National Republican., 1873-09-23

jority Is up to the full average. IL was rcu-
sonablo TO suppose, under this condition, that
the political prophets would hold their peace,
aud the comments OF most, of them, indeed,
are In a different tone than usual. But tho
spirit OF prophesy has not entirely died out
OF The lingering Democracy and an Ohio
paper has returned TO the old occupation OF
eiphering out Democratic gains upon which
TO predict Victory In that State. III the
Democrats IN Ohio gain In the same ratio
that they did In Maine, says the oracle, they
VIII overcome the Republican majority Of
last year and have several thousand votes to
spare. There Is hardly Democrat so rcck-
lcss as to hope for Victory In Ohio, and II
there is pleasure In those contingent and ex-
tremely remote visions we would not deprive
them Of It,"
TuB Richmond State Journal, In an article
entitled "The Party Of Fraud and Corrup-
tion," says "Thc Bourbon party wants the
control OF oil the State offices for another
four years, and the people are appealed to as
the arbiters Of that question to grant their
| request on the sole reason that the State
should not he allowed to fall into tho hands
and under the control Of negroes. The fact
seems to be entirely ignored that the Repub-
| lican ticket Is Just a. white as the Bourbon,
and good deal cleaner, politically, u the
dirty linen Of the Conservative party Is not
promptly put out to wash, and some OF the
thieying and other rascally stains removed.
10 say nothing OF the disappearance Of the
s25, 600, 900, In the shape OF available State
assets, between 1870 and 1878, the people are
interested In knowing why II was and Is that,
without dollars actual Indebtedness stand
Ing against the now Virginia when the Bour.
bon party came into power In lcss than -four
years over "a, 100000 have been piled up
against her, independent Of the S25, 900, OOC
OF stealings In que@ipn. As this sis the largest
debt that any State In the Union Is now car.
rying, the question Is one that presses SC
sharply on tho attention Of tho people thai
no Bourbon cry Of 'bugaboo' Is going to d.
vert inquiry from the direction In which Il
should be made"
IT APPEARS from an article In the Nieu,
Erie Presse of Vienna that the money re-
ceiyed by the United States commissioner
for the sale OF various privileges was accepted
on the pretext that IL was a contribution Il
build one or more model school-houses. II 4
pity that this scandal should In any way b,
connected with the cause Of education, cspe
cially as II gives room for tho enemies o
! free institutions and free schools to say, o.
: the Presse says sneeringly OF the accuse,
commissioners: "Thcy thus exhibit the fruit
Of that institution" meaning the publ,
schools.
We confess our humiliation and shame tha
this corruption should have been exhibited IL
the face OF all Europe-not because IL Ia
, new thing In the Old World, but because IN
true fruits Of our institutions, as showi
abroad, ought to he men Of the highest char
acter. We have them, but they are not tn
: men to push themselves forward. II Ia o
little account that we send specimens Of ou
productions to Vienna, agricultural, mechan
, ical, artistic; Of little account that we sen,
model school-houscs, or models Of any kind
: u the men we send there to exhibit them ar
Of the class who give and take bribes. Bet
ter by far to send nothing at all.