The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-08-06
Political Brersstes.


THERE Is talk In ~. Louis about a
monument TO the late Frank =. Blair.
There always is, for week or two follow
ing the death of prominent citizen.
The Pennsylvania prohibitionists are
thorns in the side Of the Republican party
Of that State. They boast fifteen thou
sand votes, which will be clear loss to
the Radicals, who are at their wits end
to know how TO rein them in.
THE real basis for the currency of this
country is not coin, but II is the integrity
Of forty millions Of people, and the prop
erty which they own, which is worth one
hundred thousand millions Of dollars.
What is a coin basis Of two hundred mil
lions Of dollars compared to thatf
MASSACHUSETTS was the first State to
proclaim State Rights. She did IL a
hundred years before the Revolution,
when she declared her own Legislature,
and not Parliament, was the highest au-
thority known TO her charter and laws.
Fx-GovERNoR BIGLER has consented
to be the candidate of the Pennsylvania
Democracy for Governor.
The poor clerks in the Department at
Washington are assessed ten dollars per
head for election expenses. A refusal to
pay brings an instant dismissal. No
wonder the people are beginning to open
their eyes to the corruption of party
which oils its machinery with the wages
of its employees, and carries elections by
the Use Of money.
SAINT LOUIS is making an effort TO Sc
cure the holding of the next National
Democratic Convention in that city. The
new Merchants Exchange, it is claimed,
will seat fifteen thousand persons; and
the citizens declare that they will vie with
each other in the tender of generous
hospitality.
The Public Debt Statement for June
shows decrease of 81 ,43l $50, and for
the year total decrease Of l4,299,5l5.
The sinking fund required by the law is
thirty millions. A retrencbment of
twenty-five millions was promised year
ago by the Chairmen of the Ways and
Means and Appropriation committees Of
the last Congress. These radical leaders
are good at making such promises. The
performance is quite another thingl
New YORK Sun: The reason why
Queen Victoria should be invited to the
Centennial is to give Boss Grant an OPP
portunity to exhibit toward her the
courtesy of gentleman, and thus redeem
his reputation from the discredit brought
upon him by the boorishness which he
displayed during the visit of the Grand
Duke Alexis. Give Grant another
chance--to improve his manners.
LoNGsTREET, the pet of the Radical
party, and next to Guerilla Mosby near
to Grants heart, is at Washington
searching the rebel archives. He has
been charged with bad management as a
rebel general at Gettysburg, and he is
hunting up the records to refute the
charge. In other words, this favorite of
the Radical party is compiling official
proof that he was faithful rebel.
Mr.. JOHN LEE CARROLL, the Demo
cratic nominee for the Governorsbip Of
Maryland, is one of the family of Carroll,
of Carrollton, the signer Of the Decla-
ration Of Independence. He owns the
old manor, and has been mainly known
as cultivated and hospitable country
gentleman.
THE Cincinnati Gd,ette (Rep.) appears
not To entertain a very elevated opinion
of Mr.. Delano's integrity and purity.
Referring to Prof Marsh's letter, that
paper says: In concluding this shameful
narrative, we have to inquire how long
shall the Republican party continue to
be put to shame, and To be handicapped
in every election contest by corrupt
man, near 10 the President, at the head
Of the chief department Of the govern
ment, who taints the whole administra-
ton with the odor Of corruption.
FRED. DOUGLASS has grown weary of
the unfulfllcd promises of the great Rad
ical party, which remembers the freed
man but once year, and then only to
secure his vote, which up to this time
has been freely given; but even the
most ignorant black man can understand
there are no "perwisions in the bill for
him. When he has helped to place
Ringsters and carpet-baggers in power,
he is told to go about his business and
whitewash for Democrats, but there is
nothing for him in the party he supports.
Douglass and Langston have rebelled.
THE New York Graphic, speaking of
Senator Morton, says: "A President is not
a dancing master. He is selected for his
brains, and not for his legs, and Of brains
Mr.. Morton has enough and to spare"
The Graphic certainly does not mean to
say that Gen. Grant was selected for his
brains. There is one little difficulty
about Morton, too, il he has too much
brains. A President with too much
brains is as bad as one with palpable
cerebral deficiency. He is apt to he ga
little of" all the time. Morton will
not do.