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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-13
TIE MIN WHO TALK WAR.

TO me Edit0r OF The TrtbHnc.
SIR: For sample of present war" Demo-
Gratis tie following is fair The slip is cut from
me OHIO Patriot the organ OF the Democracy in this
section:
We do not want readers To msunierStand us
the political situation We know that fidcn Is elected
aud Shall insist that he be iDaugucd Peaceably II
can furcibyif must but by al means uanguraie him.
The following has sense IN H. and no doubt the
pc rncnt honest Democrats II is from The H,rps
A eaianehc:
Yes tie men who fought from 1S5l Ia 1863, either
tie Federal Confederate side VIII consent - = ar
conducted on the proper basis They gre willing tEat
The ptny patriots North end South. who bcgnn talking
wnr" ia lsCO. and talked talked talked war" i',r
four wears without niing gun or 1shcdthng sWCrl,
and are sill hOwns for gore shall now 90 the rort AMI
hght Tie veterans who got enough Oi Ssr when fight
,,, vs 10 be DONE together with al Others no prefer
,racc win manage the affairs OF the country, furnish
iLcse eugcreuts the siueWs OF war, and staid behind
Inm Wtn fixed bayonets To that they toe ,he MARI.
ycue-L ,.1on, OHIO, Dee. 20. 1876. NosrAREIL-
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SOUTHERN MODERATION.

TIRE RECOGNITION IT DTsEEY ES-CouEsE OF THE
TRIBUNE" PERISH Party; LONG LIVE MY
COUNIRYp
To the Ed,tor OF The tribune.
SIR: If there Is one feature OF your paper
more TO I've admired than another II Is your swift recogn
ton Of honesty truth patriotism III those WHO have
once been enemies OF the country but are now good ana
loyal citizens shining uphold and support the Govern
I,cnt under which they live 1heae are notably Sich
men violent in tho past history OF the land
as it's most fierce ntolerant fors. The manly and
patriotic course OF such leading men or the south as
Lamar HILL Stephens Gordon. Hampton. ana others
must awaken ia thcir follow-counrymcn emotions OF
pride and satisfaction. In these frouboGs tintS tDcy
appear as apostles OF peace and good will trying to
smooth The difficulties OF the political situation doubt
IL there be paper anywhere In this broad land Ike your
own 70 willing to meet friends and brothers late
hostile fellow counymen and to render them full jus
tice
AS constant reader OF your peerless paper thank
you for your honesty and fearessnes in admitting into
aganstyou and the great political partly
represent In reading the letters of yourcorespondens
have that you possessed than orli
nary charity ari forbeannce. Your model piper Is IN
stimatIon the best journal published In thus or any
land and YOU feare5sneSs In expressing your own
opinion well publishing that OF ohers, is one or
marked characteristics. truss YOUR trcnehil blows
for to right and good government VIII DFihE oiuer ou
OF and win settled Tor or country AS
strong Republican from the first inception of he party
would rather suffer temporary dof,.t than have we
with shade OF doubt suspicion resting upon H.
party triumph is not worth having without right and
justice TO sustain 1t. Perish party long 1--we oar coul-
try. j. \. OkDwhl
Isoslop Dec
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LOOKING TO TIE FUTURE.

II Mr.. FTRRY COUNTS NOW. ROBERT TooMBo MAJ
Ar SOME OTHER TIME" BE JUST AND FEAR MOI
To the Edtior OF The Tribune.
SIR: have been for % years past reader
OF The TRIBUNE and generally been aoo 10 agree
with It's teachings. But now ] am rot saiisi'iu WI"
your position regard 10 tho late Prcsideh'iai
First the argument that The Democratic IN ioo'
frautulently counted John T. Hoffman rs do'er"or
and eve the electors Of tho State Of HewYcrk to iior
ito SEYMOUR and because they hayo boeh guirts VI
ballotbo studing in Kansas. and OF other Dan thiS
the cry OF fraud from them now comes Win pour
&c, Perhaps that is But Is that any tcae"h ""'
Reuu,ians should do wrong now In counting ana can
yasgiug the votes for Prcsdcnt You DO no. say ~
but your course OF reasoning leads in this drec'ioh
Amin Won s,y that the President OF tho senate
will OMEN such certificates twhcre there arc t"o
sots from ssate) he shall know to he inc risn oh'
IN the presence 81 the Senate and House o hcpcho"
.iycs and that lac will proceed 10 count 'ne ''te anu
the person receiving the highest number % VOTES. " "
manrity win re President This would mako the IreS
ident OF the Senate judge and arbitrator Ill tniS m
portant matter.
The XIIth Amendment 10 the Constitution OF tne
rnlied States says The President OF tho senate Sdi
I'm The presence %; the Senate and House OF Representa-
lives open all the certihcaics, and tho woes s' '"'
he couut,d" Here tie President OF tho Senate has nus
duty defined: He shall open all the ccruHcacs' "
oes not say pc shall en proceed to count them or th"t
n sau y;ously have selected from the certcatcs
sent 10 him fro,u the several States those Wnic u.
I1os In he Inn ,iy:l Certificates. Bat he slla 0;r
ii and 100 votes shall thcn bc counted, IanlIcSuy ~
,licrs hy and from tie two hoss 81 'iSts
And q tnare siouI be from state two or more Ger
,fs,es what II g does the Constitution give 70 VIC
President of the senate to decide wlnci Is TIC rSh''
! ccrTitlnat,i Uapifcstly rignt waitcve'. -,
The Republican party established prct"eh' W.
II a,iorird me I'D Joint Rnlg by which, Il el,ntg
hn,se objected tie veto 81 any state mit nc ,!iu"A
en- II that rne was \ safe one wien ne liS.DiicaHs
had majority in both houses have they risn V, ny c,
y mi ,afs when hu:se IS Dsnbcra'lCi Again, c.'
tbry afford 10 aiopt the precedent now Oh ..',S tho
President of the senate decide upon The Naiid} % tc
c.rtrfratns Suppose it does, and III I0hF, 'shi' 81
twelve wears wade Hampton, Robert InoInps' OF sUIN
othcr man no better happens TO be President n Inc sen
at.i Would not that preced Mt br an GGli Gns " -
them2 No. let be just and lear not l@i we -
err, = decide mon the validity of the certificates ana
Slncycr Is elected President, let tie people AL qrip
a1i,nit .,-ti FOR HAYES and Wheeler and N1ii' Ite
10 soc then President and NIcePrcsdcn bat Dt u inc
expense of trii and honest lling. JAMES MILLER
| ioutsriHe y. l., Dec. II, 1876.
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NO RIGHT TO THROW OUT A STATE.
CASES WHERE MiNORITIEs RULE-TIiE LEGALITY OF
THEM TRUT-WuEEE IN1IWDAnOE Has BEEN
Observation-Disclosures Belong 10 STATES

CASES WHERE MiNORiTlEs RuLE-TIIE LEGALITY OF
THEM TRUr-WHERE INTIMIDATION Has BEEN
TRANSFORMATIONS Belong 10 SITES.
TO ne Edttor Of T"c Trtb"nc.
SIR: BY a provision Of tho Constitution,
electors are to be appointed" Dy tie several States
under this provision state Conycn ions dominate clcc-
tora tickets Should there happen 10 be several political
parties contenGinC for control, each may appoint IL
body OF electors for the votes Of The people, hut only
that ticket is chosen which has votes either 81
the others. Thus it may happen that very small mi
norty Of Tie voting population "appoEts the electors
FOR that State
Under Inc pro2r operation Of this system We sec then
that the great body OF the people OF State may be mis-
reuesontcd-n "a certain sense disiranenisod-in the
electoral ticket which the President Of the Senate is
Gjred to oven, ana which shall hc counted" so mani
frst an opposition to The popular WI pre-
sens would authorize the proper officer t. ignore
this vote, Congress by concurrent action or Diner
vi %. prevent IL. being counted.
Now, what matters IL la principle IL similar result
had been Obtained by fraud intimidation or violence IN
conducting election Congress, acting under The pro
visions the Constitution must permit tho vote Of .
State be counted that proceeds IN an honest and
orderly manner, although mero minority utcrB iia
voice IN the Electoral College Where Then. Is s author
fly reject the votes of state That dsfi7inohi+es
voters by acts Of violence and fraudi Is srh State
be rewarded punished by new olecuOnf Tue Jnrs-
dction OF Congress docs moi extend over tho state IN
so far as the construction of the Constitution IS in
vowed, ii bias no more right to reject Tic vote % ihc
that have the sole right to utter the voice OF The sai'
and for the President and not either or bOth nouse
of Congress Methods bcOi.g 10 tie Staies aud C1n-
gress can have constitutional right 10 inquire INTO
thein, II they are legally certified
the CONSTITUTION says The shall 10 counted"
but Congress appears TO DC deySing some scheme by
wh,ch it may Justly itself In Saying, Under certain
conditions the OF states shall not be counted" II
there exists the right TO reject the legally certified vote
State there 10 the iighL 10 rciet siniii:
votes any other all. Once admit construction
like this is limit TO the Acknowledgement Of
states by the concurrent acton ~ COnless All tuat
has been implied by GraniiSm, CasarSIn Capitalization.
DC, sinks into inSgniIcanCe under the possibilities Ol
usuTpatOn that lie beneath sno fatal constructions or
the Constitution for ne tainmcut OF partisan ends.
Utcd. Jan, q. 1877 T..
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"HOW THE NEW YEAR OPENs.s
% the RdifOr Of me Trt6nar.

SIR: | write merely to thank yOu for ia
good hOpo you have uncOnscOusiy given me by 700,
editorial In today's issue entitled How the New Yea,
Opens" The sentiment apparent throughout the eniir.
artcle that extended education was neee,-
sary for good q nation. ny tie education
do not merely that heb Il ordinarily accepted
SUCH but general enlightenment to history scenee
the arts and hast hut not least the knowing OF Oursey
All there it Is. II only could ourselves 0hen
see us, what paradise this world would be-agss
surprising a. matter OF c0rrse that open for
criticism and self improycment-w always eorp,
as an evidence Of culture and refinement. was kox.
ever fast dropping into the rut that many II cur
thinking to-day IN, that rut which Ia 10 be
summed Policy" II IL still looked upon policy
say nacght to offend the members Of greedy and slo
sighted combinations, though thoy he vampire. sucking
the very lie blood from their fellow men. delight
Cne "SheTiiFs sale" notices the doors ~ their
petitOis ana who IN a thousand aud one ways herald
lhoir arrogance aud greediucss.
Then too IN this country and jus: NJ this oc Lave
to contend with that rabb!c-schcnlng pU 'iAns-eE9
YOU'D delight la another civil war; Whom they a0ad q
enter the service as pay masters, c0Am'Ssa.i s.
and sUtleTsOr stay At home gathering thcm IN i;e
4" dIc ats" meant.
Isncorely trust th0t your time will permit the giving
Of Just such editorials To the public AZ least srD- eky
for tbcy to the mind what bread IL Ia tine physical
man, and the bread that you thus cast upon hf water.
viii return 10 y0G, Ia The rociam.ng OF the country 70
honesty. HONESTY, sO1 Foley.
EcstDn, Penn. Jan. l. 1877.
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INTELLIGENT SUFFRAGE a DELUSIoN

PRAY FOR DELiVERANCE, BUi HOLD FAST TO PO-
LICEMEN-IHE LABURER SILL OUR CREDITOR
To me EGttOr Of IAC Tribune.
SIR: DR.. Bacon is right in saying, " Parties
must he vitz ID by something else thsa tn; memory OF
lost domination the side and long oppression on
the other hand But Intelligent suffrage Is al non
sense 1.-TWO pounds OF tea will just keep my family
week" So spoke a Western laOorer This fact III con-
nection with salary grabs and vacations makes EcAi
gent suffrage deuson Pray for the peace OF Je-i's1-
eu bui stick the police, militia and army WlSton-
sn has voted for high schools at public expense ea'ig
Ia. common school rabbc 10 shift for themselves. The
Potter law proved fond dollsiOn The states Dor
deriug the plains have consented 10 remain purely
agricultural region until the great deeer. claims It's own
Before the railroad Go s,w' was Tie word; after the
railroad TIE pauuier Of farmer women Will once more
come above the hip The willow panner-strong dura-
be cons pCu1us-will form cheap mode OF carving
produce q home market hftcr the railroad Tue. bule
piueriesytIlug up tie ghost To the steam sdN-nIll
backed by Tie rlrOad-wi give place to the wilderness
where IN favorable bears and blackbcri1cs VIII
plentiful. The hot winds in Summer would bo NICE IN
ha,makng only hay meadows W.. be OF the things tai
were. In Winter the MnDeSOta blZzdrds WIZ cause
shade and frnit trees tU y counted out The timber
GASES our great dcSCr; shrink before the idle ceremony
o. gold aud silver mining The iabOrer, " ignorant,
vtnal. cOwaIdy." j. still our creditor. j. PLOCKER
OASIS, HiS., Dec 20, 1876.
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CoNscIrYcE SHOULD DIRECT

TO the EdifOr OF The TrtbUHc.
SIR: In your issue OF the 2Gth inst.
noticed an article entitled - Plan Favored by Repub
Hqps" Your correspondent seems believe that The
opposed plan world meet the appreciation Of tho econ
scryatiyc Judgment OF tine country" 40 not exactly
comprehend on what grounds he bases his belief for
NY part do that the plan is any b,ttor than that
OF having the President OF the Senate count the vote
and pass Judgment upon them. vii! assnuc that tho
electoral vote 81 the states OF Louisiana aud Florida s
40 Is nav stands objected 20 by the Democrats, and a
division il made. Botn houses proceed to ycr. The
Senate sSans its President, and the House votes NOT Ia
sustain Now, the proposed plan do not that Tho
House gains io unless The Senate tie PTGsdcnt
OF no senate agrees with H. which, ~ SAID before. ~
very miikcl,.
nope that there enough men In Congress Of both
parties wbn ia - matter This would their
cOEscicnces told them right casting OFF party bans
ana lar.ng TO do iGght Whatever b-tde JCNOR.
NddfetJca, Conn, Dec. II, 1876.
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WOMEN IN THE PULPIT.

PAUI's LANGUAGE COSsISTRNT-slIENCE tNJoiN'
NOT EVEN QUESTIONS To BIZ ASKED II ini"
OF PUBLIC wORsnIP-No RULE MORE POSITIVE
TO me Editor OF The TrtbWHe.
SIR: A minister of the Gospel" VINO "ne'
from Jersey City In reference 10 tho tral of the Kew ~
See before the Newark Presbytery, asks THIS q"0es
in TIRE TRIBUNE OF Jan. q: q" Even n Paul iorOSoo
Coruthian women 10 prattle ami thus mako coe'"s'
public worship docs t follow that IL is necessary %
ply the prohibition TO women in this ceusGryT N'''
prohibitions "To plattle and thus make oonuS'Ou .
public worshp" Does any sane man d0uD' taa' S"'
prohibition ought 20 be applied TO women III an! -
Jury? But is that the Pauline prohibiuoaf II uo W."
had consulted ROb!nsOns Lexicon OF the Ne" ieS'' -
he would have sound that lie gives 10 taito the uon
"to prnttlo" as applicable 10 only one passi'' III"
In Xenopbon's CyrOpedia referring 10 child al" y.
under the dolniti0n to speak C., 10 dlSooarse'h
manner 10 haranguo," he instances us use -.
spoken OF those who public teachers Sh' . !,
the famous passage. In |. Corinthians NV, D. ~
illustration Is not Prof Robinson authority D"' VIZ
do these pratters (for they leGon IN thc'r .,
argument make so light Of or pass 10y ai'osc'. 81
other Pauline prohibition In !. Timothy H. - IA,
suffer no, q TO teach nor 10 ustrp au'ho an
the man." whore tue worl "toach cannot % asls,es
prHstlc," but Is d,dasrr,n, which Robinson mbe in
to teach or spc.L Ina pGOl.c Assembly oycs
plcetipn isl IL would Do nsu9patoh OF a ~ ps1
man. ihis implication limits the pfoAiD''
mscuous assemblies. - "A l--l9
permits What elsewhere Ia seems 10 IrOh'I Sl llzy
The comment OF Albert Barnes ton J. 'Vt' ~ prl pal
DO admissible ON this pout III Chapter IL ! -
See Ninth Prge.
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NEGRO VIOLENCE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

LAwLI:ssNEss FOR THE LOVE OF IT-sTEAiING
PREFERRED To wORK-THE LATE ELECTION.
TO the EditOr Of The Tribune.
SIR In your issue of the Odd inst. there APP
peared a communication in reference 20 Horato sey-
ours speech. which the writer used the follow
Ing language:
And now the colored people of South Carolina and the
other Southern States repeat the ofenses Of which the
Republicans, again tho " reluctant South com
pei ." 10 adopt whatever most effective means may
Hence On the whites 20 year, ago threatened and
robbed and killed IN Kansas 80 now the coOTod men OF
whipped and slot-dont call it murdered, for the re-
iuctsnt south compelled TO dot TO prevent them fro
South Carolina for instance, where the whites are but
oncthrd Of the population. any fair election give
anything but a large Republican majority.
The writer Of this is entirely mistaken in the facts upon
which he bases his TRADE against the people OF South
Carolina Robberies not confined to tho swamps
and dark places, but taking place in cities /;
murders In which neither stays
the hands Of the ruhians who bent on plumber.
joioe proportion TO the helpcssneSs Of Their Victims
and many hghten their crime by sauratng
the bodies Of their victims with inhamuabo substances
and hide their foul deeds by the Of the TORCH
are constant occurrence, and be easily pro, ID
Witness Of many cases, the murder OF Mr. Haus
mann and Mr. Portman, his nephew. Those gentlemen
moved from Cleveland, Ohio, TO Aiken g. c. In quest OF
health and pleased with the climate. settled thore
They invested their capital and respected good
cizeus-were not IN aDywise connected with poltcs.
They slain by negro rufans. and their relatives.
hearing OF IT. one OF them came 90 Aiken 10 find
their destroyed the ruins Of their burnt dwelling
Even the cCIred people themselves provided they are
industrious and endeay0r 10 gain support by honest
labor nd that their hogs aud chickens stand chance
and mat their neighbos and In many instances friends,
prefer steal instead Of working The writer OF this
hss Just returned from the country. where upon
tiOning a cOlOTed citizen" how hogs, etc. lie
raised, informed that his friends and ncighbors
would not let him keep any.
TINS correspondent, when ne speaks Of numbering
enough blacks 20 give Democratic majorites," also
OF ths fact that In those counties In State
where United States treOps stationed TO see fair
play the cOored people voted the Democratic ticket
fearlessly and In such counties no had Democratic ma
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A GRUMBLE ABOUT GRUNBLEps

A GRUMBLE ABOUT GRtJMBLEPS
AN ARKANSAS MAN WHO rs CONTENT TO THINE -.
EE CHOOSES AND BIZ AT PEAcE WITH va.
WORLD.
TO the Edttor Of The Tribune.
SIR: have noticed that the chief chara.,..
istic OF wisdom Is growing and faulthndna yon :.
probate this by giving space every week to tho o,r
blers. Now let me have my growi Ihave reas rs
TRIBUsE almost constantly since that gloomy A.
day when II first the light. I do lot think Won w
force II upon IL do not want IT, so long IA rso
IT, say, strongly 81 say H. consider II s.
thing TO have in the house" I understand ION 80
to keep your own opinions. and 10 let have nina 70
sometimes fancy that could edit THE TRIBUyz hats.
than you. the thought ia straghtway smothered h, a.
provoking knowledge that am not able 10 buy Won o.
aud so, as long | need TaH TRIBUNE, have ga, !,
take the article you supply
Herr comes In my growl Why should and other. n.
compelled TO pay fer many columns wherein you A.,
infOrped-and con wheel dOubtess-how badly yon "a,
your paper, and how inconsistent u and "a arr ,g
'76i For myself, had rather even read good c,n
gross speech, than go through many able Ietters
would soon be willing that Huxley ahoud couiIpu.
your columns to prove monkey origin a. 70 h,v
so many demonstrations that there has been an yi.
improvement from the original stock. have swarr,
chickens, aud great friends, - my head ana
shoulders often prove; but cannot patiently li,te,
the continual iteration OF the hens after every egg A.
II thought. new discovery aud schieVa
ment, We wh0 live the seclusiOn Of the country AZ.
apt TO imagine that Original dIso0yeTers II ~.
happen To gTappe an idea or thought that n new 10 IA
We almost always find that somebody has been oo,,
IN thH other side oft EPAYBRsDTrUs siEEPsHA.Ks
CLeb0urne. Gross Co.. AjE.. Dec. IL, 1876.
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TIE SHAKER SABBATH.
Bdifor Of The Tribune.

SIR The critical remarks in the last Shaker
upon closing the Exposition the Sabbath east uncaod
for personal aspeisOns upon Tho writer msapprc-
hended tho subject and tho object aimed At Tho Aser
Government has constitutional right slsito
upon tncoogy-to recognize any sabbath day In na-
tionai opposition. Uuder God protection Shakers
depends upon our Government boing kept In its nteg
rty. unsec,ariana home for all Nations kindrcds md
tongues
Tails dispensaon Of Chriss second appearing is tho
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THE VOTE COUNTED by TELLERs.
MANNER IN WHICH II WAS DONE THE FIRST TIiIE-
INTERPRETATIONS or TuE CONSTITUTION BY THOsl
litor OF The Tribune.

MANNER IN WHICH n WAS DONE THE FIRST TI,IE-
INTERPRETATIONS or TuE CONSTITUTION BY THOSE
WHO MADE III.
TO the Edtt0r or The Trtbans.
SIR: If your excellent correspondent, u. l.. W.,
generally will turn the records OF the fast
Congress held under the Constitution, April g. 1888 he
will find that IN opening and counting tho votes Tor
President and President after the election Of John
Langdon esq President OF tho Senate for uie sole
purpose opening and ling tho votes fer President
OF the United States" message announcing the pres
ence Of quorum ana tho election OF President for tic
purpose above named e. e., opening and counting the
voes, Was then sent to the House Of Representatives
that the House then repaired 10 the senate Chamber
where, in the presence OF the two houses. the
examined by Mr. Patterson OF NewJersey. acting
teller on the part OF tbs Senate, and Mr. Parker OF
Virginia and Mr.. Holster Of Pennsyva acting as
teers the part OF the House. and tn. President
OF the Senate declared the result 10 DO tGat George
Washington was ann0usly elected President ana
John Adams Vi0e-ProsidcDt or the United States.
This nay be found In tho senate journal. pag,s aud
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COLLEGE SPORTS AND STUDY.
ARE TnEY INCOMPATIBLE F-CORNELLo sUCCE
ROTH.
TO the Edttor Of The Tribune
On. In ,.nnr nlitnrinl ON .'Ihe Intarc0l-


IN me Edftor Of The Tri6nne
SIR: In your editorial on 1.-The lntercol-
leglac Contest" this mornings paper you say that,
gh there harm in rowing matches nor in the
battles OF base nal, yet there achievements which
rosvoly aud peculiarly belong to the colege-the tri
uuphs OF mind aud OF muscle Although You sure
that the learned faculties of the colleges Will agree with
yoll 30 not any why, in our colleges, intel
ectuai cultivation should deserve the aiteuon
az physical development
1t Is true that Of OF tho cOleg
made many attacks the intercollegiate regaltas. II
ia also that most successful OF the colleges in
these rowing matches has been subjected to many mis-
representations concerning its general plan and aims
comparison OF the results OF the athletic dtchCs
with those or the literary contests OF late demon
plainly that college excel IN physical
education and yet take tho first place scholarly
tcsis by comparing those insults find that the Cornell
University IN 1875 the two great intercollegiate
races IN Saratoga viz, the University and The kresh-
mems races. In 1876 Cornell represented AT the
three races and each OF them. rhcreupon the
representatives OF the best known colleges withdrew
from the rowing association and Cornell was sand 10
Ia SO mechanics instead uf scholars.
lufninS, however 10 tho literary contests undor the
auspices Of o Intercollegiate Association discover the
important ct tnat usttutou has yet Gxcelled the
Cornell University IN those cNeTci,a- Last year there
examinations In Greek mathematics, oraiory, and
Cornell look the rsG prize ~ All cNccpf OratOry,
In wuich won the second prizr This year tho uni
reIsy not represented III mental science nor in
nritory, hut n IN the or Latin, Greek,
mathematics, and essays. Wen, Cornell obtHiurd tho
rst prize an Latin, Greek mathematics, and essays,
besides TWO second prizes in the last.
Now. TANK all tins shows that while college may
win pionsbip in muscular exercises doss not
follow that Ii abandons or overlook, intellectual cub
tllauOn j. I. RoDRIGUES