The New York Herald Newspaper, August 12, 1874, Page 4

4 ~ THE COMING CAMPAIGN. The Manifesto of the Great Liberal Party’s Chief. A CONVENTION OF CALCULATORS. The Democrats and Republicans To Be Headed Off It would seem that the liberal republicans are fletermined during the coming political campaign ‘m this State to act @ very different part from that | which they were compelled to take in the canvass of 1872 and that of 1873, They were, then, body, goul and breeches, tke tail of the democratic kite, and as the results proved @ not very heavy tall either, Judging from present indications they have become somewhat disgustea with their original tactics, and, though many people believed last November that we were never to hear again of such @ thing as an organized liberal camp, they are apparently resolved now to “go to the fronu” on their own hook, themselves, independent of either the democratic or republican party. It will be remembered that last fall the liberal conven- tion, with an eye to the main chance, was held after the democrats and republicans had put their candidates in the Geld. This, at the time, was 4 GOOD STROKE OF POLICY, although not ® few of the leaders felt butwittle confidence in the indorsement action taken by the convention at that time. It is quite probabie, had the republican ticket been successful then, that the liberals this year would be so few and far between that @ convention would have been a matter of sheer physical impossibility. What they claimed after the election then they now put for- ward as the reason why they should now act inde- pendently of the two great parties in the State— pamely, that but for the liberal vote the demo- | cratic candidates would have been defeated, and that but for the liberal indorsement he obtained at the hands of the liberal convention the repub- lican candidate for Comptroller would have met with the same late which was dealt out by the People to his ‘fellow candidates. In other words, the liberal leaders say that they can now afford to be laughed at without any fear of their forces dis- banding, or that the confidence of the rank and | fie can be shaken in the honesty of purpose of the leaders; that, in fine, they unquestionably hold THB BALANCE OF POWER im the State. Firmly convinced of this, they have resolved to hold their convention before the aemo- crats or republicans hold theirs. The act, to say the least, is a bold one, and gives rise to the sus- Picton that the stories that have been rife for so long a time concerning the coquetting of the ad- | ministration party wirepullers with the lberal Managers have not ali been founded on mere nothings. However, there are those who enjoy considerable reputation in political centres as “mnseacres” who believe that the move is a bad one and that it will result in disaster to the liberals agan organization. Be that as it may, the general lJeeling among the politicians of the regular stripe, both in the democratic and republican camps, s0 ff as could be learned yesterday, was one of ex- treme uneasiness as to the early period the con- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET porter by » countr, that the fixing of the liberal convention so early was a difeet threat by Fenton to the administration to “guar. antee’’ bim a3 he wants to be teed or go under in the fightin the Assembly distriets, may be of some weight. Fenton, gentieman claimed, was really at the bottom of the call, and if has views were not acceeded to by the “regu- lara” he himself would accept the nomination of Governor from the liberals, ‘This, in my opinion,” ‘would create disaster all round.” me the rumored demande that have not as yet been alluded to, no! more nor less an assembiage of political gtrikers, whose sole motive for meet before the other conventions is to aacei from which of the two great parties in the State the beat terms in the way of offices and spoils can be ep: the is the view taken of who is a member of the State Cei mmittee, It may, of course, be pances. ‘a6 the Uberals claim tha’ force acted. way, it by @ prominent democratic t ti atral ry best in the market It may be, too, that all the stories adioat concerning Fenton’s alleged bargaining and Planning so as to land on feet, no matter woich the tide goes, are untrue, but the ma- jority of the politicians ‘believe tnat where there 30 much smoke there cer must be con- siderapie fire. One thing now is evident, at all events, that the coming campaign throughout the State will be one of the liveitest we have had for years, and that, no matter what the liberals may do, the republicans, judging from the way thi now look in’ che country districts, will have @ tremendous up hill work of it to carry the state even by @ bare majority. It isa long while yet, however, before the election takes Place, and when all the candidates are in the feild the rural “indications” can be relied upon with: greater safety than at present. THE LIBERAL CALL ‘The following is th call alluded to:— e liberal Huspouanrena Ligeast Star Comairren, | Sz, Damis H New Yor, August 12, 1y/4, Tore Linzeais ov Tux Brave op Nuw YORK:— You are hereby requested to meet in your respective icts, and to choose two delegates (and two alternates) to represent each Assembly district in a State Convention to be held in Albany on the second Wednes- jay (9th) September, at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the State offices for at the November election, and to transact whatever other business shall be thought proper. Your committee last fall enjoined upon you the neces- sity of perfecting your organizations. fhe transmission to these head of the names of many thousands of liberal re; was adopted. hows how extensively this advice : cal meer og MD is the condition ot ‘orga nel Are devoted appeal to the genera les to whieh they thought and con- science of the country. ‘ The crowd of political evils disclosed to the public eye are exhorting the peopic to break loose trom party bonds and to spurn the heresy that places ‘‘party” above the government. Ta insist upon an honest clyil service, now flouted and crushed, to brand as intamous the politician’s rule that “to the victor belongs the spoils.” To remove from the conflict of selfish and hostile tac- tions the dearest right of the citizen, and to restore them to the people, To remove the freedom of the press beyond the op- D 1 of novel and unusual jurisdictions, invented for personal ends and bestowed on local courts to uniso offensive editors, proprietors and publishers of journals, by dragging them from their homes and sub- | Jecting them to trial by juries neither of the State nor of the district where, in contemplation of ihe constitution, the eomme having been actually and not con- | ee the trial only can be constita- i ‘To apply to the tatricate relations of capital and labor the wise Maxime which warn governments against clase jegislation and restrictions upon tree competition {eter thatentond thea iawial Ho tection ‘of the natdral rights of powers only to the eons abd property, | and denounce any further inte! m | usurpation and oppressio: vention is set down for It its now, Most of them believe, rather late in the day to attempt to whistle the liberal Strength down the wind with the mere breath o¢ ridicule, and that the general disinclination of the Deople to follow either of the two great party ban_ ners simply for the sake of party has but added to the liberal strength since the last election; not 80 Much indeed because tbe liberals are any better liked as a party than either of the other two, but that the mass of the voters who are not politicians will gladly support any third party which will put good men in tne fleld and show a determination to | put an end to the RASCALITIES IN OFFICE which have of late made a choice as between the democrats and the republicans & matter of con- siderable diMculty. week, when the republican leaders gave it out that their convention would be held on the 23d of September, that the democrats would hold their convention later, so as to be the better able to or- ganize their forces, having, as they would have, a thorough knowledge of the calibre of the guns the other party was to bring to bear against them. With this supposition was coupled anothe: that the iiberais would sleep on their arms till the other two parties had entered their pian of battle, thus holding the vantage ground, with a good Opportanity to disorganize either one or the | other by selecting their own standard bearers trom among the standard bearers of the two opposing jorces. Ana yet all these CAIQULATIONS HAVE BEEN THROWN TO THE WINDS by the liberals themselves, who, It is now evident, intend, by being first in the field, to reverse the ola order of things. Instead of their contenting themselves with indorsing certain candidates trotted out by the republicans or democrats they expect to compel them to indorse the liberal Candidates, or, not, suffer defeat. If this kind of aD operation wa3 put on foot by some “inde- Pendent” club of soreveads in some ward of the city where tworegular clubs were pitted against one anotber politicaily it would be called a “strike,” pure and simple, and the politicians who Pretend to know a great deal about the ipner workings of the liberal organization assert that this term would not be misapplied if used to describe the motive that actuates the liberals in hoiding their convention before the other conven- tions meet. It is at any rate, say the politicians, an open avowal on the part of the liberal managers that they want to be “seen” in some shape, and that irom this time forward till the day the con- vention meets in Albany they will be ready to re- ceive sealed proposais and that they reserve to | themselves the right to reject any and all bids if the public (liberal) weal requires it. Now, how- ever, that they have taken the stand that they | have, the politicians of both parties will doubtless in a jew Gays begin to look over the situation calmly and see what they can do about it. Yester- day there were but a few of the prominent men in either camp who had learned of the substance of the proposed liberal call. | Thetr opinions reflected, without a doubt, the general opinion that will be entertained by | the reguiar followers of each when they come to | Tealize to-day the juli importance of the step taken by the handfui of patriots so well known | only a jew days ago a6 assistant democrats. They were, one and ail, those who were spoken to | about it, very much surprised at the cali, ana de- clared that it looked asif ‘John and his boys’? meant mischief. Those who, from long experience in the artful dodging practised by convention manufacturers, know a thing or two about “early” | conventions of third parties, frankly said that it was nothing more than a bid for A SHARK OF THE SPOILS, “It might have closed,’ said one of these witty ones, “in this way:—‘Genotiemen who intend to take part in the republican and democratic con- tions to be held next month are hereby given Fohiee that a select assembly of would-be office- holders and office-controllers are w meet ina frieandiy way shortly to take into consideration | what 18 iairly due them as patriote in the way of Custom House appointments and , the question as to who is to be the next United States Senator from New York to aepend entirely upon the result of the deliberu- tions, Republicans and democrats who have any- thing to do with the “preliminaries” of their re- spective party couventions wili do well to make Such suggestions to us as will lead to an amicable understanding, regardiess of party ties or the ‘Wishes of those voters who do not care for office.’ ” lm connection with the call it may stated that Many o1 tie democrats believe thet the liberals’ sole Motive in holding their convention before the Others ts to put Henry R. Selden in the field for Lieutenant Governor, giving tae nomination of Governor to Chiet Justice Church—all this with @ view of compelling the democrats to indorse Belden wiule taking Church giadly of their own accord | jor the ‘first i is republicans, and amon, them alll, | tiny to say, the opinion seems wo prevail that the dodge of holding the convention betore the others is @ part or eet of Senator Fenton's little plan to force the administration into an open rt oi his claims for a re-election to the Unked Senate, it is now known beyond a doubt | that he and his friends and certain people who are position the scouted some ticket. by or It was generally believed last | ence wit railroad corporatio | To release from official spies and plunderers the life | and purse of States and persons aiready burdened with | excessive taxation. | qyfoaneh te dain made upon private resonrces by | the capricious vacillations of @ contracting and expand. ing paper currency, and to restore the business of the couniry to the certain and immutable laws inherent in | ‘the world’s specie system ot exchange. : | To estimate correctly the faise professions by which party corruption insidiously saps the public welfare, and to fix their hopes on personul probity and public faith as the ouly security of public affairs, | To repress the encroachments ot the federal authority | upon the rights of local self-government, and to retrieve municipal rights from usurping Legislauires. To devise and apply constitutional restraints upon the guilty excesses of the present system of railroad trans- portation between the producing and consuming sec- tigns of the country. Toprotect the farmer and his brother produoers, the mechatic and the laborer, and to cherish their Interest To withdraw the efction of President and Vice P: ident from State colleges of irresponsible electors and Fefer it to a direct vou of the people, under the restric- tion of eligibility to but a single term ot office. To rebuke prodigality im the admumistration of the te finances and to subject them to a rigid economy; to extend the state system of canals to the pressing 0x: igencies of our interior commerce, and. to support all such of the amendments proposed to the State constitu- ith thei 0. To drag.away the bo hg domain trom greedy, conspir- | i ns. tion as shall, upon careful scrutiny, appear to iavor simplicity and purity in government and the largest Personal freedom compatipie with civil liberty. And believing that the necessity of these reforms re- | ja | dent electors of the State. who, coinciding in them, do Not perceive anything in their attachment to the one or the other of the old parties to prevent joining their fel- low-citizens in an effort for good government, to unite with us in choosing delegates and their alternates, By order of the Liberal State Committee. JOHN COCHRANE, Chairman. Brnsamuy A. Wiiurs, Temporary Secretary. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. It is now almost certain that the democrats, in- stead of holding their convention on the 29th of September (a week after the republicans wil! hold theirs), will hold 1 before the republicans. It 13 believed that the 18th of September will be the | date and Utica the piace where it wili be held. REUBEN E. FENTON. SRA Review of the Political Situation in the Thirty-second Congressional District— Senator Fenton’s Plans and Purposes— What He Will Probably Do. A spectal correspondent of the Buffalo Commer Olean, N. Y., August 7, says:— Perpaps a few words on the political situation of the Thirty-second Congressional district m: | Interesting to your readers. Thw district has av tained no little notoriety in consequence of the uires the united action of all their friends, wherever | ey may be, we do most earnestly invite the indepen- | flect upon the folly of putting too much truss in strangers. It not known that Fenton t money into this new concern, but Rt Cast us right bower, Hon. M Allen, did, and so dia W. . Wel late County ‘Clerk, apd Hon. John P. 8 8 Maren, Dr. Whitney and other this county. Now, does not this attempt to establish an organ for the ean inet aes a ee I do believe, how- ever, that many ot those w! have hitherto voted with the Hberals have seen the folly of their gu) the republican hand evan ee. leations that many of in our Olean iiberais will ae this, and their example will be followed elsewhere by men who went into the lberal movement with honest and sincere purposes. LOCAL POLITICS are beginning to attract attention. The chief pointe of interest are the nominations for the As- Sembly and a Representative in Col these prognostication as to Fenton's course prove true the opposition candidate for Congress will be & democrat and the candidates for Assembly will be liberals or Fenton democrats, Fenton desires to hold the balance of power tn the next Legisla- as and will sacrifice everything to attain that e THE NORTH CAROLINA ELECTION. Views of = Conservative Editor the Recent Demoeratio Victory—The De- moralizead Democrats Rallied by Sumner’s Legacy. Ricumonp, Va., August 10, 1874. To-day I accidentally met a North Carolina jour- Dalist who is well Known in the politics and leitera Of tne South, and, aware of bis large and intimate acquaintance with Southern men and affaira, I immediately sought his interpretation of the democratic earthquake in which radicalism and Grantism were completely overwhelmed. My con- versation with this gentleman, who very cour- teously responded to the inquiries of your cor Tespondent, was substantially as follows:— CORRESPONDENT—Have you seen enough of the recent canvass in North Carolina to justify you in explaining a result which, in view of previous eleo- tions in your State, has been something of a sur- prise to the country ¢ JOURNALIST—Oh, yes; and I think there can be no ground of doubt as to the meaning of the result in our State. However, I would say that the re- sult was not a surprise to usin North Oarolina. For example, Colonel Pool, our candidate for S8u- perintendent of Public Instruction, assured me at Fayetteville, more than a month ago, that he would beat his radical opponent at least 10,000 votes, and | the result has verified his prophecy. There were some apprehensions during the canvass in the Raleigh Congressional district and in the First district, both of which are now represented by | radicals, and in which we had to make heavy | gains to secure success, but even ag to those 1o- caltties the prevalent feeling was one of conf, | dence. ConnEsronpsyr—Will you give me your idea of | the cause of this confidence, because the impres- | sion outside of your State was that the North Carolina democrats and conservatives were badly demoralized? JouRNALIST—We were badly disorganized by our defeat in August, 1872, when, as our people know, they were cheated by United States Senator Pool and United States Marshal Carrow out of the fruits ofa splenaid victory, and after Grant's re- election 1t looked fora long time as if our party organization was forever gone. Of this state of things you need no better evidence than that afforded by the election of Merrimon to the Senate over Vance, when the latter was the regular nominee of the conservative caucus and when we had 9 mafor- ity of seventy-four votes on a joint ballot in the Legislature. After that result has so un- muistakably shown the brittleness of our organiza- tion, and after other and minor events indicating the general demoralization among our people, I know that the gravest apprehensions were enter- j tained by our best pabitc men. Nothing could | bave been more gloomy than the outlook m North | Carolina a few months ago, THE APATHY OF THE PEOPLE consequent upon the belief that radicalism was in- trenched in the State so securely that it could | not be displaced was appalling, especially because of the grave importance of the coming elections, While it was of importance to secure members of | Congress it was of vastly more importance to secure @ conservative Legislature and conser- vative judges in the judicial districts where elec- tions were to be held. CORRESPONDENT—Then your judges are elected by_the people? JOURN aLIsT—Certainly; that is one of the choicest Diessings bequeathed to the people of North Caro- | any bitter political contests of which it has been | | the scene, most of them growing out of the at- | tempts of the Hon. Reuben E. Fenton to rule & ruin the republican party ot Chautauq! attaraugua, When the partare” of 1872 began there was im the district a very strong anti-Fenton element; and tt is not improb- able that the Knowledge of this had something to do with Fenton’s subsequent action. Finding that his bold upon the republican party was growing weaker and weaker, he sought to build up a new party by combining his personal jollowers with the democracy. It was true that the democrats thoroughly hated bim and believed him to be a bad man; but it is characteristic of the modern de- | mocracy to keep an eye on the main chance, and they ere ready to avail themselves of anything that promises to help them into power. The alacrity with which they will swallow the most ob- Noxious doses was weil illustrated in the cam) | of 1872, when they accepted Greeley as their leader and professed to endorse the Pe jeatares of the republican jorm. fenton, therefore, Teasoned wisely when he concluded that the democrats of this distriet would forget his for- mer treachery to the party and would again accept him as their jeader. Since 1872 he nas shaped and controlled the policy of the democratic party here, | 8nd will continue w do so until he turns another | Political somerset ana comes up under new aus- pices. Inotice that there issome discussion in the papers as to Fenton’s present political tion. It is asserted on the one hand tha | desirous of returning to the republican fold, ON the other it is as strongly asserted that hi | entire sympathy with the democracy. It may be | asked whicn assertion is true? If{ were to answer I should say—both. Fenton is always for Fenton— | #enton first, Fenton last and Fenton all the time. Republicanism is nothing to him, neither is democracy, so long as Fenton’s interests are Promoted. And I believe it to be true that he is to-day professing to republicans his sympathy with the principles of that party, while at the same time he 1s assuring democrats that he is heart and hand with them in their opposition to the repub lican party. What he will actually do in the com- ing cam cannot be sately predicted, for it is probable t Fenton himself has not yet de- cided which course will help Fenton most. The probabilities are that he wili go with the this une Strengthened by "s NEW in this (Cattaraugus) county. ‘There is but one democratic paper in this county—the Cattara OUndon—edi' ublished by jowl with the President's go-vetweens, have held of inte repeated interviews, and that | have been made which have’ delighted | hearts of the Fentonites. It is said that Fen- | ton’s chief work is to have certain Assembly dis- where, “liberal” influence can avail, well X rhoieid ee eet ees a= gid hold the bai- power ssembly during the comin, If he succeeds, no matter ii wil the 4 rom- canvass should be | ited and pi by Robert Shank. and, a life-long democrat and a man of ie vigor and independence, 7 Sloane ited to Sou te uot Oro an my icles of Ae ge be Te ao > ublican ty because the} the Offices they wanted. Hence the ‘mon fs not just such an organ as Fenton and bis liberal fol- lowers want, and they made an attempt: recently | “civil rignts’’ jurnished the most important argu- | Ment and the most eloquent and glowing appeals. | term? | Upon that subject, but 1 am aimost positive in the belief tha i | Meet to-morrow tn a private hi made to him before the to start a new oni rinter named Miller, for- he will be master of the situation, and in | merly in th Dftlee of the Gattarangas e by the of the democrats, could bid de- | took the work. of organizing the concern, to th tion. On the other h: 6 several months in drumming w aa if whe pes) bim 4 good guaran tons to the capital stock. He succeeded in Y that he Dis frie will be properly cared for, | lecting some $1,600, but, getting discouraged with the democrats, if left in a minority by the reauit | the prospect, ‘when he had the money garely of the election, will be left to themseives and | in his pocket he thou nt of Gresley’s sage their misery. It is stated on pretty good au- | “Young man, go West,” and Wert he went, leav- Shority that just now the great bitch betwaan the | ing the 0: 2eaioua iberaia and democrats to 1e- | strength would endure. Anvther potent auxiliary | | Was the reappearance of public men who have | | cat Advertiser (republican organ), writing from | Would especially mention the Hon. George Davis, | lina by the carpet-baggers, negroes and scalla- | wags who framed our preeent constitution. And the radical judges in the State have been, perhaps, } the most violently partisan and despotic that-an; Southern State has been cursed with. It is not necessary to name them all; but the despotic par- tisanisms of Russell, Tourgee, Watts, and in fact of the whole tribe of so-called judges, has become known to ali who have followed the course of events in North Carolina during the past six or seven years. But, as I was saying & moment since, our condition was bad enough when, fortunate! for our salvation, Congress took up the Cit Rights bill, “SUMNER’S LEGACY OF HATE TO THR SOUTH,” and gave us an issue upon which we could once more rally our people. CoRkEBSPONDENT—Then you think that the civil | Hens issue defeated radicalism in North Caro- JOUBNALIST—Certainly; yet we were also alded by other iffiuences not to be overlooked in ex- | piaining our success, though that was the main | one. Upon it and under it our organizations be- | came better than at any election since the war. In Wilmington, the place of my residence, our | organization was almost perfect; the young men | turned out and worked unceasingly, and the old | men labored with @ like devotion, so far as physical | been buried since the war in voluntary retire- Ment upon the political arena. Of this class I | of Wilmington, late Attorney General of the late Confederacy, who has few 18 ‘anywhere as a public speaker, and whose | efforts in the canvass cannot be overesti- mated. Davis, Vance, Ransom and a hundred other minor orators came to the aid of Waddell, Scoles and other candidates of our party, and helped powerfully to arouse the masses.’ But Inbrief, I would say that “OLVIL RIGHTS” DID THE BUSINESS for radicalism in North Carolina, and I belleve it will bave a similar effect in the South wherever the voice of the white man 1s powerful. CORRESPONDENT—Detaining you for one mo ment—What do you think of Grant for a third JOURNALISI—My opinion is worthy of nothing no heaithy po aged sentiment prevails in North Carolina in favor of a third term for Grant. I Know of no public man in the State who for @ moment tolerates the idea—tnat is, avowedly. The idea, undouotedly, has taken hola of the Southern mind in particular localities, general: io a shape which presupposes toat the South wi be reduced again to the choice of cnoosing between evils—4, é., between Grant and something worse— in which event, of course, the lesser evil would be selected. The truth of the whole matter is that We in North Carolina are DISTRUSTFUL OP GRANT upon civil rights. So far he is committed, we be- eve, to civil rights in his message and general Policy, CORRESPONDENT—But suppose that the Civil Rights bill shail pass Congress next winter Grant shall veto it, what then o/ the atcitade the South toward Grant? JOURNALIST—Such a contin; fency would matert- ally alter the feeling toward Grant, But until then, as the French say, nous verrons. Bidding me a courteous “Good mornti editor took ® passing street car an HERALD correspondent musing upon the sigpifi- | Cant reticence of Southern politicians and editors upon this absorbing question of the third term. THE FLORIDA REPUBLICANS. Row at the Cenvention—The Governor Unable to Quell It, TALLAHASSEE, August 11, 1874, The Republican Convention for the nomination Of @ representative to Congress met at the Capitol to-day and adjourned to allow the Committee on Credentials to report, Meantime the boiters took jn of the fusing adiianion to regular delogtice, ‘Revaroe Stearns was unable to queil the riot. No firearms were used. The regular Ceyension will try to lM. LAROEBY OF RAILROAD TICKETS, Philtp Conlon, an elevator boy in the Grand Cen- tral Hotel, was arraigned vefore Jadge Morgan yesterday charged with stealing a quantity of tickets on the Vermont Centrai and Connecticut Raliroad, vaiued at $90, the pr. % Marsh, ot No. 290 Bast Sixt}-sccond surest The tickets were offered for sale by Conion on Monday y J. Frank Phetps, on the corner of Broadw: Twenty-third street, who had the boy arrest apd they were subsequently identified Marah as his property. mitied in @1-bad alt to a ULYSSES’ ASPIRATIONS. “Hope Deferred Maketh the Heart Sick.” The Responses to Whispers from the Seaside Capital. ‘The letters from Long Sranch published m tne HERALD relative to the third term discussion have been widely copied and commented upon by the press of the country, and bave had the effect of putting politicians who had remained until that time silent upon record. The HzRaLp has already given extracts from many influential journals, and to-day some additional ones are supplied. It ‘#8 & significant circumstance worthy of mention that Ben Hill and ex-Governor Smith, of Georgia, who had been credited by a correspondent of the Cincinnat! Commercial with “third termism,” have authorised a denial of the soft impeachment, and @ leading democratic paper of Georgia, com- menting upon the position of these gentiemen on this question, declares that “there is not a single public man tn Georgia in favor of the election of General Grant for another four years,” “We Wish Tom, Who Often Changes Boots with Grant, Would Explain Himself.” (From the Cincinnati Commercial—Independens.} The New Yosx Hegaxp brings us the news that Mr. Tom Murphy—yes, we remember Tom—has come to the conclusion that Grant's silence about the third term business ‘ds the highest wisdom, because peace and harmony are thus maintained among all the republican leaders aspiring to the succession and throughout the republican party.” This te rather an enigmatic or ambiguous utter- ance for Tom. lt looks as though Tom himself had really been led to believe after all that Grant has at least one eye on the third term. We have labored to find other meanings in it, or rather we have labored to get at its true meaning, but We can draw only one deduction from it—“Grant’s silence maintains ce and harmony.” If he should let out his thought, there would be a rum- us among republican aspirants ior the Presi- Roney. This is singular language, and we wish Tom, who oiten changes boots with Grant, would explain himself. A Western Opinion. [From the Chicago Tribune—tadependent.] ‘The possibility that General Grant may be a can- didate for a third term of the Presidency 1s one of those questions which will not be put at rest, and which bow seriously distarbs the comfort of several eminent republican statesmen. Tne New YORK HERALD, through @ correspondent at Long Branob, gives what purports to be the result of a confer- ence between the President and some friends in retation to his candidacy in 1876, The Tribune gives a summary of the points made by our correspondent and says :— Allthis may be authenstc or not, and yet it “dovetails” with many things known before. But the correspondent states that at this interview there was present ‘‘a leading liberal republican of the West,” who had visited the President to ascer- tain his views of such an alliance. The name of this leading liberal republican ta not given, nor is it said what State he hails from; but it is proper to remark that 1! any such person has been prome- ading any such errand at Long Branch he is an arrant humbug. The reasons which led the liberals away {rom the republican party in 1872 were of General Grant’s making principally, and they are more numerous and weighty now than they were then. It is further stated, as an indi- cation of the President's desire to unite with the Uberal repubhcans, that he has proposed to aid in securing the nomination of Senator Fenton as the republican candidate for Governor of New York, to the dismay and annihilation of Conkling and the other party leaders in that State, Whether this be true or not, it bas no significance outside of New York. The liberal republican movement in the West io 1872, War an honest one, having for its purpose needed reforms in the government. Those re- forms are more needed now than ever before. They have found their most stolid and inexorable antagonist in the President. Jt is impossible to separate him from the abuses originated, fostered and enjoyed by him during his six years adminis- tration, and, though he may now choose to aban- don the republican party, which he has used as a packhorse, and may deciare himself a reformer, the liberal republicans of the West can have no confidence in him, nor will they consent to place him in @ position where he may defy public senti- ment four years longer.§ Don’t Take Stock in It. (From the Boston Journal—anti-Grant republican.) It will take something more than the word of a Long Branch correspondent of the New Yorr HERALD, relating the purport of an interview be- tween a leading liveral republican and President Grant, to convince the public that the President has reaily announced his plans for running for a third term. Our Presidents—if we except the greatest of all, Washington—have generally re- tired at the end of their second term, because that limitation had become the accepted rule and sov- ereign, though unwritten, law of the land, What Was to be Lad the force of destiny, and so every President contormed w it from the moment he was fortunate enough to secure his second term. It will be dificult to beiteve that President Grant will allow hia personal wishes to disregard this great public rule which has imbedded itsel! in 1! ‘will of the nation and has had the sincere observ- ance of such men as Washington and Jefferson, Madison and Jackson. The latter, who was not certainly the most disinterested in the list, might easily have secured a third term, probably, if he bad so determined, for he led a dominant party as no man does in these Son i Is Grant less unselfish than Jackson, less regardful of the settied proprie- ties of his high station, lesa observant of the prin- ciples on which, and of the wi: whom, he was elevated to power? We have no reason to believe anything of the kind. We know there are sycophants enough surrounding the President to ply him with appeals and entreaties to be a candidate again; but all that these men are thinking of is their own chance jor office. And | probably their only ground of anticipating success is the vague feeling that ove who has been so suc- cessful hitherto will continue to be to the end. It is 4 mere gambler’s reliance upon bis iuck and is sure of failure. Grant Means to Try for It. (From the Alpany Argns—democratic.] The Argus was one of the first papers to call public attention to the signs indicating General Grant's design of attempting to secure a third term in the Presidential chair. Since that we have seen numerous and unmistakable indications that we had correctly construed the signs we had noticed, Not & week has since passed in which we have not observed evidence confirmatory of our conclusions, His re- mo’ and appointments have since been Made with reference to this object, The rec- ommendations in his messages, his vetoing and signing bills passed by Congress, and ann uncia- tions to the public in various “forma, all point to the same conclusion. His being everywhere, ex- cept in his office at home, is unmistakable evi- dence that he is seeking to make personal ac- qaaintances and to enlist support for a renomina- tion, with & confident hope that nis re-election would follow. The oMceholders under him read his wishes, and, by conforming to them, retain and long expect to hold the places they now occupy. fae ene oliticians are fast coming into m6 «with hfs drill oMcers, and expect sup- boa tn their struggies for office trom those ie controls, For @ time his friends were reticent about his third term. But the plans have been so tar matured that they no longer keep shady. Among the mass of leading republicans disguise is no longer worn. It ia now as certain that General Grant is seeking @ nomination as it was a year before his last election. At the South, where he ruled with unquestioned sway. no one doubts his intentions or those of his leading friends. He no longer conceais, but openly avows his intentions, as those about him at Long Branch write to the Newspapers, At the North and West few deny the design of giving General Grant a third term. Those who doubt the expediency of it are being silenced and will soon cease to grombie and complain. The thing has been decreed and all they oar will not change it. He will be re- nominated, Cau he be re-elected? Not if the democracy are true to themselves, Grants Aspirations for a Third Term, (From the Altoona (Pa.) Tribune—independent.) The Naw YoR« HzRaxp in the lead and hundreds Of less influential journals in the wake still keep alive the ory of Grant’s aspirations for a third term. It seems hardly possible that, even if nomi- nated, he could secure an election; and, with his whole course in antagonism with the republicans in Congr his indorsement or support by them is with ar tae pale of probability. ea * * These are but pions and inierences, founded upon tical gossip from Long Branch and the by ug of such journals as the New Youre HmrRatp and the Indianapolis Bat few of the prominent republican journals in the North give mach credence to these third term rumors, most of them treating the mere idea aa an absurdity. Several of the Southern pa- pers, a8 well as sevoral Soathern politicians, regard rant’s candidacy and re-election asa foregone conclusion; but whether, like Governor Kemper, of Virginia, they accept it as the least of probable evils. or Irom ainoare bellef that their gection ta | 8 of those by | more Ukely to obtain relief under Grant than a Preside: pid and es nt, 1s ona ae njecture. these speculations Dart ot an idea, howore , pa o destined to rise to r, they are desi the dignity of serious comtempiatio “It Is Homsensical.” (From the Washington, Repabucan—sdministra- In the form of @ letter from Long Branch the New York HERALD yesterday morning printed one of its usual summer sopsations, professes to bave authentic and defnite toformation that General Grant has fully determined to seek @ third term, and in the pursuance of that end bas resolved to throw overboard the repubil- can ana bags 4 make an alliance with the demo- fate ot Ne" UocRR tia, MS Se em | Virginia, Whether General Grant does’ or Goes not entertain an idea of a revuomtnation is not tho question. That, he has not answered, and we belteve will not answer, because the time to do 80 has not come. The intial election 1s more than two years off; one-half of his second term 1s still unexpired, and he ia not in the habit of deciding questions until they are properly and in their due order presented to him. The olitisiangs begs worried and nervous, and anx- jous, but that is not nis fault, and not of his crea- fon. Again, the idea that he should contemplate a ‘gain of the character indicated by the fants is nonsensical and not worthy of a mo- ment’s consideration. General Grant’s Plans tor a Third Term. (From the Saratoga Daily Sentinel—ropubiican.) Last year the Naw York HBRaLD had a series of articles charging that President Grant was seck- ing a re-election for a third term, They attracted Much attention, being well written; but few could be brought, however, to think that there was any- ow serious in the matter, and they received Muoh ridicule from leading papers of all classes. Now the third term subject is assuming such pro- lons as to be troated sertously by many lead- we Bg od and the HERALD again comes to the front with the following information, which, in view af the correctness a tts ions last year will be some , (The Sentinel here copies extracts from: the HERALD'S mone Branch letter on the third term question,— as ai A Significant Publication. (From the Richmond (Va) Whig—conservative.) The Washington Wationat Republican is gener- ally regarded as the peculiar organ of President Grant. It has recently contained editorials snd communications looking to his candidacy for a third term. Its iasue of Wednesday last contained an eiaborate review of General Grant’s military services and character, which is to be followed by Another article deseriptive of him as a civilian. Both of these papers are said by the Repudzican to be ‘from the pen of a distinguished Southern ticlan, who, more than twenty years ago, held a Seat in Congress.” All these things, pointing in the same direction, would seem to presago that ne President is seriously contemplating a third erm, The Herald Talks Sound Sense. [From the Mobile Regtster—vonservative.] The New York HEeRAp talks sound sense on this subject, and our despairing people would do well to heed ita advice. I¢ is only mistaken in its idea that “the Southern feeling in favor of a third term for Grant 1s as much the offspring of a desire to embarrass the government as was the movement in favor of secession.” The motive in both cases is mistaken, The “offspring” of both movements 18 a love of liberty, which burns as fiercely in the Soath as un any soil of the globe. Even tf revenge were the moving cause, the South 18 not 1001 enough to condemn the North to tyranny that ‘Would crush itself. Southern Feeling Wholly Misunder- stood. (From the Austin (Texas) Statesman—democratic.} * © © We assert, without the fear of contra- dictton that there could not be mastered up enough men to form a regiment in favor of making him either President or Emperor, outside of ofice- holders or office-seekers, The feelings and spirit of Southern men have been wholly misunderstood. While they have looked with amazement and sor- row be og the anarchy and ruin which have been brought upon their section, yet they have never been such fools as to suppose that this condition Would be improved by the re-election of the very man above all others who had brought that condi- | tion upon them. He Has No Chance for Re-Election. [From the Lynchburg Virginian—conservative.] Branch, our theory is that the Prestdent would be | glad to secure a third, and even a fourth term; but we have no idea that, with the example of Andrew Johnson before him, he is prepared at this stage of tue Gpme to take the advanced step indi- cated by the ,ALD’S reporter, CENTRAL AMERICA. ——_—_+_—_ The Panama Railway Traffic Slightly Interrupted—Trade Greatly Depressed— The Cuba Deputation Embarked for Pera—Colombian Rule Relative to Limited State Claims—Earthquake Shook in Chile. PANAMA, August 3, 1874, The unusually rainy weather continues on the Isthmas, and resulted a few days ago in flooding ‘the railroad, but without any particular bad re- sults, further than one day’s interruption of trafic, TRADE STILL DEPRESSED—FAILURES. The commercial depression in Panama still con- tinues, There is an almost absolute want of Pearl shells being at a standstill. Exchange on England is at 6per cent premium and on New York 7%, being scarce even at that, The failure of the following houses abroad has had a disastrous effect on commerce here, and has placed in a serious predicamen: many commercial houses tn Panama. First came the names of | Messrs. Lazardi, Torre, Solis & Co.; Oppenheim & Schrader, of London; and on the 15th were reported, in addition, Messrs. Grant, Brodie & Co. ; Frinling & Co., and 1. R. Yglesias & Co., of London. THE CUBAN DEPUTATION. General Quesada, Colonel Melcher Aguero and Sefior Antonio Zembrano, formerly members of the Cuban Congress, arrived here trom Jamaica on the 23d ult. Messrs. Quesada and Zembrano pro- ceeded to Peru by the steamer of the 24th ult. on business connected with the cause of the patriots. Mr. Aguero is engaged in a similar undertaking, LEGISLATORS IN RECKSS, All the Senators and Representatives from this State have returned from Bogota, the capital. Senator General Buenaventura Coreoso left by the steamer Pacific on the 26th ult. for Costa Kica. BRITISH NAVAL MOVEMENTS. mand of the British squadron in the Pacific, ar- rived here this morning by the mail steamer from Callao. The Admiral will proceed hence at once in Her Britannic Majesty’s steamer Tenedos to San José de Guatemala, where the entire British fleet 18 ordered to assemble and {inquire into the flogging of the British Consul (Magee), and de- mand suitable reparation and apology. UNITED STATES CLAIMS, The Dtarto il, of Bogota, of June 16, pub- lishes Law 43 of 1874 (15th June), in reference to @ claim of the United States of America, which reads a8 follows :— Anricrx 1.—Let the National Fxecative be authorized to celebrate with the government of the United States of America an agreement with the object of submitting to | adecision of arbiters the claim which the said govern- ment has made against that of Colombia for the capture of the steamer Montijo, which took place in the national Waters in the month of April, 1st by Tomas Herrera and other Individuals of the state of Panama. i@ agreement to be celebrated can be | effect without the necessity of the subseq ot Congress. i | Ecuador, This Republic has fallen into a terrible state of financial depression. ‘fhe Merchants’ Exchange of Guayaquil bas represented the matter to the government, and given it as their opinion that the ruin with which the country was threatened could only be averted by the Bank of Ecuador being obliged to comply with the banking law, that the circulation of compulsory notes should cease, and that the prohibition against the exportation of allver coin or silver in bars should be removed. It is represented that the country had already Made great sacrifices in order to get rid of the “sols money,” expecting better things, but now matters are worse, owing to the restrictions placed by fs Bank of Ecuador in changing ita notes, and that the merchants had lost about a milion of dollars already by the excessive rates of exohange with which they have had to put up in making payments to their creditors abroad. Peru. CALLAO, July 28, 1874, The Peruvian people have nad ali their attention 80 taken up with the programme of fesuvities with which the anniversary of the independence of the Republic was to be ceiebrated that litte else has been thought of. Chile. On the morning of the 7th of July Valparaiso was visited by a strong snock of earthquake, al- most at the very same time as the memorable | shock on the same day of last year, the shook this fine eras, ooourred @t 2:07 A. M, and that of Rear Admiral Cochrane, Royal Navy, in com- | Apart from this reported conversation at Long | produce to ship, the extraction of both caucho and | SOUTH AMERICA. Parliamentary Progress in the Republics of Peru and Bolivia. Important Treaties with China and Russia. Presidential Politics and the Coolie Trade. Lr, Jaty 20, 1874 Congress is hard at work in the preparatory seg sions examining the credentials of the Deputies and Senators recentiy elected by the people. From some districts appear three claimants for the same seat, and only five elections took place where the honor of victory ts not contested, Conse. quently @ great deal depends on personal in fluence and government support. Much to tho surprise and dissatisfaction of the Executive, Dr. Laclano Benjamin Otsneros, the leader of the op- position, was chosen as Prestdent of the lower house for the preliminary meetings. General Prado was unanimously confirmed as Deputy for Callao, and still maintains the same sphinx-like reserve regarding the color of his political views. He bas recently been closeted with the President, and the enemies of the Executive regard him with Tather a dubious eye. Nevertheless, he ts the man of the hour, and no efforts are spared by either Party to gain his assistance and power. Until the regular sessions of Congress are opened, on the 28th inst, we will remain in the dark as to his proposed proceedings, a matter of very considera, ble interest just now, The opposition has cer tainly gained strength, but will employ it peace- fully and legally, There 1s less danger of an out- break than bas been for many years. Very good news was received by the Foreign Office here from the Peruvian Legation in London a few daysaince, to the effect that Captain Garcia y Garcia, THE MINISTER OF PERU TO OHINA, has celebrated a treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation with the government at Pekin, and that free emigration of Chinese laborers to Peru will be permitted under the guarantee of this Re- public for their humane and proper treatment. A Ohinese commission was shortly to be organized with the object of ‘visiting Peru and investigating into the condition of the coolies here employed. ‘This is certainly a great step for the Republic, It is well known that the principal obstacle to ma- terial progress in Peru, now that the era of revo- lutions and anarchy has passed away, is the SCARCITY OF LABOR. The agriculturists and sugar and cotton planters: along the coast are always short of hands, The en- hanced price of the coolie and the limttation of his term, the first from 800 to 450 soles per head, and the second from eight to aix years, also operate unfavorably. Now, with a Chinese immigradon like that received by California, and with no dan- ger of a repetition of the evils suffered there trom cheap labor and competition, Peru may start out afresh and gain her meritedstand as oe count! "The government will take all ne steps to prevent cruelty to the coolies, RUSSIAN ARBITRATION. Mr. de Lavaile, the Minister to St. Petersburg, has obtained from the Ozar bis consent to arbitrate in the celebrated Maria Lua case between Japan and Peru. The decision will be given by next June. A treaty of friendship has algo been si by Prince reeehekoe. and Lae Weg it nae clear that Peruvian diplomacy 1s af sccomplishing something harp a pte) Produce excellent results, BOLIVIA we learn-that Congress had been convoked for the 6th of August next. Deputies were rapidly arriv- ing at the present capital, Sucre, and among them the famous anti Ministerialist, elmpaal ees who, however, had greasy Telleved the minds efal eople by the eel ane of & manwesto, fnwnioh he states thathis intentions are patriotic, and he sees no benefit to be derived from revolt. Much interest 1s felt in the coming Presidential election, There are several candidates in the field. Corral himself, and General Dasa, who relies upon the co-operation of the Government, are the most conspicuous. Don Beliserio Salinas, Pretecs of La Paz, is also @ competitor, and some advices assure us that his supporters are very numerous. A GRAND “IDEA.” Sefior Reyes Cardona, representing Bolivia in Brazil, worked out a most extraordinary, but, if practicable, great idea. It ia nothing less than | to connect Brazil with Bolivia by a rallway extend- ing along the line of the Otriquis, to be prolonged as far as the Peruvian frontier, so a8 to reach the Puno and Moliendo Railroad, and thus form a con- tinuous track, with an inconsiderable break from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. Mr. Cardona informs hts government that the Baron de Maud regarded the scheme with much favor. Unfortu- Dately the authorities at Sucre throw cold water on the pian, stating that the magnitude of the un- dertaking was of such @ nature as to require the most serious investigation before entering upon it, nd ordering Mr. Cardona to take no fur’ steps ; i the matter. The Repubilo was perfectly tranqail at last ad- a THE QUESTION 6F CHURCH AND STATE. The vexed question with the Bishop of Are- quipa, arising from the extraordinary attitade assumed by a missionary father under the orders | Of that prelate against the supposed pernicious | teachings of an American book extensively circu- ; lated by the government among the teachers of the public schools, has subside it is evident that the administration of Per the delicate nature of the mi push the Bishop to extremities, ter, and was content With the strong note addressea by the Minister of Worship to that functionary, accepting witn as good grace as was possible the somewhat recal- citrant reply made to the secretary of the Bishop. The time has not yet arrived in Pera for an open conflict between Church and State, Still that time does not appear go distant as before. FINANCIERING IN EUROPE, ¢ A good dea of surprise bas been expressed here at the tone of the London and Parisian financial journals with regard to the guano fields of the South. Some doubt was held beshone organs re- specting the genuineness of the observations made by Captain Cookson, of the British war ship PetreL It should pe remembered that this officer went | Over the ground aiter the beds had been twice sur- veyed by intelligent European engineers in the employ of the government, whose estimate, reach- ing to nearly 7,500,000 tons, the Captain fully con- firmed. The creditors of Peru abroad should recoe lect that their ien on the Republifo is amply se- cured by the Northern deposits, and that in those of the South the nation has a fresh guarantee ta asa donaeee and virgin, of more than THE NAVAL BVOLUTIONS, The last news from the Peruvian squadron, sea on special service, was to the effect t! the sbips had put into Arica for @ rest and would shortly proceed further sonth. The famous monitors, so well known in the United States, had not behaved very well. For some time after leaving Callao they were towed by Other vessels of the fleet, but, the experiment porary enced it was aetermined to abandon them their own resources, This plan failed also in a measure, and @ couple of steamers were sent out to stay by and convoy them. Still, ne accident had occurred, and the commanders of the monitors rted their ability to handle their vessels more satisfactorily after the experience acquired. nae ————— BOARD OP POLIOB, Captain Speight Appointed Inspector, Vice Walling, Promoted. At the meeting of the Board of Police Commis- sioners yesterday afternoon Captain Francis 0. Speight, of the Thirty-second precinct, was unani- mously elected to fill the position of inspector vacated by the promotion of Mr. Walling to the Superintendency. Captain Speight is considered @ Most excellent officer, and has been on the forca continuously since the 23d of April, 1857, at which time he was transferred from the old Municipal ens tothe Metropolitan. He was taken direct rom civil life and made capt so that he has 0, | Now served in that capacity or @ period of nearly eighteen years. : ‘4 Look ovr! BO ie Board passed the following excellent reso- intipa in Se to the intolerable nuisance of boys bathing in the river along the city front:— esolved, Re That general order bo issued forthwith by the Superintendent to the captains of the police force, calling their atten numerous complaints from citizens with reference to bathing in public view along the river front of the city, and directing that r vigilance be exercised on the part of the force ir respective commands for the prevention re tind th of. Algo the following :— Resolved, That every member of the force shall serve for @ period of at least two yours after his appointment betore he shall be eligible to promotion or detail trom regular patrol duty, except that the same may be done by @ unanimous vote of the Board for extraordinar; meritorious services rendered the department as suck patrolman. CAUGHT IN TIME, Mrs. Eugente Viaene, of No. 239 Wooster street, caught Anatole Mandens in the act of breaking open @ box belonging to her, which contained @ watch, chain and locket, valued at $135, Mandens rao off a8 soon as pe was discovered, but was arrested by OMicer Finley, of the Filteenth precinct. He was searched in the station house, and the watch and chain were found in his possession. Jadge Mo ‘gan 8 oar id bail to anawar ab ara Be See beats ONG i ee ee