New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-31
CURRENT DISCUSSION.
DECORATING SOLDIERS GRAVES

From TIE Pittsburgh DlpatA
When MT, Sumner offered his battle-haf
resolution Ia Congress, it ascertaned that Mr. sum
ner was in advance Of the times. In other words those
who thought with him assume that MS spirit vas on
plane above that the Of the people, but thas
where he yesterday there VIII De the masses 20
morrow. The issue has again been brought prom.
nenty 10 public attention by the order recently issued
from Washington, refusing permission 10 decorate me
graves OF Conede5aLe soldiers SI AIIg so fge NJ
Greeeys metaphor OF claspng hands across the ooouy
chasm says on the subject:
nurse The animostes engndered; Is is quality ebh
oVSSdor or destroy t. We shall be just loyal Just roe ID
tender Of the memories Of our own eyered and honod dead
when decorate be graves We permit the friends Of those s
When living their and ours 10 bear a sss
last IS green Confederate over Union dead the slnhns
ii heln t patsers e rain and as tse dew on BOTH a h
Can We not say bitterness that separated their lives and made Ties
s@be Of mortal bate and xs sTsn the uEf hat e0I az eOo~s
Now, however i've may have been compelled to dissent
from tue manner in which Mr. Greeley proposed t0at
Southern and Northern hands should be locked frater
ally across and above that abyss wherein lay the meme
ries OF the dreadful struggle or years. occurs also 20
that in so simple matter as tins OF decOrAtng tho
graves consideration might Dc shown the friends OF tho
Confederate dead with good rather than depioraoe re-
suits 1t sentimental concession either for as we
look upon it, it would have beneficial effect, aud agaa
but hghten the glory which, the 3Oth shah gather
halOlke round every tombstone marking the buriai-
place OF the Union soldier The contrast or itself wOuki
DC suggestive, and might lead 10 valuable rehecton
THE CAMPAIGN OF 1868.
From The ST. Louis Democrat
a correspondent Oh NEW 1ORh
states, as fact not widely known, that Gen Frank
Blair expressed willingness 20 withdraw from tho
Democratic Presidential ticket in 1865 after the October
elections had shown the drift OF public opinion and
that his preference the substitution or Chase for
seymour as the head OF the ticket We were not aEao
that there was any secrecy about this Certainly Cen
Blair made secret Oft at the time. is true that he
sought the nomination very earnestly, but It Is also true
that from the first evidence that the position ~
which the Broadhead letter mad placed him would
weaken the ticket he placed himself at the disposal q
his friends, 10 drop him or retain him, they thOughe
best. The TRIBUNE correspondent errs, however, IN
statement OF the reason why Chase not substituted
for Seymour after the october elections He says 10
because there was no power in the National Com
mittee to make the change But 1t was really because
the Tammany Hail crew. who controlled the Committees
more anxious for success In New York thaA
for success throughout the country. Tweed was
then In the zenith OF ms power ana he and 9s
friends had determined that II necessary for the
continuance OF their career Of plumber tnat the Lega
ture OF NeW-IOrk should be Democratic Ibey DeheIed
this result certain under Seymour than under
Chase, and probably they we're right. Vallandlgham
the West. He had been Chase maH IN the hew-Yorf
Convention and defeated for Congress IN the OcIo
Der election OF that year He always believed t.ss
Chase would have defeated Grant II nominated 10 no
first place and he was hopeful OF success under Cnae'
even nominated less than month before the fleS-
dental election.
TROUBLES OF SETTLERS on THE SIOUX RESER-
WALTON.
Prom TIE Denver (CoL) Roxy Aosntaia Necs. MGy D. =,
A curious complication has arisen IN Me-
braska in connection with the Sioux reservation In
1863 Gems. sherman and Augur concluded treaty WIZ
the sioux assigning them TO certain OBSERVATIONS
within the limits OF the, State OF Nebraska Not
outstanding this, the lands were surveyed ami oner
for sale The result Is that upon this sioux
within the State OF Nebraska there are now some oSs
bona hde settlers, who have taken the initial s.eps
which entite them 20 homeseads within a IeE
months, however, Il has been discovered that these
could not, under the Sioux treaty OF 1868 De sutNe)S
as they were reserved 70 the sioux settlers dc
cline TO give up their lands; aud 70 further oompe
the OF Nebraska has come 10 the alu -
the settlers, and maintains tnat the General GJne
ment had right TO set aside reservation Htnh s
state without the consent of that commonwealth LUG
consequence is that the Interior Department Las ~
pointed commission 10 negotiate VITA the SlOuN ~
that portion of their reservation which has thus na1
yerteny been placed upon the market ana Oe'upt ~.
The names OF the commission nave MOI oeou '
public.
PEACE OF FORCE BETTER THAN ARMED STRIFE
From ne Rlsm0ao DapotA N
When Congress assemblies next December II WIN
By FeJen bs,0aet v1eenvey ever
grim aProusVaa Governor IN ante 80
doars. tie last ay Of the soa ne gs
'n says s9 S responsible aud SO Ek:
ecutlye, Tor this national disgrace, ana COhRIeSs W.
mud tough subject, which II lodged az us 'sI
son ready for 1t when It again meets. but I'm 80
TINE secs IA tne peace OF and the quiet OF trahy
a better condition than that OF armed striie. %
tyranny would with qualification be better Than
the government the sOHthern Atlantic states ave uhel.
III the despOusm was permanent, aud not sieeusSs
would be nailed with delight role nom the ptosels
opnresSed condition Tue arbitrary power now sIihu
my those States The dust represents party anu
t.r a. the soutn a concerned the most ignorant, un
scrupulOus, aud dishonest parry that was ever ooiV
known this land, II IN any country on the eAIth 20
party complexion OF the measures OF tne yIa"NJ -
" ard the south gives them theh horriOio features
The TRUE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD.
kf0s IAs kaldgA SaitHsL -
THE NEW York TRIBUNE has long ana
we tempered reoaSe 70 tI eo doosa ye az the same
Aa vet sSa We Sc deemed uupOae dso'al We 'a ,ss
graves dead enelales soneihns tn." aas 1''
We copy another passage aud can onY Nsn tnst ne
sxpressous and feelings were more op The great
ounder of TIiE Tribune toward the snllten SCUM III"