, 1873-07-22
NOTES AND OPINION,


Hi1non Cameron, tho so-callcd " Winuobago
Chief" and his warriors, had pow-wow at
Bedford Springs, pa., last wook, and unto thom
camo Samuel J. Randall, the salary-grabbing
Democrat, and other Democratic chiefs. OF
Cameron, Philadelphia Press correspondent
sayB:
Tho General Is In tho highest possible spirits. Ho
regards hinlsof tho master Of the sItton aud ia
caught: His rctanora insist that Grant viii recog-
nizo nobody tlnt will not bow down boforo tho great
horae Contracts Legislative contracts, and doubtful
elections to the Senate.
Tho woll-intormed Washington correspond
ent Of tho Boston Post declares that Simon
, Gen. Grant for q third torn. It may DO expect
cd that Ill tho old politicians, Ike Cameron, will
tako similar position. They 500 that thoro il
no chance for themselves, and they would rathor
now deal.-Aloany Argus.
-Whcro M incumbent eau take it easy"
thore would eeom to bo no limit to his capacity
Of enduring Presidential honora. Wo Lope.and
wearled with official burdens, will have rospoct
enough for precedent md public opinion not to
attonlpt third torm.-Da!tin.o,c Sun.
Grant laa three yoara yot to serve, and It
would bo we'll to lot him finish one term at
time, or,ovenif it be wished to establish him por
manently, lot ua not do it right away, but wait
until tile cholora subsidoa.-Aastin (linn)
Register.
denied. Tho peoples libortioa aro at lis morcy
his own nomination within Ills grasp, and, aa
virtuo ia no longer regarded ns an attribute Of
statoemanBhip, It il quite likely the prediction Of
Frank Blair will bo verified. Tho day Of Repub-
lican doom pecrB out like tho ghost In Oaaan,
md, Just now, when tho cries Of morning pass
unhoedoa, wo SEQ no hope Of nrrosting the
velocity of ito progress. picksburg (Afiss.)
Herald.
somo faint degree to-day what tho South has re-
alizod for years-tho ateady, solid, ro1ontless en-
| croachment, dny after day and year aftor year,
Of tho central power md, tho hidoouHneHs Of tho
| domination, whom fully established. Of au ire
! sponsiblo dospotiam bearing the nan1o Of q Ro-
| public, and doing tho dccda Of an absolute mou-
archy. Wilmington (N o. Star.
-Thore is yet one thing That mars tho happl-
moss and jeopnrdizoa tho Bafoty Of tho Adminis-
| tration. 1t has succeeded in debauchinE tho
morals Of the country until dishonesty in Office
| hns become tho rulo; until mon who porjuro
| themselves to escape the charge OF bribery arc
received with ovations at home, and those who
aro convicted thereof by formal ind To-
gal Investigations are promoted to be
Foreign Ministers; until 1t is not ashamod
Of having bankrupted States, nor to boast Of it's
infamous work III Louisiana. Il has met with q
| to crafty tho ambition Of its most Jealous aud
Interested partiaanH. But tho Administration
and it's tools arc unhappy under tho structures
Of tho newspapers. Therefore. it Ia not surpria-
| ing to find concerted effort begun to muzzle
tho press.-Porfland (0ye.) Ne1os.
| -Wc trust tho eolf-constituted champions OF
liberty will now breathe froor. Wc hopo those
patriotic souls that wero 30 profoundly Rolicitoua
lest tho freedom OF tue press should be ground
! to dust undor tho hoo1a Of tyrannlcal and
bloodthrsty Administration, vii. be ablo to TO
armo tho poacafulnosa Of their alumbora. For
Judge Dlatchford has decided against tho ~.
moval OF tho libel suit Of llr. Dana from New
York to Washington. Ncithor tho insijious
Works nor tho appalling dosposiam Of ar
arbitrary dictator has induced him to deliver the
intended victim into tho jaws Of TUG hiaoouf
monster waiting to crush him and the whole
press with Aisnl-Aloany {N. ~ Eccning Jour:
nal.
1t ia vol onough-indood, thoro is An entire
propriety in it-for tho prosgea which draw theil
support from governmental patronage, or whose
editors hold good and wo1l-pAld official position!
undor tho Government, to snoer ut tho noto O
alarm giyon by MI the Democratic papors, ut th'
recent offort to establish nnothet evil precoden
III ground for further step toward Cuaaslsn
& % onoa w9r tGw1s no esh91s essa9e o OF e. e.
President, nt,-Pittsourgh (I'a.) Post.
Perhaps tho most remarkable thing in Matt
Carpenters dofonBo Of tho salary-st0al il th
purely, lnoroenary and morchantabfo view wlis
duties. I1o looks at the whole matter in til
light Of q business transaction, all
UPON that basis makes what ho oyidont}
considorB a pretty strong argument. Homo
counts for little, patriotism far loss.
There WAS d timo in the history Of this country
when it was considered n distinguisfed honor t
DO United Htatos bonator. But all that Is pasl
Wo 1.-Two in other tlmos now, and public acts an
public mon arc for sale to tho Aighest bidder
rhoro is no honor loft, patriotism has long elnc
boon forgotten, MI IL sunk IN greed md galn.-
. OId,fa (han.) Journal.
THO class Of mon uBuel]y elected to LogtE
laturoB are poaResRed Of netlor wisdom. ahilit.
honesty, nor plain common Bonsc; and conBe
auontly wo hive laws passed which. instead c
, benoAting tho greet mass OF tho people, aro
, sourco OF annoyance and positive injury
Qalesbn,y (IA) Republic.
Mo arcecll to 4 popular audience OF lat
! econs to nntisfy unless there IL sone out-croI
,, ming of the poryadlng opposition to monopolie
and determination to Hwoop from pubic soryte
dishonest and ,1.faithfui noryants. {lA
, Register.
} y,TLo Koolsuk Constitution has acall for poe
, nlo's Convention III Leo County, Signed ny noa
i've hundred names ot both po'iticAI rartiot
Tlo Convention III to 10 hold Aug. i, at EIana
T. In Co1,tro. Wo hopo to 800 suoh q move atatse
il this county. Tho county Gnu be carried ole9 r.
, rooplo to tako politics IN their own hands ar
broak down tho tyranny Of party, Which 10 broet
inc Mi Tho corruption now witnessed every
u wIo.o.- burlington (lo.ua) Gazette. !,
r -,rlero arc thousands Of voters In Iowa Wll
ero not GrangerB, but who hayo common into
t oxtrnyaganco, and reducing taxation. It IL yos
!, Natural that politicians should become alarmc
y loat these natural allloa should combine an
0 mako a common cauao Of putting down polite
y rings and placng honoHt mon iu positions
publlc trust. instoad Of tho politicians that no