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New-York tribune., 1870-12-05
GEORGIA

THE DEMOCRATIC DECOY DUCK-A SUDDEN COW
NERSION--A SECRET SERVICE AGENT tllkons
OFF HIS DISGt tIsE-TAMMANN IN IHE ooJlp
A dispatch from Atlanta was pubhSheu III
TUE TRIBUNE OF Thursday morning. saying that ths
name of John T. Hoffman. "ior Presdont 10 lo'+ i'""
been raised at the head OF is columns by Ihe 's u'
gidn edited by samuel Bard, who has rroieSs'"' i"i
FORE to be a very ardent supporter Of Pre'IdeA' "'a.
though bitterly opposing GOV. Bullock ana "nO W.
appointed and confirmed Governor OF Id'ho ''S'
ter Whether his sudden conversion from eA'rene 90
thusasm for the Republican party TO eh'Ieo , =
asm for the Democratic party Is sufficiently
the following card which Accompanies the ohaso VI 81
eganoe or whether according to the suggestion OF In"
TRIBUNE correspondent, Mr.. Bard has been @dec,'
uckp in the service OF the Democracy is left for Repuo
uoan reader, 10 decide for themselves;
CARD 10 THE PUBLIC. ..,,,,r,
co.e o,sarvntion upOn the condition or tle a -,
dnring my recent visit to the Federal Capital au t
Northern states has forced upon my mind the vvnl NJ
hat the mlsson of the Republican party hae @ Ia
arcomplishment OF All It's good offices deNoNts up VA,
statesmen of the country, the duty % uotc
policy OF the Government for the fnthie IN,
ssues are tole rising up. having no necessary
with the measures Of the late civil war; or O
ton consa1uent upon It, demanding the closest hNeS
CATION aud wisest solution Oi tho popular H"Hu -
New-York tribune., 1870-12-05

The next lecture in the course of the Young Mems
Uniyersalist Association is TO be delyed in Assoca
ton Hall. Twenty third-st. and Fourth-aye. next
Tuesday evening by Miss Kate Field. Miss Fields
lecture ia IA graceful and appreciatiye tribute to
Charles Dickens, and has been received with great
favor in Boston, where It recently delivered for
the first time.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-05

We hope the gentlemen who have a chronic
habit of interfering with the currency Of the
country under the vague notion that it is to
he distributed by political rather than mercan-
tile rules, will learn a lesson from their expe-
rience G last session, and not tamper with the
Banking law which they then succeeded in
infcting on the country. Ii seems that of
New-York tribune., 1870-12-05
The Tibune's Peply.

IhC ITiOUHcS EcpiB.
"Dear-bought and far-fetched' is a saying
probably as old as the Pyramids, if not older
the utterance of a universal human expert
ence. 1t is a testimony borne by that expert
ence to a truth which inhcres in the nature of
things.
Europe, down to a comparatively modern
date, bought her Silks of India and China
mainly of the latter. That they cost her I'M
mensely more than they have done since she
fabricated them for herself, is a truth which
ought to commend itself instnctively to every
rational mind.
Cotton Fabrics were formerly bought of the
far East by our own people as well as Eu-
rOpeans. We can recOlect a time when
Chinese Cottons were largely consumed in
New-England; and they cost twice as much
in money and at least four times as much in
labor as they now do and have done since we
made them for ourselves. "LOw Tariff tells
us he is a wOTkingman. How can he fail to see
that whenever two producers on opposite sides
of our globe exchange products they must pay
heavy tribute to transportation and exchange (;
whereas, if barely the width of a county sep
arated them, they would each receive for his
product nearly OF quite all that the other paid
for it?
Let us suppose that Californian grows
Wheat for sale exclusively Gas many do) and
buys his Tea from the interior of China of
one who is in turn a consumer of California
-four; does not L" Low Tariff know that the
Californian must, in the nature of things, give
at least thrice as much Wheat for a chest of
Tea as the "hcathcn Chinee" who grew that
Tea receives for it Does he not know that,
pr0ridRg Tea may be grown with As little
labor in California as in China, it will increase
the recompense Of both wheat growers and
tea-grOwer's labor to have the Tea grown be-
side the wheat-felds Of California?
There are propositions so self-eyident that
they defy every attempt to demonstrate them
more clearly. What we seek 10y Protection is
q shortening of the distance which separates
the producer of one useful or desirable pro-
duet from the producer of another such pro-
duct which is naturally and advantageously
exchanged therefor Each man cannot pro-
duce all that is required for the satisfaction
of his legitimate wants he must exchange
products with others: we desire that he shall
be able to effect these exchanges 80 readily
and cheaply that Commerce and TranspOTta-
ton may not take to themselves the grist and
New-York tribune., 1870-12-05
NfTrR1L EFFECTS or PR0TEcnoN

To the EditOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: In one of your leaders in to-day IS
TRIBUNE you say that in his Henry Clays deliberate
judgment the necessary effect Of Protective Duties was
90 cheaper the articles which they were imposed.
My notions somewhat at variance with this and as
l anxious TO learn much pOssibe-I am work
ingman-I would take it great favor il you would
work ont the problem for me. and Others who
what Of my way Of thinking. Yours respectfully
Paterson, n. j., Dec 3, 1870. Low TARIFF
New-York tribune., 1870-12-05
POLITICAL.
WISCONsIN-IOFncnLl

Official returns Of the vote of all the &C 7ti,
have received at the Office Of the Secretary OF ~
The fOOtings are as follows with the cast for PFsi
dent in 1868 and Governor IN 1869 annexed for coDsr
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upon the proper spending Of money than
upon simply getting it. The man whose sole
object is to roll up millions upon millions
and to that end jealousy boards every cent
that falls into his hands, neither profits him
self nor his neighbor by his accumulations
Ho alone who judiciously distributes what
he gets is tho truly rich man; the rest are
but watch-dogs of n treasure which they
are guarding for those that come after them.
As n mere question of selfish prudence,
therefore, the use of money in doing good il
the best use to which ii can be put.
When, too, 1t is remembered how much
every rich man'owes his wealth to the labor
of others, the avaricious locking of it mp by
him in his own Golfers becomes unthank.
full rs we'll rs ungcnerous Society il
not heap Of disconnected atoms; it
is an organized whole, and no one
particular man can rightfully regard himself
MS Independent Of oil other men, either in his
business OF In his pleasure. If il be true, as
charged upon them, that the rich German
merchants, bankers, and manufacturers Of
this city arc careful only to make as much
money and spend as little as they can, neg
Letting the various charities which are do.
signed for the relief Of human want and suf-
fering, they are Sinking debt of as impera.
tive obligation rs any which are entered on
their books If, for example, they have nj.
lowed other people to care for the poor chill
dren Of their nationality, they have to that
exten: dcfrauded those people They may
perhaps congratulate themselves that they
have escaped an unwelcome exaction, but
they have also incurred stigma of mean.
mess which they ought to feel as disgrace
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Men Of art and letters in England are
greatly excited over an outrage recently perpe-
trated at Oxford. A few weeks ago the library
OF Christ Church was entered, and several busts,
together with a marble statue Of Venus, Of great
value were carried out by certain undergraduates.
In the course Of the night pile made Of fagots
and mats the sculptures were put upon IL, the
whole set on fire. and the works Of art totally de-
strOyed. There has been as yet no official state
ment concerning the outrage and its perpetrators,
but the facts are tolerably well known in under
graduate circleA The report Is that two distinct
sets Of men we're engaged in the business The
one took the statues out Of the library a. joke.
The other set found them, made the bonfire, and
destroyed them. Between The two sets the house
has los. q fine bust Of the late Dean aAnyoRp, BY
wanLsHR- and other works Of the greatest value
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Mr.. Fish's Gunboa,s at Work.

If we are to credit the report of Gen. De
RoDAs, tclegraphcd from Havana, a quantity
Of arms, ammunition, and medicines, belong
ing to the patriots Of Cuba, and recently landed
in the island from the steamer George b.
Upton, have been captured by the Spaniards
with loss to the patriots Of ten men killed /;
md that the main reliance Of the Spaniards
in performing this exploit was two gunboats.
Of course these Guubo0,s are a part Of the
lotlla built and fitted out in the port
Of NV Yo.k for Spain, and allowed
to sail from here by Gen. GRANT and his
Secretary OF State, against the earnest pro-
test Of large numbers Of American citizens,
This was done with the full knowledge that
these gunboats were to be used in crushing
the heroic attempt of the Cutans TO throw
ulf the yoke OF Spain, and in perpetuating
slavery in Cuba.
Is 1t possible that our neutrality laws can
be so twisted from their original intent rs to
permit outrages like this2 If they can, they
are disgrace TO republicanism, and ought
to be repealed. If they cannot. then the
officials who perpetrated this cruel wrong
deserve and will ultimately receive the Sc
verest censure Of every liberal mind and gen.
erous heart in this country.
DO the Administration, do Republi.
can Congress, do the Republican party
imagine that they can successfully meet this
issue when brought to the bar of public opn.
ion and subjected to the searching ordeal of
the ballot boxH
To see this great Republic thus crouching
Mt the footstool of bankrupt despotism.
which has sunk so low in the scale OF nations
that it vainly offers its crown to any adven-
turer who will take II in the markets of
European royalty, tinges every manly AIneri-
can check with q mingled blush Of shame
and ind gnation.
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The Ecenin9 Post of yesterday published
long letter from its Spanish correspondent in
Washington, the pitb Of which is to prove that
the Cuban Junts had endeayored TO suborn sun
dry members Of Congress and various corre-
spondents Of the press in Washington. If the
agent or agents Of the Cuban Junta were no more
successful than Mr.. LArHAn was in the talk
which the Foa says he had with our Washington
correspondent about Alaska, we cannot ielicitate
them on their selection. We have but little
doubt, however, that the Cuban gentlemen named
by the I6sf's Spanish correspondent will dsprove
the libel.
1t is 4 strange coincidence that while Gen. b,
F. BuTIER was Chairman Of the Investigating
Committee on this matter of improperly promised
bonds in aid Of Cuba, his nephew GEORGE =, Bur
LER, lately confirmed us United States Consul TO
Egypt should have been the active agent en-
ploycd by Mr. LORE RoBERTs and the then Span.
ish Consul here. Mr.. ZEA, in remunerating At
ludcrously liberal rates the Bohemians whom
he employed to write up the cause Of Spain in
one Of our daily papers.
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The Fourth ward shootiur AGruy.

The accompanying affidavit Of Mr. Marx LAM.
gan, who is well known as an old and respected ct.
rem of the Fourth Ward, puts an entirely different
aspect tho shooting Of Patrick Herman by onicer
Burke:
Ctyqf Nti0 York County OF Ne1e YOrk. S.-Mark
LSnigan, residing at 20 Oliver street, aud doing
business at o. James street, In the Fourth Ward, u
the aforesaid city, doth deposa and aver me 80.
lCmnty ui has oath tEat he has been resident of
said ward for period OF over twenty years
that he was acquainted from boyhood with Patrick
Ugnun, who Was shot by Othcer Burke on the night
OF inc 2d Inst; 'hlt the moral character and hal
standing OF tho said neInin were beyond reproacl
that upon hts record ~ gentleman OF Druhity,
which Wan certified hy a number Of rcspec gbo
citizens OF the said wnrl he (iiernan) was appoint
ci 20 an honorable position In tho New York Post
once that on the night IN question, the deceased
while In ron OF his residence, endeavorng u enter
the same, WIS intrr.ered with by Oncer Burke
Nhich lac Indignantly repealed, when a sculle On
sued and In endeayOring To project himself rom
che iuhunan, bcI-tly, and violent and uuprOyOkel
assault of Tho said o1Cer Herman uncunsCiOusy, 1t
l. believed, grasped the locust club with which he
Burke without any Justification. drew his revolver
and tred upon the SAID Herman, from the wound Of
which shot he has since died. believe the kin
IN ~ of Herman and quote that from the pI ess)
was cool deliberate murder and thai opinion h
shared W those who know the character VI the de-
ceased, and that OF the officer who committed tie
deed MARK IANIGAN
Sworn 10 before me this 9Th day OF June 1870.
MA. PARKER Notary Public,
1854 Nassau street. New York county
Mr., Lanisan respectfully requests us TO ask the
public to suspend opinion as to this atriir unn all
the facts are developed by judicial proeee dings.
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Pres dent GRANTS proposed trout-fshing
excursion with Senator CAMERON is not un
likely to be attended with important conse-
quences NeGlectA! opportunities are not
among the sins that Mr. CAMERON has to an
Bwerfor; and 1t is reasonable to suppose that,
emulatiug the example of the busy bee, every
hour that he has the President under his
wing will be improved to the best advan.
tage. The President, If not too much
absorbed by the destinations Of angling
may gather much benefit for his mind from
the unrestricted and confidential intercourse
that is likely 10 be afforded him with the
veteran Senator Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. CAMERON is an experienced and adroit
politician, while Gen. GRANT is precisely the
reverse and 1t will be strange indeed if the
President does not acquire numerous new
political wrinkles during his excursion, and
catch more new ideas than trout Mr.. CAM
ERoN's skill AZ political manager may be
inferred from the fact that, although he has
Leld numerous high and remuncrative off,
cial positions, he was never in all his life
elected 70 any Office whatever by the
people
Another of his strong points is his skill
in manipulating Legislative bodies He could
teach Boss TWEED and the accomplished
SwEENY the first principles of this noble art.
Iorc is GRANTS opportunity for gaining
much valuable instruction. which he sadly
needs, since he has been extremely uncortu.
nate in his attempts in this direction Con
gress having generally treated his sugges-
tons and wishes with profound contempt,
Notwithstanding that the party which elected
linn las an overwhelming majority in both
Houses.
After the Presidents rustications of last
summer we had the gold conspiracy, Blue
Friday, and the sanctimonious CoRBIN. Who
can tell what blessings may be in store for us
as the result Of this seasons excursions2
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The Republican National Convention held
at Chicago in May 1868, laid down in its
platform the fundamental law Of that party
Among the principles thus set forth is n
solemn dcnunciation Of every proposition TO
rcpudiato the Obligations ofthc Government
We dcnoVnce al forms Of Repatriation as
national crime" said the Convention and os
next to this in Importance the platform de-
clares that ait is duo to the labor of the ma.
ton that taxation should be eQuo1iscd."
BY way of commentary on this platform
the bill to reduce taxation which was debated
In the House of Representatives last week, and
finally passed yesterday, receiving the votes
Of the great majority Of the Republican men,
bers, begins with reputation. 1t repudiates
the solemn pledge of Congress and of the Re
publican party that the income tax should
not be continued after the year 1870 and it
proposes, in violation of that pledge, to i'm.
pose that odious, unconstitutional, and un.
just tax upon the country for an indefinite
period
Having thus thrown to the winds the
pledge of tho Government made when the
internal revenue system was first devised,
and having also trampled under foot that
article of the Chicago platform which de.
nounces every form OF reputation rs
national crime, the Republicans In
Congress proceed by sort of natural logic
TO violate that other fundamental principle
Of their platform which afFirms that taxation
ought to be cqualizcd. The income tax pro
vided for in the bill IL tao most unequal that
could possibly be contrivcd. Indeed. it sets
out with ilouting equality in taxation as un-
worthy of the least regard. 1t exempts from
taxation all incomes up to $1,000 year, and
levies its impost upon incomes above that
sum while, If the principle Of equality,
which the Chicago platform aiIirms, were to
be followed. there could be no exemption at
all.
II is evident that none of the Republican
Representatives who voted for this bill can
any longer be considered members of
the Republican party. They have set Mt
naught and pitched overheard two of its
most important principles; they have made
themselves regulators, and they have voted
against equality in taxation.
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a Word for our Wealthy German Ci;-
iLnna.

Some Of the moro benevolent and eulight.
sned Germans in this city ar, engaged in an
Effort TO rouse their wealthy countrymen to
becoming sense Of the duties which the
possession OF money imposes upon them
Their special topic Of cxhouGtion for the
moment is the Childrcn's Aid Society, which,
they say, has taken care Of hundreds Of poor
herman orphans aud h4llorphaus every
year for the past ten years, Providing them
with shelter food, clothing, and schooling,
and in many cases sending them to perma.
nent homes in the West, without having re-
rciyed a single dollar in the way of asst
Nnco from German sources. This state of
things isjustly felt to DO disgracelul to the
national reputation, and stirring appeal
has been made to our German fellow citizens
1ot TO allow IL to continue
sinca the Germans themselves have opened
'he discussion Of tho subject, it may not be
nmiss for us to take part in 1t, and to Join in
rsaninding the wealthy German residents of
New York that it is neither becoming nor
vlso In them TO seek merely 10 secumula ate
riches, without also bethiukng themselves
Of the claims of charity. The welfare. and
happiness Of the world depend much more
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The cabau Charitable Aid SocirtY ,i"ie'llu
the CIbtu League.
People or Nor YorF'


Having hoFn elected at a mass mcc,ln9 70, % r'-
xcns OF the Republic, met without 3D.. .ur. ..l Of
party ar sect. at the Cooper Institute, 100 Hf of
January $50 your Executive tubuuH.o o.. ue
Cuban Chm, table AID Society, FOR tho iu"u'
forth in the resolutions uon adopted, We 1--we ~
tempted faithfully to discharge the Gu.i"s M .ltl
trust. Many Of the most distinguished c,llluH- ~
the states and Territories nave united wiuh 49, ma
We have reason to lctyp t'st We have $40. 'tetln
concentrating the public thought IN the prr'umn.
idea that Cuba merits ana shall receive the 'cu'"
eympthy and moral support of tho Republic .1 neg
heroic Stru-g for inucpenlenfo on SPAN, an W.
equal liberty OF all, without distinction OF Iago VI
caste.
In the mean time another society ofsiui1r aims
with ourselves, and with which Se have IN u.s. lnt-
w cO6perIted, has sprung into eGistenco-the uhH
League. b. mutual consent We hayo united II''e
societies into that League, believing thli iHr p4I-
poses Of all would be best subservel by such 40 vn
We have therefore directed and hereby reQd,.n
all persons having any funds belonging to Nh, s'ee'
~, to turn them over 10 the Treasurer OF lae 'aO'|
Learns. . f..
We invite MI our Vre. Presidents and friends 20
continue IA friendly relations with the League ."
continue To act a. officers aud In aid Of NE same
Having every reason 10 believe thu tle ~ t'
will continue tho war, and secure finally t'rr ~
| ty. wo cOmlnend our cause " the generous w
America people and the just mrG Of a h-'""''
n! order OF the Executive Committee.
CIV CLAY, Presitrrt; 4.
HORACE GREE -, ~
JOSIAH OAkES, v r.
| CHARLES A DANA, Treasurer
| s. ID. SrOCAISU, Secretary.
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Gen. DE RopAs says part of the cargo of
the Upton has been captured As he probably
knows she must have landed her men and arms,
II would be strange il he did not say that part
had been taken. The whole of the Pcrits cargo
was takcn-by telegram. DE RoDAs is conscious,
however, Of having wilfuy deceived everybody
so often with his iilse kilograms. that lie has
thought Il indispensable on all late occasions to
corroborate his assertions by accompanying
vouchers He was obi ed to send the two I'M
earthed guns with DoaNGo GoIcoURIA and the
AGrEros to Havana, to prove that he was not
lying We want vouchers before we credit one
word Of tia last yarn. How about those Cuban
Generals who were so anxious to surrenderf 1t
Is surely time we heard Of them.
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II the axiom, 80 pleasing to American
vanity, that Westward the star Of Empire
takes lis way" is founded on such vital fact as
the difference between talking and doing, the
faith that the population of the regions between
The Mississippi and the Columbia rivers will gov
ern this country at future day is not III founded
New York talks Of Womah's Rights. Montana
goes and does them. -Four weeks ago young
Welsh woman, Miss GwrS Evans, applied at the
Office Of the clerk Of the United States District
Court in Helena, and declared her desire TO take
the necessary steps 10 become a citizen Of the
United States. When the clerk recovered
from tho stroke of establishment that fell
upon him from the girls lips, he studied the
naturalization laws, and then announced to her
that she had as full a right TO become citizen Of
the United States as If she was man. She re-
ceved her certificate and then she did what no
New York advocate OF Womans Rights has been
smart enough 10 do, or recommend other wo-
men TO do She called upon the clerk to make
out her dcclaratory statement under the preemp-
Valley The description Of which she furnished
The statement was made out and forwarded, and
now stands on the records of the Land Office at
Helena as No. 1000. This girl Is building q
house on the farm thus cheaply acquired, is fenc-
ing Il, and has on It already considerable stock
Of horned aud other cattle; and If the Northern
Pacific Railroad should be built within dgh' If
her house, how her good sense aud courageous
enterprise will be rewarded
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The following extract from despatch writ
ten by the Hon. HAMILTON FIsn to Gen. SIcKLEs,
undcr date 29th June last, can hardly fail to inter
est our readers
"You have already been advised in Your personal
Interview with me OF tie nature Of a confidential
conversation between Gen. Prim ana MIR. Paul =.
Forhes. n citizen Of the Omitted States, whose per-
eonal relations with Gen. lrim the President Of the
Council and with other leading personaces In the
Spanish Cahinent, have led the President to- name
him ~ special and ooyfderti0i agent Of MS Cor
eIHnsnt, to proceed 10 Madrid FOR the purpose Of
there comforting tn the spanish authorities with
View W secure the termination Of hostiies ana tho
Independence OF the island. Mr.. Forhes's POWERS
gre advisory only. You viii avail Yourself ot Mr.
Forhes's assistance in the delicate but very npur.
TINT negotiations on this subject"
Mr.. FoRDEs had previously proved his desire
"to secure the termination Of hos,ihtics" bv or.
dering on behalf Of the Spanish Government the
construction of the gunboais. He evidently
knows how TO serve more than one master His
wish to see Cuba independent has not yet been
proved to anybody but Mr. Fisu.