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SeCtHrIanisnn fn Politics.

II is entirely beyond human power, or
rather beyond the power of mon accustomed
to honest warfare, to foretell what devices
and ttratagcms the Greeleyites, in their des-
peration, will resort to between now and the
5th of November. They arc actually engaged
in New York in the emineutly patriotic and
laudable work Of stirring the pernicious fame
of religious rartisanship, In order to secure
the election Of Francis Herman, their candi
date for Governor Of the State of New York
Mr.. Herman happens TO DO jealous Catho-
lie, aud, 10 doubt, was nominated largely on
the supposition that, owing to this eireum-
stance, he will command tho almost unani-
NOUS vote of the Irish. We do not, however,
find any fault with tho motives Of our oppo-
nents; nor should we ever think Of assailing
their candidate on tho ground Of his religion.
This Is Q matter with which We have no moro
to do than with bis notions about art and
literature, provided he has any on the SUBJ
ject. His Copperhead record and his present
position as one Of the representatives Of the
most corrupt factions that ever banded to-
gsthsr for the sake Of power and spoils, are
all and more than enough to stamp him as
an enemy, and to unite all the Republicans
Of the State against him; and 1t Is quite Al
natural that the Democratic managers should
lay the greatest possible stress on all those
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Dr. Francis Lieber.

We print in another column biographical
sketch of one of the most distinguished and
universally respected men among our German
fellow-citizens. His life--the largest part of
which was spent in this country-was uncom-
monty cvcntiul, remarkably rich, and spent
in most beneficial and fruitful activity. From
the article, which we borrow from tho New
y ork Tribune, it will be seen that devoted as
DR.. Lieber was TO the pursuit Of science and
literature, he was quite as warm and faith
full In bis devotion to the principles Of politi-
cal liberty and equality, and their active adj
vocate even to such au extent as to suffer
persecution and Imprisonment in Germany.
For obvious reasons, however, the Tribune
Omits 10 tell its readers Just Of that feature
in DR.. i.ieher's life, which Of all others-be-
sides his highly honorable and pure charac-
ter~-won him tho sympathy Of the people in
this country, even of those who could not
fully appreciate his literary and scientific
achievements, and which will endcar his
memory to them. Ii does not tell that DR..
Lieber was quite as warm, active, and de-
voted in his advocacy Of liberty and equality
during his career In the United States, as he
had previously been in Europe. 1t is silent
about the prosecutions, the hOstilities he
met with in South Carolina Oh account Of his
enmity to slavery and his devotion to tho
Union, though those prosecutions were tho
cause of his removal from the South. They
grew so formidable that he was compelled to
seek refuge in the free North, and ever
since he was a prominent and indefatigable
supporter of the Republican party. During
the different Presidential campaigns, since
that which resulted in the election of Abra-
ham Lincoln, he appeared frequently on the
Republican platform, and in the present con-
test he had emphatically declared bis unfal-
tcring adherence and fidelity to the party and
to its candidate.
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Claspzng Hands Over the BlOOdy
Chasm.

The ''local self-government" tendency to
afford greater protection to the people Of the
United States than is afforded through the
instrumentalty Of the General Government,
is shown by the treatment of Republican
voters and colored men by the Greeley party
in Georgia last week. At the State election
in Georgia on the I'd instant, Ku-Kluxism,
in its worst forms, ruled the day, and the
opponents of Greeley and reform were ruth
lessly driven from the polls, and in many
instances not allowed to enter the towns
where were the polling places. Here we
have State completely Greeleyized, pro-
Tossing to accept the Cincinnati-B Baltimore
platform, ready to shake hands across the
bloody chasm, ayerse to perpetuatng the
animosities of the rebellion, and, if we are
to believe Mr.. Greeley, thoroughly repentant
for the part they have taken in the little
onpleasantness." The soldiers of the Union
meeting at Pittsburg to give an encouraging
cheer to the party that saved the Union, are
misrepresented and denounced by Horace
Greeley and the Greeleyites generally as
disturbers Of the peace, as seeking to keep
alive hostile feelings against the South; the
rebel soldiers organized themselves into
sabre clubs and drove from tho polls all who
do not favor the election Of Horace Greeley
to the Presidency, and Mr.. Greeley's per-
sOnal organ overlooks the outrage and at
tempts to cover it up by saying that the
negroes concluded to wait for the November
election to vote. They concluded to wait
because they were driven from the polls by
Horace Greeley's most relied upon friends
in the South, the members of the Ku-Klux
Klans, the existence of which Mr.. Greeley
attempts to doubt, and, if he succeeds in the
face of the demonstration of last week, his
unfltness to take in hand the reins OF this
nation will be all the more apparent.
We arc, with painful emphasis, reminded
by this Georgia election that the professions
of the Greeley party are all false pretcnses-
confidence game. "Shake hands across
the bloody chasm" Georgia has shown us
what shaking hands across the bloody
chasm" means. The bloody chasm of two
hundred and fifty years Of slavery is not to
be taken into account, the hostility to black
mems rights is to be kept up, the intelligent
white robes of tho South-the master class
are to DO conciliated and power again put in
their hands, including the power to override
and Cypress tho black loyallst, whose igno-
rance has been the result of tho outrages of
the Greeley supporters before and since the
war The treatment of colorad uotara IN
Georgia by the Gresleyites compels them to
band together in one party. The madness
In the anticipation Of power by Greeley's
friends will be terribly increased should they
gain full control Of the National Government,
and the events of last week in Georgia only
foreshadow what we may expect and what
will be true Of the whole South and Of many
parts Of the North In the event Of Greeley's
election.
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Remarkable Longevity.

A West Virginia correspondent says
/" Lincoln county claims tho honor of having
tho most remarkable case of longevity in the
State of West Virginia. The individual al.
luded to Is Mr.. Sibas Cooper, who was born
in what is now Greenbrier county, on the 9th
dav of March, l765; making him one hun
bred and six years old last March. This old
gentleman lives five miles from Lincoln
Courthouse. He makes trip to the court
house about once week comes and goes
alone mounts and dismounts from bis horse
without assistance. IIo Ia quicker on foot
than many men who are only fifty years old.
This old gentleman in his youthful days MAR
ried Miss Lucy Martin, who died on the
9Th of March last, at the ripe old age of sna
hundred and ten years.
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Assured Election of Grant and
Wilson.

Again the people have spoken and again
justice, loyalty, liberty, and good govern
ment have triumphed, and sickly sentimental
swindle has been sternly rebuked and scat
tered to the winds. The noise and vain
boasting Of the Liberal Republicans Of Penn
sylvania and Chic, the skillfully contrived
ISLANDERS manufactured to ORDER against
President Grants administration, the vast
expenditure Of money by the opposition to
compass their ends, especially in Pennsyl-
vania, created some fears for the result even
in the minds of well informed Republicans /;
but the people Of the Keystone State have
spoken, and their verdict demonstrates
that the people can DO trusted to discriminate
between reality and sham between honesty
and fraud, though the latter clothe them
selves as angels Of light. The result is bot
ter than even we had anticipated.
Of course, these victories virtually settle
the November elections and make them GER
tain for Grant and Wilson by overwhelming
majorit;es. The Republican labor of the next
four weeks will not be merely to elect, but to
elect with increased emphasis and glory. We
congratulate cur country on the prospect be-
fore it. The clouds of doubt and uncertainty
have rolled away. Well enough is to be let
alone. The national debt is to be steadily
paid the national credit is to remain firm ;
the industry ofthe countryis not to be checked
and Frustrated by financial commissions; the
lame loyal soldier is to be cared for by a
Government that appreciates his services
the spirit of race dominion and secession is
to be rcpressed by law; every citizen of
whatever race, color, or religion is to have
his rights sacredly protected both by State
and nation. Lift up your heads, especially
you of our color, who have been SO long and
bitterly prosecuted, and clap your glad hands,
for the terrible peril which impended and
mantled your souls with the shadow Of death
has measurably passed, and you may yet find
peace from bloody Ku-Klux Klans in your
isolated houses. We have no time or space
to say more. The work done tells its own
story.
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The Elections in Georgia.

There is nothing startling or surprising
either in the result of the Georgia elections,
or in the manner it was obtained. Preceded
by Ku-K1uxism, and accompanied by acts
Of open violence Of every descrlptlon-mur-
Ter among the rest-it Is telling answer to
the sentimental and hypocritical reconcilia-
ton twaddle. Tho Democrats and Greeley
ties had it all their own way; they were GER
tain Of victory beforehand; hence there was
no terrible provocation" in the possibility
Of Republican victory to rouse them; for
the Republicans had never for moment in
dulged in the hope Of carrying the State, and
though for the sake Of principle they had
gone through the form Of nominating ticket,
their chances were even less than those Of
the Democrats for carrying Massachusetts.
1t was tho manifestation of the old, irrecon-
cilable hatred of the Southerner against truly
Republican institutions, the hlgh-toned, chlv-
alrous Southerner, whose noble blood boils
at tho revolving sight Of the negro who as
sumes to assert his political equality by exer-
cising bis constitutional right of suffrage. We
always ccntended that all the animosity, all
the bitterness, the resentment with which
we, the Republicans, have been charged SO
clamorously and venomously, is on the other
side, and very naturally so; shame and NOR
tfication, the consequences Of defeat, are not
the feelings apt to promote good will, while
tho victor in the exultation over his we'll
earned laurels, is inclined to be magnanimous.
We were ma:nanimous; we gave them am
nesty as demonstration of good will. to the
great vcxation Of the Democrats and Cop
perheads of the new departure, called Liber-
erals, who last of all men wanted so see the
alleged grievance removed by any others but
their own hands.
Of course, all their organs are jubilant over
their triumph; yet we think it will in the
end turn heavily against them. AS usual
with them, they have again overdone the
thing. BY legitimate means they might have
obtained moderate majority; but they
wanted an overwhelming impossible one as q
set-off against Vermont and Maine, and in
their eagerness forgot Or disregardcd all the
dictates Of prudence. 1t was the old play
over again, with al its characteristic display
of rebel barbarity, rcbel cruelty and 6endish-
ness, which no attempts at whitcwashing can
cover up. Quo would think that Mr.. Gree
Icy, the peace man, par excrl'enee, who always
deprecated violence, and for years Insisted
on negro suffrage must begin to feel rather
alarmed and heartsick at the doings of his
friends and 40 will all those who cretluiOusly
plunged into the reconciliation swinde for
it has become terribly evident that the hands
which are stretched out on the southern
edge of tho chasm are deeply dyed in blood
recently shed; tlat in fact they are only
offered to the old friends and abettors of the
rebellious Shareholders, with whom they have
always been on the best terms, and so-called
reconciliation means but the reatirmation of
the old alliance.
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How About Local Scif-EOVern-
ment!

One Of Greeley's Pet grievances is that
Arkansas does not permit all the men who
took up arms against the Government in the
rebellion to vote. He dwelt upon this in his
speech in Cleveland, Ohio, and said that he
demanded for them enfVanchisement. The
demand causes the Providence Journal to
inquire: GLOW does he expect to enforce
his demand in the event of his election I?
One of the complaints Of the Refomers, one
of his own complaints, against the Republi-
can party, is the tendency Of the Federal
Government to consolidation, to usurpation
of the reserved rights of the States. Does
he mean to interfere with the suffrage Of Ar
kansasT No law of the United States dis
franchises these men. 1t is the law of Ar
kansas, enacted wisely or not, by the people
Of Arkansas; what has the President of the
United States to do with it?''
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arrows Of calumny have been adopted, as
the most convenient weapon, warranted
never TO get OF. of order. Mems public and
official honor can easily be vindicated when
Indignantly attacked. There are public
documents, official reports, accounts and
figures that will establish the truth beyond
any reradventure. The case, however, is far
different when their private character is
falsely attacked; especially since the steam
whistle of the mill and its associates in def
ance Of the rule that requires the accuser to
prove the charge, hurl their fabrications at
the heads of the alleged offenders, and not
satisfied with peremptory denial, challenge
them to prove their innocence! That means:
to bring negative evidence! There is, how
ever, still another side from which to view
the play. Suppose all the charges made by
the Tribune could be sustained, the Republic
cans generally, and their leaders particularly,
were really the gang of robbers, mcrcenaries,
rereatcrs, and ballot-box suffers that it rep
resents them to be, and the Democrats were
the shamefully abused, pure, and innocent
victims, would one not think that Mr.. Greeley,
one of the moet active and influential Repub-
licans, tho respected editor of the Tribune,
one ofthe great powers in the country, who
as a member of the Republican Central Com
mittee, was placed right behind the curtain,
with all facilities to obtain full information
about everything and everybody; enjoying
the unreserved confidence of the party, must
have discovered all those gross abuses and
rascallties long ago, and would have felt in
duty bound to disclose them? Quite the re-
verse! For nearly three years General
Grants whole administration and the Re-
publican party had no more Jealous sup
porter and advocate than the Tribune.
Never before had there been greater efIi-
cheney and honesty In all branches of the
Government; yet for the last few months 1t
discovers moro frauds and swindles in one
day, than in the preceding three years. How
could Mr.. Greeley not only ignore the as
founding fact that all the election frauds, by
means of which New York was made to give
Democratic majority in 1865 wero perpe-
trated by the wicked Republicans, but even
go SO far as to lay the whole fault on the
'sainted" Democrats, and call them all kinds
of hard names for it? Mr.. Greeley, In this
respect, lie in the position Of the clerk who
quarrelel with his employer, after having
been ten years in his service, and then went
round telling everybody that the whole bust
ness was but a swindle, and had always been
carried on in the most dishonest way.
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While the reconciliation humbug, the clasp
ing Of hands over the bloody chasm, and the
old denunciations of the President and his
surroundings are rehashed and run into the
ground by public speakers Of the Liberal and
Democratic persuasion, their organs-fore-
most among them the Sun, and the steam
slander-mill at the corner of Spruce street,
are kept at work night and day fabricating
and turning out falsehoods, denunciatlons,
and defanlations by the bushel, in the name
of outraged virtue and purity, against almost
every prominent Republican in or out Of
Office. The Official rowdy organ, the jolly
old Biatherskae, that never made any pre-
tense of decency, truthfulness, and convic-
ton, has been completely eclipsed, and sunk
into comparative insignifcance before the
unparalleled feats Of the private organ.
There Is indeed something In this state of
things TO remind one of old times, when in
certain localities highway robbers and cut
throats held almost absolute sway, and re-
spectacle, law-abiding citizens hardly ven
tured out Of their own houses for there is
no active and influential Republican-uo
matter how blameless-but who, after re-
firing tonight in the consciousness Of a pure
conscience and a fair name, may not discover
tomorrow that in the course of one night,
he has been accused, tried, and convicted by
the Tribune Of some swindle, defalcation,
forgery, or perjury. And what, after al,
does this kind of warfare prove, but the
efficiency and honesty OF our Republican
Government and its chief officers and sup
porters ? What but desperation and rage
on the part Of the assaiants, about the fail
ure to ar. align and defeat them on the strength
Of political issues or official misdeeds las
narrowed the contest nearly down to a per-
sonal question 1t was Sever deemed necos-
sary to attack Buchanan and his Cabinet Of
slavemasters on personal grounds; their
public acts were ACKNOWLEDGMENT to de-
Of their whole party, to obtain another lease
o: power. Even Andrew Johnson's per-
sonal vices were generally passed over in
silence by the Republican press, and made
the subject Of comment only as far as that In
dividual chose to display them in public
His official crimes and misdemeanors were
more than sufficient to drive him and his
abettors in disgrace from the political stage.
1t is true, in the earlier days of the conspi-
racy that is to put an end to Republican
supremacy, the means resorted to were legiti-
mate at least in form. The accusations of
military despotism, usurpation Of power,
official corruption and breach Of neutrality
were Of this description; Tut since they all
fell fat to the ground, owing to their utter
groundlessness, another and more perddious
mode Of warfare has been determined upon.
The large cannon having burst, the poisoned
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Though Schurz for over year and a
half was silent in regard to the sales of arms
to France, now he seeks to destroy the Re-
publican party. by endeavorins to ALLEVIATE
from it the Germans. The best answer to
this insinuation brings Prince Bismarck In
the Berlin Provincial Correspondent: With
regret we find that some politicians and jour
nails in the United States are INSCRIPTIONS
enough to sndeavor to incite tho German
voters of that Republic against Gen. Grant
in consequence of his attitude toward US dur
ing the German-French war. We have
already said 1t often, and now reiterats 1t
This Government could never have taken
ofiense, during our struggle with France, on
account of President Grants conduct 20"
ward Us; on the contrary. he has given us
ruauy and valuable proofs of real sympathy"
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The personal organ of Horace Greeley is
not easily pleased with the utterances OF
Frederick Douglass. A few weeks ago 1t
charged him with unmeasured viliication of
poor Uncle Horace, but now it processes to
SEQ in some playful remarks Of Frederick
Douglass on Greeley evidence of desire to
find grace In the eyes Of the prospective
President. Douglass never played funkey
to Greeley when he was living force, and
he certainly can have no motive for doing so
to man on the verge of his political grave,
and of whom no notice is to be made here
after
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THOUGH they may laugh who win, and
though the Cincinnati swindle has been au-
thoritively condemned by the great States Of
Pennsylvania and Ohio, and rendered ridicu-
lous by failure at the very points where it
protested itself most confident Of success,
we feel little like laughing over the NORTH
cation and disappointment Of the Tribune and
Its former venerable editor. We would rather
make this defeat the occasion for inviting
them back to the ranks Of the great and
good party which they deserted and vainly
endeavored to destroy.
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Complete liberty and exact equality in the
enjoyment Of all civil, political, and public
rights should be established and effectually
maintained throughout the Union by efficient
and appropriate State and Federal legislation.
Neither the law nor it's administration should
admit of any discrimination in respect of citi-
zens, by reason of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude.-A Plank IN the Plat
form of TIE Philadelphia CoaveHtion.
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Mr.. HAssAUREI, Is an able public speaker,
and publishes a widely circulated German
paper He has, however, by his offer to sell
out his own services and those of his paper
to the highest bidder, fatally damaged his
political influence He has been carefully
weighing the chances of making mercenary
bargain all through the canvass. While his
paper maintained a sort of armed neutrality,
he has privately authorized the assurance that
his sympathies were still with Grant and the
Republican cause, and should be used to good
purpose if he could be paid for his labors.
The Cincinnati gazette says:
I'm the case of IIassaurek's bargain with
an agent of Republican committee TO take
the stump for Grant for the sum of 900,
there was the same cunning calculation that
the other party would not dare to expose
him because of Its own completely, and the
same continuance for giving the payment the
form of a reasonable political and business
transaction. 1t was all done in secret
manner. And then it was not put in the
character of bride. There was no talk of
its being consideration to Mr.. Hassaurek
for giving up his Greeley convictions. He
professed to be favorable to the Republican
party aud to the reelection of Grant. He
assumed to BIO a German orator of high abili-
ties, able to take the field and cope with
Republicans wanted an orator for this service
he put high price on his services. He as
sumed to be the superior of Schurz in readi-
ness as an orator. lie wanted to be rated
higher. lie measured the supposed Repub-
lican necessities for some one who could i'll
fuence the Germans, and the Republican
campaign organization reaching from New
York aud Washington to Cincinnati, and he
thought he could get $780, 900 from It. He
concluded to fall to half that sum.
"He put all this on such ground that on
its face it was not dlshonorable, nor hardly
an immoral transaction on the part al those
who negotiated with him. He was long
known to be despicably morcenary in char
acter. They thought they were treating with
a mercenary German Republican. 1t was
not presented to them as the buying of a
Greeley man. They could come out and tell
their part In this negotiation without dis
honor. But MIR. Hassaurek, by pronouncing
for Greeley when this payment was refused,
showed that all the while it was on his part
bargain to take bride for going against
bis convictions. The only thing that can re-
ueve the negotiation from this Judgment Is
that he sold his convictions to the other side,
and took bribe for taking the stump f6S
Greeley"