New-York tribune., 1877-11-23

The South is solid now for the Democrats-carpe.-
baQgeIs and all.
4 chrome will be gwen for all futdre Democratic
abuse OF COnoycr and Patterson.
Senator Conover should change his name to Turn
over. and ornament his back with price mark.
receiver should be appointed for the slowly dis
solving firm of financial quacks, Bland, Ewing and
Jones.
The disgraceful controversy over Mr.. Summers
grave has ended just as his friends knew II must
i'm his favor. The who opens it AGAIN should be
fOrcibly muZZCd.
The chief business of the Democratic press at
present is the administration of lively and unan-
imous tattoo upon the head of Samuel sullivan Cox.
The burden of the music is that the party cannot
stand any more such drcadfully funny fun at pres
ent.
In view Of the recently developed tendency of
carpet-bag Senators to vote with the Democrats, it
is hard to understand from a pnrey partisan point
of view, why Republican Senators are so anxious to
give any other statesmen OF TINS DFeed an oppOI-
tunity to betray their trends.
A confirmation of the validity of the Presidents
title comes from peculiar and significant source
virginia court has decided that he was legally
elected President. and that an unfortunate individual
who bettpd certain sums that he would not be, must
pay his debts. This Is clearly sur at Ch1res
Frouris Adams and Samuel j. Iildcn for both those
iudicial authorities say the contrary.
The Senate of the United States has demonstrated
that It can be terribly in earnest III n struggle for
party supremacy. That it has never manifested
half as much zeal in the endeayor to do exact justice
TO the contestants for the vacant seats and to the
States which they ought to represent proves several
unpleasant things besides strengthening the pre-
voieut opiniOn in regard to the remoteness of the
millennium.
The solidity of the South is something tremendous
without the cooperation of Patterson and COnOver
There was an election to fill a vacancy in South
Carolina district the other day, and the result
showed that the 1000 Republican majority of few
months ago had disappeared almost entirely. There
was scarcely bakers dozen OF kepnbcan votes
cast. This Is reconciliation at livery late Vi
speed.
Congressman Sayler, of Ohio, is in hot water with
the Bourbons of his district, because he absent
when the Army Bill passed the House after it came
from the Senate. Mr.. Sayler says, in explanation,
that he was opposed to reducing the army, that he
would have voted to concur with the Senate If he
had been present and that he STAYED away because
Inc did not wish to vote against the wishes of the
majority OF his party. Ar. Sayler, IN Other words,
u,as n dodger pure and simple. His explanation
ought to mako his constituents madder than ever.
The capacity Of the Democratic party is illimit
oble Not content with absorbing the workngmen
the inAationsts the silver repudators, the anti
resumptionists and the strikers, it opens its mouth
NOW and swallows the carpet-baggers. The latter
diminutive faction holds the balance of power, and
II il il shrewd, will dictate the formation Of the
next National ticket. IL would be a moving specta-
ole to see Mcclellan at the head of the ticket and
patterson snatohed from a yaWning penItentlary,
at its TAIL As Mr. Adams would remark, " Fraud
spoils everything il touches, except the Democratic
party.
The irrepressible new party prophet "has had an
other spelIr He thinks he sees a party about
IN hurst the shell i'm Washington, aud he thinks the
fathers of the offspring will be the staight-out Re-
publieans Who are tired of the Administrations pol
lev The prophet admits that the outlook is "A little
vague 10 him. but he places great reliance upon his
aLity TO clear il up shortly. He would not be sur
nrseG 10 see an address issued 90 the country IN
frw days over the signatures Of several prominent
Republcans. The trouble with the prophet Is one
that dozen of antI-biiOus pills would reach quicker
than anything else.
The latest explanation of the negotiations be-
tween the Administration and Colonel Ingersoll
about the Berlin Mission are given by the Washing
ton correspondent of The Boston Adrsriis on good
authority According to this statement Senator
Ogesby visited Dir. Evarts several weeks ago to
recommend General Julien White of Chicago, for
any diplomatic position for which he might be
thought fitted. aud during tho interview the Secre