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National Republican., 1878-01-01


the armies of the Union and the rebellion
been opposed to each other on the battle
line, with the fate of the nation waiting on
the combat. The great question was "shall
all the people of this country participate in
its government and peacefully determine
who shall administer its laws, or can a por-
tion of them, by violence and bloodshed, de-
prive the others of this right9"
Upon the determination of this question
rested the future of the republic. If the
was given over to anarchy and ruin; II the
former, to prosperity and peace. Happily,
the danger was averted; peace banished
grim -visaged war" for the time, and all
promised well.
Like Dead Sea apples the promise has
turned to ashes in our mouths; like the book
which the evangelist found so sweet in his
mouth, it has turned bitter in the belly.
Why is this? The right triumphed over
the wrong. Why is not the result coequal
with the victory9
1t is difficult question to answer. The
country expected peace and prosperity to
follow the settlement; but perhaps these
expectations were based upon false idea,
or ut least that more was looked for than
could possibly follow. For years there had
been distress and suffering, and each politi-
cal party charged that II was the result OF
the oth' rs action; cached claimed that only
it's su, cess could remedy the evils. This
was not true of either Other than politi-
cal causes had produced the results, and
other than mere political remedies were
needed to produce the cure. 1t is true that
definite political supremacy, indicating q
certain fixed policy for the succeeding foui
years, would have done much to produce
confidence, and thus relieve the pressure
but this we had not. One branch of Con
gress was Democratic, the other Republican
and the President seemed to be in the con
dition of the ass in EsoP's fable, halting al
to which bundle of hay he should cat, ant
starving in the midst of plenty.
This produced its natural result Ever,
capitalist in the country knew that sucl
conduct would bring political turmoil ant
confusion, and money instead Of being in
vested was locked up. Those who hat
investments sought immediate profit or con
traction, and for the first time in the histor,
of the nation was heard the cry of bread oI
blood )" for the first time the workingmei
were in arms seeking to secure food TO
their families For the first time the sol
diers of the United States armies were com
pclled to reduce sedition raised by starving
men. The army put down the rioters, anc
the people suffer for bread.
Such is the condition now. In this wa,
the new year COMMENCES. How will i
end? Nothing but the kind interference o
an over-rulng Providence guiding the coun
sells of our wiscst men can save the nation
Snail we have it?
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EurOpe's ozark and Bloody
(.rnu MI ~

Belgium Is in danger" cries the New
York Herald, in an eight-column letter from
Brussels. And an extraordinary letter ii is,
if the information it contains be in any way
reliable. Its chief interest lies in the intel
ligence, which the correspondent announces
rs fact, that Imperial Germany is determined
to annex Belgium, or at least to establish a
Berlin protectorate over it, having already
mysteriously succeeded in placing German
officers us engineers over the defensive works
on that important neutrality. Since the
peace of 1915, Belgium has virtually been
owned in fce-simple by England, by con-
sent of the allied monarchies of Europe in
arms against the great NAPOLEON, and so
held Us frontier menace to France.
Times have changed, France and Eng
land are no longer enemies, but friends
They have fought side by side against the
Russian, and France has been defeated, but
not conquered, by Germany. The Teuton
il satisfied that the Gaul is only waiting
the opportunity to win back Alsaco and
Lorraine, and, jealous of the good feeling of
England toward France, desires TO have the
assurance Of Belgium as good fighting
ground when the hour for fighting comes.
There is, however, barrier-a foTmida-
BILE one: The Catholic Church. Cardinal
DEsCHANPS is Primate of Belgium, and he
hates Prince BISMARCK with a holy and
undying hatred Most Of the Catholic
bishops and priests expatriated by the Ger
man Premier took refuge in Belgium under
the wing of Cardinal DEsCHAMPs. This
prelatc is political schemer like BISMARCK,
and has appointed his own men to the Min
istry of the King of Belgium. All that goes
on there he knows. He has had all the old
abbeys which had become national prop
erty restored to the monks prescribed by Ger
many and Spain, and hence the feeling he
tween BISMARCK and himself is bitterly
antlgonistic. In brief the Cardinal is
thought to be the only serious obstacle to
BIsMARCKIsM and the military rule of Ger
many in Belgium. War and rumors of
war, like politics, bring together strange
bedfcllOws. This attempt Of Germany
would. OF course, bring England to the front,
as Mr.. LUMLEY, the British Minister at Brus-
sells, admits. She would oppose it 'in the best
way she could and if war opened France
would be compelled to go with her as a
fighting ally, or be content to find Germany
in possession of the Belgian line, and, as it
were, within five minutes walk OF Paris on
any line day. The Catholic Church, too,
would be in the fight for its life in conti-
mental Europe, and singularly enough
bringing al its ultnl-montane power to the
aid OF England against what it terms the
anti-Christ spirit of Germany. In past ages
Belgium has been the dark and bloody
ground of Europe, and it is not improbable
this sanguinary prominence may be unhap-
PLY restored 10 it.
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NLE EIHLICITINNS.

ALL AROUND THE PALETTE. by LIZZIE W.
illustrated by J. Wells Champncy, l"Champ." IL"
Lockwood. brooks 4 Co, Boston For sale IN
Washington by william ballantync, i2s Seventh
street.
This volume Is one of tho "Childrcn's Art
Series" which has become so popular as an aid
in tho study of the fine arts Children are
natural artists. They are always fond Of the
beautiful, both in nature and art, from their
earliest obseryances. They will -trsrn forth
their little hands for pretty fuwcr q, !yC,ure
and cry for their possession before thoy can
articulate. The early culture Of these tastes
are almost universally neglected, hut Mis-
Champncy and Messrs. Lockwood, Brooks 4
Co. are trying to remedy this sin of omission
BY the publication of attactive books
National Republican., 1878-01-01
Rebel Claims Again.

Senator HILL has written letter TO the cdi-
tor of Democratic paper in Iowa positively
and efnphatically denying the charge that the
Southern Democracy would claim, in the event
of their obtaining power, pensions for COnicd-
crate soldiers, payment for their slaves, or
payment of the Confederate debt. The four
tecnth amendment to the Constitution pro-
hibits that, and Mr. HILL says that that con-
stitutiOnal prohibition could not he changed
by the Southern Democracy If every man in
the South desired il. That is all very true
But unfortunately there was nothing said in
that amendment about the payment of claims
for damages for property taken or destroyed in
the South by the Federal army during the war.
Mr.. HILL docs not say word about such
claims, and in this direction lies the danger
of big raid on the Federal Treas
ury. We showed yesterday from the
record that au effort was IIade in the last Con
grcss TO prohibit this also by constitutional
amendment, and that the proposition was de-
fcated by Southern Democrats, aided by few
from the North. The preamble 10 Mr.. Hun
TER's resolution was ~ follows: Whereas fears
have been aud still are entertained by the peo-
pie of the United States that Congress may at
some time in the future pass laws by which
the Government of the United States may be
compelled to pay large amount for damages
that were incurred during the late war by per-
sons residing within the States that were then
in rebellion against the United States: There
FORE in order to allay such fears and to prevent
the payment Of such claims, the following
amend uGnt be proposed" &c; and then fol-
lows the amendment. The vote on this reso-
luton is recorded on page 275 of the Congress
siOndt Record part J. second session Forty fourth
Congress. senator HILL, then II member of
the House, is recorded in the negative. He is
also recorded page 400 Of same Record in the
negative on the resolution offered January 5,
directing the Judiciary Committee to report
within two days.
Now, il is very apparent that there was a
well-grounded fear that payment for dam
ages would be demanded by the ex-rcbcls
Mr.. HUNTER and the Republicans wanted to
allay that fear, but the Southern Democrats
said no. Does not this action look as though
they had hope of remuneration in the future
! The Democrats who voted against the resolu.
ton and who are members of the present
House, are Messrs. Atkins, BRIGHT, CALD,
WELL, DIBRELL, RIDDLE, and WHITTHORSE
of Tennessee BLoUNT, Cook, FELTON,, HAR.
RIs, HARTRIDGE and SMITH, of Georgia
BOONE, DURHAM, and KNOTT, of Kentucky
CABELL, DOUGLASS, GOoDE, HARRIS, IlUS
TON, TUCKER, and WALKER, of Virginia
CULBERsoN, MILLS, REAGAN, sCHLEICHER
and THRoCKMoRTON, Of Texas; DAVIS, Ron
BINS, SCALES, VANCE, and YEATEs, of Nortl
Carolina; FoRNEY, HEWITT, and WILLIAMS
] - I,bn "a
Missouri; CAUSE, GUNTER and SLEMoNs, o
Arkansas; HOOKER, MoNEY, and SINGLETON
of Mississippi; WALSH, Of Maryland, ant
WILSON, of West Virginia.
1t will be observed that nearly all cant
from States actively in rebellion. Eyamin
their records. and it will be found that '
all Of them actively participated in tha.
beliOn.
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DIED.

THONfPsON.-On DecenIbsr 20. 1871, Lucy T.,
wife Of Niles llihbRrd Thompson and daughter Of
Rev. William Wilmington.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
EISENBElSS.-on December 70, 1877, FnEDERIcK
ROBEIl1, son of Julius. and susanna Eiscnbeiss aged
one year nine months and two days.
GRAHAM-On sunday. December 20, 1877. Mrs.
SARAH GRAHAM aged eight y-seVGn years. the mother
OF Curtis Is. nud John r. Graham.
The niends uf th" inmily are inviled to attend her
funeral. from the residence OF her son, Curtis H. Ora
b IN, n Arlington, Va, on Wednesday, January .,
ib1S, at II O'Clock.
wALSII.--On December 20, 1877, NJ. X. WALSH, In
the hltynfth year OF his age.
Friends Of the iamy respectfully invited to at
tend his funeral, from fls late re'idenc-, No. iIO
Bridge street, GCOTgttDwn January I, lS7s, at $50
o'clock IL n when VI viii proceed Ia Trinity Church,
where Roqulcm Mas will be said ut o o'clock.
wlLSON.-On SUNDAY morning, December 10, ls77,
at u;f O'Clock, tATHAEISE. beloved wife OF the late
william H. Wilson, IN the seventy-fnh year OF her
age
Her funeral viii take rrcs from the residence OF
her sunnaw james e. TurtOn No lyI7 X street
northwest, Wcln's day afternoon January ., s7b at
O'clock. Friends of the family are respectfully In.
Vitcd to attend.
MADES.--At his residence, corner Tenth and J.
str cts northwest, on sunday afternoon, ut O'Clock
tHUs rorIIER hADls>, Hter long Illness. at an age
of forty three years,
Funerm will take place from his late residence
Tuesday, January /, II O'Clock y. NJ. t."
National Republican., 1878-01-01
The New Year.

"The King is dead-long live the King"
was the proclamation made in ancient times
when a king passed away, the chamberlain
his office. Though not the Chamberlain of
1877, we announce its death and the acces-
sion of the new year 1873. When the clock
ceased to strike twelve one of the atoms
which we use to mark the infnity called
time" passed away and another conf
menced. 1t was the official who cried,
"Le R0i est mort J'ipe Ie ROi" as 1877
died and ls7s assembled the vacated throne.
In the many periods of time which we
call years that have passed since Ammo
DOmini ''Onc" but few have been iraught
with greater esents than the year that has
just closed During these long years en-
prcS, kingdoms, and republics have arisen,
lived their brief time, and been numbered
with the things Of the past, but in none OF
the many have so many events been
crowded thut were OF such vast present and
future importance to Tho welfare of the
human race.
Our republic, the last effort OF man to
form government founded upon the cor
rect principle that the governed should gov
en-, had just passed through gigantic
struggle with itself lor existence, and en-
tered upon it's second century. But it en-
tered upon that year in the midst Of y still
more po'tcntious struggle than the ont
when, " ith arms in their hands, millions o.
it's citiz ,ns stood face to face upon the battle
field, That was the struggle Of brute force
for the ascendency; this was the combat
of law against violence of right agans
wrong and though no embattled armie
faced each other the resultant effects wer'
Of more import to the future than had al
National Republican., 1878-01-01
PERSONAL.
No SUGAR in mine, plcasci
MAKE your New Years calls
THIS is ladies' day-at home.

No SUGAR in mine, plcascl
MAKE your New Years calls
This is ladies duy-at home.
MAGGIE MITCHELL Is in Cincinnati.
Is it to be wine or coffee this year, ladies?
JoHS MCCULLOU ~ is in New York State.
joaquin MILLER is on the platform this
season.
JoHH B. GoUGu is to make lecture tour in
England.
BRIGHAM YoUNG's widows are beginning to
marry again.
FIGHTISG JoE HOOKER is said to resemble
Osman PashH.
DALLAS, TEXAS, mas introduced the fire.
alarm telegraph.
LYDIA THOMPSON always strictly refuses to
dance during Lent.
No girls nose itchcs so much rs one who
wears diamond ring.
A POPULAR Russian commander at this sea.
sOn-General SwcarOI.
Mr. J. 5. BILLINGS, Of this city, is at tho
Lafayette, Philadelphia,
MILE. MARIE RonE the prima donna, has
arrived in this country.
DoN'r expect to lind II man ut home today
Look for him elsewhere.
NINE PATHS first night at La Fenice, In
Venice, brought 1000 lire.
AUGUSTA RAYMOND has taken Nina Varian's
place in the Lngard troupe.
DIR. GoTTHEEI., u leading jewish minister OF
New York, receives 10000 year.
SHARON was born in Ohio lie has borne
himself very independently lately.
Mr.. GEORGE IRWIN ST., of this city, is at
the Waverly Hotel, Louisville, Ky.
CoLLECToR SIMMONS, of Boston, lectures t,
New England audiences on "Rciorm.'
Miss I.oUI-E POMEROY has gone IN South,
urn tuui under john +. fOrd's management.
Miss LISA WEBER, who was hero last winter
with burleSque company, is playing in Liver
pool.
The compliments of the season may b,
spoken once or twice tO-day-if attempted
carly.
Mr. C\GL RosA's English opera season be
gins at the Adephi Theatre, London, in Feb
ruary.
EDWIN BOOTH begins six weeks engage
ment at the theatre bearing his name Junuar!
7, 1873.
THE ONtrs Comic Opera Company go t.
Bush-strccl Theatre, son Francisco, ut the ou'
of January.
REV. J. A. d. HUGHES has entered upon hi
duties ~ rector of Trinity Z. L. Church, Cal
bondale, Pa.
Tue brother-in-law Of the Nice-PreSidcn
has been appointed clerk in the New Yor
custom house.
LIEUT.. BEET has been detailad by the Coy
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guidance will lead him to see the right and
pursue IT with unhinchins integrity and
consistency Of purpose. We trust that a
Higher Power may point him to the impor-
tance of preserving record consistent with
the principles he professed at the time he
accepted public favor, and upon which he
has been borne to the summit Of human
honor.
We wish the Cabinet happy New Year !
hoping and trusting that each will vie with
the other to promote the welfare of the
country and to give pre-eminence to Repub-
lican principles in shaping and controlling
the measures Of their respective Depart
ments, so that they may reflect faithfully
the principles of the party which has clothed
them with the power they exercise in their
several positions
We wish Congress a happy New Year
hoping that it may pass laws that will pro-
mote the unity, prosperity, and happiness
of the American people, and secure to the
governed all the blessings that are promised
in the Constitution and guaranteed in our
free institutions.
Wewish the American people happy New
Year trusting that their Government may
seek the promotion oftheir interests and Sc
cure to them wise financial policy tn, enjoy.
ment Of all the rights and privileges vouch.
safed to them by the organic law of the
nation-prominenty among which are q
free and untrammelled exercise Of the right
of suffrage, and clear tiel | and fair race in
the business enterprises of life-and beyond
these security to 'life, liberty, and the pur
suit Of happiness"
To our patrons and friends we wish many
happy returns of the joys Of this day, trust
ing that as life wears on apace each ma,
and their efforts crowned by abundant sue
cess, and their pathway strewn with tn
choicest blessings that kind Providence
can bestow.
National Republican., 1878-01-01
1877 and 1873.

We now present our annual salutation to
the readers of the NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,.
Another New Year has come and as we
claim with TESNYsON-
The A. they chEngc Almighty Father these
Are but The varied tod, The rolling year
J. iuIi ut Thee,
AT twelve o'clock last night the Old Year
stepped into eternity to give place to II
new conner, that will bring to the children
of men, we trust, a new and brighter era Of
prosperity and happiness. Thus do we
chIOnce these changes, one after the other,
as the record of Time counts the years in
its calendar in ccaselcss succession. Time
grows old but never weary, while man is of
few days and full Of trouble and "thC
place that now know him will soon know
him no more forever" Many who reioiccd
in the advent of ls17 had gone to thCiI
final rest before IT," year had com pleted it.
record, and vast multitude who enjoy "a
happy New Year at the incoming Of l-7'
will sleep the sleep that knows no waking
before it has counted its twelve months or
the dial OF time. In this there is cause lo
serious contemplation.
As we enter upon the threshold Of tn,
new year new prospects, new purposes ant
fresh hopes cluster upon the hour All lool
for more prosperous and II more happ,
New Year than the last twelve months hav
afforded. We wish the Chief Magistrate 0
the nation u happy New Year, hoping thu
as he enters upOn tho administration Of tn
Government ror 1878 he will invoke Divin
counsel, wisdom, and aid in the conduct q
public affairs, that his measures and policie
may square themselves by the principles O
equal and exact justice to all the people q
the United States. We trust shat Divin
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of art for children. The work before
us Is one of peculiar interest. 1t
takes a little boy and girl, the former son Of
q painter, and the latter daughter Of neigh.
Dor, and carries them through delightful
course Of art-reading, study and travel com.
bined which Is romantic and historic as well
as artistic. II Is book which cannot fail to
entertain and instruct all children and youth
who perusc II, while its influence will at the
same time have a refining tendency.
THE STORY OF IREAT1oN-By g. NJ. CANT
HE'LL D. D., author Of Across the Desert" Lock
wood Co, Boston. For sale by William Balan-
tyne.
:. This story of Creation seems very desirable
book for present reading. Judging from the
casual glance that we have been able to give
II, we opine that DIR. Campbell is a writer Of
the highest intelligence that while he adj
heres to the Mosaic or Bible history of creation,
that he is nevertheless, aclose student of all the
revelations Of science upon the subject. His
views are expressed with great clearncss and
precision, but his design appears to be to reach,
without ambiguity, harmonious interpreta-
tion Of Moses and modern science. Indeed, he
frankly AYERS as much in his introduction
when he says: IL offer great latitude here to
modern science. This will not strike all my
readers favorably, but time, i think, will justify
the course have taken. / have lived to sec
the nebular hypothesis propounded, disputed,
and at last quite generally accepted. The de.
velopmcnt hypothesis seems passing the same
ordeal. II has not yet by any means, been
established; but II Is every year gaining
ground with scientific men, and the question
Is already upon us-whether, In case that hy-
pothesis were established we could maintain
our faith in the Bible Some scientific men
say no; some zealously religious men say no.
Others, equally wise and equally good say yes;
the Mosaic cosmogony and the development
hypothesis may be so interpreted as TO stand
in perfect harmony. In this work l take my
stand with the latter class and make my ap-
peal to all honest inquirers and earnest work
ers, whether In the field of biblical ntcrprcta.
ton or that of scientific research. Whether
we read from the Rock record or from the in
spired Word, the story ofcreatiOn is essentially
the same" The Bible student who may have
found his faith staggering under the develop
ments of modern science will experience much
comforting relief by following this admirably.
written and intelligently- illustrated work by
DIR. Campbell. The scientific man should alsc
carefully read it while making his researches
as it may prove to be to him as u chart is t.
the storm-driven mariner.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

TIE Baltimore Gazette, which no doubt
has quite rs much intelligence in regard to
political matters in tho Democratic party as
our Democratic cotemporary in Washing
ton, denies the truth Of it's oock-and-bull
story about what certain Democratic Sena-
tors will do when Congress reassembles.
The story has had q fshy odor from the first.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

THE Democratic New York World addresses
the President rs Mr.. HAYES. What do the
HILL say to this? IF he is good enough
President for them, isa't he good enough for II
"dough-iace" in the NOrthY The SuthCrn
friends of the President should really see to it
that their Northern lick-spittles are more con-
siderate.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

ROYAL intormarriages done seem to work
first rate in securing the peace Of Europe.
Mrs. VICTORIA GUELPH has family alliances
with Germany and Russia, and those are the
two nations which are just now hankcring to
wullUp thcir nothcr-in.law.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

CONSIDERABLE discussion is going on about
Mr.. CoSKLISG's victory. Who objects? Mr..
CoNKLIYG has the victory and anybody may
chaw away at the discussion. Nutritious
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ERIY-SENHIND At tho German Lutheran
Church, December 20, lS77. bv Rev. d. LuchkCrt,
JOHS A. ERERLY and Miss MARY SESRISD, both oi
this city.
wORCE~TER-HA Baltimore, Deccm-
bcr H. 1877. Ut the Church of st. Miclnes aud All
Angels, by the Rev Wllliam KlTkus Ill. D., Harry
J. WORCESTER, es1 OF NcwburypOrt, and Miss
NELLIE FRANCIS HARDY, OF Boston.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

THE Pope has n BAD leg, which is giving him
a good deal of trouble but then, in tempo
raj sense, he hasn't had leg to stand OH in
Rome for wears.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

HARPER suggests that Congress reform "the
method and determination of the Presidential
election" GOOD. Suppose we do? Call It
GRANT, ch2 Method and determination
nnnuuh ihnrn-
National Republican., 1878-01-01

DoH CARLOS seems to have hard time of II
in Europe. France, like the viGilant police
man at the corner grocery, has told him tC
"movc on"
National Republican., 1878-01-01

THE World remarks: Perhaps Mr.. HAYES
will not forget to remember that in about
fourteen months from now tho Senate OF the
United States will contain at least forty-two
Democratic mem bers." Just so Perhaps
Very much perhaps, we think. We do not
know how far Mister HAYEs-as the World
eourteously refers to the President-may
agree with this Senatorial estimate, but We
diagnose the chrome through our prophetic
goggles, as il were, with difference.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

TIE New York HrrGd calls the letter of
Mr.. WILLIAM L. CHANDLER, on the Southern
bargain and sale, "frothy" aiihir Mr.
CHANDLER might say the same Of hundreds of
articles issued as great, popular frclcrs in the
Hcrdid, and not he half so wide Of the truth.
National Republican., 1878-01-01

ANYBoDY want to be Commissioner to the
Paris Exposition? lei on parle Francais. Don't
all speak at once.