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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

Men rarely trouble themselves to fight
the dead. Why, then, are the Democrats
and Liberals so afraid OF General Grant as
a Third Term candidate? They say he is
dead. Why does his ghost continue to
haunt them? They have killed him, they
SAY, great many times. Does ICON
science make towards of them all?' 1t
must be so. His taking of is on the Dem.
ocratic conscience. How would it do to
kill Of other possible and more probabls
candidates? Would not this course be
more sensible? Are the Democrats never
afraid that their continuous slanderous
abuse of the President will arouse
the anger and disgust Of the people
TO his vindication by reelection? Per
haps this thought has never occurred to
them. What must foreign nations think of
us as a people if they believe one half the
Democratic lies that are printed in Oppo-
sition Journals about the President; that
this people have twice elected to the
Presidency man who is unworthy the
confidence and respect of honorable gen.
tlemen! These stories are a reflection
upon the character Of the American people
which has but one mode Of redress. They
NAV conclude that they can only effect
ually repudiate them by again expressing
their confidence in him at the polls. Sup
pose the people should make up their
minds to wreak this vengeance upon the
venal and slanderous Opposition press.
Would it not be a most ghost.like pro-
ceedine?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

dismissal of Henderson, when il is well
known that Henderson's discharge was
ordered by the unanimous vote Of the
Cabinet. What commentary upon the
Worlds argument that isl According to
the World, Grant is responsible for Score
tary Bristow, Attorney General Pierre
pont and all the other Cabinet officers dis
charging an official whom one of them
had employed; but he is not responsible 10
Congress or the people, nor has he the
right to interfere with Secretary Bristow
or Attorney Geseral Pierrepont in the dis
charge of their most important duties,
should he in his judgment deem the
course suggested by them not best calcu-
lated to subserve the interests of the
people. That is the Worlds position in
nut shell. To such extremities of non-
sense is the great light of the Democracy
brought in its search for some means to
assail President Grant.
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN said that
this idea of the Presidents responsibility
was q new theory for the World, and to
show that it is we will refer to few in
stances, our researches having been con-
fined to the files of the World for parts of
November and December, 1874. On the
Goth OF November it held him responsible
for the acts of the Cabinet; on the 9th of
December, for those of Governor Shep-
he'd and District Attorney Harrington; on
the 23d, and again on the Goth, for the acts
of all the Federal sppointees. including
United States judge (DurelD in Louisiana,
as well as for the acts of General Sheridan,
and ON the Goth, for the acts of General
Schenck and some subordinate at the White
House, whom it charges with having given
false information. These instances are
sufficient. We could multiply them by
thousands, but they establish what
we said. The World. in its articles on
this subject, reminds US of toad attempt
ing to leap from sink-it springs against
the wall, and not being able to reach the
top falls back to sink deeper in the filth at
the bottom. But then filth seems to be the
native home of the World
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18
Do Not PREJUDICE the Case.

FROM Tue new Ork ITlDuue.l
General Babcock has done q sensible thing
in asking for the dissolution of the court of
inquiry. It must be confessed that appear
ances have been from,the outset much against
him. The indictment is in itself presumptiEs
proof of the existence of evidence which the
grand jurors thought important. The tele-
grams themselves, the declarations of Hcnder.
son, Dyer and others, all point to a strong be-
lief in his guilt. But, on the other hand, jus
tice requires the public to note that, thus far,
General Babcock has done everything which
an innocent man could, under the circum.
stances, be expected to do. The moment his
rame was implicated he telegraphed request
to be examined. When some delay seemed in
cYitable, he made request for an immediate
court of inquiry. Now that his case is sure of
q thorough and immediate investigation BY
the civil tribunals, he asks that the court of
inquiry be dissolved. All this is what an in
nocent man, smarting under a sense of injus-
tice, would be apt TO do, and clearly entities
the General to q considerate and candid hear
ing. 1t is well for him, however, and for the
President also, that the court Of inquiry Is to
be put out of the way. 1t was not satisfac-
tory tribunal, and it placed the President, who
appointed it and would have to revise its find
ings, in q peculiarly embarrassing position
toward his confidential secretary, whom it
was to try. We do not believe that the officers
of this court would have engaged in any
whitewashing, nor do we believe that the
President would have wished or permitted it.
But it is vastly better for all of them that the
civil tribunals are TO dispose of the case'in the
legitimate and orderly way.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18
THE DON eU1xorE OF THE WORLD -

The New York World is remarkable
newspaper. We mean in the ingenuity
with which it evades issues presented to it
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, commenting
upon what the World said about the dis
charge of Henderson as counsel in the
whisky suits, charged that the World, in
its eagerness to censure President Grant,
had stultifed itself when it said that At
torney General Pierrepont and Secretary
Br;stow were alone held accountable to
Congress for the prosecution Of the whisky
suits and the collection of the revenue. The
World quotes the article from THE REPUB-
LICAn, and replies in a column. That reply
may be eminently satisfactory to the World
People who read it, however, will con-
clude that it is about as pertinent to the
subiect-matter of THE REPUBLICANS arti-
Gle as would have been the chapter from
Don Quixote" wherein the encounter of
that valiant knight with the windmills is
described. The World buckles on its
amor, mounts its Rosinante, grasps its
spear, and charges a Ia entrance, not on
THE REPUBLICAN or what it said, but upon
a windmill, tine creation Of its own fancy.
1t quotes Henderson's impertinerces, and
SAYS the indictment of Babcock is the ''im.
pending DOOM of the Republican leaders;
that the World has created as much com.
motion in s'the Administration camp by
cts treatment" of the subject as did the
Other jackass who borrowed lions skin
and went where the peaceful fiocks were
herding. Then it tells Attorney General
PierTepont what he should have said to
the President, forgetting that it was Pierre
pont who first ordered the removal Of Hen
derson; and then, after nearly column Of
this dreary stuff, it makes a new charge,
which is that "the Presidents interference
with the employment of Henderson by
"the Attorney General was as indefensible
"ashis interference with the transfer of
Mcdonald by the Treasury officers" To
sustain this it quotes a directory clause
from the revised statutes, which no more
sustains its position than do the 9th and
10th verses of the 31st chapter of the Book
Of Job.
Having "excurted" in every direction
from the point at issue, even as do the
bucolic editors in spring-time; having laid
about as furiously as did Hudibras among
the villagers, the World then repeats its
former assertion that General Sherman
cor Speaker Kerr had as much right to re-
"move Henderson as did President Grant.
The wonderful intellect of the World did
not seem to grasp the fact that 1t was dis
proving its own assertions all the time. 1t
holds President Grant responsible for the
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

TIE trustees of Howard University have
done most excellent thing in selecting the
Hon. !. P. Smith 10 preside over that in
stitution. Mr. Smith is gentleman of
rare culture and attainments, and leaves
the burdensome responsibilities Of the In
dian Office, the duties of which he has dis
charged with great ability, as the present
status of the Bureau conclusively shows,
for a position which his varied experience
and accomplishments most happily fit him.
During his official life as Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs MIR. Smith has heen the OBJ
iect of the most malignant attacks from a
certain class of defeated and disappointed
politicians, but through the details of all
tie searching investigations of his official
transactions nothing has been developed
which could in any way reflect upon him
"a an official of the strictest integrity and
honor, and the present mark Of esteem and
respect from the officers of the university
is ell merited, and has received the hearty
Endorsement and approval of all concerned.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

Mr.. PAGE, of California, introduced a
resolution into the House of Representa-
tiYes yesterday to the effect that it was no
part of the duties of the national legislators
in Congress assembled to advise the people
whom they should or should not nominate
for the Presidency. As there is no consti-
tuuopal inhibition of the number of times
the sovereign people may select the same
person TO be their Chief Executive, it was
broadly intimated that resolutions Of the
House on the subject would not only prove
Intellectual. but might be deemed piece of
obtrusive impertinence upon the part of the
assembled wisdom" The Democrats.
however, declined TO consider the PROPOSE
ton OF Mr. Page.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18
9opda VI. Plat.

tFrom the Valley vlrgnian. Dee. 81
1t seems that the friends Of the Hon. John
Goode have been aroused to the delicacy Of the
position he occupies as a candidate for the
United States Senate, and at the same time
claiming a scat in Congress, procured by I'M
blushing and barefaced fraud. We assumed
several weeks ago that If he took his seat in
Congress he would do so with full knowledge
that 1t was the result of fraud, and that II he
drew one dollar of the pay of Congressman he
would be taking that which did not belong to
him, and the act would be in violation of law
and public morality. A writer in the Rich
mond Enquirer of the eth ult. says;
"Mr. Goode so far, at no little expense of
labor and time, has stood by the friends who
honoTed him with their confidence and votes.
He has certainly exhausted every means 10
accomplish their wishes by securing his seat.
But he has not vet compromised himself by
saying that he will hold the seat by the un-
graceful tenure of a mere informality CON-
mitted by clerk in one county in his district,
under circumstances which, since his disclaimer
under oath of intentional wrong, plead for for
bearance. No man who knows John Goode as
he has been and is known to the people of Vir-
ginia can believe that, even If technically sue
cessful, he would consent to retain the place
obtained by improper means"
II Is very evident tnaIi Ine IrlenuS Oh MT.
Goode begin to realize that fellows "sins
will find him out"-that the moral odor of the
frauds and rascalities practiced to deprive
James ii Plat of the seat in Congress to
which the people had fairly elected him be-
gins to stink in the nostrils of the public, and
that his acceptance Of the position to which he
was given a certificate will revolt the moral
portion of his own party. Mr.. Goode used, no
doubt, "every MEANS" fair and foul, to secure
the seat. He carried his point, so far as the
board of canvassers were concerned, and pro-
cured the return. But what must be the re-
suit? he has shown that he is capable OF
compounding with fraud, in the steps already
taken, and if he relinquishes his claims to the
seat, 1t will only be to aid him In greater
elevation. He has already proved himself I'M
worthy Of the position to which he aspires,
and conscious that he is not entitled to it, his
friends wish to make virtue out Of 1t by in
timating that he will not accept the position,
knowing full well that if justice is done, he
will not get it.
Mr.. Goode will not retain his seat in Con-
gress, nor will he be elected to the United
States Senate. His conduct in the contest
with Plat, or, at least, the conduct OF his
friends by which Plat was defrauded out of
his election certificate, is working more serious
harm than was expected, and If Mr.. Goode
falls between two stools 1t will be nothing
more than he deserves.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

SENATOR GORDON proposes to tell the
Senate what he knows about elections IN
Mississippi, giving his personal experiences.
VIII be, during the course o; his remarks
tell us something about that meeting he
attended in Memphis in 1868? The meet
ing We allude to was held with closed
doors, but we believe General n. B.
FCr-eSt nrPsided
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

Those faces seem very familiar" said an
old Union soldier, as he sat in the gallery Of
the House gazing upon the Democratic side.
81 think have seen many of those counte-
nances before, and if l am not mistaken at that
time they were facing the little end of my
gun"
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

SENATOR JOHNSTON. of Virginia, was
elected United States Senator yesterday for
the third time by Democrats. But then
the horror of Third Terms with them
only applies to the Presidency.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18
SATURDAY Observation-Disclosures IS 1876.

TIE extreme anxiety of the Opposition
to kill the Third Term" ghost augurs
greater strength of the President with the
people than the partisan press is willing to
conrede
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

THE RAFTOEAL REPUBLICAN, has 4
LARGER GfRCULA TTOE THAN ANY OTHER
MORNING PAPER IN TIE DISTRICT OF CO.
LUNBLA.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

The rejection Of the Fort resolution has put
the soldier editors of the North and West on
their dig nifty, and they are sending some
penetrating Eomb-shells into she Democratic
camp.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

Something is wrong. The cable said nothing
about the Prince of Wales last night. This is
rather Agra-vating, and leaves the impression
that he may be out of Lucknow, and perhaps
Be-uaTes his end
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

The Petersburg bider and appeal endeavors
10 draw some consolation from Mr.. Forts reso-
luton, because it sought to reserve the minor
Offices for Union soldiers as preference to
rebels. II says: "We honor our brave men
who have proved their fidelity to their country
under the most trying circumstances Of peril
and battle. If the Radicals throw their SOL
diers overheard, and reserve minor offices
for them only, the blame rests on them, and
not on the South, which treats its heroes with
4 juster consideration" No doubt of it; not
the least. You treat your heroes we'll. You
have done as well by them as was in your
power. You have beaten the Union soldier at
last. You have driven him from a position
won by years of faithful service to the flag,
and made your hero his successor. This is
indeed treating your heroes with more consid-
Grafton than you show to those men who save
the nation. But this is very natural. We are
not at all surprised.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

there is crime of nearly as great magnitude
In torturing the condemned BY an unskillful
and wretched execution OF the death-sen-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

Bless him, Charles o 'Conor is plucky man.
He has beaten the abdomen, and does no! pro-
pose to die-gest yet.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18
MINOR TOPICS.

Tweed says If the detectives don't come to
sea him, tho probabilities are they vii! never
meet him again.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-12-18

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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-11
FROST AREAS.

The Ludington Appeal is informed by
farmers of that county that large fields of
corn, buckwheat and potatoes are being
plowed up in consequence of having
been killed by the frost. There have
been large frost areas in other sections OF
the state, and through other states, but
perhaps with not as disasterous results as
in Mason county. In Cheboygan. OF
this section of the state, nothing was in
jured at abby the frost. This may seem
strange to those who live further south
and who labor under the delusion that
frost must necessarily come here first and
with more injurious effects, simply be-
cause it is further North. This is mis-
taken idea. The instance given is not an
exception. 1t is Of so common accurance
that it is almost universal. We are not
troubled with early frOsts in this part Of
the state. We do not pretend to give the
cause of this exemption, any more than
it is supposed to be from the effects of the
waters OF the lakes which so nearly sur
round US. Last year the Autumn frosts
did not occur to do any injury until
about two weeks later than nfvuie south
ern part of The state. This exemption, OF
course, permits the crops to ripen to an
extent which would otherwise be Inn.
passable. This freedom, from early
frosts, is of uncOunted benefit to this
country ct
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-11

cedar post business most important In
dustry in this section Of the state. The
amount of street paving that must be
done in Chicago within the next year OF
two will no doubt make large demand
for this material in that city. There is
no doubt about the superiority of cedar
over pine, and every circumstance points
to a large future demand for it for this
purpose.
Within the radius of country tributary
to Cheboygan there is an immense
amount of cedar, and should the market
in Chicago and other points open up for
it as we anticipate that it will, cedar posts
will soon become one of the great re-
sources of this country, and the getting
them out one of its chief industries.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-11
CEDAR POST PAvEM ENTs.


The Chicago Tribune states that one of
the most important practical topics for
for the citizens of that city to consider is
relative 10 its street pavements. For
years past Chicago has been using the
wood pavements, the material used being
pine blocks. With the heavy usage
given the streets In Chicago, together
with the rapidity with which they decay,
the block pavements last only a few
years, and the city is now under the ne
cessity of not only building new pave
ments, but also to large extent replace
old ones. The question has arisen, is
there no better material for this purpose
than the pine blocks heretofore used :
This is eliciting much discussion and in
vestigation, and the merits Of cedar posts
seems to be attracting considerable atten-
ton. The Tribune has ascertained that
the Detroit Board of Public Works have
used the round cedar blocks for the past
four years. and have laid them on twenty
different streets this year. No other
blocks are now used at Detroit, and no
pine whatever. The cedar posts have
been found to be much more durable,
and the experience of Detroit thus far
would indicate that they last about twice
as long as the pine blocks. The reason
for this is that the decay of the wooden
pavements is due more to the rotting of
the wood than to the ordinary wear and
tear of travel, and it is notorious that
cedar lasts longer under ground than
any other soft wood. 1t has been noticed
in the worn payements which have been
taken up that the wood has rotted to a
degree that it may be scooped out like
mud after being down few years. This
would scarcely occur with cedar. As to
the wear and tear, it is believed that the
roundness of the cedar blocks would en-
able them to bear the pressure against
the edges better than the square pine
blocks. An objection urged against the
cedar at one time was that 1t would emit
an offensive odor; but the experience In
Detroit has proved the contrary. There
Is no odor whatever. A great many of
the cedar posts used upon the Detroit
streets have been shipped from Cheboy-
gan, and the advantages over the pine
blocks, which their use has already
demonstrated, will no doubt make the
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-09-11
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1875.


THE HAHBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
There arescme matters connected with
the harbor improvements which the In
terests of the place require explained.
The last appropriation is, as far as we
can judge, being rapidly and economi-
cally- worked out by the contractors,
MessrA WILLIAMS . Co, under the able
supervision Of Col. Duryea. There is,
however, somewhere between five and
six thousand dollars yet due from the
previous years appropriation, which has
not been worked out by the contractors,
1essrs. Carkin, Stickney & Cram. This,
in reality, should have been done before
the work upon the present appropriation
was commenced. 1t is claimed that there
was not time enough to do this after
the contract was let. This may be true,
but It cannot be said that there has not
been time to do it this season. The sea-
son Is now rapidly coming to a close.
The dredge which was at work here q
portion Of the season has been taken
away. The present appearances would
certainly indicate that it is highly proba-
BILE that the work upon this contract will
not be completed this season. This is
certainly matter in which the citizens
Of Cheboygan are deeply interested.
There Is enough due on this contract,
together with the present one, to open
out the channel sufficiently deep and
wide to permit the entrance of any YES
sci not drawing more than thirteen feet
of water. This completed this year, we
can expect next year all the principal
lines Of boats traversing the lakes to stop
here. If It Is not finished this desirable
event will be postponed another year.
This would be a result very disastrous to
the welfare Of the place. The appropri-
atoms were secured with great trouble,
and now when we have them it Is no
more than justice that they be worked
out. The importance of this matter was
fully exemplified last Tuesday. The
Champlain, Of the Northern Transpor-
tatiOn Line, thought to try the expert
ment of coming In the channel, but after
reaching Duncan and learning the exact
condition Of the channel, decided not to
make the attempt. Had the unexpended
portion of last years appropriation been
worked out the channel would at the
present time be in condition that there
would be very little, if any, danger in
this line of boats making regular stops at
this port. There may be some good rea-
son for the delay in prosecuting this
work. We do not think the fact of the
contractors having larger contracts else
where sufficient reason why this work
should be neglected when this neglect
effect not only the present but the future
prospects Of the place. The importance
Of having every dollar of the appropria-
lions already made as judiciously and
rapidly expended as is consistent with
economy, cannot be too highly estima-
ted. We do not know just where the
fault lies, but we do know that something
ought to be done to secure the finishing
up of the work this year.