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New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
ELECT INDEPENDENT CoSGREssMEN.


SIR: Tn the general congratulation over ana
admiration of the sentiments OF the letter OF acceptance
OF Gov Hayes on reform in the civil service II ought Dol
to be forgotten that experience has shown ns tha 'o
Executive alone cannot enforce and maintain perHa
nent and thorough reform in the civil service ana tha'
he needs the support OF the Congressman Tor success
al least finds their serious opposition not easily sur
mountabe obstacle 1t is not possible Tor the heao VI
the party In the White House to wholly overcome 'e
steady and relentless warfare Of 800 local pary
from All over the country, At the Capitol hs Iach mus
graceful recognition in this very letter OF Gov hreo
who urotests that does not believe members ol con
gres look upon the present system otherwlss THAI 10
I'm ipoleruble burden and unwarrantaDle hndsrahco "
the prongr discharge" Of their Official duties one tnIhS
ia certnn the people ought not 10 pick out as repre-
spniaIiyos men who do look upon 1t rs OhcIwlsc'
NOT too early now call the atenton OF voters 70 tne
necesslty of choosing such men, few were ths chosen
two years ago The present campaign ~aeh .nre - S
nosuinR OF party ties and the number or No'crs ID III
creasng who are looking about for way TO get pure
government when the 0lcehOder5 rule s on the We,
and we have AT least one candidate FOR the Presidency
Who pledges himself lead and support thofough
change I'M our system of patronage. farnshes an SA
crent time for earnest work in the C0ngrc ssOnh Di'
trics. .
Nen- York Aug. 81, 1875
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
d. W4REHOUSE OF SPITT0OyS.

THE CouETAHousE's CoNDIToN-A FEW sUGGEs-
To the EdiSor Of The Tribune
SIR: Upon entering the rotunda OF the new
City Hall ones attention Is Immediately chalenscdY ~
array of spittoons placed with oometrical precision
TO make the corners of an octason. They are
painted green wfthou. and white within Ihey are made
OF ron and consequently although not thing OF Doaay
nevertheless calculated 10 bc "ajoy forever TO tho
tobaccophagt. At regular nter ale along the passages
leading from the rotunda a. tie various eourtr'os,
nop the landings OF the stE cases. either side OF all
the DOORS in fact In eyeyJ conspicuous posiuoh au
over the building o.heA o. these cuSpadors. IL 10
Quires exercise OF the GRO u care on the pant OF
those walking through "a - 4ses and precincts" OF
this place of justice" 10 mi falng over these mum
cipa spftoons. Even In the rrOoms there i no Lack
OF these useful but unornain articles. Ample pro
vision made for the comfort .ctoratng counsei,
jurymen, clerks. criers, steno. y witnesses ana
visitors. Nor is it for one nome q SUPPOSED tnaA
- His Honor" is without his own .'Ig4 Judcia Gus
pador. The wants OF the LS.sonel -e har are not en-
tirely overlooked True his cOny ,Jco is not con-
suited carefully is that OF the Jo fies above
mentioned. lie is within pointblanR eo hQwever' OF
the spttoon Of the prosecuting att0j ana tat OF LIZ
own counsel and If he be tolerab 'n'rtte at long.
range firing be may blaze away witt fhr ahce On
scoring an occasional outer OF bulls d
One would suppose that where there are :" mar spit
'oo"' '1' '''i' ISL f, "' P "NP' 80 ~ Fro
toDacopnaSsio' oueh ho"tNcF' ~ +io' "a.
ward the close of a busy day the pavetaen's,k M
lohbies are spotted with unpleosaI.t kominGS
-, - q, Il -..,
uhy cNPcc'oratioh' 90 scruPuous se'f W. =
taken 10 ayoid so,ling the cspadOrs haG tho la &c
,,os,cd IN thc mind rhat wore tho number Of f' 90
>, -, -, -, - -. r. -, ~. 4.
eeS "e "|'e ihcr''teu 'noSe ior "loSc " ~, -, s ~
supposed the cuspldors were Originally INTENDED "oua
be Obliged to leave the building 10 lp1 unincumhered
80. a. "a. -, oozta,.o,s, = -, a ,,a,,o,, n.rson
space W SPIT upoh oecaSiohSIy "'hhigiooHhs pei'oA
may be approach Of tho tusadors, aud with
hand uno hs hr,s, and hoxcd haod make t,se Of the
W P ~ ' w N : ~ -, - -
utensil III modest, unekposfe, AM pshNs'cu 4 naH
Observation-Disclosures AS il he wert fsgu9plp button
into n oouoo,ion hox rhis LinJ ,t ,,ersoai c0aried
i"'o ''''e' IVA ~ M " h~-S1-I -.
by the officials and hangers-op, VINO gen y 70 70
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
~pur THE soLpIERs FORWARD.


SIR: A writer to The TRIBUNE of this morn
ing signing himself Hartford Heath" quotes ,sn exc
cradle paragraph from old number OF The Aaslntc
Mosthi and is himself guilty OF expressions when do
little cred to an American citizen The whole lstt,
including the part quoted smacks too much OF Dckenss
American Notes" to lay any claim TO originality, but
tho sentiment Is that ought 10 be answered IL Is an
admitted fact that military life does not NJ the average
man TO administer civil affairs, but the drill
and cxactness OF routine in military life GER
tainly cannot injure tae otherwise administra-
tive mind. viii the voters Of the country
hesitate to vote for Gov Hayes because ho has been
.o'Icrl Granted that Gov. Tl,den's career mas been
sotlrss and that lie is of great executive ability,
i es has proved himself his peer III every respect
Everything being equal between them on these points,
which will be the most likely 10 honor the position or
Precedent he who saed ms life 10 preserve the office TO
me country or he who, along with Nal!andlgham and
that class of men, would have helped the Zoe over the
border aided IN destroying Out present form 0 gov
,runcnt Put the soldiers who are otherwise capable
forward Even an eN-COncderate soldier VIII serve MS
nrlgiibOrs better than one who said al home wien
he should have fought for the principles he advocated
Pon,ptgA Plans, y. j., Aug. l., 1876. ii. D Morse
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
SOUTHERN LOYALTY.

To INC EH1FOr OF INC TFTDuNt.
SIR: wish to reply to what | regard as a
misrepresentation OF our people by j. F. Henry OF Pike
vile, Tenn, In your semi-Weeky issue Of Aug H..
1875 Mr. Henry takes upon himself to represent the
condition OF affairs here by saying. "The fire still burns
In the Southern heart ereely and is accel-
Grated by every additional vote secured" Giving this let
ter the construction every Northern reader will giyc
unhesatngy pronounce it false. II Mr.. Henry had
by the expression used, that the fires OF patriotism still
burned ficrccy In the Southern heart that
the desire for the reconciliation OF all parts Of the
try and for united effort tho part Of all true, honest
men, North, South, East and West to reformed
aud honest administration OF affairs. State and National
through whatever party they might think most exped-
ent great in the southern heart ever then Mr.
Henry would have been correct We kindly disposed
toward the Northern people, and To- al ana attached
10 our Government. X. M BARTON, JR.
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 10, 1875.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
RELIGIOUS UNBELTEF.

TO the Edtt0r Of The Tribune.
SIR: The editorial in last Saturdays TRIB-
UsE on The Fanatcism OF Unbeef' is specially nota
bic Its very presence there indicates the consof that
good time when the secular and social life OF the day
shall be penetrated by and flow along with the moral
and religious They all constitute one life, and they
have long kept separate The title of that article
puts the word fanaticism unusual but very striking
use. But it In explained and fully justified by the
article itself Fanaticism is not all with believers 1t
marks the uDbeeyer well. For as Addison justly
says, II the most celebrated atheists should form
creed OF their belief it would require greater
faith than set OF religious articles they oppose"
And he adds, Zeal IN spreading atheism i II possible
absurd than aihesm itself" TO mind OF ordinary
sensblty must give pain they have undermined the
faith OF any human being II they will moi confess that
they have taken away bread" even the world will
charge them with having given "s stone" There
Justice charity In the rough but pungent reply Of
Dr. johnson, when Boswell asked him about certain
writer, hate him he unsettes everything, and set
ties nothing" WOODWARD.
Hetc-Rape,, Conn, Aug. 81, 1876
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
MR.. TLDEy AND SOME DAILGREN GUNS


SIR: We may Judge something of the patri-
oti.uf Of Samuel j. Tlden the early days OF secession
by the following facts: In THE TRIBUNE OF May II,
1861 appeared the following: 1.-THE vigilance OF the po
lice was yesterday evnced by the seizure of four nine
pound Dahgren by Officer McWatters OF the steam
boat and Railroad Police Pier No 3, North River"
These guns their way South, and their seizure
gave rise o q correspondence now HISTORICAL between
Fernando Wood Uhen Mayor Of NewYor) and his scccs
sion friends in the South in which correspondence Mr.
Wood regrets his inability to either prevent the
seizure or punish the parties who made it.
Daring this correspondence OF the leading Demo
Gratis OF New-IOrk tried to induce nr. j. A. Kennedy
Uhtu superintendent Of Police To rcngush possession
of these guns Among them 5. j. Tlden. For years
% strong personal friendship mad existed between Mr..
Tldrn aud Mr.. Kennedy, ana on the strength Of that
friendship Mr. 1ilden urged Mr.. Kennedy 10 give up
the guns that they might he sent South, giving
%! biz that In the present temper Of the South
we dhe NOrh) ought 10 do nothing Ia rritate them"
But Mr.. Kennedy forcsaw the coming storm, and pcrcmp
tory refused 10 acccdr Ia the request.
Nec York, Aug 22 1876. GEORGE 8. MCWArrERs.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
UNDUE PRAISE OF Mr.. Tn.DEN.

u
SIR: Is it not fact that when Gen. DIX
took his seat Gs Governor there no money In the
Treasury and from 81 100000 to So,0o0o0o had been
stolen from the sinking fund by tho Democrats uhuer
Gov Hoinan's administration The Republicans under
Mr. Dix were Obliged TO levy heavy tax to replace what
had been stolen II will also be remembered that the
state assumed 20 pay for the 10 Ill the States quota
OF tro 'ps under Mr. Lncoln's last call Ihis ueot was
pad or nearly paid during Gen. Dixs administration so
that when Mr. Tden came I'm IL was very easy 10 reduce
taxationin fact would naturally have been iess
am perfectly willing to give Mr.. Tildcn AL the ereu'
he deserves for his war the Canal Ring (which mad IN
it more Democrats than Eepubeailsl Dut tn'na IL d
mistake suppose that he has yet had anything 10 90
with tho reduction OF taxation viii venture TO predict
TINT there will be good many longIaced DeihoeIats s
among the farmers OF this State next winter wncn they
come To pay their There has 80 nucs Deen slu
nv Drnoc rats about Uncle SANS" reduction OF taxes
t6at they will vote for him with the expectation that
their taxes will he reduced nearly one-hsE whereas te
reduction will be but small percentage oi the WHO'S
amount OF state county town, ard In so many tODns
railroad taxes But they will discover the cheat 700 ate
They Will have voted Tor Tldon before the deception Is
discovered. - S' ~
BrooLiyr,, Aug. II. 1876.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
HIDDEN WORDS IN TrLDENs LETTER


S1R. have seen the back side of the T1lden
and Hendricks letters OF acceptance. There Is much
writing on the back side of them which shows through
It ia said upon the front side, with marked cearne's
causing great indenteness and burrng on the lace
these otherwise immaculate letters-etters tna' ao
marvel to behold The damage and Inconvenience 70 se
front side from the showing through OF the old wrns
from the back side is what caused the delay IN ee's
the letter out it could not be avoided Ihs oes
era OF reform and economy the unused side OF tue
the old Democratic waste paper, left over from FORMER
years is now made use OF, since the candda'es arc
aeared of the greater damage and expense threatening
to follow the employment Of any wholly new papor.o
political letters It is TO be understood that these
are gttering examples Of Democratic aSnear
things The number OF black initial Rs tnat atPo, ,,
on the of these letters ASTONISHING anu
tenacy TO the paper Is wonderful neither
recaendering siinpaserng gliding whiteTssnins ,Ssm ny
soft soap nor (caustic) soda water VIII cover 'ne uP
cancel nor conceal tbem They viii not OUT i, utn 1.
spot" The Rs it, they hang on they s.ck oua.
"Rings Raids Rob Uncle Sam, Rebellion keeIsiane r,
ment of Negroes Ruin OF U. s. Army Recovery Oh s
Lost Cause Rebellion Record Rob Rallroad hePga ~
Resumption Laws Rag Money, RNmanlsm' hoss, rum
Rowdyism, Revenge, Reputation, Ruin. ~ l.
Hsu- York, Aug 90 1876.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
REFoRMERs BEFORE SOLDIERS.


SIR: Gov. Hayes was no doubt gOOd SOL
dier and did his duty And yet it that this
thing Will elect any President, under the pres
ent condition OF things, and until the last Ad-
minstrations In manner forgotten There is no
abatement OF honor regard for the soldiers in the late
war; bu, there is feeling that We have heard enough
about It, prefer the reform party. Its candidate
nominated because, n conflict with bad and dishonest
men, lie had shown good qualities u roforner and
could be relied upon Gov Hayes, Oh the other hand,
was nominated because Of the riyares OF other candi
dates each faction being only strong enough prevent
the Of It's rivals. Ii was the result OF of
factions, and not IN response To the popular demands for
administrative reform The character OF the candidate
guarantees nothing particular and II is not possible
for the Republican party To reform itself with power
It's hands there rcaluS no resource but the reform
party In the last Congress IL is true that the Demo
cratic party made many blunders, but its gen.
eral direction toward retrenchment and reform
JeDerson, Wis., Aug 10, 1876. N. BRUErT.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
THE SABBATH.
TIE NABBAIH.
To IN, Fd{for Of The Trfbups.

r "
SIR: In your issue of Aug. - your cor
respondent Clio" speaks OF the sabbath AS II 1t were
first announced aud established through Noses But the
Sacred Scriptures record 1t tie second institution
given t. man. Jehovah established 1t by His example
Gen H. o. and then Immediately declared il by precept
-lverse g. The fourth commandment refers to such eS
ample and precept as the authority for the day The
command Is not "Observe from this time FORTH but II
is "RomenbeT" The "rathcr doubtful pa sage IN the
Prophet Isaiah" haper ly seems to he clear cnonch
The Prophet after reuking the people for their stie
and their reliance upon formal services cnious upon
them from secular pleasure as Wen a. sccutr
Jehovah. Tic Prophet thus declares the spiritual IN
mort Of the two tables in which they are apro-
uIo,a TO The whole human The SabbGih more
than am tnOn for Before the ASCENSION ~ Christ
it commrInoded the creative Work o Cod; ditcT thdt
event it celebrated the Redemption. H. W.
BrOokiyii, Aug. II, 1876.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
MR. EyARTs NOT DIsLIKED BY DEMOCRATS.
TO the Fdttor Of The Tribune.

SIR: VIII you permit the record in your
paper protest from lawyer and Democrat
against the unhappy expression Of Mr. CARTS, or not
mad. by him imputed TO him. at the saratosa Ropuol'
can Conv.ntion At the end OF long sentence declar-
ng that he speaks for thousands Of tried and true men,
he saws they are watching to learn II Ncw-fork has
placed In nomination that man most diskcd by the
Democratic party. WIN. NJ Evaris.' Knowing Mr..
Evarts by tight, not knowing Mr. Curtis ut
all, recognizing both rs very able mcn-'he former
prrimincutly -so-knowng much OF the Democratic
,,rty-,spcciay Of its iawycrs-the protest made
relates ~ the avcrmcn that Mr. Eyarts s dslik' ald
il li that the statement Is untrue ~ " t1c 10 was
uu. air IN SIR Curtis 10 make H. without reference 10
tlc last point II l. enough tO say mat Mr. Evarts -
pfobablv nnrci(rd by Democrats than 10y ykepuhhchsi ne
l. liked b, the former most certainly IL ls UNJUST Ia me
LEGAL profession thus 10 hold MP one Of lis representative
men a. the object OF dislike. II tends 10 prevent our
best men from allowing Their names or services 10 ne
used FOR the good ~ our country 10 nave ~ Gnoi men
not 90 IL not necessary 10 say 30 under any cream
stances D.
Nep. York Aug. %, 1876.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
GOV. TILDEN's CONSISTENCY.

TO the EditOr OF The Tribune.
SIR: A great deal has been said Of lat.
about Tildens winning over Hendricks to his view,
the financial question. Last Winter, however, 4 nm
passed our state Legislature making all our taxes M,
able in coin or its equivalent on and after Jan l. sn
This bill IL it means anything. was intended to app,
and concur with the socalled National Resumpt,o,
Act OF 1871 and it is weknown fact that no. opl,
did II receive Tdens signature but his hearty approval
In the light of the above fact does IL not that cr
ridden has been converted rather TO Gov. HendrcEs.
views on the repeal OF the resumption act, instead
his wnning over Hendricks TO his views For me M
to perceiye Tiidens consistency on this subject s1
having yielded ~ the soft money element OF his party
this respect unwilling to trust hn TO resist the,
further 0vertures. EAW,
Ncsr York. Aug. IL, 1875.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
AID TO THoMAs's ORCHESTRA.

T n II y =
SIR: Are the people of New York so utterly
psensbe 70 the services Theodore Thomas to allow
this leader and his musicians 10 retire from the meropo-
lis for want Of proper encouragement New-lorhcrs
howl at the Padelphans bcsanse they have not given
support sufficient enable Mr.. Thomas 10 continue his
nightly conocris the Phiadephians not half ~
deserving OF rcproach yOur citizens, who have these
many years toasted at the banquet prepared 10y ths
gres CONDUCTOR L. il not q shame that thi, band l. ever
pfFmtted 10 20 about the country Ike MauorTas nm
sfres: and wifi not the admirers ~ M 1l1s ana the
friends of pure music rally 10 hs support There are
many thonsands VINO should subscribe literally toward
Ie erection of building for the "mriNuled orchestra
buildus fund with sharcF SO each has been sug-
grsted. Fifty Thousand Subscriptions would bhid "a
local habiiatiOn" for the nEsicans, aud hcy already
have name" hAliINH'
Neg -BI1eaS,cick, n. j., Aug Il, 1876.
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
THE "LAwLEss ELEMENT" SOUTH.

Mr.. sCnUEZs FEAR BAsELEss-No INCREASE OF
LlwLRssNEss PROBABLE FROM DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY
To me Edffor OF rhe Tribune.
SIR: In Mr. Schurz's letter giving his reasons
for supporting Mr. Hayes, he predicts IN case OF Dem
ocrtie victory that viii produce the ?ousing OF false
hopes among the awles element In the South by their
parry victory the increase OF terrible cNcrsses an
rcctlonnry efforts in spite Of the desire OF the Govern
uent Of the better part Of the Southern people to
suppress such disorders"
How Mr. schurz or auy sensible man can draw such
conclusions IA enigma 20 The thinking people of the
south Does such a stale of ailalo exits, In Virginia,
Tennessee Georgia. TcXlsl Have not the Democratic
party had exclusive control of those states ana are not
-ne Laws "a. well executed in them "a IN the model com
uuuitir." Of the Sorihi Since Mississippi! went Demo-
cratic and Arkansas and Alabama reclaimed from
the "sAam RepubhcanisIn" yon - lately exposed Ia
louisiana have peace and order preyailodI Then
boy can Northern men continually dig at the South on
account of her lawlcssncss, her "lawess ccbcrif
b.lc~o ann safe in declaring that the "lawcss cc-
mont s scArcer the South than In the North ana IN
neither can II control society This Conshatta com,
mun!iY have bceh hcialcci s w W. I.,i,st % 81
laU!r.sncs- In the south our lilEoit'h I'tulh,, -
nat nua. our voice huEhcd because We WcI" m
Icy,Itant rebels" Int an unto"ard event bfouEbl
'Jngrcssional invest mS ''lniI'v' 70 70 ui @ " III :, ]
Wnat was tue rcsutl Thty uuhcs!iatingy ana ulhh-
irously cXOucIated ~ ~ blame, oi AL i"ItHsnes-,
and also praised our N,ftip' I9'n.'.Hu,t,, n, 5 in,5
found here that the brutal ana uhtdl"fcd hrNto
with vote forced On iIul hl INV ,'''l"h'l
had been ted by unscr1pu"ns Northern an
mad pllccd dc.putis!n u.s. drawing 81 % per cent
taxes nearly All of which had been appropriated by
tnr.r bad men. NOuld any OF your inoitl northern
communities" submit 10 tn Chimes" organizing u drs
p5tu over them. and then collect 33J per cent taxes
n- tlc cup will pas, from U.s. AMI The " laNlcsf rle-
mcnt" Mr. SchurZ refers to, and which ihe northern
mind is now being educated 10 condemn, Il tnr tlc-
mcrt" which viii never submit TO African domination
n y the " clement sprung from your Adau,eb your
UaurOcks from the best blood Of your Revolution IL l
tht element" which would make the South great and
prosperous. aud your best customers, Whrn Atu nave
learned o the chains of r-.cCpnstructlnt
II the Northern people would no the scnli nis cx-
pressed In your article Louisiana sham E' phbl
cluism" winch l. through aud through yoh would
complain no Of Southern laWlrssncr'. ~ - our
nature To demand the enforcement OF law, but Gsr-
nation an African domination, are foreign 10 the
American heart The Northern people may Ice assured
whether Tilden Hayes s elected, that We want law
we are entitled law and believe the persecution o
the south viii have come to an end IN either event
C0tShdttd, Ld Aug. IT, 1876. MA,-AChCsLirS
New-York tribune., 1876-08-26
GOV. mAyEs's SUPPORTERS.
10 ire Edfi0r Of The Tri6HR.
SIN. | opDrchcud il will be of no ust


SIR: apprchcnd it will be of no use for
either political party any special prccninrncr
over the other ~ honesty and purity, let the actual
fact be- "a they may IT IS not question at al as 70
Gov Hayes giving support 10 Grant, Conkng, or Nor
TOM he 10 be- compromised on account OF the sup
mort which these gentlemen may extend 10 HIM.
We 40 not 20 into Presidential any such
limited grounds. ft 50. sure defeat would stare
n, In the face the very outset 80 lar ~ sneh ioar
are at ali In point they must be snhoruat"d to the gen
eral principle which governs combined political action IN
tie aggregation of large masses Of men, IN o common
.p,rt u the well defined political principles ana
measures. This is political philosophy, and this
alone leads to grand results. IL VII not
,lo for ua to say that we VIII not
snpport "A good man. because bad men DO the same
thing We should believe In GOV. Hayes lie comes oi
gonl stock ha- been educated IN good schools. and has
Icin surrounded an his life by the best OF social niiu
ru,e, lie has the confidence Ot moral aud intelligent
home comusnity. They he II honest. trusty, tnd
uninpeachabe. who can say moret Not Tildrn-not
Hendricks L. IL.
Washington, Aug. II, 1876.