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A South Carolina paper refers to Chief
Justice Chase as being the next standard
bearer of the democracy. There are Z great
many distinguished gentlemen, democrats and
quasi-democrats, Disguised republicans and
forlorn old fogy wings, who may claim .
Hendricks, Adams, Mcclellan. Stevenson, "a
Kentuek Wade Hampton, Ben Butler, Bob
TO0mbs, Herschell v. Johnson, Alexander III.
Stephens-who, by the way, and it is not too
late to state the fact, would have been tho
compromise candidate at Charleston in 1860
between Douglas and Buchanan had hc
chosen to accept the nomination-and
many others. But one thing is certain, the
democracy, in order to succeed in 1672-and
the road is before them--must throw over
board every stick and tie that may attach
their candidate to the issues before the war,
who is not ready to accept solemnly the result
of the war as a finality and to proclaim himself,
high and above board, away up to the main
top, the steadfast advocate of the political
progress that has been made since our intcrne-
cine conflict No more copperheadism--no
more talk about fighting the old fight over
again. No more Of the high cockalorum and
buncombe jigs which characterized the con-
duct of our Southern friends when they left
New York in July last imagining they had
cOerced or cajoled the democracy of the North
and West into the selection of candidate for
the Presidency whose success would be re-
garded as a triumphant vindication of the
principles the South had been fighting for for
years. Nothing of that sort must be taken
into consideration. 1t will not be tolerated.
The men who advocate that policy are not
democrats. The candidate of the democracy
in 1872 may not yet be named or thought OF BY
the party. If Grant makes good President
who knows but that he may be the accepted
! man Of the Southern democracy as their can
didate for the White House four years hence?
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NV Mars ~ FrANcE.-vsps, said 70 have
been prepared BY order Of the French govern
mept. have been issued 10 show that the
Second Empire has strictly regarded w.
frontiers - laid down in treaties with neigh
boring Powers. This l. looked upon %
another pacific sign Of the times, the Inference
being tina, II Il Intended 10 cover Emperor
Napoleon's abandonment Of war policy.
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POLAR Recommendation the ninth and
tenth centuries to the nineteenth, from the dis
coveres Of the Icelanders and Mortimer, who
were the first Arctic explorers, to those Of Sir
John Franklin, DR.. Kane and DR.. Hayes, the
Polar regions have had a fascinating interest
for both the commercial and the scientific
world. The dream Of commerce that north
west passage would be found practicable
road to the Indies was long ago dispelled.
But science still demands further and more
complete explorations than any which have
hitherto been made. The ocean cable an
nounces that two scientific expeditions to the
North Pole are now fitting out--one at Havre
under Limberi, and the other at Bremen,
under Pctermann, the celebrated Prussian
savant, whose views of Arctic geography were
corroborated by DIR. Kane's discoveries Of a
Polar Sea.
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crnor Scott to the citizens Of South Carolina IL
behalf OF peace.
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Every man who has been before the public
either as political hack, a member OF Con-
cress. British dungeon martyr or prize
fighter thinks his opinions OF more value than
those of any ordinary individual. Hence we
find in the columns of the daily press letters
purporting to emanate from such characters
and many of them pure fctiOns and for
geries-all of which are forced upon the pub
lie with their toast and coffee every morning.
What do the public care about the opinions Of
George Francis Train, or John Minor Bolts, on
any other important man of their caibre
and pretensions? Why, a letter from Q Bald
win, the prize fighter, or his illustri-
GUS compeer and fellow-victim, Wormah,
would create a greater sensation In New
York and throughout the country, and
perhaps throughout Great Britain and The Con-
tinent Of Europe, than would the letters of all
these self-constituted makers Of public opinion
piled together and published in batch. The
papers would sell hundred thousand extra
copies containing the one and not single
extra copy containing the other. The Ameri-
can public are capable Of thinking for them
selves and forming their own judgments upon
political matters, and those who imagine other
wise had better save their ink to write bsiless
doMr to ladies or horse pedigrees
Tug SOUTHERN BoYs.-There il a division
of the Southern boys into white and black
fact that is new in our history, paradoxical az
it may seem to say 1t. 1t is fact that dates
only from the time when such a thing was re-
cognized in the South as black men. Ahciently
every colored creature Of the masculine gender
in the Southern States was "bOy." That
word had no relation to age, and consequently
Since there are black men, therefore there arc
black boys, and they grow up with spirit
enough to fight; and in Alexandria there are
street battles between the schools Of either
hue. This Is a sign, II any were needed, q
the progress Of Southern thought in placing
the races in opposition. Boys express tho
instructive undercurrent of domestic life-the
unrsasoning passion and prejudice that let's
itself out freely at home, and for this evil
IDENTITY there is no resource but fight:
PROSPECT OF LAW AND ORpER.-With all the
violent threatenings on both sides here, there
and everywhere in reference to "a free cleo
ton or free fight" and to ballot suffers,
repcstsrs and fraudulent naturalization papers,
&c., we think that there are good reasons TO
anticipate the general prevalence Of law aud
order as usual ON the great day Of our Presi-
Dental election aud the supremacy of honest
voting, because of the precautions adopted
and because Of the prevailing feeling among
the people ON both sides in behalf Of honest
votes. Even 80 let IL be.
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bear Of Judge Davis and the political fnan-
ciers Of the class to which he belongs. The
issue Of more greenbacks to pay the bonds,
they tell us, is reputation In disguise, for they
will never be redeemed. We have more faith
than this in the natural resources Of the coun-
try, which can only be developed by sufi-
cient circulating medium-the true likelihood
Of commerce.
If Judge Davis win cast his eyes towards
Wall street at the present moment he will be-
hold the fruits Of the policy which he so ably
and ingeniously sustains and of which Secre-
tary McCulloch is the great high priest. We
are at the present moment in tho midst OF o
panic, which finds its origin in the non-expan-
sion and contraction cries of the politicians of
the Davis and McCulloch school, The contrac-
ton policy which Secretary McCulloch inau-
gurated in 1865, and which has ever since
been sustained by Congress, maugre little
buncombe to the contrary, has been the real
primary cause Of all our financial troubles,
particularly the great Wall street lookup. The
House Of Representatives, on the 18th day Of
December, 1866, passed q resolution endorsing
the Sangradoian policy Of our financial DR..
McCulloch by the decisive vote of 144 to 6;
absent and not voting 80. Ever since that
date both houses Of Congress have, with a
persistency worthy of a better cause, fully sus-
tanned him in every measure recommended.
Clearly recognizing circulating medium as
the lifeblood of the nation, and as DIR. San
grade attempted to restore his patients by
Withdrawing their lifeblood, 80 our financial
Sangrados in the Treasury Department and
Congress have for the past three years at
tempted the extraordinary task Of financial
reconstruction by Withdrawing from the chan
nes of trade that circulation which is abso-
lutely necessary to sustain the life of every
business enterprise in the country. During
the last three years of the rebellion money was
plenty enough. We had no panics or lock-ups.
| There was money enough afioat in the chan
nels of trade to transact the legitimate bust
ness of the country without too much depend
| ence on Wall street. At the close OF the
| rebellion there was in circulation among
twenty-four million people in the twenty-five
lOyal States paper money as follows -
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LAST CHASoE.-No persons ballot will be
received on Tuesday next whose name is not
on the registrars list tonight.
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csai ~sssrsas.
II 1, little singular that the two rrpresen-
istiye speeches In the pre-en, campaign on
the important issue ~ c-r financial policy
should have been made nv two politicians
from the rural districts, both residents Of
Orleans county and icw years ago partners
in The same Law firm. Net such Z. the case.
Sanford H. Church delivered some time ago
the best speech Of the campaign On the hnan-
cisl question on the democratic eide Of the
house. proving himself the superior of Sey-
mour "a statesman aud drhsicr and Judge
Noah Davis. Churchs former law partner.
made the best speech ~ the campaign on the
republican side on the Same subject at the
Cooper Institute on Thursday evening last
Judge Davis Is peculiarly clear. concise and
logical in his argument. lie puts HI points
strongly, avoids embarrassing them by iniri-
cate calculations and takes biz positions plainly
and boldly, 30 that he prccise meaning can
b. readily understood. II IL thus made clear
from the start that he u 4 determined ai,o-
cate Of gold payments 10 the creditor cf the
government both for principal and interest
that he IL strong upholder Of the nations,
hanks and regards them a. great public
blessings that he has sufficient iaith In large
public debt 10 believe lhst there may b.
evoked out Of Il incidental blessing. ~
great benefit to the people, and Ina, he 70
CARDS The issue OF any larger amount of greeo.
backs than were In circulation al the close Of
the war as Of very questionable constitution
slity ana a. calculated 70 bring innuInersbIe
evils upon the government.
But Judge Davis falls into the error common
30 political flnanciers lie seeks ~ make
party question OF the financial system 81 the
country. He insists that the proposition b.
pay the government bonds In the legal cur
rency Of the United States. where gold II not
specified upon the face of the Instrument l.
bare population, and even pisces In Abe same
objectionable category the suggestion to lower
the rate OF interes, upon the national debt or
to tar the national securities. but England.
whose commercial snd financial honor stands
so deservedly high among the nations, has
time and again reduced her rate Of interest
without incurring the odium Of population,
and every government, after the heavy ex-
penses OF war, has economical In the same
manner The expansion Of the legal tender
greenbaok currency IL, however, the great bug
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United States notes (greenbacks) $433, 1870, $40
Fractional currency, 26,344. 742
National bank notes ................ 800 DOC, 900
backs) ..'...... 2i7 o24, 100
nacks). ...................... io7I4s, 71s
backs. -. s5Osa,oco
greenIacksj -. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 32,5Ss, 9Ol
Treasury notes past due convertible
tnio greenbacksl ..................... l,6OS,02O
greenbacks). ....... 1880, 575
Total 2si e7s, $50
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON WHIsKEY.-Mr.
Attorney General Evarts has delivered an
opinion on the subject of distiliation and redis-
tillation of ''singlings,' ''doublings'
and ''backings" Of which terms ara better
understood by the distillers and the Attorney
General than by ourselves, or, perhaps, any
body else not initiated in the twin mysteries Of
the Internal Revenue law and the whiskey rings.
However, in so far as the Attorney Generals
decision goes, it would appear that there will
be a considerable increase coming to the reve-
nue., and that multitudes of stills now as still
as ALTERNATING animals in winter will be
started in fresh vigor, all, Of course, paying
taxes 10 the government. In a financial point
of view this may be satisfactory. Considered
in sanitary light il may be matter of lndif-
ference to the public whether ''singlings, '
sdoublings' or 'backings" are warranted to
kill at the shortest range for all these delicate
gradations Of potent poison enjoy generous
rivalry in this respect. The question of real
importance is whether the decision Of Mr..
Evarts can put check on fraud and bring q
larger tribute to the public treasury.
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A TEMPTING OFfEa.--The Hon. Fernando
Wood says that II elected for just another term
to Congress he will, al the expiration thereof,
forever retire from the arena of politics.
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SENATOR SUMNER on SPECIE PAYMENTS In
alatc speech Of Senator Sumner at Cambridge,
Mass. he advocated the return to specie pay
mcnts on the 4th Of July after Grants election;
and so do we, provided always that this thing
can he done without any shock to our financial
and business affairs. In this view we appre-
bend, however. that we cannot restore our old
time hard money circulation by the 4th or the
9Th Of July next even under General Grant, with
Mr.. Sumner as Secretary Of the Treasury.
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assck esaDblaag 10 wall street.
Wall street IL . queer place and Offers
chances 70 great and small. though the largo
Ash seem 10 swim best. The smaller opera
tors, when they wish 10 limit their risks, 20 10
buy "privilcges" Ii. the right 70 receive
or deliver so much stock 1t . certain price
within a certain time. The right 10 deliver
Il called put" aud the right 10 receive .
"call" For some time this business In puts
and calls has been very fashionable. Either
the buyer Of the privilege stands ON ID and
waits for the market 70 yield him profit or he
makes an operation 20 which his privilege
serves as a hedge.
Now, the privilege l. always given for
"value received. and this Is so stated In the
memorandum which passes between the par
ties, and 50 long a. the persons or firms who
sell the privilege remain solvent u Is always
duly honored. When they fail II Is recognized
as liability But suppose the case OF an In
dividual repudating his puts" or "calls,
what legal remedy would there bel We be-
lieve the Stock Exchange does not recognize
these transactions, and this might have weight
with the courts or course the repndiatcr
would be done for in Wall street but II he
were wicked enough to repudiate he would be
sharp enough to know that his ill-gotten gains
could be used elsewhere. In any case IL Is not
likely the practice win he driven out Of
fashion by this open rascality.
But suppose man to die and his executors
were called upon to pay par for several
Thousand shares of Nebraska Central on the
strength of a number Of little documents in
which the deceased had expressed this privi-
lege of delivery for value received. Is II quite
certain, supposing the payment for the stock
to be against the interest Of the estate, that
they would take the same view of the matter
which the deceased would have taken in his
lifetime? Perhaps they might think it their
duty to contest it, and try, as defendants,
whether the law would recognize bargains of
this nature or bar them on grounds of pub
lie policy" AT the least they would have
the usual length of time in which to settle the
estate and that would be long enough to weary
out most mems patience.
We fancy question Of this kind would be
an interesting and novel one in our courts,
and the lawyers would be sure to benefit by it
if no one else did. However, all speculative
operations seem founded on the belief that
everything and everybody will last forever,
and perhaps it is best So Still ii is good ad-
vice to bid men hatch their plans carefully,
ward well their position, garner their profits at
the right time, and, above all, to keep them.
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Sour GRAPES. Horace Greeley declines the
republican nomination for Congress In the Fifth
district
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-09-05
Nouvelles.

LouIsIANE.-Ln Legislature continue sou
mnvre. Est-ce qu'elle prolongerait ainsi 81
session 81 lie per ,lem uexistait pas Sans
doute, car ellie trayaille aussi pour la soire
Ne Went ellie ,pus de voter le bill Isabelle {?
&c bill degaite permet tout individu dc
s'iutrodnire daus toni lieu public payaut
liccnce, de !, asscoir il toute table de steamboat
de s'uceouder i. tout compton de cabaretier,
lie prendre place a toute logo de theatre
Tout celia nest pas plus ctrange que de
coucher ensemble, blancS ct noirs, an Mecha-
nic's Institute. On autlp bill est sur Ie chan
tier, imposant une take dc l pour 100 sur
toute propretc taxable. Cette nouyelle take,
que lie plus despotique dcs eouvernements
naurait pas inyentec, dot, ait-on, tteinlre
Ii dette dc Ia Louisiana .. on Ia suif de ces
messeurs. Les Senatears parlent de corrup-
tions ct dc votes achetes. Pas possible M.
W. II. G. King, proprietairc du Times, est
mort a la Passe Christian. grande pro-
cession dcmocratique de samedi, a Ia Nouvellc
Orleans, ell quelqne chose dc vert.,hlemcut
grandiose. Vingt mile hommes dis.ient par
lenr presence ct leur attitude que lie ralica
hsme allait nlonrir. An reste, scion Ia tres
louable habitude en- honnenr parmi nous les
objections commencent deja-Les raticaux
dn Senat, scrupuleux Ell maticre de purete
electorate, ont expulse Jewell, senateur demo-
crase Pinchback, ex- -pensionnaire d'unc mai
son dc travail, |e remplace. bill de pour
cent sur chaque valeur assessee de propriete
personnellc on rset'e tte discute ct atopte
par Ia Clambrc.
NouvEAu MoSpE.-La visite dc Rosen-
cranz a Lee n'avait aucun caractere speciale-
ment politique.-Le Senat de h Georgie
nest pas encore davis de rcconnaitre I'eligi-
bilte du noir.-En reponse aux radicaux du
Sud qni out demande dcs arnes pour la mi
lice, lc President a ii. Lies truupcs fr.lc-
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1868-09-05
Fcui'Ieton du L0uisiauais.
LIE GAuLo1s EN- AmER1QuE.
Chap. NAViI.

Quinzc jours apres nous retrouvons rami Flo.
s.lle il Albany
Albany, dapres les savants de New.York, fut
aillsi non,,n; canse de tros Albanais qni la fun-
derrnt en- souvenir de Ia Greece.
Albany est anjouri'hr la capi.ae dc l,Etat EN-
pire, population est 1environ 25OO0 ;mes tant
bounes que mauvases. Son Capitole est construit Il
linstar DIES p-eonmers molernes, ct ses lgslateurs
y chqncnt CONNIE aux temps du roi Evandre. A
propos dc l,-c,slateurs, constaons i lhonneur du
dix-neuvene steele republican, que lie plogrcs IL est
pas une Illusion de sonye-crcnx, ct que la Rome
antique pilit levant les illustration, du jour, Nous
aimons les >iaieurs qui ument, clliquent. b,ivent
ct font ii. la morale en- action La democratic est
une tan; belle chose
Filosclc sc'ablit fcrcmcnt devant lie CaptoIc
dAlbany avc pommair, ses essences. son savon
ct sa criniete lt.ninH.
1T quand les pe'tuques passaient. ilosel'e De
dire "Grands ct iustrcs representants du plus
beau pays du monde, legisateurs suptrieurs 4 So
lon ct Il lycnrsue. orateurs incorporates ct in
compares, republicans don't lie dtvouement It llit
roisne sont sub,ncs, vous qui avez pail sur les
codes .eilli dams l6tule, perdu vos chevcux il la
ueFot ct Oil S1Cf1Nce FtntZ
ici, venez en- non'bre, vencz tous Je possible la
Plus meveillense, la plus miracue,se. la plus pro-
videntiellr pon,nadc qni soft au monde. voycz mes
chevcny, voyez ma criniere. voyez ma barbc LII
ben Comme vous, lie surlenlen,ain d une fievre
cerebra!e, iavais lie crane deplume nu genou. On
aurait en- vain clerch6 un poll sur ma tete pelee.
C;Gtat etiiayant ct ma fancee voulait plus me
reconnaitre, m'amait plus, voula retirer sa pa
role. Que fare, glorienx s6nateurs Heureusenent
que lie premier chmiste du monde, I'M ArrnGnien
qui portait nne Tongue robe ct un long bonnet. un
de ces savan,s CONNIE il men parait que tous les
deux mile ans, venait de lccouvrr la pommade de
reternelle jeunesse. Ben Boum Ismai;l me frota
lie cne avec SIS mains sacrdes ct hut jours apres
j'avas la sp,cn1de chevelure que vous voyez. Non
content de mavoir rajcuni, Ben Bonn lsmai;
con6a son secret. Que de rois me doivent a,,jour-
dffuii ts1,rs rheveux Que de femmes mont etc re-
connaissantes pour leur parure retrouvee Qua des
vieillards mont b6ni pour lear rajeunissement Et
81 ie ne suis point millionaire, cest que tous les
psrruquicrs dc l'univers sont lgu6s contre moi,
pa'celuc c lelllais eurs pclruques surerilucs. En