The New York Herald Newspaper, October 8, 1874, Page 3

.* MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICANS The State Nominating Convention | at Worcester Yesterday. | | | A Campaign Address by Con- gressman Dawes. NOMINATIONS. | THE Talbot for Governor—Knight for , Lieutenant Governor. WORCESTER, Oct, 7, 1874. Ato quarter of twelve o'clock George B. LoR- ING called the Convention to order, and read the call under which delegates were chosen, Mr. WILLIAMS, of Worcester, moved that Mr. | Loring be chosen temporary Chairman, Carried, Mr. LORING, On taking the chair, said:— GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTION—I am much obliged to you for tiis courtesy, and I mg to remind you that you are here as thé representatives of the powerful repub- lican party of the State of Massachusetts—a party powerful in its traditions, powerfal in its tate, poweriul in its men, I trust that tne pro- ceedings of this day wii) tend to confirm that power in the Commonwealth and in the nation, On motion, members of Congress and of the State Committee were invited to seats. On motion of Mr, Rice, of Worcester, James b. Joslyn, of Hudson, was made temporary Secretary. | Mr. JosL¥N declined, and named George S. Mer- | rill, Who was elected, APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. On motion, it was ordered that committees be appointed ou permanent organization, credentials : and resolutions, The CuArR named the committees:—Arthur Biscoe, of Westboro, as chairman of that on per- | manent organization; Hartley Williams, of cre. | dentials, and M. F, Dickinson, Jr., of Boston, of resolutions, 4 ‘she committees on Organization and Creaen- tials were directed to meet at once in the ante> rooms, | Mr. SwIFT, of Boston, moved that all resolutions | i principle offered to this Convention be referred without debate, to the Committee on Resolutions. Mr. Biscor, trom the Organization Committee reported the oficers, with Henry L. Dawes, of Pittsfield, as President. ‘Yhe report was accepted. On motion ot Mr, BEARD, a committee of three | Was appointed to wait on Mr. Dawes, inform hin Of jis selection and escort him to the chair—vi: A. W. Beard, of Boston; Hop. John KE. Saniord, | Taunton, and C. C. Dowe, ot Newvuryport. | ‘The committee retired, and soon after returned with Mr. Dawes, who took the chair amd ap- Plause, and called upon Rev. C, D. Hulls, who offered prayer. MR. DAWES’ SPEECH. Mr, Dawes then said:— i GENTLEMEN oF THE CONVENTION—Before the Convention shall proceed to the consideration of the business tor ‘whicn it is assembled you will permit me to return my Most grateful acknowledyments for the honor conferred oD me by an invitation to preside over its deliberavions. fet honor derives its chief value trom the fact taat this @ Convention of Massachusetts republicans, It was in is Commonwealth taat a political organization to Meet an overshadowing national peril with the princi- jes of the republis party bad its origin; and here oge principles have commanded an untulferine sup- t, through all the phases of early development, in very emergency of conflict with national enemies ind during all the subsequent years of doubt and discourage- ment, waiting on the work of national restoration. And Bow, without a stain upon its honor, with the betrayal of no trast committed to its care, its representatives are jathered in convention here to-duy. in the State of ite Irth, to deserve continued support by correcting the @rrors and missteps of the past by an enlightened and veal in the present, and by nm wise | prehensive statesmanship tor the tu. | a seek to tickle the ear Dy boasting ot past achievements, nor to turn your at- tention from the duty of the hour to the glorious record dy made up by the republican party. Itis nat on these we live. According as we shall meet the present And prepare for the future will be the measure ot pub- Hc confidence bestowed upon us. We must deserve suc- ess or not hope to succeed. No purty can live upon its Past. To stand still is to go backward. Let the brilliant record of what has been done serve but to light up the path of duty thus make more plain what is Let it demon- strated that party — which ied this Bation safely through the red sea of the rebellion, has capacity to meet every new exigency and cope with every new force that shail spring up’ in its pathway. What that party hasdoue which it ought not to have done let it not hesitate to undo; whatit has yet left un- done let it make haste to accomplish. The unbroken | control of public aftairs in Massachusetts, trom the | beginning of republican power, brings to your oor not security but increased responsibility and earttest work. ‘That wise policy which has so successfully carried, well nigh to completion, one of the grandest works of internal Smprovement of this or any axe, require atthe hands of those who bogan it that they should solve for Massachusetis the problem of cheap transportation and bring back to her In return tor her expenditures the wealth of new industries and enlarged’ competition in old ones. The burden of taxation which the necessities 1 the war and the great undertakings of the state nav fad upon. her people demand also from those who are Tesponsible for these burdens that the clesents of neces- sity and equalization should pervade every system created tor their enforcement. The presence of these two clements will litt without complaint the heaviest | jen of taxation—their absence will make the lightest too heavy to be tolerated by the Massachuseits tax- paver, The labor of the State is its largest capital, and js entitled to the most remunerative " in vestmnent that will not aod fair return to those inseparable from that of labor itselt. juestions of legislation now agitating the public mind, as inking men we differ in respect to the means aud methods, and their just limitauions; but in the great Purposes and beneficent ends to be attained we are a nit and in earnest. ‘Kus our work ends not here: we are also a part of that great national organization out of ihe glory of whose comes the light which illumines the present, and e voice which 1s the inspiration of the future. As we @iail discharge our duty at home, so shall we meet ments ot the larger and broader re éi pai le and com ture. I o ority, ‘The voice and vote { Massachusetts in the couricils of the nation have been Unbroken and undivided since the republican party has had a being. Shall they so continue? THE SPIRIT OF THE REBELLION, always sleeping so long as republican rule seems secure, Dut instinctively waking into Incarnate ferocity at the faintest promise of a return of the democrauc party to power lias becn deluded by the spring elections, and 44 come out trom its lurking places {ull armed to hunt and murder the loyal citizens, whom it hates. At such ‘@ time Massachusetts cannot ‘afford to break’ her front and give a single vote to that party with which, by some strange instinct the “Walte Leaguer” and’ the Ku Klux ally themselves and ise to be shaken off. There not @ democrat in Maasachnsetts, 1 ‘know, whose soul does not revolt at the atrocities daily committed on detenceless Southern citi- * zens, and who would not shun their perpetrators as he 4 wouid a leper? And vet the inevitable tendency of 8 is stronger than good resolutions. Politicat allies tbe political friends, until the humblest American nin te meanest hovel. though his aco he as black asthe heart of his persecutor, shiil Le armed with all Jega) weapons to defend nimself in the enjoyment of ‘every civil right to which the constitution enitles him. There is no room in the Massachusetis delegation in Gongress tor a single representative of that parcy ‘whose votes are uniformly withheld trom such legisia- Gon. Massachusetts basa sacred legacy in the civil Rights bill which she cannot barter away nor intrust to any uniriendly keeping. ‘The recent outrages apon the homes and ilves ot colored citizens at the South are shocking the heart of the nation, and the at- tempts to overthrow constitutea authority in Southern Staces are filling it with serious forebodings. But these violent demonstrations are premature, and will deteat their own ends. They have taught the people, before it Was tco iste, fo wilhihold contidence trom mere profes. sions, and to'devoutly thank Gou that a Grant, and not @ Buchanan, wields the power of the government, No more than'in civil mghts can the Massachusetts Tepublicans abate their zeal in the maintenance of the public faith, endangered by talse ores of finance and open assaults, which the Kxecutive, whom they support, interposed as a shield the just exercise of his constitu | tonal prerogative. They will stand by ihe government | of their choice in this controversy so long as there shall | exist upposition to the restoration of gold and silver as the only true basis of the currency. The early resump. tion of specie payments and the payment of the debt of nation in the money recognized by the civilized world. !n all this work, local and national, the repub- lican party will be true to its tradiuons and search it- self. No taint of corruption in office will go unpunisned ; ho unfaithtuiness in public trust will be permitted to escape accou ity, never imitating that Pharissical | spirit which conrents itself with loud denunciations of ‘ corruption and crime in others, while carefully conceal- ing its own detaults, REPUBLICANISM FRORES ITs OWN soRKS ‘ong thereby—pltcks out its own offending members, wherever they may be, and casts them trom the public service. It will leave to others the task of discovering motes with beams in their own eyes, with- outtear that the people cau be deceived thereby, Nor an they be won 1 ures by that democratic sc professes absolute tree, trade in Mai fon iy Pennsylvania. hard inoney it ur the support of republican meas. 0 wonism which ated greenbacks an. repudiation in Ohio nd w Warof races iu the South. Levit be that incompatibility of principles in like incompatibuity of temper in the household. a8 sure to breed dissolution, you shall be true to your ti and awake to your op- ortunities, then will it be demonstrated that by and hrough the republican party of the State and nation shall tie live issues of the present and the just expecta tons of the future be successtully met. will it be thi Thus and toen in and through thé republican party shall the civil service be regencrated, the public faith’ main- tained inviolate, the public expenditures reduced to the lowest point ot necessity and efficiency, the currency lifted to the specic level, the national debt placed upon & basis of gradual extinétion in coin, the Industries uf the land so cared for that the American laborer shall control the labor and the wages that supply te At: ican consumer, and the lawless assassin and uncured Febel sail be taught to respect the civil rights of every citizen and the constituted authorities of every state. fo accomplish these results is the datv of the hour. They He in the direct pathway of the republican party and their attainment Is the condition of continued suc- cess, But in the near future, even at our very doors, are of the utmost gravity and of te broadest the solution of which there will be no ew | and proceed to choose delegates tor | purity of his lite and of hi | sion of the coufidence oa the part of the Convention that, | trunsgressed, not only upon the rules NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY! OCTOBER 8, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. WO Weak to rap oe m? The subtle and of the Yelogrup) and steam covering the nerves and arteries of new communica- Hon and of transmission, crevsing State lines, pass under rivers, over mountains and through tunuels, an binding the’ pation in one unbroken and imextricahle network, were unknown Yo the fathers who made thiy 4 Republic of separate States. These are working out their marvellous results through corporate powers and combined forces that rival the govern nent itself in their ability to control the people and thelr interests. What shall be hereafter their relations to that government ? Where shill the limit aud check be placed ¢ These are questions to Which the political ear cannot be indifferent if it would. ere ANOTHER AND 4 GhrA: S than all others confronts the thoughttul statesman es he turns his face to ihe future. The power of tae central government is increasing, while that of the States is de- Creasing. the necessity of an efilcient, unquestioned central power during the War and the subsequent periods of public disturbanes. combined with great changes Produced both in the character and methods of ail active life in this great people, ») reading daily tarther and farther, dally comsolidaung and centrabe ing ail ‘he nes) by which men move and are moved, have contributed to make centralization @ habit of thought too familiar for salety. Under these dnduences and yielding to these tendencies shall state lines be permitted to fade and State authority to decay | while we become more aud more one nation and one government, or shall a stoutor and firmer resistance to the drt aud current hold Union and the States each In itsown sphere intact and unimpaired, and all in that one grand whole fitly described to be “Distinct ws the Waves, yet one as the sea 2” The tuture of the Republic is erowded with great ques- tions hitherto unknown or of hittle moment, but the set- ntot which cannot be ignored by those who shill mister its affairs. To grapple with these as they shall rise, and to solve them in that broad and catholic spirit which shall command the final approval of a great and growing peopto, 18 the golden opportumty of the republican party. Will it prove itself san 1 to the ast Exnec atone ne faturer thay fai ie Aidoas and its stutesmansnip, and that lf the Yong years to | come tt will continue to win suecess by deserving 1% ! Gentlemen of the Convention, | congratulate you on | has always been a democrat, a man whose char- | ter is above reproach and who Is well known to the grandeur of the work before Jou, and I congratulate he) Bn 7 yg pation on the earnestness with which you ler Won é . Daves’ speech was frequently interrupted by manifestations of approval. His reference to Grant in contrast to Buchanan especially e.icited long continued applause, a8 was also its conciu- sto Mr. SLACK, of Boston, moved that, there being very few contesting delegates, the Convention roceea to nominate a candidate ior Governor of ‘he Commonwealth. Carried. Mr. FLOOD, ot Boston, moved that a committee | of five at large and ove from each county be ap- pointed to receive and count the ballots. Carried. On motion 1¢ was also ordered that the vole be taken by counties, and that tne tellers stand upon | the platform to receive tne ballots. A motion was made and fecolpal that the first | baliot for Governor be informal On motion of Mr. Hows, of Cambridge, it was agreed that at the completion of the ballot for Governor, the Convention take a recess until two o'clock, and the delegations 0! Senatorial districts were requested in the meantime to settle their | respective nominees tor the State Commitice. There were no presentations of candidates, and the Chair called upon the delegates to come tor- ward by counties aud deposit their votes for Gov- ernor,. As each delegation cast its vote it retired from the hall ior the recess. ‘ FOR GOVERNRR, E YOLES Pending Fits balloting @ motion was made and carried extending tne recess until Ga!\-past two, Jt was known informally at twenty minutes past two P. M. that the whole number ot votes cast was , of which Mr, Taibot bad 755; Mr, Loring, 193; 3 Devens, Jr.. 61; John E, Sanford, o1 faun- ton, 20; B. F. Butler, 16; E, R. Hoar and Mr. Dawes, 1 each, Alter the recess the Convention came to order at nali-past two. Mr. FAXoN, of Quincy, moved a resolution for Telerence as follows:— Resolved, That to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens at the republican caucuses held tor the ch of delegates to the state Convention the ballot and check 1st shall be used, provided as many as tive voters shall demand the same, and, in case of retusal of such request, the remonstrants may cail another caucus spective wards or towns in said committee. Referred. The chairman of the committee to receive, sort and couot tue votes officially announced the re- sult a8 above Mentioned, Mr, A. H. Ric, of Boston, said :— The remarkable unanimity which the vote just read has reveaied shows that # very large majority of the representatives of the republican party of Mawachu- setts are in tavor of the ion. Thomas ‘Yalbot as candi- date tor Governor of Massachusetis. ‘The expression ot opinion, sir, must be received, I think, as the testimony of this Convention to his exalted character and to the is example, and as an expres- ithe shall be elected to that high office, he will dis- charge its dnties with fidelity, with impartiality ana with reference to the best interests of the party ahd of the Commonwealth. As we are alike interested in the triamph of those principles which have made the repub- ean party of Massachusetts not only historic but re- nowned, and, as the triumph and perpetuarion of these principles in the future can only be secured by unan- lunity on the part of the members ot the party and ot the Principies of the party, I move, sir, that the nomination | of the Hon. Thomas Talbot as candidate for Governor ot Massachusetts be (Applause) Mr. U. OLIVER, Of Fall River, said :— Ishall, sir, object to any such resolution being passed by thls body, and 1 wili give my reason. 1 voted tor r. lalbot tor Lieutenant Governor and Mr. Washburn made unanimous by this Convention, tor Governor on the ground that they would not inter- fore with the people's representatives. But last winter, at the very first opportunity, the day received your vote went bac Promise to che republicans tn whe entieman who has to: on his record, on his nd 1873 in this ball, h the liquor ques- an honest man, in unanimous nomination. I cannot do it forthe simple reason that somebody has and privileges of our party, but, as I thik, upon moral honesty. The delegates from Fall River then requested that. a vote be taken, and only half adozen or so diszented, Talbot’s nomination was declared unanimous, A delegate trom Lawrence offered for reference a resolution that the past legislation of the repub- lican party is the best guarantee of its position toward the workingmen and the rights of labor, and that the Convention pledges the party to con- tinue and sustain such legislation. THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSHIP, A delegate moved, to save time, that the tellers proceed to collect through the hall che votes ior Jieutenant Governor. Another delegate objected to this, lest more votes be cast than there are delegates in the Con- vention, Alter some farther discussion it was decided to continue in force the plan adopted on the Guber- natorial ballot. The Committee on Credentials reported that 339 cities and towns were represented by 1,124 dele- gates, and recommended that the Rockport deie- gates be excluded, on the ground that the caucus he agreed not io interfere relused to use the check list when it was properly | demanded, and that democrats and unnaturalized foreigners participated. . The sitting members from Walden and the con- | testants irom ward 5 of Boston were admittea, The report was adopted. The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a Lieutenant Governor. : ‘The tellers reported for Lieutenant Governor :— Whole number, 1,012; necessary to @ choice, 807 Patrick Donahue, Milo Hildreth and E. B. Stod- dara, received 1 each; George B. Loring, 8; Charies P. Stickney, of Fall Kiver, 271; Alired Macy, of Nantucket, 286, and Horatio G. Knight, of East Hampton, 443. Mr. Knight was then nominated by acclamation. Oliver Warner was named by acclamation for Secretary of tue Commonwealth. Mr. CoOK, of Boston, moved the nomination of Charles R. ‘Train by acclamation tor Attorney Geu- eral. Carried, Mr. BILLINGS, of Sharon, moved that Charles pert be nominated by acclamation tor Auditor. varried, Cnarles Adams, Jr., of North Brookfield, was | nominated unanimously by acclamation for Treas- urer. THE PLATFORM. The Committee on Resolutions reported tne fol- lowing :— ‘The republicans of Massachneetts, prond of the record of their party, reattirm their devotion to the great prin- ciples of justice upon which it was founded, aud they Pledge their best and constant endeavors to the inte. hance of those princtples in the future, Be it therefore Resolved, That # sound currency is indispensavle to national prospericy and that to thig end the nauion must muke its demand promises to pay equal to gola, which ig the recognized standard of valus in the whole civilized World, und that it is, further, the duty of Cougress wo ‘such Measures as shail iead to this realization of value, aud that no inflation of the currency by adding to the government issues should be permitted, Serond—That Massachusetts has seen with abhorrence the utiempt through banded leagues to deprive whole classes of our population of their constitutional preroga- tives, and as the amplest protection of the individual in lus civil rights and privileges is the great dy of the nauonal government, therefore, as republicans reaf- firming our abiding faith in fundamental rights and the exact equality of the citizen beiore the law in its largest sense, we express our gratitude to the President of the United States tor his prompt interference against an effort at usurpation over a recognized State government, and for his determined opposition toward all move: ments and combinations seeking to abridge, limit or re- strain (he rights ot any portion of the American people. Third—That the republican party of Massachusetts demands and will require of all persons hola! oflice, whether national, State or municipal, an ministration of the government which shall coutorm to the highest standard of honesty, integrity and econ- omy, to the end the public indebtedness may be fouereas and speedily paid and the burden of taxation wutened. Fourth—That the record of the republican party of Mas: chusetts is a sufficient guarantee of its continued s} hy with that legislation which will promote the best ests of labor and tend to the moraf and intellectual tion of all persons engaged in intellectual pursuita, ‘That the republican party has proved itself, under all circumstances, the party ot ‘and form; Wat at has shown itself ready and prompt to cor- rect ali abaves and bring its own servants to # strict ac- count for untnithfulness in official conduct; that it de- nounces all laws and practices that open a wa; ors ruption in the public service, and that it will demand of all It servants that iclal position shall never be made subservient to their personal aggrandizement. ‘Sizdi—Chat in the nomination of the Hon. Thomas Tal- bot as Chief Magistrate of this Commonweaith, this Cou. vention expresses its appreciation of the character and ability of a distinguished public servant, and relying upon nis administrative experience, his personal purity and sterling integrity, we feel coutident of his triumphant election by our lovat and jaw-abiding people, and wo heartily commend him other nominees’ of thi Convention £0 the suffrages of our teliow citizens. 'S The resolutions were adopted, ‘Tue usual vote of thanks to the Convention was adopted, Mr. Faxon, of Quincy, offered his resolution rela- tive to government action, which he urged as ne- cessary to protect the rights of republicans in caucna, ‘The Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions Said they had referred tus resolution to the State Committee, Mr. Faxon urged action by the Convention and the resolution was adopted by an overwheming n elev vote. Mr. Dawns returned thanks to the Convention. a Qnpvention, as four o'clock. adjourged sine sent their re- | | | | iticians are puzzling their heads over, Contemplated by Inde- pendent Democrats—Green’s Little Game—What the Republicans Think About It. Although the Apollo Hall democrats after the last election apparently laid aside all idea of ever again, a8 an organization, opposing the regular Tammany candidates in this city 1t now seems more than probable that the old leaders will make another effort during the coming campaign to de- feat the wigwam standard bearers, as it is now an ascertained fact that ex-Sheriif O’Brien and the men who are recognized as managers on his | side of the house have been quietly organizing their forces in every Assembly district, 80 as to be in readiness to hold an independent democratic convention to nominate candidates for Mayor and Register in case Tammany nominates Wickham and Hayes, In conversation with the leading spirit of this movement yesterday a HERALD re- porter was informed that the calling of this con- vention would depend a great deal on the stand the republicans would make, Said the ex- Sheriff:—“The intention ts, if Tammany dues not put in the fleld a county ticket that will be satis- factory, to . THE MASSES OF THE PARTY to nominate a thoroughgoing democrat—one who the community. Several gentlemen have been mentioned in this connection, among others Re- corder Hackett and Judge Bixby, As for the Recorder, 1 do not believe he would accept, » If the republicans can be tuduced not to make any nom- | nations, @ German wil be put on the ticket lor Register.” Whether this indepeudent move will amount to anything or not depends, therefore, it will be seen, upon the action of the republicans, And yet this is not the only new deal which the pol- ler Green, it has leaked out, is aiso on the sly try- ing his hand in a little game, by which he hopes to be able to retain his place for another five years, It is a matter among the politicians that if Mr. is elected Mayor he will appoint John Kelly Comp- troller at the expiration ol Green’s term Of office, and that the policy is, if Wickham fails by any Mishap to get nominated, to give him one o1 the Places on the Aldermen at Large ticket, so that in case the democrats have @ majority in the Board of Aldermen he can be made President and thus become & member of the Board of Apportionment. for yrasous best kKDown to himself Green does not ike this arrangement, and since his old foe, George Vao Noft, bas been tylked 0. ag the probabie Fepublican cqndidace for mayor, he has, scording to thé politicians, determined to play a eaperals card tor his own ultimate benefit; in fact kill birds with the one stone by preventing Wickham from being in his way next year and triumph: | ing over Van Nort, ‘To this end he 1s working to induce the republicans not to make any nomina- tion for Mayor in case Ottendorfer is offered a German independent nomination. Indeed, it is given out that Green is the real power behind the throne in the Ottendorfer movement, and that at the same time that he is making PROMISES OF PATRONAGE, &c., to the Custom House faction, he is pressing Ottendorfer’s followers to go ahead with their plan of campaign, to about the matter, while acknowledging that they had heard that Green and the Custom House were “getting very thick,’’ said they could hardly believe that he would prove false to Kelly unless | Havemeyer had won nim completely over to make | mischiet by the aid oi his republican friends. Ii the old Apollo Hail ieaders, who taik of putting a ticket in the fled, provided the republicans will keep out of the way, and the Ottendorier people, pushed on by Green, will do the same thing on the same con- ditions, the local campaign will inaeed be a lively one, The republicans, however, finding themselves 80 highly prized, will, doubtless, fight shy of all ENTANGLING ALLIANCES and will take advantage of tie mixed condition of affairs by gotug in to win on their own Look. One of the Custom House leaders, who 18 a strong can- didate tur Congress in one Oo! the uptown districts, iu speaking of the situation, remarked :—“If we can win with @ straightout republican ticket aga ust the split up iactions of our opponents we will have nothing to do with any one of them; but W we can’t we may be accommodating. We don’t love Green or Ottendorfer any more than we like Havemeyer, but everything is tatr in war.’’ He also added that his individual opinion was that if Ottendorier ran as an independent candidate against Tammany George M. Van Nort for Mayor and Cuaries KE. Loew lor Register (to draw the German democratic vote) would head the repub- lican county ticket. ‘The republican leaaers intended to hold a pri- vate conference last evening, at which the pros- pects of the local campaign were to be taiked over and some decision arrived at as to what was best to be done should there be a good oppor- tunity of wrong the day by joining hands with one of the democratic iactions, Owing to the absence of two or three of the managers whose presence was necessary to make the decision of the pro- posed meeting an authoritative one, the confer. ence Was not neld. It will probably be hela some time to-day. It ts understood tat there is con- siderable difference o1 opimton among the man- agers as to the advisability of having anything to do with “outsiders.” Those who believe that the ticket to be nominated should be a straight out and out repuvitcan ticket point to the resuits which followed the republican-Apollo Hall com- bination at the last election as au incontrovertible | argument against combina:ions ol any kind, A WORKINGMEN’S CONVENTION. Mr. Charles A. Dana Nominated for Mayor. Aconvention of workingmen from the various | Assembly districts was held in Masonic Hall last night, to nominate candidates for Mayor, Register and Aldermen at large. Mr. William Carsy was elected President. wach delegation was allowed to name its own candidates, aud, after a long debate, the following | were recorded as nominated :—Theodore &. Tomlin- son, John Swinton, John Ennis, Charles A, Dana | and Wilson G. liuat. After a short time it became evident that the Convention was nearly equally divided on the Dames of Messrs. Dana and Tomlinson. There was great cheering and some hissing, aud aiter some hours’ debate a vote resulted in 4 tor Dana and 67 for Tomlinson, and the vote for Mr. Dana was made unanimous, Theodore £. Tomlinson, John s. Giles, W. Mac- Nally (who declined on the spot), and General M. T. MacMahon were nominated ‘for Register. Mr. Tomlinson was nominated by acclamation aiter a brief discusston. The question of Aldermen was held over to a fature meeting. Taxamany primaries were held last night in the various Assembly districts throughout the city, for the purpose of electing delegates to a city and county convention to be beid at Tammany Hall on the 10th inst.; Senatorial district Aldermanic con- ventions, on the 13th mst., in the various Sen- atorial districts; Congressional district conven- tions, on the 15th inst., in the various Congres- sional districts, and Assembly convention, on the 2uth inst. The following are the delegates chosen to the County Conventiv Finst Disturcr.—John Fox, John Woods, H. Andrews, M. .; Thomas Rice, Dennis Quinn,Wm. Barry, Jonna LL Whitton, John Kevelin, J. Gutgesell, James M. Mimne, D D. O'Connor, Edward Heath, James Sullivan, Jain Meade, Adam Flanigan, James Cherry, Charles Aki son, Wa. Heddendors, ‘Thos, Moloney, Wm. H. Burns, Jerémiah Kenefick, Patrick Fitzgerald, James Vincent Bxconp Distmicr.—Willlan Waish, William P. Kirk, Maurice Scanlon, Maurice O'Connell, A. 8. Lindberg, Edward Giles, M.'H. Kearney, Owen Fallon, M. J. Keese, John Mitchell, George Middleton, A. J. White, Jeremiah Murphy, John kennedy, John Fitzpatrick, James Dun- phy, Patrick Murphy, Bowen, John Von Glabn, ysaent, P. Geraghty, Constantine Donoho, Thomas Fitz- rald. efx Disenicr.—Joseph Shannon, John A. O'Brien, Owen Cavanagh, Daniel Oreilly, ‘John Birmingham. ‘Thomas Ryan, Patrick M. White, James Conlon, Francis McKenna, Isalah Kynders Henty Manron, Charl Clancy, John Haggerty, John O'Neil, William Hen sey, Jolin Kider, Jr. Jatnes Dougherty: Joseph Hage onan Disrator—B. J. Shandley. ‘ihomas shields, T. Fitzpatrick, James Ryan, Daniel O’Brien, Denis s. Grifin, William Colligan, Rody 8. Brassel, Michael H. W James B. Muiry, John Smith, John E. W les Lindemann, Philip Collins, George J. Brown; mes Heffernal Rdward Dargan, Owen O'Rourke, John Semcken, George Linder, John . Peter Maher, Edward Clarkson, Bernard C. ‘a “Disraice—Henry Hughes, %. Be; rTe STRICT. —| ‘y mann, Thomas Carney, BF, Keany. John Corea, 2 Del William Brandon, &. M. Plum, ys Charles Suess, Peter Mitchell, Jaines Rorke, John Kelly, J- Cavanagh, Philip Kovterer, Willum Hariey, J. Hl. Stétiander, James Bar- clay, W.'H. Berrigan, W. Bennet, Daniel Kelly, J. F. Rogers, Joseph Jenuings Teaac Robinson, John Garey, . , BR, Meade, Jaines Redmond. Sita Distatcr.—Timothy J. Campbell, Matthew Pu Patrick J. McLaughlin, Jam William © Jacob Seherding, Lawrence E. Charlies Galiaghet William Geoghegan, James Carrahor, Michael ‘Mofou: Jacod King John i Hughes, Thomas Brady, Mich 5 iiiam P, McCormack, William Alt, Freaeric mer. Sevunta Distaicr.—Peter B. Olney, George & Walsh. . H. Porter, dobn ©, Williams, Uharies #. McLean, Jonn'J. Byrnes, Ja 1 Spencer, Elliott Sandford John Morris, John Shady, John W, Greens, K L. Parris, Vincent 0. King, James H. Skidmore, Charles W, Up: ham. i Henry Lacombe, Moses M. Robinson, ¥ Averell, Henry A. Braun, John J. Habbelin, J.'R. Kiourm Distarct.—Henry H. Harrington, Martin Na man, D. Gruber, B. D. William Van Duser, L. Peyser, Wiiliam Dunham, 4. Braun, Stephen Mott, Charles H. Windeld. Charles Merritt si. Samuel Ring- lle, Joseph Cornel, J. W. Rappen- L. Wengenroth, Grimth Perse Lee, A. Wood, George Butler, John John ants, Jobn Bridenbach, H, Odell, F. Brickner, Harman Wieox, James Durnitig, James dorr, Williant River Dusrnrer.—Edward Gillon, John 7, Ryan, 1 D. Fredericks, George 4. Jeremiah, Iuauc Odell Charios Saeart! John J. weeps W. IJ “a. obs ' porn G. . nk, oe iit ‘eamuel A: \, Jai Mt Odel ons eae = Comptrol- | Jotun Keily’s friends, when spoken | ton, \Piumpagricl pale Dake Be mahan, Valentine Schaeffer, Willlam B. Gray, anarew J. Mathewson, He Cook. r—William B, Maclay, Anthony Fick- tlliam hoff, Lous C. Wachner, Owen Murphy, Jolin if, Grows, Silas Ling, Conrad Reidepbach, Charles, Guntzer, Charles McNulty, Oliver H. Kingsland, Francis V. Euring, Francis Stoll, Joseph Koelbe, Philip Merkle, Mullen, John N. Keyuolds, George A. Heinrich, Connon. Charies Weitz, John Zahn, Joseph P. John Guth. Strack, E:Luviewtu Distiicr— Augustus Schell, Oliver P. Buel, T, J. JA, Henry Ford, Freeman Barnum. Thomas J burr, W. J. A. McGrath, Jonn i. Fellows, Thoinay Lynch,’ Thomas | Maher, James Wall, Terrence Geary, F. H. Hamilton, B. K. Murphy, William J. Flummer, Patrick McKeon, Jonn | Morrissey, Witliamn Sauer, James Ryan, Daniel J. 0'Con- nor, P. J, "Maloney, Edw. Gi Menzo Dietendort, Patrick McConnell ‘d Fennell, David McAdam, Thomas Mulligan, Nicholas Judge, Michuel Dougherty, Michael Shaughnessy, Peter Herrmann. | (twunrrnt Disteict.—Henry Woltmap, Joseph Koch, Wilham W. Cook, Isaiah Kaufman, Gerald Fitzgibbons, | James McGovern, Nicolaus Schoen, Patrick Keenan, E. White, Samuel 5, Acker, Albert Krauss Laur- ence Keenan, Daniel Haniy, Francis Murray, Patrick Xeilly, Aaron Aarons, John Keenan, Michael’ Murray, | Patrick Moore, Peter iHaip! ‘MIRTKENTH DistRIOT.—kdward L. Donnelly, Sianey P. Nichola, Christopher Fine, William Brenuan, Patrick Gibney. Jains ker, William Caldwell, Jaines Greg- mes Gibson, Robert Borland, Richard O'Gorman, Nathan: Alexander Shields, Wiliam ward Berrian, Henry Cooney, , Oh jaw frittou, Y al ritton, Jonephi te Herlgn, a is NTH Distaior.—Peter Gillespie, John loney, | she Wyler Kelly, Albert Ww, aiesnic, John Boney: | William Gleeson, Philip Weber, Marvin 4. Buttles, | Patrice Brady, Michoel Lestrange, James Daly, John | \ } i} Billings, John M. Her os Henry Allen, Patrick Bie; Firreenta District.—Thomas A. Ledwith, Kdwar Brucks, Michael Fitzsimona, John H. Tietien, James P. gers, William Fitzpatrick, Henry A. Munger, Charles Conley, John Deory, Patrick Mackey, George Gheoghan, Hugh O'Neil, Joseph Blamenthal, ° William O'Kane! Leonard Gattman, Francis Morgan, A. H. Alker, Wagner, Michael Byrne, Patrick Brady, Mic: Boy- | lan, Richard J. Morrison,’ Michael Lynch, William Bry- oY tixreunre Distaicr.—Edward Cooper. George W. smith, Jolin N. Hayward, J.T. Medowan, dichard O'Brién, RP. Gibson, Philip Ahearn, A. S Hewitt, Michael’ Dolan, M. J. ‘Power, Edwara’ Dufty, Thomas | Reiily, John Cloughan, Frank Keating, Frank Vetter, James Keenan, Charles Heekman, Maurice O'Conor, | John M. Carroll, George Kelly, Michael G. Fagan, Bryan McMahon, T. aicUeough, Ackert, Pat Clatley, | John Fas Seventexntm District.—Patrick H. Power, George | Heid, John Daggan, J: nerai J. ‘H. Hobart Ward, Robert Roberts, John G: H. Meyer, Thomas Kerrigan, John Doyle, George Greener, Theodore Wright, Fre erick Smyth, Lawrence MeIntee, Arthur Flynn, John G. fohn Makewan, Twiss’Bermingnam, George undorf, Thomas Dooley, William B. Finley, Adolph Schwyer, Charles H. Haswell, Charles McDermott, Martin Buckley, John 8. Masterson, John M. Calhoun James Connelly, Henry McCullough. Lawrence Morr sey, James J. Martin, James &, Coulter i GuTeeNTH Distaivt.—John Kelly, Wenry L. Clinton, Michael Gehegan, Augustus T, Docharty, 'P. @, Duily, Thomas 8. Brennan, Hugh F. Farrell, Hugh ‘Humes, Michael O'Connell, James Casson, John Doran, Jour Murphy, Thomas ‘Boese, Richard’ Croker, Henry R. David, "David M. Koebier, Barrett, Patrick Cunningham, P. ii, MeVonough, George W. Gatlit, omas_ U. Campbell, Henry McCabe, "Mathew went, John — Kinsle Nineraenta — Drstaicr. Tiemann, Jo! Dan! A Maloy, Jr., Patrick Guilfoyle, David L. Baker, Andre jeorge 8. Leland, | | of the subject, | THE LOUISIANA CONTROVERSY, Charles O’Conor Criticizes the Ar- gument of Reverdy Johnson. — CAN THE WRONG BE RIGHTED? The President Can and Should Reconsider His ‘‘Decision.” A BRILLIANT LETTER. New YORK, Uct. 5, 1874 To James GoRvON BENNETT, Esq., Editor of the HERALD:— Jobason and mysell, is whetner an executive error, such as he says the President committed in stifing the legitimate voice of Louisiana and placing a usurper in the chair of State, binds the President himself, and makes him a sort of liegeman; so that, come at the call of the usurper, and, with the whole executive power of the Union, crash all local opposition to him. The illegitimacy of Kel- with the concurrence of nearly every intelligent and disinterested person having any knowledge This should be kept in view, since much 1s always gained in @ discussion by confining | the issugto tts own precise limits, One advantage | here is,|[that it will enable those learned jurists who may think that Kellogg was duly elected to examine, and without the excitement of passion or partiality, to form an independent opinion concern- ing Mr. Johnson's dogma that executive resolutions Smith; Witham L, Wiley, Andrew Henderson, Thomas Dunlap, Charles E. Simms, George Nolan, John Ryan, James W. Caminings, Thomas Sherry, Thomas Shannon, Themas Flynn : Dwastinrit sisrrict. ©. Conner, James A. Flack, Johnson, The Metrson, Wm. H. Quincy, rles H. Lyons, as Duty; George J. Wood, Simon Goldenbergh, en Moran, John Kavanagh, nz Koehler, Jotin kagan, John kussell, Join 2. Coughlin, James L. Miller, Pb, Donohue, Ch: ‘tshorn, Joseph Rosenthal, Patrick nth | agher, Joseph Eustace, Wm, Carberry, a dell. Thad | . Herman, Abratiam Do Thom: q ers, ins, John ©. B nen, Jai . ODonohue, Louis Saal, Peter Kiehi, Robert ‘McGinnis, Joseph H. Franklin, Michel Tuomey, Joseph P. Ryan, Matthew Baird. ‘Turery-rinst Disrrrer.—tuch H. Moore, Jonn Rourke, Charles Welde, Frederick Merz, stephen P. Ryan, Oliver R. Steele, Wm: H. McCarthy, Michael Grahaim, William | McManus, Edwerd ©. Sheetiy, Win. H. McCabe, Alexan- der ‘hain, Wiiliain H. Johnson, Peter Krummich, John Mcousker, John Balmore, Jacob M. c well, Wililam A. Boyd, Edward P. | Bernard Gormley, Marcus #. Fitzgibbons, ‘Tot Crombie, James Meagher, John Hart, Nathaniel Terpen- ny, Edward Schilchting. ‘Jacob Stein, Patrick Maguire, Jaines McLaughlin, James J. Kelly, James H. Sullivan, John Reld, John O'Connor, Jacob F. Miller, | \Twesryrnimp Waro.—William "Cauldwell, | Murray, Philip Ebiing, John McCarty, J. J’ Mo. ney, | Charles Rivinius, James. Bowen, Thomas E. Sutton, L! W. McGrath, James H. Gibney, John Flanagan, John’ J. Clark, H. F.’L. Bunting. Patrick Daly. TweNty-rourrn Wanv.—Frederick Foley, Joseph Pur- roy, John Forsyth John Brady, Patrick’ McDermott, Bernard Byrne, Frederick Schroeder, Jr. ; John Malloy, 'y Fisher. REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE, The initiatory meeting of the Republican State Committee, of which ex-Governor Morgan is Chairman, and Henry A. Glidden, Secretary, was held yesterday aiternoon at the headquarters, Filth Avenue Hotel. Only a few members were present at any one time, not sufficient to consti- tute a quorum, 80 that the business done was in- formal and of an untmportant character, A meet- ing of the committee, or at least o! some of its members, will be held daily at tour o’clock P. M. Several prominent republicans of the State called at the Filth avenue headquarters yesterday, REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE, | | | | | | | | | | Michael Gavin, ‘Luke Casey, | | | | | | | last evening at the headquarters of the Eigh- teenth Assembly Diggrict Republican Association, | No. 457 Fourth avenue, the President, Mr. Hugh Gardner in the chair and Mr. James R. Davies secretary. The minutes of the two previous meet- ings were read and approved, William Lgimbeer tenderea his resignarion asa member of ‘the General Committee {rom the Stx- | thereirom. The resignation was accepted and Mr. G, Joseph Ruch appointed in bis stead. | Mr. George W. Lyon, Secretary of the Execative Committee, reported in its behali that tue con- | ventions to make County, congressional, Alder- ees and Assembly nominations will be beid as | follows :— Assembly—On Friday, October 16, at headquar- ) ters of districts, | Aldermanic—On Saturday, October 17. | Congressional—on Monday, October 19, and ae on Tuesday, October 20, at Republican all. | On motion the call was accepted and adopted. | Mr. Jacob M. Patterson, chairman ot the E. | ecutive Committee, reported that the ball in West Thirty-third street, east of Broadway, known as | | Ebbit Hail, has been rented by the committee at an — rental of $4,000, which report was adopted. A motion to adjourn was proposed, when Colonel | Spencer suggested that the State ucket should be ratitied by resolutions before doing so. The Chair- man announced that the Committee on Resolu- | tions were busy now on this subject, mr. Willam A. Darling, Chairman of Committee on Resolu- tions, shortly alter offered the jollowing resolu- tions, which were unanimously adopted:— Resolved, That this committee cordially indorse the Pominations made “by the Kepuvlican State Convention heid at Luca, and that we appreciate the involuntar: tribute paid to the character and fitness of its candi- dates by the Demyeratic Btate Convention, which was unabie to find a cause of rebuke agamst them. Resolved, That we pledge the united and untiriny efforts of the party in this city and county of New Yor! to perpetuate an administration which has rescued the sinking tund of the =tate from the hands of the spoilers, and which has fulfilled in every respect the honest ex- pectations of the people and has borne good fruit to the reform movement axainst the Tammany Ring. Resolved, ‘hat we pledge our friends in the country to | reduce the democratic wajority in this city to 20,00, | The committee hereupon adjourned. The primary elections of the republicaus will be heid on Monday night, October 12, LIBERAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. Liberal republican primaries were held last Night throughout the various Assembly districts for the purpose of electing delegates to a County Convention on October 9, Congressional Conven- tion on the 12th inst., Aldermanic conventions on Heh and Assembly couventions on the 7th inst, ELECTION IN DELAWARE, WILMINGTON, Oct. 7, 1874. An election was held yesterday in this State for inspector and assessors to conduct the election in November. A tuil vote was polled, with the fol- lowing resuits:—Kent county, democratic major- ity 146; Sussex county, democratic majority 217; Newcastle, democratic majority 102. THE GEORGIA ELECTION. m Sweep by the Democrats. Avausta, Oct. 7, 1874, The election for members to the Legisiature passed Off quietly. Scarcely any opposition, ex- cept ina few counties, was made to the demo- cratic candidates, There will not ve exceeding fourteen republicans in both houses at the next General Assembly, thus giving @ democratic ma- jority on the joint ballot of 205. In this county about 1,700 votes were polled, giving a demo- cratic majority of 1,500, 4. G C. Black, Patrick Walsh and Walter Clark were elected, “SOUTH CAROLINA, Gevernor Moses Nominated for the State Legisiature—The Old Scandal About the “Certificates of Indebtedness” Likely To Be Revived. CoLumBiA, 8 C., Oct. 7, 1874 Governor Moses was nominated to-day by the Convention of this (Richmond) county candi> date for the lower branch of the State Legislature, by a vote of 40 to3s. This is considered equivalent to an election, though the minority bolted, and will try to defeat Moses in convention to-morrow by the pomination of another candidate, He 13 too popular with the LA teat however, and will, without doubt, sweep away ail opposition by the time of the election. His object is again to become Speaker of the House of be go tives, in which capacity he formerly controiled the entire legisia- tion of the State and increased its debt by the is sue of over A lad of scrip, known as certifi. cates of inde! Qa which were paid 4 she Treasurer, and the money was converted, it has alleged, to the use of Moses and his friends. It is sald, that Congressman Eiliott is also an aspirant jor the Bpeakerehip of the Hi which grew contest for this position esp: ACL Patrick | A special meeting of this organization was held | Commissioner | | teenth Assembly district, owing to his removal | | ! | | | in such @ case are irrevocaole. Itis unfortunate for justice and for Louisiana if Mr. Johnson's views are sound, If they are unsound it ts equally unfor- tunate for justice and Louisiana, since their prac- tical triumph is, in her case, pretty certain; and it is further unfortunate for Mr. yohnson and Gene- ral Grant since, if accepted, they compel the latter to persist in an evil course from a mistaken sense of duty and involve the latter in the responsibility of evil counsel tending to great mischief. They cut off entirely Louisiana’s hope of a deliverance from her woes, since they forbid her oppressor to relent and make the perpetuation of injustice his absolute daty. This dogma seems to have won upon Mr. Johnson since he first ventilated it, for his second letter reltcrates it in a manner that in- | dicates affection; and, while he has not seen it either to admit or deny that even Congress could give relief, his arguments all tend to establish the contrary. The dogma may be sound, constitutional law. Mr. Johnson’s great and merited fame affords It weight and, it may be feared, invincible support, but the arguments offered in its vindication cau have no such effect, They certainly weaken its claims to acceptance, I. Decisions are cited to show that when an executive officer, under a special authority con- ferred upon him for a precisely defined purpose, performs a particular act, essentially ministerial and which, in its own nature, can be performed but once, the courts will not review his proceed- ings sbould they be collaterally questioned ina suit between litigant parties, These decisions are scarcely relevant. And, indeed, it would be difl- cult to find any that could materially heip either side in this discussion, There is extremely little resemblance between judicial decisions ana exec- utive resolutions. I adverted incidentally to the iv- gal tender judgment, not as an authority m point, but as 4 familiar and recent instance to prove a general proposition well known to lawyers—i, e¢., that aZ! official determinations, however solemn, are revocable, It is quite true that on a claim by A. B. against U. D. a judgment actually recovered, if unappealable or not appealed from in season, settles the right to the particular sum or thing in controversy between these two private persons, 80 that the defeated defendant cannot, in general, recover it back in another action. Even this is only the general rule. It is not without excep- tions, for if fraud and falsehood be practised in obtaining an unjust judgment there is a remedy. \Byers vs. Surget, 19 Howard's, U. & R., 808; Bowen vs. Evans, 2 House of Lords Cases, 281; Michigan vs. Phoenix Bank, 33 N. Y. Reports, p. 30.) But the general rule of the judictal department, which I thus admit, has not the remotest applica- tion to the proceedings before General Grant on the rival claims of McEnery and Kellogg to the Governorship. Mr. Johnson says:—“The parties tn the con- troversy brought beiore the President are the persons claiming to be the Governor and the peo- ple of the State. The President’s judgment upon it, a8 soon as pronounced, binds the Governor, the | people and every one else. * * * How, then, can the | President by a second judgment, in a controversy between the same parties, presenting precisely ' the same questions, reverse his frst ruling so as to affect them or impair any rights vested in either | party by virtue of his origi a ‘with Rcatente that tinction e Pi adjudicating as a judge io this supposed triangular salt is a misconception. In his proceedings there 1s no citation, issue or trial. There are no parties, in any sense of the term which ts recognized in jurisprudence, nor is there any judgment, There is nothing in the whole affair out executive action, though it must be admitted tuat such action binds | every one until revoked. Calling it a decision, as we all do, is merely @ fashion of speaking or compliment to the executive oficer; it 18 assumed from courtesy that he examines the facts and de- liberates on the law. Proofthat he did neither would not, however, weaken the legal force of his action or of his decision, 1f we must #0 call it. It is enough that some person or persons claiming to be the State government, who were forcibly re- sisted, sought his interposition. An instanta- neous ‘judgment’ in their favor, first announcea to the astounded people by the thunder o1 federal artillery against their State capital, would settic the question and silence ali voices that might at- tempt opposition in any regularly constituted legal Jorum, save and except only the Congress of the | No court can give a valid judgment | United States. in any case in that the word “fudgment” is, therefore, totally inapplica- ble. The President's act ts binding on ive no private persons merely because they | power to resist and no judicial remedy; it is bind ing in all judicial and other tribunals merely be- cause the constitution has not clothed any of them | with authority to review the President’s acts. So much for the imagined analogy between the acts of the supreme executive chief of a nation and the decisions of its judicial department. The present is not a technical inquiry, nor can it be much aided by a citation of judicial dect- sions. There is nothing on Mr. Johnson's poiné in | the constitution itself. That instrument confers | no express power on the President, or even on vongress; it is “the United States” that must protect the true State governments “from domes- tic violence.’ Right reason and sound views of governmental policy must be our guides in its solution, The great unwritten principles of social justice can alone be advantageously invoked, Mr, Hamilton, in his twenty-first letter, cited by Mr, Johnson, says not a word bearing upon this point directly or indirectiy. Il, Mr. Johnson’s argaments ab inoonvententt are much more pertinent and appropriate to the * @igenasian than Dia citation of judicial decisions, Dear Siz—The single point in issue between Mr. | willy nilly, he must thenceforth be ever ready to | —-. Sem { The latter are slightly relevant, Ir at all so. They | are interminable in their variety and technical subtlety, and much more caiculated to confuse than eluctdate an inquiry lke the present. sha himself justly remarks, each one that might ba cited is more or less affected by some minute fact | Impalpable to the ordinary reader. When exert. ing himself to show the convenience of ujg dogma he is on the true plattorm Jor debate, and what ne Says under this head demands, and shall receive from me, at least, the most respectful attention. And here Mr, Johnson is easily answered, He says that, allowing the President to correct, his own errors when, on rwiler advisement, they’ | are detected by bimself, would be & dangerous, Dower. Asan example, he puts the imaginary’ case of a capricious or stupid and vaciilating chief, who might change his mind frequently, and, hurl State governments into power and out ow | It from day to day. ‘This course, it must pe ata mitted, would be no less mischievous to those | concerned than amusing to heartless and indif- | ferent lookers-on. And he supposes that the con-' stitution, in order to prevent such mischefs, vire tually precludes the President irom reconsiderin; { | his own mistakes. The sober common pees the fathers contemplated no necessity of guarding; against such antics. Nero und Heliogabatus had @ timid and servile hereditary Senate to counted nance their tyrannical eccentricities, In provide ing the people with control through their fairly chosen representatives thia class of evils wag | suificiently guarded against. I do not preten thas they were even thought of; our system of government ig not jiable to them. It was the, | exercise of an undoubted power in @ calm and | orderly manner but under vicious counsels ang , to pernicious ends, that was feared. As fag as human wisdom could guide, it was provided logg's original claim is asserted by Mr. Johnson, | against by the constitution. A blind or tyrannical exercise of official power, once for all, by thrust« ing in a favorite satrap and persistently support- ing him, 18 the only evil in this connection that Sagacity could have foreseen or that experienca has developed, The other set of imagined evils is, Indeed, a pretty formidable raw head and bloody bones, an@ Well calculated to affright the lovers of peace an order, Itis suggested that everything done un~ der the rule of & usurper would be set aside by bis expulsion, and ‘confusion worse confounded’® would ensue, The terrible nature of sucb conse4 quences are not to be desired. But the law repue diates the assumed premisea, No such con< sequences would follow a change of opin= ion by the President, and his consequent refusal to recognize a displaced usurper , Whom tn the honest and conscienwious exercise of | his consiitutional power, but under mistaken im- | Presstons as to the facts or the law, he had seated | In the chair of State a year or two previously. | When recognized by the President and thence- jorth, as long as he held in his possession the in- signia of officé and exercised the duties of State executive, the usurper would be Governor de facto, All his acts, ag such, would be perfectly valid an& | binding as it respects all persons except himself. | It he were displaced in any manner, legal or ille- gal, his official acts while tn possession would still remain valid to all intents and purposes, notwith« | standing his removal and notwithstanding any express or implied sanction of such removal by the President, The acts of a usurping intertny Legislature would be subject to the sama rule. So far, indeed, as they were not | carried into execution by the actual vesting o! | rights under them, they might, and doubtless would, cease to operate from the moment of the | change which should bring into power the right- | ful authorities. Thus it will be seen that the gen-" | eral unwritten common law has provided a means, | of preserving the interests of individuals and of the Commonwealth irom the imaginary confusion | and disorder which might be supposed to result | from the overthrow of an intrasive government. ‘This doctrine 1s as familiar as itis necessary. The “Law Stadent’s Primer” mentions a striking tllus- | tration of it. “Treasons committed against Henry VJ. (of Lancaster) were punished under Ed< | ward IV. (of York), thougt all the line of Lancaster had previously beeu declared usurpers by act of | Parliament.” (4 Biackstone’s Commentaries, De hr) This conservative principle is deeply seated im , the common law, and occasions for its application are constantly arising. Let a single and familar mstance suffice:—A usurp r once held the Regis ter’s office in this city fora long period. He held it and exercised its functions nuit ousted by & » judgment of the Court of Appeals. He remained. in the office a considerabie time after the Supreme Court had decided against bim, He was adjudged | to be a usurper irom the beginuing, without any ' title to the office. (Peopie vs. Coutant, 11 Wen- | dell’s R., 132 and 511.) Many titles to valuapla | property may, and doubtiess do, depend on tha validity of this man’s acts, Mr. Johnson would fad | No difficulty in suscaining them. | It 18 true that im such cases the usurper cannot plead his unrighteous possession of the office im bar of @ prosecution against himself for injuries rex | sulting from his unjust acts; nor could he recover’ ; the salary allowed for lawfully exercising the | office, In these consequences there is not ach | great mischies, I submit that the argument inconvenient fail utterly, and Mr. Johnson has vanced no others, With much regard, your obedh | ent servant, CHARLES O'CONOR, ANDREW JOHNSON. Speech of the Ex-Presidont at Shelby ville. NaSHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 7, 1876. | Ex-President Johnson spoke three hours anda halt at Shelbyville yesterday. The speech was mainiy | devoted to defending himself against the Union and American (Chattanooga) special and editorial of October 8, im Which he Was designated as an | ex-republican President and in favor of the | repudiation of State and national obligations. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE, A fire broke out last evening at the wood an@ | Willow ware establishment of Burgher & Co. No. 214 Washington etreet. It was first noticed about half-past eight o’clock, but must bave beew smouldering for some time previously. Owing ta the light and inflammable nature of the material the flames spread with great rapidity, and im an | incredibly short space of time the whole builcing was in @ blaze, The engines were Promptly ou the ground, but for a long time they seemed to be utterly powerleas to grapple with the fire. The whole btock seemed in danger, as immense clouds of sparks rose from the burning Dullding and scat | tered over the houses in the neighborhood, No in= considerable qnautity of them fell on Washington Market, and fears were entertained that the dry wooden structures there would catch fire; but, | fortunately, the sparks were sinall and were halt extinguished betore they fell, The ines blazed up fifteen feet or more above the roof, and sent # brilliant glare ot light all over tne vicinity, und as floor after Noor fellin with a crash the hight would | increase and the sparks become thicker. The firemen mounted on the roofs of the neighboring | honses and on the walls of the burning butlding | Itself, and sent @ copious flood of water on the. | parts that seemed most exposed, but it was fully | ten o'clock before they succeeded in bringing it under control. As soon as the inflammable gooda | stored in the house were Ray it was com- paratively easy to deal with che but the whol inside of the house was consumed. An immet and somewhat excited crowd witnessed the fire, not a few of them living in tenement houses near, we were anxious baad it a ine pony oF bet hen geemed on ing exe ting’ HP eee out afresh and with almose equal rage in the lower part of the front of th: house, and the atmost exertions of the fireme: could not stop it til there was Nak gg ht but thi charred and biackeped walla, The loss is esti- mate@at over ‘The house was occupied by Burgher & Co,, ria low ware dealers, who suffefed a loss in stuck o! $18,000; insured. Soyer & Pierson, produce deale ers, who occapied the basement, suffered a dam- | age to their stock by water of about $1,000, The building belonged to Hopping & Wilson, of No. 218 Washington street. Ic is Bitty to be dam to the extent of $10,000; in« sured, fo, 89 Barclay occupied by J. T. Potter, and No, bet ay by J. W, Stout, were injured by water to the amount of about $1,000. Hills Bros., of No. 212 Washingtom Street, suffered a loss on their stock, which wud injured by water, to the amount of $2,000, At Now 216 Washington street, occupied by P. L. Brower, dealer in country produce, a damage of $2,000 wad done by both fire and water. t Fire Marshal Sbeidon has ordered an investiga+ jon, A YOUTHFUL ABROYAUT. \ INDIANA, Pa., Oot. 7, 187% John of Oharies k. Wise and grands 1 Protessor John W made a besuttiul ise, ascension from the fair grounds this afternoon. He is the youngest seronaut ip the world. beiad nt thirteeD years old)