New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-27
FOLJTICAL NOTES.


This promises TO be a famous week for yor Mo-.
Drop the Louisiana liars, Mr.. Potter, and call r.,
cOparccncrs. '"'
VIII thc Uncle cast off the Nephew after ibe 90,
fc,SlOn Is pat in '"-
aas anybody noticed that THE TRrBuNL's f,,,,,
Is increasingly Don't yOu see u, Ncyyi '
Moses viii reserve his most thuudcrons worIs O..
his croS,-"Xaminai'on. He'll need hem then, too
Hardly one Northern Democratic journal defe,,a.
General Bragg for his attack on southern clai,..
Make note of that.
Who viii ran Till.n's campaign in 1850 IL ~.
cooarcencr, are all sacrificed! VIII be- be- able :,
trust his secrets 10 thc National Committed
Moses has already thumbed two cipher pampbl,,,
to tattcr-, and has bought a third. II he w,l In.
them direct from tlIo Office he shall have them !,
wholesale rates.
There is not an overwhelming popular demand n,
an exposure Of the "Surrepttlous' means by wbci
The ciphcrs were published The excitement is con.
fined 10 what llldcn and the cOyalcouers have r
say about them.
Before the Senate spends another entire dav f.,
looking after its dignity it should reflect upon n.
well-e~tabshed fact that all dignity Of tbe genuns
sort never needs defence, hut ], capable Of taErr,
care OF Itself. Bogus dignity is always suspicious
The Teller Committee should call Goycpop
Hampton before 1t leaves South Carolina. He d,
sure all the intimidation was Oh the Republican
side and be ought to have a chance to give the
partisan ant.ccdents and previous condition of
SoIyltudc OF that bulldUZng mule.
Every bulldozer who mounts the stand in the
South is swift to declare that his treatment OF the
negroes was IN self-lofcnce ard entirely justihabe
OF course that is the solid sentiment Of the South
and the worst feature of the question. The whole
white population Is profoundly convinced that il
has an ildiienaOle right 10 pound the nlgScIs all
II plcases.
Why have the rural Democratic journals Of the
West been able to perceive so simultaneously that
Ncw-York State is imperatiyc!y necessary Tor
Democratic success in 1880 and that Tilden is the
only man who can carry that State Has the Bu.
reau Of Editorial Information been furnished with
a new crank already Perhaps, though this is only
the natural result Of the dssennatlOn oI lee gTd'e.
fHl information that the barl had been reiilcd bya
lucky speculation.
Wade Hampton has recently caused 10 be pnb.
lshed remarkable interview with himself con.
tanning statements about the South Carolina cleo.
ton winch have already been alluded 10 ~ Ina
TRIBUNE. After declaring that all the intimidation
was on the Republican side, and predicting mat
immunity to the buildCzer would bring blessed
hcayen-borE peace he closed with an account Of
VISION which he bad while at the point ofdeath. Vast
thr0ngs of citizens crowded about him, and a grave
parsonage approached nm saying: 90 lur>e People
are al. praying tor you. Live, lIyr!' lie woke
feeling the litc-blO0d creeping through his VEINS
and knew the crisis had passed. hi, sort Of talk
may sail The 1crSId ChlyalTy of South CaIOhua but
TO the cold Northern sense, coming n II OOos &C The
tan of series Of fragrant ullsstatement-, 10 sounds
like very cheap cant.
The Administration is cnrOmcally unfortuuatein
It's Southern appointments Ii has Just picked out
ex-COngrcssman Joseph II. Sloss for United States
Marshal of the Southern District Of South Carolina.
TINS Is the patriot who dIsgIlStrd the Northern
Democrats by breaking ont on the of the PTrsi.
dental election in 1875, with demand Tor the
payment of Southern claims. In the paper which
he edited he sad " 1t Is a matter of surprise to
Southern politicians and Democrats of the North
asserting that if Tilden aud Hendricks
are elected the just claims due the SOuth
ern people will not be paid. we are dis
glsted with such moral cOwardice as will lead
those who should be friends OF the South TO thu:
show the white feather before the bloody shirt
banner of those vino would rob the people Of the
south of their Just and legal claims. We have al.
ways believed and insisted that claims Tor DIlyate
property taken from our people during the war, aud
used nv the Federal Army OF Sulu and the proceeds
carried into the United states Treasury should be
paid. While "A member OF Congress We voted 10 pay
for schOOl-hOusCs, churches aud buildings belonging
to charitable ASSOCIATIONS, destroyed 10y the Federal
Arny.n There was a good deal more OF this
sort If talk. Is the Administration IN favor Ot ell
couragiug sentiment of TINS sort