The Morning herald., 1875-12-02

| to himself and his friends. that Tamman.
looked upon his pretensions with extreme
disfavor as a obstacle in the way OF MI
Kerr. His supporters were necessarily
anti-Kerr men, or, at least, had no pred
lections for the Indiana claimant, an
they are protty sure to cast their vote
s.ains' him without any persuasion fr n
Mr.. Wood. The fact Of his withdrawal " II
cause the transfer of their support to some
9th n c. mL s:itor Of the Tammany candi-
date. If there were any doubt Of this Mr.
Wood ought to relinquish His neutraI
attitude and give his active influence |"
Mr.. Randall. Mr.. Wood is shrewd and
slgacieus. No man has more thorHlg'
knowledge Of the Tammany intrigues in
relation TO the Speakersh;p which have
been on foot for the last four months. He
also knows how weak and odious Tam,
many has become here in New York. liz
has witnessed the abortive attempt to CIV
it varnish ofrespectabiiity since the dis
grace which overlook it in the Ring expo
.ures has seen its ignominious defeat ii
the late election knows that the people
repudiate and detest it, and that no public
man can hereafter link his fortunes viii
that odious organization without bringin,
destruction upon himself. We are conf.
dent, that he will not vete for Mr.. Kerr
and that if he does make decided spua,
sition to him it is only because he thinks
he can rely on the known bias Of his
friends.
CoNGREssMEN AND THE CENTENNIAL.
Philadelphia Times.
General Hawley's invitation to mambcr,
Of Congress to come on and "do" the Cen.
tennial grounds ought to be unanimously ac.
cepted. The spectacle CT what this peo-
pie has accomplished single-handed and i'll
spite of the almos. con,emptuous indiTar-
ence displayed by Congress to the success
Of the nations jubilee, would stir their
hearts and quicken their thoughts to
sense of the true nature and purpose of the
work, and they would perceive that in
their ignorance they had set up con.ras!
between duty and patriotism as il con
llict between the two were possible. Nor,
than that, they would see that, wherever
differences once existed, all hearts beat as
one nov in their desire TO make the Expo
sition the crowning glory Of the Republic,
and all lips nt:cr the same GoG-sp;ed TO
The work as it goes hravely on. They
would realize, standing on the ground that
is at this moment more sacred than any
other in the eyes Of those who love their
country and revere its birthplace, how deep
and true and indomitable is that spirit
which animates this Centennial Commits
sion, AMI they would 60 back to Washing
ton with better conception of what con-
stitntcs honor and duty and patriotism in
s.a'ess.en than they erer Lad before.
Whatever the Congress or its individual
may see fit to do in response to
this invitation, We beg that they will not
:orget that it is no longer Philadelphia or
Pennsylvania, but tie whole country
their country, free and inseEarable alike it
lis territory, its customs and its loyal'y--t'
which the Centennial looks for its last
honors.
OF INTEREST TO AMERICANS.
N. Y. Times.
The news that force of twelve hun
lred Egyptian soldiers, including seven
teen officers, has been surprised and mas
sacred by the AkJssinians is of peculiar
interest to lis here, since among the slain
here may vcry POSSIBLY be some of the
American officers in the Khedive'sservice.
That the Egyplians skould have been thus
surprised ard defeated is ro. strange.
Abyssinia is a country full Of rayihes and
harrow valleys. in which a careless enemy
:ould be easily entrappel and massa r>d.
The Ab"ssinilns are bold and active, ard
hey have frequently proved themselves
more than a match for marauding parties |
If Egyptian soldiers, who, in o n,er days,
'tfne the Egyptian Army came under the
% troll Of European ar,! American officers,
ynre accustnmnd To make rail. in canrnL |