New-York tribune., 1876-12-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Silent Man talks too much now to please
the Democracy.
The hungry office-seeker does not like the
pronosal that the Democracy wait four years for re-
yenge. The time is long and the security bad.
If there is any suspicion yet lingering IN the
public mind that Gov Tden ought to made President
few unrestrained Democratic mass meetings can be de-
pended on to remOyeit
What will become of the new reform
organ in Washington after Hayes is auguratedf It's
fate will be decided long before that time II Jere BLACK
continues to load down with four column legal opn
ions.
South Carolina ought to be happy now.
Two Governors two Legislatures. Supreme Court with
no end of Jurisdiction probably an extra Unit United see @
Senator, and competitive exhlOluohs III Chn ""Si0 O9
the whole population
Senator Morton is disposed to be harsh with
Judge Hoadley he says the atters four column opiu
ionIn support Of Gov Grover the "most daphanOus
document ever put forth as legal briet The judge
vantod to give the document formidable appearance
80 he made it as long as possible 1t windy but that
was what the party demanded. lis only effect was 10
blow Gov Grover out Of political ne'
Tremendously sly fellows are these Demo-
cratic editors They get white in the face over the re-
port evolved from their inner consciousness that the
Presiden, had ordered Gen. Sheridan to succeed Gen
Hancock In NewYork and unless the President declares
that no such given even thought Of they
chuckIe: "Oh, but he would have thought Of 1t II we
had a brother he would have liked cheese"
Gov. Hendricks is a great stickler for pro-
prieties. He was present at the observation-disclosures
meeting in indianapolis last Wednesday night, hut his
sense Of decOrum would not suffer him TO make speech
mot even one OF protest against the about
Tlden OF war" Yet be able to write with his own
hand the address which the meeting adopted declaring
the existence conspiracy" TO inaugurate Hayes
President by force of arms aud calling upon the people
TO defeat tlls attempted revolution" II Woun no.
forI me IN
stand Behind you till your head is stove in
Senator Sherman declines to be considered q
consprator He said to Herald reporter on Thursday
lido not want the position OF President OF the senate
and would not take Il II 1t offered me- have never
even thought OF it, and do not want any other position
than the one bold, with which am perfectly content
As 10 the paragraph about the brothers sher
man. referring to Gen. Sherman and myself, people VIII
readily understand that we are not c3nspTaiors I1e
country is in danger from US the agslnns maui tC
us In that connection absurd and ridiculous as u
be worth Only laughing at.
Senator Gordon has returned to Washington
from South Carolina and 10 declaring that the election IN
that State peaceabe and fair as IN any Northen
State He says large numbers OF the negroes Voteu o
Hampton, and in statement TO correspondent OF IhC
PHILADELPHIA Times gives these reasons for their con
versions "The tendency in every Southern State Is oi
the negroes 70 Democrats as soon as they become
properyhoder and the reason OF this Is that they nave
discovered that the Republican Southern Governments
are governments for robbery 1t not that they nave
any particular love the Democratic party; they pre-
fer the Republican party and really have some appre
tensions about the Democrats getting control-the
masses OF them, They have aseertalned py eX
perence that their school funds are safer In the hand o.
the Democrats than IN tho hands OF ine ca bet}n %
Gated and these things having their encct on ne
better classes Of the eolored people,
Gen. Ewing of greenback fame is on the war
path in Ohio He made ferocious speech at Lancaster
oh 1c callp
Ignorant dangerous and reasonable man." who was q
"dshonor 10 the White House." and declared that MS
recent observations at Washington had convinced MN
that the country must choose between civil war ana the
Inauguration Of Hayes not as the choice OF the peoP
for President but as the spawn" OF corrupt rcturhe
boards What the General waiting for is thunder nc
said: HGeD Grant has already collected considerable
part Of the army IN Washington Gunboats, which nave
gone out Of commission have been ordered IN again. ano
being manned and equipped and sent up 10
ton and NewYork Hancock Is 70 be sent 10 the RACINE
slope and sheridan TO New-YOrk What forf For ln'
purpose Of saying to the people, we WILL on tne ne
naoR Of these returning boards, naugurate hayes on
the 4th Of March next. and you help yourselves il you
can hoIe these nspirators against the liberties %
the people will hear thunder In the North nope ne9
viii be made 10 know that the American people, IRE
specve Of party love the right aud dare MAINTAIN ~
ana st they wl neither G seeePP PPredent by budoSns
on the Potomac or the Hudson" a ndh "no WIZ Io.. nra
accumulate 80 mauy deliberate IaisenOOhS t..s
graph as there in the one quoted ought W ui0 ~
Ger or some other rebuke Of Providence
Mr.. John j. Long of Louisiana, VINO was ue'
cared elected to the Legislature Oy the Returning Dou
has written letter declining 70 serve Tor theSe
~Iam Republican from the firm conviction tia' '"'
Principles OF that party are best for the whole country
Iii also true that the regular nominee oi Wy
party in the parish OF De Soto for the legislature an
did moie than any member Of the party In that pasl
10 organize It aud advance its interests Dut e ko"
ing az do that was fairly defeated at the po'' no ~
tmidation or fraud having been practced py 'e opp
ate party at any precinct in the parish SO iat as
have been able 10 ascertain, after thorough ih''s
CATION my self7espect win not permit me TO accept n
position Ihope you will pardon me for taxing seI
that at first glance may be thought calculated " cas-
some dscredt upon the party with which nave @ile'
myself but am planter not politician. Ah my N
terests are here; but Sir cannot believe the gooo
the State or of the National Republican party can %
promoted by returning elected candidate so clear
defeated as myscf In fact am convinced that Ver'
much Of the disturbance that has prevailed
the State for several years past s justly
people have been returned elecIed aud maintained u
ONCE by the power OF the Government muss peios,
that you and your associates have been grossly
to the manner In which the late canvass ana eecuoi
IN De soto was conducted and as to the result"
Nasby has become pious. He has written
psalm 70 be chanted thcneeting house at the Corners
t0d published in The Toledo Blade, 90 that the bret