, 1872-12-23
NOTES AND OPINION.

Congressman Snapp LOOKS at things from
practical point Of view, and declares that 1.-The
successful party must run this Government"
The IS sstartl1ng anomaly" Of the opposite princl-
pie was Matched BY traitor to bis party, and
bug sticks to the Republican party " Ike Neme-
sis Shirt" Don't medd1e with other peoples
wash, Mr. snapp, for, like the laundEy-women,
you are liable to mistakes. We believe the mark
wora a achenise- ngfzezd -7epn6lican (Afasy.).
When tho Fifteenth Amendment WAS made, it
wcs thought that its mode OF enforcement Was
to make void any State acts defying the suffrage
for race, or color, or previous serVitude. The
set Of Congress vent Considerably beyond this,
by providing that candidates deprived OF elec-
ton by such denial, may bring suit for their
ofIices. Judge Durrel has gone considerably
beyond this, by holding that when afidavits sre
presented negroes were prevented voting, he
may take possession Of the State Government
and all the election machinery and returns, and
install the candidates Of the other party. Ac-
cordiug to the strict letter Of the Law, the time
yassers had declared who WAS elected, and cau-
didate had brought suit upon the claim that he
had been defeated by denying to negroes their
right te vote, because OF their color; and the
manner would be-not by reorganlzing the
Board OF Canvassers, which is State affair, but
by determining the rights OF the two candidates
according to the votes cast, and the af6davits OF
voters excluded for color Cincinnati Gazette.
tion among Mr. ). Young Scammon and certain
Republicans in this State, TINT, notwithstanding
the vanquishment and retirement across the big
drink OF Minister Washburne as a United States
Senatorial candidate, President Grant has de1ib-
erately arrived at the conclusion that &c It will
never do to give it up 80, h1r. Browu." Hence
it has been determined that the Chicago Infer
Ocean will not be properly Recognized as "the
Og1esby to the senate but that some one GIr.
J, Young scammon, for instance,) whose rela-
tons are more pleasant with Grant
must be chosen, If possible. Consequently Mr.
State, ssprivate" and important letters are
seeking their destination to various friends OF
the Administration through its mail-bags, and
murmurings Of discomfort arc heard in various
directions. The whole programme Of Ogelsby
for Senator, Beveridge as Governor, and Cullonn
for Speaker, is not at all satisfactory to Mr.
Grant and his admirers especially Us the services
Of that eminent statesman, J. Young scam1aon,
and his big paper, are not recognized in the ar
rangemont.- Springfield (lH.) Register.
Iii. Boutwell, has, in reply to resolution Of
the House, furnished at last al explanation Of
the reissue Of the S5,0o0,00o greenbacks in
October, nnd it is very curious explanation
It appears TINT the person who thus took upon
himself to increase the volume OF the currency
WAS not ever the Secretary Of the Treasury, but
the Assistant Secretary, Judge Richardson, and
the objec! Of the reissue was "the relief Of the
s from Of tha the 2gs spsn 2saad d'a for sf ee
re1cy employed in moving the crops
from the South and Vest" that is, in short,
that gentleman named Richardson, whom most
people have hardly ever heard OF, settled in hia
own mind that the American nation needed
more currency to move itB products from ita
farms to its ports, and he thereupon, on his OWL
motion, added whatever be thought proper to ita
circulating medium. Mr.. Boutwell, now tells the
House that this was done under the theo-r
laid down in two Judgments Of the supssns
Court, that the acts authorizing the
iasue5of greenbacks "contemplated a parma.
nent circulation Of 500, ,ooo, 600 until he re-
sumption Of specie-payments;" and actually
treats of no account the subsequent acts ot
April, 1866, and February, 1e6s,-the first Of
which authorized Secretary 31cCulloch to "fe-
tire ~ greenbacks, notorions1y with the view ct
contracting the currency; and second Of which,
in Withdrawing tho authority conferred BY tha
first, explains in terms that the "retirln8 or
cancelling" authorized by tho first waa
tor the production OF the cur
rency." So that Mr. Boutwe1rs defence is sub
stantiallY that q Judgment Of the Supreme
Court on the intent Of an act passed in 1852 oe-
priYes acts passed in 1866 and 1868 OF al force,
though they are neither contradictory nor ua-
congtitutional, and leaves him and al his sub
ordinates at liberty to exercise power newer
yet conferred on single man in any free coun-
- Tho Ac}j1n