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New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Mr.. Wendell Phillips, in The National Stand
ard, thus explains his recent canvass for Gov
ernOr of Massachusetts,
I've drew of 10 be counted. While or two inevi-
table obstacles hiudcred fun vote still eated
more than sati-iled-with II the TEN
perance party could have nominated for Gov
and the Labor party another instead OF twenty
two thousand votes shOuld probably have together,
thrown thirty thousand. Some Temperance men would
for Labor Governor. and very many working
men refused 10 vote fer Prohibition Governor. With
separate tickets Labor would have given twenty
thousand, and Temperance ten thousand votes
"But the Joint canvass had great advantages In other
respects, II made the tborcrs in the two fields know
and respect each other tn" speeches educated each In
the clRm- of the other. and thus strengthened both
causes.
THE marching Of these two moral questions out from
Republican ranks bad special Significance"
Mr.. Phillips's mistake is that of the fly on
the wheel - or, perhaps, after the said fly
" drew off To be counted The wheel remained
and went on Not fourth of the Temperance
men, nor even of the PrOhlbitionists, "drew Off
with Mr.. Phillips, who could not well Z" draw
"oli~ from party which he had always opposed
and rcvilcd. The PrOhbitiOnistS and champions
of the Elevation Of Labor who adhered to the
Republican party will 80 on with their work
and, when it is done, M Phillips will say
:. See what / have done We hOlted, and
" drove the Republicans to do this" As this
gratiGcs Mr.. Phillips, and harms no one else
We simply note it aud pass on.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Besides the question of sex in the School Board.
two other important points were involved IN
this canyass-one the old difficulty about sec
tartan instruction, and the other the problem
of compulsory education. The three ladies are
in favor of religious teaching without see
tarianism, and of compulsion with certain
qualifications which We do not profess to un-
derstand Prof. Huxley, who is elected by
very heavy vote, approves of Bible reading
without any doctrinal instruction. and believes
that the State has a right to enforce purely
secular teaching though whether he considers
the exercise of that right possible or desirable
we are not certain. The Rev. Mr. TbOrold,
elected from Marylebone with Prof. Huxley,
considers Bible reading without explanation
degradation of the word of God, and lodges
the question of cOmpulSOn.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

To say nothing but good of the dead is a
rule generally accepted; yet we hold 1T subor-
dinate to the higher law" which commands
us to say nothing of either dead or living
which is not true. The World says of The Hon.
Isaiah Blood, just deceased:
CO. In 1859. he was nominated for State Senator. Al
though fhr district had usually gone Republican, he
always hard-H orktng aud attentive Senator, never
given 20 speech making. but CONSCIENTIOUS IN MS duties
ever watchfu ~ the interest, Of his constituents"
MIR. Blood, while member of that Senate,
voted for the bills cbartering sundry Street
Railroads in or City currently termed the
" Gridron.n Gov. Morgan vetoed those bills,
expressly on the ground that the profits accru-
ing from the authorization, construction and
running of these roads ought to accrue to the
City, and not to certain favored grantees. Mr..
Blood voted to override those VetOes, and this
prevailed. Hereupon, a dummy, whose name
had been inserted in one of the bills in behalf
of Senator Blood, assigned his interest to Sen
ator Blood for $50; aud part of that interest
was afterward sold by Senator Blood for
S6j000. These facts were more fully set forth in
THE TRIBUNE when Senator Blood was last a
candidate. No one ycntured to contradict, nor
even to qualify them. That Senator Blood was
a man of great wealth was well known. In
view of these facts, is it right to put forth
such assertions rs those above quoted from The
HorIdP
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

By all means let our merchants generally
mite, as the Chamber of Commerce proposes
in urging upon the Government the import
ance of sezing the present opportunity for Sc
curing the abolition of privateerng. We un-
wisely declined the proposed treaty OF 1896,
because we fancied it was not positive enough
in its declarations. The French-German war
has lately illustrated the great advantages
which that treaty would have given us, and
has inclined the European nations to consent
TO its extension. The opportunity to secure
the total abolition of privateering is, there
fore, most favorable, and we ought not to
hesitate to repair the folly committed fourteen
years ago. In view of the fact that it refused
the treaty of 1856, this Government ought to
take an early initiative in opening negotia-
tions for the extension of the treaty. The
Chamber Of Commerce is to hold special
meeting to urge this important matter on the
attention of the President. 1t ought to he
large in numbers and emphatic i'll expression
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
NrIot2lork Daily gribm4re,
FRIDAY. DECEMBER ?, 1870.


The French Army Of the Loire is still retreatng. -
The French claim the battle at Beaune la ROande as
,ictJry The French say the Prussians are falling
beck from Auiens. = balloon, supposed to be from
Paris. has been driven out TO = The delegation
20 present the Spanish Crown to the Duke Of Aosta will
srr.yc IN Florence sunday == The persons engaged
the Of o fishing vessel from the New Dominion
authorities have been admitted to bail.
The December statement shows further decrease in
he puphc debt of nearly S55OOOOO. == The Varieties
rieater in NewOrleaus Is burned, one fireman being
Killed and several injured. == In Philadelphia bold
burglary has been committed. and $500 stolen, ==
The China steamer from San Francisco yesterday took
hD Cinnamon as passengers. =- 1t is believed that
ihe Baton Rouge rioters viii all be discharged.
The Republican General Committee calls on the State
Committee to reorganzo the party in this city - The
Managers OF the Bible Society have resolved TO refer th
Ta-bbune will case 10 Committee Of Arbitration. z-
Tle cornerstone OF the Protestant orphan Asylum
brooklyn, has been laid. == AttOrneyGeneral AkeI
man. made speech at the Dartmouth Alumni Dinner
a Marshal sharpe has issued instructions for takin
Nn new Census. == Beclcman-st fire caused s55 90
Ir>s. II is stated that Archbishop McCloskey anC
Charles OConor have prepared protest against depry
Ing the Pope Of his temporal power. == Gold, llOi
rDl. lD3. Thermometer "a, 81, l3.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The BHFqlO Express has been misled into saying:
"The dispatch in question account OF the captua0n
OF Metz in The London Tines, which appeared hr In
The London Daily Netcs identicay the same with that
which was published the following day in The TRiBUNs
as a special dispatch"
The Express should correct this gross misstaement.
Neither the detail account of the surrender of Metz
nor of any other leading event of the war; has ever
bnan printed in THE TRIBUNE the day following
its appearance in London We have repeatedly pub
lshed news of great battles in advance Of the London
papers-never in single instance, thus far during
this war, after them. 1t further happens that the
letter in question was written by The TRBUNE's
own correspondent, Mr.. Miller, engaged solely By
The TRIBUNE, and acting solely under our orders
His work was really one of the most re-
markable journalistic feats Of the war.
The surrender took place Saturday after
noon; our correspondent spent half the after
noon in the surrendered city, and on Monday morn.
ing THE TRIBUNE contained his account of it
which The London Times reproduced ON Tuesday.
with words of generous praise.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
The CLieaao RpuGIican (nOw

The Chicago Republican (nOw that it isn't
Republican, dscOurses as follows:
"A high tariff may, from some points OF view. appear
TO be- party but IL can lay no claim To be considered
public necessity The Government OF the United states
is able to collect all the revenue required Tor It's leg
mate purposes without drawing dollar from taxation
upon imported articles. 1t is simply question as to the
mode in which the money TO be extracted from the
pockets OF the people There modes Of taxation by
which the fact that the expenses OF the Government are
paid by people may be obscured but there are none
by which II may be annihated The old Protectioni't
OF the OF Henry Clay, used to tell us that the taxes
upon imported commodities paid by the foreign pro-
duCer aud that by leyyng duties upon these, We drew
the revenues by which our Government was supported
from abroad; but there few at this day who would
venture 10 commit themselves TO notion so papaby un-
tenable and absurd"
The 7jib,mGs COmmentS.-What we ask of
those who talk a. above is, that they frame
Revenue system which accOrds in every respect
with their professions, and either induce Con-
press 10 pass it or appeal to the country to
elect a Congress that will.
As TO what "the old ProtectiOnists of the
"school of Henry Clay, used to tell" we have
cited fact upon fact TO prove that they were
right. We have printed the circular price-list
of a British hardware house, issued to its Amen-
can customers ulftcilN dlJcI Jlc pdSSdSo VI 'hO
Tariff of ~, reducing the price OF such artl-
clcs rs that Tariff bad increased the duty upon,
so "a to make the cost no more under the new
Tariff than before but not reducing the price
of other articles. We have quoted from the
circular (for 1870 of a British Iron-expOrting
house to its Iron making clients, telling them
that the only hope of advancing the price OF
their product lay in the reduction of our duties
on Iron SO of many other cases. These, do
you mind. were the business circulars OF
British exporters, who wanted our duties re-
duced. and hoped to make money thereby. Are
they good testimony or mott
We entirely concur in the proposition that
orr Government might derive Its revenue
wholly from internal taxation. We agree that
the question, so far as Revenue is concerned,
il one of expediency. Now let us see the
" Revenue Reformcr" who does not skulk be-
hind such antiquities as "high Tariff" but
proclaims chat he wishes the Government so
to repleDsh its Treasury as not to put accord
ing to Free Trade logic any money into the
pockets of "mOnopolists,' but every dime that
it exacts from consumers into the Treasury
Where is the Free Trader who dare insist on
Free Trade
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

Lives or lived there ever man with such an i'm
mense talent for breaking into Jail as our eloquent
friend, Mr. George Francis Train Only the other
day. it was reported to MS from France that George
was missing; and very well he might be 50 reported
for he was even then the inmate Of cold and gloomy
dungeon (subteuaneous, for aught We know, and
was possibly carving G. f. T. on the walls Of his cell
with one of his clanking fetters. His place OF re
treat is the Lyons bastille If the French authori-
ties suppose that they are doing him any harm by
locking him up they labor under lamentable mis-
take. He grows great upon imprisonment. lie
dotes upon persecution. He emerged from the lrl'h
bastille much bigger man than be went ill., To bs
let severely alone would him intOlerable an
guish. George will now probably appeal TO the
American Minister, and claim to be a citizen Of the
United States; for when he finds it convenient he
is apt to sink his cosmopolitan character. Some
times he is Chinese, anon Irish, now French, and
then American. Indeed. if our memory serves us, hc
has even figured as a full-blOOded American Indian
If the Washington Government is bound to get him
out Of all his scrapes there should be Department
expressly for the purpose; but we don't think 1t Is.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The decrease of the National Debt for the
month of November is a little below the ave-
rage for the second year of the present Ad-
ndni.tration. Nevertheless, reduction at the
.tte OF S5.JOO,OOO per month, under all the
circumstances of the decreased Tax and Tariff
revenues and the failure of the Funding
scheme. viii be accepted by the people as
amplc proof of the honesty and economy of
tne present officials. We are paying too much
interest, but this is unavoidable while the
Funding bill remains imperative in conse-
qu,nce of the continuation of the war in Eu-
rope. We pay also too much taxes, but the
'ageruess Of the people to extinguish the debt
vii lead them cheerfully TO bear this burden
- long as they receive the monthly assurance
from the Secretary Of the Treasury that the
r-'enues of the nation are honestly collected
and economically expended.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The Castle Garden system of dealing with
Immigrants landing at this port was sharply
and Justly criticised in the National Immigra-
ton Convention which lately met at Indian
apolis The tax levied by this State upon i'm
migrants landing here even when destined for
n'her localities, is an injustice which ought to
be- abolished, if necessary. by the National
Government The tax is paid ostensibly by
the steamship companies, but these repay
themselves 10y Increasing the rates of fare,
and thus, in the end. it comes out of the
pockets of the immigrants. We hope the del
r,ates 10 the Convention are not to content
themselves until Congress has been strongly
urged 20 amend this grieyous abuse.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

1t used to be legal legend that Justice was
never weary, but evidently, if in acceptance
now, it is legal fiction This Judge Snou'u
have taken hint from his worthy ieilow VINO
lately threatened to sit perpetually Tor the
next generation that justice might be done'
To these distinguished ornaments OF our
bench we must not forget to add one Justice
Cox. who, we observe, has been felicltatlng
himself on the concentrations bestowed upon
him by q Trades Union for his consideration
of his own political interests in refusing to
nunisb an officer of the Association for assault
inc \ member who declined to engage IN a
strike" o. worthy trio!
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

trainers. II II were otferwise-if ~ iaa beeo d.
signed to confer the right Of suffrage upon wmeo-
does this brace Of Judges" suppose that consider
ing the we-estabished relation Of tho sexes at that
time, there would not have been in the document an
explicit recognition, in unmistakabls words Of ths
mind of the Convention that there should be n.
distinction Of sex in respect Of electoral pryies,s
Moreover, the Constitution having been framed b,
delegates, how did it happen, if women were parties
directly interested that the Constitution was ~
submitted to them for approval or rejectioni ahs
answer is that they for a moment thought
Of voters that they have never given In tbei,
adhesion to the Constitution at all To say that they
had right to vote under fundamental law, In the
enactment Of which they had nothing 10 do Is "a
utter simple nonsense. OF course this matter does
not affect the main question; but such "srgum .
show the exceedingly loose way in which 60 ,rcas
controversy is carried on
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The old saw represents Experience a teacher.
Yet great deal of bitter and expensive experience
has not protected society against the wiles Of
scamps. and, to this day the cOnfdence-man is mas.
ter of the situation. For instance, here is black
guard in Philadelphia who represents himself
sailor just paid of from an East Indiaman in gold ;
he wants TO change it for paper; he procures the
currency and his fine gold turns out to be brass There
is no novelty aboutths swindle; hundreds and thou
sands have been victimized in the same way: and
still the game goes on. All the tricks stale and
ancient; and yet men such Asses that not one Of
these ingenious expedients for raising the wind has
lost its efficacy. The geese are as green and the
foxes as shrewd as ever.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The facts in relation to the elections for the
London School Board. reported by telegraph
to The TRIBUNE of yesterday, present some
very interesting points. Only three ladies
were candidates, and all of them are believed
to have been chosen. Miss Garrett, who has
been elected one of the members for Maryle-
bone, is "a distinguished medical practitioner,
a leader Of the Female Suffrage party, and
sister-in-law of Mr.. Fawcett, the well-known
Liberal Member of Parliament for Brighton.
Mrs. William Grey is probably chosen from
Chelsea; and Miss Emily Davies, prominent
writer on subjects connected with the eleya-
ton of woman, is reported one of the success
ful candidates for Greenwich. Miss CARROTS
vote seems to have been the heaviest received
by any candidate. The recognition of womans
right to fill nm Office for which no one can
deny that she has eminent qualifications has
thus been given with an emphasis AT which
. all irYs nieRla Vi education l4usI rS.olse,
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
amnssmcnls, cit., CHS Gpenins.

Booru's THEATER.-"R Rip Van Wrinkle" Joseph
icaersoa
FIrTH- AVENUE ETHEATEF.-"Fernanue'
NWIo'S GARDEN" A You Like IT, MIS- 0cou-
S1ioas . -
OLYMPIC TuEArEI.-"Wec Willie Wmkie'' u H.
fOV
WuL,CK's THEATER-"Th The Road to kun'
French SANITARY FAIR-Armory OF list kegl-
b~3t
HEBREW CHARITY FNE-ArmOry OF 22d Regiment
NFw-YoRK Circus. - Equestrian exercises, aero
,sls performance &c. L. b lent
SAN FRANcIsco MNsrRELs, No. 5S5 Broadway
soPgs tsuccs. eccentric scts ETC. 81.
STlpr THEATER.-Gcrman Opera: "Tannhauser'
SrFrNW,Y HMI.-Lecture Miss Edgarton'
WcoI'> MUsFTW AND MIN AGERIE-At anu O.
"P,r. or The Atp.e Of Dscori" LYDIA Thompson irupe
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

The announcement that Gen. DucrOt has
succeeded in sOrtie from Paris comes to us
at a late hour maccompanied by any details.
The force which is sad to been engaged num-
hrFrd 100000 men. composing doubtless the
army which Gen. Ducrot is said to command
on the eastern defcnSes Of Paris. 1t is said that
they crossed the Mane River but, as the stream
east of the city is very tortuous, this is a
very indefinite statement. This part of the
liuc was held by portion of the Fifteenth
Pru-sidn Corps and the Wurtembergers, which
If broken would endanccr, for time at least,
the communications of he Germans. The
ultimate result of the >ortie cannot, however,
be- now surmised.
A still later dispatch utterly contradicts
the whole story OF the Sortie.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
controversy is carried on.
We do not know that it will do

We do not know that it will do d, .no,
ton it, but we may just notice that they haa
their semi-annua Ogging of criminals at Newcastle
Del on the Goth ult. II is reported, and this "a
encouraging that the Sheriff appeared 10 beM
of his business, although his name is Amstro., and
very good name for public hagellator it is. His
heart, it would appear, is naturally little milky.
and he showed some disp6 sition 10 temper justice
with mercy by laying the braid lightly; but tho
spectators indignant at this, and called ont.
" Give it to him, Unc,e Jimmy" upon which he he
came more vigorous in applications. What a nice,
civilized State! But the report Of the Bureau #
Education, just made 10y Gen. Eaton hardly justifics
our admiration after all for Delaware is declared to
be in deplorabe cOnd ton" Municipalities may
tax themselves for schools, or MOI, they please
and last year. five out Of the six clool districts Of
Dover the capital, voted no tar for schools One
observer writes that lie visited "A school in Milford
Sussex County. The ella sat in a circle, with a
large earthen pot in tie middle, into which these
promising lads spirited their tobacco juice! 90"
said the teacher g. make them clean the pot a. a
punishment for their yicew Fancy the late Horace
Mann inspecting such a school,
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
,NEASTRIE

The Hon. Albert Gallatin Brown of Missis-
sippi has served his State in her Legislature
and in both Houses of Congress having been
in the Senate until his State, with his full
concurrence, seeded from the Union. But,
though stakeholder, Democrat and Rebel,
so long as he could be, he was never a fool /;
for, if he had been, he would have now been
clamOrOus for great WHITES Mans party
to preserve our country from NEGRO Suprem-
lacy" instead of which, he writes to The
Mississippi Valley Central as follows:
dlstrust the sOundness OF any mans Judgment who
comes forward at this iuncture with propositions To-
anize Wing party Democratic party, or a White
Mans party, IN this State. We shall need all the vote.
get TO State from it's thralIdom; and
Tor one, do not 10 inquire into any mans ante
cedens or ask what is the color Of his ssn II ne votes
right
cannot better express my views IN a few words,
than by repeating what have often said before, that
wond vote as checrfuly for Miilard Fillmore or Robert
e. winthrop, for President. would for Seymour or
Hendricks. IL Il In this spirit unite IL would
and win success
I'VE must have votes from the Colored race and
the way To get them Is not by forming a White Mans
party II was not through that sort OF agency that ylr.
gnia, North Carolina, Tennessee, aud Alabama have
been rescued
"suppoSe the Colorcd men hare voted with the Eadi-
cals are We going 10 win them by abusing themt
take leave to say, In the mides manner possible that
there has been quite much OF that sort OF work
already. At least think Very truly, your obedient
servant. A. g. BRowS"
-" Sweet are the uses of adversty.n Ten
years ago, Mr.. Brown had never imagined
that the time would ever come in which he
. would be impcllsl ~ Wrile Us ah?Ye, NON
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REPORT

THE POSTLLlSTER-GE GENERALS REPORT
We publish in full this morning the elabO-
rate Report of POstmasterG General Creswe1
upon the operations of his Department for the
past year. The Department is still not self
sustaining, nor is it likely to be so long as the
Franking Privilege Obstructs the mails and
augments the labOrs and expenditures of the
Department; but the deficit this year is un-
usually and gratifyingly small. This branch of
the Government has undoubtedly been con-
Quoted with the same admirable economy which
has characterized the others, under the present
Administration.
The continuance and increase Of the sub
sides paid to mail-carrying steamers on the
Pacific is strongly urged by the Postmaster
General, on the ground that the trade between
the Pacific coast and Japan and China, and
the consequent Custom revenues, have increased
largely since the steamers now maintained by
subsidies were put in the trade. But as it is
probable that the traffic, and not the postal
subsidy, tempted the steamers into the trade, we
scarcely see that the argument is final
Mr.. Creswell recommends in strong terms the
adoption of the Correspondence Cards in
use in London and Paris and describes them
at length. He does not, as has been stated
commit himself to the advocacy of the postal
his knowledge of the English ex-
perience in the matter doubtless warning him
in time.
There are many other subjects of interest
discussed in the Report, which will well repay
careful perusal.
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

1t Is burning shame that the Official Can
yass OF tins City and Brooklyn is habitually
spun out for two weeks instead of being fin
ished in two days, just to enable the Can
vassers to run their arms a little deeper into
the treasury. The public Inconvenience is very
great the State Canvass is inevitably DELAYED .
if there had been vacancies to fill in orr
present delegation to Congress, the new mem
bers might not have been seasonably provided
with credentials-all without the least excuse.
We wish Mr. Tweed thought he could afford
to let sn act pass lLis Winter requiring each
New-York tribune., 1870-12-02

II is the opuion--eXpres,ed AZ the Cleveland Con-
yontiou-of Juda+ Bradwe!l as well ls Judge White
head of New-Iers,y. that woman has right TO vote
under the Constitution a. il now stands. Gentlemen
v ho write themselves judge" should not be ab-
s'fd or say startling things merely 10 nslcad hon
est ladies. Both these Judicial 'nctionaros know
rs we'll as We do that II the Constitution permits
voN0a 4 rst y " asi " =, I.-L Vi its