New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-22
A voice, saying, Pm the Defrauded.'"
POLITICAL NOTES.

That uneasy third-term spOok is restless again.
If Mr. Hendricks doesn't know what it all means
he should ASK Thurman. lie knows.
The Democratic press hastens to make itself solid
in favor of revolution. 1t never goes back on the
party.
As matter Of policy, isn't it a triAe ZOO soon af
ter Arpomattox for the South to solidify for revolu
toni
Judge Davis says politics sit lightly on him. He
might have added with equal truth that he sits
ligLtly on politics.
That Democratic resolution against Southern
clams hasn't appeared in Congress yet, but re-
Guest for nearly 5000 100000 to help rebuild
the south has Does this come from loyal"
source alsOf
Mr.. Potters friends continue to declare that his
purpose Is not revolution, and that he will make
the investigation thorough and impartial. Then
why did ne refuse to admit the Hale amendment,
and why aid Mr.. Randall pack the cOmmitteei
When Charles Francis Adams says the Electoral
Commission was merely founded on consent volun-
tarily given, and that there is way of getting
behind that consent he seems to forget that his
party has already found way. IL has not only
gone behind its consent, but behind its word OF
honor also and has cOOlly broken BOTH
One reason the country manifcsts no alarming
symptoms of nervous excitement over the conspiracy
Il.
realization of the fact that one way of escape from
all possible political woes lies ever open. When
eve. an occasion grave enough requires IT. Charles
Francis Adams stands in frozen readiness TO suffer
violence and be elected President by alteration.
The first indication that the Democratic assault
on the President may induce the Republican Con-
yentlons in the States to alter their intention and
approve his course comes from Vermont. In Wind
sor the convention, which met on Saturday TO
choose delegates to the State convention, passed
with unaumity n resolution declaring their cordial
approval of the President and denOuncng ali efforts
TO east doubt the legality of his title revOlu
tionary and dangerous to the peace and prosperity
of the country. The general expectation has been
that the State convention would Ignore the Admin
istraton altogether Windsor is the home of SecTe-
tary Eyarts, and to his influence, in one form
another may no doubt be traced this new depar
tuTe.
1t would be an act of simple wisdom for the Dem
ocraiic editors to decide among themselves whether
Mr. POtters resolution means ultimate revolution or
not. At present, they are only fighting each other
One squad declares that MIR. Potter has pledged him
self against revolution, aud that any man who
charges such intent after that rs either fool or
hnaye. The other set announces openly that revO-
mfion, and revolution only. is meant. One journal
in Utica which has been tho foremost in tins State
in zeal for Mr.. Tden, declares that Tlden will be
put in the White House; that the Electoral system
does not need amendment, since 1t viii yindicate
itself By pBttng In the man whom the people
elected IL HAYES can be Ousted and Tllden put IN
without revolution. these editors are harmonious,
but none of them will have the mpudence to claim
that Until the party itself can. be harmOnized on
This question, il is clear waste of ammunition for
the dst-thrOwng portion of the editors to be>peg-
ging away at that Republican Congressional address
as an outrageous lie"
II the Democrats hope TO keep their plans secret
they must devise some way of plugging up the en-
thusiastic Washington correspondents of the party
organs These enterprising gentlemen are letting
out all the jubilant remarks which the brethren are
making One of them sends to The NeU- Orleans
Times statement that the Democrats mean to
bounce Hayes, who won't go without row :" that
in spita of all assurances to the contrary, it is be-
eyed by those who are usually well posted that the
Investigation will eliminate in resolution Of i'm
peachment y that both the President and Vice
President will be turned out, and tho Hon. Samuel
j. Randall be left the Chief Magistrate of the Ma
tion.p So sure are the Democrats Of this that the
correspondent knows a prominent one who has
offered to bet $1,000 against $500 that the 9th Of
next March will not find Hayes in the White House.
Relocings like these are sufficient 20 show what
the drift of party opinion is among the Democrats
at the seat of action. They show that the kepubll-
cans have put the Issue in the right light when they
call it revolution, and the sqnrming OF the more
far-sighted Democrats under the charge Is proof
enoneh that they realize the disastrous conse-