New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-01
POLITICAL NOTES.

The carpet-bagger and the bulldozer are not
successful agents of civilization.
Mr. Randall's friends are confident he will
| be chosen Speaker Perhaps they right this time,
but they just confident at the opening Of the last
! session.
| Several Democratic journals are Willing over
the death Of the Republic. 1t is waste az HYPOCRISY
The Republic will live good while yet, though hardly
long enough for them TO overcome their propensity TO
show their ears at slight proyocati0n.
Congressman Morrison Of Illinois says frankly
he candidate for the Speakershp. and that he be-
eycs he will be moro useful in the chair than on the
floor. He remarked to Herald reporter: =" You know
can't do much at speech making and this Is going to be
a session of excited debate and wrangling. doubt
Congress do any legislative work beyond passing the
appropriation bills and these will take up all the time OF
the short session This political trouble Is going 10 use
good deal of the session il is not going to be Sum
day-schO0 time for the House."
Gen. Bradley T. johnson sends this appeal
to Northern Republicans" from Columbia to The BdIti-
Gazette "The outrage South Carolina is con-
summated Her Supreme Court has been strangled by
Federal Judge, backed by breechloaders Her Legsa-
ture been manacled by military force; her true and
lawful Governor will excluded and usurper pinned
in his place by bayoDes All this has been done In the
presence of the American people. who have
been called upon TO witness the Infamous aud
shameful spectacle. 1t has been done In ex'
ecutiOn of a conspiracy concocted and rpened
at Washington to count in Republican President by
force and fraud. With gigantic stride it moves from
NewOrleans Columbia; IL Is only one step from here
to Washington. The berea capitol packed with
troops arms stacked he statue OF Washington
civil law beneath the military power the citizen subject
the sOlder-wi repeated in washington unless the
patriotic Republicans the North forbid It, The South
Is pOwerless the Northern Democracy utterly without
Of the North alone can avert by their protest their in
dignatiOn and the force Of their opinion"
Mr.. WattersOn gives it up. He writes in
The Co,TterJour1lai OF Monday: "That the electoral
votes of South Carolina Florida, and Louisiana win be
counted Hayes irrespective of the popular majori
ties cast for Tilden, IT, and has been from the first,
absolute certainty 1t was and it ia, the beginning of
bold and well-panned conspiracy, Of which Hayes is
merely the tool but whose real head the Ad
ministration whose managers the Republican lead
ers and whose and recourse will be the Of
the United States. II the Northern people willing
see our republican system Of government Mexicanzed
by handful Of untrustworthy politicians their will be
done We can stand 1t, il they We have stood
much and can stand But let there be talk
of free ballOt-bOx IL this conspiracy achieves
Let there be dvel about the people correcting
next Presidential election Oligarchism VIII have per
fectod its organization. and the ouiIages OF to-day viii
! become the precedents for all time"
The Nation, "with the utmost respect makes
this appeal to Gov Hayes: "YOu are honest man. in
whose life not even the fierce light OF Presidential
paign revealed speck of reproach. From tribunal,
therefore, like the Louisiana Returning Board composed
exclusively OF your friends and parsans, whose judicial
integrity and capacity have been already successfully
impeached which refuses to obey the direction Of the
law and give the opposite party even one place on Its
bench which celebrates in secret and gives no reasons
for decisions; which glaring frauds exposed In
its presence without manesting either surprise or dis
pleasure and which VIGOROUSLY enjoys not one ota OF
confidence any part OF the Union-from sucha tribunal
you would not accept the award even OF one hundred
dollars against the claim of the humbes man in Amer
| ca would yOui We know you would not. Are you now
prepared to accept at its hands Office which equals
any crown in dignity and surpasses most crowns ID pow
er and responsibility which man has hitherto held
with stain suspicion resting on his ttef Can you
encounter the terrible ordeal Of holding such position
for four years in the face Of the belief OF full half the
voters that you have obtained it through judicial fraud
and chicane Would your holding 1t be new and
great misfortune 20 the country and source OF unend
Ing shame and repentance to yourseif should you al
low eager and INSCRIPTIONS politicians to override your
own nObler Judgment and thrust IL upon your fhay,
do YOU suppose that I'm office won aud needing 50
much popular respect, II not popular support 10 gwen
either dignity authority, you could exert any az
precabe influence in behalf Of any OF the causes WHICH
| YOU aud all good men have IT hearth