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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
Late E1ections-om National Finances,

Late EIectiOns-Our National Finances.
From the Herald.
The elections that have just taken place have
made the issue with regard to Southern restora-
ton simple one The conditions laid down by
Congress have been approved by the popular
Voice-by the people of the Northern States,
who have the sole power over the question in
their hands When we say the Northern States,
we take it for granted that the rest will go as
Maine, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
and Iowa have gone. The elections IN these
States are sufficient TO show the current and
force of popular sentiment throughout the whole
North. The verdict Is decisive.
Tie action OF Congress next session in the
matter of restoring the Southern States will be
undoubtedly in accordance with this YER
dict. The conservative Republicans hav-
ing obtained the victory and secured the
lease OF power they wanted, can now
afford TO act with more promptness and
generosity in restoring the South than under
other circumstances. They have nothing to
fear with regard to their political future by
admitting the Southern States Immediately
those States ratitY tine Constitutional amend
ment. They will even strengthen their posi-
tion by doing So They are powerful enough
in Congress TO carry out this policy IN spite of
the radical destrucIives. The President, too,
1t Is TO be hoped, Will see the necessity OF the
present situation, and will act in concert with
the conservative majority in bringing about an
early restoration under the Confessional plan.
This, 1t seems to us, Is the only practicable
plan lett, and the only safe course lett to
pursue.
We need speedy settlement OF the political
difficulty, not only because there is danger in
Keeping it open until IL becomes chronic, but
because there are other important questions
demanding attention. The most important of
these is that relating to our natoaal finances,
We present the extraordinary spectacle at the
present time of beng the richest and most
prosperous country in the world, raising nearly
a hundred and hily millions year surplus
revenue. paving off the national debt rapidly,
tnd showing beyond dispute our ability 10 %
extinguish the whole debt in fifteen or twenty
Years. and yet at the same time, our securities
are not worth IN the markets Of the world hall
their real value compared with the securities
of other countries British Three Per Cent
ConsoIs are quoted at ninety, while our sN
oer cent. collaborating interest bonds are sell
ing at seventy ..
comparison with the stocks Of other nations
will show similar result if not quite so great
a Jtaereuce. To the mass OF people this anoma
ons state of things must seem almost incom
1rehensible. II Is really hnmliating spectacle
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
PennsylVania.!
From the Tribune.

FROM the tribune
The general result in Pennsylvania is sub.
stantially, as we have already stated, sum of
eighteen Republican Congressman elect, of
whom two are positive gains. General Henry
L. Cakes majority in the Tenth District is 1856
over his opponent, DR.. G. NJ. Gloninger, and
this is due, we do not doubt, more to the emer-
gent and rising intelligence of the people than
TO the personal worth OF the candidate. The
Twenty-frst District will return the Hon. John
Covode, popular representative man of his
State, after an absence for term from Congress.
His majority of $50 is very decided one, view
ing the fact that his District previously elected
Copperhead as pnIepentant and invGterate as
| The Hon. John LsDawson.
Tne radical candidate in the Twelfth District
| MI. James Archibald, has manfully determined
| 10 contest the fraudulent reelection OF his com.
Ietitor, the Hon. Charles Denison its nresent
| member OF Congress. There can he no doubt
| whatever rs 10 the lawless and disgracef1i
means undertaken to bring about this Copper
| head success. On the day of election 300 false
| naturalization papers, already TILED out. were
| seized at Hyde Park, small dependence of the
| city OF Scranton, and we have Trustworthy '
assurance that over 1000 Illegal votes were
| polled in LuZerne county. Mr.. Archibaid's
! technical defeat is wholly out OF proportion to
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
Ohio.
From the Tribune.

OF the States which on Tuesday held their
elections, Ohio is likely to claim the banner
Almost every part of the State makes the most
cheering reports, and Democratic gains outside
OF Cincinnati, are rare exceptions. The Repub.
loan majority of 1866 (29,536) has been nearly
doubled, as the latest despa tches indicate that
it will not fall below $4,000. The following are
the maiorities in the counties heard from, COM
pared with the maiorities of 1866
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13

his popularity and influence in the district
wherein he resides, and, as he is but ZOO votes
behind his competitor, he will inevitably con
test the case, with the best chance of rendering
another gam to the radical delegation in
Congress.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
n the majoritles of 1865:

The only thing to mar this glorious victory is
the probable defeat OF Columbus Deiano in the
thirteenth District. All the ether Republican
candidates in the Republican districts have
been elected, and the Congressional delegation
VIII therefore stand sixteen Republicans to
three Democrats
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-13
Falsifying Election Returns.
From the World.

TTOW Wc HOtus
The Herald is the most scandalously unfair
of all the radical papers in its published
election returns and comments upon the same
Having predicted the utter rout OF the Demo.
cratic party in the election just past, it
manages to give the impression to its readers
that the radicals had made heavy gains, when
the facts are the other way. In the case of
Ohio, for instance, it compares the majority
this year with Cox's majority last year in the
canvass for Gov vernor. Cox, it will be remem-
beTed, made several anti-negro- suffrage
speeches, for which he was cut at the polls by
the radicals, thus very largely reducing his
own vote as compared with the rest Of his
ticket.
The proper comparison with the vote of last
Tuesday is that OF 1864, when the full vote was
out. Lincolns majority was nearly $4,000; we
do not believe the Republican majority this year
will reach 3000O-the radicals do not claim more
than $4,000. Vallandigham was beaten by nearly
100000 majority, and judging by that vote, we
have made enormous gains; but 1t would not be
a fair comparison. The following figures tell the
story OF the heavy Democratic gains as COM
pared with the vote two years since:-
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We have given in the above estimate higher
figures to the radicals than we think the otl1cial
hgmes will give them but in no event can they
Why cannot the Herald be at least as honest as
the Boston Advertiser, which ackno Wedges
itself disappointed by the result, which did not
come up 10 its expectations,
The Herald has made itself perfectly ridicu-
lous by its recent summersaults. 1t was Demo-
cratic up to the Maine election, because it sup
radical because it supposed the Congressional
party would be Overwhelmingly indorsed. In
both cases it blundered; the radicals retain
their Congressional majority, it is rrue, but the
highest aim OF the Herald is to be a weather.
cock, but 1t makes very poor one as 1t can
never tell VIII ich way the wind blows.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23
GENERAL NEWS.

TIE case fBsnl Sale Of Harpers guerr band has
been continued until the next term OF the AZ Louisville
and given the OF 800 Nothing has been heard
OF Harper himself the 18th inst His gang supposed
90 be Huntsville Tenn Gems Sheridan Gregory. kdcer
Federal officers have arrived at ScWOr,ans from
Texas the Rio Grande An quiet the American side OF
that river The Village National Bank Of BowdoinhaD Me-
was robbed Thursday night by gang Of men who followed
the cashier bis home gagged bis family and placed guard
over them then returned with the cashier 10 the bank plan
dered the vaults 600 ard made their escape first lock
ing the cashier Inside the vault
Francis of the finn Of Bent Bush. haters. Boston
wis drowned Thursday night OFF South Boston Point At
the Western Unitarian Conference Buffalo yesterday the
Rev Mr. Staples from the Committee Missionary Work
made lengthy report after which the Secretary Of tho
American Unitarian Association and Others addressed the
Conference.
The National Dress Reform Association Convention was
held at Syracuse Wednesday Mrs Dr. Mary Walker Of
Oswego presiding Officers chosen for the ensuing year
resolutions adopted and address delivered by the President
In favor Of the movement.
The Connecticut River Bridge bill defeated in the
Legislature Of that State late Thursday night by the FOL
lowing Yeas 9O Nays. rs; Absent 81. The Senate
which votes Tuesday next viii also probably reject 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23
NEBRASKA.

The Nebraska City Peoples Press of Juns IL, tho
latest Nebraska paper which has reached our Office.
states that the election Of the entire Union State
ticket is now conceded. There has been undoubted-
ly loss on the Union majority ofiomer years (S52 in
1865, 1893 in 1864 l53, in 1922 but not large enough
to give the State to the Democrats. The Unionsts
have majority in each branch Of the Legislat ire.
The latest returns from the Platte District indicate,
contrary to previous statements, the election OF the
Union candidate for tn, senate, which in this case
would stand eight Unionis,s to five Democrats lin
stead as heretofore reported. seven Unonists to SIX
Democrats). The House will contain at least 81
Unonists (of total number Of 50 members) but it is
expected that the counties yet TO be heard from will
swell the number. One Of the Democratic members
elect (from Richardson County, is sure to be unseat
ed as Democratic election judge was detected in tho
very act of sung the ballot-bOx, and the throwing
out Of the vote Of this precinct will secure the success
of the Union candidate. The soldiers far as heard
from, give an overwhelming majority for the Unlon
ticket.
The majority for the State Constitution in the
counties heard from up TO June Is was 4o2. The
counties which contain the greatest population voted
on the whole, against the State Constitution, whIla
the back counties where the people are all farmers,
gave large majorities for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23

Cardozo says: under the question whether the
act of 1866 be wise or mpotic-whether it be cacu-
lated to advance or to retard and prejudice the cause
of temperance have in my judicial capacity nothing
to do" Lord Tenterdcn one of the most eminent OF
English Judges says: eff there be any doubts what
is the law judges solve such doubts by considering
what will be the good bad effect OF their decision
Another great authority says: "Where the law is
doubtful and not clear the judges ought to interpret
the law to be as is most cOnsonant to equity The
Supreme Court of Massachusetts, affirmed the constitu-
ionaity of the nsolven law Of that State on the dis
tinct ground that it would be an irreparabe calamity
to overtun the existing adudcatons Of the insolvent
courts and although they doubted the constitutional
ity of the law, they would not do public mischief By
denying it. But suppose Cardozo is wiser than oil
these, and this learning and good sense of hundred
years are nothing compared with the opinion OF q
Common Pleas Judge who looks to rumsellers' votes
for n reelection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23
WORK TODAY.
Mr. President Roberts, proclaiming from the Lud
low-st Jail, begs all Fenians to remember that

DIR. lTesucHt hODeIts' PiOCihuHhB it"lh VAV i-uu
lowest Jail, begs all Fenians to remember that
Freedoms battle, once begun,
Bequoathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though bailed OF, Is ever won"
These lines five mistake not have been quoted be-
fore They are familiar as Mr.. Bryant's
Truth crushed to EARTH viii rise again.
They are as hackneycd As 'Who would be free, them
selves must strike the blow" They are recited as
matter of course by everybody who organizes or de-
tends revolution in favor of freedom They are ex
remey encouraging, for they express perfect faith
in the ultimate triumph of political justice. But after
ALL they are like good many other formulas in this
world of professionalism are easier to quote than
verses of a more despairing description would be
they are cheerful to utter when you carrying about
the contribution boxes; but the historical fact remains
that the bleeding son" does not always follow the
example of the " bleeding sire" and that Freedoms
battle" after severe battling is sometimes left un
renewed for centuries. That il will be won A. ID.
1900 or A. d. 20OO is cold comfort to the enslaved
A. ID. 1866 We always talked about our slavery
after this fashion. 1t was to die out IT
was to be abolished by the States in which
il existed; it was to yield to the influ-
ences of the Christian religion it was to be got rid OF
by colonization Most certainly, 1t couldn't last. IL
did last however long enough TO cost us freshet of
human blood and a mountain of honorable debt; and
rid as we are of it nominally, are by rid
of its direct influences and its indirect distractions
Now. We take it for granted that the bleeding sires
mentioned in the above verses did their BEST and did
not bequeath heritage of blood to their children out
Of cowardice or Incidence or selfshness. The duty
of working in our day and generation is none the less
fixed because we may be forced by turns of fortune
or by the natural imperiecton of work TO leave
it not quite completed We are sure of the living
present-we are sure of what We accomplish with
our own hands-we never can be sure of higher
moral and material courage in our children than we
ourselves possess. We beg gentlemen in Congress,
and in public life, whatever thcir department, to
remember that reconstruction" iSop business and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23

The Senate made rapid progress yesterday in dspos
ing of the Tax Bill, adopting great number Of
amendments many of which will be found in full in
our congressional report Circulating notes of any
individual or State Bank are to pay tax of ten per
cent except when they DO not exceed FIVE per cent OF
the capital and in that shall be free from tax.
or when the circulation is secured BY deposits
in the Treasury of the United States. Re
turns of income must hereafter state whether
they are made in currency or at a gold val.
uation. The Free List was enlarged by add
ing thereto chronometers, safes looms, pumps,
steam.engiues, sewing.machines, wines, and rubber
springs for cars and the House list kept intact. Dis
tillng without license is to pay double taxes; tho
disier is liable to Imprisonment for two years, and
his property will be coniscatei. Very elaborate pre-
cautions are taken against frauds and imperfect
returns, and this difficult branch Of internal rev.
enue administration to have received careful
revision. Whoever offers or receives bride for
fraud on the revenue is to suffer fine and imprison-
ment. These amendments require, Of course, the
concurrence of the House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23
THE MESSAGE.

President johnson seems, like Uncle Toby, deter
mined to ride his hobby La season or out OF season,
in public speeches. messages, conversations, telegraph
c dispatches talks with delegations the one purpose
Of his Presidential life is to keep his hobby in
view of the people. If there is one thing the world
knows. il is that Andrew johnson has certain
opinions on Reconstruction He deals with that
subject very much as hard-headed doctors deal with
medicine and wooden headed theologians with divin-
ity. A. Us hobby thus far has proved very harm
less and has done about as much toward reconstruct
ing the Union as the deliberately constructed bastonS
and parallels OF Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim
did toward the seige of Namur. The danger
with every hobby is that we have
too much Of it. There may be saving grace in a
Presbyterian catechism-but must We all be burned
who do not believe the divinity Of Westminster A
squaretoed doctor who blsters and bleeds may save
a patient now and then, but must blister aud
bleed oil sick people because this one medicne-man
finds his hobby in bis lancet and cantharidesl
Mr. johnson rode his hobby into Congress yester-
day. Nobody wanted him, nobody expected him. no.
body felt that he had any business there. His mes
sage was about az appropriate as though it had con-
tanned the bill Of fare Of his breakfast his last tailors
account or his opinions upon the cause Of thunder.
IL is enough 10 have messages from His Ex-
cellency when they are really unavoidable, but
if We to have them upon every OCCASION alas for
Congress Still this practically amounts to nothing
The statesmen OF Congress are doing their work-as
well probably as can be expected-but scarcely as
rapidly as the country would have it, The
right spirit is among them, and right Will
be done. As for our Uncle Toby, let him
60 on riding his hobby-and if he Insists upon riding
il into Congress why no harm will come, aud let him
be gratfed for the sake of all that he has DONE and
the hope that he will that the nation cannot
DO saved By concession and surrender.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23

that it is not, TO say the least paernal TO adjourn
vexatious questions TO day most decidedly uncer.
tain.
Whatever may be the poeticaI view Of Il. Tia
prosaic fact is that Freedoms battle had vastly beta,
DO won than lost. Poland teaches us that. Ireland
teaches US that Austria and France teach
us that lie who trusts in the regeneration
ola country thoroughly trodden down and absolutely
enslaved for long period Of time forgets that despot
ism cankers the soul and unmaus the hearts Of its viz
tins. Every year added to the period Of an abuse
renders its removal less likely to be peaceful 1t isa
melancholy fact that enormous shames and appalling
expressions do, by virtue of precedent aud of mere
continuance, get crystalzcd into very respectable
rockiness, and when finally blown up by the nitro
gycerine of Gods eternal laws that they are apt To
disappear in q very murderous and otherwise I'M
pleasant manner. II is the first step in public yiue
as in private vice, that costs-somebody must leaa
the way-sOme State must take the initiative and why
not State like Maryland, which so nobly kept her
fidelity untaiLted during all the contagon Of the Civil
War. Sooner or later "Coored Suffrage must come
it is just predestinae as tomorrows SUNRISE and
why should the Unonists Of Maryland true to the
memory of their gallant leader shrink from ollov
ing the path justice which, dying, he pointed out
to themi In democracy based upon perfect
equality before the law suffrage as the privilege
of particular color is an anomaly which can only
make mischief in the present and I'll the future with
uncertainty Until you concede it, the battle of Free
dom must remain partly won. Tyranny always
acute in plans for its perpetuaton from age
to age-why should Liberty be willing 10
leave its life at the mercy of historical
chancesl These are questions for the people Of
the United States seriously to consider We mention
the matter Of Colorcd Suffrage not because is the
only question which inctes dScouIaging displays of
political timdity. There is not point taken in tho
Report of the Reconstruction Committee which will
not excite the apprehension Of somebody and
be thrown out of Congress if apprehension to keep
the better Of courageous sagacity-and yet the Re-
port is exceedingly moderate. There are people who
would leave to the next generation the assertion and
defense of the civil rights of allthere sircs"
who would bequeath to their sons the adjustment
ofthe basis Of representation of the insuec
tion-at least, think Of paying the Rebel public debt,
and ofcompensatng the Shareholders. This, wemaybe
sure will be beginning Reconstruction at the wrong
end, and can result in nothing but Legacy Of peril
to our children.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-23

The many friends Of William Lloyd Garrison will
be panied to learn that the injury which beel him last
Winter is more serious than at first apprehended.
and is likely not only to disable him for long time.
but to retard considerably the execution Of the great
work he has undertaken Slavery and its abolition
in the United States. This is on all accounts to bs
regretted; but his personal friends will regret It
peculiarly knowing they do that Mr.. Garrison IS
not rich that bis abors were all sacrifices in pecu
mary yew and that he must be relying on the sue
cess of his book for many Of the comforts Of his life
None but prophets can take stones for bread but is
pity that they should have TO-