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arises. Military despotism. which keeps the nan,
quiet. ~ IN old Rome. by bread and games, or need
be, pilgrmages. that tho few may make money, eat
drink and be merry, really uphOlds artificial urury
by brute force. and that at s risks aud ths
cost OF precious blood tho free peoples OF tho Garth
must ward OF from them. Tho future OF France ana
Spain, the future Of the tropical republics Of spanss
America, TO be prophesied By mortal man simply
because have like In the history Of the p.ss
by which TO judge the Tendencies OF the preseaL Ba,
We, who think stand. let tako heed lest We fail
Let us remember that tho one condition Of true do
mocracy f. the the condition Of true srt,
tocracy. namely virtue; and let teach children
grand old Lilly taught forctahers 300 years sgo
It is virtue that maketh gentlcmeB."
Tho ideal form OF human society Is democracy. pa
hon-snd it even possible, whole world-of free
men. lifting FREQ forcheais to God and Nature can,
no man master. for one IS their master. even God;
knowing doing their duties toward the Maker OF ts
Unyerse and therefore TO each other: not from fear
nor calculation OF profit loss but because they have
seen tho beauty OF righteousness and trust and peace
because the law Of God In their hearts Such nation
such sociotywhat nobler conception OF mortal ex,s
tence formi Would not that. indeed. be the
Kingdom OF God come on earthi
DO you think this impossible creami Nay. It IA 40
beautiful that 1t must needs DO II yet or fos
centuries hence yet surely. hereafter Tho very grea
OF tho idea will insure failure failure. Poils.
fanatcisms, crimes boodshod hasty fures hasiv
disappointmeDts as Of children banked OF their hoda
may all between and it, But 1t will be at ast
fulfilled, filed fu and perfected; not perhaps here
among our peoples, any people which exists
ssrth but In future CIVILIZATION. it may be in far
lands beyond the sea. when all that wo have made and
done shall be a. the fcrestgrown nounds Of the old
nameess ciyiiizers Of the Missssipp Valley.
The next lecture Of the series. Of which this Ia the
fist Will delivered Tuursday evening next. and
its subject will be Cyrus-tne Persian Empire"
L.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
PUBLIC OPINION.
NO mark of respect To the great

The most fitting mark of respect to the greas st
Senator would he the passage OF his famous oausnss
resolutiop word for word 10 came from me oraIn
winch has now done with earthly thinhng-lCniosso
Tribune UndD
Sumner never served his country WIN nisn0. siis,.
toned bravery or greater wholesomeness than 10 rrss
ing Grantism in the Republican party aud reoukns"
before the countTy-tClncnnati Commercial ihd'
Mr.. Forbes of Boston said: 1--WE propose 70
keep the Republican party OF Massachusetts whereyyan
A. Andrew LETT It," Poor Forbes The latest inaies
tons that the Republican party of MIssaeu .ois
has gone where John A. Andrew went to-tCbfonO4'
and Sentinel, Augusta, Ga.
The fact that Gen. Butler outgeneraled tne
{" solid men Of Boston" in securing his csndiose III
Collector OF tina; port Is evidence OF dhonesD J
unworthiness. Something beside this is wahtas a a
unless the sold OF Boston" produce !! uoy 80
not hope to arrest Butler in his course-lS l. '0''
cial Advertiser (Rep.)f =,
We do not care to talk about " tidai wasso, noro.
but we have hesitation IN saying that II ,u saIos
Gratis will wisely their power IN the va ne snto
which falling into their hands. they VIII VIII An day of
control OF the Federal Government on INC w.
March, iST,.-(Woroester Press tDemD
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
PERSONAL.

Admiral Porter is confined to his bed in
Washington with severe cold but his condition not
at all alarming.
The latest accounts from Washington say
that Judge Dent lies in a critical condition with pros
peet OF recovery.
The widow and children of Field Marshal
Gabentz have been granted pension of 5000 by tue
Emperor OF Austria.
The formal address at the reception OF NJ.
Alexandra Dumas at the French Academy. will be made
by the Count dc Haussonville.
United States Treasurer Spinner, who has
been spending several weeks In Florida has returned 70
Washington greatly improved In health.
The gratifying announcement is made that
the Hon william NJ Eyarts has accepted invitation
of the Alumni Committee of Dartmouth College. to do
liver eulogy ChlelJustice Chase at tho next co@'
nencement.
President MacMahon has commuted to i'm
prisonment in fortified building the sentence OF death
passed on Captain Matuszencz for participation In 'ne
Commune. The convict knight OF tue Legion OF
Honor aud former pupil or the Military ochoo '" o.
Cyr.
The appointment of Mr.. Frederick Law
Omsed to assume charge Of the plans for the improve
meDt Of the Capitol grounds in Washington Is admir-
able, The measure yet lacks the concurrence OF tho
Senate and remembering the Senates course hereto
fore all questions involving art and good tase' 'no'
Ia still occasion for fear.
The reference recently made to Mr.. SUNNI erS
Euogy on Lincoln recalls the fact that several o1nee
notable oraons on deceased Presidents have oeen 10
vered In Boston, Fisher Ames performed that ser'cS
there on waship gton; Daniel Webster on Aaams snu
Jefferson John Quincy Adams on Madlson anu mpnIv'.
Edward Everett on the GER Adsmsi Pliny Msric.
on Jackson Rufus Choate on HARRISON he" "o'"'"P
GU Polk; and Josiah Quincy on Taylor.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
>9sem.alork Daily Gribm,rt.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1874.

hundred thousand persons have applied for relief iu
the nrhoot District India during the last ten days.
s.= The Bishops In the Austrian Reichsrath threaten
TO withdraw that body the passage of the Eccle-
siastical bill is pressed IL is said that the German
Eechsag will be dissolved IL the ordinary strength of
the army is not fixed at 100000 men, demanded by
the Government. - Mr.. Dsraeli has been reelected
~ the British Parliament without opposition.
In the Senate yesterday several petitions regarding
volume OF the currency presented the journal
of March 10 corrected that 1t appeared that Mr.
Stewart was appointed member instead OF chairman of
the District Investigating COmmitee the bill to equal
jze the distribution OF the currency then taken up
and Mr. Logan addressed the Senate in favor Of inaoD
replying length TO the arguments Of Mr. Sehurz. In
the House bills were reported from the Mining Commit
tee and discussed the Legislative. Executive aud Judi
cia appropriation bill then taken up and considered
in the Committee OF the Whole the sportaon bill
discussed at evening session and made the
special order for to-day.
The present candidates for the Massachusetts seDa-
torshp are Messrs. Adams, Dawes, and Z. K HOar.
The State Senate discussed the question OF educational
appropriations == volcanic eruption is anticipated
10 Western North Carolina.
Judge Brady. Joseph II. Cboate aud others made ad-
dresses at the annual dinner Of the Friendly Sons OF st.
Patrick. g Mayor Havemeyer addressed q letter TO
Gov Dix In opposition to the Senate bill by which the
powers Of the Department OF Public Works will be en-
iarEod The Importers and Grocers' Board OF
Trade opposed imitation and received reports Rapid
Transit and Custom house methods. The Produce
Exchange hstenened TO address ou "steam the
Canals" - Gold, ll2i liz, 1lli Thermometer, 800,
AGO 40
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
Mr.. Beccher, not three years too late. These
last three years are priceless.
CONTEMPT or COURT.


Mr.. John II. Mclean. the Editor of The
Cincinnati Enquirer, was committed to Jail the
other day for contempt of court in refusing to
give the name of the person from whom The
Enquirer had obtained q certain statement.
criminal prosecution for libel had been
brought not against The Enquirer but against
one Scowden, who was supposed to be the
originator of the story complained of, and MIR.
Mclean, being called as q witness, testified
that Scowdcn was not the person from whom
the information was derived Here, it would
seem, his examination ought to have stopped.
but the counsel for the prosecution went on to
ask who did give him the statement which he
published, and this question Mr.. Mclean re-
fused to answer After a short detention in
Jail he was released on bail, and as soon as
his case can be properly presented it will
doubtless be held that the question was irrcle-
want and his committal an attempt to use the
process of the court in fishing for evidence,
which of course the law will not allow.
Thus far the point as to an editors legal
right to withhold the names Of persons who
bring him intelligence does not seem to be
directly involved in this issue, though 1Ae
Enquirer takes the broad. and. as we believe.
sale ground that the welfare of tho cOmmu-
nifty, as well the honor of the profession,
requires that q journalist should respect the
confidence which his contributors repose in
him. Private persons often have knowledge
of grave offenses committed by public officers,
or by powerful corporations, to whose ven
geance they dare not expose themselves. IL
would be impossible for any but men OF
great courage and great wealth to take the
risk of making such delinqueDces public.
But when an independent press is ready to
accept the information in confidence, to collect
the proofs, to verify the statements OF the IN
former. and to publish the charges as its own,
courting inquiry and frankly accepting the
legal consequences, the general welfare Is
served by holding the journal and its editor
to strict responsibility. and refraining from
impertinent inquiries into the secrets OF the
sanctum If the statements are hbelous, the
real libeler is the editor who accepted ana
printed them, not the unknown person VINO
whispered them in private office. The law,
we know, holds both accountable; but law
and common sense do not always agree.
Our own position on this matter has several
times been stated While we hold that the
editor is bound to protect every one who
brings him confidential intelligence in good
faith, we insist that he is equally bound to
accept the full responsibility for what he pub
fishes. If he gives currency to an injurious
charge, it is his duty to substantiate it by
proof when called upon by the proper authori-
ties, and if it is matter for judicial investi-
CATION it is his duty to lay the testimony be-
fore the Grand Jury if they ask for it. But it
is not his business TO crafty an Impertinent
or malicious curiosity by breaking faith with
his contributors.
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18

Living men who saw. Gen. Washington fare not
numerous. Galveston has two Of these. One is
Capt Aaron Burns, at whose fathers house Gen.
Washin gton stopped for night in the Jerseys. The
other is "a lively bachelor, as young a. most men
at co." whosei is suppressed lest its publication
might interfere with some matrimonial project.
People who have seen people who saw the General
are more frequently to be met with. In fact great
reaches of history may be spanned by few genera
tons Here is memorandum which we copy from
the fly leaf of an old book in possession James
Beaton. Archbishop of Glasgow. died 1903, when
Archbishop Laud was 80 years of ago. Archbishop
Laud was beheaded 1914. DIR. johnson was born
l7O9; and therefore could easily have known those
who knew Archbishop Laud. He did remember
Queen Ann. the granddaughte of King Charles. DIR.
- OF Magdaieno know DIR. Johnson. Thus per-
sons IN the fourth generation from Ourselves might
have attended mas ia tho Church of England"
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
amusements ano Aleetines.


Ac.pyyr OF MusIc.-strakosch Italian Opera Company
al Troyatore." Nilsson
BOOTHS THEArER.-Dion Boucicauit' "Tho oo"0'"
Bawn."
CorossEum-Day and evening; "Cyoiorams OF Psr'Soy
Night"
DlIY's FIFTH AVENUE THEATBR.-"Charity'
GRAND OPERA HoUsE.-Martinetti Family
<.YcEuM THEATER.-French opera Bouhe; La fino uo
Madame Angot." Mle Aimee.
NBLo's GARDEN" Davy Crockett r'anA
o,xvr,c T,rr ,rpp vaudeville and Novelty Entertain
menI ,,,, -,
sr,pr rur.rrR.-Germsn Opera: "Merry Wives OF
Windsor" Lucca.
Union SQUARE THEATER.-"Led Astray
W.IIIcK's THEArER.-" The Rivals"
As.ocrArroS HALI.-Lccture. Mrs. Lyman.
RrrutspA CuAPEL.-Tcmperance Lectures
cauRt8 OF AsCENsIoN-Lecture. John Cotton smith,
c,pxo,s HAII.-Conoert. English Glee Club.
KrRrzs ART GALLERY. - Annual Exhibition OF the
Palette Club.
ROBINSON HALL-Graud Temperance Mass Meeting.
soMERyILLE ART GAILERr.-Exhbiton OF Paintings
New-York tribune., 1874-03-18

4" ann. house, papers, and effects" 1t defes
the uniform rulings of the highest courts, both
in England and in the United States. NO
amepdmept, no modification that merely en-
sures "more circumspecton," can cure the
fundamental wrong of a statute such as TINS;
there is no remedy except to abolish 1t al
together. Next in urgency to the repeai Oh
this law, we place the proposed amendment
which limits the seizure Tor undervaiuatlon lo
the goods in respect to which the oifense mas
been committed. 1t is a well-known principle
of criminal law that punishment should always
be proportioned to the Offense, and that eqllai
offenses should be visited by equal penalties
But when a whole invoice is forfeited for the
underyaluation of single article contained IN
it, this principle is disregarded. A merchant
who undervalues case OF gloves, anu
thereby defrauds the Government out OF ilve
dollars, may be punished by the coniisca-
ton of 100000 worth of goods; while his
neighbor, who is detected in the deliberate
Justification of an entire invoice, at cost OF q
thousand dollars to the revenue. is fined only
half as much. Indeed, as Mr.. Schultz remarked
the other day, if merchant is rogue, he
does not put small item on which he intends
to eyade duty into large invoice, Dut nc
Jumps all his tainted entries together. 1t Is
always the honest man who is mulcted most
severely for the slightest faults.
These are the principal reforms which Con-
grcss has to consider. and we beg the honor
able gentlemen at the Capitol to understand
that no compromise is possible on any of them.
They must make up their minds whether to
stand on tho side of the upright and public
spirited commercial community, or to espouse
the interests of the ravenous moiety-hunters
of the Custom-house. There is no middle
ground.