New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-02
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POLITICAL NOTES.

One year from to-day the Nation will have kept ito
faith or broken it.
Shall the year 1878 be black on the calendar with
reputation or luminous with unsullied honorf
In the eyes of the silver agitator it is a crims
to accumulate and lend money but no crime to re-
fuse to pay your debts
The Democracy yearrs to hold the President in q
close embrace just long enough to pick his coat-ta
pockets.
Nobody will be surprised to hear of the Demo-
cratic desire to have the fraud cry stied with pos
but everybody will be surprised if the President il
so simple as to crafty the desire.
That Canal Ring verdict comes just in time to fur.
nish new foundation for the Tilden reform
platform for 1880. The movement is Liable to get
under way at any moment nOw Western candi-
dates may well begin to argue against the mpor-
tance of candidate who can carry New-York for
that W Ill be the lilden lever
Great JUNCTION IL displayed by the silver advocate,
the alleged fact that nobody showed any interest
in the passage of the demonetizaton act Of 1873 IL
is claimed that this proves It's "surreptitiOusnessp
A slight capacity for calner judgment would show
that the general Indifference sprang from unity Of
opinion in favor of tire act. Silver not cheap
enough then TO excite the love Of the iniati0asts
We are informed with considerable asperty by
the Georgia newspapers that an injustice has been
done Senator Gordon in charging him with indepen-
dent procyties. A demand is made to justify him.
with the assurance from his closest friends that he
is a thorough Democrat being first, last and always
tor his party. There never was any doubt of this
Mr. Gordon is striking illustration OF the imp0ten-
cy of reconciliation means Tor the regeneration
OF Democrats.
Senator Spencer gives alarming indications that
he will vote with the silver niiatonists. He was
written to, recently, BIZ an Alabama friend. who
asked him to represent the sentiments Of his State
by voting for unlimited silver. The Senator has
given correspondent of The baltimore San a copy
of his reply which contains this ominous state.
ment IL beg leave to say that your views and ar.
guments respecting finance have any sympathy. /
have as perhaps you are aware suffered denuncia-
ton and abuse by the moneyed powers for having
ertaned free notions respecting money systems,
and no more than myself deprecates the present
pr0sration of business enterprises and consequent
hardship to the labonng classes throughout the
country all Of which, IA you suggest, has its origin
with what is technically known rs contraction. >"
This ia explicit enough TO show that the Republi-
can party is pretty certain 70 lose the vote 0i an
other of its political carpet baggers when 1t needs it
the most.
Senator Ben Hill has been making good use OF the
holiday recess by giving the Southern people
iirst-class lecture on finance. He has told them
great deal of plain truth and told it like man.
Having been requested by reporter OF The AHdnta
Constitution TO give his views on finance, ne re.
sponded m two columns of unyarnished truth. He
announced at the outset that he would never vote
in favor of any bill proposing to make 80 or 92
cents worth Of silver dollar He could See in such
proposition nothing but a scheme to take or 10
per cent of value out Of the pockets of the people
and put it into the pockets of silver owners. lie
had heard good deal of clamor about "bloated
borrl-holders,D but he thought it about time TO
warn the people of bloated bullion-holdcrs." The
ONLY way to escape financial distress and uncer-
tain,y is to resume specie payments He was
eyrn apparent hostility to the National credit
Nothing, said he, can more surely prevent tho
return of the Democratic party to power than such
a position by the Southern wing of the party
Mr. Hill sees clearly enough that the natural in-
ference from q solid Southern vote for nciplent re.
prrdiation is that tho South will be easily led into
National reputation, and he knows what that will
cost bis party