New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-12
POLITICAL NOTES.


abandoned Democratic war-all on paper.
The epitaph upon the Democratic party Will
be the same that put the remalus OF the boy
VITO swallowed nitroeycerne and was then dies
o. nked by bs father Rent ny internal olsSehSiohS'
II is no longer conspiracy" but some
Thug a great deal worse. As one of the orators at
Indianapolis put 1t the other day, it is the rape OF
American liberty" No wonder Mr.. Fernando Woods
breast swells!
There has been no end of fun pOked at
Blue Jeans" Williams the new Governor Of Indiana
vet he has the only Democratic Governor thus far
who has been able compose message without inject
ing into stump speech the state OF the country
Senator Wright does not want 20 be Governor
of Iowa for he writes a friend at home: wish you
would put stop this foolish by some par
tia friends 10 start my name for Governor must get
out OF politics and make living at my profession ana
cannot give heed TO this suggestion" Ii is refreshing
unusual spectacle to see man leaving politics 10
get living
The Democratic party is so strong III Georgia
that it is topheavy and has already begun to toppe
over Even the venerable Robert TOOmbs has become
50 much Of boiler says he will not be bound by
any nasty convention and the faithful are denounc-
ing him rs radical in disguise split III the party Is
inevitable and when IL will be happy day for
the coorcd for his favor then will be OF great IN
pOtance both sides. each OF which Will see TO IL nat
lis ballot Is cast.
Now we have an explanation of the eccentric
conduct OF Judge Mackey The Democrats have pondered
over the subject for more and have finally
made this discovery: His and intellect have
been weakened by excessive Of opium till his ini-
ence il gone" freak Of nervous excitement he Is
supposed to have stolen Gen. Hamptons letter TO Gov
HAYES and appointed himself messenger for its delivery
Til. up the whole subject and relieves Gen lamp
ton from suspicion Of attempting to make rends WIN
the mammou Of unrightc0usness, 10 wit Hayes Per
hap' the other uncertain Southern statesmen eat OPIUM
Probably the best expression of that version
Of Constitution which gives the power to decide be-
tween conflicting electoral returns TO the President OF the
Senate was that made by senator Morton in his report as
Chairman of the Committee Privileges and Elections
ct the first session Of the XIIId Congress- Clearly
trainers OF the Constitution did not contemplate that
the President OF the Senate in opening and counting the
vote President and VcePresdent should exercise
any discretionary judicial power in determining De-
tween the votes Of of electors upon the suf
cheney or validity the record OF the votes OF the
electors in any state, but that he should perform
merely ministerial Of which TIE two houses were TO
b. Witnesses and to make record But the exercise OF
these high powers devOlVe upon MN az neceSSHdN
aud whatever decision he may make between tHe
two sets Of electors or upon the sut1ciency anu faS
OF The record OF the vOtes-whetheF on Tue VI
the right OF the electors votes. or whether they
have in the manner prescribed Dy the Ioustu
tOn-his DECISIONS final"
The Nation takes issue with Mr.. Richard ii.
Dana. jr his declaration that the Republic must
keep faith with the negro" IL says: "f0r our own
part say unhesitatingy that we have 10 choose Dc
tween the carcature of onal government whcn
nas hecn carried Oh at tne SOuIn AcOo
abandonment OF theory that the Southern states are
States IN the Union-between sham State government
ami the government OF colonies like India or Algerawe
vastly prefer the latter and that are totally opposen
the plan Of Disgusting the nature OF the late prOceed
hg south Carolina and Louisiana with the phrases Oh
moral philosophy We desire 20 have them hereafter
described In legal Technology so that when man TALKS
us Of our dnty to the negro or the rights Of the
may know exactly what he means 1t would not DC
very dang thing legislature sitting IN south
Carolina might sit in Jamaica or BarbadOes uder
Permission Of the officer commanding the garrison II
that the law but il dangerous thing TO gee one
Suing II South Carolina which purpOts IN raw 70 De III
respects the legal equal OF that OF new vi
Massachusetts. and yet have the qualifications OF us
members determined by a corpOraps guard and adnis-
n0n 70 It's hall regulated by brgadier THESE Inines
Of the negro L. this what we mean by using force to
Keep faith with him II not what do we meant"
The Hon. B. H. Hill has written long let
ter 70 friend in this state who troubled about the
axe Of that 81 900 Democratic majority in Georgia MI
Hill the explanation is simply that the negroes
voted the Democratic ticket. He never witnessed
fsrer freer election the state and he does not be-
heVe there was one more so III any Other Suite' In
accounting change the c0ored vote he says tho
negroes have learned 10 trust the Democrats SINCE tDry
have found that they have been happier and more pros
Porous Democratic than under Republican RUE
On ts point he saws The negroes in Georgia return
more property for taxation than In any State IN the
Union. More OF their children are beng educated III
Georgia than in any state IN tae Union They are more
oontented prosperous and better protected Tor
Their numbers than in other State on the earth Ana
al this il the direct fruit OF the change OF administration
In the state government which began in ISL DO you
wonder that the negroes vote the Democratic ticket III
Oeorsiai Do you rather wonder that any OF them
vote other ticket The numbers who vote ae Demo
edlc tckei increase with every election, ana tel you
b0E That II the Republican policy toward the south Is
continued II will mol be long before the only population
~ Tue south that will ne more unanimously ana more
iaveieratey Democratic than the old Wings viii be the
negroes. Every Southern state Wnlcn has lONOweu
georgia in getting nd of Republican government has
as9 followed Georgia in consequent peace, prosperity
ana Increase OF Democratic Georgia leads only
eeeause she saredhrs and most yigOrouslyn the race
The man who gets down into the gutter to
Nrow mud Las no right complain II the other