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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01


the capital and labor invested. We may
not only anticipate the cordial cooperation
Of the two races in the common interest
but also that success in the manufacture OF
any popular fabric will become the exam
pie of other incidental and kindred indus.
tries among Us, .. a..-a.s.I
Suppose the friends, Of home manufac
lures appeal to this political power, neither
insignificant nor unworthy to be invited
into alliance with the man ufacturing inter
est.
Remember that, at the present rate, the
colored people are entitled to more than
thirty members Of Congress, and of the
Electoral College. This is about one-sixth
OF either body. Remem Der that they are
not as formerly endowed like women and
children with a mere right to be rep
resented, but that they now have the power
TO express their opinion in the CHOICE of
their representatives. .....,-
Inc most practical means of testing and
OF appealing to this vote would be: j. Ta
lncluae the staple products of sugar, rice
ana tobacco among the standard articles of
a american productions; 2 To afford the col
ored people an opportunity of proving how
capaUie they are of manufacturing fabrics
OF ordinary use and rendering services as.
mariners. 80
Special aid should be extended them in
the manufacture of cotton warns. cloths
and prints, The employment of colored
operatives in mills separate from those
which employ white labor would prevent
collision of races and insure the Experiment
Of capacity. 1t was published last wear
that at one place at least in Ireland there ia
) Protestant cotton mill and Catholic cot
'on mill. The proprietors propose, no doubt,
% keep yarn and theology apart. Why
nay Iot tho races be separated industriany
y wellg
1t must not be forgotten that grave re-
possibility rests with those who have as
mancipated millions. 1t would be q dere.
ction Of that responsibility to disband this
organisation before the re.
nlts of its action shall have been deter
llaed' " will not be proper to assume to
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| of the colored laborers. Did the govern
| ment impose this tax for revenue! Then it
was an undue contribution Of one agricul
tural interest for the benefit of others. 1t
did not claim to he protective. 1t may in
one view have been deduction from wages
and encouragement Of capital If this
tax was justifable as compensation and
Indemnity imposed upon those said by the
vlctOrs to have been responsible for the
blood and burdens of war, if surely was
not just that the negroes, who had no vote
IN causing toe war and no power to arrest
1t, should have been required to pay for it's
consequences. To say that the nation made
the negroes pay ransom for their emancipa-
tion would have placed philanthropy in a
point of view which even it's opponents
have never assigned it, Has not, then, the
colored race of the South rendered valuable
service! Has it not rendered services with
out which the victory OF the Union light
have been degraded into a prolonged
struggle against national insolvency! Has
philanthropy extended the cOlOred race
educational advantages? Their instruction
is provided for BY tax upon themselves
and others.
The right of suffrage has been conferred
npon the colered people as protection OF
their rights, but it requires military force
In SON places to assure the exercise Of this
b.. IL 10 " Oo EcutIuUbCou GQdG Int rate
OF increase is usually regarded as proof of
the prosperity o: population. How far
the most nomadic lives, the want of care,
or the moral standard Of the emancipsted
may have 0ccasiOned the dimin .shed rate
OF eolored reproduction need not be esli-
mated. The census shows a reduction.
Enough has been said TO remind the phi
ianthropists of the Union that RESPONSE
bility has been devolved upon them. It is
to determine whether this grade of African
ciyilization can be elevated by emancips.
ton above the standard obtained by bond |
age Every Southern man should hope
and strive that it may be sustained and ad- |
Vanced, for it it should retrog ade the terri
pie consequences must fall upon the South. |
Let. then, the advocates of emaucir alton be |
assured that neither their duty nor their re-
'ponsibility will end until those for whom |
neir sympathies have been enlisted shall
ave been assured against q relapse into ]
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What Are the Tammany Men Going
TO DOl

Are the Tammany men going to work in
earnest in support of the ST Louis nomi-
nations? After the ticket was nominated,
JOHN KELLY, addressing the Convention,
said:
Now that Mr.. TILDES is the candidate Of
our party, promise and tell YOU that am cana.
BILE u workiug-and there Is no man In tins Con-
vention thar Will work harder for bis election
than ny SELL"
Mr.. KELLY was taken at his word. md il
was pretty generally expected that he
would 60 10 work in earnest to promote
the election OF Mr. TnDEN.
Perhaps there is no reason to doubt il
now, but there seems to be n slightly diff
ferent complexion given to the prospect
by some remarks attributed 70 mr. y. :.
Cox in an interview with q Herald re-
porter. 1t is sand that children and fools
tell the truth. Now, Mr.. Cox is neither a
child nor a fool but he is man who talks
so much that lie is quite liable to let out n
good deal of truth. According 10 the re-
port of this interview, Mr.. Cox does not
appear to be content with having opposed
Mr. TILDEN's nomination, but he con-
tinues 10 throw out doubts about his cleo
ton.
81 came through the States which are TO he
the Battle-Ground. Indiana might be saved II
GOV. HENDRlCKs accepts. Ihts Is IN no mclns
sure. M one could expect him to make vol
unt4ry sacrifice Of himself Such sacrifices are
IRE IN U litlcs. I'm not cUpdblc Of il mBself.
Even II Gov. HFNDRICKs .hould ACCEPT. the an
exception bio character OF Gov. HAYES, accord
ing TO my observation Of and conveFs ton with
large numbers II PEOPLE Of Ohio where stop
ped, makes that state at least very doubtful to
the Democrats. The peunsylvanians with
| 80. ma
Now, this does not sound to us at all like
the talk of a man whose heart Is in the
TrLDEN cause. 1t may not be entitled to
much consideration in isef; but it pos
sesscs an enhanced importance from the
circumstance that Mr. Cox is very apt to
express the sentiments which john KELLY
entertains.
OF course it would be unjust to hold Mr.
KELLY responsible for what Mr. Cox saws,
without giving him an opportunity to
speak for himself. But ii would be salts
factory to have it pretty definitely under
stood at the beginning of the canvass
whether Taminany Hall is in reality tor
TILDEN or against him. If Tammany does
not mean that, so far rs its power can
effect il, the electoral vote OF New YORK
shall be cast for TTLDEN, let II he SO UNDER
stood at once. The fact may add not q
little TO the independent vote in hls favor.
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The Same shop with Another Sign.

OF what avail will 1t be to elect HAYES
instead of GRANT, IL will continue the
pamo old shop, in which the same business
will be carried on in the same way, by tho
anne gang of hands: only there VIII be
mother name painted over the door; that
b all.
Would GRANTS eighty thousand Office
holders be so active in their efforts to elect
Mr.. HAYES If they did not expect to retain
their Offices under himf What do they
nre whose name is over the shop door,
whether ii be GRANT or HAYES, so long ~
they retain the same situations, with the
nlmo emoluments?
The change would be mostly n matter of
paint ana putty--GRANT erased and the
new letters, which spell HAYES, substi-
tuted.
The change with TIDEN would lie radi-
cal and entire. New men as well MS new
measures will rule the day. There will be
Achange, pretty nearly n clean sweep, and
we leave II to the sober sense of the
country If il would not be difficult TO make
. change that would not be for the better.
There would be something more than n
change III the name over the door. The
workmen within would be changed, and
the peoples work would be honestly aud
faithfully done.
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Restoration of the whiskey Ring.

The causes that compelled the resigna-
zion Of Mr.. BRIsrOw have been made moro
clear by the Presidents action since the
Kentucllian gave up the Treasury IN dis
gust. He was constantly DISTRACTED, ham
pered, harassed, aud annoyed from the
beginning of the whi-key prosecutions;
and when those trials ended by tho con-
viction of several of the Presidents faml-
lar friends, and the escape of BABcocK
through sinister influences exerted by
GRANT and his Administration, Mr.. BRIs-
TOW was treated ana pursued ms personal
enemy. Instead OF applauding his zeal
and fidelity in the discharge of public
duty, for exposing and Furnishing an or
Eanlzed band of thieves who had stolen
millions from the Treasury, the Presi-
dent turned upon him with bitter re-
sentiment, aud souaht every occasion TO
make him feel that further relations
between them were impossible. He delibo-
rnt"ly planned the rupture that led t. Nj.
BRIsTow's retirement.
What has followed since then is the logi-
oal consequence Of that act. Mr.. BLrFoRD
WILs0N, who was the right arm Of NJ
BRSrow in the crusade against the WINS
key Ring; Mr.. DYER, who conducted tho
trials; Mr.. YARYAN, chief OF the revenue
agents, who rendered conspicuous service
and Others whose all and efficiency are at
tested by the late Secretary, have been
driven out one after anptncr by the Pre,l-
dent direction, for no other reason than
because they were faithful, honest, aud
ioth to thir trusts. If they had been
tn"Nng tln"-.nrvrrs and willing tools
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other person, stepping hastily into his
shoes, could make his place good.
Why, then, did he resignf Was II not
the plain, the imperative dictate of Duty
and of Patriotism that he should remain
1t is not sufficient TO say that his private
affairs demanded his attention. He drops
in public estimation IL he comedies that he
is n man who holds his own interests to be
OF greater importance than the interests Of
the nation.
Again, he was q candidate for President.
HID he been nominated and elected, that
Office would have absorbed four years OF
his time. How, then, rs he was Wiling
and anxious to accept that, can he consist
emily say that he could otafford to remain
in the Treasury Department to the close OF
Gen. GRANTS administration, about two
thirds of one year2
Mr.. BRIsPow had taken such a hold of
the public esteem that il he had served out
his term of Office faithfully, and then OUT
euy retired TO the practice of law, or to
raising corn and potatoes we believe that
almost inevitably he would one day have
been taken up and made President. But
he has resigned, as il in a pet at not receiv-
ing the nomination. and by so doing he has
stepped down several pegs.
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Grants Absence.

II Gen. GRANT has no Respect for him
self he ought AT least, while occupying his
present position, to show some respect for
the country which once placed him at the
head of all its armies. and has twice elect
ed him President. Yet he voluntarily and
persistently absents himself from ma
tional celebration where his presence was
greatly desired, aud which can only occur
once III hundred years.
OF all the Revolutionary fathers, of all
the men who have been President Of the
United states, there was not one who
would not have got out of his grave and
trudged on foot to Philadelphia, had he
been permitted, to be present Mt the great
Centennial Fourth of July Celebration.
Yet here is Gen. GRANT, President of the
United States, living aud well, only a few
hours distant, with n luxurious palace car
placed at his disposal, refusing to come on.
1t is evident that Gen. GRANT feels that
a country so inappreciative as not to elect
him to u third term, may go to the dogs,
SO far "a he 5 concerned.
Even Dom PEDRO, foreign Emperor, and
Prince OSCAR son OF the King of sweden,
manifested more interest in our Centen-
NAL than the Chief Magistrate OF our own
nation!
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Their only crime in the eyes OF the Admin
istration was upright discharge OF duty
and obedience to the instructions OF the
Secretary of the Treasury, who was equal
ly hated and feared.
Senators like LOGAN, SPENCER, WEST,
SARGENT, PATTERSON, CoSovEB, CLAYTON,
and the like. whose strikers had been long
enjoying the plumber of the Whiskey Ring
and sharing the proceeds with their pa
irons and protectors were, with confed-
crates in the House, the most active enc
niles OF MI. BRtsTow, and tho most persist
ent in defaming the officials who executed
his orders They PLAYED into GRANTS
hand, and furnished the miserable pre-
texts upon which he dismissed them from
the public service.
1t IL easy to foresee the practical effect
of this summary treatment upon the Trea-
sury and the ofliceholders. Virtually, 1t
restores the Whskey Ring TO power in
modified form, and serves notice on every
internal revenue officer that the Ring
must not be prosecuted or disturbed on
penalty Of removal. The word has already
gone out and there is rejoicing among the
whole tribe of plunderers
Nor is this the only effect of the change.
Multitudes of old rotten claims are pend
ing against the Treasury. which Mr.. BRIs-
row would not tolerate, even when urged
by the President in person, or through
BABCoCK, when he served as convenient
means of conveying GRANTS wishes. The
bars are now taken down and the gates
are flung wide open. 1t may be safely as
sums d that IN the next nino months mil
lions will be stolen from the Treasury in
this way and distributed among bogus
claimants and their coufederates.
Nothing but the vigilance of the House
of Representatives can prevent great
spoliation of the Treasury in the closing
months of Grantsm. There is no protec-
ton left but that. Aud in this fact may
be found the chief reason why the Presi-
dent and the Senate have so resolutely set
their faces against every measure of
economy offered by the House, and have
demanded that the old scale OF extrava-
gance shall continue till the latest hour of
this corrupt and disgraceful Administra-
ton.
The President has already pardoned a
number of minor officials who were con-
Whiskey Ring. He was only preparing
the way for releasing higher grade of
criminals when the doors of tue peniten-
tiary opened to the small rogues. AVERY,
who sold the secrets of the internal revenue
Office to the Ring aud betrayed Mr.. BRIs-
rows trust besides carrying of many inn
portant official papers, is to be let loose
JOYCE always expected pardon when the
storm blew over. MCKEE has the utmost
confidence Of a release from durance vile (;
and MCDONALD like n philosopher, pins
his faith to GRANT.
All these men hold secrets that would
crush many of the most prominent Repub-
lican leaders and would add new dishonor
TO the White House and its surroundings.
They have submitted to an unavoidable
fate, but with full confidence that their
sentences will never be entirely executed,
and that GRANT only waits an opportune
moment TO restore them to liberty and ac-
tivity.
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Mr.. BRIsrOw's voluntary retirement
from the Office of Secretary of the Trea-
sury, under the circumstances seems to us
to have been the mistake of lifetime.
He is believed to have rendered services
in that Office Of extraordinary value to
the country. He discovered n system of
frauds by which the whole structure of
our internal revenue system was COM
pletely honrycOmbed. He brought many
of the dishonest public officers and their
co-conspilalors to grief, and those of them
who have not already been pardoned by
the President now languish in prison.
NO one else can possibly appreciate 50
fully the difficulty, the extent and the
merits Of the good work lac has performed
as Mr. BRIsrow himself However much
the public know, he must necessarily be
better Informed on this subject; and it
can hardly be supposed that he puts q
lower estimate upon what he has achieved
than other people.
Nj. BRIsrow, then, knew the full value OF
his services to the country, IN the position
he occupied, and that it was very great.
lie kncw-hc must have known-that no
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PROTECTING THE WHTsKEY RING.
Tho President Dema ndinz the Removal Of
Another special Agent.

WASHINGTON, July 5.-The President on
Monday asked Commissioner Pratt to remove
Major Clarke, the Special Agent at San Francis
CO, but to this the Commissioner objected, on
the ground that, as Clarke had been very eifi-
Client, Ia connection with Mr.. Crane In discover
ing two large illicit dstilleries In California, and
as the tri Is OF the persons implicated In tho
frauds would take place this or next month, it
would be detrimental to the public interest to
remove Major Clarke at his time, his attendance
being necess nv as a witness.
the President, under these cifcums stances, adj
mitted the troprlety II his retention for the
time being. The Commissioner, in view Of the
reduction OF the number OF supervisors, ex-
pressed his tnten ion to appolnt Ferdinand
Never, now SIperin ten lent uf Internal Revenue
at IT. Llus, a. \ special agent OF the Bure {:
but to this the Pre- -ideut dissented saviag lnat
both Mover and Clit Ike were Objectionable
The retirement OF Commissioner Pratt de-
ponds on future circumstances, and his most
Intimate friends say that Il the President shall
continue to dir ct the removal of officers In the
Internal Revenue Bureau, even Of men vino
are acceptable To the Commissioner md who
have shown themselves to be efficient, the Com
missioner VIII have no alternative but To resign.
II IS hoped, however that upon the coming Of
the new Secretary of the Ir, asurv there will Oe
a good UNDERSTANDING, SO that the ComImis-
sioner, being responsible for the business OF his
ohce, be viii have the power TO select his own
agents INDEPENDENTLY Of political control III
not the retirement Of the Commissioner is in
evitabie.
When the Presidents attention was called to
the prominence given to laryan's removal he is
reported a. saying: II does mt make the sllgnt-
est difference to me what the newspapers pub
lsh. he majJri of readers have poor memo.
ries."
Commissioner Pratt SAYS that whoever be-
comes secretary of the Treasury, II must ne
understood from the first that the Preside.
cannot interfere with MIN any longer g., the
administration OF the duties Of his .,ffice. II
tint cannot he assured he viii tent. er his fesir
nation Immediately.
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Keep this in Mind.

The second Centennial celebration will
occur on the Fourth of July, 1876. The
patriotic people from the Arctic Sea south
ward will fire of the sort of cannon they
have i'm those days, hang out the same old
Stars and Stripes, and play the same old
Yankee Doodle and Hail Columbia; but
in the progress of the century the fire.
crackers Will probably be abolished, and
the boys will celebrate with something
less noisy and dangerous. 1t will be
great day, the second Centennial Fourth.
Ii is hardly possible that any of us will be
on hand TO take part in the proceedings.
We should all like TO be among the actors
or spectators no doubt, but the laws of
nature forbid, and from them there is no
appeal. There will not be n trace Of us
physically left, except in the succession Of
the life of nature, animate and inanimate.
But though we shall not be there to see
all the grand doings on the Fourth of July,
197G, yet we can contribute our part TO
make the day happy one for those who
take part IN the ceremonies. The TWEEN
tieth century patriot will study up the
condition OF things in this first Centennial
year. Editions Of the best oiations of this
year may be printed, and, perhaps, some
OF our Centennial odes will be remem-
bered. The journals of the day will dis
euss us and what we do with great ability
and in choice English. In fact, n light
bright as that OF oxy-hydrogen will be
thrown on the events and people Of this
year 1876. The Sun of that day will
search its old files investigate the temper
OF the people a hundred years back, and
weigh the consequences of their acts in a
tudcious, perspicuous and philosophic
leading article. which will be read by its
millions with the interest and thoughtful
consideration which its present two hun
dred and twenty-five thousand subscribers
give to this prophetic forecast.
! Therefore 1t behooves us all to carefully
Greet our steps TO the goal of right and
wisdom in this first Centennial year. The
eyes Of the future are upon u.s. and its
scales are ready to weigh us in the bal
ance. How, then. shall we deserve auu
get the applause of the second Centensri-
ansl BY arranging ourselves on the side Of
Reform, existing under the banner of SAM
TILDEN, and making him our Centennial
President.
At this great period in the history of the
republic we do not wish to put in the
White House Il man of straw. plant tool
OF Grantism, like the amiable HAYES. We
require statesman, fashioned after the
plan of the founders of the republic a
man of ideas, and one who holds in his
hand the broom of Reform and is deter
mined to use it to clean out the dusty and
dirty places Of our Government. Such
. man is Mr.. TILDEN, and the people
know it.
Perhaps, if we do not give heed 10 the
warnings Of experience and elect the Re
former next November. there will be no
second Centennial celebration. The re-
public will have died long before of inho-
rent corruption. 1t will be well for every
body to keep these thoughts in mind and
profit by them.
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THE ROAD TO RUIN.
An Active Republican from the Country
Ruined by Taking once.

from me Lancaster IiclHyeficer.
John .. Hostetter from near Landis-
Ville' Last Hempheld township, this county, Il n
yo'.hg man Of about % or 30 years OF age. He
!. q nne-ooking. intelligent young man, with
fair complexion, light side whiskers and nous
tache, blue eyes. and on the whole atr ctive In
appearance. lie was educated Mt Millersvilie
State Normal school, and Is by profession
induced him at various times to seek puolic po-
sition.
Beng m active Republican. some time ago he
WAS made storekeeper for this L. ;. internal
revenue district, being nrst ut iabscker's dstl-
lery and afterward al Baer's Then ne was
m de special storekeeper for all dIstilleries Of
less thun 20Gl gallons storage capacity. TIE du-
ties of his office not conflicting herewith, Hos
tetter was also made a clerk in the collectors
onlce. and in that CAPACITY had charge OF the
s-le OF revenue stamps. IL has been apparent
recently thai he was on the road to rum lie
has been suspected of spending more money
than his salary; he has been observed 10 be
drinking to excess ; he has been known to have
relations with women Of tainted character upon
whom he lavisued his money; and there does
not seem to he any doubt that ~ addition to all
these sources u his undoing he has been d
dicted To gambling in an lnurdlnlto degree and
has been the vlctial OF sharper men than himself.
On Fiidav morning he did not come to his
place of busing IS, and inquiry developed the
fact that he had left town the night before, os-
tensitlv on his way to the Centennial. In his
room was founi an envelope directed to ThOs.
A. Wiley, one Of his fellow clerks IN the collec-
tors ONCE. Being opened II was found to con-
tam letter which read as follows:
TOM; I'd rather have had my right hand cut on than
do tnls-but can't hep It. JACK.
BESIDES this the envelope contained a large
number " orders Tor stamps from different per
sons IN me county, amounting IN the aggregate
to $2.i5l
When Mr. WILEY got the letter he compre-
hended the significance Of It's contents, ana he
officials set anuut to determine their loss. De-
tectiye Russell, Of the internal revenue service,
aided them aud IL was tscortauod that the to-
tai amount Of Hostetfer's cmheZZement was
$ii5l. covered by STAMP orders, AMI 3G0.16 In
money, king an aggregate OF $2sll.l6 IL IS
likely that tue greater part OF tuis sum was
taken during the month uf Jane. rs at tuo end
OF May the stamp account W IS ALI Ii.ht.