The Portland daily press., 1876-05-02
a Chnriish Acceptance of an Apology
The New York Democrais.-Gov. TIL
den's Prospects.-A Dangerous Restora-
tion. - Republican Deserter.. - The
Chink of Coin.-VanderbiIps Illness.
New YORK, April 30, 1876.


ers of speech, to which this not very important
incident has given occasion, 1t would be q
waste of time to pay any attention to them.
The atmosphere is so redolent of that rank
perfume, that the public sense of its Offensive
ness has perceptibly abated. Besides contest
between reviler and rev:led, in such cases
would be lamentably unequal. There was a
good deal of philosophy in the reason assigned
by Rev. Lyman Beecher for his rapid fight
from chance encounter with an animal In the
woods that had decorated him with such odors
that he was obliged to bury his clothes He
| said he couldn't resent the indignity because
l nature had not provided him with the same
/ kind of weapon that it had furnished the
brute.
| The only political event of the past week of
any especial significance has been the meeting
of the Democratic State Convention, and the
recommendation by it of Gov. Tilden as its
| choice for the Presidential candidacy. For my
own part should be glad to believe that the
| opposition would give us no worse nominee.
On the all important question of finance the
Governor is in advance of his party. And that
1 apprehend is the treason why he will not get
the nomination. The programme of the De-
| fled is to leave New York and the Eastern
States to take care of themselves-to carry the
entire South which would give them 135 elec.
| toral votes and struggle for the additional 80
required, in the West and the Pacific Coast.
| This purpose involves the necessity of counting
the Is votes of Indiana in the column without
| fail, and to do that the man they run must not
| be as pronounced an advocate of hard money as
| Samuel j. Tilden. From this point of obser.
| vation it looks highly probable that the West
and South will dictate the selection, and the pa
| per money delusion prevails so widely among
the Democrats in those sections that nothing
l but the imminent danger of defeat will ever
/ persuade them to concur in tAe choice of any
earnest opponent of their peculiar views.
Their brethren from New York hope to con-
vince them that there is a better chance of
capturing the lacking number Of electoral bal
lots with hard than with soft money eardi-
date They will hold out to them the alluring
prospect of getting New York, Connecticut,
California and Oregon which will give them
the quantity they need. If they can make them
believe this, they may succeed in getting them
l to try it, But on the other hand their own
anxiety to win may make them sceptical of
riskingsan experiment which is so full Of un-
certainty That majority of the voters in this
State are Republicans has been mathematical
y demonstrated at every quadrennial contest
that has occurred since the party existed. I do
not except 1868 for though there was then q
nominal majority against Grant of exactly 10,-
900 subsequent revelations showed that not less
than 30, 900 fraudulent votes were counted in
/ New York City alone for the Democratic can
diSate. Thanks to the wisdom and statesman
ship of the administration, recurrence of 80
monstrous fraud is impossible, until a change
of rulers shall have effected a removal of the
safeguards :houghtfuly thrown around the bal
lot box by the law which Mr.. Davenport is now
under Investigation" for executing.
But what under the sun is there to inspire
the people of this country with any inclination
to assist in restoration of a Democrat G
dynasty? Only fifteen years hav, elapsed
since they overthrew one, after it had led a
sickly existence for a considerable time on the
sustenance of sectional animosities and the
prejudices of caste. 1t would be different il a
new party were to spring into existence and
dispute the contrSl of the government. In
that case there would be no bad record of the
past to contradict the specious pledges OF the
future. But here is an effete organization
whose very existence is memory of the evil
days of the Republc-which championed slav.
cry, encouraged rebellion aud protested against
impartial suffrage, coolly demanding to be re-
instated in power it abused to such an extent
| as utterly to exhaust the patience of the nation.
1t it rises at all, it must rise upon popular dis
content with condition of things which has
/ been largely of its own creation. Undoubtedly
the currents of general prosperity have been
choked up by the excesses incident to civil war
and its attendant evils. Such causes are apt
to incits political revolution. The moment is
not opportune for temperate discussion and
consderate action. Men upon whom misfor-
| tune has fallen-who are unable to find re-
munerative employment, and are without the
means to live comfortably, are in precisely the
temper to join in any revolt which gives prom
ise Of change, without rejecting whether
| they are to gain any thing by it or not. This is
all there is to stimulate and vitalize the opposi
ton to the Republican party. l-e
The Democratic party cannot regain asceIi-
dency without the help of desersers from the
Republican ranks. Every false accusation,
every clamorous aspersion against the party
in power tn at finds its way to the public ear
from such sour ces is far more potent for mis-
chief than If it emanated from original enc
mics. There never was q time when fidelity
to the Republican cause was a higher test of
patriotism aud integrity than at this moment.
Firmness, courage, manhood and resolution
are the watchwords which should bind the or
| der into phalanx of invincbe strength.
At length after many years we are permitted
, Il Al. IL oI;a .e IL. "a
has come very sparingly thus far, and there is
a disposition as yet to part with it grudgingly.
This is an indication of the prevalent appreca-
ton Of. the superiority of coin over paper. The
| plan adopted by the Treasury Department OF
redeeming the fractional currency in sums Of
| one hundred dollars, is not calculated to pro
| mote the speedy infusion of the shining meta
a into general circulation. The very fact thai
it is hard to get enhances the desire to keep it
A better way would have been to dispense ID
| through the banks in liberal quantities SO that
they could distribute it to their customers dd
| libitum. 1t is quite possible that the sub
stitution will occasion temporary embarrass-
| ment. But just as soon as the fact is estab-
lisbed that silver is not a toy but a medium Of
exchange it will make It's way into common
use. There will be much less of it required
, than there was of paper, for great many
people carried their pocket-books full of the
, latter to save trouble in making change aud tC
avoid taking dingy looking tokens that hat
, been soied by constant handling. The aver.
age life of the fractional note has been abou
, thirty days. To cancel aud reprint was M
incousiderable expense. Consequently the
J transmutaton will promote economy as well al
, convenience.
The apparent mistake of doling out the silver
in hundred dollar parcels has led to the gath
ering upon the steps OF the sub Treasury on the
{ | Wall street side, of multitude of hundreds Of
men, and boys waiting their turn to be served
They come with early morn, and their number.
do not visibly diminish up to the hour wher
the doors are closed. A great deal of thi,
waste of time could be prevented by effectina
the distribution through the banks. Unles.
some such arrangement is made il will take
far more time than it ought to accomplish the
: | replacement.