Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 56, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1876 — Page 2

THE STaTK SKNT1NEL WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1876

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WEDNESDAY. SEPT 13. Horton Figures -Aslouudlng Ex ravag ataee. Senator jdorton. in his speech at the Academy o! Music, attempted to answer the indictment of the Republican party made by the St. Louis platform and Mr. Tildon's letter of acceptance. For tbla purpose he drew for his allied facts and figures upon a speech made by a republican congressman from Illinois in the House ot Representatives In July last. Suphen A. Hurlbut, the member alluded to, had his figures prepared by the treasury department, aid, by the way, it may be menfioned that previous to every election the depar mants at Washington are all placed under contribution to prepare election et ring documsnts for the use ol Rspublican orators. The Senate in this Instance called lor the statement of receipts, disbursements and losses of the government during twenty-even years of Democratlo administrations and fourteen years ot Republican administrations, in or der to make a comparison, and Hurlbut used them at the prpsr time for the de signed political effect. TaklDg these figurts, Hurlbut and Mor ton have endeavored to show that when the whole amount of money received and disbursed by the Democrats is aggregated, and the losses bet opposite, with a like procedure with Rjrmbliean receiDts and losses, tbe table A a will show a greater per cent of losses in the 27 years of DamocraUc rule than in the 14 years ol Republican rub. This process is simply throwing dust In tbe eyes of tbe pKp!e. Tbe figures of Hurlbut, as used by Morton, tell another tale that he carefully avoided saying anything about, tbe enormous amount of money that tbe Radical party have collected from the people. Let us look a the figure3 as stated by Hurlbut. Tbe gross receipts under Democratlo rule, daring the period including the Mexican war, for 27 years, was 1 1,369,997 .502 52. For the fourteen years following under Republican rule the receipts were f 1266.892,509 53. From thtsadata Morton draws the conclusion that a greater per cant was lest by defalcations, on toe gross amount in tbe twecty-sevcn years of Democratic rule than in tbe fourteen years of Republican rule, and he argues t hero from that tbe Republican party is less corrupt than tbe Democrats. A single word will clear up this specious plea ol Senator Morton. As tbe government grew older in experience, laws and enactments of Congress guarded more falthf ally tbe treasury and when toe money once go', into the treasury it was almost impjf'Sibie, only by direct steailug, and the wcrthlesaness of bondsmen, that it could ba los'. Hence tbe rascally Republican cifijiala stole the public money before . it got into tbe treasury. It was Dawes of Mas sactrusetts if we remember aright who showed that 25 per cent, of the reveaue due the government lrom customs dariDg the period ot Rd.cal rule, was absolutely lost, and everybody knows that tbe whisky rir.gs swindled tbe governmsnt. out oi hundreds of miiiious of dollars. There have bee a Indian rings, post efflee contract rin&s, cas ern housa ri g, railroad subsidy rin&s, in active operation ever since tbe increased revenue ot tbe governmerit was made neces-iaiy. By inlamoua tariff ia 8 in tavcr of ring manufacturers, immense sums ol money were wrested from the people that should have gone into the treasury. Eaormoui as the amount la wbicn the Republicans admit tbey have received into the treasury, indubitable fact show that at least from 10 to 25 per eat. more has been stolen before it gr.t, into tbe treasury. The dishonest - collector could well afford to pay into the treasury the collections recorded on his books, while bis pockets were lined with greenbacks acd gold wbich he had received as bribt-s for making false returns of the business and custom dues of his cocspirators. Bat there la another use to which theee figures can be legitimately put In tbe present canvass, and we call the attention of Democratic speakers who are confronted with Morton's statements. The public debt ct the nation to day is $2,211,218,595. This Is an enormous sum. It staggers the mind to at. em pi to comprehend it. This is tbe legacy left by the Republican party to the nation. Bur, enormous as it is, it dwindles into Insignificance when compared with the amount of receipts as shown in tbe treasury statement lrom which Hurlbut and Morton quote. Look - at it, citizens of Indiana, you wbo are learning political wisdom from the lips of Morton! Look at it, tax-ridden citizens of Indiana! Look at it, idle mechanics and other laboring men whose scanty store is growing lees, with no promise in tha future I Look at ltA radical orators and blush for your party, for 3 our tongues must cleave to the roofs ot your inoutfcs when you try to tell the people .what vour party have done with it. Here it is in round numbers from the secretary of the treanry, received In l4ears $12.709,6 019.01. !M What has become of all this money? Over nine hundred millions of dol lars per y ear" have'been ""received. Ten per cent, of this Paved and properly managed . would have w)pd out tbe national debt. Tbe Democratlo Hoose of Representatives have saved f30,000,C03

this jf ar by economy, when the estimated revenue is not half - f9OO,O0O,0OO, tbe average receipts of the R publicans during these fourteen year?. But ail thl3 money Is gone, and the pto-

pie are suuering iw-jr UJ " oppressive robbery.. Who can wonder that business is piraljred with such a

i drain upon industry? Who would wor.der J if the people should' glTe up in de spalr, declaring that it was useless to contend lor wealth and . prosperity tne Kovfrnaiert thus eats up the i annatance of the neon I e. The taolts need by Hurlbut and Morton show that 'in good old Democratic times the expenses of the government per year ranged as follows: Under Jackson, per ye8r.......-....J34,oro,rOO Under Vai Baren, per year 33,ou,uou Under Tyler. pr yar.... 2t,,x;0 Under Pols, (Mtxlcan waj) peryear 6t',oun,w Under Taylor, per year ...... 63, (r,Dun Under Pierce, per ear..... 70,ioo, H) Under Buchanan, per year 7t?,i(A',U0U . Immediately follow the fourteen years of the Republican administration?, the average expenditures of wh en, according to ttte paper from wbich Morton proves bis argument lor Democratlo corruption, amounts to $900,000,000 pei year, or tbe sum above stated, ? 12,709,64s. ,059, in fcurteen years. Let the peopla p-nder these figures. They were prepared by a Republican cabinet cfnr for a Republican Senate, and used by Hurlbut and Morton in their spt-ecbes. What has teen done with this immense sum of rnotey? The people know the answer. It bas bf en swallowed up in subsidy scheme?, in public building contracts, in fat salaries to useless officials, in navy contract swindles, in San Domingo schemes, in straw bidding contracts, in junketing tours of officials, in contesting elections, in useless transfers of soldiers to tbe Southern states, in Indian ring jobbery, and millions in actual pillage and det dcation by dishonest offio als. If there were iu tbe present campaign no other issue tbe Republican party should ba condemned as unjust s.e wards ol tbe people's money When we cons'der the vast amounts of money that have been wasted from tbe treasury, and hoarded by tbe ring officials, need we wonder that ttey have plenty ot funds to corrupt tbe ballot bix and defraud the people at the elections? Need we wonder at the riches of the ring officials? Need w? wonder thst the bondholders and tbe Wall street rings can bave legislation to suit themselves? When the R publican? can tell what tbey have done wi n lw-vve billions of dollars in fourteen years, then it will be tima for them to ask a continuation of power. Senator Horton' Canvass. A. larg-) numbnr of tha voter ot this stte have attainei their majority since tbe days when Senator Morton was gov ernor ot this state, and they are probably unacquainted with his record. I; la oroper tbat tbe people ehould all know what Senator Morton's ideas of a proper administration of public afltlr are since he assumes to be a a lns'ructor of the people on their duties in the present canvass.- tie advocates tbe retention oi Republican party io power, and claims that it is worthy of public trust. It we shall be able to show that Senator Morton's views of public responsibility are perverted and vicious, it my have tbe effect to diss'pate from the minds of many who hear him and read b'is speeches the talss declarations be makes and specious argumeu's be uses to sustain tbem. ' When Senator Morton declares tbat tha - administration of the affairs of this country is net corrupt, that we have the.1 best civil service in tbe world, that the losses from stealings and defalcations are less than ever betöre, and tht General Grant merits the approval of the American people, it concerns the bearers to Know something of the standard by which be measures the qiallcy of an admioiitratlon tbat he calls gool. If he should say , that the administration of Spain ten years ago ' was gcoi, then we could proparly estimate tbe worth of his declaration that Grant's administration is good. Bat in the absence ot any declared model, we may assume that Senator Morton would say tbthlown administration in this state ras a model of propriety, and, reasoning from the quality of hia own public acts, we cm estimate wnat vaius may be at tachedtotbe present Republican admini stration, and tbe paat accomplishments of his party. The friends ot Senator Morton, and the senator himself, mast admit this to be reasonable acd fair. ' The Sentinel will, therefore, briefly point out some of the public acts of Sena tor Morton's administration of state affair and leave the reaier to jadge if the senator's moral constitution as developed in these acts entitle him to decide, ex ca thedra, against tbe general sentiment of tbe natlOD, tbat Grant's administration is worthy of approval and ought to be perpetuated. By Senator Morton's grossly partisan acts in a time of public calamity he created feuds and bitterness between tbe citizens of this state. For bis own aggrandizement he woull have drenched the state in blood. He created a species of terrorism against all ho questioned his usurpations. In bis expenditures of tbe public money in putting troops into the neld he was most profligate, rewarding bis favorites with placa and perquisites wbo performed no da ties demanding remuneration. He raised money for tbe use ot the state in an illegal and dictatorial way, asiamlog au tborlty in the receipt and disbursement of public moneys that was wholly illegal. Iu these sets there was great loss to tbe state, wasteful extravagance and 'public corruption. In the administration oi Gover nor Morton, with us extravagance ana reckless inJifferencd t3 law, we flad lomtwhat of a style of the national adminlv tration, which he approves. There is more scheming to evade tbe law lb the national affairs. Morton's acts were

defiance to law, and indifference to public opinion. , But there is a similarity in the fo'so Governor Morton ard those of the Butordinates of General Grant in tbe national administration, that may account for Morton's bllndnt ss to what other people think corrupt. For instance, here is a bill on fl e in tbe state archives, which we give in full with voucher annexed. It will be observed tbat it was a private bill, made out In Morton's name by the merchant, who was, doubtless, as much surprised at beirgpaid for out of the public treasury as were tbe people of Indiana when they first saw it printed. Indianapolis, Jan. 27, 1865. Mr. O. P. Morton, '. Bought of thanes Glazier, commission merchant, etc. KU. Jane 4, to V bu bran 3 fO June J to 10 du corn................... 11 011 June 2", to 10 bu oats '9 00 Jane 10, to 10 bu bran. 2 5) July f-, to lu bu bra a. 2 6-t July 2i, to 1 ba corn . il 6J July 2, to lu bu als ' ö" July 21, to 1 bu biau 2 .'0 ADKi M, to 5 ba c tp .......... 7 20 Aug. 2 to " bu oat.......... ...... St o Au, au, to SO lbs Bbort8........ 1 2 Mept.7, to 143)b brau. .... .. 2 U) Kep. M. to H ba at8..MMM. 1 Oj Sept. 14. to 5 ba com.......... 7 5 Sept. 1 4, to 200 Iba brau and bhorts. 3 00 tct. ?, to ioloa shorts.. ,......, 3 6" Oct. lu, iolbuoats.-. 90 Oct in, to 6 be corn . 8 4i'

Ocu 17, io 00 lbs shorn and bran 3 Ou Nov 4, to 5'ki ib eborts ana braa.. . Nov. s, to 5 ba corn.......... Nov. 1Ü, to 2.W lbs Bhoits lov.2,to v ba omn Nov 2, to 6 bu corD...... .. ... Dec. 6, to 0 ib tnjortri..2 5i 6 b , 8 1,0 , 9 Oi 7 SO 3 tO 3 OU , . 7 :o . 5 40 3 CO 1181 60 . 9 00 . 6 U De. 22, to 2jj lbs bhorts 1865. Jan. 3, to 6 ba co n. Jan. P, to 6 tu oats.......... J au. 3, to üUo Iba ßhorts....... Jan. 28, to 10 bu oats.... Ian. w9, to 5 bu com. Feb. 1, to iba nay 3 60 Total i,.,............. ........... ...Sj 80 10 State of Indiana, Kxkcctivk DeparimT,) Indianapolis, February 18, iSb5. , Auditor or .-täte: iraw a warrau on tbe trra-urerot st teln favor of Charles Glazier for one hundred and eighty dollars and ten cems( bo it) on geueiai laud.f r nay and feed lor governor's horse, as per annexed account. . O. P. Mokto.n, Uovernor of Indiana. There are bills on file like tbe followiof , which were paid out ot tbe geceral fund, also by the order of Governor Morton, 'i he vouchers are numbered: - April 17, 1863. No. 36). O. P. lor t on, general fund, furniture, luel ami btailonery ....11,013 57 Jauuarv 2. Ia64. No. 4696. Gs company, geeial fund, gas lor governor's boue.... .... No 5-18. Wot. McCuue. general mnd, wood for governor's bouso April 12, 1864. No 4967. Oas company, geuertl fund, gas tor governor's house July 2d,l-tii. N. 4!6t. UdB compapj, general fund, gaa lor governor's Iicumj ........w October 10, inox No. 4V1. Gas company, general fund, naa for governor' üouj 58 C5 7J00 42 40 22 15 25 53 These are but specimens ot hundreds ot more vouchers for Governor Morton's private expanses paid out of the publio treasury. Bisids. these are vouchers for mUclla leous sundries, tbat cost nobody knows what, voucners for brother-ln lwa' travellirg expenses, vouchers for the betel bills ol his private guests, vouchers tor livery. One voucher for wood for the governor's house is large enough to supply ten stoves constantly lor a yenr. P Now we refer to these simply to show that in this year of reform, San ator Morton is not a proper Jude of what a . national adminidtraiion ought to be. -Wren) ho says that tne present administration is good, be per haps grades it io quality by his own administration In Indiana. lie has not a h;gh sense of hones y having done these things, and he can find rio fault with the national admioiitratton for doing things in Kind. Ni one cm ever tell wbnt private gala Governor Morton received in all those vaare. No more can it be disc jvered what Grat ha accamuiated in his misgovernmoot of ths natioa. Voter, when they bear Morton urge thacn to vote for tbe administration ptrty, will uadorstand what vaiue there U la his eadorsament of Gmm's admin s.ratioa as worthy ot eu p port. 4 bops nod T.. mio nance. Mr. Austin H. Brown, having occasion to ' visit Lcu'sville recently on private bu si nets, resolved to inaugurate some means tor preventing the importation o Kentucky negroes to override the will of the pcp'e in the approaching election. With this object in view, be desired a con ference with Mr. Henry Watterson of the Courier-Journal, and not being acquainted with tbat gentleman, sought an Introduc tion to him from Gov. Hendricks. Mr Brown's letter to Gov. Hendricks asking tor this introduction is as follows: ! " S.TTODT, Ani?U8tl9, 1876, Dear Governor It m my .mention lo go to i oumvineon aionaay,on some Damne, ana while there look after some political matters. of whicn It is not nece-aa y tnt vou ahoald know the details. If I bad letter lrom you to Mr. Watterson, simply saying that i am a Democratic citizen to whom he can talk con fldenilauv.lt would aatlafy him tbat I am not an impostor, n you can ao tni. piese sena the it-tier Hald io me atmvoffloe. Kt aasa ed, 1 will not ra sase the letter or compro mise any one. xoura truly, Austin II. Bbovv. This elicited from Governor Hendricks the following note to Mr. Watterson: InDtANAvoias, Aagnst 25. 187. Mr Dkas Mr. WATTiKsoNi-ilow me to introduce my irlend and ne'ehbor, Austin Brown. K a.. of this city. to wbotn yoa may pelc with conddenoe, as a Democrat and as an honest man. Sincerely yoar friend, TlIOS. A. UEtiDRICKS Hon. Henry Wat'erfcon. S joio r .uical ihlef, indulging in his natural instinct?, entered tbe office of the governor daring tbe absence of tbe incumbents, and stole Mr. Brown's letter from the governor's private dek. Tbe Journal was elated at the tbeft, and gloried in the display of tbe political depravity pres nted in this letttr. Tbe sole proprietor, at ere)t expense, caused the letter to be elecrrotyped and p ed before his readers in the columns oi.tbe Journal, tbat the world might know what a heinous offmse had been committed. Tbe Cincinnati Gazette and kindred sheets took no tho cry and Joined the Jour nalin its efforts to make a

great deal out of nothing. This actcf

the Journal reminds . us of Sergeant Buz'uz's eloquent speech in tbe eel ebrated trial, " Bdellva. Pickwick. Tbe similarity between tte diatribes of tbe Journal and the speech of tbeaergeat is so close that one is tempted to believe that tbe great lawyer ot the Pickwick Papers has reappeared on earth in the person of the man wbo controls the columns of the Journal. But tb the speech: "And now, gentlemen," aa.d the rergeant. "but one word more. 7vo letters have passed between theee parties, letters which ate admitted to be in the handwriting of the defendant, and which speak volumes indeed. There letters, too, bee peak the character of the man. Tbey are not open, fervent, eloquent epistles, breathing nothing but the language of affectionate attachment. Tbey are. covert, sly, under-handed communications, b'ut, fortu nately, far more conclusive than if c inched in the most glowing language and the mo t poetic imagery letters which must be reviewed with a cautious and suspicious eye letters tbat w re evidently intended at the time, by Pickwick, to mislead and delude any third parties into whose hands they might fall. Let me read the first: 'Garraways, 12 o'clock. Dear Mr. B , Ch ids and torn ito sauce, yours, Pickwick.' Gentlemen, what does this mean? Chops and touia o saue, yours, Pickwick! Cl op ! Gracious heavens ! and tomato sauce t Gentlemen, is the hap pine- sofa sensitive and conflalng female to ba trl3eJ away by each hallow artinccs as these? The next has no date whatever, which Is In Itself auspicious 'Dear Mis, B. , 1 eha'l not bj at home till to-morrow, blow coach." And then follows this very, very rem rk able expression: "Don't trouble yourself about the warmingpan." The warming-pan! Why, geBtlemeD, wbo does trouble Liaise. f abjut a warmingpan? When was the pece of m nd of man or woman broken or disturbed by a warmlogpan, which is in itself a harmless, a useful, and, I will add, gentlemen, a comforting article of domestic furniture? Why is Mrs. Bardell so earnestly entreated not to agitate herself about this warmicg-pan, unle, as is no doubt tbe case, it la a mere cover lor hidden tire a mere Substitute for some endearing word or promise, agreeably to a preconcerted system of correspondence, artfully contrived by Pickwick with a view to his contemplated desertion, and which I am not in a condition toexplaiu? Tbe Bityouet Cnnvasi The Kidic-il carpet-badgers in tbeS'iutb, whaleel power and plunder gradually slipping from their hands uuder tbe influence ot the Democratic reaction in favor of honest and fair rule lor that much mis governed section, are not s'.ow to teze the opportunity offered by the manifest .intention on the part of the Washington authorities to make the bayon t decide tbe eitel ju In the South this fall. The hand of the äjuthern Radical a name which hae un fortunately btome tbe tqiivalent of tbisf and plunderer is visible in all tbe stf p which have been taken for overawing the South by military force, from the first bloody shirt otder oi Gameron to Ta t's recent order, which was produced jointly by the Grant cabinet and Messrs. Chamberlain and Peterson, tbe chief among the cormorants who have brought South Carolina to its present condition of anarchy and binkruptcy." Now, that the administration ha declared itself, appeals are coming from all par.s of the South lor military to control tbe elections and prevent a tree expression of opinion. A Wasbingiogton dispatch to tbe Cincinnati Gazette gives a very lair illustration ot tne policy that is to be pursued tbrougtout this unhappy section. It says: Application ba been made to tbe autborltlen here tu t the military tor -es of the Un tea Utes should be distributed in Florid, ss follows: One company at Marengo, ia Jackson county, one com oa y at Talienaxste, ia leon county, oue c tmpanv at L.1 ve ua, in Lawrence county, oue company at sauuersoo, In ouval county, and oue company at Gal .esvllie, tn Alacuna couuty. Tuese poiuis are in tue great colored belt, ana It Is cl .imU tbat tae stationing ol troops there wou d give protection, and a feeling of security in the tunties ms med, which are the culef colored countleH. Moreover, ilie point nam. dure strategic one, an toe railroads and their several Junctions could be belllu case of neo Sflty, when wouidaimitor the co centratlon of foices atany poiut at a m meut's w rnlng, In casa ot an oui break. Tbe five points mentioned are tbe chief centers of the dcsp-iaoo ciasi. It is also suggested that there should be one company at ot. AngU4tlur,one at Tamp, and on at Key Wtst, to gl ve a leeilrg of security and confidence in the est and south, of Florida. dera we bave unmUUkable revelation of the real design in tending troop? to to the South. Florida is a stats which hts txen lu a large measure free from political or race disturbances. Though compelled fcr a tima to bear the burdens of Radical misrule, its people bave suffered patiently, and broils and outrages have be n almost unknown within the borders of ibettate. There Is perhaps no locality in the South wfcere tbe massing of troops on election day ia so inexcusable as in Florida. Looking at tbe matter from a Radical point ot view, however, it is now d fficnlt to find a reason for tbe policy hinted at in tbe above extract. Florida casts ' but a small vote in the electoral college, but in a close canvass a little is worth saving. Ihe mass of the voting population Is colored. This vote, if lelt alone, would be divided between the two parties, leaving tbe Democrats a fair working majority in tbe state. This it is proposed to overcome by a liberal distribution of troops through the ''colored belt," by which the negroes will be dragooned Into voting solid for tbe Republicans, and three electoral vtes gained for Hayes and Wheeler. Another part ol the design In massing troops at this point is scarcely less apparent. The stations selected are mostly close to tbe Georgia line, and as the dispatch naively remarks, are "strategic. points" where troops can readily be con centrated by railroad at any desired local ity. It is scarcely permitted us to doubt tbat there is a design upon the freedom of elections - In Georgia, In massing these troops ro near its border?. Georgia Is so unquestionably a Democratic state that it is hardly to be supposed tha the majority can be overcome Dy force or fraud, but a series of cleverly devised "outrages,'' with a sudden rush oi troops

across the .Florida llnewlll afford a pretext which tbt Republican senate will be only too ready to grasp lor throwing tbe eleyen v:ts of Georgia out of tbe electoral college. The evident disposition on the part of the Republican administration to carry the next election by uch means as these, is the mc9t gloomy feature in tbe political situatiop, and my well give grounds for serioui forbodlngs to the sit.cere and tbonehttul rariot.

II a una un tbe Muuip. We have at labt an opportualty of gauging Mr. Hanna. He had two irruptions last week one on Russell avenue and tbe other at the corner of Noble and Market streets. He remined one of Mr. Pickwick, as tbat gentleman stood on a chair with the Pickwick club around him, one hand under his coat tail and the other persuasively extended. If he didn't use Mr. Pickwick's language on tbat memorable occasion he looke i it. Mr. Pickwick ahemed that "if ever the fire of Belf iccpor-ta'-.ce broke out in his besom the desire to beccfit the bumaa raea ia preference, effectually quenched it; he felt soms pride in presenting bis Tittlebatlan Theory, etc., etc. His attempt to accommodate himself to all th popular measures of the diy was the Hon. John's Tittlebatlan Theorygreenbacks, opposition to resumption, tbe restoration of the silver dollar and all tbe rest cf it. We defy aoy one to tell wbat h9 means in his remarks on the volume of the currency. He wants Jest so muck no more, no lees. Soma one asked him the question "whether ' tbe volume of currency to-dy is equal to the demands of leg':, nate business," and 11 the man wbo asked tbe question knew, when Mr. Hanna got threugb, wbat be meant, he was a wise man indeed. Will the Journal, and tbe News explain wbat this wonderful prodigy of theirs means In bis speeches? He says be is opposed to resumption. O! course he is. If he were cot and would come out acd take his stand by the side of his candidate tor the presidency on the Cincinnati platform, be would be beaten in his district 5,000 yctes. He is like Artemus Ward whn that showmaa traveled through tbe Southern Confederacy. He said at every station tbe rebel? would take bim out and ride bim on a rail and ask bim it he wesln favor ol Jtff. D-vis. He answered, no, as long as te could stand it, but at last told them ho was in favor of Jeff. Davis Benedict Arnold, Judas Icarirt and all the rest of tbem. So with Mr. Hanna. All be wants to know is just wbat is expected ot bim, and be stands right there. In big own language be did not intend to occupy' "a doubtlul position." He was. in favor of restora? the silver dollar to its old position. Of course he wa-. It is bard to flu d a Repub lican running for Congrcs anywhfre in the Wet who is not. Bat did Mr. Hanna tell bis audien '6 bow the Republican party smuggled tbe eilver bill through Congress? that It was done by a trick, being tacked on to other matters? Tho murderer ebout to be bung is opposed to murder, and does not want to hang; and the thief is opposed to stealing, on his way to tbe penitentiary Mr. Hanna will simply vote with his party, and tbat Is a;l there is of it. lie will be of no uae in Congress in any other capacity than as a follower ot Merten Does an v one believe, trere would bave been a reduction of thirty million dollars ia expenditures bad the Radicals a majority in Congress? Data any one believe that in such an event there would bave been tbe searching investigations tbat tbe Democratic House instituted and carried through? His excuse fcr the stealings of his party is that Boss Tweed etcle more than the Radicals bate done. Be forgets tbat Tweed was aided by several Radicals, and that these stealings In amonnt were but a small iraction cf what his party stole in South Carolin a alone. We think tbe people of this dis trict would be very foolish to exchange Mr. Landers for Mr. Hani a, and we have no idea tbat tbey will do so. Tbe Objector tbe NolJler Reunion. We reproduce elsewhere a characteristic article from the Evening News, touching the proposed Soldiers' Reunion In this city tbe 20in cf this month. It contains more solid and sober tru h than we are accus tomed to find in a Republican paper. Tbe call lor this rfutxoa was conceived at Washington, and ths time tor which it was appointed clearly de -elops its object to be to aflect tbe elections following. The least offensive view tbat can be taken of the pro ceediog Is to nuke a grand military dis play, to a waken the feeling of martial hate ta tbe South and creat In tbe minds of tbe soldiers and citizens wbo come to the gath ering tbe feeling that tbe impending polit ical contest aod the war for tbe prese. va t:on of tbe Union is tho samr, and cause the neoDie so ignore tne true issue of reform, in the renewed memory of tne mill ary a rite. This is truly a base prostitution of a noble and patriotic spirit for most despicable ends. It would be like unto holding a huge national religious camp meeting by some religious denomi nation with political ends in view. Who would not cry out against such a prostitu tion of tbe cause of Christianity? The present political contest now pending r-as no actual relation to the war of tbe past. The American people are deciding simply on the , questions tbat vitally affect the administration of the government. The special questions are honesty and econc my In the expenditure of the people's money. This Reunion is designed to intensify the pernicious aod dastardly doc trine of hate which Morton is 60 indus triously endeavoring to implant in tbe brents tbe American people. It is the doctrine ol devilo, and Morton is showing himself to be a proper expounder of It, Can It be possible that any coLSlderable

portion of - tbe truly gallant ac Idlers

Of the rountrv can ba mada trwila follow this wretch'a infamous rallevf Morton is the chief of this bloody shirt policy. The better men of his party have long r Ince abandoned it. Before be went to his grave Sumner denounced it. Llncoin would have abhorred it. Nor do we beMeve tbat Gen. Sherman and other gallant soldiers like Hm will come Lere to hear the devilish dlatribas or this man on the 20.h of Sntsrnber. Tin trnA niA r would not soil his epaulets by su.h base prostitution ol his profession. The true soldiers, recounting tbe perilous deeds of valor in the past, will cot care to mingle with his memories of sicrilces the atrocious venom of a nun, wbo, with pretended patriotism, enriched himself during the war, and made his accidental power the instrument to build lor himself political preferment. To-dav Senator Morton andä before tbe American people as the very worst enemy of tha country, as the representative of a doctrine more perni cious than eecession, mora destructive of pe ace and gocd gov'ernmant than treason itself. No mn with a epaik of the true humanity, a love for his fellowman, can approve of bis gross hypocrisy in the course be is pursuing. The reunion may take place. Blind par tisan zeal may cause niauy gallant soldiers lo.low the leadings oi Morton, but tbe object of the meeting will fall of accompistment, a Morton bas thus far failed in his canvass to awsken in tbe people this foil spirit with wbich bei pootessed. Some Comforting- Statiatles. While our Rspublic.u friends exalt the horn and rend the heavens with pictures of victory over the result of the Vermont . election, it remains for Dioiocrats to quietly take to themselves such more solid d. lasting com'ort a ciq easily be derived from a jadicious contemplation cf the 6gare9 lu connection with those of previous years. We are ready enough tj a 3 mit that the majority for tbe Republics s this year shows an increase from 1874, wben only about twothirds of the vote of tbe state was cast, though even in compar S3n with this year the per cent of Democratic increase is much greater than tha Republican. The only fair comptrisoo. however, is with the gubernatorial vote in the la?t presidential yesr, 1872. Taking the official retorns from 1S6 towns and allowing a proportioual increase for tbe other towns, the vote this year stands: Re publican, 4ö,U6; Dem cratic 21,043; Re publican majority 25,003. Later returns will prohably show that the estimate is made in a reckless spirit of liberality to the Republicans, but it will answer tbe present purprs. The vote fcr governor In 1872 stord. Republican 41.945: Dsmocratic, 16,613; R-publican majority 25,333. To begin wiib, here la a majority rednced 235: but this U tbe veriest fragmentary crumb compared with tbe rich results which follow an Irqulry Into the percentage of Increase in each c&ce. The Republican increase from 1872 to 1S76 ia 4 200, or ab. nt ten per cent. The Democratic increase for tha same time is ; 4,435, or twenty -seven per cent Such a comparative, rate of Increase as this in tbe countty at large would give the Democrats every close state, and place Tilden iu the White House by an overwhelming majority. And all this from tbe result ot an election which has teen telegraphed all over the country ss a Republican victory. Now, let os turn to tbe otter side. Two other states have held' elections lately, which may be compare i with those of four years ago. In Alabama a majority of 8.497 for tbe Republic in Lswia In 1872 li turned to 3), 000 tor the Democratic candidate in 1S76, and in Arkansas a Democratic majority of 50,000 follows one of 10 000 fcr tho other side tour years ago. Altogether it is not a Herculean task for tbe Democracy to extract several pa'pible rays of sunshine from the electoral cucum ber this month. Careful Alte-tion. Ve present a few expressions of opinion from leadinc Journals IQU morning, which we command u the caieiul attention oi Mr, Brown. Journal. The extracts were carefully noted by Mr. Brown and in a very few hours a suit for $10,010 damage as filed in the courts against the proprietor of tbe Journal. Senator Morton with impudent assur ance having publicly uttered a falsehood against Governor Hendricks of the moat offensive character, has not. the manliness to confess what he has failed to prove, with a flourish, invites Governor Hendricks to a Joint discus-Ion. If Senator Morton is so anxious tolivide his time, and by a Joint discussion supplement Iiis slim and dis pirited meetings by the presence of tens of thousands of Democrats, we are authorized to say that Mr. Voorbees will ac commodate bim, when and where he will. And further, If theRtdical State Central Committee are anxious for joint discussions, to share tbe grand outpourings of tbe people that gieet Gov. Hendricks, let them bring out their candidate for the vice presidency and they will be accommodated. The Vermont election Is over, and be can be spared from that region. Bring out your mac!. 1 It comes in bad grace tor tbe Journal to be talking about tbe Importation of votes into this 6tate. That paptr, with most anblusbiog shamelessnca?, defended tbe rascalities of its party in the spring election, and helped to screen tbe perjurers wbo did tho. business for tbe party. There never was an spier illustration of tbe "stop thief" policy than this charge on the Democracy with imrvrMng votes. Total inter.ucuia iu svunh, yesterday, from yellow fever, 15.