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THE DAILY SUN Thursday Morning .' Tone 22 Hon. Clement L. Yallandigham. The sadden death and tragic fall of this distinguished Tribune of the peo ple—a full aooount of which has been given in oar telegraphic columns, has made a deep impression on the public mind throughout the United States. He had figured prominently in public affairs for a number of years. As a leader—and he could be nothing else in any party association with which he act ed—ho was not always either discreet or safe. He was generally, however, bold and defiant. These were the qual ities which won the hearts of the people, and bound them to him “with hooks of steel.” We knew him long,intimately and well. His social qualities were rare and attractive. ..... His late “New Departure” Dayton Manifesto, about which so mUoh has been said and written, we regarded as intended by him more as a political strategic movement, than as an abandon ment of any of his principles. The leading feature in that pronuncia- mento was the acceptation of the new Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as de fado parts of the or ganic law. He knew well the power and force of language, as well as the true meaning of words. The “indusio uni us” is the “cxclusio altering.” The declara tion that he considered these Amend ments as de /ado without other qualifica tion, exdudes the idea that he meant to be considered as looking npon them as de jure, or rightful parts of the Constitu tion. Be that as it may, his resolution npon this point, on close scrutiny and criti cism, was much less objectionable than the one finally adopted by the Ohio Con vention. The one offered by him was rejected. In this Convention, where was acted his last part on the public stage, he failed, both in his platform and his desired nominee. Oar object is neither enlogy nor cen sure. His career in life, brilliant ns it has been, as a lawyer and Legislator, is over. It bas been brought to a close most unexpectedly and in a manner most la mentable. Whatever may have been his errors, either in judgment or action, he was a most ardent friend of Constitutional Lib erty, and we doubt not if his days had been prolonged when the great struggle ‘ comes, os it will come, between the Im perialists and the Constitutionalists, throughout the length and breadth of the Union, ho would have been found doing valiant service in the cause of the people, and in defense of those princi ples upon which is based the entire sys tem of American free institutions, and npon which alono those institutions can be maintained and perpetuated. Honor to his memory and peace to his ashes. aud io bear, in meekness, the yoke of destruction the balance of their days, and to leave it, as an inheritance, for their children after them ; then we khv to them, and in all earnestness, that they, too, must likewise "Hasten to retrace their steps and regain the road which” in the language of Mr. Jefferson, “alone leads to peace, liberty mid safety.” But, to tho three millions and upwards of Democrats, now enfranchised in the United States—constituting a majority of the voters thereof—we say, with equal earnestness, that now is the time for Mr. Jefferson’s touch-stone for all who seek positions of high trust, and they should never forget that his principles point out not only the path, but the.road—the only road to victory in 1872, and with it a glo rious rescue of the liberties of the conn- try - 1 ... “The Coming Revolution.” In another column to-day will be found on article under this caption. It is the lost utterance which has reached us from the New York World. Its tone is decid edly better than any from that quarter yet. It speaks of the great looked-for triumph of the Democracy in 1872 as a “Revolution”—not a Revolution to be effected by physical force, or the power of bayonets, as the revolutions in ten of the present State Governments were ef fected by the usurpers at Washington, bat such Revolution as that effected by the Democracy in 1800—that is, the Rev olution of turning bad men out of office arid putting good ones in their places by the liberty loving masses at the polls. We take pleasure in saying that we like the tone of this article very much, and commend it to onr readers. It speaks of a readionary movement on the part of certain leading Republicans. This is all right. Let them, henceforth, in the language of Mr. Jefferson, quoted the other day by the World, and by us re-quoted in another article to-day— “hasten to retrace their steps.” This is the reaction we wont. This is the Revolution we desire to see take place. This is our hope as well as their’s for the salvation of the country. The putting of bad men out of office and the putting of good men, true to the Constitution, in their places, will be a glorious Revolu tion. We doubt if the extremists of the “Revolutionary Democracy,” so-called shall fail to give this article of the World n cordial endorsement. The only trouble with them will be the perplexing question whether or not they be only a tub throwu out to the whale for the nonce. - We shall see. Colonel Fisk’s Martyrdom. In What Does True Progress in Government Consist? And Who Should Retrace Their Steps? Mr. Jefferson, in his first inaugural, after setting forth what he deemed “the essential principles of our Government, (as quoted in full, tho other day by the New York World and re-published in The Sun) said: “They should be the creed- of our political faith—the text of civil instruc tion—the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust, and should we wander from them in moments of error, or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the rwl which alone leads to peace, liberty and * ft r j.” These word >. at. tl.ab time, were most “fitly spoken," and stand now “as apples of gold in pictures of silver.” They proclaim the great truth that real pro gress in Government consists in reaction, as well as in action—in retrograde, ns well Of. forward movements. It often requires the “ retracing of their steps” by those who “in moments of error or alarm have wandered ” from the “esseutial princi ples ” of constitutional liberty. If then, any portion of tho Republi can party, at'Jhis time, (be they called Conservatives, or by any other name) have become convinced that, in “moments of alarm” in the “Reconstruction” process, they wandered from any of the “essen tial principles,” we say they belong to a class which should “retrace their steps.” If any portion of the people, whether called Republicans or Democrats, see that, “in moments of error,” they gave sanction to measures which lead to the undermining of the entire system of our free institutions, “the world’s best hope,” and to the erection of a consolidated empire in their stead—of these, also, we say, they, by every consideration of pa triotism and love of country, ought to “hasten to retrace their steps.” If those “Now Departure” Democrats of Pennsylvania—who “in moments” of great temptation, in their thirst fot office, have recently wandered from the true faith and eaten their own words, when they fell down and worshipped the image of Baal (declar ing, in their humiliation, that the most monstrous {usurpations in the annals of history, were all done “ in the {manner and by the authority constitutionally apt pointed”) have not made up their minus deliberately to barter their birth-right for little more than a mess of pottage, A considerable hub-bub was ere ated in and about “the Hub” last week, all because of an application from James Fisk, junior, to. the Mayor of Boston for permission for the 9th Regiment to serve God in their uniforms and with banners flying' and bands playing upon the sacred soil of Boston Common last Sunday. Eisk made the application to the Mayor; the Mayor referred it to the Board of Aldermen, and the Board of Aldermen got into a wrangle over it, and there the matter hung fire, with the impressing growing that the Puritanic air of Boston was not likely to he impregnated with the prayers and psalms of the saintly Fisk and his pious regiment. While matters were at a dead lock in the City Hall of Boston, Fisk came the sharper over the Mayor and Board, by asking and obtaining permission from the Governor of Massachusetts to march liis regiment through the streets of Boston on Sunday. Sub sequently Fisk discovered that a city ordinance prevented the entry of any regiment npon Boston Common with out the consent of the Mayor. Where- iip6n he was compelled to renew his application, and it was granted by permission of the Council. But, afterward, such a hullaballoo was raised about the matter by the whole host of the Boston saints that the Board of Aldermen rescinded the ac tion of the Council, and-the courtesy was withdrawn. Fisk’s next recourse was upon the Mayor of Charlestown, of whom he asked permission for his regiment to march to that city and hold religions services in any public place, at the same time expressing a preference for Monument Square or the grounds surrounding Bunker Hill Monument. This request was also refused, on the ground that a large number of Bos ton roughs would follow the regi ment in its march from the Hub to Georgetown, and that would be alto gether too much for the moral atmos phere of the latter place. How the matter was finally ad justed we do not know, but the' tele graph has informed us that the regi ment did march through the streets of Boston, and held very reli gious services in the Boston Theatre. There is something in all this that appeals very strongly to the rigid righteousness of the age. The fact that an entire regiment of men, coloneled by a brave and pious com- niamler like Fisk, should have such difficulty in finding a place where j they eould.say their prayers on Sun- dav.with no other ostentation than I beating drums, shrieking fifes, thun dering brass bands, flying banners, foaming chargers and the peaceful and pious music of clattering arms, is too incredulous for belief in this enlightened Christian age, and could not possibly be believed of any other city than Boston, whose atmosphere is not yet entirely relieved of the savory odor of frying witches. It has long been known that .Fisk added the virtues of a hero to his other fine moral and intellectual qualities ; but no one, until now, ever suspected him of possessing in liis portly person any of the stuff of which mar tyrs are made; but so nearly did he come to being a martyr on this occa sion that he has certainly proved his title clear to a place in all subsequent editions of “Fox’s Book.” The Coming Revolution. We touch bottom. The descent has been long, and to lovers of the Constitu tion most painfuL . But there is a point beyond which the American people will not allow their liberties to be invaded, their supreme law to be violated, by any party, under any pretext, or in the name of any cause, however specious. We be lieve that point has been reached and passed. The powerful resistance made by some of the ablest Republican leaders to the usurpation of power by the Execu tive, to the proscription of men like Sum ner, to the abuse of patronage, to the refusal of a Republican caucus to permit bills for removal of taxation to be even considered, and finally to the utter pros tration of civil power at the feet of a sol dier who would be dictator if the people were as cringing and subservient as the majority of “his faithful Senate,” proves, we feel assured, that a large body of the Republican voters will no longer sustain the usurpers at Washington in their as saults upon the rights and interests of the people. These leaders, brave as they may be, have not so sharply contended against the majority, in the face of a pro scription never surpassed for bitterness, without ample assurances of support from the people. They are not men to speak thus strongly without arousing public attention and fixing the convictions of thousands of thiuking men. The meas ures which they denounced were so extra ordinary that only a plain exposure was needed to arouse against such deeds the indignation of all thoughtful and patri otic citizens. That exposure, if made by Democrats alone, would scarcely reach the mass of Republican voters. But it will reach them when made by Repub lican leaders so prominent- and influential. Wo Look forward, therefore, with confi dence to a general and overwhelming re action against that power which lias so misruled the country. It is high time. Year after year Radi calism has become more daring in its dis regard of every constitutional obligation; more open in its assaults upon the rights of the people and their local self-govern ments; more rapid in its strides towards centralization of power; more shameless in its defence of monopolies and con tempt fin- the interests of the millions who labor and are robbed of their earn ings. Starting with a fake policy to wards the South—a policy of repression, severity, and force—instead of that states mau-like liberality by which alone the bitterness of feeling left by civil war can be removed, Radicalism has tried one expedient after another in vain. Each measure has aroused greater irrita tion of feeling and ended in more con spicuous failure; each failure has forced the party to choose between a' total re versal of policy and the adoption of measures still more harsh. Shame to confess that they had blundred drove, some forward, vindictive feeling some, desire for success others, and pure igno rance, misinformation and utter want of statesmanship made many the facile tools of desperate demagogues. There are men who deliberately calculated upon the irritation and violence which harsh meas ures would provoke at the South as a means of reviving the war 'spirit at the North and as a pretext for resort to more shameful abuse of power. Under these influences Radicalism has been hurried forward in a mad career which, in the nature of things, conld end only in its overthrow or in military despotism. Each new measure of repression strained the Constitution still further. One after another the safeguards of individual lib erty and the rights of local self-govern ment have been broken down. Between the Kn-Klux bill, which empowers the President to suspend the habeas corpus and use force whenever he pleases, and a military despotism more absolute than that of Russia, there is but a single step and a narrow one. Let the next Presi dential election pass without reaction and rebuke, and that step will also be at tempted. We rejoice, then, that reaction seems sure and near at hand. We speak not as partisans. Dearer than any party is the country. Higher than, obligation- to any party is onr duty to the republic—to that experiment of self-government which, within a few short years, will either vin dicate itself or end in failure. That it may not fail, Radicalism must be arrested in its mad career. If the reaction be thorough it was of minor consequence whether it came under one banner or an other. Posssbly public opinion might have been so rapidly aroused that the Republican party itself conld have cast out its evil spirits; but the Ku-Klux bill settles that question; it is the clutch of despotism npon tlie throat of that party which will not be shaken off, and a wise Democracy has now but to invite and welcome the aid of all honest and patri otic men. A better day will dawn.— Lawless soldiers will be dismissed from halls of State, to make room for men who respect the laws and know something of statesmanship. Po litical freebooters will be warned to seek other lands where Saxon love of liberty does not forbid chronic revolution. The madness of partisanship will cool and give place to a reasoning and candid pa triotism. That horrible apparition—the man on borsebaok with the naked' sword —visible now these six long years in the political horizon, and growing ever near er and more distinct, will vanish forever. Justice, with her equal balances, will once more appear. Hasten the day, brave Republicans who battle against the wolves of party to save liberty and justice from their jaws. Hasten the day, staunch and patriotic Democrats, who can well afford to forget how long yon have denounced this fatal policy if in the end your country may bn j saved, Jqiu hands both, in one vigor ous and resolute effort, not for this party or for that, but to arotiso the people of this land to a sense of their danger and their duty. Bring it to a vote whether the “peace” which we are promised shall be sneb as the Czar gave to Warsaw.— Bring it to a vote whether free America means to build up thirteen Irelands- be tween the Potomac and Ohio and the Golf. Let it be at once adjudged whether all the industry of the land shall be at the mercy of a few monopolists, and all its liberties at the mercy of a few dema gogues and one soldier.—jfr. Y, World. WHERE WILL THE NEW DE PARTURE LEAD US, SUP POSING WE FOLLOW IT. “Thougilts that Breathe, and Words that. Burn.” From the Coiumbna Snn, June 19. We believe the New Departure is ut terly wrong in principle and a fatal er ror in policy, and will now give our rea sons for this conviction: Before the new departure the Demo cratic party was a unit, and the Republi cans were greatly divided upon the re construction of the Southern States. The injustice, unconstitutionality and gross usurpation was beginning to be in every section admitted, and scarce .defended, except by arguments as weak as the cause they were used to sustain. State after State was rescued from the plun derers, ana from New Hampshire to Texas, light, A GLORIOUS, CONSTITUTIONAL LIGHT, was bursting from the political sky. It was visible as the angel in a flame of fire to Moses, or the flaming cross bearing the inscription—“in hoc signo uinces”—in this sign shalt thou conquer! to the great Constantine. The truth that we were freemen and not slaves, that our government was a constitutional Repub lic and not a military despotism, was by all men. We all began to appreciate the fact that the object onr wise fore fathers intended to secure and perpetu ate was that all general interests should be left under one common government* and all local and sectioual interests should remain with the States or sec tions to which they belong. This was the key stone of the arch. When this stone was once destroyed, the whole wondrous structure would fall in ruins. By the new departure we sur render this mighty principle. We say Congress and not the Slates can regulate suffrage; that the President can in peace suspend the writ of habeas corpus, or in other words, that Congress can, by an act in express violation of our Great Creator, lorce an unwilling people at the point of the bayonet into rebellion or the most abject servitude. To escape this conclusion, see to what inconsistencies we are now forced by Radical arguments. We are compelled to say that onr “accept the situation” now, is hypocritical; or that our late op position was founded on error. Are we to fight on the old, well-marked and se lected line, or in the hour of victory to ground onr arms and march prisoners, bag and baggage, horse, foot and artil lery, into the camp of the enemy ? No ! will leap as loudly from the lips of mil lions as the red live lightning LEAPS FROM ITS FIERY HOME. If we accept the new departure, we surrender the right of local government. To exhibit how slipperyTi position is to, a Democrat, we quoted on'yesterday from one of the ablest Democratic papers South, the Courier-Journal, ot rhe 12th, that it accepted the amendmei.is tiually and fully, and that the “agitation for their repeal is - SIMPLY FATAL.” On the next day, the 13th, it “agitates” the question in the following excellent manner: “It is only by energetic local municipalities that the current, of power can be prevented from flowing into, one central channel and thus becoming a-des- olating flood. Indeed, the only security for the liberties of. this people lies in the maintenance of this fundamental princi ple. With it we are safe; without it'we are exposed to the inflictions of an inev itable military despotism. It is evident that the people of the United States do not folly appreciate the peril to which we are exposed. The States are now almost mere lifeless carcasses—a prey to the.foul worms of despotism.” t Now we ask are the States always to remain “lifeless carcasses, a prey to the foul worms of despotism ?” Are we never to hope for a political res urrection ?: God forbid ! We wish to “agitate,” until a virtuous, intelligent and indignant people will arise in their might and breathe the fresh breath of life into these “lifeless carcasses” and they spring to their feet with renewed vigor- We wish to speak with no double tongue—-we wish not to worship any TWO-FACED JANUS. We believe when God places an indi vidual or nation in a situation that a lie mnst be spoken or acted to save life, then the time is come when that indi vidual or nation should die, We hear much said about policy. Pol icy. Policy is bnt ANOTHER NAME FOR DECFIT. It has destroyed more men and nations than it ever saved. It is' only the fidse homage paid to virtue by vice. It is easier to be than seem to he.. If Radi calism is true, let ns “accept the situa tion” in good faith ; if false, let as make no new departure, "bnt fight it boldly to the bitter end. We are told by the high est authority that the end never justifies the means. However noble the end, it should be sacrificed when demanded by truth, justice and honor. The_ cotton crop in the vicinity of Au gusta is not good. The snake crop is. The heavy and continuous rains have in jured the cotton. They have benefitted the snakee. From the best authority w- Jearn that there have never t»eei; so many snakes seen about Angnsta at this season of the year. They are principally of the rattle-snake variety, and are all finely developed specimens. We learn that on Sunday last no less than six rattle-snakes were killed at one place on the Miliedge- villeioad. One of the reptiles wsts of large proportions, and had ten rattles and a “button.” Mind your eyes when you go a blaekberryiug.—CLroni Jc & Sen tinel. • Rome is enjoying the.vp u of a .baud Of loving g\|-us. • ,,, ..-: u ..ffc I Augusta drowns vagrant dogs. printer’s UDetnl’s Comer. The Printer’s Devil is one of the most useful creatures on earth—though but few printing offices have found that out. He exists in every office—is commonly unnoticed and not esteemed. The large amount of good he does is not appreci ated, and lie passes quietly along, bear ing the Blame of every wrong about the cilice, and is made the subject of every rude jest. All this he bears in silence and with great patience, no matter how nr just the reflection or abuse that may be heaped upon him. We claim the credit of being the first to notice the real merits of the Printer’s Devil, and to promote him to a position of respectability and prominence com mensurate with his worth. We have put him to assisting. In, the editorial depart ment, and find him a real genius. We hereby introdnee him to onr readers in the matter which follows. Henceforth he is on our editorial staff. INTERVIEW BETWEEN TWO PARRIES, AS RE PORTED nr the sun’s printer’s devil. Jim—Sambo, what abont dese New De partment Democrats? Is dere enny dif- franc atween ’em an’de trooly loil? Some says dere isn’t enny, and some say the dif- frunce is wide as dat atween Heaben an Hell. What’s you say about it? Sambo—Well, Jim, de diffrnnee atween ’em, as dis nigger looks at it, is jist de same -difference dere is atween me an’ Boss. Jim—What’s dat, Sambo? Sambo—Why, yon see, he is Boss; but we eats at de same table, and eats de .same tings. De only diffhmee atween us is, he eats it fust. Jim.—I golly, Sambo, dat’s a good un. Yon’s fust rate on connnbnsses. Yon ort to quit carpenterin’ and jine Rob son’s Circus. So you tink de only dif- frence atween Joe Brown an’de-New De partment Democrat, who abused him so under de brush arbor, is dat he swal lowed it fust? Sxmbo.—Dat’s de only diffrnnee, Jim, dat I see atween em. P. D. “our motto—victory. “The daily True Georgian will fight it out on the Accept-the-Sitnation platform at all hazurds, at any cost and at all sea sons.” This is-the standing motto of Dr. Bard at tho head of the leading editorial column of the “True Georgian”—so called. And why should it not be—at least for a time ? Did he not help to bring it abont ? Did he not help to elect Bul lock on it, whom he afterwards wished might “fall by the way tide ?” Is not his, the distinguished honor of having first to nominate Grant for the Presidency on it? Is he not now trying to get the Democrats to join him upon his platform to nndo the mischief that he has done, in the vain hope that somebody else, npon the same platform will do better, and save him and the country from de struction ? J. The trouble Doctor, is not so much in “the man as in the land” in this case. Better go back to your old motto and keep your “rear open.” P. D. “the departure.” A farmer, whose cornfield was protected by a close, strong' fence, found a pig in his field every morning. The mystery of the visitor was explained at last by the fact that a hollow, elbowed log commu nicated with the two sides of the fence, and as soon as discovered, it was placed under the fence, so that both euds were outside of the field. The next day the farmer amused himself by watching the puzzled pig entering the log at one end and emerging from the other, and perse vering in his attempt to return to the field. “A new departure,” if he could have effected it, would have turned one end back to the corn-side of the fence. The Ohio Democracy have been trying to adjust a crooked log, in order to get .into the State cornfield once more, but we are afraid both ends are outside of the fence.—Jackson Dai!y Democrat. So do we. P. D. ' ... — MM A Screyen county correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, says: I have been growing the staple for years, and mnst confess that the present is the poorest prospect I have ever seen. In the first place, the freedmen did nor pre tend’to go to work nntil February, and after they commenced, worked badly. The spring was cold and wet, causing bad stands. The rain throughout May, and up to ten days ago, has produced such a fine yield of grass that “enffee” prefers the blackberry patches, the ponds and lakes, and his old shot guu, to the more, important article, the “hoe.” Many planters have not yet finished “chopping” out. Cotton in many places is not two inches high, and the gronnd covered with grass, However, on a few planta tions, the crops look well, and are about as forward as usual Blooms will soon be abundant. The corn prospect is muck better than the cotton. More corn will be made, if the season continues good, than any year since the war. Gar dens are fine; vegetables of every variety are abundant. Mrs. General Gaines, of law-suit fame, is now sixty-four years old, but Set'to work,-the other day, as briskly as ever in a new lawsuit. She is now. ‘the richest woman in the world, pro bably next to Baroness Courts; and has Unlimited offers of marriage from youth and age, but prefers to remain single. She is bent on doing good with her fortune, and proposes sever al excellent institutions for women. Let a man begin in earnest what “ I ought,” and he will end, by God’s gvjjve, if he persevere, with “I will,” Let him force .himself to abonud iq u! 1 small qffipes of kindness, atteq- tioUi.t jitiie.uonateness, and all those for God’s sake. By and by they will honm-nfi flip hfthit of his soul. Political Parties irt France. Supplementary elections have been or dered at Versailles to fill the vacancies in the National Assembly. The number of members now in attendance is estimated at six hundred, and the number of seats yet to be filled at one hundred and four teen. Of these latter, the Bonapartists, who are now beginning to be very ac tive in the Provinces, expect to carry fifty. A glance at the composition of the Assembly will show what a heterogene ous mixture of parties and factions M. Thiers has to deal with. The Assembly represents no less than six different par ties, or fragments of parties, which are as follows: 1st. Radicals or “Reds.” 2d. Repub licans of various shades. 3d. Monarch ists, inclining to Orleanism. 4th. Open and avowed partisans of the Orleans fam ily. 5th. Legitimists, supporting the Count of Camboy and the views of the Ultramontanists. 6th. Imperialists. — Finally, there are about a hundred mem bers who make no avowal of political preferences, but who have, thus far, voted sometimes on one side and some times on another. A part of this float ing vote which, on several occasions has held the balance of power, is cast by men who are guided solely by their convic tions of right; but by far the greatest number of unclassified members is made up of delegates whose instincts are purely selfish, and who, like Mr. Micawber, are “waiting for something to turn up.” It is impossible to state with accuraoy the number of members composing. the different sections of the Assembly. Bat assumiug the supplementary elections to result as it is believed they will, the fol lowing rough estimate will be found to approximate very nearly to correctness: Radirals...... 27 Republicans . 130 Monarchists and qnasi-Oncanists, 90.... ) Orleanists..., J 430 Legitim sts ......... ) Imperialists 54 Scattering 100 From the above table, it will be ob served that the Legitimists have the strongest, representotmii in the Assembly, and next. to them the Monarchists and Orleanists. Iu the votes which have been token on measures looking to the future form of government, and to the relief of the Princes from the proscrip tive laws which subjected them to exile, the partisans of both Houses have thus far acted in unison, ami have thereby been able to control the action of the Assembly. This, too, they were capable of doing, without the assistance of the floating ’vote, although a considerable part of that has, sometimes, been thrown in their favor. But whilst the friends of the two branches of the royal family have united for the protection of their common inter ests, it is not so certain that the fusion, of w kick so much has been said of late, has been nctually consummated. It is indeed difficult to see how (t is possible to hring about a hearty accord between the Legitimists, with their theory of Di vine right, and the Orleanists, with their repeated declarations in favor of popular elect ion. Moreover, it is emphatically asserted hy the opposing factions, both Imperial ist and Republican, that the feeliug of the country at large, iu respect to the pretensions of the Orleanists .and the Legitimists, is by ho means fairly repre sented by their strength in the Assembly. There is certainly reason to believe that this is true.—Baltimore Gazette. From the Hartford Times. Trampling Upon Hie liiglits of Citizens. Not long ago the House of Represent atives at Washington arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned without a warrant a chap named Pat. Woods, the '.charge, being that he had violated the privilege of a member of the House with whom he was hail fellow well met, and whose nose he punched during a little unpleasantness iu a bar room at Richmond, ' Vai ; , where both resided. Subsequently the out rage upon Woods incidentally came up iu the discussion in the Senate with ref erence to the Tribune correspondents. Declarations were then made!*y Messrs. Sherman and Sumner, two prominent Republican Senators, to which we invite at ention. These things should be re membered. People read and forget them. Bnt their signifi ranee is such as to warrant notice and remembrance : “Mr. Edmunds (Rep., Vfc.,) asked Mr. Sherman if the House of Represt ntatives had not imprisoned Pat. Woods for three months alter it had adjourned, and if it was not legal. : . “Mr. Sherman (Rep., Ohio,) replied that the imprisonment of Pat. Woods was clearly illegal, and that his constitu tional rights were grossly assailed. There was qo precedent lor his imprisonuieqt in this country. “Mr. Sumner (Rep., Mass,)—There is no parliamentary precedent anywhere.” Here is a frank confession bv: two of the most eminent leaders of. the. Repub lican party that under Republican rule the constitutional rights of the citizens maybe grossly assailed and trampled under foot with impunity—so assailed and so trampled not merely by some Ir responsible or over-zealous agent or tri bunal exceeding its authority, but by one of the three co-ordinate branches of the Government itself in the hands of a majority of the Radicals. And yet these Radical hypocrites iu Congress prate of outrages upon personal rights in the States of the South, aud pass laws to give their man in the Presidential chair un limited power, backed by the army and navy, under pretence of a desire to pro tect citizens in their constitutional rights! — Significance of the New. Hamp shire Election. In closing an article bn the result in New Hampshire, the New York Evening Post (Radical) says: “ The significant part of this somewhat curious condition of affairs is that it has been produced by a Legislature which contains a clear working majority of men who voted twiee fqr Mr. Lincoln for President, and for General Grant in 1868; who supported the Republican party in every election until the adminis tration rejected reformers like Mr. Wells and Secretary Cox, attempted to force the San Domingo scherpeupon the party, and demanded the removal of Mr. Sum ner to make way for a politician like Cameron as leader of the Semite. The independent voters of Now Hampshire nave given the poluic.d’spt culators notice that they will support lim Republican party only so long as 'it,ip tlie party of reform and honesty,”