New-York tribune., 1872-09-14
yuirar matter of dollars is not likely to inter

vuIrar matter of dollars is not likely to inter
est us much.
The name of Charles 0'Conor has been
lateIy used as ralying-cry In aid OF the
Grant faction Now hear what Charles O'C0n-
or in his last and peremptory refusal to per-
NIT the use of his name, says of Horace Gree
Low while in the very act of opposing him:
There IL said TO t choice presented, and that
Of two admitted evils it wisdom to choose tho least
II all this were true should not result in favor OF the
Baltimore nominee OF ranscendent ability ana oil en-
ergy unequaled there s no room for comparison oo-
tween himself and his rival Justice and common seDso
forbid the compliment acceptable seems that no Is
little in any thing"
Postmaster General Creswell, curlousiy
enough thinks the best stump-speech he can
make for his master is defense OF ms own
action in the ChOrpenning case. Inc oecre-
tary of the Navy rises TO explain tho oecor
Job; and Gov. Jewell takes the stump ana
wrestles with the Presidents gift-taking, de-
scending into particulars of the doubtful lana
transactions, the seaside cottages, and all the
rest. And to-day the Postmaster-Generalg goes
step further and brings forward his counsel,
honest Jere. Black, who is ready to swear that
Mr.. Creswell did only what was legal IN the
Chorpenning case. Now, then, who Will be
attorney for Secretary RObesOnf
A cable telegram, published to-day, conveys
the intelligence that the Emperors OF Ger
MANY, Austria, and Russia have combined TO
advise the Pope to abandon the Jesuits.
Although the report needs confirmation, there
are good reasons for believing its correctness.
There can be little doubt that the chief object
of the meeting, which was originally proposed
between the Emperors of Germany and Aus
tria, was to devise a mutual system of pro-
cedure in opposition to the Pope, whose de-
signs both of those sovereigns considered 1t
to their interest TO resist. 1t is not probable
that this object was changed by the subse-
ouent accession of the Car to the meeting,
for his policy toward the Poles, who are mostly
ngid Catholics, cOmprehends opposition to
their religion.
If we may believe the sworn affidavit of
| Mormon who claims to have participated IN
| the Mountain Meadows massacre, the we'll
settled suspicion that that dreadful deed was
| the work of the Mormons is now an estab-
lished fact. Bishop Philip X. Smith of the
Mormon Church swears that the immigrants
| slain at Mountain Meadows were not killed
| by Indians, as reported by the MOrmOns, but
by the Mormon militia who were called out
for that purpose. His affidavit, which we
publish to-day, explicitly details the partlcu-
! lars of this frightful affair, all OF which he
saw while he was in the ranks. Few people
familiar with the history Of those times have
ever doubted that the MormOns were guilty
of that massacre; /; and the testimony OF
Bishop Smith confirms the belief of those who
! long ago set up on the bloody spot where the
! immigrants perished monument bearing the
significant Legend" Vengeance Is mine;
"will repay, saith the Lord"
Ex-President Mahan of Oberlin College has
written a letter on the political situation,
which we publish to-day. This able thinker
writes from the Christian citizens point of
view, and gives conclusive array of the con-
sideratiOns which move him and his associates
in early movements for freedom to JOIN
themselves to the Liberal organization. Mr..
Mahan sharply puts the whole case when
he says that the tendency of Grantlsm IS
to unchristanize the church and "sav-
"agize" the nation. There is nothing in
that party, nationally considered, but hatred,
brutality. and perpetuatiOn of old hOstilities.
This letter of the venerable ex-Presdent will
have considerable weight with the religious
world, especially in the Northwest where
the writer is so well known and revered. 1t
was refused publication. it seems, in The Ad-
vance, religious newspaper printed in Chi
cago, which probably processes to eschew
politics in the same fashion as its Boston
brother, The Con0regationaliSt, now more than
ever religious. but weekly scOlding for