New-York tribune., 1876-10-30

! of Mr. Tldrn's latest note touching the oOutheIh
claims which has been promptly followed oy
! the remarkable movement which We announce
! this morning on tie part of the solid men OF
| Observation-Disclosures like AstOr and the
| Stuarts. the bank presidents, the great mer-
chants, and the Independent citizens, including
many of Democratic antecedcnts, who have
invoked the advice of Mr. EvartS, declaring
that the country is in peril Mr.. Goodwin,
in his clever speech, attempted to dispose OF the
subject with Il pleasant Jest "ln conclusion"
said the report, Mr.. Goodwin gave an amusing
description of the bugaboOs raised at the South.
80 lie treated the cries and the alarm III
regard to the rebel debt and the rebel claims
"as 10 more worthy of consideration than
scooped pumpkin with a candle IN 1t, or a
stuffed and ragged scarecr0w OF c0rDileld.
" He expressed every confidence III the doclllty
L" and the patriotism of the Southern states
men, &c.
The capitalists and business men were un-
able to see the Southern claims, III the justice
of which the Southern people appear to have
an honest belief in the comic light offered by
Mr. Goodwin, and they declined to be amused
bv the suggestion that they were frightened
by bugab0os-scoOped pumpkins and ragged
scarecrows-or even by his assurance OF his
faith i'm "thc docility" of the Southern states
men. quality not heretofore claimed by
themselves nor esteemed by others rs the
crowninp virtue of those self-reiant leaders.
Next came Mr.. Belmont with the dignity OF
his pos,tion AS "A member of the Syndicate, the
representative of the Rothschilds, and the late
head of the National Democratic Committee,
and in tone of authority declared that the
4 G ,t,Nrn Mt
funded debt of the Government do not de-
"pend upon Presidential elections, in the
"0pinion of European capitalists and bank
GERS, any more than the soundness OF
English cOnsols depends on whether
" the Ministry is Tory or Liberal"
The comparison of the party of the South with
its claims for losses incurred in a war TO over
throw the National Constitution, and composed
in great part of States accustomed 10 rcpudia-
ton, with the Tory and Liberal parties OF En-
gland, seem, to have suggested th0ughtlul
examination Of the differences which Mr. Bel
mont lad ignored. That examination has in
creased the anxiety of our capitalists and bank
ers 10 "A point where Mr.. 1iden deemed 1t
propcr-hogcycr unusual the stcp-to make
last effort 20 calm the fears OF the country by
giving i'm advance his personal pledge as the
Presidential candidate to veto bills that might
be passed by a Congress of his OWN party. In
his letter TO Mr Hewitt he SAID " The cotton
tax (some sixty-cight milhons) will not be
"refundcd shall deem it my duty to veto
every bill providing for the assumption or
"paylncnt OF any saci debts, losses, damages,
" claims or for thc refunding OF any such tax
This Ulclge. however distinct and however
honestly given, appears to have confirmed IN
stead of allayng the fears of the cool-headed
far-sightcd men of affairs to whom At was adj
dressed, and whose views OF the financial
situation are calmly set forth III the letter To
Mr.. Eya,ts.
Mr.. Tildcn's proposal To protect the country
by his veto from the increase OF debt ana
taxes threatened by the Southern claims, suc-
gests naturally two questions: First, what GER
tantv there may he that he would be permit
ted bv the south To veto the claims and, sec
ondly. in ease he should unfortunately die
during his term, ~ was the cas-" with ten
Harrison. Gen. Taylor and NIr. Lincoln, what
security has the country that those claims
would be rcpudiatcd and vetoed by his suc-
ccssor in the Presidency, Mr. icndrcksf
Even with MIR. Tidcn III the Executive chair
might not hi, ability To set his veto against the
will of his party, IN matter deemed 50 essential
10 their interests be subject To difficulty and
doubt1 Might not his right to defy their will
be denied on the score of precedent, from the
examples of every Democratic President since
the DAYS of Jackson Might not his
difficulty IN denying the rcaSonableness
of their claims be increased by the view
which he had taken in his remark ut Albany
in 1851, as reported by The AJgaS, " that he
would resist, under aify and all cIrcum-
stances the use of force to cocrce the States
" into tie Union"
l. Touching the docility" which the South. If
successful, will exhibit this question: Col.
Mosby seems To differ from Mr. Goodwin when
he remarks that the Democratic partISans will
flock to Washington "as fierce as famine, and
q as hungry IA the grave"
Ii is clear from the letter to Mr.. Evarts that
a very large number of our substantial citi-
zcns, however strongly disposed 10 express by
their votes their dsapproval of the present
Administration, are quietly asking themselves
the question 50 gently put by the venerable
Dr. Woolscy " In the present attitude or feel
"ing Of the South, is it wise or salutary or
" -afc to commit the interests oi the country
Z" to - party IN which il largely prcdOmlnatcSf" !"
CENTENNIAL TISITORS ~ NEU-lORR
Ever since the opening of the Exhibition,
Sunday has been a day marked by the arrival
here in Ncw-York of those coming from or
going to Philadelphia. In C0rtandt-st. and
in DcSbrosscs-st. and in lower broadway the