New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-27

All the things the South Is solid for are bad
That's what's the matter
If President Garfield puts all the antiquated
statesmen into his Cabinet who are offered him, he
will have the finest collection of political bricabrac
this country has ever seen
On Sunday, October 81 after the forged letter and
its forged envelope had been produced in Court and
the fact of their forgery individually established,
Chairman Barnum SAID in dispatch over his own
SIGNATURE: The assertion that the Garfield letter
is 2 forgery is no longer seriously made" Is man
who could tell lie like that TOO good TO be suspected
of forgery! HUT the rascal down"
If the Democrats of the country were to decide
John Kellg's case, his head would go of without
further debate.
The calm lmpudence of this remark by The Rich
npond Dispatch worthy of genuine admiration:
There i, no doubt at all chat the Republicans Sc
cured majority of the next House--if they have
secured it at abby frand, force and corruption"
With fair elections and fair counting IN the South.
the Republican majority IN Congress would rise To
30 at lras!, and might reach 10. Nobody knows
this better than the Southern editor who talks thus
about fraud, force and corruption" AT least
20 seats in Congress were stolen BY the Southern
Democrats at the last election.
There was nothing stingy about Barnum's lying.
II covered the Pacific Slope as with o garment
The Carson appeal, OF Nevada, announces that
during the week prior TO election it received numer-
ous dispatches from Baruum who seemed to labor
under the impression that it was Democratic
newspaper. One of these dispatches. accompanied
by stereotype plates of the Morey letter. contained
several thousand words prepaid by Barnum's Com
mittee The editor sent in reply this dispatch to
Bsrnum: The letter Is recognized as a forgery out
here and you had better admit it as such and have
done with the business" Bernum not discour-
aged by little rebuff like that. lie fastened
to reply: " You are entirely deceived. Ii is abso-
lutely genuine. and Wi be admitted by every
one. Very mpO rtant that all sent you on the SUBJ
Ject should be used"
1t is intimated that Chalmers may decline TO take
the seat which has been stolen for him in Congress
tie is not that kind Of man. He has occupied the
same seat for two terms when he had no more right
to II than be has for the next term lie is son of
chValry Chalmers is.
Congress will be with us once more a wees from
next Monday. Let US hope for the best and prepare
for the worst.
About the most forloru person on the surface of
politics is the Deputy Democratic editor. lie should
hitch himself 10 FOrney's Empire.
There Is a good deal of silly talk in the Southern
press about the evident purpose of the North to
keep the South III subsection" The North mas not
dreamed of such n purpose. The MOI h keeps itself
in subsection to the laws of the land and insists
that the South must do tho same That is all there
Is about 1t, ana the sooner the South stops crum-
bling and begins to behave itself the sooner will il
become happy.
The World seems TO have wearied itself of lying
for Beltzhoover. He would not give 1t lift bv
lying Tor himself
General Hancock maintains his decorous sjlence
even IN the face OF Barnum's Pacific Coast dis