to lope for n compromiso afforded by yostor- dny's devolopments. Mr. Trros ia roported to bo in a slate of extreme ogitation about the Presidential question, and in-the evont of his failurs to Le innugurated fears nro ontortmned of a mental and physical colinpso similar to that which befell Mr, Gneerer four years ngo. If this is true, lot Mr, Tiuoex o gratified by an inauguration in New York, as lie seems to desire, aud by tho ocatablishment in the metropolis of n completo Prosidential ontfit, withall that that implies, 1o is financially able to afford the lnxury, nnd there is no renson why ho sliould not play President to his heart’s content. Ho has paid for it roundly, and he ought to enjoy it. It is to be feared, howevor, that evil counseclors are at tho bottom of Mr. Titorx's malady— reckless, desporate men, whose appetite for office would stop at nothing that should in- sura its gratifieation, and who have succeed- ed in thorughly persusding the excitablo old bachelor that the country only awaita the signnl from him to spring to arms in his be- Lalf. Instriking contrast with this feverish unrost is the deportnont of the quiet, mod. est man ot Columbus, who performs bis Gubernatorial duties as thongh his name had novor been conuected with (he Presidoncy, and whosa occasional expressions on the all. sbsorbing topic of the hour are invarinbly of o peace-invoking, law-nbiding charactor, HOPE FOR THE SOUTIH. Eridences are acenmulating that the ablest and most influontinl leadors at tho Sonth Linve no sympathy with tho threats of realst- ance to Haves' innuguration in which certain Northern Democrats are indulging thom- selves, ‘The roports from the Domocratic cau- cus, which scems to be 1 pormanent session in Washington, all agreo that the Southern members uniformly place themselves in op- position to the incondinry ntterances aud schemes of Bax Raxoars, Feevanvo Woop, Birn Senivoen, and that class of Northern Democrats. Mony of the lending journals at the South declave plainly that, if thero is to be a war, the Northern Democrats must fire tho flrat shot this thme. Tho Southern peoplo have not forgotten how they wero chented and misled by their Northorn allies sixtoon yenrs ago, and have no desire to bear tho brunt of auother war in the intorest of certain office.seckers at the North; though their course wns mistaken in the last War, they at lenst had more nt stake than the posscrsion of the official patronnge. When men liko Hiuy, of Georgin, restrain their impetuosity, rebuke rashucss, and deplore an ontbroak, there is abundant reason to believe that the Sonth a3 n whole will liold aloof from any attempt at forclble reaistance to the lawful count of the Electoral vote and lawful inauguration of the nozt President. More thau this, the evidences are nceumu- lating that the leading spirits of the Sounth would rather look with favor upon n friend. 1y allianco with the conservativa eloment of tho Republican party under Havrs, and with & recoguition of the dootrine of home.rule ns contrndistinguished from eavpol-bagism, thnn place their faith in Northern Demo- crats with o prospect of strife, ond no bhigher roward than o division of tho offices. The Cincinnati Commerclal has trustworthy advices from Waahington to this effect, - Haves hasimpressed the con- servative men of the South with his falrness, caolness, nud pluck, Tho spoech which ho made Wednesdny ovening ot Dayton will notably inercnse Lheir admiration and faith in hiu patriotiem. His conduct during the on. tire campnign hias been caleulated to inouleate the bellef that ho will administer the Gov- ornment with roference to complete recon- ciliation Lotween all scctions, and that his appolutments to offico will be ninde more for tho Lonefit of the conntry than for the bene- fit of tho party, Peace, prosperity, and good faith under Haves is n fairor prospect than resistance, war, and desertion by the Notthern Democrats in timo of danger. Thero s o broad distinction to be drawn botween tho original firc.caters fnd seces. sloulsts of tho South on tho one side, nud "the consorvative men who wont into the Re- bellion when their section lind become so much committed to it that there was no other course for them to take. 'Those two classes have been forced into an unaatural union by the race.issuo in tho Southorn States, und the depredations committed by largo numbers of carpet-bng pirates who used the black vote to hold tho offices and plunder tho natives. Tut this wnuatural union of thoold Whigand the old Demoerat, the old fire-cator and the old conservative, the old Unionist and the old Bucosslonist, could not endure if the political control of the Southern States wero in the hands of tho natives. The oftiges, including the Federal patronage, would be one bode of con- tention; thers would bo numerous loeal differonces to separste men into parties; the successful napirants for place would Lave their partisans, and the Wis- appoiuted candidates theirs ; thero would bo honest men and rascally politicions, The native whites of the South once divided smong porties, tho race-issue would disap. pear. The negro vote would divide up nlso according to tho various influences, inclina. tions, and interests; aud, abovo all, it wonld be sought for by both parties and proteoted by both parties. Thero is not & Southern Gtate in which thero are not hundreds aud thousands of men who would gladly cast their lot with tho Republican party on o conservative basis, admitting home-rule in the seuse wo have defined it, thau to poretuate the bad fecling that grow out of the War and the race-isue that has since rondered their country unsettled and turbu. lent, Of courso no one has authority to speak for Gov. Iaves, aud be has all along recog- nized the impropriety of waking pledges vr promises with the nppearance of Lelping his persanal cause. Butit is known that Lo sots groater store upon pence, good-will, and an improvement of the publie service, than any other remults of his approaching Adminlstea. tion. Tt ia also certain that n better oppor- tunity will nover bo afiorded for the practi- cal {nauguration of elvil-sorvice reform than in Mo distribution of Fedoral patronngo in the Bouthern States. In many of those Btates, at lenst, protty much all the intelli.’ genco and property-interests of the native population are ranged on tho sida of his po- litieal opponents, and ko will be fully war- ranted, on tho ground of personal fitness, the welfare of tho country, and the intorests of the service, in wclecting the moat consorvativo and woll.disposed of these political opponents to fill tho Government offices. Whonovor this shall ba donoe thers will ba two partlas among tho whites of tho Bouth. There will ba n how! from the car- pet-baggers, but the time hns passed whon the howl of any set of offico-holders or office- sockors at tho South ean oxeito much sym. pathy or produca much concern nt tho North, The commercial and political ntorosts of the North will bo more benefited by peace, har- mony, and indnstry, and the collection of the rovenue from an increased production nt the South, than by maintaining any partisan cligne at tho expenso of general prosperity. As an additional evidence of the returning reason of the Southern leaders, wo print this morning a Washington dispatch to the New York Grophte, which, from a sourcoe entively indopendent of others wo have cited, con firms the view that the Demoornts, though keeping up a show of clalm for any omergency that may present Itsclf, have virtually resigned tho hope of in- augurating Twoey, aud have been forced into this position by the stubborn refusal of the Sonthern peoplo to again placo themsclves in the breach. This disposition of the Sonth, at a time whon the Northern Demoorats are using overy meaus at their command to inflame anew the old sectional strife, is worthy of ncknowledgment and gratitude on tho part of the patriotio party of the country, —— THE NEXT S8ENATOR. The civil campaigu for the seat in the Ben~ ato of tho United States from Illinois is pro- gressing vigorously, and is in no wiso inter- rupted by the preparations for * wih " undor tho directions of Gen, Day OaxteroN, Even Gon. CaxenoN himself might bo willing to sheath his sword, and disband his troops, and naocept tho office of Senator, if the Logisla- turo should tender it. Iho condidates aro «quite numerous, and of both parties, .Gen, Looax's eandidacy for re-elcction 1s not an undisputed one. It is mow clearly under- stood that in joint ballot no party will have .a majority. Tho relative strongth of the Domocrats and Ropublicans is 5o nearly equal that the Independenta would have the power, even if it wero not understood that n num. Ler of membors intend to take no partin a caucus on the Senatorinl question. Under theso circumatances, caucus nominations will not boof the valuo that thoy would havo under other circumstances, Each day bringa forth now developments, and it is surprising to what an extent the politiciaus on both sides in Chicago consider that the people of the other 101 countles are waiting to do whatover shall bo decided on in this city. Tho Democrats had the two Illinois mewbers of the United States Sennto from 1819 to 1855, when they lost one, and lost the other in 1865, 'The Demo- crats who have aspirations for that office have grown gray,;and many of them have departod thig life, nud a now geucration hins grownup, ‘The party Lias moreover oxperionced s visita- tion from outside of candidntes, such ns Pararer, ond TrusouLz, snd TFannswonri, so0 that the Democratic party in 1llinois could now rondily supply a fall Sonate from among the nspirants in this State alone, It is now underatood that the contest for the Democratic cancus nomination will rest botweon Mesars, O, I, McComrox and M. W, Touuen, of this city; S, 8. Mansuary, of Hamilton County; W. R. Monnusoy, of Mon. roe County ; and, ns it is not expected the nominee will be electod, it is probable that Mr. McCQonuicx will got the nomination. I'he campaign has opencd alroady at tho Le- land House, whore the varlous hendquarters will Lo established. But theso candidntes wo havo nawed are not the only Democratic aspirants, As Chicago s to lend in the *wal " for Trupey, why should not the De. mocracy of Illinois have a chioftan like Sona. tor RonrNgoy to gaard tho national liborties ? In tho list of Indopendent members of tho State Sonato Chicago has two,—Senator Jony 0. Harxes and Sonntor Jouy Bueatyr, 1t hins been considored that Mr, Buencen was o supporter of Geu. Looax, but, for some reason not perhaps generally known, It is now understood he will support Gov, Beven- wax, ond, failing to clect him, will go wherever the other friends of the Governor miny go. It is probablo that the Indepondont members may have s caucns of their own, in which cnsa thera is o possibility that Mr, IIarves may be nominated himsolf, 1Insuch enso, efthor the Republican or the Democratic mombery, or portions of both parties, will ba invited to support and eleot Mr, Hamgs, It *hie can unite onough votes to be clected, of course that wil end tho mwitter. Even so promlxing a combination as this may fail, in which caso it {s understood that the Harxes and Indepoudent combination are to support JonN Westwonty, who, in addition to his being a Ropublican, will have somo person al strength in tho Democratio party, ‘I'he can- didnoy of JIamves and of WeNTWONTH I8 ex. peeted to ombraco tho Long and the Short of the whole busincas, ‘I'bere are othors, however, in the Domo- orutic party who look forward to be the suc. cessor of Gen. LoaaN, There fs Gen, Fanxawontr and Gen, Pavrvesn, to say noth. ing of Gen, Cozsy, Gen. W, B, Anpenson (now in Congress), Mr, A, E, Brevesoy, of Bloomiugton (now in Congress), and 3r, WiLntax €. Goupr, of Chicago, It is ex. pected by Lis triends that after all tha othier Lorses in the fleld lavo becomo exhausted Alr, Goupy will atop fo the front and carry off all the honors, In the meantime it fsnot to be supposed that the Ropublicaus will be mero idlo spectators, They will have per- Laps 200 Republicaus out of tho 204 mem- bers of all kinds, and it they were united would be formidable, It is given out thnt a dozen or more do uot Proposs to entor any caucus and thereforo intond to vole inde- pendently, though always for o Republican, "1t is boyoud al! doubt, wesupposo, that Gen, Loaay will Le nominated with bardly any serious opposition in the Republican caucus, Ordinarily such a nomination would be con. clusive as to the whole Republican vote, wero it not suspeoted that seversl of those who will not go into the Hepublican caucus do mot Intend voting for Gen. Loaax. We are not vouching for theso Btatements; we are merely giviug the yumors, wore or leas well founded, which just now reuder the outconie of the Beuatoriul election YRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, i87G. {nin ns wag the Presidon- tialolection in Florids and Louisinun, In addition to (ien. Toax, na prospective can- didates for the Benate, to he valed for by Ropublicans, the names of Col. I, G. Inormsorn, Minron Hay, Winiuwm Latunor, IIL O. Buwkcuann, Gen, Gnant, Gov. Bevminor, aud B B, Waisn nunNe, aro fully mentioned and discussed. No one of those, nunless it be probably Gov. Devrnivaz, will ba o candidnte beforo the eanons, nor will nuy of thom be candidates Ravo that {n the avont of eithor boing clooted ho will nccopt the office, The prospect is that, unless the Demoerats and the Indopond. enta coalosce, tho election may oxtend over sovernl days, nud it is usoloss to atlompt to predict the result, Our readers will, howover, from what wo havaegald, discover how otornal ia tho hope which auimates the Domocratio breast when. over thero is an office to bo filled. Ilers are & dozon Democrats, all of thom mon of charactor aud standing, bidding, intriguing, and struggling for this ofice. The chances aro remote,—vory remote,—but to a Demo- cratio ofiiep-sacker {ho Infraquensy of light- nluginnuvg::n dampor, Al ovar tho Slate thesa man aro ot work, .enrnestly and oner- gotically, whon it is almost as cortain ns fate that they must bedoleated. Howaever, it will be atraugoe, no mattor ‘whether the Seuator elocted be a Domoorat, Republican, or Inde- pondent, if Chicago shall lose the prize whon it presents such candidates as Loaaw, Beven- 1uE, Hases, Wexrwonry, MoaConstick, Roninsox, Fouuer, Fanxswonra, and Gouby, with soveral pracinots yot to be hearl from. — BY A LARGE MAJORITY. Tho assumption that auy majority claimed for I'1LoEN on the popular vote, or that lie in fact recoived, gives him any more elnim upon the Presidenoy, is worthy 2% Hon, Jiardueell Slote himself. Wo do not choosa tho President by popular vote. The Elect oral College wns especially contrived that the President might be olected, not by the popular vote but by the Electoral votes nl. lotted to tlo States; ind the candidate who recelves o majority of tho Electoral votes alone hins any right to the offleo, though de- fented overwhelmingly on the popular vote. Tho Constitution contemplated that the people of ench: State should cast the votes allotted to them in tho Electoral College ; aud, ns obtains throughout our entire politi- cal system, the majority—if only n ma- jority by ono vote—is ncceptod ns represonting the whole peoplo of tho Stato. It nover wos intended that tho cighty-odd thousand majority for Tizpexn in Georgin should legally or morally add anything to the Electoral voto of Georgin for Tizpey, ‘The Electoral voteiof Gaorgia represents the ontiro population of that State; and if every vote polled in tho Btate had boon cast for Tizpex it conld not increase tho Electoral voto to which Georgia is entitled under the spportionment, Besides, the popular majority, as apparent on tha faco of tho returns of tho late olec- tion, indicates nothing eave the results of tho abandonment by the Republican party of tho contest in the hopelossly Domocratic Southern States, Thesa were nbandoned because, no mattor how great might bo the Domogratio mojority, it couldnot modify the result. The issuo wns not mado upon the popular vote. Hnd it beon, the canvass would have beon ns spirited in Georgin aud Texas ns in Indiana, Despito the White- Liners and bulldozers, the full Republican vote would iave been brought out in each Biate under the loadership of men who couldn't be bulldozed or intimidated. 'The QGeorgin eighty-odd thousand Democratic majority would have been cut down to less than twenty thousaud, and there would have been & corresponding reduction in the Demo- cratic mojority in Texss. 'Tho like would linvo been the case in tho other Bouthern Democratic States had the clection of Presi- dont been dependont upon tha popular in- stead of the Electoral vote. Tho popular majority, thorefors, that is so mnch talked about, is in fact mot a popular mojority. The election was not held for the purpose of detormining whother Truoex or Hayzs was the choice by a popular majority, Neither was the election so held that it fairly approximated to detormining the cholco by & popular majority, The figures paraded by Democratic organs about this time, pre. tending to give TiLoxn's popular majority, show mnothing of the sort; and tho only in. ference to Lo drawn from them is that the popular-majority argument in favor of Trr- DEX I8 no argument. THE ENGLISH PRESS ON TKSfiSITUA'flON. The elnsticity and tenncity of the repub. lican form of government as manifested in tho United Stntes is creating o feoling of gonuine surprise and admiration in England, aud the press of that country is not slow in noting nnd commenting upon tho patienco and calmness of the peoplo in the presont political crisin,—n crisis which in any European country would have convulsed it with revolution long ngo. 'The comments of tho English press aro so pertinent and laudatory that s reproduction of thoir apirit at the present tine will Lo of fnterest to our own ronders, Tho London Times, in an oditorial articlo printed Nov, 29, tho very articlo to which Gov, Hayes alluded in his admirable littlo apeech at Dayton, 0., on Weduesday last, saya : The demvanor of tna American neople durlng the polltical ceisle, which is apparently as far as ever from a sulution, 1 well worthy of attention, It the complication of disputes over tho Proslden- tlal electiun bind arlsen fo almost nay country ex. ceptilio Unlted Btates and our own, rovelutlen, clther fu the form of democratic violonco o¢ mili- tary nbsolutlom, could hardly have beon escaped, ‘Iheso are the temptations and tho trlals which drlve the excltablo races of Continontal Europe to freuzy and make ¢ Saviars of Soclety ** possible, But In the United States there {s not tha least Indi- cation of an {mpatient, law.dofylng spirlt. Un boths sldes the parumount necensity of presorving tho publlc peace fs recognleed and enforced by those who lead and fruwe opinion, Agoiu, on the 24th of November, it called attention to these qualitivs of the Amorican people, aud eaid ¢ X The people of the Unitod States deserve all our sympathy aud all our respoct during thelr present triak, ‘The atreas lald upon thelr patiencennd wod- eration 1a severe: but everybody In every party, except & few unscrnpulous and dlscredited politle clans, bas recoguized the necessity of practicing these painful virtues, e Constitution has once more fallcd 1o fuldhl it promlues, which, even when enacted for the Lenefit of a ty and backward population upon the Atlantic seaboard, were not accomniodated to the realitics of politics, sud which sluce the Unlon has extended over balf o contlnent bave become plainly fmpoesibte of fulfilt. ment, No Constitation that the Ingenully of man ls compelent to construct could be mado comprohen- sive enough 1o cover ths lngnite varlety of problems bat wuet arlee In the political lif of a great aud free nation. The Keonomist takes a hopeful view of the situation in this country, and is confident that we are mot goingto “the demnition Low-wows.” It says: No doubt the South will be very much more deeply discontented if Mr. Havks be chosen than the North will b It Mr. TiLnex be chosen (1), and the dlsappolntment in the Brat case will be unfore tunate, and may lead even to mischlef, But §t 1s Lardly possible for serlous and permasent poditical mischief to befall a peopla ro sober-minded and so keen aa the Americans, Whatever mixchief re- snita from this unfortunate chapter of accldents, the good sense of the Amorican peaple will, beforo fong, wo da niot dendt, find the means to remedy. Thelra n not a country §n which, as the saying ln, “*"Tho worst comey {0 the woret,"™ 1f we mny bo excuned for the apparent bull, fn the United States the worst In very apt to come to tho better, The conservative old Spectalor does not have much confidence in our Electoral ays- tom of manufacturing Presidents, ns will bo soon from the following exiract from its columna ¢ e Tho offical trusteas of electian in each State should in soine way bo mado Independent of party and unpunishahio by local zeal or projudice,— should, that Is, bo ngents of the only non-partjsan hody in the Unlon, the Supreme Court.- We have been driven to this even In KEngland, and it §s far more necossary in America. Ju this country the Jnal authority as to tha falrness of an election, theonly person teho can order alinllot to be unsealed, 44 a Judge, and fu this country no singla election hands over tho Admiaistration to a party for a term of four yeara, The Saturday Review thinks that a legis- Intive confliot is imminent, and that ‘it is diffionlt to soo the result of n collision bo- tween tho two branches of tho Leglslature. A claimant to the Presidonocy to whom oither tho Sannto or tho Houso refused recognition could hardly nssume the powers of the office,” 'The Tory organ, the Standard, which never wastes any love upon this coun- try, and would like to see n war hero, pre- diets the uso of armed force, which it says *will give a shock to thoe Constitution which it may never recover from,nud will endanger tho penze of the country, and, not improba- Lly, the existence of tho Union,” The Lon. don World hits tho most tendor spot § Englishman's nature when it observes: * All conjectures must be idlo; ouno thir ulone is cortain, that tho contest will To aevero and dangerous, There may nn'. Lu o war; but there must be o state of affairs very little botter than open war. And Zow will all this affect the question which ia most interesting to Englishmen,—namely, the sccurity of the United Blates loans 2" In our own country tho most remarkable featuro of the situntion that strikes an ob- server ia the enlm and moderate attitudoe of that soction which it was expocted would or- ganize violenco. Tha bluster and bombast, tha rage nud fury, tho horn.blowing and gong-beating, the insanity of madness and tho threats of war, murder, rapine, and con. {lagration come from the Northern rathor than the Bouthern Domocrats, It is the mon who staid at home and fought in the rear, not those who went to the tiold and fought at the front, who are threatening to plungo tho country into the horrors of civil strife, Itis tho clnss of men of whom Gen. Srines satirieally remarked: ‘* Ihave nlways noticed when it comes to the pinch that the men who talk war oro never found nt the front.” Itis tho clnss of mon whom Bey Hmn scathingly rebuked in his reminder to Fzanavpo Woon: * Perhapa the gentleman is not nwaro of the’conservative influenco of a fifteen-inch shell with the fuso in pro- cess of combustion.” The Bouth hns innin. tained itsolf throughout this erisis with a moderation and calmness of temper which are in striking contrast with the hot-headed- ness and furious partisanship of tho TiLpey clique in tho North. The hope of tho situn- tion restsin this moderation of tho people South aud North, and in the good renso of the whole American people, which will find somo other avonue ont of tha present com- plications than that of civil war and anarchy proposed by the desporate hot-hoads in both parties. : URDER “COLOR OF LAW." A correspondent at Bellaville, in a Jottor published in yestorday's 'TRIBUNE, discussed the Oregon question from & logal standpoint ond said 1t 1a clenrly-establishod rulo of law thata per- 20n who holds color of ofiice, which in most casca conslata of a commission or certificata of eloction, may do the duties and exercixe tho franchixes of tho ofiice ns though he were de jura the ofiicer, and thatall his acts dono under such color ars valld and offectual ofi¢ial acta far the purpose for which thoy are done, and thelr vaildity, after they aro accomplished, cannot be questioned in auy pro- ceeding. It needs no citation of nuthoritles to ca- tabllsh the above rule, and a Prestdential Elector 13 08 much subject todt and ns much entltled to ity benefita as o Justice of the Peaco. Upon this statoment of the law ho argues that, while Gov. Gnoven had no legal nu- thority to declare WatTs not elocted nor to declaro CroNty oloeted, yet, having done 80, CroNiN whs under color of lawan Eloctor, “ond his vote, as such, wns legal, while that of Wazrzs, he not being. commissioned by tho Governor, was not legal and cnnnot bo counted. Concoding, for argument’s snko, the applicability of tho legal principle, tho application is too narvow to cover the whole facts, Two retivna have gone to Washing- ton,—ono made by Croxiy aud two others, Electors appoiuted by him; the other cor- titicato made by the two Electors commis. sloned by the Governor and by nother ap- pointed by them, "The law of Oregon, liko the law of this State, authorizes the Electors to fill any vacancy in thelr own number, ‘Warrs did not vote asan Elector under his election Ly the people. 'Tho two Eleotors whose olection was cortified by the Goy- ernor elected WaTTs to fill the vacancy, no other person having. a certificato of olection appearingat themoetingto vote, They elected Warrs to O the vacanoy. 'Fhese two Electors were unqnostionably elected aud wore commissioned by the Governor; thoy acted not only us ofticers de jure, but also under color of ofiice. The commission of Onoxtx nlso named them as Eloctors, If the priuciplo of ** color of law * applies to the case of OnoniN, it certainly does to the cnse of the two other Electors commissioned with him by the same Governor in the samne cer- tificato. It the principle of color of law ap- plies to and gives validity to the abts of Cpoxty, it cortainly applies with equal force toand makes valid the acts of the other two Llectors, Part of the official duty of Eleot. o I8 to fill any vacancy in their number; this I5 na much a part of their duty as to voto for Presidont, Theso twamen, therofore, Electors n fact aswell s by color of law, filled the vacancy caused by the non-appoar- ance: of any third Elector clalming Ly right or by color of law. They appolnted Warrs, who was then eligible, aud the threo, Ly right and by * color of law,” voted for lares, Wedo not sce how, thereforo, the vote of Orogon for Haves was not os valid and g8 couclusive under * color of Jaw " as it would 'bo uuder any possible circum. stances. Bex I, in bis scathing romark to Fen. Naxpo Woon in the Democratio caucus ou ‘Wednesday, completely covered the situn tion, Hald Hirw to Woon, after un incendiary speech by the lptter: * Perhaps the gentle- may {8 not aware of the conservative in. fiuenco of & fifteen-inch shicll with the fuse in process of combusiion.” ‘The rewmark not only hos & siguificant bearing upon the general amspect of affai growing out of tho presont political compli- cation, and upon the attituds of the South. ern people, but it was a red-hot shot at Fra- NaNpo Woon personally, which was accurate. ly ntmed and fired. Fervanpo Woop was tho meanest, most malignant, and.most cow- nrdly eneiny of the Government during tho ‘War, It was Fervaxno Woon who proponed to take New York City out of the Union, but who slunk awny when e found moni- tors in front of the clty with fifteon-inch shells whoso fuses were rendy for the pro- cess of combustion, Probably there is no ona who will understand By Hizr's conatic frony more thoroughly than Fenvanno Woop himself, It haa seotched if not killed this pestiforous Copperhend, HILL, OF GEORGIA. There lins baon & good denl of astonish. ment nt the courso which DBry Hiwr, of Georgla, has taken sinco the Northern fire- eaters of the Demooratic party have begun their bluster nbout forcibly rosisting tho ine augurntion of Gov. Haves, There scems to be no doubt that Hitt, hins improved overy possible occaslon to sit dewn upon the amateur firc-entors. There wasuover amors acathing rebuko than that which he ndmin. istored to FenNaxpo Woop in canous when Lo sald that ** Perhaps the gentleman is not awnro of tho consorvative influence of n fitteen-inoh shell with o fuse in process of cumbustion,” Tho skulking Copperliends of the North during the Rebellion could not have been more fairly hit by one whom they had betrayed by falae promises of assistance. " Probably the popular surprise at Hmw's rocent course Lins been oconsioned mainly by tho tussle botween Iint and Brase during the onrly part of the Inst session, the very nnture of which was to make' Hinu an apolo- gist for the Confoderates. Brame nssailed, and it was like striking o flint; sparks were sure to fly, Hrwy is & Southernor, attached to his section and quick to resent nny reflec- tions upon it, and once committed to the dobate (which was the ronl mistake) he could not conduet it without drawing that broad distinction botweon “wo" (of the Confed- oracy) and “you” (of the Uilou), whieh was the most repulsive part of his speech. But it is fair to remember that, even in the strong pnssion of that flerce debate, Hinn clnimed that he aud his associates hiad come back to the Union to stay, and were actuated by o desire to forgive and forget, His recent treatment of the Northorn fire-caters is an ovidonce that Lo meant what he sald. Hiw, if wo ave not mistaken, was not one of the original secossionists, ‘Lho division wnde by the peopla of the South ia that only the Breoktyninge Democrats were tho tn- compromising sccessionists to begin witl, and that the Dovanas Democrats and the Bewn and Evenerr Whigs wore generally Unionists nud Conservatives, Hrw, we be- love, voted for Beun and Evenerr, The point is that those men who went into the Robellion bacause their section did, and not from personal feelings of hatred, have re- turned with n botter fecling than those who ‘were uncompromising and relentless in their domannd for a complote separation from the ** d—d Abolitionssts” of the North, If Hinr wad ons of tho former, as wo be- liove, it will account for his present conservatism aud . aversion to any more rcbellion, But there is another motivo to he taken into account. e finds that the new robellion is being pushed by the snmo class of men at the North who, sixteen yoars ngo, cncournged the Bouth to sirike tho blow, and promised such co.oper- otion s would speedily and effectually grind the Abolition pnrty as between two stones, He connot forget how outrageously he and his people wero deceived, and justly lays a lnrgo sbare of the South's sufferings at the door of the Norihern Copperheads, When Lo mosts thesa men face (o face, and again hears them binster about war, the horrors of which they nover knew, it is no wonder that ho turns upon them, rominds them of their former bad faith, and rofuses again to be 'eilher party or a victim of their decoption, The Whashington reporter for TiLpes's home organ, the New York World, sorrow- fully telegraphs concerning the Honso cau- cus Beveral of the \Western membera made violent specches, Mr. SeuiNaei, of Jllinols, announcing his readiness to ald in the Inaugurativn of Mr. TitneN with an armed force, The tone of the caucus, the privato and expreesed opinfons of membors, and tho measures finally adopted, gave small countenance to language of this charucter, As usual, the Southern members counseled modera- tion and a conservutivo policy bath in the present trentiment of the crials and the. future attitude of the House, Few of them anticipate that any dia- turbance will result from the Prestdentiul compll- cations, They are unlted In ngreelng to leave tho Notthern Democracy 16 take the initiativa, They have no policy of thelr own to curry out further than the malnfenance of peace and tho uplholding “of the lnws, This line of policy, of courso, wonld not satisfy Diuy Seamvoes, of Springflold. His voice. {8 for “waly,” Ho would follow in ‘“nid of an armed force " with Tipeyin tho lead en route to tho White.House, Io would also kieep awny s far as possiblo from the *¢ conservativo fufluouce of a fifteen-inch shell whoso fuse was in process of com. bustion,” as Bex Hivy sarcastically romarked in replying to belligorent Brr's caucus- ranting. Srawvoen is genorally known as the *Jumping-Jack” of tho Iouso, Hels ou his feet upon the slightest provocation. No matter what the question is, ke bounds up and bawls, “3Mr. Sp.c.n-k.er,—Mr, Sp-e.n-k.c-e-r-r,"—and thon proceeds, it he obtaing recognition, to empty himself of a quantity of undigested, ridiculous twad. dle, o always spenks fltst ond thinks afterwards, [n caucus ov assembly Le is constanlly popping up, consuming the time of the House in frothy, sonsoless deolamn- tlon, In the caucus above mentioned, ho proclaimed himself veady to lead an armed forco to inauguvate Trunex! 1o forgot that the Btate he in part ropresents voted for Haves, and that the people of Ilinois jutend to hang those who hioad armed mobs for the purpose of inaugurnting miybody President aguinst the duly and legnlly proclalmed vote of the Electoral College. T'he Mexican stylo of making Presidents won't be tolerated in this country, The New York World, for nany years a ro- spectabile Democratie puper, ias of late becoma more desperately reckicss and regardiess of truth and probability’ than even the mendacious Cincinnat! Enquirer or the roorback Chicage Tones, Just now it fa giving eurrency to ridie ulous statements that the President {s mooring afleet of monitors and war ships oft New York “with the tutention of bulldezfue the city.” It also sends Gen. Maxcock to the Paclfe, Mo- Dowziw th Chicago, und SuERIDAN to New York “with as absolute power as fu New Or- leuus ot the date of his bandittl letter? Al- most any one would think that was sensation enough for one day, but the World don't. It winda up with this grand coup d'stat ; Wlhiat the object of these wancuvies may bo will crhups bo fuferred from tho statement of o gen- lewut In- tbis €Ny, 1 have beon Toformed,’ ‘b ruier member ?; nld ho yesterday, n fo Tiad the Urestdent 1014 hism retent iant's vtall that If Cungress brought u articles of fmpeich- ent he would shut that body up in Fortress Mon- roed aud furthermoro, that if any Northera Demo- crotic Uovernors took actlon or made protest againut this course Lo would upset them. “Ihers i3 oue ubjection to all this sort of writ fnge: . it cxbiausts the imagination too soon. In 6 sbort tlmu the stall of the Workd office will be out of materlals for new 1y, . n| begin to run emptyingsy, T writer connecled with the and telogeaph fram Waalfy, Zton Lwy i colunins of rubhish and mm'l!m'k:“r?!‘?n""“ falsenoods, ani keep {8 up every nlz‘m lhnm ot a seaslon of Congress, and e ;. who cdits the first paze of the Gy Unless the World concern Acrlires well of maliclous mirrepresentatin ang hate, thelr presont will dry up and Jeas respectavle, e ep— STARTLING RUMORS, New Sfeelal b the 81, Loute Repasitean, * e LEANR, Deg, ~Hepubhiean advices here are o the 'offec ov, HARTIANPT, Of R o L A fafnlah thew (0 Giake Wi ooy Gst e will Rentations, ang ' There 15 only one Press who can fnveng, ' partiaan cush and flow of Iunlmm' vo them ridiculous, but ney o coutrue the priva Tformmation aopiolk Titis lan se too it recrit St Promoto (HANT's Continance. o Spies In regardto the firat stutement there fs 2 ver, serlons error; n 0" hag been omitted, It should read 019,000 Gen, KEENAN, of the Times, would never liave sent ro weak and feeblon leas 64,000 armed mien fn buckeam, whieh wouldt not seare nyhody, when by lnmi 1y ndding a clpher, co the n cents for trausmisslon, e coutd m warlike Intentions of Gov, Hantrasrer to andat the same thae furnish Guaxt wigy = army big enougli ‘to he formldable, The 8t, Louis liar is thuld; ke most begtnners, ang he will grow bolder by practice; The seeond al. legation fs perbiaps true. The Now York Herald in a two-colunn parngeaph enlls un NT to esign Instantly, aud 1t s cuite 11k ¥ that a ‘¢ secret organizntion Ia befng formed through. out the country " to embolden him to “!AZM the fort” uutll bis term explres on the 4 of March. The fellows fn the “scerct organiza. tlon ™ nre fearful that thic Hferald's two-coluinn Daragraphs may stampede it from the White. House in a panie. e — THE TONE OF THE WEST. spectul Dispatel 1o the N ;i WARINGTON, 13, Do 11, a7 Ryx. DALL recelved o letter Y from an ex-Iopnbir. an Governor fn te Weat, wayhie that sinee 16 conduct of the Neturning Boards fn Florids anq Loulsiana had hecowme known, the neaple wore quite united in the West In denouncing and in favar of the inanguration o"n“.{‘;h(cl”lf.lud Democrats have been in favor of the Inaague ratlon of ‘TiLbeN before tho return from cither Stato became known, But the Te. ported langunge of tha Western ex-Gorernor scems to mean more than that. Jlis words might bear the construction that the people are quite united to Innugurate TILDEN, notwithe standing hie has received a minority of the Elect- oral votes, which would nenn foree, war, and usurpation. If the ex-Governor means this, o is grently mistaken. Thoro are hot-heads and famishing ofllce-seckers ready for war to fores TILDRN Into the Presldential chafr with only 18¢ votes declarced for him, but the masses of the people are {n favor of nothing of the sort, There Is onc thing they nre pretty well united upon, and that s to promptly bullduze the fel- lows who begln a war for the sake of offlces. country 1o REANNEXATION TO GEEAT BRITAIN, - Thu TiLDEN men of New York City must be all tore up in thelr minds, and ready to ie down in despair at the result of the clection. The New York Tribune prints the following petition to Congress, which It says ‘the Democrats are signing, The prayer of the petition s that this cotutry may be reannexed to Great Britaln: ‘Tho intense disgust of certnln Demaeraty in this cltyut the fallure of **reform ™ aml tho conse. uent dextrnctlon of their only anrviving hope for re institutlons has found expression in Lhe fol- lowing petition, which hus recoived several wigae tures and I3 not unlikely to be presented to Cone - ans Anthe lonorable Senate and Honsa of Repressntuas dives of the United Niates of Americy o Wnsingion dasembledy The undendgned eitizens of the United Bates of America, havine i view the present nd prose Sty delgers riaulig (ruih our orm of guverumet, o Yespocttully to petition Your lonarbl hodles ni Comintasfoutrs b uppolnited with full anthot! £a17e the lerma af @ fieaty of reconvilintion i 1% all PX'UY exlsten for the past cen Feen the two tountries, to tho end that the ll lu'of & ¢ommon or- la ey eifuy the natral traberity to wiich Gioy aro wutitled, wnd th eivitund redlglous llberty which our uncestors have won li leading the progresalve clvilizas t1an 0f " ¢tho Caucasiun race fur thy [t thoueand yeurs, SRt iy The clection of Goen. ANsoN Staaew, long time Geuernl Superintendent of the Western Unlon Telegraph Company, to the Viee-Preste dency of thic Company, I8 ut ouce o recognition of lils eminent servicea and of the importance of Chicago a8 a telegraphle and Lusiness eentre. If theso uew honors were to take Gen, Staorn away from Chlcugo we should protest ngalnst them for scliish reasons: but, as he lsstlll to make his home and leadquarters fu this clty, it 18 proper to ndmit the interests 6 the Western Unlon Telegraph Company and the business [n- terests of the whole country wiil be appreclably benefited by the extenslon of Gen, BTAGER'S re- sponsibllity and authority, 1Ilis life, directed by excellent Jodginent, carnest application, and sterling ambition, has been passed in the tele- graphbusiness, and there is probably no man In the country whose judgment in practfeal wat- ters of telugraphy I8 so trustworthy, or whose knowledge of the affairs and necessities of the Compnny {8 more extensive. (ien. STAGER Leo- came a conspicious natlonal figure Lis management of the army’s telegraphle facill- ties during the War; during tho several years af his residence inChicago lio hias carned n place among our most respected citizens, the valueof Lifa services to the Western Unlon are universal- 1y known,—¢o that his promotion Isa matter for congratulation on all sides. —ee—— - Mr. Winitg, the carcful and trustworthy vore respondent of the New York Tribune, in one of lis letters to that journal directs attention to two fmportant points in the Louisiana Elec- tion law that have heen generally overlooked. The firet {s that any fnthnidation of voters that did not occur within seventy days nest preced- ing the clectfon cannot be taken Into account by the Roturning Bonrd, Tho Minitation nm':' set by the statute excludes all #stale outrages, testimony of which the Democratle managers were 80 fearful mficht be heard by the Return- fng Board. It would, however, were the tnquiry reopened, hustates, lead to the rejection of a considerable portlon of ft. But the testl- mony as to tho PINKsTON murder, which was committed on the Sunday next before the eloc- tion; as to tho Jaxes murder, which was come mitted on election-day; and in other Important cases to which mast publicity has been glven, falls fully within theliimitation of thestatute. In the nuxt place, the Loulstana statute fs inpera- tive that, upon intimidation being shown, the Returning Doard shall throw out tho muii ‘There is no discretionary power left the Boar in the matter. e —— vditor of The Tribune, Cuteado, DL, Lo aliaw o {6 broout the fol towing ionirics: The Canetitution of the Unlted Ftatew provides that when the election of the l'|r~. % dent Ju thrown into the Houko of Hoprental i *vthe votea shall bo téken by Stites, lln;.n‘x;“ sentation from cach Etato having one voie, © UG this Yoto ho un Integer, or may "It b conposed fructionys f. ¢., would INlinols! one votu bo detck minedthy the niajority of her nineteen lllflll\;clzi‘._ the Honse, or would ¥ho be allowed to vote e unl:e' nineteqntiis of one vola for Havzs and eightn pe teenthi of ono vole for “PLbeX If (hut Wergihe political character of Ler peprescutatival Wh would be the result In the present Hpuc s ".“; tho volo of ench Riate b countal s an IoKecs Of course, fractlonal voting s above ‘:l‘ml' {!_ the Pruhl'oxlcy to TiLDEN, A .I -Q:r[\- The Houso delegation of each State x;n” minea for whom the vote of the State m:!z o cast, The clection is by States, and cach v ?he counts one on the result. - The majority 01 e delegation dechiles what candidate shall ge! l vote. If the delegation Is o tle, the Et'mu nn‘x‘u{ votes a blauk,—in other words, It dou't cvl anything. —— ) ealled SPRINGER, 0 natural-born d— phool called w\?:‘lonnme inscrutablo reason {8 n)luw"ei !l.u misrepresent theBpringticld Disteletin C':i“? rios :‘ declared fu the late Democratic caucus U 'l?x.nn was ready to ald the Inauguration ulu.x' (;‘ with an armed foreo.” BEN HiLL, of ;’l‘lfi'h pmmptlynhlownonnndlanlchulIllln; wuuia caught BpRiNoER dofug what he fn)lA lflm to do, he would undoubtedly bulldoze " Sprivoxn's name Is quite deseriptive of Lls bis fect to H 1s slways springing to J :!séz’:lln}:ub-bble, For tuls reason he s m:d"'l of {n Congress amoug his follow-mem (be #JumplogJack."? Just vowlo 13 sprivzing