Year: 1876

The conservative attitude of many o


he Confederate on the floors Of Con


gress and at The many Democratic eau


cuses, successfully opposing many of the


extreme partizan measures determined


on by their political associates from The


North and West (familiarly known dur


ing the war as -Copperheads') has led tc


L variety Of reports, sensational and 9th


erwlse. relative to movement said tC


D. on foot 10 unite them with the Re.
publican party upon basis alike honor.


able to the great party that preserved


the Union and its re-enforcements from


he South who were cozened into open


'rmed hostility to it BY the flithless


Democracy of the loyal States. Their


reports have seemed all the more plausi-


ble from the many evidences of distrust
and bitterness manifested by the North
ern Democratic leaders towards their


Southern brethren" since the opening
of the session; and that the fear has
taken deep root in the Bourbon heart,
that they have good grounds to appre-
hend punishment for their perfdy, is
proven by glance at the columns of
leading Bourbonistic Journals of late
dates. The matter as yet appears
based upon negative rather than positive
signs-exists in nebulous form,
but is likely to assume more definite pro-
portions as we approach the day for
counting and declaring. the Presidential
vote in February. unless the Tilden
managers are able TO avert the fatal dis
ruption which is undoubtedly threaten
ed in some sections Of the South. For
some days vague rumors of active pre-
parations on the part of the Western
Democracy TO inaugurate Tilden by
force of arms have given activity 10 those
Immediately arising from the Southern
situation and the Oregon usurpation.
BY the latter part Of the week they had
taken on such en- appearance Of proba-
bility by the Ut;erance Of the Indiana
Democrats, recently assembled, and by
the action Of the Democratic Represent
atives from Ohio in requesting Thomp-
son 10 call like Cnoven;iolin Ohio that
many were found giving full credence
TO reports which had before been scoffed
at as purely sensational Others again
perhaps a majority-regard these
demonstrations as part of the game of
bluff and brag which characterised the
Democratic Presidential canvass, and
which have been continued since the
day of election. Senator Morton's sud
den journey to Indiana naturally excited
a good deal ofcuriosity and some anxiety,
neither ofwhich are likely to be gratifed
or relieved by anything authentic for
some days, at least. The public here
has absolutely nothing proving or dis
proving these serious Allegations and
whatever information the Government
has, it is not likely to disclose to its own
detriment But uniform cheerfulness
seems TO animate almost every one here.
and the general sense of security does
not appear TO be materially disturbed by
anything yet known.


Members of Congress are apparently
as far apart relative to President Grants
successor as on the first day of its meet
ing. 1t seems to be felt that the reports
of the various committees sent into the
South will not aid solution of the prob
lem. The extreme partizanship of al
most every investigating committee ap-
pointed at the last session, preludes any
hope of fairer reports from those sent
South this winter; and those appointed
by the Senate to 60 over the same field,
a necessity Of the situation.
The report of Mr. Hewitt's committee to
New Orleans, which is TO be printed with
that sent to Congress by the President
with his special message, does not, it is
said, attempt to disprove the specific
charges of murder, fraud and lntimida-
ton which are established by scores of
witnesses, but deals largely in generali-
ties not in dispute, and designed special
ly to divert public attention from the real
matters at issue. The rejection of Mr.
Edmund's method-that of constitu-
tional amendment referring the whole
matter to the Supreme Court, will not
encourage further efforts in that direc-
ton; and the almost unanimous agree
of the Senate with President Ferry that
The twenty second joint rule has no long
er an existence, indicates that Mr. Ran
dali has loosing fight in his determin-
alton to contend for it. Other than in
the matters mentioned the Senate has
done little except to discuss Southern
elections


On Friday bIr Thurman was forced
into the ugly admission that his party
had been guilty of fraud and intimida-
ton in this election, but urged Governor
Kellogg's ineficieney in extenuation


How he consistently can further contest
the legality of Hayes election in the face
of his own admissions, staggers the ad,
vocate of a free ballot The House still
refuses admission TO Judge Belford, of
Colorado, though the Judiciary Commit
mittee has decided that his right to re-
cognition cannot be questioned; and the
Republican member from South Carroll
ma is still refused his seat, not because
his credentials are not all proper in form
but because private parties in his dis
trict protest against his admission.
Should this action obtain, any member
elect could be excluded by the majority,
upon protest of any personal or polit-
ical enemy who desires 10 deprive him
him of his seat The passage of the
silver bill with its legal tender features
retained, and the annual pension bin
came among the events of the House last
week 1t is understood that the postof-
fee bill will pass in a few days, and that
the committee are rapidly perfecting
many of the other large appropriation
bills. 1t now appears probable that the
holiday recess will be briefer than usual
The Brooklyn theater fire has had the
effect TO cause pretty rigid examina-