National Republican., 1876-12-09

lhE NA1lONo oA
in counting the electoral vote. Again the
mark of Divine Providence "a Visible on The
record, for we find that the Democratic House
ignored the request of the Senate last session
and failed to adopt the joint rule, thu. destroy
ing this last resort BY which they proposed to
steal the Presidency. The Democratic party
have been crying siGood Lord and good devil"
In this contest, and in this same spirit they
have made every move In the game OF f"heads
win and tails you lose. -
ELSEWHERE we publish the particulars oil
John Kelly's installation as Comptroller of
the city of New York, the rnost important and
powerful Office In that metropolis. That the.
position was bestowed upon Mr.. Kelly In pay
ment Of his services to Mr.. Tlden during the
late canvass none familiar with the tnterior
workings Of the political machine entertains
the minutest doubt. Mr.. Kelly, as 10 wen
known, bitterly opposed Mr. Tlden's nomina-
tion at ST. Louis. he left nothing undone 70
Accomplish the willy xssmmy's defeat. he
fought him ss desperately as personal enemy,
But Tflden's money, judiciousiy distributed
among needy delegates, was more than
match for The new Tamnany Boss, and Kelly
left st. Louis swearing that he would yet be
avenged at the polls. Kelly did not condne
his hostility 70 Tnden alone. He refused to
recognise either Mayor Wickham or Mr.. a. 8.
Hewitt, both warm adhsrents Of Gov, Tlden's
cause, and We do not think be 10 on speaking
terms with the latter gentleman to
this day. Kelly's nearest friends " Ike
wise made war against Mr.. 4Tilden. They
would sooner die aar than vote for
him. They would vote for Mr.. Hayes In
preference. Suddenly, however, Kelly's war
talk ceased. Next he gave It out that he was
q. Democrat and would swallow the Tlden
pill, bitter 40 1t was. About the time the
work of the canvass began in earnest we per-
ceive Mr.. Kelly taking the stump, and of all the
Democratic chanticleers none was so fulsome
lin his eulogies of the man upon whom butth
months before he had heaped the hsrshest
diatribes to be found IN the vocabulary of In
vective. The wonderful atransition Of man
I of such determinsd character as John Kelly
excited comment and, md I, y was openly charged
that Tlden had plrchased his support BY q
pledge Of the ComptfoIlership. But this was
discredfted, partly beeAnse Kelly vas reputed
as syerte to holding public ONCE, but espe-
ciaIIy because Comp pller Green was known
to be n bosomy friend Of Tilden's, and the
latter, 1t was syerrsd, would never permit
wickhan to nominate anybody else. The
result now proves that Mr.. Kelly WIS trssted
like any other political s.striker." He sup
ported Tilden, and he has been paid. - ai7
E~GEgtH u-- a4f .-1 - -.isi.l-l-l4-t Js.3 d" 1t-~ H
THE Uiios takes exception to this passage
in the President,s message and fndulgfs m
something lite hsif 8 eolrmn OF what u would
like to have the pubiie sceePt IS hypercriticai
Jaestiq In regard 10 + and some more Of the
Presidents candid explanations 8, saE s3ea,,,{
"History shows that 10 sdmiuistratioa from
the time Of Washington to the present shas
been free from mistakes; but leave compsri-
acted In every instance from conscientious
desire to do what was right, constitutional,
within lay, and for the very best Interests OF
the people5 EI5sl ''Ioos 17E-'' CT .Eti Es15 81
OF course fhe 1s.;oas . scouts dc idea that the
Presideut could hare beenl sincere In his pa
triosic Claim. y, insists thas he Is an artfal
ldemagogue. and unworthy Of eredis This
Judgment of the Union is no doubt righteous,
and indicates the character Of mind and judg-
ment that penned the article. Had the writer
lived eighty years ago he would have i'm
pugped the motives of George Washington,
and have made similar comments on the fol;
lowing from his farewell address: -,i,,5 n ~.
! rtfHow far, In the discharge Of my official
duties, have been. guided By the principles
which II have -deiIneated,I the pubic records
and other evidences Of my conduct must wit
ness 10 you and the Morh To myssif, the
assurance of my Own constance ia that have
at least believed myself 70 beguidedby them" !"
I III rs eRlfirr1rxs 10 Ilnpoow that Great
Britain has ct last concedet the correctness
of the interpretation which Secretary Fish
placed upon thei exfradition srtieie of the
treaty Of 1s4e.. with this concession It Is IN
derstood that the treaty again becomes opera,
tive. There are no acts Of men or statesmen
which tend more surely to elevate them in the
estimation Of their fellows than frank admis-
sions that they were in the wrong when once
convinced of their -errors.-Lord Derby
having ably and even obstinateiy defended
his position finally referred the question
tosthe highest legal authority Of the Crown,
which determined against him. g He now
gracefully bows to this decision and makes
the honorable amend to Mr.. Fish. he assents
to. the right which this journal perslstently
claimed, during the discussion, as being the
only one justified by the plain text Of the
Treaty, viz: That the claimapt must first try
the fugitive for the crime for which he was
extradited, but failing to convict Of that, Il
might then try him for any other extraditable
crime with which he stood charged. Lord
Derby has now placed himself in position to
seek such modification Of. the treaty as he
may desire with improved chances of success.
Secretary Fish isto be congratulated. ~ -.
4 In THE last caucus held by the Democrats
of the House the proposition to impeach the
President for sending troops into the South
was strongly opposed BY the Southern MEM
bers. A man with only one eye can readily
discern the motive of their conservative
action. For the past ten years they have pic
tured themselves to their Northern brethren
as &c white lambs being remorselessly deyoured
by the black wolves" Now, the fmpeach-
ment Of the President would naturally de-
veIop the bottom facts respecting the In
famous bull DOING policy !, of the South,
1uU lOE bkllb ICaoSu INC ~SouACuCIobC SCuklCs
men oppose the proposition. A prominent
Southern member said yesterday that rather
than attempt the impeachment of the Pred-
dent he would passivelY submit to the quar-
tering Of troops I'm every parish in his STATE.
And why passively submit to what the Bour-
bon North men call usurpation, and for which
they are calling the President . bold
''usurpera" All, this conservstiveness means
something, gentlemen Attempt impeaoh-
ment, and your infamies will be exposed.
Here is time when a conservative spirit has
meaning. ia - -; -..
SENATOR MkRBINoN met with his Water
loo yesterday in the Senate, the logical Morton
acting as the Iron Duke and Judge Edmunds
gsllsntly playing the part of Blucher., Last
session the North Carolina Senator violently
opposed the joint rule, but owing to the pecu-
liar situation Of political affairs affecting the
triumph or defeat of the Democracy in this
session We ind the rotund statesman quite as
VIOLENTLY insisting that Il 10 In force In his