New-York tribune., 1877-06-13

IL delegation of red-haired gentlemen should in
wade the White House with petition to be recog-
niZed, they would at once arouse the hostility OF
ald-headed patriots as we'll as those whose hair
was black or gray and there would be established
color line in hair which would complcate the diff
culties of civil service reform. 1t is equally clear
that if deputation of citizens who wore false teeth
should demand some offices for their class, the cit
zens who gum 1t would combine with those who
mastcatc their food with natural grinders not only
to the discontinue of the fictitious ivory party but
TO the peril of our institutions Citizens of African
descent should reflect before thoy commit like nds
cretions. The political salvation of tn, negro de-
pcnds upon his keeping out of politics a negro.
If he keeps everlastingly besieging the Executive
Mansion IN squads, in order to have his color recog
nlzed. he will succeed in perpetuatng very dis
tinct color line. 1t will be blessed day when
negroes and white men both come to understand
that appointment to Federal Office is not of the
nalienable rights of an American citizen, and when
they can impress upon the gentlemen who are
forming the civil service that appointments are to
be made solely for the purpose of transacting the
business of the Government and solely on tho
ground of fitness and that race color previous con-
dtion of servtude. present condition of politics
are TO be considered no more III the selection OF
pacemen than they in making out the tax-list.
The practice of THE TRIBUNE to avail itself of the
services of persons everywhere recognized as lead
ing authorities in their respective lines of research,
is again illustrated in the Weekly edition of this
date. the Agricultural Department of which con-
tans contributions from Prof Arnold who never
writes on the subject without adding something
valuable TO dairy literature Prof. Law Americas
foremost veterinarian Prof. Caldwell, justly held in
high esteem for lis conscientious care and originality
in Investigations calculated to advance agricul-
ture to a better scientific basis President Hopes,
hortlculturist of wide and trustworthy experience
and Col. Curtis, practical farmer with an aptness
to teach entertamingly. The Agricultural columns
also contain numerous timely hints and opinions
from various sources and combine altogether as
instructive and readable matter for farmers and
gardeners as is anywhere available. Besides this,
TIE WEEKLY gives careful summary of seven
days' news of the world and wholesome household
and literary matter not forgetting the necessities
of the Young folks. IL is not strange that IHE
WEEKLY TRIBUNE should have come to be generally
regarded as all in all the best family weekly III the
United States.
If NJ. De Tocqueve, without any previous nc
ouaintance with the HOosier language. had en-
camped on tine banks of the Wabash and devoted
fortnight to the study of our institutions, this would
hardly have been considered adequate preparation
for the Democracy of America" But the Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks. who IS not ready with tho
oraiD which iourshes ia Paris in Berlin, proposes
to famliarize himself with the institutions OF France
and Germany, aud ho confdes TO an interviewer his
convictions that he exhaust this field in month
The world recognizes the acqusitive powers of the
Western mind. Ii remembers that the science of
political economy was mastered during the odd