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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17
THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM OF yIR-
GINA.

The disciples Of Ananias In Virginia have
reached the perfection Of the art which
caused his death. We find evidence OF their
success In this respect in the uttcrances Of
the Richmond Enquirer, wherein the boast Is
made that the existing FREQ school system In
that State Is duo TO the eNertlons OF the party
of which lis the Acknowledged representa-
tive or organ When the Enquirer put
forth this statement II was either with the
annexation that It's readers were torgetful or
ignorant Of the facts, which arc simply that
the constitution makes 1t obligatory on the
Legislature TO provide free schools for the
people. The constitution was framed and
adopted by Republicans against the opposi-
lion of such papers US the Enquirer, and the
votes of such men as Its editors and support
ors. In short, aside from the provision for
negro suffrage, the free school feature was
INC main object OF attack from the Enquirer
eIass during the campaign which resulted In
its abortion. II Is true that the public school
buIldlpgs in Richmond are credit to the city
and State. II 10 also true that the people OF
Richmond never neglect an opportunity to
make the most Of them. whenever
they catch slght-scciug Yankee In
their streets they point to those
buIldlpgs as proof OF their recon
strneted habits and the existence Of their free
sehool system. But they can show no STA
tlstIcs 10 prove the effectiveness Of the work
Inc Of that system, or the honest use OF the
literary fund designed by law for It's support
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

We have always appreciated Representa-
tive Sloss, Of Alabama, as practical Joker,
who kept his practical jokes, however, with,
In the bounds Of ordinary propricty. We
learn with regret thai he has deyiatcd from
this course, and Is simply a delusion aud q
snare. The occasion Of this discovery Is the
exposure Of huge practical joke which h,
has lately practiccd upon tho press at large
and the poor people Of his district In partle.
ular. 1t will bo remembered that he was
lately announced a. the first and only South.
ern Congressman to deny himself the personal
use OF his extra pay, and that he had directed
Its distribution among the aforesaid poor peo.
pie Of his district. OF course these poor pco-
pie began forthwith to arrange for the expen.
dlture Of their individual dividends. Imagine,
then, their CONSERVATION when they read the
announcement which VIC arc compelled tC
make, that, having thought the matter over
maturely, Major sloss has decided that he ID
the poorest man in his district, and will &c.
cordlng distribute the money ''amongst him,
selfn
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17
INDEPENDENCE OF THE COLoRRD
RACE,

hH,hs
We hear from all parts Of the South dccla-
ratlons that the blacks are the servilc tools Of
carpet-baggcrs aud schemlng Radicals. Just
at the close Of the war We heard that they
would always follow the beck and bidding OF
thel. old masters. These statements contra
dict each other, but show that the Southern
whites were and arc confident Of the servilc
character Of their former slaves. The truth
Ia that no greater miracle Of political indc-
pcndcnco has ever been witnessed than that
which Is Illustrated by the fact that the former
slave-owncrs and tho present capitalists Of
the South have failed ~ mould the political
opinions and acts Of thclf cufranchlsed chat
tells. Social influences, the habits Of life
time, and more than all, the power Of landed
capital, on which they were dependent for
their living, have been Ignored aud thrown
aside BY these new citizens. II Is true that
they were now in the trade Of politics, but
thoy proved to be apt scholars, even under the
bungling teachings Of the average carpet.bag-
ger, and when they fairly started for them
selves, they began to dictate terms to the
party with which they had naturally allied
themselves. Witness, as proof Of this, the
civil rights onactments Of the General Gov
ernmcnt aud Of the several States, as well as
the partially successful demands for free
schools and other privileges to which the
rights Of citizenship cntitlc them. Such
seryility Is In marked comparison with the
trucking customs Of the whites In ante bsilum
days, when a few Democratic leaders met 10
so-called convention to perpetuate their own
tenure Of offico aud the degradation Of mil
lions Of poor white trash" voters, who had
never heard or dreamed OF free school, ex-
cept as hot-bed for tho growth of Aboll-
tionlsts. Never before have the interests OF
the voting masses of any party In the South
received so much attention, nor have they
been so jcalously guarded by the voting
masses themselves. II the poor whites would
initiate this kind Of scrvility, they would
command the rcspect which Is now cordially
accorded 10 their colored fellow-citlEens,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17
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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

WAN DEPARTMENT.
ADrUTASr 0ESERAL'B OFFICK,
wARHISuTOH, March Is, lb1l

General UTtisrs No b5
In view OF the limited appropriations granted
by Congress for the expenses OF the War De.
partment for certain purposes, II Is hereby or.
dered that all expenditures for building mate.
rial and the construction and repair OF buldinSs
which require to be paid from the appropriation
for barracks and quarters for the current fiscal
year be suspended, and that no further expendi.
lures be made for these purposes until the be-
ginning OF the next fiscal year.
IL II also ordered that all civilians employed
upon the construction and repair Of such build.
lngs be discharged, and enlisted men so EN-.
plOyed be relieved from such duty until further
ployed upon such construction and repair OF
buildings, which may be charge upon the ap-
preparation for Incidental expenses Of the Quar-.
ternaster's Department shall cease from the
date OF the receipt OF this order.
Commanding Generals of Divisions and De.
partments will require their Chief QuarteTmas-
ters TO report to the Secretary OF War, through
the Quartermaster General, without delay, IL
deidt the sums expended In their several dlvi.
sioIs a I'd departments for the rent or hire OF
quarter, for troops and for onicers on military
du y; for stoTehOuses for the BAfe-keeplng Oi
m lltaTy stores for Ofilces; fer ground for camps
or Clntonmentz, aud for temporary frontier
stations; for construction and repair OF TEN.
porary huts, OF stables and other military build,
lngs at established posts, and for repair OF build.
ingI occupied by the army, giving the location
sum paid for the rent or hire OF each. Also the
amounts expended during the nrst half Of the
present fiscal year In the construction and repair
Of temporary hutA, stables and other military
buildings In use by the army In their respective
divisions or departments.
BY order Of the Secretary OF War.
L. d. TOWNSEND, AdJutant General.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

The MEMBERS OF the Vienna press gave din
ner few nights ago to their brethren attending
the exposition from other countries. A curiOu,
innovation, and one which we think might be
prontably Introduced In other places was that
the speeches and addresses all came before the
nrst course was served. II was a cold, hard
practical way Of dealing with the matter, but
what an immense amount OF "gush" was savet
for future use!
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

According to q Philadelphia paper there
arc eight thousand factories and workshops
In that city, employing nearly one hundred
thousand workmen, and only thlrty.hvc hun.
dred apprentices. The number OF boys grow
Ing up In Philadelphia who arc excluded from
all opportunity Of learning trade by the
tyrannical rules Of the trades societies is fror,
twenty-five TO thirty thousand. These figures
are startling and challenge the serious con-
alteration Of the statesman aud tue political
economist That the devil finds some mis-
chief still for idle hands to do ls US true now
as when II was written IN the dim and misty
hundreds Of years ago. What Is to become
Of these boys1 Arrived at tho age Of matur.
ity, they hnd themselves unable to earn a
livelihood In any honest way, and as q conse.
quenec the great majority are driven into
uclousness aud crime. We must not be sur,
prised at the prevalence Of vice and wicked
ness In the country at the present time, thai
the penltentlaries and jails arc filed with
criminals, aud that reform schools are felt 70
be necessity in almost every village. The
evil will spread with our growth In popula-
ton as long as the present disastrous condi.
tlon Of affairs Is allowed to exist. The trades
people believe that they arc right In their
present policy, and 1t may DO that they arc.
But IL Is very evident that tho nation owes
duty to the rising generation, and that II
should be the aim Of our legislators, national
aud State, to lnd some remedy for an evil
thatis each year bringing forth au cyer-ln.
| crcaslng crop Of Young criminals
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

The CoLORED PEOPLE OF Charlotte aud Con-
cord, N. c., are agitatipg the temperance ques-
tlon. We hope they will sucoeed>in reforming
themselves In this respect, and then VIC hope
their white feloW-citzens VIII follow their ex-
ample. Such thing as temperance organiza-
ton In North Carolina Is rarity.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

"THE CAUSE or Boston Is the cause OF US all, ;
was the cry OF the thirteen Colonies at the be-
ginning OF the revolutionary war. The Southern
sham Democracy are now prostltuting those
sacred words by applying them to Louisiana,
coupled with declarations that the rights OF the
States are In danger. And yet these people
claim to be submissive to the General Govern
mani
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

In ROUND NUMBERS, million pounds OF to-
bacco was sold at Lynchburg last week, and yet
the people Of Virginia arc not happy. The truth
Is that the State was never so firmly established
on prosperous basis as It Is to-day. Each sue
oessive year demonstrates this fact by the in
crease Of the products Of the SOIL Another de-
cade will restore her former prosperity, free
from the rotten foundation OF slavery.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

CosGREssNAS FARwEII, OF Chicago, 1t us said,
will retire at the end Of his present term. Thls
rumor is, 1t ia to be hoped, untrue. The country
needs more men like Mr.. Farwell In Congress
men who are practically acquainted with the
great Industrial and commercial interests Of the
country, who eau legislate intelllgently upon
these questions,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

A LADY, Mrs. Eleanor d. Belt, Is the keeper Of
the jail in Prince Georges county, Nd. Her
salary is 81, ,OS6 per annum, She has male assis.
tRnt, whose name is Gardner, whose services
are enumerated at t462.6O for the same period.
It Is supposed that the keepers name is suficlent
TO keep the prisoners within bounds, but isn't II
cruel that they should be kept under a belt all
the time?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

genius that concocted the foul work. II It de
frAuled the State, his was the master mind that
wove the meshes Of the crime. He did all his
political work by rules which antagonlEed integ.
rity, and never accomplished political end, OF
nlled an ofcia station, save by fraud, or that he
did not stain with dlshonor.n This Ia somewhat
severe, but It Is true, every word Of II. When
Mcclure left the Republican party II got rid oI
one Of the most corrupt men in the country, WHO
did more TO debauch and dcmoralize the people
than any other six men In public life.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

In NO BRANCH or INDUSTRY have the United
States made more progress than In the manufac.
ture Of railway cars and locomotives. In the be.
ginning all the cars and engines In Canada came
from England, but they have been since super.
seded by American engines. At q meeting Of
the Grand Trunk Railroad Company In London
recently the chairman announced that contracts
had been made In the United States for three
hundred locomotives which arc far superior to
those of English cOnstrucllon.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

COMMENTING upon the death Of Chief Justice
Chase, the leading rebel organ In Maryland says:
''ln the days that are past, we, OF Maryland, had
little reason TO be cordially disposed toward Mr..
Chase, but after his elevation to the Supreme
Court he SO conducted himself In his once as 10
win not only our respect and esteem as an up
right judge, but a kindller personal feeling"
This Is the unklndest thing that has been said
OF Mr.. Chase.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

THE Petersburg IPpcGI refers to the ccntcn-
NAL celebration as "a Job" and TO Philadelphia
as "the city OF unbrotherly hate" It opposes
the celebration on the ground that 1--WE OF the
South haven't any independence 10 celebrate" :"
Inasmuch as virginia has been under so-called
Conservative control for years, we infer that
the Appeal Is dlsgusted with Governor Walker
and his followers. Let It now come out squarely
for Republican principles, and thereby win the
Independence II so much regrets.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

UNDER the leadership Of the Columbia tHion
the Republican party Of South Carolina Is grad
ually growing into high tariff ideas. The as
sumption Is, Of course, that cotton ought to be
protected. When South Carolina opens her gates
70 peaceful and quiet industry from the North,
with assurances Of protection to life and prop
erty, much Of the poverty OF which the linton
complains will disappear. This is the kind OF
protection most needed Just now, although pro-
lection for home Industry Is also needed.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

In commercial circles as a grain statlstiCian,
writes to say that the grain production Of Eng
land this year will be exceedingly low, and that
she will be compelled TO import more than half
her food supplies. II is a remarkable fact that the
production OF England In this respect has
steadily declined during the last three or four
years, as shown by her Importations. In 1871
her foreign food purchases amounted to $685.
$4,000; in 1sTa to t13s, ,is5,OoO an increase Of
~, $40, 900 In one year. Her imports during the
present year will, It Is thought, run as high as
tI5O, ,OO0,OOO. This condition OF affairs on the
other side Of the Atlantic will undoubtedly re-
dound to the benent Of our own farmers, II the
railroad companies will only reduce their cXorbi-
tant freight rates.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

The New York Herald. In the course Of some
speculatlons upon the Presidential contest in
isIs, says: 1--WE have only, then, to consider the
possibilities Of a Presidential scrub-race from
breaking up Of the Republican party upon rival
Presidential candidates. But these rival candl-
dates have not yet appeared, although Mr.
Speaker Blaine, Gen. Batter, Roscoe Conkllng,
Oliver p. Morton, and others, are named as hay-
Ing set their caps for the White House. But the
President Is stronger than any Senator with his
party, and the party Is stronger than Its lead
ers." A breaking up Of the Republican party
upon mere men Is out OF the question, as the
Herald says. The days Of hero worship are past
In the United States. Mr.. Greeley was one Of
the strongest men In the country with the Re
publican party, but when he was put In nomina.
tion against It's nominee he did not carry with
him more than q bakers dozen, That expert
ment will hardly be repeated by any Republican
politician in lsJB
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

Is TuE SUPPLEMENT TO the REPUBLICAN
will be found several articles Of general and
special interest, which will repay perusal.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

BArARD TAYLOR sends some interesting gossip
from the American studios at Rome. Story has
finished statue Of "Electn At the tomb Of
Agamcmnon," a simple leaning ngure, with the
head slightly lifted and the arms resting upon
the cinerary urn. II Is pure with the perfect
purity Of Greek art; every line expresses the
grace which Is unconscious Of itself, the nobility
Of sorrow which Ia conquered, but not lost.
Rogers has a new ideal work, "Sonnambula, /"
"a statue which cannot quite tell its own story,
even with lamp In Its hand" Miss Foley Is
giving the last touches to q fountain design.
For Mr.. Rhlnehart, who u now In this country,
Mr.. Taylor predicts q "noble fame" Among
the painters vedder has more sketches than nm
ished pictures. Coleman has gone to Nuremberg,
while Hazeltine Is working with 'as much artlor
As young man who has his reputation still to
make"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

WAR DlPkhfhESfIl
AnJuTASr GERKRALs OIFICE,
wAsHIEGTOs, AITil II, ls7s
GeHtral OTisFs No. 90.
by direction OF the President, Colonel jefferson
q. Davis, Esd Infantry, u assigned To command
the department OF the Columbia, vice Brigadier
General Candy, deceased.
lie will proceed without delay TO his post.
by order OF the Acting Secretary OF War:
Z. ID. TOWNSEND, AdjutAnt General,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

IT HAS BEEN TIE ACKNOWLEDGED Foley . the
Republican party, especially since Gen. Grant
nas been President, to encourage and foster It's
strength In those sections wherein such encour-
agement Is required. This has been accom-
plished by granting political rewards TO active
and influential leaders, and the result has been
the frequent and merited recognition OF such
men In the South as ex-senator sawyer and the
lAIe Governor orr, Of South Carolina. II Is true
that the State In which they resided was over
whelmingiy Republican; but the mere fact that
1t was so, and that they bAttled manfully within
the ranks OF the party for needed reforms at the
risk OF their own personal advancement, gave
evidence OF the purity OF their motives and an
unselnsh integrity OF purpose. Last summers
campaign In that State was political phenom-
ena. The bolt from the regular convention was
Justified by the circumstances attending the 1rBt
days session, when 1t was discovered that the
rights OF the minority were In danger OF being
ruthlesaly ignored. The result OF the election
was desirable as q continuance Of Republican
rule, although the Democracy put no ticket In
the neld; but the subject Of greatest congratula-
ton is the influence OF the bolt on the present
administration OF the affairs OF the State. In
short, the people Of South Carolina have learned
that honesty and reform arc qualities which re-
ceiye the earnest approval Of the General Gov.
eminent, and they are pronting by that knowl-
edge.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-05-17

The Utica Herald, which Ia edited by Congress-
man Roberts, and Is popularly said to be the or.
gan Of Senator Conkling, reviews the operations
OF tho civil service. II fAyors Mr.. Richardson's
suggestion In regard to tho distribution OF the
patronage among the several States and Terri
tories In the ratio Of population, and says;
at is not In the nature Of things that 80 great
a reform as has been contemplated by President
Grant can be carried out TO perfection without
some modtncatou OF tho original plans. The
principle aud spirit OF the movement are right.
Its objects are indorsed by everybody. But OBJ
stacles arise In the application OF principles, and
have TO be met according TO the eNlgencies Of
the case, there being no precedent to serve as q
guide. A change In methods, however, does not
by any means imply an abandonment Of prlnci-
OF none but competent and faithful men, and to
AFFORD the least Just cause Of complaint from
any quarter. II the competitive examination
falls In this, manlfestly some other system
should be adopted for securing the services Of
competent and honest men. ON this result
greatly depends the efficiency and economy OF
administration. Hence, II Mr.. RlcharlsOn's plan
Is the best that can at present be suggested, we
are In favor OF It's having fair trial. II II should
not prove satisfactory, u will aid In preparing
the way for something that will he satisfactory
Meantime we can afford to bear the captious
criticisms OF our opponents, who never thought
OF making any kind Of civil service reform, but
have always looked upon once as a reward fol
partisan service, regardless OF the merits Of
qualifications OF individuals fllllng ofllclal posi-
| tionH,n