New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-18

Jn n''T veiy year until 1874 the Repnbl,eans, had
MAORI, was 50 COS The next year il was but
v,es and the year after 2.os5 In All mes states
IL oEsnnhlican vote. and even the kepuocan con'-
i1,res and newspapers have been utterly sup
pressed. o,oo+;or Tho Creen.
u candIIate for President Went there ana
,i;ved the embarrassment OF the bali who butteo
ncs,nst locomotive. The whole proceeding was
as%ameful wrong. and Mr.. Weaver saws that the
sso-caa,ent of the National election laws IL the
ny thing which will make fair election possible.
Arkansas has just voted-Arhansas. where unili re-
centlv Repuhncaus always elected members OF Con
~ss and the LEGISLATURE where ut the last Presi-
Genital election rs, 500 Republican votes We're cast
ond where now in part of the State does the he
nnbncan vote appear. Reputation amt Democracy
prevail nightly -, O.. -, Al
Government was taken by the throat and threatened
with trangulatiOn unless the election HwS were
stricken down. that the Democratic party would
have to-day majority in either House OF Congress
eycept for elections dominated and decided by yo-
lenee and fraud.
REPUTATION OF SOUTHERN DEBTS.
What use Is made of all this ill-gotten power
One OF its chief uses has been the rep ldiauon OF
honest debts Every Southern State but Texas has
lately repuiiated its Obligations. This aggregate
repnd,ation of State and municipal debis amounts
n about three husdred million dollars. In 1872
tie DEBTS of Southern STATES were S2i2.5OO.OOo
Now tese States recognize AMI pay interest on only
S53.97s,9i5, larg" part even OF TINS Is unpaid
and funded interest. u twenty millions. interest
has been scaled down TO 2 per cent. Whether the
residue of debts also to b. foresworn is now an
open ISSUE. ~ >,
Is there excuse or pallation for this We are told
SO. What isiti Ii is that " carpe'-bag govern
lnents" contracted these OBLIGATIONS. One DIM
cuty with this excuse and not the ONLY one, Is that
1t Is not true. The anii-war debt. contracted beire
tla carpet -baegerD visited the South either
with KnaDSack without II, was ninety million
collars. No part of this deOt has been pad large
,,ort hos been repudi 4ted The carDst-bag" GOV
ernmeuts paid the interest on It regularly.
The increase of deDt since The var Wa largely t0r
pub improvements But the most damaging fact
for this excusc that all the alleged Illegal Issue OF
bonds charged upon the carpet-hag governments
mt together does not equal the sum repuiiateo by
What are we TO think OF men and communities
who 20 into wholesale reputation rs Gayiy IS the
toabldonr touched hl guitar! hsn sir. weaver
brought forward IN the Il lu'e Of ltpresentatlvrS
bill 10 issue " fat money!" and M k 1t r2ai-tcn-
der for all debts lbilc aud priyat . man aiter man
from the South openly declared that II the word
''priyate were stricken OUT lie would vote for the
Thcv had no objection to paving Of public debts
with chat, but private deots they Thought should
be paid in money.
state debts are sacred above National Obligations
higher essence than the Nation, and tins was the
standing defence III rebellion for " gong win
their states" Moreover : are ana mlic.pal "oli-
cations tor home purposes Ii tner own STATE
1.Ith and credit Is rot inyloate with southern cad
ers what in their hands would be the fate OF obliga-
fiOns which were the means, the cause the heHo-
rails of beir defeat
1Hr PERIL OF DEMOCRATIC ASCEND iNcY.
But we are told General Hancock would watch
them An angel might watch tig'r; a child might
attempt to divide a beefsteak with bloodhound;
lamb might lie down with lion, but the lamb
won lie inside. The peril of Democratic ascend
ancv in all the branches OF the Government Is deeper
rooted than any measure within the scope of exist
ing public questions. Statesmen abroad talk OF
the balance of power" and of chang ng the map
Of Europe" Those savings mean not much more
than might easily occur here
The resolution admitting Texas to the Union IN
1915 provided for erecting out OF Texas tour al
dIuOnal States The area and population are DOtn
sufficient The area Is 274.OO0 square miles. the
p0puiati0n million and half Such proceeding
would add eight TO the uumberoi southern senators,
and add 70 Southern power IN the Electoral college,
difonS and preiudices have descended from slave
holding influences. several new states may also ne
made. Schemes exist, not III embryo but lar adj
vanced to obtain a slce OF Mexico" Cattle
stealing on the Rio GTande border has been and IS
fruitful occasion for unconscious INTO Mexico special
cavalry regiments of unusua! size have been raised
and stationed on the Texan frontier III is an open
secret that not long ago much eXer.lOn ana alert
ness we're needed to keep out of another Mexican
Without violating the Constitution or transcend
ing me usages of the Republic, at least seven new
States could be brought H. ana In the case Oh s0h0
of them a very plausible could De made. lne
nroiect would become a high party measure It's
success would assure complete DEMOCRATIC ascent
encv in the Nation for generation at least III
would put the Government not merely III the nah"s
OF the Democratic party, but OF tue Southern DEN
Why should not this be done' Who and what is
TO prevent it If the Democratic party Is elected
he Al
wing IN Congress were these new states DIougnl
{ ,rward for admission. The Northern Wing never
could never will, and never can WIlnst'"lG tHe
pressure of the far stronger Soufh wing. Nra'i-
tafiOn aud arithmetic make Such res stance llhpo'-
stole iust a. pound cannot outweigh ton Just as
one man cannot OutnumDer regiment ne pdNt
,s nitIful i'm It's warnings in this behalf. Despite
pledges and Northern indignation Northern DEM
Gratis IN Congress united in voting down the Nlimot
nrovis0 in order To make Cab iOTnia slave state ;
united In voting tor the FugltiFe slave law; unlted
I'm ne mighty periidv winch overthrow the Missouri
fou ia Ord q
and other States. and u1ited IN defeating The
Homestead laval at the behest of the Southern
Mr. Van Bmen at last. like Macbeth. would 90
no flr.her III this bloody business" anu political
destruction was his reward Mr.. D1ugia>s a, ldsb
made brave stand against sectional aggression.
ard he was hunted to his grave. Caucus Is kins,
and the avengDg angel is hardly NOR lne2oTabio
IN decree or nnerrlng IN retrDuUon
THE DEMOCRATIC ASSAULT ON THE JUDICIARY.
One of the main bIlwarks of the Republic l. the
Judiciary The Courts of Justice are umpire con
servator citadel. Ihe Supreme Court Is the maj
aroter of many momentOIs controversies. ms
great tribunal is very obnoxious 70 Southern lead
ers in Congress and out I'll IN their way 1t does
not always decide as they think. The halls OF Con-
,,sse raue, last wear with assertions uttered with
nassionate yehemence. that the laws Tor protecting
el.ciious are unconstitutional. Soon altcfw3ri
60. an the docxer OF the Supreme Court. involving
the Vallditv OF these laws, was reached ana the
Cont decided them valid. Register III baukruptcy
NOT olg ago Overruicd the Chlei Oh Tue c4u-
s.ructou If "A statute, and so III Oh happens thdV
th. Courf Is not able reconcile enough to get At
III :. trI,e Inwariness" and profound depths of tue
law a. understood the Eustnes, where the moon
si,,ucr thrives aud re-eater relgns Mutterihgs
den and loud. breatnIngs Of DIRE long ms 10 20
for = The Court have for year, been gathering Ia
volume - 49,. T. .o .- .t,,o
-, iii. feeling has now and again found harsh
ne in unseemly sinister words. Not only Ken
tuckv through the chairman OF the JUDICIARY Com
mice Mr.. Knott but Missouri North Carolina and
States asssted,l regret to say by hepreSeh Z
stive from this CITY, have uttered language gross
a"d calumnious of the Court, aspers'ng IT'S lnteg-