New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

That dreadful Butler still worries the Mas
sachusetts Republicans. He keeps 80 quiet about the
Governorshp they afraid he is packing the Conven
ton himself Perhaps he is but at this distance It
looks II nothing short Of direct Interference of
Providence could prevent the nomination or Gov
Talbot.
The loOsening Of party ties in the matter of
supporting Administration Congressman is getting be
something alarming Here is the staid old Cincinnati
Gazette the regular Administration nominee
In the Cleveland (Ohio District Mr. Richard c. Parsons
declaring that the nomination excited amazement. and
protesting that the party cannot Afford to elect such
men TO office.
This is the vigorous language which 80 good
an Administration journal The Philadelphia Telegraph
addresses to the gentlemen who figure the check
book and In the correspondence OF Gov Kellogg 1.-The
Republican party should cast them of It just such
men as these who form milestone around the neck of
the party, and will infallIbly drag it down into the
depths Of destruction il they permitted to re-
MAN, No organization, whatever its strength.
could long sustain such load. " The scoundrels
and scaawags who have plunged the South in such
moil and ruin. with all who sympathze with and assist
their villanOus schemes, must be disOwned and
power bv the act and all who have its best interests at
heart will do their utmost to compass its performance
The Troy Times is one of the very few Re-
publican journals which at present gives utterance to
any emphatic language the third term project. De-
clarng belief that the third term is part OF
every believe that but for the malicious pers
cution to which he had been subjected by enemies
during his first term OF Office, Gen. Grant would
have retired at its , close. = Tho Office ha,
little or no attractions for him. u He will leave
1t without reluctance. - He respects his own
character highly to degrade himself by taking pub
lie notice Of the imputation which the idea Of third
term makes upon his patriotism and fidelity to Repub-
can principes but his friends know how utterly silly
aud absurd are the stories Of his ambition this drec
toD No who is not mad with partisan passion the
the President Is seeking renominat0n and no one but
fool will believe the accusation"
Senator Logan of Illinois is in Indiana,
pouring INTO the Of tho Republicans there most
admirable specimens Of the eloquence Of the statesman
Of the period. He spoke a Indianapolis the other
night saying among other things The Southern States
are reported to be in bad condition. Who is respon
sblsi They say the cause Of ell is the carpebaggers
No; It was the Democratic rebellion. Who are the
carpetbaggersi They are ex-solders' boys In blue -
who went South to fight, and liking the country,
remained there. They are the Yankees who went
there to aid cyzng and restoring the South South
erners called them thieves During the war they called
all OF US thieves, Lncoln's hrengs, and cut.throats
They have fondpess for such Names they mean as
little when applied to these as they did when ap
piled to soldier boys. 1t is no more an onense to
moy Soy I,0% SorS What noble army Of
Blue the carpetbaggers are to be sure and how the
Senator
army by mixing them with such o tribe
Mr.. II. b. Payne, the Democratic and Lib
eral nominee for Congress In the XXth Ohio District
opened his campaign in speech at Cleveland on Mon.
day evening last His remarks concise and 10 the
point as will be from the following extract which
constituted the main portion Of his speech: "You be-
ieve both practicable and desirable for representa-
tive to be upright and honest and to act indie.
pendently for the public good. You will expect,
and will have right to expect that, elected
In the spirit and under the Instructions
of that platform he will faithfully and fearessy adyo
cate the reform Of abuses the publication OF the public
service the reduction Of salaries the abolition of sne
places. the strctest economy, the OF
the National credit the gradual TO specie pay-
ments, the unwaverng preservation Of domestic peace
the speedy pacfcaton Of the Southern State,
and the protection and support Of the manu-.
featuring and Industrial interests and that TO the
consideration OF all other questions OF general concern
such ss finances and banking, cheap transportation,
government teeraphing. Canadian reciprocity and es
pecally the impending raids Congress for enormous
blocks Of public credit In aid Of tho unfinished Pacific
Railroads, he will exercise his best nformatlan aud
Judgment. and act always from pure and Ia ac-
cOrdance with his convictions Of right" This IA plat
form good enough for any stand on II preseIts
perfect eptome Of the very kind Of service which tho
people want at thus tune. v ~ "~~