Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1876 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY 3JAKCH 1, 1876

THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL ! We desire to place In the hand? of every democrat In tbe state the WEEKLY STATE SENTINEL It Is a large eight page paper, complete la all Its departments, and second to no paper In the state. Its circulation la rapidly Increasing, and la larger than ever before. This Is the Centennial year, the Presidential year, the year of the nation's rejoicing, and every democrat should Keep posted la all the affairs of the government and country. The Sentinel will contain full market reports, agricultural news, miscellany, and full and complete political lnlormatlon. It will be thoroughly democratic, and as the democratic party is on tne high road to success, we want every democrat id the state to rejoice with us In onr final triumph. Let the democracy then a3glst us In the circu

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the panegyrist of Morton and tbeslanderer W tbe union, he says plainly mat tne ap . u, . m" rnTÜ the districtsof Gov. Hendricks. Union must be everywhere respected, that I dlnates. This is clearly manifested In the in all the districts.

llie Republicans claim that if they had notier chance they could put a head on tbeir U'cket tnai wouia not get a DiacK eye on the n.rt round. The Joun.11 would seem to strike its pary below th.9 b&lt when it refers to Orth m a Mrenreanttive Republican." See Sixth Indiana, pag. Blaine does not have u ßi own way

In ths RiL OnnkHntr V looming up in

beotlful proportions, and offers to carry tte Republican standard. Tbe "widow' friend" baa had such a send-off that with the Journal's publication of the record of the Sixth Indiana it will stick through the canvas. The Connecticut Democratic b Ute convention's platform, male yesterday, indicates that the Eastern Democracy are weakening on their resumption procllvi ties. m

Tbe Journal brags ot tbe Rood looks of the delegates to the late Republican state convention. It seek) to bide tbe deform ity of their work in the comeliness ot tbe woi kmen. It is a little singular that bleeding Kan sas should go back on tbe bloody shirt and Morton, bat it is even so, sDd Blaine is ahead there as well as Minnesota. in Illinois and They say that Mr. Ortb, tbe Republican candidate tor governor, fcas cepotlatic proclivities and some Republicans about Lafayette would lain cast out tbo "beams" from bis eyes. It is now unierrtood that tbe rallying cry of tbe Republicans in this state dar in the coming campaign will ba "The widow's friend and tuttermilk." Brother-in-law Casey, at Nets' Orleans stands a chance now ot going scot free. TLe atqulttal of Babcock changes the president's directions to "Let all pats and brolhers-ln-law escape." Tbe whole session ol tbe court yesterday at St. I.ouIp, engaged on the Babcock trial, wes consumed by bearing tbe closing argument of District Attorney Dyer. Tbe jury will be. charged to-day, and the coun try may have the verdict by to-morrow morning. Hriitow just missed a nomination for the presidency. Had be resigned upon the dismissal of Henderson be would today have been the foremost candidate on the Radical side, but bis love of place got the better of bis judgment and to-day be is as dead as a door nail. Tbe Journal, in speaking of Col. R. W Thompson of Terre Haut?, says "his very name has been a rallying cry for tbeReTwecty years ago CoL Thompson stumped Indiana in opposition to the Republican ticket, and did much to give the state to Mr. Buchanan. Tbe Journal's recollection is bad. Tbe Journal says tbe delegates to the lata Republican State Convention all came here "at their own expense." The mentioning of this fact leaves tbe infer ence that such things are unuBual. Since the smashing of tbe whisky ring the RePelican politicians are unable to furnish funds to pay tbe expenses of delegates t0 their state convention, hence, according to tne Journal, the delegates came here I Tuesday, "at their own expense." on Gvernr Hendricks's Address. Th. XTo rtlo.n. ..l UG nnrnn, HendrlckiL which wo to-dav bresent to our . ..v.-.j - . characteristic document, which will command the attention of the country. It Is such a document as lew men in tbe country could have produced. To the average politician, indeed, it may seem that Governor Hendricks has deliberately thrown away a splendid opportunity of furthering his own interests and thoso of the Democracy, for In tbe midst of every temptation to indulge in the delights of political harangue, and with the saddest evidences of tbe evils of Republican misgovernment all around him, he bas chosen to give utterance to a speech wbicb, for calm, unselfish, patriotic wisdom, can not be surpassed, and which no mere selfish politician could produce. The ground covered by this compara tively short address is so extensive that we desire our readers to examine it lor themselves before we proceed to comm6rt Pn " m actau. nai we can ntv reirain

mfo l.t ujhlfrcm calling attention to the mattarly

- :. sen-control ana ine inaiciai calmness oi mind which is exhibited to us in thla documcnt. Bothofthm qualities are stnkingly evident, even in the structure of his speech. There are la It bursts oi gennine eloauence as in the Das3ft2e which describes the grand un.ty of tbe Missis sippi valley, but he keeps himself thoroughly in hand, and will not yield even to tbe Impulse of his Inspiration. No one again can fail to be impressed with his lucid treatment of tbe financial and oommnrotAl nnrtlnn of hla anhf nt ; vet. thouah sDDarentlv neculiarlv at home in if- ha does not let it carrv him bevond the - reasonable limits of the occasion. The - - same Judicial equipoise appeals in his handling of every topic wbicb he touches, A-esiern man, ret resenting me wee a . a a mwr - . . and western interest?, bis trumpet gives . ... . no uncertain sound, and yet be sees the rarlilntv nfwtRtArn nrnvrMitnil nrnanflr. ltv. net in a selfish western sectionalism. hnt n n.i ..ir. n .vtinn ol the whole country. In tbe Soutb, and dob people who have been in arm. a people wbo have been in arms . the evils of disunion may be healed. In a 8tgte where federal bayonets have invaded tbe legislature, and where federal lnterference witll local ilii bas for lyeas sustained a system of un paralleled villainy and corruption, he avoids the opportunity o! Jast denunciation, and points out the wsy to happiness and undisturbed self-govern ment. At a time when financial doctrin aires are proposing Impossible expedients lor making the stream of money ran

uphill, he calmly po'nfs out that an increase of onr exports and a decrease of

imports, which industry and economy can command, can alone tilng our financial äflairs to a permanently satisfactory con dition. When the radicals of the North are striving per as et ncfas to exasperate the South and draw fcrlb foolish angry answers ir m bot-blocded Southern men, Governor Head; icks calmly shows tbe North that a productive South is absolutely necessary to a pre sperous and con tented Union, and be tells tbe South a? plainly that a prosperous Union if tbe indispensable condition ot Southern pros perity. It is a favorite saying of Mr. Hendricks's political opponents that be is always "on tbe fence," and tbe judicial temper which shines so conspicuously in this address is such as mere back politicians can net readily appreciate. Yet It is tbe very tem per of true tatesmanabip. There are few subjects which do not admit of much dis cussion, with a good deal of truth to be elicited from all eidee. The mere partisan seizes tbe train set forth by somebody on his o a side, vehemently denies that there is a particle of truth oa any other side, and then probibly flops over to the opposite opinion ard de nounces his own former views with amus ing intolerance. This performance has been frequently exhibited by a ceitain distinguished Indianian. The mind of Mr. Hendricks is very differently constituted. He is not precipitate in his conclusions; he Is thoroughly dispassionate in his Judg ments; he is exceptionally cindld to his opponents; and bencs he is never guilty ot puerile tergiversation after be bas ar rived at deliberate convictions, which generally Include and harmonize the partial truths which free discussion has evolved. Oa the whole we do not think that Gov ernor Hendricks has misused his opportu nity, even it he had meant to use it only to his own advantage. The country has begun to feel the need of a large-minded. calm, deliberate statesmanship. Henceforth no section can hope to exercise su preme control in national affairs. The government of the Union must be 'used for the benefit of the whole Union. Tbe president of the United States must not be a sectional president, but a man whose heart and brain are large enough, to grap the rights and Interests ot every state and section of the land, and on whose strength of will and parity of personal character the country may rely as a sufficient guarantee of inflexible official integrity. We doubt whether Gov. Hendricks could have more conspicuously displayed his strength before tbe people than in his mas terly effort at New Orleans. From South, and North, and East, and West we shall await a universal echo to the sentiment which he thus expresses: Fellow-cltlxens of the South, I hope and pray and trust that never more while time abaiUast. aytion our common to wish for separate independence ef tbe rest. 1 hope and 1 believe the people of the whole laud will, ere long, pronounce a solemn and irrevocable judgment that the constitutional authority ot tbe United States shall every where be respected and obeyed, and tne rignts and tbe prerogatives of the states preserved ana mainuunea ib accordance wun tne con uiu'iou ana union: ana men tuere ueeu uo I jealousy and distrust nowhere, but harmony and confidence everywhere: and then every a iren grin anu ziory oi lis union wun every otber state and section. So may it be, and so we trust it will be, and we think the man who wrots tnesa noble words will, by th,e loud voice of the people, be required to put into efficient action. Grant as a Reformer. The Republican party, being unable to successfully deny the. prevalence of corruption in the departments of civil service ard thfl neneasitv of change, have, darine late years, solaced the consciences of scru pulous members of tbe party and pre vented disintegration, ty proposing rerorm inside the organization rather tban sepa rating from and destroying it. The theory U nlansirle nn the ansnmed nrlncin'e that At . . , necessary there will be found a disposition to reform; or, in otber words, relormcan only take place I y the dishonest official becoming an honest mac. This can not w. .MM.1..1 hi nlit.fnrr.1 nmmiilttnni. u i u .wujj-iwui, j r- i -i Inside reform la a snare, uutsiae conBtraint is always necessary. No nation uutsiae ever developed a hign type 01 civilization within iisel', much less can the essentially corrupt whiten and clean itself, mere must be some superior power that win reach out and control, either absolutely or by force of public opinion, for any general Improvement. It tbe subordinate does not respect or fear the superior, there will be little pains taken t j conlorm to the wishes of that superior. One might sup - wishes of that superior. One might suppose that In our government, if the II heads of the departments were honest and I . I eared for the responsibility or public trust, thft a real reformation might take place in the wbcle civil service, and un - I 1 a . J V a. 4am m y-i w 1 a wa -t sin I aouünwuwv luum """"""" I i M T.. tkt. teciea vice prevau. üuh ybu iu nioo no security lor a better official morality;! I for unless these Officials shall have full control, they can not displace tbe dis - hnnst or urb the avaricious. There is necessity for purity in the supreme head . . - . l ik. I and support irom mat source, anc -W " 11 tbe developments of the recent whisky fraud trials at St. Louis. There subordinates reach out over their immediate supsrvisors, and by tbe favor of the higher power re mained to steal and defy the efforts of Sec retary Brlatow to purge the department of Its corruptions. Thla brings us directly to tte point ot difficulty In the way of reforming the Re publican party. There can not be re form now but by new man. The best construction that can be put,

upon the character of President Grant is that he lacks much of being conscientiously honest - It is net generally believed that, be was directly connected with the wholesale frauds perpetrated by tbe whisky rlrg-j at St. Louis and elsewhere in this country, but it Is believed that he did net care that corruption was golniron. It is believed that tbera was some ultimate design, net yet made public, wly tbe president should have appointed and sustained a man like McDonald in a responsible pi sition, and no solution consistent with a high sense of honesty on tbe part of the president can explain it. This is merely an instance, and the conclusions from it show very clearly why the country may not excect refer oa in a party whose head is corrupt. If there is any well defined characteristic of Presided Grant's moral make up, it is that be lacks distinct sense cf right and wrorg. In this the president Is stupid, stupid to the point of immc rality. It is believed by many tbfct ne has no conscientious motive; that be acts from expediency, and personal teste or favor In all mitu ri that pertaia to the honesty or dishonesty of bis clli?Ial subordinates. nence tbe impossibility of there being any civil service refcrm under tbe present administration. Tbe president, net realizing tbe ecorml'y of public plundering,

takes no special pains to discover abuses if they exit t or correct them when exposed. His regard for bis friends is stronger than his consideration of public interests. What hope, t ben, for reform with such a man? Tbe St. Louis trials got the start of blm, otherwise we do not believe there ever would have been a conviction. From some reason the Chicago cases seem to nave suddenly collapsed. At Cincinnati, where Grant bas many personal friends, there has not been a single conviction. While tbe country bas been systematically plundered for years, and government swindling prevails everywhere, less than two scores of rascals have been punished. To speak plainly. Grant, as a reformer, is a failure. He mado a mistake in selecting Br Is tow. He did not want him, and tbe acquittal of Babcock will cause his displacement from the cabinet. Tbe president has no taste for such investigations. His mind moves slowly, and he cares not to encage in law suits and prosecutions. He would rather let men steal on than bother himself about tbe matter. He does net believe Babcock was guiltv, and if te bad beep convicted he wonld most certainly havs perdoned him. Can such a man re form the part;? It can not be expected. The cruntry bas been getting worse and worse under his rule, and it is a matter for general rejoicing that but few hope to see him longer than his present term in tbe White House. It is a matter for general rejoicing that but few approve his admin stration. T'je Indiana State Convention is doubtless the last public expression of confidence that will be voted to blm, and that did not amount to much. Republicans who wish their party reformed must look elsewhere than to Mr. Grant. Home Statistic. Tbe great campaign of 1876 is about to open, and it may be well to scan t oe re sults ot that of 1S74 in order to profit by any developments it may give. If errors are discovered, they should be avoided the coming fall, and if lessons of wisdom are found these lessons should not be forgotten. In tbe statistics which follow, we take tbe vote cast for Nefi and Curry, tbe candidates for secretary of state iu 1874, as affording tbe best index of tbe strength of tbe respective parties, and compare it with that cast for the congressional candidates in those districts which elected Democrats 1 to congress Fuller. Democrat was.., . - ry.t Nett" s majority ia tbe district was., 2,738 2, 401 vote was Democratic Showing 2,401 less that than Mr. tbe Fuller's average I vote in the district. In the second district Williams, Demcerat, had a majority of--. V,8M .NetTs majority was Gain of Williams over tfeff.......... 2,71 In tbe third district Mr. Kerr had a majority of 1,29 In the same district Mr. ftefTa majority was - 6,05 Loss to Kerr on NeflTs vote 4,81 In the four tli district Judge,ew, Demo crat, had a majority oi.... i.wu Mfi efl8 majority In the district was on ö3 2,4b7 201 in the filth district llolman's majority i was Nell's majority. TnrreaoA nf Hnlmtn'a majority over PflT .J...itMmiMi t.i... 7,266 in th ha vf nth district CTurrj. Republican, hd a n.atoritv over NeflTol 462 Mr. i mndftm' maioritv over General Cohnrn xra oou 1 Excess of Landers' vote over NefT-. ...1.028 Thla Is tbe only district which elected a .1 . . . . m I Democrat where the vote ror secretary oi ... 1 state was republican In thetenthdi 663 1 Neira majority in the district was.. 213 tt on d dn over NefTs vote. 450 I . ,h twelfth district Mr. Hamilton's majority 1.69i iefl"s majority iu the district was 6,2ttS 1 Hamilton's loss on NefTa vote, I We deem It unneceseary to make tbe comparison in those districts which elected " 7' Republicans to congress, dui in lieu mere Pannh nanitnmnffnUH. DD of majorities Democrat Republican majority. majority 1. 2. 8. 4. 6. Fuller Williams . Kerr New .. Hoi man ... Robinson. a.w 7.S46 1 Jl9 lV 2,47 6. 7. 454 181 Landers.. Hunter .. 8. 9. Caaen . 4o4 10. Uaymond. it. Evans 1,139 13. Hamilton. 13. Baiter 1.GTJÖ Total majorities .. The majority oi Mr. Nffl la tbe

2,308 state

was 18,243, and the Democratic majority on tbe congressional votes was 13,817, so It wall be preceivev" that the coogrt ss:.onaI candidates on the' Democratic ticktt did not poll as many votes by 4 426 as did the Democratic candidate fr secretary of staff. Th's was occa.-.i.ovd by tbe falling eff Id tbe first, third and Iwelf.h districts on account of local trouMje. Ia these dittrics, which are largely Democratic, the candidates of the Democracy did not

succeed in uniting tbe voto 1 tbe party upon tbem and consequently tb'y fell behind the state ticket. In the clcaely contested district . tbe Democrat c candidates ran ahead of NeflT, and in this d. strict Mr. Landers was elected, although tbe Republican candidate for secretary of state bad a majority vi 462. In making tie Democratic nominations this year great care should ba taken to choose those who can best uaite the party, for with a ticket upon which She pirty is united we can aain send tt congress a majority of Dömocrais, notw tostandirg the infamous apportionment law under which the elections are to be teld. Basides, streng congressional nominations will help the state ticket, and greatly aid incarrying Indiana for the Democratic candidate for the presidency. This is a matter cf so much iu p jrtance that nothing honorable ßhould be left undone to accomplish it, and no personal feelings or personal pride should, for a moment, be allowed to 6tand in the way of its accomplishmer t. A Strong IaUlrtiufat. The Cincincati Gazette is alarmed at tie commission of crime in this country. It is a healthful sign of the times when the papers that have supported a corrupt administration for so many years shall at length recognize tbe sadly alarming situation into wAich tbe country is brought. Aftersetting forth that crime exists in fearful frequency, among all classes, rich and poor, high and low, religious and otherwise, the Gazette goes on to say: What la the cause of the increase of crime? We pass by, for the present, tbe common criminals marderer, incendiarle, burglars, pickpocket, gamblsrs, etc. and come to what, for the sake of distinction, may be called the higher class the class that commit torgerie, sell their votes in legislative bodies, give and accept bribes, obtain property under faUe pretense, conceal property for tbe purpose of cheating their creditors, use public offices for purp, ses of plunder, conspire to steal and also to commit perjury for tbe purpose of clearing tbe guilty. That paper sets forth that the war and its consequences, a depreciated currency and extravagant living are responsible for this condition of things. Bat it goes further and comes closer to tbe psint in a plain speech, wh'cb, if originating in a democratic paper, would have been considered by some partis in lying. Bat we let tbe Gazette Bpeak: The bad example was also set by men in bigb places. W bo can estimate the bad effect upon tbe morals of ihe.cjuntry of tbe Credit Mübiller exposures; of the numerous Jobs In which cocgressmen engaged; of the salary grab, and kindred measures? All this made dishonesty comparatively respectable. In another direction, the B ooklyn scandal exercised most demoralizing in a ue nee.. ler-ons wbo bave a disposition to yield to temptation are always looking for excuses, and tbe example of men in high places is readily. followed. Kollowin e close noon the consresKional scan dals, we have the internal re venu frauds, in wbicb not only private eiazens, Datomcersoi the government are Implicated- We bave the humiliating spectacle, at this time, of the private secretary of tbe president of tbe United State on trial npon the charge of conspiring to defraud tbe revenue. Wbatever maybe tbe verdict of the iu y, the fact that a person occupying such a niga and confidential position should be even accused of sucb a crime In such away as to lead to his Indictment by a grand Jury is humiliating. Then several officers of the government have been convicted of conspiracy to defraud. It has been further sbown that thoee officers organized the conspiracy, and trusted to their innuence at Washington 10 carry mem througb, and this influence did carry them through until a man of st- rllng integrity and indomitable pluck was placed at the head of the treasury department: and when Hristow undertook the task of breaking up the rings, it is related that there was only one officer in the service at Washington tnat üe aarea to trust wun nis secrets, mere were men in me cabinet ard in the Internal revenue department wbu were Imposed npon by the tbleves, ana wno in turn imposeu upon tue preueui, until the latter ws ueceivea Dy nis most, trusted officers. Then tba stream of corruption bat flowed from headquarters that is to say, from the Internal revenue department, ncder tbe control of two imbeciles Kicnarason ana Douglas; tainted the whole official atmos phere or tbe revenue service, anc gave comparative respectability to crime. It ia related of a high revenue officer that be accepted a bribe because he made up his mind, after long experience, that d sbontxt men-could not be punlsbed; that bribery and corruption defied opposition. Tble, ot course, was not a valid excuse for his rascality, bat it illustrates the lact that crime, or inefficiency, or looseness in bign places, tends to- ad does demoralise so cle ty. This melancholy record of public morality under Republican rale is ho lamentably true.tb.at one can hardly have tbe heart to make a Political point of it. It la alarmlag, painfully alarming. Tbe Gazette is right, that the bad example set by men inj high places has permeated society,. and. In measure, cor ranted men in all claesee. A gift takiDg president, bribe-taking con-

gressmen, dishonest subordinate officials, I from the custom among the people of cthleving contractors, all amassing riches I tossing their sins to tbe priests, and so

and rollicking In luxury and wealib, tempt all classes to deviate from correot paths and follow the devious and crooked. The Re - publican party is directly responsible for th's ftite of society. It bas been a lawlees part v. never scrupling at tny course so that its. ends might be accomnllahad. Ita iron-clad oaths conduced to perjury. 'Mental restrvationa'' obtained under Republican policy Maintaining that the laws were silent amid tbe clash of arms, it kept them Inoperative when the sword was sheathed. Tbe famous subterfuge to de clare an act of consress constitutional by conatitntinir a court to so decide Is one oi thns acts that was calculated to demoraM ixeand subvert the very foundations of thA envfirnment and weaken redact for law. Then the long list of defalcations among government officials, the Credit Mobilier rascalitle?, the San Domingo ib, tbe Indian cmtract swindles, the sUaw bids of the Doetoffice department, th . terrible

thieving of the Internal revenue depart- it in 18. ItlsverymucA the sam. tomsnt.and the impunity with which all these day, and oorslsts principally of nerry

68 and hundreds of otber frauds were syate matically practiced so long could not do otherwise than bear th.eix natural fruit

pub?lc demoralization. The Oszctte 3es thl, and does not seem disposed to shield I the administration of Mr. Grant. Would that the press' all over tbs eoun try would speak out aa plainly. Ths facts are? plain atd unquestionable, and if there was enly virtue enough le!t in the Republican party to reform, sorely there woald be seme effA rt made to place better msn in places of trtst by that per'y. Bet ai&s! partMsn z?s)or tbe loaves and fishee? are ttrongsr than their vJKae, and here In Indiana in the vtry era wt-en liese rascalities are proven In open court, the administration of Mr. Grant is indorsedThis is diperacefal In the ex!r&me, a wretched subierviesce to party interest irrepectlveot tie public weal. Tbconly hope of public reform is In tbe displacement entirely of Che Republics party. That party ougt t to dl, die speedHy, and with few exceptions, it record written ia the annals ot crime. J. C. Ken tftaAUn. TLe- treasurer of tae United States cade a flying; viBit to this city on the eve of the Republican convention. There w?remany sarjDises as to tbe character of tbe message he brougbt from Washington. It' was certain that he came in tbe it tar eat oi Mcr:oi, and it was charged that he wasseeking tbe chairmanship ot tbe central! committee. We are now enabled to state that he was tbe bearer of that ponderous document wbtab is now tbe Republican platforcu Bat he was charted with another very important undeitaking. Tt Journal had made a financial plat term for itsalt and without consulting Morton. It was arrogant and exacting In demanding that all who trained in the Republican rarty should tt9p upon it. For months past its colomn have daily contaiaed arguments in favor of aa unconditional repeal of tbe resnmption act, and day after day, it claimed that it had made-converts of leading Republican papers in the West. The organ was becoming a power in the land, and Morton looked npon Its course with consternation and alarm-, for its platform was Injuring his prospects for the nomination. It was a delicats matter to manipulaSs and curb tbe organ grinder, wbo bad dared to sat the instrument without consulting Morton as to the tune it should play. The treasurer was charged with this delicate and responsible mission. lie arrived Sunday morning with tbe platform and submitted it io the proprietors of the Journal, and Tuesday morning tbe paper contained a long editorial foreshadowing its contents. The person who wrcta the editorial evidently had tbe platform tef ore him, as he advocn'es'tbe provisions that it should cor tain in tbe order In which they were reported, to tbe convention. In this artWe In Tuesday's paper the Journal for tbe first time advocated only a par tic a1 repeal ef tbe resumption act, and in the exact language of the twelfth resolution. Its conversion was as sadden as that of St. Paul; Many wocdered-what ) had induced the -Journal to change its course, and abandon its cherished platform. The mystery was solved when the convention met. Mr. New hsd be so instructed to tickle tbe proprietor of- tba Journal with the-presidency of tb convention, and in return for this honor, the Journal was to step grscetully down from its position on tbe currency qutfon. Brotber-ln-law Holloway ws charged with the Impoitant duty of seeing that tbe bargain was ratified by the etc venticn. It was- due to General Brovn

that be should have tbe presidency of th oonvpntion and VA nams wrs nronosed lr convention, ana m name was proposed n some Of ine als tries meetings, duc-semi iön j van nn hand tn rnnOAl frlend 01 Morton was on nana to oppo it. When a delegate in the seventh C3n CB,.a1 ntrtot mnl tw th irwrrbe: i ; of the committee on orzazizauoi be instructed to vote lor Gen eral Browne for president ot the con ventlon, Brother -in-law Holloway jumpe up and said tbe general would net hat it. The chairman of the meetln.told tb brotber-in law- to keep cool and the wonld see about that. But tbe plats wei well laid and Morton's emissary captart the Journal, and Judge Martlndale w mar" a r.rftjiilnr.t. nt the convention and! i JourDal,8 pUtform wa, ln rniDg. Fa TnewdMy. The day preceding Ash Wednosdi, I which opena-Xhe lenten season,, has- ba celebrated with tbe wildest mirth in soarlands evea since the days of leiespncr; I hiahon of nome in the second oentnrv. l England it waa called Sbraye I sd PancaksTuesaay, becausehavln j finisll I their religion obligation, they dinedn 1 the tocthsome pancake with Uts of n and noise. Among the Latin nations te day naa-oalfea Mardl Gras, tat Tuesdf, comlsg. Immediately befors tbe fey dave. of fasting, and the ' festi ties. ot the oocksioa were, d for thai matter are still, ttCi the-carnival, or farewell to fiesb, from he Latin words earo and vale Usually he celebration extended, over several oyt,. hut 0 TuesJay eepacially "ThA mirth and fun grew fast and furs.' In the middle ages, though the carrval was celebrated throughout chrlsUnn the pomp and spieooor 01 ice ieatwea at Venice, the great and wealthy repmio of the time, wtre particularly Jaus. Afterwards tue oman carnival succfu to it placa ln the popular estimion, and one of Goethe's bst kown pieces cf defecriitive writing I an I account of the oelebratlonaa be wifnssed - pranks played on tbe people ia tbe steets I by maekers, gorgeous displays o. flOrera 1 and bright colored cloths, spsctaulat