New-York tribune., 1876-12-18

.-.mcnt nom political ne, and when be wa7 asked
houf il he reped have thodght OF III there Is some
foundation for the rumof.'
Tbere are vague reports Of secret ortaniza-
,,.ns of armed men among tie Western and Northern
.1,ocrafs and a few timid persons pretending TO
~ alarmed thereby. There is no cause for agi-
t,tion. II the reports ere tIue, Wmch Is OK
ETte9s Wards famous regiment made up ehtneiy oi
olcars.
II "a not the most unlikely thing in the world
.tat President Grant mas be United States Senator
,,, Illinois in the next Congress There Is good deal
- ouet talk about 1t going in that State and It is
teeable that nearly al favorable talk too The
% obstacle is the lack of a Republican majority in the
Isosature Il should be recorded also that the indus
,s roorbaok hatohers OF TIE Democratic press have
mi brought forth the announcement tht the PfcSi ent
iii he made Field Marshal, the French plan, lhl-
,oeiigtely after Lis retirement
The latest Democratic horror is the pre-
.ndd discovery that Gov Hayes has made Overtures"
:. t uthern leaders, thus seduong their allegiance
s,op Tlden. The Governors friends say the only
ruresD made 10 date found in his letter OF ac-
.,,pee. and those certainly while eminently sound
nd atesnane, not at all sUrreptitious or treason
~, But the Nor hem Democrats won't believe this.
sSsv are sure something more has been DONE or else
non nm aud his associates wouldnG be acting so un-
eccolutably, The agony Ol lhe hW'u Oh mr. mn 0Ou
dnct is most tOuChing
Judge Bond appears now as the Brutus OF
. American Republic. His decision reversing the judg
mi of the supreme Court Of south Carolina in the case
% the Beard Of Canvassers receives this funerea COM
D, from The Charleston NcioS and COsirier: "Thc
courteous and apOogetc tone Of this opinion Is ony the
toop sdge ard ieweed h1t of dagger that has been
,nut 10 the art of our poor Mother in deepest
roe It's Of such wounds, silently and deliberately
given that the Republic is now dying Ii Is such usurl-
soD that shocks ana shames the few remaining liberty
Ioyiug Americans 1t is such barsiaeed and unbushhS
tyranny that makes monarche Europe laugh ana leer
al American despOJSm-mscaled liberty. Ihat theIo
are sny aspects OI the present situation IN oOath OatV
Ina which lamenta,e lie nobody can deny, D,t 'uyn %
ireriads as the above about the dying Repubnc VIII
have 40 other effect than 10 make tile hampton parry
TidlcuiOnS
The silver dollar has always been great
pet o! The Cincinnati Comm eTc'a 1t halls the pass &c
NJ the Silver bill by the House with degh and breaks
out all over its editorial page Win nervous comments Oh
the subject Here is specimens The silver dollar was
about three years ago jugged out Of the hands OF the
American people preense Of the iuggers was tAat
the silver dollar was, according to the goid stahG'io'
wort 700 much. we that objection at least has been
remoyed There is law for the resumption OF specie
r.,v,peufs when specie payments were suspended we
had gold and silver coin. We propose TO restore the
snaeje basis 10 what il when suspension occurred
We propoae 10 resume upon old specie basis, ana not
mon y other basis. We propose TO restore shVer 10
tbe place that it held from the first administration ~
washington 10 the second administration OF Grant
Tha would add suyer 70 tne sPeOS ousts, -
onug basis The notion oil IthiIS tne stV1 & y eJ r
from tc people a preliminary to RESUMPTION Is pre-
All politicians wac favor 80 mlhhe2l an ~
iusce and eXtOFtiOn VII Hii va ",eiN,r ~ @ 49,,
dsrk corners ike tine dust heaps III nntdy hoNS,Aeep-
ing" ,
Congressman Hill seems to be an entirely
taitbfu representative Of the sentiment OF tue
south. The press OF that section is nnt in speaking
with disrrspect and even contempt OF the reye war
rior Of the North Thus The Atlanta Constitution With a
bitterness Of sarcasm which rodses the suspicion tnat
overures' have been made TO IT, says: 1.-THE war tslh
We see in the newspapers is not refreshing IL makes Us
shudder There something so sanguinary III the spec
taee OF eonsumntive editor With his shirt collar cut
low in the neck and his panaoons calling loudly FOR re-
form sauattn himself upon his eloquent haunehes ana
firing off imaginary bo1se-p stOs, thar we Involuntary
desire to retreat the rear Not that we are opposed 10
varnot at all but If there to he war we want the
natrtots of the North and West 10 have il out among
themselves The South has crushed in Tie struggle
and the Northern Democrats have stood by aud watched
ta crushing process with Infinitely curiosity than
interest HowbeiT. the turn OF the wheel has bru'Al
them face face with the same deadly elements oi
pOtsm II they subml-weh II JheJ reSlss, ,5'A is -
scarcely less emphatic: The South has n-dr hci ul
for indcrendonce. for freedom, and tLa' sEHhst ly
united North. And now having been ~ ~,
having in Good iaith surrendered, she does rot Wend 70
h. pypolcd into any sectional contest ol any StIu%-l
with the Government 10 promote TN interests OF en- I o
ta NortherD p;rties Whether Democratic OF hlhhl ~.
W. ~ the South have done ali we propose 10 oo' 20
gouthern state will repeat experiment Cl scctSlOh
or VilI aDy individual OF the SOut, with me sancV ot
h,s state Government, resist the authority OF 'He
or uIrnt We have had our uneTG ana We 40 AJt Iu ~
In % our corpse AS target ior the Norta once a&a 70
tre uDol simply In the interests Of others"
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