New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-22

.trolled by majority OF e1-COnfederate, con J..
trusted TO do the Democrats more harm lhgn H..
Republicans.
IL should be impressed upon the public mind tb,,
the excellent bill for preventing another electoral
controversy, which Senator Edmunds drew no. ana
which the Senate passed, will he defeated by IN.
Democratic House. The eminent statesmen Of IN.
latter body have serious fears that the bill il m
constitutional Everybody knows what d baby in
constitutional law Mr.. Edmuuds -, and knows aho
that when Senator Bayard urged every Democrat 10
vote for the measure he did AZ IN ignorance. Both
men viii Ol course bow submiSslvclY 10 The siperio,
wisdom OF the great constitutional eTpoUndeTs ard
fractuIcis in the House. Meantime. no law will hs
passed, and another Wiaugie MAY come IN lSSO
Keep u iu mind that the Democrats aIc rc,pOn,iJs
for the failure.
Senator Wiudom declares That Pc is lhorougbv
in earnest in his scheme for negro migration. n,
says he has talked with good many OF the leader,
Of the colored people, and they think 10 - pr,eii,
cable Even the southern cOlOrod people think
would work well lie doesn't expect To- take then,
to the Aor,n unle-, ,hcy wish 10 20 there. lis ile,
is To leave them IN the South, but TO scatter them
50 that the pressure winch - now brought uA
them when they try to vote a. maloritcs viii be- "a.
moved T. they ere divided up into tnallermas.e.
they " III yotr more freely aud VIII finally dly.ds
on political issues. There are millions OF acre. #
land ir the south actually suffering for Cultivation,
and Mr. Window hope 10 be ant" 10 distribute The
population 90 49, To cultivate II. lie L1- 10 sectional
irrlirg IN making tie pIopo tion, hut believes thai
addlt ou to improving Ire condition oi the negfc
ms plan wIii relieve Us OI sectional ISSUES.
Gov rnor Hampton has been talking about ns
proposed investigation in his state and his re.
marks are curously muddcd. lie is very eoquen,
in denouucing fraud in elections. declaring that nq
good patriot can afford "A cloak or cover IT, sine.
it goes 70 the root Of orr institutions and destrov,
the rultion of liberty itself" Then he adds tha,
an honest investigation Will discover as muchiF.
regularity on the Republican side Of our household
as the Dcmocratc,' and asserts that so far as in.
timidation is concerned there was literally mona
Whatever on our SIDE while on the Republican side
there are the most unquesti0nable evidences q
gross intimidation." well. w,lll What were the
red-shirts organized for. and why dd they mako
such "A huilabaiOOi Why did they break MP Re-
publican meetugsan and waste 80 much powder on tia
empty arR And who committed the gross IN.
timldatIOn" on the Republican side A? Can 10 10
that Fat mule was'a Republican aud that Hampton
himself wa, the victim I No other case of danags
has been heard of. He admits that there II.
reguarities" on the Democratic SIDE but says they
were due 10 the "accursed condition OF affairs efs
bv Rldcali~m" This Is a reference 70 tEc tissue.
ballots, and as no - good patuOt can afford 10
cloak" them, perhaps the Governor VIII help B..
move the mantle of protection from the t1>cais whl
aimed that "blOW at the root OF our INSTITUTION
Aud perhaps lie won't.