THE EHTI
OitEG IXlITV, PRECOX, OCTOBER 1 ISTi.
Tenth Volume. With this issue
the ETEKrnisE commences its tenth
volume. We have no regrets to re
count for the past nor promises to
make for the futute, consequently
we shall not trouble our readers -with
a lengthy article on what we shall Jo
in time to come.
The Result.
The returns of the election are not
sufficiently in to give anything like a
satisfactory estimate as to the final
result. Enough, however, is known
to put the Democratic majority at
from 1,200 to 1,400, and it may ex
ceed the latter figure. But a meagre
vote has been cast; the Democrats
losing as many votes as the Repub
licans. Iu this county, the Repub
lican vote is proportionately larger
than the Democratic, while in other
counties the reverse is the case.
Taken as a whole, however, ttie losses
- may be set down as equal. The vic
tory is complete, and while the Rad
icals had their best man on the track
and bought out the Independent
politicians, they have been beauti
fully cleaned out, and their case is
hopeless in Oregon. The Democracy
have carried the State by a majority
over all the other candidates, and we
trust that our Radical friends will
console themselves with the idea that
had there been but two candidates in
the field they could have done bettor.
This is about all the consolation left
them. Oregon is Democratic over
all opposition, and we trust that the
wedding which was consummated at
Salem between the Custom House
.and Independent politicians, may
prove a happy union in the future.
But we apprehend that none will be
bo blind as not to see that such a
combination of elements would be
detrimental to both wings. The few
Independents have no business with
the corrupt R ulical leaders, and they
should hereafter ally themselves with
the only national party which can
And will restore tho nation to its
former greatness, the Democratic
party.
Treachery Consummated.
When Hon. Henry Warren was
placed iu nouination, we freely stated
to his personal and political friends
that he would not bo elected, and
that we regretted that as good a man
as Henry Warren would allow him
self to be run by the crowd which
placed him before the people. We
stated that ho had bribed Mitchell
into the Senate, and now ho was to
"bo used to unite the Oregon ian and
Custom Houso crowd, but at the
samo time ho was to bo defeated.
The result has shown that wo were
correct. Multnomah county, the
strong-hold of tho Federal crew has
shown it3 hand. They simply desir
ed to use him to "heal up the breach"
existing between the inns and outs,
not in the State, but in Multnomah
county. Ho was v.ot to be elected,
simply because if ho had been, it
"would seem as a condemnation of
Mitchell for removing him from the
Land Office. Sooner than allow this,
Multnomah should go for Lane. As
much as this we state before the elec
tion , and tho result shows that we
were not jncorrect in our views.
Personally we consider that tho Rad
icals have thrown off on Mr. Warren,
and have buried, politically speak
ing, a man that is one of the best in
their ranks. He was slaughtered to
appease the wrath of designing dem
agogues, and from the very begin
ning, Mr. Warren was to be defeated.
Being an honest man himself, he
regarded tho professions of the Ring
as true, and that he was aot only to
be heartily supported by them but
would bo the means by which past
differences were to .bo satisfactorily
settled. But the treachery 13 now
too apparent for even the most blind
ot to see it, and we regret that Mr.
Warren should have been made the
instrument for the treachery of these
rotten politicians. We trust that
Mr. Warren will bo able to see now
"that the men who chopped his head
off in the Land Office, have carried
, it into this campaign, and that they
Lave committed a double slaughter
and a most barefaced treachery.
The New Postal Card. Wo have
just had some of the newly designed
postal cards laid on our table, and
are pleased to fvjd them a great im
provement on tho old style. The
paper composing tho new cards is of
much better quality and of not nearly
so dark a color as heretofore. The
address side is left without the troub
lesome lines, and, though the god
dess of liberty, which represents a
cent's worth in one corner, is, artist
ically speaking, a "botch;" still we
cannot refrain welcoming the change
so long needed und so well made.
The Jfjw ntain Sentinel aavs: The
people of Union county have raised
a purse of 1,000, in gold coin, which
they are ready to hang at any time
between now and November 20th, to
be run for" by any three of the fol
low i n g h orses : O seeol a, T wen ty O ne ,
Foster, Emma McCormick, and free
to all othe"r horses; race to bo three
best in live, mile heats, or further if
a majority of the parties entering so
agree; race to be run to rules of the
National Turf Association or Bay
District Fair Grond Association; en
trance 10 per cent.
1,500 Democratic Majority!
GOOD NEWSOR GRANT!
Democratic Over All Opposition.
The returns are incomplete, but
enough is known to indicate a Demo
cratic victory by about 1,200 to 1,500
majority. Tho following are the re
turns as far as received up to the
time of going to press. They include
about all the Republican counties:
Counties. Lane. Warren
Benton 1S8 1
Clackamas 319. . .
412
Clatsop 167
C Columbia . . . . 31
.. U8
.. 5
. . 245
.. 254
405
,.1030
..1168
Douglas 197
Lane 319. . , ..
Linn 421.....
Marion ;.' 02o .
Multnomah 1016
TTmat:'l!a 26 . .-. . .
8
Washington ISO. o03
Wasco HO 90
Yamhill.. 308 432
3970.
4715
Dimick 179
Whitney 312
Clackamas County Returns.
We have not received the full re
turns from this county up the hour
of going to press. Marquani's Eagle
Creek, Union, and Cuttings have not
yet made their returns. The county
will be very close. Mr. Warren prob
ably getting a majority cf from 15 to
25. This is pretty good, considering
that our Radical friends expected to
carry tho county by 150. The fol
lowing are the precincts reported:
Lane. Warren.
Oregon City 132 200
Canemah 6
33
10
35
12
26"
20
21
17
27
9
32
11
Beaver Creek1 25
Rock Creek 10
arding's 18
Canbv 26
Pleasant Hill 20
Milwaukie 15
Tualatin 9
Lower Molalld 19
Cascades 17
Oswego 22
Springwater :.. 31
Upper Molalla, maj . . 35
385
453
The Meaning of State Rights.
By State Rights we do not mean
secessionism, we do not mean a re
turn to slavery or the payment of
tho confederate war debt. These,
we hope, are delusions that have
passed off the stage of action. By
State Rights we do not mean repudi
ation or such a distinction between
States as to make a bordering sister
an absolute foreigner, such is not
the doctrine of State Rights. Briefly,
by this sentiment wo. mean that the
General Government shall not tres
pass beyond the powers delegated it
by the Constitution, that our people
shall be allowed the free exercise of
the elective franchise in the various
States, and that all powers and rights
not absolutely belonging to the Gen
eral Government by explicit mention
in the Constitution, shall be reserved
and exercised solely by the people,
in their respective States. This is
one of the grand principles of onr
government, and one upon which
tho Demtcratic party bases its hope
of future domination. By State
Rights we mean that the people shall
elect their own Representatives, and
that the centralizing power at Wash
ington, with the army at its bid,
shall not outrago the ballot-box by
thrusting from Legislative halls, at
the point of the bayonet, duly chosen
Representatives. By State Rights
wo mean the subordination cf the
militarv to the people, that "the
Government is for the people, and
should be by the people." By State
Rights we mean that tho people of a
State are the best judges of the neces
sities of their own territory, and
shall be freo to pass such laws and
be governed in such a manner as
shall best fib ape their desired end,
without any interference from those
who know nothing of their local in
terests nor have them truly at heart.
For instance, our few Representa
tives in Congress would have but a
feeble .voice, should the combined
Representatives of tho other States
insist upon, say, for instance, our
ricli valleys becoming one immense
Indian reservation.
We mean just what the Declaration
of Independence says, that we are
"free and independent States," sub
ject only to the General Government
to the extent of the powers derivable
from our National Constitution. Bv
State Rights we mean that the Gov
ernment of States shall not bo per
verted into a grand centralized des
potism, and if it be treason to foster
such seutiments, would to God our
country were swarming with traitors.
The Astorinn says tho late heavy
tides are washing Fort Stevens away
rapidly. Unless Congress is appeal
ed to, and takes some action on this
subject the coming winter, the south
entrance to the Columbia river will
be damaged, and the property of the
Government be nearly destroyed.
The horee Osceola made some good
time in a three in five race at La
Grande last week. The heats were
made in 1:46, V.lG'i and 1:50, respectively.
Woman Suffrage.
In a recent decision of the Supreme
Court of the United States it has
been very clearly shown that the
right of female suffrage is not deriv
able from the United States Consti
tution. The New York Evening Post
in an editorial on this decision says:
"If it shall be extended to any class
of persons who have not exercised it
heretofore, it can bo only by State
laws. The clause of the Constitution
under which woman suffrage is
sought to be established in the Four
teenth Amendment, which declares
" all persons born or naturalized in
the United States and subject to th
jurisdiction thereof" to be "citizens
of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside." This amend
ment was intended to apply to color
ed persons, but the advocates of
woman's rights" have endeavored
by means of it to promote their own
peculiar objects. Tha Supreme
Court admit that women are citiiena
under the amendment thai they
were citizeni before it was adopted;
but it denies that the right to vote i3
an essential privilege to citirenship.
The makers of the amendment never
believed that the recognition of citi
zenship conferred the suffrage, even
in respect to the colored people who
were immediately within their view;
because, having established the citi
zenship of the freemen by the Four
teenth Amendment, they found it
necessary to make another, the Fif
teenth, to prevent the denial or
abridgment by a State of the right
of suffrage by reason of race, color
or previous servitude. Manifestly,
if the construction of the Fourteenth
Amendment by the advocates of "wo
man's rights" was correct, the Fif
teenth Amendment would not have
been necessary. The latter amend
ment, it should be observed, does
not prohibit the denial or abridgment
of the rights of suffrage to any citi
of tho United States, nor on any
other ground thau that of ri.ee, color
or previous servitude. There is
nothing in the prohibition to prevent
the limiting of the right to men more
than thirty year3 old or to men pos
sessed of a certain amount of prop
erty. The qualification of property
existed in some of the States at the
time of the adoption of the Constitu
tion and long afterward, so that it is
plain that the framers of that instru
ment and the founders of th3 govern
ment did not include the right to
vote among the fundamental privil
eges of citizenship.
The agitation for "woman's rights"
has not been active recently. So fur
as woman suffrage is concerned we
have heard the last of it in the courts.
Chief Justice Waite's opinion not
only determines the law beyond ap
peal, but is so clear and cogent that
even Mrs. Virginia L. Minor, the
plaintiff in the case, must be convinc
ed of its soundness. Further effort
to secure admission for women to the
polls, if there shall be any, must bo
addressed to the Legislatures of the
several States and to the public opin
ion which shapes legislation. It is
safe to say that a very considerable
effort will be required to change pub
lic opinion from its customary con
servative channel in regard to this
subject -"o
Ridiculous Position.
The Oregon ion, in its defeat, con
soles itself on the ground that but a
meagre vote has been cast. Taking
the fact that every Democrat was sat
isfied that Lane would be elected, it
is more than probable that the stay-at-homes
were as largely from the
Democratic party as from the Radi
cal. But the great falling off of the
Radical strength was in Multnomah,
and the returns in this county show
the vote is much larger than it was
at the special election of 1873. In
that contest, Smith carried Multno
mah county by near six hundred ma
jority. Mr. Warren lias carried it
by about 60. In Marion Mr. Smith
got only about 60 majority, while
Mr. Warren gets about 400. Yet,
with all this change, he will be the
worst beaten candidate that has ever
run in Oregon. The vote, while it
is not full, will be larger than it was
at the special election of 1873, and
fully as large as could be expected.
For our Radical friends to console
themselves that tho full vote
was not brought out, and this
being the cause of their defeat, is
very poor consolation, and we here
notify them, in tho language of one
of their Federal officials, that on a
fair vote, without Federal corruption
fund, Oregon is Democratic by not
less than 1,500 and is constantly in
creasing. This dodge of off years
and light vote has been worn out,
and our Radical friends may a3 well
look things in tho face and take them
as they are.
In 3Iemoriam.
Let him R. I. P.
Of a lingering di wise, contracted
by imbibing at an c vrlyage that fatal
poison known, as" IZ-iow Nothing
ism," on the 25th d.iy of October. in
the 17th year of (oftce-holding)
life, Mr. Warren (;-.litically) died.
Vr"n 'Vs speeches l.i'kto Scott v.
iride the shirt he
i to wave.
Jab him m his little grave.
Gone to meet Lindley Murray and
otter strangers.
Immigration.
Of the many ablo articles we have
read on the subject of immigration,
none seems so thoroughly sensible
and practicable as the following cur
tailed report of Mr. Melone, the Cal
ifornia Secretary of State. As the
interests of Oregon are almost iden
tical with those of California, the
following valuable suggestions will
be of interest to our people, and we
hope bo of a nature to awaken them
to a sense of their duty. lie says:
This State needs ouly population
to go forward and prosper. There
is a great disposition to rely solely
and too confidently upon our unri
valed natural advantages. California
comprises one hundred and eighty
eight thousand square miles of ter
ritory, and estimating her population
at six hundred thousand, she con
tains less than four souls to the
square mile, while she in capable of
sustaining an hundred. And yet,
while the demand for immigration
issues from every county in the State,
in but one or two instances have the
people inaugurated a movement to
that end. More than this, when im
migration to the extent of a few
thousand almost uninvited started
in this direction last spring, ihere
were found those, and the number
not few, who unqualifiedly express
ed dread at their coming, based upon
the humane but egregiously mista
ken idea that we were unprepared
to receive them, and that suffering
would be the consequence croakers
ever forbode evil.
The plan I would suggest, as prom
ising the most satisfactory results, is
the appointment of agencies in the
cities of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Atlanta,
Norfolk, and New Orleans, with al
lowance of salary, and means with
which to open an office and for the
necessary traveling expenses and
postage, and with one chief a agency
to superintend and instruct these.
Detailed descriptions of every coun
ty in the State, with maps showing
their locality, and printed informa
tion embracing character and quality
of soil, water, timber, game, fish,
minerals, rivers, lakes, etc.; prices
of improved and unimproved land,
of cattle, sheep, hogs, of labor and
wages; the number of churches,
schools, and mills; the different
routes and roads by which immigra
tion may reach them; and in short,
everything that a person would de
sire to know of a country to which
he was about to remove should be
published, and the office of agents
made fhe depot for their distribution.
Immigrants secured by this means
would be of tho most desirable char
actar intelligent, reading people of
the agricultural aud mechanical
classes aud who would bring with
them resources constituting a valu
able addition to the wealth of the
State."
The Cuban Insurrection.
It may be supposed that, next to
an irredeemable currency, a state of
insurrection is the most unfavorable
to the prosperous and peaceful use
of a country's resources. The ad
vancement of the island of Cuba has
been obstructed in this way for so
many years tlut the "wealthy Span
iards" are reported to be getting
weary of this condition of affairs.
Other classes of Cuban society were
tired of it long ago. In one year
1S70-71, forty millions of dollars
were expended by Spain in trying to
quell this insurrection, and one hun
dred thousand men were employed
at the work at one time, now much
has been spent, and how many men
employed since, we do not know;
but it is very evident that the insur
rection has not yet been put down.
We do not exactly believe that other
nations have any right to interfere
in this home quarrel, but certainly
wealthy Spaniards and other inhab
itants of Cuba may be excused for
demanding that the Spanish govern
ment either shall repress the revolt
or stop pretending to do so.
Election Fb.i cds. The latest ac
counts from New Mexico show that
the most outrageous frauds were
committed in making tho returns of
the recent election,, and the Demo
crats claim that their candidate - for
Delegate in Congress, Mr. Valdes,
was really elected by a majority of
from 700 to 900. The Santa Fe ring,
on the other hand, assert that Elkins
was elected by a largo majority, but
have reduced their figures from time
to time, until they have reached 1.5S1
where they propose to stand. This
majority la less than they origiuallv
claimed for Elkins in Valencia coun
ty alone, where in three precincts
having barely 1,500 total population',
the representative of Grantism was
credited with 1,753 votes more than
his opponent received! Mr. Valdes
will contest the election, and if he is
successful, he will probably be able
to seriously interfere with the opera
tions of one of the most abominable
rings in this country.
Accommodating. Oregon City
clerk (in rapture, trying to sell a
pair of short trousers) "Beautiful
sir! I never before saw pantaloons
fit to such a nicety." Granger (look
ing at his stockings) "Yaas, that's
so. But honest now, don't you think
they'd have a durned sigUt more
style about 'em if I was to cut off
about six inches of my shin bone, to
kinder accommodate myself to thir
length, you know ?"
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New Yoek, Oct. 13, 1875.
It is safe to say that all New York
is once more in town. Tho people
who had gone away on account of
the summer heat, have been driven
to their homes by the cold; and the
European voyageurs (such we believe
is the correct epithet to apply) are
nearly all with us again. A couple
of these voyageurs lately distinguish
ed themselves in Paris by fighting a
duel with broadswords. The com
batants were Eiisha Riggs and Wm.
II. Paine, both residents of this city.
Very few of the details have reached
tho friends of either of the young
duellists on this side of tho Atlantic,
but it is said that Mr. Paine joined a
club in Paris called the " Washing
ton," of which most of the members
are Americans,. Mr. Riggs being
President; and that into card play
ing, one of the favorite pastimes of
the club, Mr. Paine entered with a
test.
The diversion seems to have been
expensive, and the quarrel between
Riggs and Paine is said to have aris
en from a complaint made by the
former that the latter did not settle
his losses with promptitude. At all
events, either for this reason or some
othef, a fow months ago "when Mr.
Paine one evening took his accus
tomed seat at the card table Mr.
Riggs arose and said he would not
play with him, Deeply mcrtified as
Paine was, he did not immediately
resent the insult, but at once relin
quished his seat ana withdrew from
the room, leaving Mr. Riggs for the
time being in undisputed possession
of the field.
But late that night, after the card
party had broken up, and while the
members of the club were descend
ing the stairs, Paine stood below,
and as the President passed he at
tacked him furiously and struck him
in the face. Before many blows had
been exchanged, however, the other
members of the club interfered and
separated them. But Riggs was not
inclined to let the dispute rest. He
formally preferred charges against
his assailant, an investigation follow
ed, and Paino was expelled from the
club.
There seems to have been no other
personal difficulty between the two
Americans until last Thursday even
ing, when they met in the Renais
sance Theatre, and after some alter
cation astonished the spectators by
openly engaging in a fight. Several
blows wei'H struck on both sides be
fore the police put a stop to the com
bat. What followed has not been ascer
tained, but one of the combatants
challenged the other. It is not easy
to understand why swords were the
weapons selected, unless it was that
neither duellist knew anything what
ever of their use, and the combat
was, therefore, more fairly conduct
ed than had pistols been employed,
one being a dead shot and the other
no shot at all. They met at Vesinet,
near Paris, and fought, as far as can
bo ascertained, without interruption
until Paine received a wound on his
sword arm that forced him to aban
don the encounter. The injury does
not seem to be much more than a
flesh wound.
If you have heard about New
York's inability to run a religious
daily, the following matter concern
ing this collapso will be read with
interest:
The Witness of New York was
started as a daily religious paper.
Some years ago the World was start
ed on the same basis but passe 1 into
other hands. Recently the Witness
was under financial embarrassment,
and a meeting of it's friends was
held. Mr. John Dougall. the editor
and proprietor of the Wittiest, said
that after much prayerful delibera
tion it had been deem.d best to dis
continue the daily; but after the
announcement to that effect had been
made he was surprised at tho instan
taneous outburst of sympathy from
all hands. Letters had poured into
the office begging that the paper be
not discontinued. Contribntions
had been sent in inadequate to meet
the demand, he confessed, but all
showing the good will of the givers.
The investment of actual capital on
the Witness within about three years
was $160,000, including all his own
property and much of that of his
friends. Tho Weekly Wt it Ness was
nearly self-supporting with its 82,000
subscribers, and when the number of
subscribers reached 100,000 it would
be entirely self-supporting. For
some time past the daily had been
published at a weekly loss of 600.
lie 'actual present wants of the pa
per were 10,000 but the assurance
of half of that sum would warrant
the continuance of the journal.
The following topic, of social in
terest we clip from tho N. Y. Sun:
St. Enrtholoniew's Protestant Epis
copal Church was filled last mVht
with a richly-dressed throng, assem
ble on the occasion of tho marriage
of Miss Annie Wood, daughter of the
Hon. Ferando Wood, to Mr.
Alonzo G. Hagedorn, a merchant of
this city. , At half past seven o'clock
four ushers proceeded the bridal par
ty up the broad centre aisle. Fol
lowing them were Miss Kate Wood,
sister of the bride, and a brother of
the groom; then the groom accom
panied by the bride's brother, and
then the bride leaning on her father's
arm. She wore a dress of white silk
of Parisian style, a veil and orange
blossoms, and carried a boquet of
white flowers. Her sister, dressed
also in plain white, carried a bunch
of brilliant crimson roses. The cer
emony was performed by the Rev.
Dr. Cooke. The party drove to Mr.
Wood's residence, and there reoeived
their friends.
Helmbold, the patent medicine
man escaped from the Insane Asylum
last night. Look out for Buchu ad
vertisements. Tom Fields, one of the Tweed ring
is being prosecuted to the fullest ex
tent of the law it will soon be my
turn. jj J
Tiie Money Element in Politics.
The telegraph informs us that Gov.
Tilden has instructed the District
Attorneys throughout the State of
New York to prosecute all persons
guilty of the improper use of money
at elections, on pain of dismissal.
If tho public men of tho country
would follow the example of Mr.
Tilden in discountenancing the im
proper use of money at elections,
and before election in the prelimin
ary matters in politics, before long
we should witness a purification and
refinement of our elective system
where there is now so much corrup
tion and vileness. There are few
men who, speaking in their individ
ual capacity, will not concede that
the use of money in polities is avery
pernicious practice; but it is seldom
that men in official position take such
a stand as Tilden, or speaking col
lectively, in political conventions,
have the nerve to denounce the prac
tice as it deserves;. but a case of this
latter kind occurred in the Wiscon
sin Democratic Convention, which
boldly faced the evil as one of the
most hurtful Of tho age. The Wis
consin Democrats and Gov. Tilden
have set an example, which, if fol
lowed, may serve to secure that pur
ity in elections which has always
been the theory, but never the strict
practice, of American politics.
The resolution of the Wisconsin
Democratic Convention on this sub
ject is deserving of commemoration.
Here it is;
"That the use or contribution of
mony hy party- candidates for the
purpose of directly or indirectly cor
rupting public opinion is an offense
which demand3 the execration of all
enlightened and patriotic merl. And
we insist upon the prompt and vig- J
orous enforcement of the law to pun
ish the crime of bribery committed
at or before elections, and upon such
amendments to such law a3 experi
ence may prove necessary to the full
protection of the ballot-box from
crimes of this class."
Every man who presents himself
for office, and every man who active
ly participates in political contests
ought to cut that out and paste it in
his hat for frequent inspection on
election day, and thereby remind
himself that the money which he has
in his pocket or which he has con
tributed to the general fund is blood
money, that wrecks men's souls,
prostitutes their citizenship and dis
graces free goverrment.
- -o-
The Folly of Inflation.
It was hardly to be expected that
Mr. Wendell Philips should have
passed over ex-Senator Sehnrz's elab
orate and exhaustive argument on
Inflation, delivered some time ago in
Connecticut, without attempting to
reply to it. Mr. Philips' many hriU
liant qualities and acknowledged dis
interestedness always secure him a
hearing on matters of public import
ance, but it is evident that the sub
ject of finance is beyond his grasp.
In his letter to the Legal Tender
Club in New York, he clearly shows
his lack of information and conclu
sively proves that he is no match for
Mr. Schurz's precise reasoning. He
evades the point at issue by asserting
that paper money fought the battle
of Waterloo. Thi3 may be true, but
does it disprove the fact that fraud,
corruption and pr fligacy were ram
pant at the same time? What Eng
land attempted years ago in the way
of paper money and speedily aban
doned, Mr. Philips and his ilk arc
now trying to promote and imitate
in this country, or, in simple words,
to spend money for the sake of get
ting it out. It would bo utterly
absurd to suppose for one moment
that Mr. Philips' scheme would ben
efit those who always stand in the
need of money and clammor for more
greenbacks, for neither government
nor banks would lend them a cent,
except on substantial securities.
There never was a time when mon
ey was more plentiful than now. The
bank vaults are stuffed with green
backs, which anybody can have for
a sound equivalent. Money is plenty,
but good securities are required.
This is the whole tiling in a. nut
shell.
Wo mean, says Mr. Philips, to
have niQie greenbacks and less checks,
Horo democracy and less aristocracy
in the money market, more money
in everybody's reach, anc". less bank
favor for the petted few. Such non
sense is worthy of a demagogue and
fraud, but too ready an echo in the
breast of every poor devil who is
ever willing to risk other people's
money for his own benefit.
The banks must deposit, in good
securities with the Government, 123
for every $90 they issue, and have a
right to do with their money what
they please. Their monopoly is not
so cheap as Mr. Philips thinks.
Wo do not contradict his statement
that specie averts panics. As Mr.
Schurz truly remarks, no money
system has a3 yet been invented to
prevent them, but when from their
periodical recurrence the inference
is drawn that the specie system is
worth nothing, is as wise as to say
that good health is worth nothing,
because it is sometimes interrupted
by sickness. Inflationists stand back,
and resumptionists come to the front!
Wheat on the line of the Northern
Pacific in Dakota commands 1 to
31 05 per bushel; 90 cents is the rul
ing price on the St. Paul and Pacific,
and 85 cento in Southern Dakota.
PHILADELPHIA ITTEu
From our regular CorroSpona(nt
Philadelphia, Oct. H io-P
In the breathless expectancy ,
vading political circles here i
ognize that proverbial quie't V.0c"
proceeds the storm. To-m- h
the
the
Ohio
election, m-i 1
roallr , . ' 'l
, V I
. n, vpcuiug SKI
great battle to be
will be a mightv
fouSt. An,l 7,
Conflict Ti .
vnlvps tint .. 13'
luo question of
our
our wuofe fiUa
Demi
LJ J J "4 will uunnnn
credit, but our vast and varied
dustry, with all its comply
cessities and impassioned tlieo "
Though in the battle Ohioatl( p"
sylvania fall, they are but outpos"""
and will but determine the fielj ''
the conflict and the attitudes of ti'
belligerents. If by hard-money vio!
tories extreme positions shall he irre
vocably assigned to the contending
parties, our free institutions yi
xposed to a more severe crncib'
than that of evil war, with all it9
moralization and sacrifices, and capi
tal is to-day charged with the respoa
sibility of shaping the issues.
Wo regard the man who ins:j,
on unconditional resumption ia 187j
as the foe of industry, of prosperity
and of national faith as hand ia
hand with tho madman who would
flood the nation with irredcemalle
currency and demand that it he call
ed money. We cannot resume until
we have gold ; we cannot pay till ws
earn; we cannot earn until onr pro
ductive industry is employed, anj
our gold coffers will be empty until
the balance of trade is in our favor
by selling more than we buy. Y0.
Times of platitudes, however phr.
ible, cannot answer these plain as
sumptions. And tbe remedy j,
simple. It is not to be the work cf
an act of Congress whose fruit shall
rippn in a day. There must be aa
inflexible adherence to the specie
standard as the anchor of finaiicia!,
business aud industrial safety; tLera
must be no enforced resumption ia
the face of impossibilities impose;
by paralyzed and unproductive labor;
there must be a steady efibrt towarj
resumption by quickening the crea
tive energies of tho people anj t!,s
gradual equalization of currency and
values with gold; there must be a
judicious revision of our hanking
system to adopt it to the new a?,4
imperative necessities of the count:
and to disarm it of every semhlauca
of monopoly; there must be a self
adjustible currency that will dirom
the business of the nation from tLs
caprices of speculations of resi
dents, Cabinetsand money gamblers;
there must bo wholesome and
laws for the whole people, rflf.
than for favored classes; tbe ccz
pensation of capital must yield to
the reduced compensation of Lkr.
and there must be integrity, econo
my and statesmanship substitute
for the debauched authority that
now rules in almost every depart
ment and grade of public trust.
These views accejted by all tie
liberal spirits of the East may sena
to unite them iu closer bonds to their
brothers of the West, and in asj
event we may look to such expound
ing of our doctrines as the forerun
ner of an action which will cement
the foundation of our Union and oar
liberties.
Of Eastern local events we Lare
little to note. The centennial pro
ject still advances toward its consum
mation. With the exception of
action of Kussia no drawback bas
occurred.
Mr. John Jay, who was ?uin'ier
to Austria, and is now Aclviser-:-large,
at present is in the midst of a
correspondence with the New Tor.
Tribune touching the Centennial
As the writer is among thoe who
have only recently awakened to t-
knowledge that there is to be an ac
tual celebration hero next year,
he has to say about things omit
ted and things that ought to be Jon
is naturally neither very e cr
very startling. Of course berc3'izes
now that it was a mistake not to ac
cord the Commission national recog
nition and governmental aul,
that the error Qught to he corrected
as speedily as ossile. He
not dwell upon the fact, which
are inclined undoubtedly to tnir.K
exceedingly creditable to the l3
patriotism that sustained tbe ten
tonnial when other aid was lacking
Iiussia is the only one whioh has Jf-
clined to exhibit, but he lays grwi
stress upon the idea that if ths i
dertaking were now to be assnmea
by tho government, the Czar von'-i
be induced to reconsider, lf,;,'
it has been pretty hroadlyUin;
that the reason at the bottom of ti
refusal related to the conduct : ot oar
embassy at his court rather thn.
the undiplomatic character ot
invitation, but it canrot be aesl
ed that tho Centennial ought to w
a more definite national character.
Mr. Wanamaker says that j .
11 ClllttUlttftVl . will
ain when Moody and San key '
to work upon the morals ot
cert
set to
udelpnia, though Moody, wiieu.
was impressed by the attention gi
him that lie had struck in the
spot for evangelizing; ant Colonel
Stuart, in his interview with L-o
Scott and Mr. Wanamaker, h
ranged satisfactorily for the pw-
at the service of the reyivali
large building on Thirteenth
Market streets? all felt certain
work0 would soon begin, ut J" ,
, :n. ministers a"1
conierence wn i, 7. -fls
laymen of Brooklyn, Mr. .
prevailed upon to open in the
Jvn ltink, there to a
Philadelphia buildin
in order.
IO iawi ---- t
. tv, wiiiie
is being i'
Stocghto.v.
Capt. A. W. WaTe'rs, otTGrg;
the recent purchaser and PI c9.
Sa-
oi me &miesmnii. u ' ,
lem, and will hereafter mate
capital his home.
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