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Year: 1872

There Is nothing that the Southern
people could do that would be satisfactory
to the Grant party, unless they were come to
submissively up to the polls and vote to
retain them in power during the natural
life Of their hero. Even then they might
insist that the agreement should continue
through the life OF Lieutenant Fred, who
has been learning State craft by crossing
the ocean at public expense on furlough
given in plain violation Of the law. If the
South had taken the decided stand ag aiust
Greeley which she has for him, then the
Radicals would have insisted that II was an
evidence of their continued Righteousness
and unBillingness to be recoDciled TO the
people of the Nerth. Now that the white
people of the South 60 solidly for Greeley,
the Grant party charge that the supporters
OF Greeley will in the event of his election
demand payment for their emanei-
pated slaves and pensions for Confederate
soldiers. These charges and the Rebel
Archives" are the stock in trade of the
Grant politicians. We can assure them
that if they will establish the fact that Mr.
Greeley will favor the payment for eman-
cipated slaves, then Toombs, Stephens,
Henry A. Wise, Mosby and the like, who
are now opposing Greeley, will about face
and 90 for him in the twinkliDg of an eye.
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, tha. all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
an unsinely grave with bilious COMPLAINTS,
there iS bat one truly great and reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

II is gratifying to know that so far as Russia
and Germany are concerned there is but small
likelihood that on any early day the peace of
Europe will be disturbed. The Car Alexan-
der has just written an autograph letter to
Prince Charles, brother of the Emperor of
Germany, on the occasion of the fiftieth ami
versary of his appointment to the honorary
colonelcy of a Russian regiment The Car
calls to mind 'the glorious deeds of the allied
armies of Prussia and Russia when fighting in
holy cause;" and he expresses the hope that
''the ties of friendship between the countries
will endure for generations. What the holy
cause was we do not remember, although we
have some recollection of Prusso- Russian
alliances against Poland and Hungary. From
the standpoint of Russian Emperor or Prus-
sian King it might be more easy for us to under


stand the meaning of holy cause or holy
alliance. Not enjoying that standpoint of
observation we must leave the definition Of the
word "holy " tue potentates Themselves It
Year: 1872

British newspapers are publishing copious
other countries upon work and wages abroad
as compared with England. Of course the
United States received special attention, the
report of Consul General Archibald being the
text mainly quoted. He admits that wages for
all classes Of labor here greatly exceed those
paid in England, but he alleges that all the
requisites for living cost far more here than
there, and that all skilled labor is, in fact,
better paid in the British Islands than in the
United States, taking into account what the
wages will buy. He calculates that pound
sterling in England will go as far to support
family as will here one pound and fifteen
shillings-in other words, that it costs
seventy-fve per cent more, at least, to live
here. He admits that farm laborers and all
who are able to work upon the soil can better
themselves by appropriating portion of our
boundless fertile lands in the Western States,
and becoming freeholders and the owners of
better homes, than they can ever ex-
pect to earn or win by honest enter
prise in the Old Country. It is true
that the average price of articles consumed
and total cost Of living expenses are greater,
especially in our large and growing towns,
than in English or Irish cities. The item of
rent, especially, is heavy burden; and SO it
must remain while the supply Of tenements is
less than the demand. But in all our en-
virons it is quite easy for prudent men to be-
come their own landlords, and thus Offset the
growing value Of their homes against the
heavy interest upon investment. If our
clothes cost more, we have more money to
buy them with; and so of our tea, coffee and
sugar. Possibly the lack Of marked social
distinctions induces our people to greater ex-
travagance in dress and style of living than
they would indulge in across the water; but
if so, that evil will in time work its own cure.
Certainly our towns and cities offer employ
ment and large wages to all sorts Of skilled
labor. 1t may be the artisan would live as
well in London or Liverpool on what he
could earn, and have as much left at the years
end; but there are here certain inducements to
prudent industry which British towns do not
present. Our social, educational and govern
mental systems give the mechanics children
an even chance with the sons of mil
lionnaires, and to them all political
and official positions are equally
open. To the farmer or to the laborer who
has strong hands and a constitution Injured to
hard work our country promises such inde-
pendence and comfort as he could never hope
for in Great Britain or any other old country.
Our long lines Of railway and canal call for
thousands of industrious men, and millions OF
acres which have never been ploughed wait
but the solicitation of cultivation TO produce
abundant crops We have every healthful and
desirable variety of climate, and the settler can
Year: 1872

choose The industry which suits him. No
man Of all the crowded population Of Greae
Britain France, Germany or other European
state need fear that if he is willing to work
ne will fail to earn living in any part Of this
country. We want here all industrious people
Of whatever calling. Here they win easn
more wages than in any part of the Old World.
They may require more to live on, but we can
promise all such enough to make the years.
receipts cover its expenses, and if there be mot
left wealth there viii be An equal social and
political standing with our best and proudest-
Lazy people of all kinds are not wanted here.
They are in excess of the demand already.
None others who desire to emigrate even from
England need be deferred by the reports Of
the English Consuls or the comments of Eng
lish journals
Year: 1872

The returns for the congressman elect are
so meagre that we can base conclusions as to
the character of the next House Of Representa-
tives only on the general reports One thing,
however, is plain, and that is, that the repub-
ican majority in the Forty third Congress
will be larger than it is in the Forty-second.
The men who were the leaders in the liberal
movement have, without exception, failed of q
reelection. Banks is beaten by Gooch in
Massachusetts,. Farnsworth failed to get the
liberal and democratic nomination in Illinois,
and Blair, of Michigan, was not renominated
by reason of being candidate for Governor.
Neither he nor Farnsworth could have been
elected had they been candidates. The only
republican member Of the present House from
this State who took up arms against his party
was Milo Goodrich, of the Twenty seventh
district. He, too, is beaten. The heavy
republican majority in the State on
both the national and State tickets
leaves no chance for Cox, and the defeat
of Shaw in the Eighth, Cox's old district,
shows that he could not have been elected
even had he preferred not to roam at large.
Roberts, Brooks, Wood, Creamer and Mel
lish are elected from the other city districts,
some of them by greatly reduced majorities.
So far none of the republican candidates are
beaten who ought to have been beaten except
Sypher, of Louisiana, though it is likely that
Stoughton, of California, will fail, owing to his
action on the Goat Island job. If the job
bers, beth democratic and republican, had
been left at home the country would be better
off for yesterdays work. The contrary, how
ever, is the case for unfortunately some of
the best leaders Of the honest men in the
present House will be lost to the next Con-
gress. Kerr was sacrificed in Indiana in Octo-
Der, and thus the most earnest and thorough
free trader in the House is no longer to lead
demoralized opposition, and the loss of Cox
in this State adds still further to the weakness
of the democracy on financial questions. Hol-
man will be the opposition leader against the
jobbers and we may fairly expect that men
like Roberts, of this city, and Arthur, of Ken
lucky, will take a more active part in the
Forty y-third Congress than they have cared to
show so far in the present Congress. Blaine
will Of course be again the Speaker, and the
republican strength will be marshalled very
much as in the present House Dawes and
Butler and Garfield and Wheeler will all be in
their old places, and Brooks and Wood will
continue to hold their positions in the Com
mittee of Ways and Means and Foreign AZ
fairs respectively. The administration will be
all powerful, first, because of its numerical
strength, and, secondly, from the fact that the
ablest Congressman, while many of the best
men in the opposition have been sacrificed to
the liberal movement
Year: 1872

vulsion and collapse that would follow the


election of Greeley, with party at his back


intent upon various Quixotic financial expert


ments, including the immediate resumption


OF specie payments at all hazards. This


case for the administration was too strong for
the cloudy and unsubstantial case of the oppo-
sition. The American people have accord
ingly decreed in favor of the safety of their
general interests under the existing admins


tration, and against the doubts and dangers
involved in the indefinite and uncertain de-
signs and tendencies of an opposing coalition,


charged with no higher bond Of union in their
late canvass than the spoilsman's shibboleth


of anything to beat Grant,"


Here, then, we open a new chapter in the
history of our political parties. Heavy, in
deed, have been the misfortunes Of the demo-
cratic party since it broke faith upon the
slavery question in the repeal of the Missouri
compromise. First came the quarrel and dis
ruption of the party in the Charleston Con-
vention, then the election of Lincoln, then
the Southern rebellious Confederacy and the
rebellion, and SO on, to the reelection of
Lincoln, and next to the election of Grant,
and now to his reelection, which by his sup
porters it is believed secures the permanent
establishment of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments, and the general policy of the
administration, foreign and domestic,
with such amendments only or such
changes here and there as the admins
tration party may deem wise and expedient
What, then, will be the new departure Of the
opposition forces, including the democratic
party, from this decisive reelection Of General
Grant? Whatever they may do, they will do
well first to consider their blunders, which
have contributed to Grants success, and to
recognize the necessity of more practical
opposition programme than that Of Sumner,
Trumbull and Schurz, as embodied in Greeley
aud Brown.


To General Grant his triumphant re-elec-
ton is popular endorsement Of his admins
tration of which he may well be proud. But he
should now aim at something higher than Mr.
Fish's policy of peace with foreign nations at
any cost, and at something better than Mr..
Boutwell's game of bluff with the gold gam
blers Of Wall street We think the country
has the right to expect, and will expect, with
the second Inauguration Of General Grant on
the 4th Of March. new Cabinet and new
policy, especially in our relations with Spain
and Mexico, which will put the "Great Repub-
lie" on the high road to the fulflment Of its
manifest destiny
Year: 1872

The RUSSIAN ARMY TO FACE ABOUT FROM
KHHA.-The Russian expeditionary army
force which has been marching against the
territory and stronghold Of the Khan Of Khiva
has received orders from ST. Petersburg to re-
call the advance and for the entire body to
return to quarters. The Cars military
preparations for the chastisement Of the Cen
trail Asiatic potentate were Of very formid-
able character, as will be seen by the facts
which We append to our cable news telegram.
The abandonment of the enterprise is
prudent, for the Khan may, perhaps, enjoy
the support of military friends of whom the
st. Petersburg Cabinet did not think when the
project Of invasion was matured.
Year: 1872

our Inland COmmerce-Tho Hrl08o


Question.


The merchants of Buffalo are somewhat
exercised over the proposition to build a bridge
over the Detroit River. It appears that the
railway interests want to connect the Canadian
territory with the United States by means of .
bridge, to the possible detriment of the shipping
interests The question is an important one.
and there can be no doubt that the position
taken up by the merchants is the one most i'm
keeping with American interests. Every year
the importance of our water communications
becomes of more value, and nothing that could
possibly be an obstruction to navigation ought
for a moment to be tolerated under any pretence
whatever. New York owes it's importance and
prosperity in no small degree to the possession
Of water communication with the West, and
wherever we turn we can mark the wonderful
prosperity Of those places which have the ad-
vantage of water communication. As we
have urged in the case of the Erie Canal, the
canal and river systems secure us from the
selfshness Of grinding railroad monopolists
by affording the amplest scope for free compe-
tition in the carrying trade. AS this is q mat
ter of vital Importance to the welfare of the
country no care or effort should be spared in
order to prevent the inAiction of injury ON
these interests. From the nature of things
the canals and rivers have to be taken care Of
by public opinion, as there are no large corpo-
rations, with powerful lobby organizations, to
urge their claims on the Legislatures. II is
altogether peoples question, and in every
instance where any attempt is made to dimin-
ish in any way the utility of water way the
people Of the locality should protest against
the injury attempted to be done to the COM
mercial interest of the whole country. If they
do SO they will be certain of support, and
even powerful corporations will find them
selves unable to cope with strongly expressed
public opinion.
Year: 1872

is not at all wonderful that Russia and Prussia
should be agreed II would. 70 US. be more
wonderful if they differed. We value this ex-
preston of the kindly feeling of the Czar
towards the government of his uncle, because
it seems to us to be q guarantee of lasting
peace ON the European Continent.
Year: 1872

The KING OF SAxoNY AND Hrs GOLDEN Wed
DNa.-on Monday the golden wedding Of the
King and Queen Of Saxony was celebrated in
Dresden with imposing ceremonies. Of course
the leading mobiles of Saxony were present on
the occasion; but what gave particular inter-
est to the ceremony was the presence of the
Emperor of Germany, the Empress and the
Crown Prince. AS it has been known for
some time that there was coldness between
the royal family Of saxony and the imperial
government, the presence OF the Emperor, the
Empress and the Grown Prince encourages the
belief that the differences are healed 1t is a
good omen for the continuance and prosperity
of the Emnira-
Year: 1872

FRANCE BUYING OFF THE GERMANS. Heroic
France hastens to free her soil from the pres
ence of the soldiers of her conqueror. She
has astonished the world by the alacrity with
which her patriotic sons and daughters brought
forth from their secret boards immense sums
Of money at the call of the Republic to dis
charge the enormous bill of damages which
Germany imposed upon her for the folly of
Napoleon. This week it is TO be reduced by
two hundred million francs and at the end of
the year only two milliards will remain unpaid.
Every true Fre1chman chafes at the sight of
Prussian garrisons in French towns, and will
most heartily rejoice when the prompt pay
ment Of the indemnity shall have sent the last
of the odious picklehaubers over the frontier.
However justly France suffered in the war and
from it, her promptness in rallying from its
effects and discharging the debt it brought
upon her is worthy of high admiration and
speaks ample promise for her glorious future.
Year: 1872

the indifference and decentralization of the
democrats. The ticket would have answered
the purpose, and the coalition would have
been sufficient to carry it through, with q case
against the administration commanding the
support of the floating element of the coun-
try. But the case against General Grant was
too weak for this purpose. Made up of
charges of corruption not established nor
generally believed; of promises of civil service
reform too shadowy to attract public atten-
tion of an acceptance of the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments widely distrusted, and
of plea for universal amnesty and Southern
reconciliation so broad and comprehensive as
to excite suspicion of meditated surrender to
Southern rights as expounded by Alexander
II. Stephens, the case of the opposition coali-
ton against General Grant is swept away by
his case against the coalition.


The administration party presented in their
case for General Grant his practical reforms
and retrenchments; his payment Of hundreds
of millions of the public debt, with reductions
amounting to hundreds of millions of our ma
tional taxations; his foreign policy Of peace
and arbitration; his humane Indian policy;
his conciliatory treatment of the Southern ex-
rebel whites while executing the Ku Klux
laws of Congress for the protection of the
Southern blacks; and, above all, the safety
under Grant of our established financial sys-
tem-bonds, banks, currency and all the stu
pendous business affairs of the country de-
pending upon this financial system; and, on
the other hand, the dangers of financial con-
Year: 1872

How TO FIND IT.-G yon want to find the place
keep down Main street until ron get to the corner
Main and Thirteenth streets and then call for E. B
SPENCE & Son, who will show all the new things
for full wear.
Year: 1872

THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE PUB.
Lie DEBT had another sitting last night
in the Senate Chamber. But little actual
progress was made in the matter under
consideration. The debate was, at times,
quite excited, and the spirit of compromise
and Cancellation SO much talked about re-
Gently, was not made specially manifest by
the speeches of some of the members.


It's not very probable that any satisfac-
tory solution Of this mixed question will be
arrived at, and that the final action of the
committee will be likely to result in nothing
more than complication of financial diff
culties. We are without hope, unless
the committee agree to repeal the funding
bill from beginning to end. We believe, il
they do not. the General Assembly will.
Year: 1872

CARRYING CONCEALED DEADLY WEA
PoNs.-Thomas Randall, charged with
carrying concealed deadly weapons, was
before Justice White this morning, being
the first case of the kind for some time
Randall proving good character and
peaceable disposition, and establishing the
fact that he was not in the habit of carry
ing deadly weapons, was admonished by
the court and discharged. The Court took
occasion to remark, however, that in future
the laws in regard to this offcnse must and
shall be enforced and we doubt not all
good citizens will approve of this determi-
nation to uphold and defend the peace, or
der, and dignity of the city.
Year: 1872

THE M. E. CHuRcH.-We fell into an
error yesterday in stating that Rev. e. P.
Phelps is pastor of the M. E. Church Of
this city. Rev. A. r. Miller has pastoral
charge of the congregation, and is, we are
glad to say, highly esteemed by his flock
for his plety and zeal in the cause of NOR
ality and religion. The rest of our item in
regard to the contemplated new house of
worship was correct. We are in possession
of additional facts concerning the project,
which will in due time be laid before our
readers. The prospects for the new church
edliice, we may say, are good, and when
the building is completed will not be likely
to be disgrace, either in size or style, to
the beautiful location selected.
Year: 1872

The Plymouth correspondent of the
Bourbon Mirror last week said:


'The fight on the P, K. 6 P. R. R.
still continues. We only get one side of
the question here, while the Kankakee
papers publish both sides. Why it is
thus, we cannot tell; but presume there
is show behind the curtain that can net
be seen without the usual initiation fee"


Both sides did have hearing in the
MARSHALL COUNTY REPUBLICAN, which
"Iemizer" may have failed to notice. If
the Kankakee side of the question had
not first been published in the REPUBLI-
CAN, it is probable the reply would not
have been published in either of the Mar
shall county papers.
Year: 1872

Those who have promised us wood on
subscription, and have not yet fulfilled
their contract, will please bear in mind
that we don't want rotten chuncks or
knarly knotty stutf-nothing but good
straight wood will be accepted.-Monti-
cello Herald.


Amt you getting rather particular 1t
may do to talk that way now that sum-
mer is near; but it wouldn't do in cold
weather. You woud freeze to death.
Year: 1872

We cut the following beautiful piece of
poetry from the Rensselaer, Union.


The melancholy days have come, the
saddest of the year; of moving times and
cleaning house, and dwellings damp and
drear. Heaped in great stacks the furni-
ture is piled about the door; without is
mud, within is dirt and pools upon the
floor. Mamma is cross, papa is sad, the
grub is poor and cold all nature seems to
be awry, there's cause enough to scold.
Year: 1872

The Judge having heard of the manner
in which the Sheriff acknowledged Poul-
sons kindness to the widow, sustained
the Sheriff, and ordered him TO continue
to extend the hospitalities of the county
to the irrepressihle for 20 days longer.
Year: 1872

At the usual hour the members Of this important
commercial branch met at the Corn Exchange for
the transaction OF the days business The general
topic however was the great loss sustained BY the
citizens OF Boston from the fearful connagration.
Prices Of produce were not affected to any marked
extent.


1t was expected that some steps would be taken
by the members OF the Exchange looking to-
wards the relief of the sufferers by the fire, but up
to the hour OF adjournment nothing had been done
in that respect and there is no likelihood OF any
action being had unless call for relief should be
made when this noble institution will respond lib
orally in this instance 1t did to the cry OF dis
tress from Chicago


escaped the fire, from all accounts, and will be
able to do q great deal towards allevating any
pressing necessity for food. Whatever supplies In
the way of produce are required besides from hero
will be forwarded at the shortest notice. The SYM
pathy OF the members OF the Corn Exchange is fully
enlisted behalf OF Boston, and their services can
be fully counted on when needed.