National Republican., 1876-09-11

Tilden kept money out Of the Treasury. To
most people this would seem "as near alike as
two T.'s."
The papers of Saturday afternoon and yes
terday morning contain a sensational telegram
to the Paris Figaro, reporting a mutiny on
board the United States frigate Franklin, and
the killing of nine of the mutineers. The un-
reliable and sensational character Of the paper
in which it appeared led to doubts of the truth
of the story. All doubts are now set at rest
by the arrival of the Franklin at Villa Franco
yesterday from Spezzia, and an official denial
of any foundation for the report.
Reuters agent at Madrid persists in the as
sertion that Tweed has been arrested and Is
detained by the Spanish authorities. Tweed's
friends in New York, however, laugh at the
story as good joke, and many doubt Tweed's
ever having left that city. In either case it is
unfortunate for the Democracy of that State
that the name of their late leader should be so
conspicuously brought before the public just
as their second convention is about to meet.
1t may revive unpleasant recollections, and
prove damaging to some of his late associates.
1t is noticeable that in all the political dis
turbances that have occurred during the cam
. paign the Democrats have been the aggress-
-ors. At Hamburg they came armed, and
tried to Open the fight under the guise of a
trial in the presence of an armed mob. In
Charleston and numerous other places they
have by prearrangement gone armed
avowedly to break up Republican meetings.
At Sleepy Hollow, N. Y, they cut down a
Republican pole to provoke hos.ilities. In
Baltimore armed Democratic rowdies invaded
Republican meeting, and commenced firing
without provocation, and 50 on through the
whole chapter.
The Sioux commission has commenced its
labors at the Red Cloud agency, and has had
a talk with the e.ding chiefs, presenting to
them the terms on which the Government pro-
poses to treat. The Irdians are represented
as in good humor Tor peace, and it is proba-
BILE that some arrangements will be made,
although there will be some reluctance on the
part of the Indians to submit to removal,
and considerable opposition to an enumeration,
which has always been resisted by the Indians.
The proposition to exclude half-breeds, who
have considerable influence with the Sioux
and are quite numerous, will incite the op-
position of this class. If the commission
should succeed in their mission there will be
heavy tax upon the patience of the Indian
office, and many obstacles presented in carry.
ing out the arrangements. These Indians
have repeatedly expressed a strong disinclina-
ton to leave the land of their fathers, barren
and improbable as 1t is.
1t would seem that the campaign of 1876 is
to be like that of lS72-the Democrats start
ing out with great flourish of trumpets and
gradually coming down first to doubts and
then to despair of carrying the election. Re-
ports from all quarters indicate weakening all
along the line of their hopes in the coming
contest. Of Indiana, which they so boastiully
claimed at the beginning of the campaign as
certain for "BlQe Jeans" and Tilden, relying
mainly on the former for their strength, they
now only express the hope that the Democrats
will carry it at the October election, and con-
fess that the loss of Indiana then is the defeat
of the party in November. 1t Is equally true
that they have cause enough for this "letting
down." The exposure of the hollow mockery
of the action of their leaders in the House of
tAo ulauoHeu VI InelT repre-
sentative spirits In the South, and the unenyi-
able record of their Standard bearer, Tilden,
have not been calculated 10 make many con-
verts TO their cause. Occasionally we hear of
a disappointed otfice-seeker who has gone over
to them, but of the people from no section do
we hear of their changing in that direction,
except through Confederate sources in the
South, where the boast is made of "Demo-
cratic negroes" which simply means intimida-
tion and force. The very people who cried so
Justify against coercion" are now practicing
it to the fullest extent upon the defenseless
colored men wherever and whenever oppor-
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