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Erelinghuyspn.

A number Of respectable old gentlemen
In New Jersey have been striving for
long time to work themselves mp into u be-
lief that the Hon. FRED. r. FRELINGHUY-
sen Is "a great man. But before they have
secured u sufficient stock of admiration,
the Senator invariably makes some dis
heartcning manifestation which chills the
nrdor of their well-meant eudcavors.
Mr. FRELINGuUYsEN clearly apprchcnd-
cd the fragrant iniquity OF JonNsoN's inn
pcachment, assured his intimate friends
that his sympathics and his Judgment re-
volted at the outrage, and after the acquit-
tai INDUCED in pious CALCULATIONS OF gratl-
tude over the country's escape from so
grave peril. And yet he only needed TO
be wet-nursed for night by some poliu-
clans. greatly his interiors in education and
In conscience. and his virtue vanished, his
resolution weakened, and from Within the
overshadowing solemnities of the occa-
sion, Mr.. FRELINGHUysEN' voice aud vote
were heard on the side which he knew
and felt to be wrong.
During the investigation. Of l,il-2 he was
ever found a serviCelble eNcuser of ex-
ecutve lawlcssncss, and travelled out of
/ MS WHY 10 luuUI8t Ill lufiVllih Eiolluth-
tions OF his master. As Chairman Of the
CALDWELL Committee he kalsonined the
spotted reputation OF the Kansas man 10y
| the ingenious subtcrfuge that although hi
election was compI,sed by corruption, It
was the geutlcmnu's friends who were the
| corruptors, and for this he could not be
held responsible. Knowing Jerseymeu
smiled audIbly at this JUDICIAL utterLuce,
| for II recalled to mind the historical even
| ing ia Trenton when the caucus was to be
held which nominated Mr.. FRELrNGHUY-
| SEN. 1t is universally believed that the
s!9,OOO which his friends disbursed on that
occasion was placed entirely without the
knowledge or conuivauce OF the senator,
and that to this day he has never been
made aware of the eXpend Jurc.
Mr. FRELIvGuUYsES has now thrown
away another chance of proving himself u
man. IIs inherited instincts his cutiya-
ted Intelligence, his standing in society
and at the bar, and the promptings Of hi'
! patriotism, must all combine To make him
desire a learned and Independent judi
ciary; and yet when the nomination of
WILLIAMS is referred 10 his committee, In
the exuberunce of his loyalty to Gen.
| GRANT, all these considerations give way
10 blind and obsequious obedience
Mr.. FRELINGHUYsES has had hopes Of
being President, but New Jersey ~ a
! very small state TO start with, and he has
proved himself too small, on every test oc-
cason, even for such circumscribed ter
ritory. We have tried hard to like him. He
has an honored name. He has refinement
of manners. IIehas scholarship, and might
have been statesman If he had not failed
in the vital element of courage We need
leaders more than we need servants; and
at every fresh exhibition OF supple subser-
vcncy on the part OF Jerseys favoritc
son, we long for one hour Of CoRrLANDr
| PARKER in his chair.
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Mr.. WENDELL PHILLIPS says he is in
favor of GRASr for the third time,
provided ne will hold the vessel straight
on her course. PHILLIrs was never wise as
apuliuriau. In giving his reason for the re-
rlccuou OF GRANT, he has stated the very
reason which would induce the people to
defeat him, if the Republican party should
I've 50 insane AZ to renominHte him-tho be-
.iet that he would keep the vessel straight
on the course along which he has been
steering her since he became President.
80 cv,dcn; is this that there are not a
lCurc Of prominent Republicans who feel
the slightest confidence that GRANT will
he renominate |, while the great body of
the leaders do not dream that he viii be
the candidate Of the party; nay more,
though they do not yet make much noise
about II, they are determined that he shall
not he. This leaves the field open for new
oomcrs. But il is much easier to say who
Will not be the next Republican candidate
than TO conjecture who will be.
Credit Mobilier utterly destroyed the
chances Of CoGFAx, HENRY WILSON, JAMES
+. WILSON, and DAWES, if they ever had
any.
MoRroN's course on the Louisiana ques-
tiou and his slippery conduct about return
Ing the back pay killed him. What little
show BUTLER had left after his staggering
defence Ci the Credit MobIlier swinilc and
the salary steal was extiugu shed 10y his
defeat in Massachusetts last fall, BoUT-
WELLS financial policy, under which the
country is now suffering, and hls steady
lu, IA.
CAMERON and WADE are played out.
CANERoY is not only too Old, but he looks
too Old; and as the party must keep up
appearances il cannot touch lim. No, nor
WADE either, for he is lobby drummer
for the Northern Pacific Railway.
Speaker BLAINE stood pretty well year
ago. But his olumsily concealed effort
last winter to shield the most conspicuous
Credit Mohilier corruption sts blightcd his
Presidential pro ects, while his organizl-
ton Of the committees OF the House this
winter and the buuguug management of
mlary repeal 10y his man HALE have
blotted them on, forever. Whether Sena-
tor CoNRLING desires to be the Republican
nominee IN 1si6 we do not know. II he
does, we advise him 10 look well to his
course in regard to the nominations of
SHErHERD for Governor OF Columbia aud
WILLIAMS for Chief Justice. Even if these
nominees are put through, an outraged
people will not forget the Senators who
slevute them to seats they are unfit to
occupy
This survey shows that the Republican
hrld l. very barren of suitable candidates.
Perhaps the party may have to look abroad
and call III ELHU B. WAsHBURNE TO help II
out. or, which is quite as likely 10 hap
pen, large mass of independent voters,
initiating the example of the Northwest,
may select some high minded Republican
like JoE HAwLEY Of Connecticut, and then
call upon honest men Of all parties TO
unite and carry HIM into the White House.
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spare the Rod, spoil tho CLild.

To ne hdn0r or me sun.
SIR; In discussing the subject OF the use
Of the rod in schools, the opinion Of Samuel
johnson thereon is, Think. Of some Importance.
Mr. Langtun one day asked him how ne had
acquired so accurate knowledge OF Latin, In
which he was exceeded by no man OF his time.
He said: MY master whipped me very well.
" ithout that, sir, should nave done nothing"
He told Mr.. Langton that while Hunter was
hogging the boys numerically he used to say,
And this do TO save you from the gallOws."
johnson upon all occasions expressed his Rppro-
baton of enforcing instruction hy means OF the rod.
would rather said he, have IN rod to he the gen.
erAl terror 10 ALL 10 make them learn, than tell child
II Won do thrs or thus you viii ne more esteemed than
your brothers ami SISTERS. The rod produces ctcct
wWCh terminates Ia itself. child II AFRAID OF being
whipped, and gets his task, ani tuere's Al end on
whereas by eNcllng emu atlou and comparisons OF
Irnorp, YOU lay The foundation of lasting mischief ,
you MAKE bro htra una sisters nate clCl other"
When I"hnson saw some ladies' IN Lincolnshire who
were REMARKABLY wen behaved, owing 10 their mothers
tiftt Gstuf tud severe Correction he CGClAIn 3D. ia
one Of Shas~spe're's liues little varied
.ud. viii honor thee tor tIS Thy duty"
There g. n.w -f npggius IN our Eroat schools than
the boys get A. one end they lose RtauOther. Mac.
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The SiIiicSt Yet.

There is one thing which may be set
down as certain, and that is that II HoR-
ACE GREELEY had been elected President
he W ould never have made himself ridicu-
lous before the whole country by seriously
recommending Congress TO grant national
aid to such wild and absurd project ms
an irrigating canal from the Rocky Noun
tains to the Missouri river.
This scheme 10 make grab of pub
lie lands to serve as basis for issuing
bonds like most of the schemes in which
President GRANT takes an interest, was
projected by u Ring, represented in Wash
ington by Congressional Delegate who is
on terms of intimacy with the President
Mr.. n. c. MEERER, who has made n study
OF the subject Of irrigation, and has had
practical experience in the work Of con-
structing irrigating canals, writes TO the
Tribune from Colorado that 10 irrigate n
region from the Rocky Mountains only
to the Tooth meridian, instead of going
to the Missouri, rs recommended 10y the
President would require u canal 1000 feet
wide and ton feet deep, flowing at the rate
Of three miles an hour, This would reach
about 2,0O0 600 acres, while the plan favored
by the prC sidcnt COntemplatcs the irriga-
tion OF not less than 100000 acres. But,
supposing the canal built, there is no avail
able supply of water to Ill it, for the
Platte river, the stream designated to feed
it, aud the only source at hand, cannot
possibly furnish wator enough 60 irrgate
more than 100000 acres during its highest
stage, while for eight months in the year
! it would not aGord one-tLirtieth Of that
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The CIamor OF the Press.

During the debate in the House on the
proposed repeal of the Salary law, a great
deal has been said by members about the
clamor of the press, aid about the duty of
not yielding to it; while not a few back
pay grabbers, In declaring that they
should vote for repeal, have taken leave TO
assure the country that they should do
this solely from the most lofty and patri-
otto considerations, and not from any re-
gard for the clamor OF the press, for which
they feel unutterable contempt, and so on.
The press has heard something like this
before. But whatever Senators and Rep
resentatives in the Forty-third Congress
may think and cay about the newspapers
which have exposed and denounced the
Salary law OF last spring, We assure them
that IL they do not repeal this law, the
clamor of the press during the past cam
paign will be us nothing when compared
with the rafting of the ballot boxes about
their ears next fall.
The sun., 1873-12-17
Corporal Punishment in the schools

In 1870 the Board of Education passed
bylaw prohibiting corporal punishment
in any of the schools under its charge.
The reasons for the change were that
corporal punishment was brutal, tended
to degrade those who received it, was
painful to those who witnessed it as well
rs to those who were subjected to II, and
that it placed the school principal in the
position of an executioner.
1t was hoped that after banishiug the
rod the children would be disciplined by
other means that they would feel a greater
respect for their schools and teachers, that
the schools would be made pleasanter,
that greater progress in study would be
secured, and that the morals OF the pupils
would be improved But these expecta-
tions were not realized, and a few months
later the board appointed a committee
TO suggest some other means of discipline
which should be effective So far as we
can learn, that committee has never re-
ported, and 1t is certain no substitute for
the rod has ever been adopted.
Since corporal punishment has been pro-
hibited, the schools have fallen of in both
discipline aud studies, and their morale
has sunk in n very remarkable manner.
Open and defiant disobelitnce is not un-
common, aud the remedy for such offences
appears to be beyond the reach OF the
| teachers, whose only resource is to send
for the parents aud require them to pun
| ish the pupil urder penalty of his
expulsion from school should they refuse
Ana here we reach the vital point Of the
whole matter Instead OF punishment by
! educated and experienced gentlemen wLc
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Axc.IInndlc smith speaks tor Himself

10 me Edaor 0C Ths san.
SIR: just one week ago there appeared In your
pepcr an article purporung To have ,m,nltcd from M.
or At least It va. -sued with my name, which would
naturally lead the great multitude who read IHE svs
TO suppose that myself its author but as II was
written with anoth,rs hand thcv would receive false
impresslon and L should be clothed wIth another's
glory This would he very wong, and might some"hat
sully the purity Of my moral an religious character
which seems at present to be the strongest evidence
that my frcuds have found to prove that am brother
Of IA, truy good Deacon Richard smith.
My friends now seem fully satisfied hat their Ahors
have c,ncroWncd with complete success They have
Ju.t heard Of Ady ~ho has communicated the imlor'
tlnt Information that she is acquainted wih me- aud
she thinks that very good mao, and as there are
but two so'dmea u the country Of tho name VI smith,
sar thinks We must indeed pc brothers
Vow viewing TIE evidence 80 the uEht of science,
lnA lt shoulIbc entirely satlt'actory. confess, sir
hat nrst surpnscd az the great interest taScn
"a tni. natter but ~hcu heard tuat Brother kchari i
bad received the nomination the Presidency thea
tcmisttry soycd aud the CT out q the bi, for
my frIends right to suppose that Wnen Rrothcr
Richard takes lls scat IN TIE White House shau of
course l avery important place, and be power h''
hind the throne and a. have ,rmiaeI, 80 FAR ny
influence will sv to continue the only real bright iei-
ture in the present Administration that is to provide
good places Tor all our relatives. ahl II there should
chance to be more offices 10 the tutcd ates thAu oar
family require, then our most 4a.ous friends shal! be
remembered, you will perceive the great wisdom Of
thi- arrangement When Is fairly IN working order
We can red.cct ourselves as often as We please, an
now you will take charge ~ the Eastern sections Il
the country and Brother Richard OF the western and
occasionally dellvers lecture In Cooper lnsutute on
the origin OF Man" and Ike scientific questions, you
must perceive how easy viii be ~ conquer all oppo'
sluon and save the country.
Now a word on these forthcoming lectures. ! thitk
from recent developments shall be abe 10 show that
the variations betv some animals and man are 20
very slight that Darwin In his next effort, will have no
dfcmty In making the connection, and science vii
gain great victory over superstition and We sha al
b. benefited Ana now all that Ihaye TO add Of rather
private nature. Pc faithful In your department, ms
,ou have teen times past and when the battle II DER
YOU sha De remembered OF cur cousins On The
uotaers side. Sincerely yours,
pANIrI C., or ANH HANDLE SMrF,
4s4 Ea-t Houston street.
The sun., 1873-12-17

10 me Editor Of The sun.
SIR Myself and family, in common with MIL
lions OF citizens. have read with the most intense In
terrst admiration the record Of thai noble man,
Deacon Richard Smith, to maintain an upright. moral
position, to the extent Of leaning little back
ward notwithstanding the efforts Of those wicked part,
ners to drag him downward But We cannot. however,
support him for the ohce of President, even on the
comprehensive platform OF dscsrting those wicked
partners Tor deem uunt for that high Office
thus posee himself to temptation, hoWeVr m lch
confidence he may feel IN his moral stamina and
capacity. We rejoice that TINS truly good man has not
vet fallen victim to the wee OF those wicke part ers,
hut l. continuing the harte heretofore with his
colOrs ngurstvely speaking nailed TO the mast but
could he be truh tei IN the white House
W. D., 25SA East sixty trs: street.
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sTIRRING UP 4 HoRNE1sp NEST.
VIII there be n Meeting between Col. VIM.
Wilson and Mr.. q. B. Lamarf

n Nf fUtOT OI IHt 0lH,
SIR: ! notice in your valued paper of this date
letter from ny late commander, Col Wilson, sixth
New York Volunteers, ia Ansser to aspersons cast on
our regiment by that notorious Secessionist q. II.
Lamar of Savannah The gallant Colonel handles the
pen boldly he did his sword IN the days OF warfare,
and If mistake hm not Geo. b. Lamar Will yet knoe
before him. and with fted hands ask his pardon for
the insulting language he used against the boys of the
sixth New Norh Volunteers.
want to tell this scccsson,st that the banner
now floating ocr him lie a noble nas-and win wave
in pride and beauty o.g after such fellows as he
cease TO exist J. CoSNERY.
NEw YoRk, Dec. l6. 1873
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amountl And il canal should actually
be begun aud carried far enough to irri-
gate 200 600 acres-all that could be eflcctu-
ally irrigated from the Platte-the result
would be that the river would be so
drained at the point of intersection that
the best portion Of the Territory which ls
now under cultivation would inevitably
be ruined.
The simple truth is that this irrigation
project is not only "A job of the most glar-
ing character, but solely through its man
ifcst absurdity is prevented from being a
dangerous conspiracy against the rights
and property OF the citizens OF Colorado.
This, however, probably never occurred
to the mighty statesman in the White
House, who sees nothing improper in dis
tributing the highest offices in return for
presents, and is ever ready to help forward
the purposes Of his personal friends who
have schemes Oh hand for depicting the
lublic Treasury.
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THE CANrtSs FoR 1870.
'om the Man ,,ha First Nominated Deacon
Richard smith.

To ne Edtor Of ne Sur.
SIN: In TuE SrN Of Nov. % last | had
tho honor to nominate tina. truly good man,
Deacon Richard Smith II Cincinnati, for Prcsi
dent in 1870. And | assure you 1t affords me
greater pleasure than can possibly express to
observe the solid satisfaction with which this
nomination has been received by the honest
masses Of our great and glorious country. l
feel, sir, that have not lived in vain.
But President making, like married life brings
with it It's responsibilities, and have mad my
sh re of them in the shape Of letters Of inquiry
about the truly good man, to all Of which it has
been impossible for me to reply.
There are, however, two questions generally
asked by my correspondents Of such public
interest that will, with your permission, en-
deavor to answer them in the columns Of THE
SUN:
First-why does not Deacon Richard Smith
dissolve with those wicked par,nets7
This singular copsrtnership can be accounted
for upon no other hypothesis than that Of a
peculiar concatenation of causes. Wo are the
children Of circumstances, saith the proverb.
And the only sure means OF getting MIN away
from those wicked partners is to put him In the
white House upon THE SUNS splendid plat
form, all the wicked partners to be sent adrift.
"1he soul
Il strong that trusts goodness and shows clearly
1t may be trusted
Secondly-lf Deacon Richard Smith should be
elected President, whom would he have in his
Cabinets
II is Of course impossible to predict with any
decree Of certainty whom President Smith
would select for his constitutional advisers. OF
one thing, however, the people may rest as
sured those lCtckcd partners CGi hare no seats Ut
ne council board. They will remain adrft upon
the banks Of the ohio, there to mediate on
their wicked ways. There can be no doubt
whatever that President Smith would draw
about him Ministry as truly brilliant as he Is
truly good. For example, IL might consist Of
the following distinguished gentlemen
Secretary Of state samuel Bowles u Massachusetts
Sccre Of the Iroasury-HoraCe White OF ILLINOIS,
secretary OF Mar-Heury Natter-on Of Kentucky.
secretary ot the NaNy-J r. MctuNagh of Miss uri.
Secretary ~ the intcflor-Muru iial-tead OF ONO.
posttuast r.GeucrIl-Gco. W. thids = IcunsylNanla A.
Attorney. General r. T. ID. McGnley OF In.
diana,
Trusting that the foregoing questions are salts
factorily answered, subscribe myself,
Yours for true soodnes, Henry I TEhpLE'
LAFAYErEE, Ind, Dec. H. 1873.
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Enormou, EItravagance OF the Public
PRINTING.


The last Congress abolished the franking
privilege and thereby pretended 10 init
ate reform. But they purposely left un-
touched the greatest evil and source of
waste which had rendered that privilege
justly odious.
1t was toreseen when the present system
was adopted, by which the public printing
passed from private hands and Govern
ment Office was established, with an army
OF partisan employees, that extravaganza,
jobbery, and looseness were inev table, and
the facts have realized the expectation.
From an outlay OF about $3.50, 900 under
the old usage the cost OF printing, paper
and binding has grown up to s2,00O,0O q
year for these items alone, without taking
into account the large capital invested in
land, buildings machinery, types, and the
hike, the wear and tear, or the cost OF re-
Hewal These together represent an inter-
st on $50 00O, 900 of public debt.
In June, 1854, when the whole tendency
was wasteful in the midst Of war, an act
was passed providing;
"That hereafter, instead Of furnishing manuscript
toples " the documents usually accompanying tnelr
eegMtuelts q GoyeTnlen' sRan transmit them, or
suPerinte9dent OF f'rqbhc Printing VINO shan cause TO
;. prnted che usual uuu.ber and IN addition thereto
he s Of i4s h9gie II m me5rs,sasMye ,s M snr.,r,s,,
ee he report, 6f tGs neaGGs o desaf%sSts and lie
s ct % s PM Sss oR pa5S
PRINTING, suitably hound ana that In addition to the
lerrd by ener House Of Congress, 4 shall be MS duty
benate aud .s0yy copies Tor the use Of the House
Under this law the grossest abuses have
been practised and millions OF money have
been shamefully stolen and squandered.
For example, the Secretary Of State makes
no annual report TO the President or to
Congress, as is mentioned in the foregoing
act, The nature of his office forbids IL,
and the habit always prevailed, until an
Illegal innovation got foothold, to print
only so much of the foreign correspond
enoe as was specifically called for in the
Senate or House by resolution. And yet
Mr.. FISH has had printed for this session
two large volumes of 1000 pages, contain
Ing nothing but the refuse OF diplo-
matte and consular correspondence, with
out the least usefulness All that is really
valuable or iutercs ting i'cOucealcd behind
lstertslis, and hundreds OF pages are de-
voted to OK tracts from foreign newspapers
Anh sp.cohcs. He has done the same tAing
regularly for four years past without color
Of law, merely TO crafty vulgar vanity
OF display
Partisan aud other pamphlets and cleo
tiOneeriug statements in regard TO the pub
H. debt and expenditures, fabricated to
oIdr ly clrIk1 in tho danariments. have
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Deacon Richard -mi,h-A New complimes,.

10 ne EItor OF ne sun.
SIR: 1t is with pride that read in your valua-
he paper about the truly good man, Deacon Richard
Smith-pride 10 the fact that countrymen, ana
of the generation. so truly good man deserves
to be held in grateful remembrance, and ss Is usua
with eminent persons HE name should be so bestowed
TO keep his memory green. Therefore have decided
name my stallion Deacon Richard smith, truly
good horse III honor ~ truly good a name.
Considering that am funlling patriotic obligation
In paying such compliment TO this truly good man,
ai, most respectfully DkSIs hoULAHAS.
nt. Ia
The sun., 1873-12-17

Protocol, from protos, hrst and cola, glue,
lfSc,nC, from blsc ~ nsh.
Iclhs %, oiI, from lcug,, a nsh, and cola, sue.
LOOK ON THIS PICTURE!
Voice OF the British Lion; Tho shooting Of
the Vlrgnius prisoners must be stopped imme-
diately. lfyou shoot another man will open
upon you with my guns, and level the town"
lSiT Lambton Lorraine, commanding the small
steamer Niohe OF the British navy four guns.l
They did stop 1t, too.
AND THEN ON THIsl
Voice OF the American Fish: "Confound IL,
Captain G eneral, II you don't leave on shooting
American citizens we shall feel obliged to have
this matter arbitrated-thst Is, unless YOU
should in the mean timo prove that this nation
and its nag are Il fraud.
They may prove IT, too. AMrRICVs
The sun., 1873-12-17
Grants Land rurchase-A Hint TO the Mer.
Cuguts OF GleA Cove.

N iIf IITITT ~ IIf SUI,
SIN: Your expose of the Grant purchase a;
y rhead has or atef more than ordinary excitement
in this town. The sond men OF this place admire your
OF every nature. q
RS Please give the merchants Of Glen Cove fub
~ regard ~ improving the place. q
The sun., 1873-12-17

The Philadelphia Ring is doomed. ON
Monday night, according to the Pres, the ballot
box suffers were betting freely on nifty thou
sand majority against the new Constitution in
Philadelphia. The returns, however show that
the city has given over twenty-five thousand
majority FOR the Constitution, while the major
ity in the state will probably reach over one
hundred thousand.