Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 January 1876 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, JANUABY 5, 18TÖ.

Office of the Indianapolis Sentinel.

DEAR SIR: We desire to place La jour hands, for Inspection, a copy of the best Weekly Taper published In the state. The near approach of the next Presidential canvass, and the all-Important subjects in connection therewith, which will be fully discussed in the Sentinel, would sug gest that it be put into the hands of every Dem ocrat in the state, and in order to secure you as our agent, we make yon the following liberal proposition: Single Cop - - $1 50 Five (Mes - - 1 35 - X Ten Copies or more, free of post 125 age, - All remittances ihou'd be made by Express Or Postofflce Order, with the Name, Town, County and State In full, and In a plain, bold band, thereby avoiding all possible chances of mistakes. -' A liberal commission of 15 per cent, will be paid to all who get np clubs. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5. The JourLal admits to its columns an announcement that ex-Senator Pratt is spoken of 89 a candidate for the presi deary, who has not a ghost of a chance of attaining that position, bat it still reluses to print anything favorable to the nomination of Mr. Harrison, who might become a formidable rival to the war governor. Contraction of the currency still goes on. The bondholder and money-lender tightens the cords which bind the debtor class, and la happy. A few more turn? of the financial screw and his felicity will equal that of Parrbasius, as hegsz9d on Prometheus: "Chalnfd to .the cold rocks of Mount Caucasus, The vultures at his vitals and the links Of the lame Leomlan festering in his flesh The people cm loosen these cords it they will; and take the vultures off the prostrate form of public prosperity, but will they do I:? Much good may be exported from the investigations which the Democratic House of Representatives will ba Bure to make. For the last fifteen years, congressional investigating committees have been mere whitewashing affairs; now they may be expected to be what their name indicates. If the navy department is not soon burned up and destioyed, the public may look for tome Etartling developments in that direction. A lull and ho neat expose of the "true inwardness" of the bureau over which the jolly New Jersey tar presides will be mighty interesting reading: for the Centennial year. A few more "crookea" transactions of Republican office-holders at Washington have come to light. Several of these gentry have been compelled to "step down and out," atd their places given to others. "The best civil ssrvice in the world" is like a leper, covered with Sores and reaking with putrefaction. As the leper is without hope of recovery, so is the civil service under Republican rule without hope of purification. The only remedy which cm cure this disease is a change of tie administration of the government. Tbi will insure the retirement of the men who have been browsing in the government fields so long ttat they believe the pastures to ba their private property. Tbo Journal has a very sneaking way of intimating wfcat it has not the courage to assert boidly. Yesterday it published a story abouf, a man losiog letters in the postcflh-e at New York, who had written to the postmaster general at Washington, ai d asked an investigation, whicb, being thor oughly entered upon by the department, it was discovered that the man pretending to lose the valuable letters was insane. The Inference to ba drawn is too plan to need mention, but it the department a. Washington bad btea as diligent in looking after lost letters here, the statute of limitations would not have rendered a prosecution futile, nor would the investigator or detective lound the loser very insane either. The people of tne Warn, demand that congress shall stop the contraction of the currency now going on with such iearful rapidity. They are the controlling power in this country, and their demands must be heeded. They don't intend to have their prosperity destroyed and thtir homes jeopardized to gratify the money lords of the Et. Tt ey expect the men whom they sent to Washington to legislate in their interests and not in the interest oi tbeKtstern moneylender. Mr. Landers, the representative of this district, will not disappoint their expectations. He has already introduced a bill, for the relief of the people, which it is toped all bi colleagues from Indiana will support. Let the resumption act be repealed, aad thereby take off the "threat which serves to paralyze trade." Should his bill pass the House and be defeated in the Senate or be vetoed by the president, the people will know which party is their friend aad where to look for relief. The Republican party was born in an era 1 revolution. Its principles were formed and crystaHzed at a time when civil law wai dormant and presidential proclamations and military courts dictated the policy of the paop'.e. Its leaders instilled into their follOTVtrs a codteiupt for .constitution! provisions and individual rights. They claimed the offices of the country for the elect, and declared themselves and their followers to be the selected ones. A government controlled by such a party and such leaders most necessarily become a personal one. Hence, nepotism became the

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I rale and not the exception. The president bestowed placet of honor and profit upon his relatives, and dispensed bis patronage as a personal gift and not a public duty. Following bis ex ample, Senator Morton procured the appointment of one brother-in-law to the governorship of a territory and of another to the Indianapolis postofflce. The latter, profiting by the example of the president and the senator, appointed two or three of his brothers to places under him. Whether they in turn found positions lor other brothers and brothers-in-law, under them. the Sentinel does not know, but if they did not, It waa becausa there were no other members of their family unprovided for. This system has caused some of these nepotists trouble and bids fair to cause them more. A Brace of &coandreI. To be a Republican office bolder must be a dangerous position now a days. The telegraph brings an account of the default ing Kansas state treasurer, who la now sa'ely lodged behind the bars, The charges against him are forgery, counterfeiting and embezzlement. The wires last night were scarcely cooled before the announcement that an other Republican official, tho city treasurer of Buffalo, bad decampei to Canada, leav ing behind him a balance, due the cilr of 1300,000. When will the people determine to put an end to this wretched debauchery of public trusts by turning the rascals out of office? It is the only relief. Republican Candidate for Auditor of State. If we thought there was a ghost of a cbarce for his election there is no Republl nan in the state whom the Sentinel could more heartily commend than Gen. Scribuer, of New Albany, for the position cf auditor of state. The trouble is the Republicans scarcely ever nominate such a man, and then oc the Republican ticket the people would not elect him. The general possesses all the qualifications for a popular and effi cient officer. He was a brave private in the Mexican war, and a successful general in the late war. Gen. Grant, in one of his official reports of a battle, mentions Gen. Scribner's bravery and efficiency in the high est terms, for which he subsequently received promotion. What a Year has Brought Forth. Mr. Buckle, iu his efforts to show that the actions of mankind are not governed by the whims and preferences of individuals, but bycortaln fixed general laws, urges that statistics prove the regularity of their occurrence. Thus he shows that not only are about the same number of murders committei every year, but that even the Instru ments employed in ttelr perpetration bear about the same proportion to each other; that very nearly the same number of per sons take their own lives one year as another; and that, most marvelcus of all, even the aberrations of our memory are of regular occurrence and a certain fixed proportion of letter writers every year forget to put the address upon letters which they drop into the postofflce. This being the case, we ought to find the story of our lives from year to jear very much the same, and that "Hope and despondency, pleasure and pain, " a luiuio lujnutr m nuuBuiae ana rain ; And the smiles and the tears, the song and the dirge. Still follow each other, like surge upon surge." Such we find by experience to be the case, and after glancing over the record of the year which ha) just expired we ought to be able to sit down and compute a horoscope for 1876, fixing the number of moving accidents by flood and field as we would contract for our eclipets, calculating the maximum amount of crime which can possibly be crowded into 3G6 days and employing the result of our labors as a basis for fixing upon the amount of legal machinery which will be required to defeat the ends ot justice, and determining with perfect accuracy the number of South American revolutions and Carlist victories which we may expect. Considered in this light the review of the defunct year which we present below ought to be of inestimable value. The curtain rose on the opening month of 1875, discovering in the foreground two con gressional committees, one in Louisiana and the other in Mississippi, busily en gaged in the manufacture of public sentiment. In the background could be seen Spain cfltricg submission to King Alfonso, who bad on the last day of the preceding year been placed on the throne. A side show at Washington presented the spectacle ot one of tbote investigations, which are becoming so common of late years, that of the Pacific Mail, wbich resulted in the exposure ol Scbumaker and the emoking Out at last of old Bill King. The scene changed and we beheld the outrage ot the 5th of January, wbich turned the blood of freemen to fire. For it was on that day that the legislators of a sovereign state, sitting in deliberation upon the affairs of their commonwealth, were dragged from their hall by the military arm of the United States. At such a time the affixing of the president's signature to tbe resumption bill so-called passed almost unnoticed, and even tbe report of the three honest men who had investigated the affairs of Louisiana paled its ineffectual fires. Eyes and ears were, however, left for one event and that was tbe beginning of the great mit of Tilton against Beecher, at Brooklyn, tbe colosra' bore ot the 19ih century. February witnessed quite a eensation over certain memoir of George IV., and the revival of the scandals of that period, as if we had not already a sufficient supply for home consumption. The civil rights bill was parsed by means of all night sessions and changes in the rules of the House, and old blue-coated and brass-buttoned Luke Po land made a gallant and successful stand for the light of the people ot Arkansas to gov ern themselves. The wounds of Louisiana were plifatered after a fashion with the Wbeelor adjustment. In the Beecher case the plaintiff rendered his version of bis wrotgi, aad before tbe month was over tbe defense bad made a beginning with their evidence. Abroad, tbe French afsambly was taking up Its lime with the Senate bill, and In England Kenealy and John Mitchell

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created a stir by receiving elections to parliament. The one was swallowed with grimaces and tbe other was not swallowed at all. During the last part of tbe month the catastrophe at St. Andrew's Church, New York, occurred. Before the expiration of the Forty-third Congressa In March, the Republicans ad mitted Colorado aa a state, in the hope of strengthening their feeble majority in tbe Senate. An event of great Interest in Italy was the celebration ot the 400lh anniversary of Michael Angelo's birth. Americans were decidedly puzzled to decido whether to be pleased or the reverse when the tidings came that they were to have a cardinal at last In the person Of Archbishop McCloskey. Archbishop Manning, of England, and some continental dignitaries of the church were at the same time similarly honored. Floods In the Delaware and Susquehannah caused considerable damage, and certain members of the United States Senate started South for the purpose, as it was generally suspected, of stealing a Mexican railroad. Tbey came back tbe text month without their railroad and without having got beyond New Orleans. In Ireland John Mitchell settled the dispute forever about his teat in the British parliament by dying. A tornado in tbe South caused considerable destruction. 8pinner resigned tbe United States treasur

ers ip, which be bad held for a very long pe riod, and waa succeeded by our own Mr. New. With the thawing out of tbe grip of winter, we began to hear again tbe wonder ful tales of the Black Hills. In tbe beginning of April those Brooklyn miscreants got along far enough in their evil work to put Mr. Beecher on tbe stand, and the interest in the trial, wbich had nearly died out, waj temporarily aroused again. The chronic troubles in the Penn sylvania mining regions claimed their regu lar share of attention. The Louisiana peo pie finally accepted tbe adjustment whicb the benevolent Mr. Wheeler had so kindly prepared for them. A glorious celebration was that on the one hundredth anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, and right worthily did the descenduts of tbe embattled farmers do honor to the men who fired' tbe shot heard round the world. A frightful loss of life took place in Nav Orleans from the burning ot three steamboats at the levee. With great pomp the berrettawas bestowed upon the American Cardinal in New York, and Oihkosh came In for one of its regular scourges by fire. To tbe great relief of a suffering nation, before tbe month was over, the jack lawyer who had been administering at affairs in tbe department of justice and delivering what he called opinions stepped down and out with the usual letter of confidence from the president in his pocket and was succeeded by Mr. Ed tarda Pierrepont. May was ushered In with one of the ship wrecks which will serve hereafter to make the year memorable. The German steamship Schiller ran ashore on one of the Scilly Islands and a terrible loss of life ensued. Vice President Wilton contributed bis mite toward the era of good feeling by making a tour through some of the Southern states, being everywhere kindly received and ac cepting his welcome in the spirit in which it was offered. Two more Centennial celebra tions were observed, tbe capture of Fort Ticonderoga and the declaration of inde pendence at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. Out of a clear skr was heard a crash when Bristow came down on the crooked whisky manufacturers, and with one fell swoop demoralized what seems to have been the principal industries of St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee. A certain Mr. Marsh began to make things unp'easant for Secretary Delano and the Indian ring by mentioning a few facts which had fallen under his observations. Recollections of tbe war were revived by the death of Breckenridge and the sending of President Lincoln's widow to to an asylum tor the insane. A great deal of public attention was attracted by the claims of the great North American what is it, or Eeeley's motor. People have generally found out what it is now, and it is supposed to have gone to meet the Cardiff Giant. Tbe burning of a Catholic church fall of worshippers, at Holyoke, Massachusetts, was one ot the most terrible catastrophes on record. The nation was oflfered a conundrum in the shape of President Grant's third term letter to Gen. Harry White, of Pennsylvania, which purported to set the question at rest, but in reality affirmed rather than denied tbe soft impeachment of seeking a renomination. The month closed with a visit from certain Sioux chiefs to Washington for tbe purpose of negotiating upon the Black Hills. Paul Boyton celebrated tbe opening of June by crossing the English Channel in a life saving suit, upon a second attempt. One Loader tried to excite afresh Interest, in the Beecher business, which was growing dull, but ended by getting locked up for some very artistic lying. Themost of tne month was consumed by the lawyers in that case, with te 'i ous and immensely long speeches. The centenary celebration ot the battle of Bunker Hill was rendered especially interesting by the Interchange of kindly sentiments between tbe North and South, and by the generous welcome given the visiting military companies from South Carolina and Virginia. An event of considerable literary promise at tbe time but which was destined to be disappointed was the appearance of Tennyson's Queen Mary with an exuberant send off from tbe London Times. A local recusation was caused by a session of Lord Chancellor Lynch's high court at Greenfield. From England sailed tbe Pandora, Captain Allan Young, on another Franklin Bearch expedition, having been preceded by the exploring ships Alert and Discovery. Great distress was caused in France by an overflow of tbe rivers, but In our sympathy for the stricken Gauls, we did not forget to rejoice over tbe victory of our American rifle team at Dollymount. Sultry July was blessed, if for nothing else, when it brought with it tbe end of the Tilton-Beecher suit. People in this vicinity were startled by the murder and attempted

express robbery on tbe Vandalia railroad. The college regatta was pluckily rowed and

won by Cornell. Marsh's letter to tbe pres dent stirred up the Indian department worse than ever. A sad affair was tbe balloon accident somewhere over Laae Michigan, by which Donaldson and poor Grim wood lost their lives. About this time there broke out in Herzegovina, a province of Turkey, an insurrection of the rajahs or Christian inhabitants, produced by the insupportable oppression of local rulers and the exactions of tax collectors, wbich promises to be as Interminable and as interest iog as that of the Carlists. Tbe memory of the old Mountain Msadow mas sacre waa rovived by the fruitless trial of John D. Lee, one of the leading participants. A great crash was heard when tbe Immense bouse ot Duncan, Sherman fc Co., of New York, fell. An illustration that a man sometimes does well to be angry was shown in England by the excitement resulting from Plimsoll's exhibition of righteous indignation in the House of Commons over tbe ministry's proposed postponement of the shipping bill. On the last day of tho month oocur red the death of Ex-President Andrew Johnson. August was borne into our midst upon a sea ot waters which threatened to overspread our entire Western country. Tbe affairs of interest abrcad were the sentence of the petted Col. Valentine Baker to Imprisonment and the centennial celebration of O'Connell's birth. It was suddenly discovered at Washington that Mr. William Welsh, a Philadelphia gentleman who was possessed ot some facts in regard to tbe Indian ring, was like Prof. Marsh, au individual of a malicious cature and pernicious influence. The fleet-looted Goldsmith Maid found her Waterloo at Rochester, where she was beaten by Lulu in tbe four fastest successive heats on record. The Germans dedi cated, near Detmold, a colossal statue to Hermann, the conqueror ot Varus. Poor Grimwood's remains were found on tbe shore of tbe lake, and a gallant officer, Admiral Collins, died at his post of duty in tbe South Atlantic. Tbe suspension of the Bank of California at San Francisco balanced the previous f ailure of Duncan, Sherman A Co. at New York, and the honors were easy. The little speck on the Turkish horizon began towards the end of the month to assume formidable proportions. With the Guibord row at Montreal and tbe Clinton difficulties in Mississippi, September opened stormlly. As a matter of feet literal storms swept over the lakes and the steamer Equinox went down with all on board. As a set off for these tragedies two farces were put on tbe boards and enthusiastically received. One was tbe fast mail for the benefit of tbe New York morning papers and the other the Winnebago duel. Charlie Ross's abductor, Westervelt, re ceived the penalty of his crime. Indianola, Texas, was almost blotted out by a terrible gale, and other cities on the gulf suffered. It was some alleviation for these disasters that Secretary Dolano signified his intention of really resigning and seeking the shades of private life. The commissioners who bad been sent out to buy the Black Hills came back with empty bands, urging that, as the Indians would not tell, we had better take the lands by force. Tbe storms of the month were nit confined to this country alone, and France again suf fered terribly. Tbe Ohio election in October had been breathlessly awaited, but the result was such as to leave things very much as tbey were before. Tbe Pandora returned from the North, alter a very interesting but not particularly profitable cruise. The noble army of whitewashed received some recruits when tbe report of the Red CloUd commis sion was handed in. In this month came England's turn to ba flooded by her rivers, but her losses were light when compared with those ot France previously. Elijah Ddlano'a mantle fell upon Elishi Chandler, and so delighted were tbe people to have the for mer succeded by anybody that they bore the latter's appointment at most good humor ed ly. The fumigation of Brooklyn began at this time, under the ministrations of Moody and San key. A disastrous fire swept away a large portion of Virginia City, Nevada. November brought the remainder of tbe fall elections, with tb.?.ir decidedly mixed results. There was a Ji.tlö flurry over the Cuban question, a sort of putting out by tbe government of a feeler to tbe people. Evidently the result was unsatisfactory, for tbe feeler was taken in when tbe president prepared his message to congress, and the administration is now supposed to be biding its time. Two frightful marine casualties marked the month, tbe loss of the Pacific with all but two of those on board and tbe burning of the City of Waco with every soul. The whisky trials in St. Louis and elsewhere were the principal subjects of conversation all over the country. Vice President Wilson was attacked by a fit and when be was supposed to have nearly re covered died very suddenly. His funeral or funerals, for there were many of them, were conducted with great poaap. St. Louis was a point of considerable interest during tne month, for aside from the whisky triads, during the course of which tbe prosecution got on the track of Lord Chamber lain Babcock, a great Southern Pacific Railroad Convention was held in taat city. ' Da-ember is so fresh in our memory that It is hardly necessary to allade to its lead ing events, the breaking out afreeh of trouble in Plymouth Cburen,' resulting in the summoning of two church councils, the escape of Tweed from Ludlow street jail, tbe organization of the Fortyfourth Congress with the'election of Mr. Kerr to the speakership, the loss of tbe Deutschland on tbe eastern coast of Eng land, the indictment, the horrible dynamite explosion at Bremerhaven, tbe calling-cff of Henderson from the pursuit of tbe whisky thieves when ha was found to be so thorougly in earnest, the successes of the French Republicans In the choice of senators, the opening up ot Moody and Sankey in Philadelphia and the gas explosion in Boston. Mr. Landlord, take down the bill from .the

window. The lodgings are let to the Cen

tennial year for twelvemonths from date. The Oravltation f the Independent voter. Tbe Democratic House of Representatives has a great responsibility resting upon it. It was made Democratic because the people had tired ot the canting patriotism and deep corruptions of the Republican party. That rarty had been in power In all the departments of the government for almost a generation, and had given evidence of its inability to govern the people in an honest and economical manner. It had most signally failed to reconstruct the Southern states and give tbe people of that delightful country the peace and quietude which belonged to them as citizens of the Union. It wa3 born In an era of revolution, and having accomplished the purpose for wbich it was called into life the abolition of African slavery should have been permitted to die and be buried long before the people pronounced against it in the election which placed it in so large a minority In the popu lar branch of congress. If the Democratic majority gives evidence of an honest In ten tion to bring the government back to tbe purity and simplicity which distinguished tbe rule of tbe fathers, the people will stand by it and the party which elected it. There are a large number of men who have for merly acted with the Republican party anxiously awaiting the course of tbe Democratic members, in order to determine their future political affiliations. While wedded to the name of the Republican party, tbey are conscious cf its corruptions, and will affiliate with tbe Democratic party if it proves itself equal to the task of purlfyirg tbe civil service and giving peace to the people of tbe South. These men are the thinking men of the Republican party, and when they leave it much of its vitality will be gone. Wherever they go, they will carry with tbem not only the votes they have to give, but a moral power wbich will be felt in the politics of tbe country. They realize the futility of an organization outside the two leading parties, and will go into the ranks ot tbe Democracy if tbey are satisfied that Democracy means an honest administration of tbe government and a pure civil service. The Democratic House at Washington can do much to Batisfy the independent voters of tbe country that the proper place for tbem to do effective work is in the ranks of tbe Democracy. It should cut down the expenses of tbe government to the lowest possible limit; it should seek out corruption wherever it exists and expose it to the gaze of the world, and in order to do this it must send out investigating committees over tbe country and probe to the bottom every rotten sore that shows itself upon tbe body ot tbe civil service. If this is done, and thoroughly done, the Independent voter will join tbe Democratic army as it marches to victory in the grand campaign of the Centennial year. Whose Chances are Best ? It may be thought premature to be dis cussing tbe presidential question, since it is nearly a year till the election, and more than a year before a new president could take his seat. Yet, as the wires are being industriously pulled in the Republican ranks for the next nomination, the press takes notes of tbe maneuvers, as current news, and speculates as to whose chances are the best. It is entirely obvious that the chief managers of the Republican party are by no means united in regard to their next nomination. There are four men in the field, and each have a following more or less extensive. To-day, no one seems to have predominating advantage, though the chances of Mr. Grant are the beet. This seems paradoxical, when si many elements of opposition would oppose. Yet, not withstanding all these, be bas a well defined strength that may enable him to again Bucceed in carrying ofl tbe palm. If there were- only one opponent, of as much popularity as Blaine, Mr. Grant, with the terrible weight of his corrupt administration, would fetand no show at all. Mr. Grant, In his reticent shrewdness, or strategy, that has doubtless been cultivated in the military profession, has so arraogf J it that Mr. Blaine could not have the field alone. He could count on Morton'4 coming up to a certain level, but yet not high enough to ' be formidable to anybody, hence it was necossary to have another man in the field, and Bristow was brought to the front. Tbe laiier has doubtless made more rapid strides into popular favor than is grateful to Mr. Grant's reelings, but tbe check he got about tbe time Henderson, was dismissed has somewhat dampened the enthusiasm, with wbihbis frieads beheld him looming up to the front. With a lew prin ciples of the ad captandum sort, with the immense power of patronage at biscoramand, be stands forth as the most probable candidate of tbe Republican party. Bristow two months ago would have stood next, but Blaine- unquestionably is at the head of the list, Grant being out of the way. Mr, Blaine bas many of the e!ments of popularity. His readlaess as a debater, his. courteous demeanor as speaker, and bis thorough devotion to tbe interests of his party, and his ability to plan, and direct,, have all lndicatsd his fitness to become the representative of the party in tbe presidential contest. There is almost no objec;lon to. him personally In the ranks' of his party, and if he wexe nominated there would be no personal cause for dhcord, and the party would doubtless harmonize without any considerable detection. Although now an Eastern man; he was born in Pennsvlvania, and afterward became a teacher In tho South. Bristow' popularity and prominence is too recent to permit bis nomination, save in tbe way of a compromise, or a spontaneous enthusiasm arising from some peeifio act or policy. Mr. Grant will take care that it shall not increase in the prosecution of tbe whisky frauda. That he did not promotly resign tbe secretaryship wrten nsnderson was dismissed bas checked seriously tbe growing pop ularity that brought him forth as a

candidate. Bee I vies all has not been made very clear about the Louisville whisky business. As for Mortoa, ho is only useful tobe considered in the race for the purpose of being a sort ot balance wheel, to divide tbe strengt! of others, ave in those qualities which ar9 on) valuable and admired when coupled wiU'i virtue and Integ

rity, which Mr. Morton t as net. Mr. Mor ton bas nothing upoi wb; cb ta base a valid claim for tbe nomination. His political principles have been so nastf.a1y that only a small segment of the prrty would be willing to trust him. He can chance as readily as a weather-cock. His policy is only a temporary expedient. Ur is now tryrng to advance his Interests by striving to stir nr the enmity and hatred of war timt-s. His nanner is the bloody shirt, art! if that fails bim he is done. It is bis orlr hope. It Is hardly possible that under any clrvnraBtances to could receive the rominaticcIf Mr. Grant brings all bis row to com-' pats bis own success and fal. then, by a flank movement, be m'fc bring in bis friend Washburne, and thus succeed, after all, In defeating all bis opponents. Something of th? sort is probable from tbe present prospect. It is difficult to see how any nominations can be made among the four leading names men tioned. If Grant, who bas the best' chance. shall succeed, the Republican party will go down with bim, as he would be as sure of efeat as the American people are to-dav assured of the corruptness of bisacministration. Cot. Hendricks and the Febool. In attempting a arcastlcal criticism on tbe speech of Governor Hendricks de livered at tbe Academy on last Saturday, the Journal illustrates either Its won'eJ inaccuracy or its customary unfairness, probably a part of both. It publishes the following passage, which contains not only misrepresentation, but also a contradiction of facts of which the Joorntl, as an intelligent observer of public affairs, must be well aware: But it was when he tonebed upon our com mon school y6tem that his h"arl was nred. There is where he grew impressive nd eloquent. "These schools," sal a he, "beloDg to the people They are their Inheritance, and thtlrs to guard and preserve, and it is their duty to regard any man as thtir foe who will endanger thm." These le brave and gallant woras. iney exnion a determination on tne part of Mr. Hendrioks to draw his glittering steel agair st any impious wretch who dares tu assault our popular t yst em :or education, iney plxce him on the side of the millions who are determined to p eserve that System come what may. But, alst that these words were not spoaen sooner, it seenoa such a pity that our governor did not think of tbe matter in tbii light when be wai mp porting tbe big end of William Allen's fog horn in Onio last Octo ber, and laboring so valiantly tor l be election or bt.Ueehanln CiocinnatU Bat the great wave of public opinion had not pased over thecountry tben; democratic papers had not then been snown tne necessity ot a stand ror ine Dublic schools: the si rone Ida was not fully developed tben, and Mr. Hendricks waited, itkea discreet man as neu. 'o- see which way tn&tlittle breeze was going 'o blow. Instead of wailiog, as stated above, to ree whfch way the wind wa going to blow, the governor was, In poict of fact, tie first oneto bring the public school interest promin ently into view as a matter of political con cern. And be, more than any of his predecessor?, has constantly urged, both upon the people and the legislature, tbe importance of popular eduoition. Since assuming: bis official duties be bas omitted no oppor tunity to express his laith in free and unlversal education as tbe important ele ment of prosperity for tbe state. First on tbe death of Su'e- Superintendent Hopkins, whess funeral be attended at Kokomo In tbe summer of 1874, he took occasion to express decided views in behalf of tbe public school system which was s deeply affected by the sudden death of the superintendent. But,, again, tbe Journal can not have failed to read the governor's. message to the legislature, delivered cue year ago, betöre the republicans Lad thought of raising this isue by a popular clamor. His language in that message is emphatic and of precisely the facte tenor as he has spoken repeatedly during bis term ot office. It is as follower 7 iure is no subject to which I could call your attention in rt-t-uect to wbich your responsi bility is greater than any in-aure matnaliy affecting ihe success and influence of, the schools. Yo ar respousibi' ity aud mine ire too great to allow any l vportant action upon his'iiy foimed or Hl-llsfS'cd opiuioc. The guiding st-nfment should be economy la expenditure and t-fllcltnsy in the system Neither should be sacriüced to the other. The tchool fund Is sacred to a cause cf tbehlgbtst importance, and its was e or extravagant uf, wouW bea ciime against sooieiy. AU extra compensation Rml discretional-- a Uowar.ces abound be prohibited. Jf. uron careful consideration end the test of experleuee, you find that tbe distinguished man who was the late superiatendent ol public icstiuctVoa, acd whose reeent death the co an try mourns, made a tijstako in resoect to any Dirt ot the machinery o2 our system, you will o ir reel the mistake, buXln your examination yoa win nna tne great weiuhtof hiaoDlnlon Id the scales.. Hawasan economist, a friend of the people od the able champion of couimon-scbool edacatioa Aa repr seotatives or ur people we aaveoocacion tobe troud of the high character tibiih cor edu cational system malul.ln. and the reopl will approve the sesUment, if you give It expression lu legislation i hat, In respe a I tbe eauc e of con.fnon-8cbo&l education, we viU lak bo step baca wards. Wfcat clearer or stronger expression he any friend oi popular education ever made than, thla advisory language to the-legislature-longbefor the first bceath of a. breeze ha i been felt iu political elrcles on this sub9ot. Tbe governor did not wait to give bis. views upon the schools. TbA Journal could not have been more unfortu nate lean, attempt at erUiciam than it has been la this instance tar its Own good repute. It can not ba excused for ignorance of an important state paper. i m jma The Oat rage Jsue. TheSantlnel prsdlctei that the ccgan of Mr. Morton would sxn open out in favor of tbe outrage issue. Tn formal, declar ation of espousal has couas sooner than wai expected. The glove it thrown down, or rather tbe bloody shirt, aad . in ths face of the world Morton's ora.au tlclares ttat Southern outrage must form the political issue upon which the Cnteuulal campaign is to be fought. In four or fiva parishes in tbe Southern states, at different times during thepis: two or three yer, there have been bad blood and broils between the ignorant negroes and . tbe white people. Therefore rays Morton'4 organ, this is to be, or ought to be, the pending issue. The exaot shape in which thla question is to cone up as determining the fitness of this or that man for the presidency is not stated