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iUcrhlp £onstitutionnJist WLDXIM W- >tu.. u. ~ Bradley Tt# X itfc«n Lave riddled Aurxwc Bfcu»un »Lout Lb early Lab | S a . j fact that Grant jacked b ar ; s jk» the Sa{ ierne Bench for parjLesc reversing the lejral-teuder dev bi >«. A correspondent of the Sche aev tady (X. Y.) R>jl*tor refers to Re t B.>ard Job as follows: 1 must Kite you a t nef review or the an tecedents es the one man who b to deckle the probable deetiay of this country for weal »*r we. 1 mean Lu J. BMWiP, oae «and the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United Stales. ami the fifteenth, or its casting vote* in its partisan sense, in the CUaumsstoa. We kuow him here. He was bora in tierne. Albany county. He was in the mescant.ie busine-s at OallupviUe, Schoharie county, for several years, auti as ■ such merchant is yet fresh in the memory 1 of the older residents of Hurt locality. He wasauaotskoWYslged sharper. Me finally closed up ha business for lack of custom *.s; »ert town for a more congenial clime, ami left many bill* unpaid, which remain so until this day. Among others, he was indebted largely to Viuuu A Cos., of this psa.v. Ku bov*ts and shvws. fhb firm still h **d his promise to pay. This Is uow the j mar the coming ilveis —to lend aud di rect by his deciding ode the destinies of . this grvat country ‘ into the paths of pleas-1 natness and pewee.“ The reader will observe that the| present Jeasitt P. Bradley is referred to as Fj.a J. BntMJtr. lVrhaps he re versed his signature like Hu'Fle- Knouu, the Oregon Senator, and re raettiberwlithe Arkansiau’s greeting to a stranger thus: “I say, old fel, vrhat nrout yer name be?'’ “Jtrwtijw, ’ b the reply, "Good enough, pard; but what niout have ben yer uatne before jer earn to Arkansan, heh Y* Is There "Treason In the Tainted j Buell, the Washington correspond ent of the Sew Orleans IVmomif, tele graphs as follows: Weaixs'luit. February :t-I picked up thb "iouiitig the following note from au emtneut B**ulheru ldemocrat to one of the . tewduig m imagers of the* Mayes pro gramme; inasmuch as it is a succinct and i accurate survey of the situation 1 transmit it«ntir-; ...... “Confidential WU.WVKOS Hotel. v; v nhtutwi. February 25,15 TANARUS?. i*v Ct vK - . ! h**reb only one way to * these*- : ptishrueuit of the Demo yratre programme. Vou set* they are play ing as if their hand was weak, whereas they know exactly what the*y are about. There is not so much teal discord in their counsels as the outside world Is glveu to understand; they will pursue a programme which wilt have all the practical effect or filibustering but will avoid the appearance u! it. The Senate will probably prevent the consumption of time* iu reading th** pri»- iixebiiectikms from South Carolina, but it urill be necessary to defeat their ithe lh*m ocratal linn of objections in the* House, one by one as they bring them up. or the count cannot m*ssibiy be concluded before mid night sSturday. They have the hours counted and the thing cooked td a nicety, so that while appearing to goon with the count they wiU still be able to obstruct it enough to suit th tr purposes. They even have* arrangement' made for dilatory mo tions at different stages of the proceedings which will be voted down by preconcert aud with much show of indignation, but iu reality with a perfect understanding be tween the 1 mee t's and the opponents of the dehry. “The programme Is to produce such a state of thwgs by Saturday tttat it will be seen to be* impossible to finish. Then it is understood that Cosuuixo aud sevou other Itepub tcau- will bolt the* Senate Kepubil can caucus and co-operate with the twenty nine iViuvcrats to prevent Fkjkky from counting the remaining cedes, pass Field's bid her anew election, aud elect COKKLINO Tteaidentcd the Senate pro Inn., aud this scheme meet-, the approval of Grant, who wtlt sign the FTELD bill “Now. the only way to defeat this pro gramme is by gettiug H—n aud hts thirty followers iu the House to stand squarely with the Republicans. w>te against every one of t e five vdqectiona which have been arranged Tu. aud vote against recess iu the South tVotbn oas**. A word to the wise, Flease destroy us soon as read. Tours truly .“ Os course this letter was written for the private information of a Republican luan ager by a tVrtL*oratte g*'ntleuie.u who Wish *s to make himself solid with the new deal. 1. -a wry interesting letter, aud l may eventually make it more interesting om* v*r two wore geulieuo'u at least than it is t ew. The b- uth appears to have eotue out better than .uty other section iu conse quence of the tergiversations of the High tVI Joint. The Albany Argus Swttn the fellows iu this wise: “In its desperation to steal the Presidency, the Republican party gives its sanction to the vety heresy upou which seces sion was founded. In it* frenzy it re vives and gives irresistible potency to the very heresy it declared a few months sieve had been stamped out forever, under the heels of an artny of atcidionof tuee. Hmbs and the toe’s he used to transgress the laws of Flor ida isl destroy the ballot-boxes of L.spsiaaa. Lave bee a sufficiently pow erful to estabiisfc. a "heresy which not a£ tfee a:sue- of the Confederacy could wtiatain 1 HvißswUibec'metheeecond FT*-*-. lent of the C -f. Inate State* of Amenta ; th* law I-- - - - r fJ* * - - D» 1 * ; Z/3T ,f*-.f 11 *«*"',»!.'* the B*a* j* _ . e . llaye ' Cabinet. T. ■ N . i .r. fli .-t • :■■- «>?•**: it Hayes’ Cabinet will be full, alls : “If there was any anxiety iu any quarter i-st there woul l uoi be , found in the c uutry men capable of ' filling and '.Tilling to till all the places } that anxiety is now happily dispelled, j for a targe number of the distinguished men who ‘made’ Haves are coming to the rescue. Naturally they cannot per jjnit that their handiwork shall prove a ’ failure for want of a little more per- I sonal devotion on their part. The dis tinguished Mr. Bliskismught will be ‘ Secretary of State. He was present ut ; ; the Cincinnati Convention, where he ! perceived at a critical moment that i Mr. Hayfs was about to be nominated, i He immediately went over to Haves with his whole delegation, and thus 1 determined the result. Mr. Bothek ! box, who has hitherto occupied several important offices, will accept the Treas ury as a small recognition of his serv ices iu having carried the news to Co- ( iumbus that the nomination was actu- ; ally made. Mr. Latherem will be the ; Secretary of War. Ho secured the ; nomination of Hayes at Cincinnati by defeating the nomination of Blaine. ! Blaine would have beeu nominated on the night of the first day that ballots ! were taken, but Latuekem had the gas | cut off aud bought up all the candles iu Ohio, so that they had to adjourn. All the other places will be given to uitn equally famous for the fact that each oue was the real author of the nomination of Hayes.” There is one marked difference be tween this campaign and all others since the war, and that is the silence of Sam Bard; but wo do not despair of hearing from him before long. Miss Dancer’s Bequest. Miss Dancer, the daughter of a no ted gambler, left several hundred thousand dollars to charities iu various Churches. They all received the mon ey, as was no doubt very proper, as Miss Dancer was a good woman. Some of the reasons giveu for not re jecting what some people consider ill gotten gains were as follows : The President of the Bible Society said ; The money would be used to supply Bi bles free of cost to the poor, and these Bi bles tuijjht even reach Ramblers, and thus that very eltss >f persons might bo bene fitted by this good uso of the property which a gambler was said to have amassed. The pastor of the Church attended by Miss Dancer said : Half the money we get, you know, may have come through liquor stores and gam bling dens. Besides, what is considered gambling by some persons is regarded otherwise by a different class. Some per sons think stock gambling is not wrong, aud so some stock gamblers rank In the highest society. If we didn’t take this ; money, what would become of it? By us ing it for good purposes, wo come as near as wo ouu to making reparation. 'lihe President of the Children’s Aid Society was more outspoken, and phil osophically said : ■She was a good woman. Her father, 1 am informed, before lie died became a good man, and her mother was a good wo man. If all the gamblers iu the city should become good meu, and their wives and aud daughters good women, aud should give their money for charitable purposes, I think it would be a. v< ry good thing for the city. No, I don’t think the money should b« refused. The New York Express thinks that the precedent has been established, if it did not always exist, that pious folks will be considerate of the faults of ! others, aud that a gambler’s money is quite as good as anybody else’s, whou itTI devoted to charity. Judge Black must have been put forward by the Democrats to “stir up the animate.” A correspondent says: “His remarks often savored so strongly of direct insult to the Tri bunal it was expected every moment the presiding officer would cheek him; but they all sat silent, vainly endeav oring to conceal their anger at the bold charges aud severe sarcasm of the speaker. Morton relieved himself jby pretending to write, but i noticed jhe did not pen u dozen iiues. Hoar sat pale and uetvous, bis lips moving las if muUeriug to himself. Bradley : looked away over the heads of tLe i people, while Mu.lki; and Strong jed the speaker square iu the face.” I The same correspondent adds: “Some | difficulty was experienced in conccct ■ iug a report which would fit I even the elastic consciences of the subservient eight, but at last I Miller began to read an elaborate | argument which purported to be such report. Payne blandly suggested that Justice Miller was arguing the case ather than giviug considerations for the vote. replied that he did not know that it made much difference to Payne whether it was long or short, ;ts he wouldn’t prooablv vote for it any way. Payne quietly retorted that he most certainly would not, for he pro posod to wash his hands of all the vil -1 taiuy and infamy which the majority were affirming. Mili kk flushed, but continued reading to the end; when IV, put in a parting -h ■! by remark tt.g t > Klm; >i>* that as Milleii had ma l** •h** only arguin' lT In the care, th.* Ha**- managers, if they had set a*;d*» any arL*unt f r c 'it.etl fe*s, ought to janue to (ay the fee in thl* a**- ' Mii.Li.fc rather th..u t • ai.*-!.” The Ele. 'u.u iu llie Ninth lbe Democratic Congressional vention f r the Ninth District of this State, yesterday nominated the Hon. H. P. Bell, of Forsyth county, as a candidate to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the election of Benjamin H. Hill to the United States Senate. Mr. Bell was a valuable member of the Forty-third Congress, but not a candidate Tor the Forty-fourth. We are confident that the Democrats of Northeastern Georgia will turn out upon the day of election, and give Mr. Bell a rousing majority. A Late Remorse. The New York Times, of the 25th of February, contained the following edi torial confession : “If the country is not menaced with the perils of a fresh coutest for the Presidency, the circum stance is attributable to the honorable interpretation of an implied pledge, , and the patriotic superiority to the : base arts of partisanship which have ; distinguished many of the Southern ; Democrats.” To whicli the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, an independent and honest paper, which supported Hayes, vigorously retorts : “Exactly so. But what havoc it would have wrought in tlio editorials of the Times and in the conduct of the whole campaign to have recognized the fact of a possible patri otic Southern Democracy, a few months ago! Little, indeed, would have been est of the chief war cries of the Re publican stump orators and editors, liad the fact now so tardily acknowl edged been recognized. We should have been saved all Mr. Blaine’s in cendiary speeches last winter, and all his fiery harangues of last summer. Mr. Wheeler would not have been obliged to telHlie people of Northern Vermont that the battle of Gettysburg was still in progress ; nor would the general screech of peril at the awful villainy of those Southern Democrats have rung all over the North. Pecu liarly deprivatory of material for many a long editorial in the Times, descrip tive of the disiistrous consequences of any tru.-m in the South, would have been the least glimmer of the truth that such a possible creature as a patriotic Democrat could there exist. “Yet the existence of such a crea ture, and of multitudes of them, is not one whit more evident, to-day, than it has been for years. For years the South has been petitioning to be trust ed. For years the Democratic and in dependent press lias been asserting that it was worthy to be trusted. But fir years, also, the main enterprise of Northern politics has been ‘keeping down the South.’ “And now, when the South has been juggled out of its fair voice in our Presidential contest by a Government run in the interest of Northern sec tionalism and prejudice; now, when one State certainly and two probably have been 'counted out’ of their electoral T.ites, what is it we are invited by the Tones to see Aud what is it that the country will see, invited or not? Why precisely this fact so persistently de nied, that many of the best and most conspicuous leaders of the South are loyal, conservative and patriotic. “Nothing could better demonstrate the untruthfulness of the whole method of the Republican campaign than the acknowledgment the Times makes. It stultifies itself aud its whole course for years. Conspicuous beyond auythiog But absolute political blindness is the evidence given iu the course of the leading Southern Democrats towaid the partisan action of the Electoral Commission, that they are wise and pa triotic men, and ought to have their place aud voice in our public counsels. But what a saving of type and paper, of voice aud lungs, of vituperation and lying would have been the recognition of this fact, ouly a little while ago !” We have preferred to give conspicu ously and at length the Republican's answer to the Times, in lieu of any thing we might more passionately write from an extreme Southern staud p ini. it may however bo added that a Pie.-ident \vh > has secured his tide by lies and frauds need not so confi de,uly call upon Almighty Go to blot ■ him and his career. Solely indeed dots Mr. Hayes need divine aid, but we have uever yet heard of the forgiveness of a chief sinner who Pharisaically claims purity himself and yet refuses to restore ill-gotten goods, it is rank blasphemy for a man to appeal to Heaven for en dorsement aud help under such circum stances, and the shock to public mor als Is all the more terrible iu the mouth of a politician who is held up as the incarnation of all the virtues. What doth it profit him that he uses no tobacco or wiue; that he frequents not the haunts of infamy; that vulgar pro fanity soils not his lips; if, at the same time, he is the principal partaker in an unholy spoil begotten of knavery, for the profit of knaves, and urged to a successful issue by an admittedly uien dacious press ? It may he that Mr. Hails, even at the tipcuie of :.elf-st(iltifl tition, sill sti!v< t * and i much ,*f the injury that has Uen « v utpiteh'd. It may be Ihut S 'Uth LV liiou au I LouUiuna will be permitted to tight Th'-Uiselves, now that he has received i is bb>od-tnoney 1 and bis attainted position. It may be | , that all arts of venality will be put in requi-i ion to corrupt or placate needy or unscrupulous Southern men. All of I these things may be done, and yet the ] ; waters of the salt sea and the perfumes ’ | of Arabia will uever cleanse aud sweet- j j ea the record of the first of Presidents j who reached the White House by rank • usurpation. : Immense efforts may be made to i break down the Democratic party, here | and elsewhere; men who have been | faithful in all the tremendous past may j become faithless; the very foundations j of the great deep of political and so ; cial existence may be disquieted. But ! the grand party of Constitutional Lib ; erty will not be destroyed. It will rally | all the more gallantly and resolutely, j It will not want for incorruptible lead i ers aud pure oracles, and its day of full | triumph, though postponed, will surely come. We commend and adopt the words of Judge Black, flung into the very teeth of ii ■■ ] Commission: “At present yc.u have ; lus down and under your feet. Never | ! had you a better right to rejoice. Well i I in ay you say, ‘We have made a cove- | | nant with death, and with hell are we : at. agreement; when the overflowing! scourge shall pass through, it shall not j come unto us: for we have made lies I our refuge, and under falsehood have j we hid ourselves.’ But nevertheless wait a little while. The waters of truth will rise gradually, and slowly but surely, and then look out for the over flowing scourge. ‘The refuge of lies ! shall be swept away and the hiding I place of falsehood shall be uncovered.’ j This mighty and puissant nation will | yet raise herself up like a strong man | after sleep and shake her invincible I locks in a fashion you little think of now. Wait; retribution will come in due time. Justice travels with a leaden heel, but strikes with an iron hand. God’s mill gtinds slow, but dreadfully line. Wait till the flood-gate is lifted and a full head of water comes rush ing on. Wait, and you will see fine grinding then.” Hayes’ foolish speech at Fremont ex cites the laughter and derision of Dent ocrats aud the sullen mortification of Radicals. The Herald notes the rapid growth of Free Love in New England aud the Middle States. Well, how can you ex pect anything else when the Supreme Behch has become prostituted ? —— The new attitude of the Republican press towards tbe South is compared by the New York IForltZ to the prom ises of eternai friendship made by a drunken sailor to a lamp-post or a Vassar graduate to her weeping class matee. ■ * m —— Hon. Ben Hill was selected as one of the Democratic objectors in the South Carolina case, but refused to serve. Probably he thought the game was not worth the candle, aud that it is the supreme of folly to sing psalms over a dead mule. Donn Piatt is the luckiest editor in the world. He got a first-class pull from Grant, aud now Hayes has doubled the circulation of tne Capital by exhibiting the knife its editor had stowed in the seat of liis pantaloons for the sth of March assassination. Lucky Donn ! The trouble with the Democratic submissionibts at Washington seems to be that they must deliver the goods now and wait until after March 4th for their money. Will they get it ? Cer tainly they will. The Radicals, like George Washington, may cut us with their little hatchet, but they never told a lie. Oh no, not for Joseph. In his little speech at Fremont, Ohio Gcveru' T H ayes “realized bis lack of J special fitness for the duties for the i i performance of which he might be called upon; ami placed his trust in Almighty God, who rules the destinies of nations.” Just think of a receiver of stolen goods calling on God Al mighty to bless him and his theft I It ; is like old Scwarhow's coupling the names of the Saviour of Mankind and the Russian Messalina. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun says: “The friends of Governor Hayes heie are rather ir ritated ami annoyed at tbe tone of the speech made by him at Fremont, Ohio, on Saturday night. They admit that it was a trifle undignified, but they ex cuse it by saying that the Governor had got out iu the backwoods and did not know that there were any newspa per men about. This may be, but the speech does not the less show the cali bre of the man.” Wait till he gets iu the seat of Washington and Grant. Then Donn Piatt will, every Sumlay m ruing, make him wish he had uever been born. ■•»-*- The New Y ik Sun says Grant built up u ivpiitution for profouud wisdom wifi n he lid not wholly destroy until th** very last days “f Id*term, when he tiegsu to babtite nonsense. Ilvvra be gins while (ifcAfcr lull's if. A Little Rill. The New York Express sums up the little bills that have been accumulating fi*r presentation to Mr. Hayes when he gets into the White House, the biggest of them being from Grant, the particu lars of which are as follows: It. B. Hayea, President. To the heirs and assigns of Ulysses S. Grant, Dr., November and December, before and since eleciion. Items. Ist. Loan of the United States Array, sent South in your interest during six weeks to intimidate and defeat the Democratic party, 2d. Loan by Gen. Grant to you or 11.615 marshals and election supervisors, all acting In your interest on election day, at $5 per day pay out of the Uni ted States Treasury. 3J, Loan of Secretary Chandler and the Treasury to rua the election. 4th. Loan of 100,000 United States Govern ment place men holdirg their offices under the President, and detailed for special duty to secure your election to the Presidency. sth. Su> dries to be found in the secret ser- Vl*.: • ihe amount in figures is not speci ; lied, but it has assumed gigantic pro | portions, covering the life interest of i one of the largest family connections jon the continent. Eliza Pinkston’s 1 bill will be first audited. She will no doubt insist upon a snug sum in cash and the privilege of presiding over the Kitchen Cabinet. Hayes’ Policy. It seems that Mr. Hayes will not commit himself to any Southern policy other than may be indicated by his letter of acceptance, upon which the Republican campaign was not fought. We append a notable extract from his letter: The moral and material prosperity of the Southern States can be most effectual ly advanced bv a hearty and generous recognition of the rights of all—a recog nition without reserve or exception. With such a recognition fully accorded it will be practicable to promote by the influence of all legitimate agencies of the general gov ernment the effort of the people of there States to obtain for themselvts the bless ings of honest and capable local govern ment. If elected, I shall consider it not only my duty, but it will be my ardent de sire to labor for the attainment of this end. Let me assure my countrymen of the SouUtem States that if 1 shall be charged with the duty of organizing an administration it will be one that will regard and cherish the interests of the while and of the colored peo ple bath and equally, and which will put forth its best efforts in behalf of a civil policy which will wipe out forever the distinction between North and South in our common country. We will not comment upon this ex tract at present. Even to Mr. Hayes we shall accord the opportunity of proving how far his performances will square with his promises. Well, Mr. Tilden has reason to feel happier than Hayes. “Cheating luck never thrives,” they say. —>i ■ “One Who Knows” says ex-Governor Brown would accept no office under Mr. Hayes, and he will make no recom mendation to him for the appointment of any one to office under him. The Atlanta Constitution epitomises, like a book-keeper, legislative retrench ment and reform in Georgia: savings— , Funding railroad bonds $25,000 Printing and compiler.. 1,000 fiupt. Public Works 2,0:10 Legislative clerk hire— 3,00 ) Members’ pay 0,000 Insurance perquisites— 1,500 Bui ding fund S,OOO $40,500 Increased expenses— M. and N.G. It. K $15,000 Drainage Savannah 35,000 $50,000—550,000 Balance against retrenchment $9,500 The Submissists’ Victory. We publish elsewhere the final and decisive vote in the House of Repre sentatives, last Thursday, which re sulted in the defeat of the obstruction ! ists by 148 to 116, Democrats to the number of 45 voting with the Republi cans. As these proceedings are now i matters of history, it is as well that the ; actors therein should be placed prorni -1 ueiitly bes A Washington correspondent tells the following good story : Henry Watter son promised Fernando Wood to sup port his resolution for impeaching President Grant, but when the caucus ; uiet and Wood introduced his resolu ' tion, Watterson spoke against it. Wood j amazed, said : “ Why, Mr. Watterson, i what does this mean ? You assured me you would sustain this measure.” “ Why,” blandly replied the impertur bable Henry, “ Mr. Wood, that was twenty-four hours ago!” with which re -1 ply he seemed to consider the matter ! fully explained. Watterson began his ' Congressional term with 100,000 volun-1 . teers, and ended with a baby which has I made a good deal more noise than his j 100,000 men. Paxton, Mass., recently bad a wed ding at which the bride was 76, aud the 1 btidegrooiu 72. You may sometimes put a sauce into i eup, but you should always put a cup 1 iu' ' a saucer. < * iNi lsnin, M m li:!. The Southern Hallway y> sti-rday aw mb-! .; eontruct for the construction of the Tcnie *Hce river budge i. a Philadelphia party. I To Subscribers. Now that the Presidential question is settled, and we know who Is to be the President, it by no means follows that ail interest in Federal, State and Foreign affairs will cease; but rather the importance of future legislation and the course to be pursued by the new administration at Washington, will be of more interest to the people at large than even the late campaign itself. And at its very beginning we wish to say to the large number of readers of the Constitutionalist that no pains or expense will be spared to keep its columns up to tne high stand ard it has heretofore enjoyed as a first-class newspaper in every respec l Our terms are within the reach of ail —six dollars a year for the daily; four for the tri-weekly and two dollars for the weekly. We shall relax nothing in energy and enterprise, and promise our old friends and new subscribers that we shall give them a paper for the year 1877 equal, in all respects, to any newspaper in the South Atlantic States. The encouragement we nre daily re ceiving from renewals of old subscrib ers and advances from new friends warrants us in making the above state ments, and we take this opportunity of thanking our friends everywhere for the support given us in the past and the promises of the future. —— CURRENT TOPICS. The Republican party, painted and pow dered, is easting sheep’s eyes at the South. “ Aroint thee, witch.”— Baltimore Gazette. “ I would rather be right than be Presi dent,” is a sentiment with which Henry Clay used to be credited. Probably Hayes has often mouthed it in his boyhood’s days. — Ni ■ York Sun. The Democratic party is now in the con dition of the frog— “ Who tied himself to a hickory stump, Aud he cussed and he swore, but ho could not jump.” Sam. Bard telegraphs to Washington that he ask -no favor of Hayes. Sam. is afraid he will he violently perforated with a post office, and, if he fails in resisting proposi tions fiom the new* administration, he stands erect upon the record. The South has been so often deceived that we can hardly venture to say that we may not be again, even in the promises now held out to us. But Gen. Grant, the most ob stinate and persistent man in the land, has thoroughly tested the despotic system arid tho rule of the South through ignorance and dishonesty. He has at last confessed that it is a failure, and we can hardly sup pose the new % President will attempt to con tinue a policy w hich has failed under the direction of Grant.— Richmond Dispatch. The old administration lies a-dying and the new is on the threshold. The Wash ington Bepublicsn has been the mouth piece of the old; it seems to have been en gaged to perform that function for the new. In a double-leaded leading article it collects the strong points of the arguments against federal usurpation in Louisiana and South Carolina, and makes a stirring appeal for home rule in those States. This is the ground that tho Democratic and In dependent journals have tiken from the dav that the carpet-baggers, backed by the whole power of the federal government, began their unholy rule. The sudden con version of the Republican is remarkable. It means something. It is not a sudden outburst of virtue. It is part of the in trigue to capture Southern men and deliver them over to Hayes. -Baltimore Gazette. What was said of old about “Greeks bear ing gifts” will probably be said again to the Southern people by way of admonition and warning. But if their own experience has not taught them caution, they will scarcely be disposed to profit by the advice of others. Their most trusted leaders already scout the idea of building up a Republican party at the South to aid in perpetuating the power of the Mortons. Chandlers and Shermans. But purely visionary as the Hayes “Southern policy,” as his friends have foreshadowed it, may turn out to be, it would have at least the merit of being less law-defying than that of Grant, and by so much tho country would hare reason to bo glad of the change. It would be a great mistake, nevertheless, for Mr. Hayes to have uny “Southern policy” aj; all, as contra-distin guished from an Eastern, Northern or Western policy’. If"he will leave all the States free to manage their own affairs and shape their own destiny, favoring no one section at the expense of another, he be will hat e done all that can reasonably expected of him. The country is getting heartily tired of so much “policy” and so little real statesmanship.— Baltimore Sun. Business stagnation continues and grows more hopelessly chronic, in view of the helplessness to which Congress is seem ingly reduced by the astounding decision of the Commission. Not all the a surances of the Republican press that the South would acquiesce in the destruction of con stitutional liberty has inspired business men with confidence. There are no premo nitions of violence and anarchy. Vet every man feels that the paralysis of death has attacked the Republic, and been pro nounced an incurable disease by the Com mission. There is no nerve for physical contest. There is no nerve, either, for busi ness enterprise. If such things c u be done as have been consummated in Florida and Louisiana, and Congress be powerless, the future of the Republic is dark, and business despairs. There would be more hope If there was sufficient vitality to grapple with the law breakers, and make them feel tins' the American Republic is too young to die. But white men sink lan* guidly back, and do not resist a decision that Congnss cannot save the Republic from the huuds of men who violate the laws ol ntates in their unholy greed f. r power, i«ow can there be ounUdcnct in Ui<* future ‘ Albany Argus,