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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-17

my in his pulpit some Sunday his people perhaps
would not discover tho difference, and he could 20
ont to the slums and tell few Of the Summers"
things they have never heard, while perhaps they in
return might he able to tell him good deal he has
never DRAINED of and which it would be well for
him to know.
Weeds and grasses grow together; each has its
uses suppose good can be got ont of both if ono
goes about it in the right wav. That tall timothy
there won't hurt you more than chapter of an
Epstlc, undoubtedly. but the bolladonna standing
in close juxtapositon has mission and meaning TO
you az we!l-don't rlakc full. meal Of it, though.
Sometimes think that if the good and bad in this
world would mix little more neither would he much
harmed and both might be the better for it.
Still, coming to think abont it, | don't know that
I'd care to see my wife chass6eing round with that
blackles yonder Oh the beach. or sitting down to
plate OF ice-cream with the anOnymousness that has
just gone flashing by in basket phacton. Theories
arc well enough in their way, but practice knocks
them higher than kite, Russell Sage remarked
10 Isaac Sherman in "a little discussion about
finance last evening. And Inever could touch the
OoSy OF these social questions with ton-foot pole
even without making mess of it, and You won't
again catch me 80 far away from my base Eve got
to-day for good while. SO make the most of this
Strolling out doors nov. in the middle of the day.
| find il cool and comfortable enough for anybody
the Thermometer marking 75o fresh southeast
wind blowing IN from the sea, the fish-hawks flying
round, rorposcs rolling, Isabella sitting on the beach
under a gmgham umbrella and every body in short,
doing just the very things said they not doing
when this letter began, and which they were not
doing at that time.
All Of which only proves how 1empas figif-which
L.. H.. 1
good time. for AIN going to start ont right
now and SEE ii can't have one. .JoiIy PAUL.
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TIE 800 -ASSIGNAT.
A NEW MEANING FOR CONVERTIBLE CUR
kENCY

kENCl.
PAYING ONES DEBTS WITH 800 PER CENT NOTES
To Run FOREVER.
To the Editor or Phe Tribune.
SIR: In your article of this date headed
"wnat is mfation!" yon say that "Dy imitation most
people in this country understand addition To the
volume Of inc0nycrthlr reenbasks, bank notes. and
fractional currency alnat." Very good. Now with
out rd Z" wha Mr. Cay may be- pleased to consider
imitation, IA il not well, in view Of TIM present state
affairs to CONSIDER whether would ne IN licous 70
withdraw all snch inconyertihc currency which Is cost
much NEARLY s0.o00.0O0 year.. and substitute
currency that is c"nvrriihe The plan proposed and
favored by all Who interested in the National
Banks il To issue currency convertible into United
STATES bonds bearing INV rate Of interest in gold and
payable in gold. M the bonds viii have Il market yalue
yauGhci The United st,tca bonds would then he
variable than now, ~ ~" t-l0O00o0 Or sir00oO00
paid annually 10 the National Banks interest
bonds deposited world great way toward paying
the interest on tho br dat. ant wo'ild pr"potioDaly
II may De said that sIcfie payments would be
reached mech readily by this plan than lie
On. thai H. ho"n rnie ihken-and ,his is ALREADY
to amount which the most sangIine conld hope
thr Government wM.i b, IN cond0n to meet, with
even onctcnth the aWn.lt ~ the time proposed. BY
Issuing currency convertible or redncmihe in gold
bond> hearing int rest ~ i though not Itself payable
III guild tne Tower ncrt would only have 10 meet the
interest Ou ts indebtedness AN 10 much less extent
than It isnow DOM. IL ~ Maintained by those who AZ
yo' tins n?nral plan. THAI II is neither initiation
ccntractou The law o, ,.py AMI demand would then
blNca chance .nr currency. II j. not pre-
ahlc that any NoUid hold the currency unless il
was worth much interest tie bonds b. him.
aud i'll not III lIIch Lo could redeem IL IN
bon l., when would mich of q demand Tor
the bonds and tsc demand would their yan' II
did not have any cnrrency whatever; n there
the interest tho bonds would not DC
than half wh't tue pres MT plaza costs
he,r- lOrL Juy IT, 1879. Pro Bono PUBiICO.
lOn what grounds does d" Pro Bono Pubco' as
sume that $50 per cent bond would be worth par
in conn., or anything like II Ii is with the creates,
difficulty that tho Government sells its five per
cent bonds for par and ii an annuity Of - per
mum is worth only 800, Of % 80 would be-
worth not more than so, supposng time 10 be
fixed for the repayment of the principal. The total
interest yearly paid the bonds owned by the
banks is only ab"ut SIS. 100000, which is ncarlyall
paid back 10 the Treasury in the shape of taxes.
Ell
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PAPER MONEY FAVORED.
;REENBACK5 AID 3.6Js pRETERRiD 10 BANK
NDlES.
TO the razor OF The Trtbune.


TO the razor or The Tribune.
SIR: | have carefully read yOur article in
Yesterday TRIsu headed What il Inl'ltIon and 1
voud respcctfuy submit that this j. the object Of
the friends of legal tenders Nor do understand II To
he the question: Ter discussion, which Is supy, shall
the people large, through reduction In the taxes, reap
the benefit arising out Of the issuing o whatever paper
money MY necessary for the purposes OF trade. or
shall it be contineI to few favored b"nihoders under
the National bank systemi Daniel Webster. IN one of
his before the Supreme Court, stared tlti
the objects he sought by the ConStltniio were com
mrtce. credit. ana mIGll confidence III ma tiers Oi prop
eIty; and these rtuiI's snou other things iIltorn
STANDARD az values or medium oi pawn nts Now tne
ground taken for the sole use ~ legal t"nirr@ ny
tn,lr advocates IL, fist, that IL mad convertible into
365 Understanding bonds, they wOnd nj be as you
saw AN rredceman,r currency" SECONDLY tnat they
win faly answer tue medium called Tor Ny 'hr ohsiu
tinn according 10 IT'D great exlunder AMI tnfdy using
tlte Language Of John c. Calhonn they Will he "more
stable, safe fora ~ nIard "i yal"ea 10 perform eN
c,a, ses GENERALLY tnan bank pap, r. which while cheap
tn rnosc VINO make H. il ar very dear those who
IT," the otter hand tire cre, "f the Governments
wnile AZ would greatly facilitate its own financial opera
tinr would form perfect paper circulation. when could
not he abused by the Government bat wouli be ~ uni
fnrn i'm yllue s the metals themselves, and entirely IN
arc"riancc win rigid requirements OF TIE CON
stituion, and every way cheaper To me peopie. an,
nm ,nswerlble and we verify believe that the
evasion of the Constitution by the state
L,7ku, privileges to parties holding tncir bonds has
been TIE OF the periodical coimeTiI pnics h' r.
result OF the exclusive hankns privileges granted q"
holders of Government bonis nom the sinle Il't Oh
their a>ur ng the profits ~ industry when
is now lying PROSTATE, while they c0hihue bulhS
costly vait. 10 hold their gains In magnificent palaces
We yOn will b"lcstly discuss ths question: anu ios
nj iup TO hide tue Issue under false eicsc 81
uittIon. 80 -- fN""E"'
Jiiddieser county. NJ, July - 1873.
I'VE are surprised that correspondent should
ouoie Daniel Webster in favor of using the coal gIs
of paper money in pace of the old-i;'shioned at
mo,pieric oxygen Of gold and silver. which Lac
consistently maintained to be the only legal
tender known to the Constitution. John L. Cal
hou,'s Government currency which Webster mer-
cil,.slv dssecied and ri,licnied. not in the
least akin TO the 800 quackery.-LdI
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To pay this bond at the rate LABOR was whe the o"hh
WA, FIRST taken from the Government In DAYS work
would take go days at 20 rlilute, Vh' aN'i'sv Ire
49,, M " Maid now IN dan = labor 10 wouLi take double
tn, ,,,,,,r OF .ys-l Scat Id sii es, the ave ice
,,r,t. now Ia other words, the bVntod'f ~ para hls
I,u and ia trrri.ge at the face, - rpl when only
c,st nm $50, flrc aud arcr1Iage. This ODg"s he
Intr tp put 80 days now instead ~ b'p ~ N"uu
he m, c;t.. n me holder the bond Wrir Obliged 10
.,n N the same relation ~ values % the payer of
IN. nnd A. he did wnen the bud tIst akru ~ NM
NJ tins EQUALITY Med down - this t!nie We wud not
hear any more of This cry Of imitation" Imitation IA
n,i"n..nr ,r fine ,a,raei iniaiionss' do not pro-
rn ,1 Increase the Debt pay mOr interest upon. nut
only to convert pieseui D"Hd debt mo currency Tor
n a, I'M. WIN of t,. holder aud the busD; OF the
country demands The deuJ II already made. L"t rs
make te banded portion Of IT eurrncy IN III iui'f
T,I,. will Factories and producing
it,r.,s al WORK, ani their productions VIII t'h" ths
Mace of gold iur our debts abroad and before We know
ourselves specie payments VIII have arrived ,,,
l.. DuBBihs, Liberal Republican
Erie Penn, July y, 1919.
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PROPERTY IL ROBBERY"
=, Editor OF rhe TrI5uae.

To the EditOr Of fhe Tribu"e
SIR: Did it ever occur to your correspond
emf from, Baltimore to reduce The - for 81 houdioder
uv with tn, MAYER Of these bombs aud theu where
he would stand
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Cost the iaker. 500
Interest, zAy 10 years.
an ai .crgncc gold for
sulrrary 3i5
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
WASHINGTON ART, AND PRICES.

After all the congratulations which people
have been exchanging over the fact that there
is no time left for the lobbyists to work in, it
seems that the sundry civil appropriations bills
will need very careful watching. The Wash
ington artists have been buster in the lobby
than they ever are in their studios, and their
handiwork in the appropriation bills is Won
derful to behold. Mr.. +. b. Carpenter has had
$4,000 set apart to pay for his Emancipation
Proclamation picture; work which has some
merit as q collection of historical portraits
more or less accurate. 1t would be dear at
one thousand dollars head for its eight
heads.
Then there is the astounding sum of $4,000
TO be given to young lady, Miss Ransom, for
a portrait of Gen. Thomas! a portrait never
ordered by anybody. Is it too much to ask
Copgressmen to think five minutes about this 7
Ii may be good portrait. The fact that the
artist is not famous does not make it impossi-
bic that she may have genius. But supposing
the picture is good one, the price is mon
strous We have good portrait painters in
America-none better anywhere, in many re-
spects The best of them do not dream of
any such price for their portraits. Ten Thou
sand Dollars is prize which would set at
least five of the greatest artists of Europe at
work upon five portraits, which would be q
precious possession for centuries. The Con-
gressmen who vote this absurd gratuity to
Miss Ransom, for 1t is nothing else, do not
trouble themselves about the value of her
work. They do it as a personal kindness to
her, and they ought to be taught that they
have got no right to pay TeD-Thousand-Dol-
lar compliments with other peoples money.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
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umn; BROoKLYN-E9hh Pdge-5th column; NEW,
JERsEY-Eighh Pa0e-6tn column; CoUNTRr-E'0hm
Pd0e-5.h column.
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SAVINGS BANKs-Elepenth PdGe-lst column
sPROIAL NoTICEs-Sepenth PGQe-6th column.
SITUATIONS WANTED MALES-EIeUenh Pd0e-3d ana .tth
columns; FEMALEs-EIerenh Pdqe-4tD. 6Ih' ana 0th
columns. -,
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columns.
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New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
POLITICAL NOTES.

Unless there is an extra session of Congress
there will probably be successor chosen
Congressman Hersey OF Maine until the regular State
election IN September next.
The third term talk is rot 30 much of o
joke it Persons who believe IL 10 all nonsense,
and that such idea has been entertained at the
White House. are very bashful about coming to the
front nowadays
The Hon. A. s. Paddock, Senator-eiotot from
Nebraska, Is In Washington for the PURPOSE
OF studying tho situation previous TO taking his
seat. He will have exceptionally good Cd
portunity to how the Senatorial Office can be
abused and, il he Is desirous Of achieving genuine
success the safest policy for him follow Will be the
exact opposite Of that illustrated by the Administration
leaders.
Philadelphia is getting nearly as badly of
for f1rst-class Administration organs New-YOrk At
least onehalf of Its Republican journals are not worth
continental organs. and ID natural the rebelous
portion contains the best newspapers. Among them
The Inquirer and The Telegraph the outspokeu
As sample Of their honest frankness, read this
from the latter concerning the Southern Force
bill "Some of the speakers at the said that
the measure II passed, would prove highly injurious
the Republican party. or this there cannot be the
slightest doubt The measure Is piece Of sectional leg
isation OF the very worst typo and its adoption is
simply sought that the carpetbag element may tighten
has been freeing itself. II the Republican party at
tempts to sustain these men In their infamous schemes,
nothing Out disaster Iallure OF THIS
caucus the hope that the better class OF Repub
licans recognize this, and will act accordingly"
Mr.. Dawes receives merciless overhauling
from The Chicago Tribune. Itcalls his speech favor
OF increased taxation false preext;" says "it
unworthy OF the and Of his postion declares
certain Of his statements untrue, and conclusion fires
round shot into him after this lively "The
American people willing to bear all the taxation alb
soutey needed for honest and economical admins
traon OF the Government; but when any party In Con-
gress deliberately, under any pretext leves extra
taxes equal TO fifty sixty millions OF dollars q year
for other purpose than to meet extrayagant and
necessary expenditures under pretext OF providing for
sinking fund years ahead then the people will not
tolerate such shameless and oppressive legislation but
WILL necessity, TO that party which will repeal
taxes repeal and cut of such expenditures and do
something bring the aDnSa cost OF this Government
"a standard OF time OF peace and OF hard times.
Tue responsibility for such remedial legislation Will be
upon the majority the House and the Repubii-
cans who follow Mr.. Dawes in his present i'll
advised scheme but playing into the hands OF that
party and giving to IL the opportunity Of substituting
economy for extravaganza, and retrencnment for in
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17

"umphantn is the motto which Mr.. O'Conor
writes at the head Of the record OF his four
years. campaign and he adds in effect that
peculation will be triumphant for all time 70
come unless the people arise and institute a
movement of sufficient power to compel
,"needful legislation without regard to the
Interests" of political friends of the party
in power. 1t is the plain truth that as the
law is now interpreted by the highest courts
of the State, Rings like that which ruled New
York 80 long can swindle the public with per-
feet impunity.
AS far back as 1880 an attempt was made
to provide a penalty for the embezzlement OF
public funds, but the Legislature defeated 1t.
When the suits against Tweed were first un-
dertaken Mr.. Evarts ventured the prediction
that "If there should be any doubt of the
"adeouacy of existing remedies, the Legisla-
ture would Immediately remove it," but the
Legislature, though elected in the first flush
of the reform movement, and pre-
senting a strong Republican majority,
did nothing of the kind. Mr.. Tilden intro
duced bill recognizing right of action in
the State, and the Reform Legislature refused
to pass it. The battle was then fought in the
courts, with such devices as the ablest counsel
could prepare, to get around the distractions
of the defective law, and it was lost But
meanwhile Republican RefOrmers had been
succeeded at Albany by Reformed Democrats,
who spent half their time brushing the
old Tammany cobwebs off their coats,
and washing the hands that had once
ciasped Mr.. Tweed's. Perhaps these purl-
fled patriots might do better. Mr.
O'Conor accordingly prepared the Civil Rene
dies bill, the full text of which is printed In
his Memorandum. Did the Legislature
promptly pass it7 Oh, no. it began to pro-
pose amendments. At Albany they regard
them as of small Importance, and declare that
they also are of Mr.. UConor's framing. He
himself insists that the bill is changed so much
that he is unwilling to acknowledge it, and
will not believe that it can be adopted In any
effective shape.
Connected with this bill was the plan for
the removal of the Corporation Counsel, and
it appears that Mr.. OCOnor has addressed to
the Mayor some observations upon MIR. Della
fields Smiths recent reply to the Mayors
charges. In brief Mr.. OCOnor declares that
while 1.-THE peculatOrs. past and prospective,
"have such influence that the arm OF remedial
"iustice, paralyzed by the action of the courts,
"cannot be reinvigorated by needful legisla-
"tion," it is unimportant to the public
whether or not the suggested removal shall
take place.
Mr.. O'Conor's fears may be well or i'll
fon5I;3.1. but after this striking explanation
of the position Ss affairs it will be useless for
those at Albany who cbstTuet the course o.
justice ever again to pretend to ths. character
! of reformers. The people will watch them,
and send them to their own place.
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Thomas b. Adrich will start in March
on a European trip, remaining abroad till Fall.
Gen Burnside will soon change his place or
residence from Providence K T. 20 Bristol In the samo
State.
The gifts of the late Senator Buckingham
OF Connecticut the Yalc Divinity School amounted 10
$34OOO.
unique kind of scoundrel entered the barn
OF the late Gerrt Smith at Peter6oro recently anu
stabbed u valuable horse twice In tue shoulder.
Mr.. Thurlow Weed has offered the Mt.
Lebanon Shakers the use 5000 without interest," TO
aid them in repairing the damages OF the recent uiSas
trOus fire.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in letter to tho
Honorary President Of the Independents Club which
nominated him for the Lord Rectorship of Glasgow
University says count my vote Of 500 IS quite the
fares that has fallen on me- and cannot ous
feel deeply grateful my young friends In the Univer
sty and to yourself have been their counselor and
my too partial advocate or course such an approach
gave me lively thoughts OF What couu nAVo
been attempted ana at least M bad sne
ceeded; but hope the stimulus tDey nave RNeu mo
Will not DO wholly lost Probs9y nave & never Sst
recorded thoughts give the means OF reacnR noso
gho sometimes thai lifelong hood To
the truth Is hackneyed but never camo 70 me
in SO papable form'
Dean Stanley, in closing his recent sermon
in Westminster Abbey on the late Canon Kingsley.
spoke OF him as ayman In the disguise Of clergy
man. saying: yet, human, genial layman as he was.
he still was not the less-nay, he was still ten times
more-a pastor than he would have been had he shut
himself out from the hauuts OF As instance OF
TINS witness OF the rough peasants OF Hap
shire as they crowded round the 10 Look Tor
the last time the friend OF thirty years, with whom
also mingled the passing hunter and Wild gypsy WANDER
ers who mOurned for the face they should more SEQ
iD forest or on heath witness the greet wbbh afflicted
this venerable church which Ia SDSrt years Lad
made his own, and all felt that ~ had found place
worthy OF himself and IN him We place found an occu,
guide snd they claime/ Tor him what he never wouia
have claimed for hl~ef, the character OF profound
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
PUBLIC OPINION.

Why not abolish the President and Con-
gress and the country by commission OF inde
pendent editors i-lSpringfeld Union (Rep)
The Southern heart is fired with no COM
junction the past, fear OF troution, Nemesis
yet startes sleeping or waking hours: hate for freedom
born OF the old slavsh instinct, would consgn the re-
horrors This Is the grand secret OF the contention
against Civil Rights to the colored Adver
tiser (Rep)
We fail to see any evidence as yet that the
people Of Arkansas, considerable portion Of
Them are dissatisfied. The President, OF course, has
evidence which has not reached the public; but
auire light TO convince that Interference in
Arkansas affairs is either called for would be just
habe.-lSyracuse standard (Rep)
If the strangling of civil law in Louisiana,
and the conceaed threat To destroy all legal forms
aud decisions in Arkansas. because they stand In the
OF the plot to force 10 reelect Grant In 1876,
do arouse the honest Republicans IN Congress
action, not be long before the Northern states
that have repudiated Grant Will be given taste OF
bayo logic. Precedents are not easily hemmed in
by geographical hnes-( Memphis Avalanche (Dem)
Of one thing Mr. Morton and his allies may
assured: That II the Republicans in Congress
know OF no better way 10 save the party than by
leaving broadcast all over the South the seeds OF
other civil war, they had better each OF them 20 to
Potomac, and seek beneath its waters friendly OBJ
months they will not ouly be buried fahomess depths
beneath the most terrible " tidal wave" that ever
friends false leaders, whose blindness no repent
eau expiato or extenaate.-lN. Y. Evening Mail
(Rep)
Readers Of The Sentinel who are desirous to
opinions In February should glance at the text OF his
proclamation OF the former date, and The OF his
YoRK TRpuSE and printed here in parallel col
umns such piece OF self stutifcation was be-
fore presen and glance at tho Two documents viii
suggest the only possible solution dcult prob
reconcilipg the Presidents uterances with
y pint OF Cineinnati whisky at ons draueht before
writing the nessago.-l Indianapolis 5spttss lDeml
New-York tribune., 1875-02-17
BUSINESS NATURALLY DEVELOPED.

There is room for an instructive contrast
between the financial and the life insurance
systems of this country. Both are concerned
with the management of great accumulations
of money to meet sudden emergencies. In
the one case the business has been essentially
modified by Government patronage and con-
troll in the other, development has taken the
natural forms of unassisted enterprise. The
result is. on the one hand, a system of which
no man can speak with confidence. 1t is not
based on any principles that have heretofore
led to success in tho worlds history. Com
pairing it with the financial edifces of the
past, men who have made the subject study