New-York tribune., 1876-10-23
POLITICAL NOTES.

truest and best the country has seem He wansa
change but not a change for the worse
great parade was made few weeks ago
over proposition from Gen. Wade Hampton fora 10 nt
discussion the stump with Gov. Chamberlain. The
offer was at once accepted and attempts made TO
arrange for the meetings Gen. HamptUns committee
raised obstacle after obstacle, and finally proposed thai
instead Of the General himself substitute be sent to
meet Governor OF course tnls ended the negotis
tiOns
Occasionally there is a man in the Prohibi-
tion party who sees the absurdlty OF running that
organization as a tender to the Democrats The Rev. A
g. Comingo of New Hampshire one OF the sensible few
He declines 10 Elector the Prohibition ticket
because either Hayes Tlden will be the xt President
and he does not any possible way for good to
his party through the Democrats. He urges all OF his
friends therefore to support Hayes directly instead OF
TIlden indirectly.
George W. Blunt, in pithy little note to
The Commercial Advertiser, recalls fact worth Mr. Bel
mont's consideration: In December 1860, the United
States Government made proposals for loan
OF S5,000,000 on issue Of bonds bearing
an interest Of IL per cent; Sl,5CO,Oo0 were
taken through the solicitation of prominent person Of
this city the remainder taken afterward at par.
Howell Cobb then Secretary Of the Treasury, and
Augustus Sche, Collector OF the Port, proclaimed in
Walst that the loan would not and ought not to be
paid as was informed and believed then, and believe
now" Mr.. Blunt thinks not unnaturay that the con-
trast with the y per cent loan Is worth remembering
Ii is significant that the Southern press does
not seem to care 10 discuss the probability OF the pay
ment OF Southern claims in OF Democratic success
Some Of their journals get indignant about the matter,
but none OF them attempt 10 pledge the South against
the granting Of these claims Occasionally hOtEeaded
son Of chyalry breaks out in frank confession Ike the
following which Mr.. W. s. Upton OF Cleveland, Tenn,
makes to The Cincinnati Commercial " You are con-
tinualy abusing the South about something You North
ern folks got rich off the while IL broke tue south
uD. You are always haIping about SOntnern cams
The people OF the south have right 70 be PAID ior every
thing that destroyed by the Yankees. Ana we arg
going to have II is nothing but right that We should
be paid and we intend 10 be- lost 20 negroes, and
ought TO be paid for them
The soft-money talk among the Indiana
Democrats is becoming louder each day. Blue Jeans
Williams in a speech at Terre Haute last week saId
81 wart 10 say a few words 10 the greenback men.
know their feelings know the sentiment there was in
Congress regard 70 the matter went there IN iaPor
OF greenbacks and opposed National banks was then
and am now opposed 10 the Resumption act The peops
are not ready it, OF all the Republicans who opposed
that bill there were but against upward Of 80
Democrats. We have shown by our National and Sate
platforms that in favor OF greenbacks Now wnas
can you Independents do better than 70 JON WIN ns
party that Il doing YOU the most good We are your
second choice, know. But, II aiter Our years Oi a
miuistrafiOu do not do what promise, l. Tor one
them oat Of power"
There have been one or two very guarded
predictions IN Massachusetts, that Mr. Adams would be
elected u
belong TO tDat class OF who think their own votes OF
such paramount importance that they will elect what
ever candidate they are cast for no matter how slim
his chances Tic Republicans Of the state do not acm'
the possibility OF election The Boston JoTna! says
there is no doubt OF Gov. Rices reelection ana adds;
There are no Republicans who think OF Withholding
their votes from Gov Rice. except the comparatively
few who are led asray from the paramount duties oil
This crisis by an II timed devotion TO an irrelevant ISSUE
and their detection cannot defeat the viii OF the major
ty The enemies OF Gov. Rice who have sought 10 M
volge him in controversies like that IN tho With District
with which he has nothing whatever TO do have eyre
iousIv foied He faithfully holds the position assigned
him "a the staudard-bearer OF the Republican party OF
Massachusetts, and he stands on MS record he J, surs
Of reelection hu 5le S'.H' DJS u o ,rj.v @ ~ ,oT Gov
Rice OF which they DE proud In such an underia
mo WE arc conhdGut that they will have the aG Of not
@ who are not generally recSOned with the Republican
party brt who know and value good government III Mas
sachusetts"
Secretary Morrill, is quoted as fully confirming
,nc statement which Mr.. Belmont made such indignant
haste 10 deny The Erening Posts Washington CORE
spondent represents him saying that he fully eH-
pected that the funding operations would cone
20 an end IL tie Democratic party succeeded
next month that any man with ordinary common sense
ought TO know that the funding could not 80 on wths
marty in power large part OF whose members adyo-
c,to the payment OF bonds IN paper money, whls
other members are iu favor OF paying the bonds
IN depreciated silver. II is not necessary, said
Secretary Morrill, to discuss this question ior
tie whole tendency OF tho operations thus TAR demon
srtes that the funding cannot be carried on with the
Democrats in power. Mr.. Bristow found II unpos'lo!e
TO fund the four and halt per centum bonds IN OF
the Democratic House, aud was powerless 10 DO any
thing while the Democratic House remained in session.
Mr.. Morrill, said he would not say what the Syndcae
would do because he did not know hut he believed mas
W.ta pr atom 6f course the syndicate would in any
event have to take the S5OOGOOOO subscribed ioI 9i
a further subscription would, III the secretary JUG
ment not be made"
Gov. Uayess "lack of record which has
been the cause Of much grief TO the Democrats seems
70 have made favorable impression abroad Comment
ing upon the skeleton biography of the Republican eau
di,iato given IN Mr. Lanmans ANNALS OF Civil Govern
ments," The London Academy says; Now to any ono
who thoroughly understands Americans and American
politics this appears be capital recOrd-much OoF
ter than that Of any OF the other candidates for the 70
cent Presidential nomination, and Infinitely superior "
that OF any incumbent Of the Presidential char E""a
To tho present generation. whether It reveals 'he SUN
from which Presidents ought TO be made Is another g
ton but we have before u.s. 10y means OF these curt l"'
an educated man; q graduate OF one OF the hr' ''
schools in the world whose professional status was SuI
that his services wero sought and secured by one o '
most important Western cities who. having patIou
sacrificed his private interests during the recent "Ai
from one OF tie hmbes to one OF the highest nv
the military service whose career was so 9ppG beir
his Immediate constituents that they made nlh 1eib
RcnreseUtatiye in Congress not only once pul; ms
eratcy twice and then elected him 10 tie hlsltss ssOd
in their gift and who. In that important posi-
his duties so satisfactorily that ne selected usl us
time TO be the Governor OF one OI the mo'' WV
States OF the Union" "
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams has been making
some very cautious remarks about the situation III 'Ou
Carolina A correspondent OF The Cmeinndi' EhIS""
visited him at Quincy last Thursday TO get his opo
the Presidents proclamation, but as Democratic '
paign document the reported interview was no' .,
in tha uraf Mi