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The Republican Panic.

There Is panic at Washngto in the
Republican camp, in regard to Ohio and
Indiana, which is fast spreading to the DO.
Iitical centres in the states. CHANpIER's
recent visit TO this city for more money
the mysterious movements of his confiden.
fiai agents, and the suddenly changed out.
look OF the canvass in both States, serve to
explain the cause of alarm.
All accounts that pretend to be impartial
now agree that the Germans are daily con
solldating their strength on the TILDEN
ticket. Various causes have contributed
to this powerful accession. The Germans
ms body are intelligent, frugal, indepen-
hent, honest, and for reform. They favor
policy which embodies these ideas more
than they do either party. Hence they
may be called fluctuating force In our
politics, voting this year for one side aud
The next for the other side, according 10
changed conditions. They know what
Gov. TILDEN has achieved in this State.
aud they see in him candidate fit to be
trusted for genuine reform.
They know, too, that in the event Of
HAYES election, the influences which now
control the party would necessarily cou-
troll him, as they have held GRANT, who Is
Infinitely stronger and more sclf-wilied
The Germans, like other adopted citizens
regard HAYES rs completely Identified with
secret proscriptive Known othing or
yAnization, which has for its leading dogma
1.-THE exclusion of all foreigners from
Dflicc" and no federation for Catholics.
They also consider HAYES rs representing
the fanatical temperance interest. which
The male and female crusaders in Ohio car
ried to IN extreme OF folly, and as favor
ing sumptuary laws and other offensive
legislation. These reasons may be classed
M partially public and partially personal.
They are operating not only in Ohio and
Indiana, but in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, and other States of the
West, as well rs here in the East
The Germans hold the balance of power
between the two parties in Ohio aud Indi-
ma. Within the last ten days especially.
they have united in a manner to surprise
both Democrats and Republicans. The
drift is all one way now. CARL ScnuRz
has completely lost his grip on his country
men, and he feels the pangs of false
position and of ruined leadership. There
Is no probability of a reaction before the
10th of October, and if the current sweeps
On rs it is now doing IN the West, there
will be n practical end OF the campaign in
u fortnight.
No wonder they are panic-striken at
Washington, and that the most desperate
efforts are made to turn the tide into a
new channel. Frantic appeals will not
STR the German vote this year: and If the
Democratic managers who have charge of
the campaign here will do only half their
duty in bringing out the vote, in organiz-
Ing at every point, and in confronting
CHAMBERS intended trickery and frauds,
the election of GOV. TLDEs may be put
down as sure as any human event can be.
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MIR. TLurlow Weed Defended.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: In
the article Of yesterday on Seward, Weed,
Morgan, and Robinson read thus
Mr.. Seward believed that Thurlow Weed had been
he someiimes charged tha Weed ihen soid nm Out to
the Pathfinder.
Allow me 10 give some light upon this topic
witch will establish the probity Of MIR. Weed.
The nomination of frem ont he could not avert
II was nxed aud determined beyond his chica-
merry and nnesse. The Northwest came 10 Phila-
deiphia with All earnest cOmpactness offorce and
an intensity Of determination which we're irwin
cible Mir. Weed, with hts wonderful skill bent
10 the wind End bided his time.
Iowa led on IN August, not only with victory,
but astontshed the Union with the extent OF Us
magnitude Mhiue followed Ia Scpte her whC n
the conqueTiug Hannibal Hamlin was made
Governor. Every indication was that OF IL ma
uOnal triumph for the nascent Republican par
~. Ponns,lvania was the battlefield. 1 Was
there for three weeks before the October cleo %
ton on detailed duty from another STATE. /
NV Mr. Weed daily, who was alsO there, aud
knowing him well, | was astunlsnad al his
methlu o. pursuing tho riny IS. lnste d OF
spending funds, which were not stinted. in
putting speakers INTO the Mold ana paying can
Na-Sers, nluuet was expended in lar9e sums, TO
pay for the insefiou OF long. prosV artlcles by
Henry 4. Carey on the tariff an the LfdOeI, a
neutral paper Of wide circulation Tue subject
itssf was Obsolete on the ciosinR-in conflict be-
tween freedom and slavery. Tho articles, too.
were as unudGne as bromide OF potassium. and
az sopuIho as poppy a. menufagora, said then
10 u mutual friend, II had not faitn ia Mr..
Weeds loyalty should believe him with our
enemies.
The Fremont and Fillmore parry were united
upon Inc state ticket ana by every precedent
OF voting the state shu ,ud have been ours. We
Lost II by an insign hcant majority. DO not say
that tho same hlnu was in our defeat ia nj
caused the loss OF New Work IN a, ~ was the
unduubilng fHith II Dir. Clay IN all his after
NE, but do know from my own observation
That the ntlie was sAofihced. | am not called
, nnnh to DISCLOSE my Judgment OF II, but cou-
when Mr. Weeds feilty 10 GOV Seward IL At
tackled ! am constrained, by love Of truth, TO
defend him.
STAMFORD, Conn, Sent 2I
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Look on This Picture, and Then on
This.

The state of Ohio has two citizens in
high places in the Federal Government
They are MoRmsoN r. WAITE Chief jus
tice of the United States, aud ALoSzo
TAFT, Attorney General.
When Mr.. WAITE was appointed Chief
Justice he was very little known in tn
eastern portion OF the Union. He has made
for himself national reputation of the
highest kind. All his decisions have been
marked by ability, learning. and good
sense; buthis constitutional opinions have
been conspcuously sound, logical, and con-
sentative. Especially has this been true OF
his opinions in the cases involving the scope
and meaning of the late amendments of
The Constitution.
II is the custom OF the Court, we believe,
for the Chief Justice 10 pronounce the
judgments of the Court in all cases involv-
ing important constitutional questions;
and well has the present Chief Justice per-
formed tins duty. Ills oplnious IN the
cases decided last March on the effect and
meaning of the Fourteenth aud Fifteenth
Amendments are models OF clear, cogent,
md luminous judicial reasoning. They
nulliiied the provisions of the so-called
Enforcement and Civil Rights acts of Con-
gress, which had undertaken to exercise
powers that belong exclusively TO the
States. They made ii perfectly clear that
the prohibitions of the amendments are
directed against the acts of States, and not
nganst the acts Of individuals; that the
guarantees which they afford TO the civil
rights Of persons are guarantees against
the infringement of those rights by the
States, but that the rights themselves are
not granted by the amendments, since
they existed before the amendments and
before the Federal Constitution itself
They exist under aud are granted by the
states, aud not by or under the United
states.
Al that the United States do Is to guar
autce that no state shall create any ine-
quality of rights between lis citizens. or
withhold from any OF them rights which
II grants TO amy others In the matter Of
suffrage, those opinions put an md at once
aud forever to the idea that the right Of
suffrage is granted by the Fifteenth
Amendment. They establish that the
power aud duty of the United State, are
limited to the protection of those who have
the right to vote, from any discrimination
Dn account of their race, color or previous
condition OF servitude; aud hence that the
Huty OF protecting voters in the exercise Of
the right OF suffrage, whether they are
whites or colored mon, rests with each
state rs part Of its general police powers.
MI tins WAS quite contrary to the Republic
can theory of the amendments which had
assumed that they were the sources of the
civil rights OF individuals, and consequent
ly that they conferred on Congress gen
rral power 10 legislato Tor the protection
oil those llchts AGAINST infringement by
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One Demoraiizing Eject.

one d,mornlizing effect of the election
of MI HAYES would be that the American
youth, just coming on the stage Of active
life, would infer that the most powerful
weapon IN political warfare is personal
abuse. Detraction is the main reliance of
the Republican orators in the present
campaign. There is scarcely anything too
bad Ia he said against Mr.. TLDEN, Il gem
tleman who, M TO the age of sixty, has
maintained an unsullod reputation. We OBJ
serve, too, that Mr.. BLAINE, in his speeches,
even descends to assail Democratic
Chairman OF II Committee of Congress on
account of his dininutiye size, although
we presume this gentleman is heavier than
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, the brightest in
telloct of the Revolution.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Times,
has generally abstained from this method
Of conducting campaign. To be sure,
with an irony SO subtle rs possibly to have
been taken 10y the careless TO be serious, it
has once or twice referred TO Mr.. TnDEH
Ms pcrjul or; but then it las never called
him burglar or Il Cannbal; while its real
opinion may H. inferred from those culo-
gies which 1t bestowed upon him-thc
spontapeous tributes OF oleunselhsh patri-
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While CHANDLER, CAMERON, and TAFT,
with the active advice and a. sistance of CHAM
BERLAIN aud JOHN PATTERSON, are protecting
the night OF suffrage In the South by putting
Federal bayonets at the command OF host OF
partisans, the GRAM. HAYES party IN philadel-
phia are preparing for the commssio OF stu
pendous election frauds. Tue Times Of that
city sounds a loud alarm, and alleges that the
registration lists are loaded with tens of thou
sands OF false names. All these will be voted
upon by the trained bands Of repeaters In the
service Of the CAMERoN-kEMDI.E Ring, unless
timely measures are taken 10 defeat the scheme.
II Is the old practice by which the city OF Phlla-
delphia and the State Of PENNSYLVANIA have been
held for years under the feet of the most infa-
nous combination OF public robbers and cor
ruptionists outst 10 OF South Carolina. These
men have undertaken to elect HAYES without
regard to the popular will That Is the contract
with Mr.. Don CAMERON, who represents the
Pennsylvania Ring In GRANTS Cabinet. and
Mr.. BfIL kENBLE, who represents the same
constituency on the National Republican Com
mittee. After tho election OF HAYES. II that
calamity should be In store for US, the head
quarters OF this rapacious gang will be removed
to Washington. Their operations In Pennsyl-
yania have been considerably curtaied by the
new Constitution. and they are anxioualy look
ing for a wider field. Mr.. CAMERON, the uoml-
nator Of HAYES, expects % 10 into the Treasury
Department, under his graceful protese, when
there VIII be a general opportunity for add
ton. division. and silence" MACKEY has his man
ERRErr running for Congress In the Pittsburgh
District, so that when he calls the roll at Wash
ington after the tth OF March, no tried and faith
full servant Of the Ring shall be missing. The
people cannot understand too soon that the
election Of HAYES means the continuation Of
Grantism and the domination Of the CAMERoSs,
and that the latter will stick at no outrage
to accomplish their purpose. The order for
oayonet elections In tie South and the fraudu-
lent registration In Philadelphia are Of piece.
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The Sights cast upon CARL ScHURz, on
the occasion Of his recent visit TO Indianapolis
for the purpose of making HAYES speech,
were evidently the result of a studied purpose
to humiliate him by MOTIONS followers, who
lead the Republican organization in Indiana.
The day previous 10 his arrival in Indianapolis,
two obscure stump speakers who happened
along we're the recipients OF the most assidu-
Gus attentions from the leading Republic ms
CARL sCHURz was permitted to ind his way un-
attended TO his hotel, whore he spent the day In
the solitude oi his own room. Many Americans
attended the meeting where he was announc cd
to speak, and according TO a correspondent OF
the Courier-JouriLii, Mr. SCHuRz proposed TO
talk half All hour In English. But this was
not permitted for when the meeting WAS
opened, the Chairman announced that he would
speak only In German. II this H. the treatm ent
which Mr.. SEIZURE receives now, what could he
and those like him expect, should HAYES be
elected, from the men who control the Repu0li-
can party. and who, as MORTON asserts. would
control the President elect ID by their Iabors2
Poor ScHURzl
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OF to another-when the present Democrat
io candidate and the editor OF the Times
were working together, like brothers. in
the reform OF the city government,
On the other hand, the Opposition Jour-
mails and orators, so far rs we have OBJ
served, have nbstained from vituperution
and abuse Of their opponents. With con-
scious generosity We have spoken of both
HAYES aud MoRoAN as highly respectable
men. There was plenty to be said against
them-there is against anybody-but we
have felt no disposition to say II. They
are good enough candidates to defeat, aud
that Ia all we want OF them.
n the Democrats succeed, the young men
of both parties will see that political vic
tory can be won by uncxceptionable meth
obs and they can hardly fail to profit by
the lesson.
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ZAcH CHANDELIERS efficiency rs a collector
Of political tolls Is Of the highest order, and that
spe ,la merit commended him above all other
competitors for the Chairmanship OF the Ma
tional Republican Committee, and chief dire ctor
Of the HAYES campaign. He boldly dlsmsses
all the humbuggeIy, a. he calls II, Of civil SER
vice reform, and relegates that part OF the busi-
ness, to "dandy politicians like MIR. CURTIS,
and sentimental theorists OF the CARL ScHuRz
brand. Every department and bureau In Wash.
ington has been taxed two per cent. or the sal
aries without conjunction. An agent has APP
Deared az stated times with list Of the incum-
benis in every ONCE, aud called for the assess
ment az a matter Of business. Men who had
been marked for removal were compelled to pay
twenty four thirty-slx, or forty dollars each, &C
cordng to the rate OF salary, and In a week after
were notified that their services we're no longer
required. II ia now known that an instaiment
OF $4,000 raised In this way has been sent TO In
diana and Ohio, to be placed where 1t will do
most good. CHANDLER believes In the power OF
greenbacks, though a hard money patriot in
theory, and declares above board and before din
ner that 10 the "greenbackers are In market,
"a KILPATR1CK wrote to HAYES they were, they
can IND purchaser.
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individual acts, individual obstructiohs, on
individual combinations or conspiracies.
When Mr.. TAFT was made Attorney
General, n few months ago nothing was
known of him out of the state Of Ohio.
Nothing is known of him now. excepting
that he has issued an official circular which
not only ignores the late decisions of the
Supreme Court, but which cannot be law
If those decisions are law. 1t Is certain
that Mr.. TAFT has instructed the Marshals
to enforce rs Law provisions Of statutes
which the Court have pronounced unoon-
stitutional and imperative. IL Is certain
that he has instructed the Marshals that
they are required to "guard the highest
right Of citizens" when the Supreme Court
have declared that the United states have
no such power and no such duty. II is
certain, too. that this executive officer,
Attorney-General of the United States, has
instructed the Marshals that they may use
armed men in exercising at the polls "a
protection of voters which the Supreme
Court have explicitly declared belongs ex-
cusvely to the police powers of the states.
1t Is certain that he has told the Marshals
that the late decisions do not concern
Federal elections" when IL is as clear rs
the sun at MONDAY that the decisions af-
feet aud limit the power OF the United
States ia the whole matter of voters and
voting, without reference to the kind or
purpose OF the election.
What is going to be done about this ex-
traordinary defiance OF the Supreme Cour
what can be done about it-events will
haf IN nj ~ CIV
tive to overthrow the Independent author
ity OF the States, which the Supreme Court
have explicitly declared belongs to the
States, and In respect TO which the Court
have drawn a clear and sharp line of dis
elimination. viii be allowed TO pass UNI
noticed by any form of public action or
correction, we cannot tell. At all events,
the Attorney General and the President
must answer for IL before the tribunal
Of public opinion.
Mr. TAFT has gone home TO Ohio. it
is said, for the purpose of taking the
stump. We hope the people of the state
will call upon him to defend himself
Ohio has a bar which ought - be
able TO furnish men who can strip this cir
oular OF its sophistries and assumptions. or
VIM Nhh AtittA IL 10 'pbslNtthh
with the decisions OF tue Supreme Court
and with the law of the land. Let the bar
Of Ohio speak on the subject; let the law
yers of the state explain 1t 10 their fellow
citizens: and let the people of the state
determine whether, when they furnished
Chief Justice to the United states, they
sent to the highest seat Of judgment a man
who could be told by ALoNzo TAFT that
the United states possess powers which the
Chief Justice and bis brethren have over
looked, and which they were not compe-
tent TO discover.
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AMERICAN HoRsE, the Sioux chief, seems
TO have q pleasant vein of humor about him.
Wnen the Commissioners to get away from the
Sioux their Black Hills country, had their big
talk with the red men, AMERICAN HoRsE re-
marked, with some truth, that the soldiers had
no business In that country, slyly adding:
"f they wish TO arrest snybody the country wide.
LEI them 20 and arrest them. There great many
bad men in the North let the soldiers and arrest
them"
This sally OF wit pleased the Indians hugely.
And II was indeed something well said. II
GRANT would set his soldiers 10 srrestinR the
had men his policy his encouraged in their
thievery, they would have their hands full Of
more useful work than that OF fighting an In.
dian war provoked by our wanton violation Of
solemn treaty with the Sioux, or in dragoon-
Ing the Southern vote.
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The latest crime of JAY GOULD Is

The Iate7t crlme Of JAY EouLp q his aIIegcd
ownership OF the IrfbHic. FIR tAis very doubtful
usa tn rival journals pource him Almost daily.
II me charge were true does II really him Grim
mai P che 10 Nn,e4
Yes itdoes morally, since, while pretend ne o
conduct an honest journal, JAY GOULD really
runs his Tribune in the Interest OF his stock
johbing schemes, with a view to plumber his
readers OF their money, and take advantage OF
their confidence gained by prating OF truth.
honesty, and affection. Moreover, there are II o
rival journals 10 JAY GoULD's Tribune The
whole decent press OF New York repudiates 1t
as unnt Co be counted in the honorable rivalry OF
iOurnnllsn.
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le ovlaence of NnrrLnsnIr. vino was

The evidence of NErTLEsHIP. vino was
the chief assistant OF Col WHITLEY In the Treas
ury Secret Service fully corroborating rs It does
that OF HAYES and the other Government wit
nesses who testified IN DICK HARRINGTON S
case. IL an import mt addition 10 the mass Of
testimony which has been accumulated against
tho saie-burglary consplrators. NErrLEsup has
not appeared upon the stand before, and he
seems 20 have made n clean breast OF it, con-
Tossing without reserve the prominent part be
took IN this villainous plot against the reputa-
lion and liberty Of leading citizen Of washing-
ton. After DABCOCK IA acquitted by the jury
which has been packed for him by the Presi-
dents brother-in-law, VIC may expect TO see
GRANT Institute vigorous persecution Of the
witnesses who nave declined 10 perIure them
selves for the benefit Of his friend BABCOcK
judging from his action In the whiskey cases.
:" Let no guilty witness escape is the White
House watchwoyd.
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1t las been positively charged that Mr..

1t has been positively charged that Mr..
HAYES is a member Of the American Alliance
and there seems to be no doubt that the charge
Is true. A strong evidence In support OF this
accusation Is afforded by two letters written by
Mr.. a L, LEE, his private secretary, denying that
he Is opposed to the naturaliz alton OF foreign
ers, and denying that certain letter which has
been published under his name, was really writ
ton ny him This letter is ostenslbly his accept
ance OF meniboraMa In tho American Alliance.
and Mr.. LEE, while denying that he has written
just such a letter Is very careful not to deny
that be Is a member OF that society.
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II is well known that on some portions
Of the Baltimore and Ohio road a forty
five ton engine viii haul but eight oars
Ii IL takes a forty-hvo ton locomotive TO
haul oight cars on the Baltimore aud Ohio,
may We not assume, First, that the loco
motive consumes coal in proportion to her
size. or nearly fifty per cent. more than
tho small New York Central engine, with
it's fifty cars; Secondly, that the ability Of
the New York Central to haul fifty cars
with one small locomotive will make her
fuel about is cheap per ton per mite rs on
the Baltimore aud Ohio. We do not pre-
tend TO know what either the Baltimore
and ONO or New York Central pays for
coal but We think we set low figure when
we assume that the Baltimore aud Ohio
pays ut least ~ per ton in the touder, and
the New York Central about 81 in the ten
der. Surprising these figures to be cor
rect would not the coal for the fuyty-hvo
tom engine cost s. against Il Tor the New
York Central lOcomotiyef II 1t costs the
New York Central Al to haul nifty cars n
given distance, would ii not cost tho Bal
tlmore aud ONO over SIX time; rs much to
haul nifty cars the same distance, or SAY
sis; II would, however, be unfair to say
that the Baltimore and Ohio can only
take eight cars over its entire length
OF road. We believe the average uuwber
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Of the Greek revolution, no performed similar
service for Greece; and u then being proved that
he was wholly innocent Of the offence for which
he had been expelled from Parliament, no was re-
inststed to his rank as an Admiral In tho English
navy. and succeeded to his fathers tile Of Earl
OF DuNDoNALD. Ii 10 well for tho organ of JAY
GOULD to remind Its readers of the enormity OF
the crime OF spreading false Information for
stock jobbiDg purposes, but the young editor
should not falsely history by speaking Of tho
" penitency" Of man for crime which he not
only never committed but was proved to be
wholly innocent OF.
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IL seems that THEODORE Triton simplv hlnn-
dcred into tie wrong but suppose the blunderer
had been party oy the name OF DKEcHER P CDciaadn
CODsHsyttH
why. he would have had whole church full
Of protesting Christilns to sympathize with him,
pay the expenses OF his lawsuit, and cherish
him as their beloved minister, while they knew
him to De guilty.
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II must be source OF great qualification
to the respectable men who yet remain In tho
Republican party that the recent state Republic
can Convention OF South Carolina com posed OF
about as ignorant and unprincipled a set Of
black and white thieves ever were congre-
gated In a single mob, passed resolutions affirm
ing their belief In the desire aud ability of Mr.
HAYES to institute all needed measures Of re-
form