, 1877-12-26

shpui1 not he extended 10 thu Income from our
ionds, ritcsher held nt home or slsons1 o. there
l. MI provision tia. til. ncotne frnm bonds shall
gland, anil the Enn|i.l. 1oyrrnmen, when IL
pays 1ntercst On anr Of tts bonsi., whether 10
Foreigners or nattstE, always reserves it's tax,
ana we can certainly follow Tie example Of our
7Hk SOUTHERN roLrcr.
These. believe, arc tho leading questions TO
BE- sett!cd by Congress. Ynn will notlce hate
said nothing about reconstruction. The news:
p1pcfH. NJ yntt arc aware, have wondered whT
hnvc kept s1l1l ! will state to yo,I cnntitlen-
TALLY that Il WAS because hare thought II heat.
!.aughtcr.l Ina talk with The President Inst
be ct,tld bu!1d ua the Republican party In lilo
South. I thonght afteruar,f. be might know
tiose ahout II than dill, AMI wnud not inter
ferc with fair trial of the experiment. He ttlt
do not believe It can succeed, and probably
Alnor. all Krpublean@ bare the .atne feeling.
There IL rr1,bably not rnan here who can
i'ntlsrbtand how one can be thoroughly im-
That Tho truth Is never sp.,keh IN tho Whtts
lioiseet The President neyer has an oppor-
tnnity 81 hearing thu truth. When people 70
to Tug White Ions1 10 ask fayoss they natural
that tho people rewith him AMI are supporting
him They ecriainly would norer think their
chance Of obtaining an otllco any better II they
should nay TO the President: Il You arc all
wrung tn your po1tey, and tho people arc op-
n'sel to y1u." II a man wants . Post 9ll1ec iu
HogtoNn he Is very sure nut 10 adopt the latter
theory. Mr. Van Buren, toll III intimate friend
in 1910 that ron can never hear the truth IN tho
white House. To illustrate, Mr.. Van furtn
said: The next morning alter election / woke
up with Is tlran conviction that Ind bccn re-.
elected President a that was to have my
breakfast. had been told by eyrryltody TINT
II was all right, and that was sure Of q good
majority. did not tfnI out that had been
beat1n until fortnight later" There was
Etfo,Laog MT hnothsF nun in te Cnitea
known fur three inonths previous to theelectfon
that Mr. Van i3uren was beaten. / hayo ap.
pehTed IN tile unusual role of pscfncator. PrC-
the Prestdcnt'e course, md Lasc said: Walt q
little while nn'i see how it will work. That has
been tho att!tuic of tho Republican party in
Conascss. It is strnngc that tho President tioes
the President Is to 10 commented for With
drawinE the troops from the States Of Louisiana
and South Cnrolina. do not sco how any ono
n 10 !, ts commended ior sending 100 men from
Them. In one of the fall ct'n1cnttons in great
State the orator said TINT tho President was to
hc praised betause he withdrew the trpors, anil
in another part oi the same speech he said tho
wt!at merit It Is ior man to do what he IN
Obliged to do. II q n,an kicks mu downstairs
y cannot be any great merit in me because go
ao"n' Ano.',sr a,y,.rx,,cn ..pc ,n,"y mention is
: This IA generally ignored In Washington. I
Do not sec that Ii hiss served any o,llcr purpose
than 70 g're some one an opportunity to deliver
public lecture upon that topic. hardly kror
rhnt 10 say ae4alt It: ! do not knuw what It
menus. tLan11ter.l stnce hare been In Com
Kress this time have nev"r trarl It mentioned
tnNashilcton only now and then as = butt for
Joke. Since the Massachusetts election even
the President appears to hare abandoned that
plank Ut his platform 30 far as Il refers to tho
actions of ofticchoidcra asttsttng IN eeetlons.
do not think there II any Inau 10 stupid In
politics, not eren Jamcs Freeman Clarke,
who cannot req that Il the Republican,
pnrty Is divided on this or other qurs-
tion-, nsId the Democrats come into power,
TINT they will remoye every Republican oislrc-
l'oIt1erin the country and put Democrats In their
PLACES, regardless Of CiyiSetYicc reform or any
other reform. There arc certain idea! reforms
aud principles WHICH will do for Utopia, but
IN practical everyday fife We nust consider
what Is necessary and practical and govern our
aelvcs accordingly.
THE FUTURE or TtE REPUBLICAN, rAnrT.
hn Han ~nt9 f,1t