Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 8, Number 12, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 26 October 1876 — Page 4

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TIIK Administration of Gen. Grant commands our fullest confidence and approbation —[Indiana Republican Platform.

The voters of the Eighteenth Assem District ought to esteem it an onor and a privilege to elect Samuel J. Tildi to the' Legisla ture. He has shown himee to be a conscientious, edlcient foe to corruption. We appeal to every Kepublicnn l. a nl work for him, and to do so tho more cheerfully—as we make this appeal—bccausa he is an honest Democrat. [New York Times, Nov. 6, 1875.

There iki royal ami for a governmen1 more than for an iudivi ual or a corporation Wiuu you want to do now to cut down you expenses and live within your income. woul give a 1 'he legerdemain of ilnanccand llnanc/ering—X wouii. give the whole of it fu the "Id luniely maxijn, "Live wit|un your income." -Samun J. Tilde" to the Secretary the Treasury in 1805.

If the Democrats triumph in Indiana, tiny will have chances of electing their J'reMdential candidate even if Ohio should go against them. The Democrats have never cxpectci tosucceed in Ohio until within ilio last two or three weeks. At the time of.lheir National Convention they deliberately conceded it to Republicans by tho nomination of Governor Tilden, who was so distasteful to ftie Ohio Democrats.—New York Ileruld, Oct. 3.

"And thus it is that the great name, the great authority of the Republican party in its national capacity, is being used this very moment to uphold the atrocious system of Government which this country ever saw. A party which cannot live and prosper unless it be supported by corruption a party that cannot prosper uuless it be supported by a revival o, the old war feeling, and by tearing open again tho wounds from which tho people of the United States have bled so long such a party when is has come to that, does not deserve t0 live."—[Carl .Selllira four years ago.

An accessory cause enclmnciiig thedisfres In business is to be lound in the systematic and insupportable misgovernment imposed on the States of the South. Besides the ordinary effects of ignorant and dishonest administration, has inflicted upon thvm enor. mous issues of fraiulu ent bonds, the scanty avails of which were wasted or ptden, and the existence of which is a public discredit, tending to bankruptcy or repudiation. Taxes generally oppressive, and in some instances have confiscated the entire income of proper* ty, and totally destroyed its marketable value. It is impossible that these evils should not react upon tho prosperity of the whole country.—Samuel .J.

Tildou's Letter of Accep

"Governor Tilden has won his reputation as a reformer, mainly by tl\e proseoution of the Canal Ring in the State of New York. I will not follow others in questioning bis motives, but readily admit that prosecution to have been an enterprise requiring considerable cour age, ciroumspeotion and perseverance, for which he iould have fVill oredit. Should he be elected President he will undoubtedly eject from their plaoe£,and if possible, otherwise punish all the dishonest officers now in the service." Car Schtirz in his Chicago speech September 7 1870.

GERMANY is anxious to remonctize ilver. T!i.-. United States ought to remonetise it next winter.

IF you believe a long and bloody European war is certain, buy pork and wheat The advice is gratuitous.

BEN HARRISON is to stump the State of New York. His subject is "What I know £bout being beaten."

THE New York Chinaman that killed his man, is sufficiently Americanized to dispense with his pig-tail.

WBADELL PHILLIPScriticises Charles Francis Adams, for inconstancy. Wendell, has apparently putliveil his useful-

is the great healer. A Republi-

crn can noy? spe a' suit of Blue Jeans without head

wejwi rights nose on the top of his

IF those Turks want proper attention t# be paid to their "scrimmage" they must oraluntil tfnele Sam-

not mjiufs been elected.

ri^wketffo£kia glo\?§j5, unduly excited in anticipation of an unusual demand, has declined, sifjee it has been learned how few persons there are who wear them.

A MASSACHUSETTS manufacturer «f boots and shoes, has recently sold two bills of goods to a dealer in Germany, and

are to follow. The truth is America is ahead of the world in the manufac ture of clothing for the pedal extremities.

JOHN B. lectUPcd the othe| night in New York. He announced that he had been lecturing thirty-four years ,and ttmt that was hi% ^v^ ^undred ,and tenth lecture. There roust be some mis. tply about,Xhe number of lectures delivered. Sev.ea hundred and ten lectures spread QHV.tMrty-four yeipe, wouldbe an

THERE is something pleasant in witnessing L. A. Burnett apologise tor the non appearance of Gen. Morton C. Hun. ter, his great friend and explaining tha^ he will be here before long. It is a sweet thing to behold brttherm dwelling together in unitv.

COL. THOMI'SON didn't boast of the Republican success at the late election in this state, lie spoke strongly for Haves and elegantly and eloquently, as he always does when he speaks at all, but it was not a jollification effort. He spoke sadly, like a man resting under the shadow of a pair of blue jeans pantaloons.

IT is said that Blue Jeans Williams' wife can neiih. rcad or writi, anil 1ms never seen a railroad.—[Clint tixhibi nt.

If vou hear anybody say Ihnt, when you are not talking to yourself, give him a good sound trashing for a dirty liar. If a Vermillion County Jury fines you. for shipping a scoundrel, send the bill to this office and it will be paid. If he should be as big in muscle as in mendacity and whip you, we will pay for the arnica and raw meat.

THE ed'torofthe Clinton Exponent, who was so unwise as to step trom the tripod, and run for the Legislature on the Republican ticket, and worst of all, to be beaten in the race, comforts himself with the following kind ot literature in his paper. It soun Is like a wail. He says:

The worthiest people are most injured by slanderers as we usually find that to be theb est fruit which be£n picking at

the birds have

BEN BUTLER is canvassing his district on the admission that Tilden will be ncx President and that he will be needed to ead the Republican minority in the House to hamper him as much as possible. He proposes to do that work in the Ilouset and let Blaine rally the boys in the Senate. If Massachusetts Republicans have any decency left they will elect Judge Hoar who is the candidate of the Repub licans that, protested against Bullets can did#cv.

THE nominee of the Greenback party in Michigan for Governor, has withdrawn from the contest. Like Wolcott, and probably for the same reason—Zach Chandler is a Michigander—he announces himself for Hayes and Wheeler, and proposes to deliver his partisans over to thtyt organization. In the mean time it will do the Independent-Grecnbackers no harm to remember that Hayes is pronounced, and so is his party, in favor of the rigid enforcement of the Sherman Resumption bill. The platform of the Democrats, and the letters of their candidates, and the action of their members in Congress, all show that the party is in favor of the repeal of that bill. If there is any principle for which the I. G.'s are supposed to contend, it is for the repeal of Ultt bill. Their duty is thus made plaik. They must vote for Tilden and Hendricks.

WiTn a great flourish of tiumpets Abram Hewitt attacks Mr. aine on the score of political honesty. Mr. Hewitt is that eminent 'Reformer" who telegraphed to Senator iBarnxim, in care of the Bank of Commerce of this city, that he might 'buy

seven

more mules." on the day of tho late election. Mr. Hewitt is chairman of Mr, I 1 v* I" i* Tilden's national campaign committee, ana is superintending a 1 the frauds by which it is hoped to elect that man to the Presidency

of tho United States llom-lies on political honesty do not sound well coming from his lips.—[Indianapolis Journal.

Mr. Hewitt has denied sending the dispatch referred to, and Mr. Barnum declares .that he received no such dispatch. They referred their accusers to the Western Union telegraph company for proof of tbeir assertion. Thus this absurd story is shown to be a lie, made out ofthe whole cloth. All this was done several days ago. Therefore, when the Journal repeats the story this morning, it lie*knowingly and maliciously. It ought to have sense enough to lie about things when it is not likely to be caught so quickly anc^ompleteljj^^^^

XHE Republicans in support of the theor| that fraudulent Democratic votes wtre cast in this county at the late electi#i, by which they seek to bolster up thl little game of bluff, they are playing in contesting the election, assert that the vote was larger than it ought to be. This is Easily settled. At the October election 1868 Vigo county cast tal vote of 6,490. Four years later in 2 at the October election she cast 36. This shows a gain in the four •yiu-s from 1868, to 1872 of 1346 votes

A the late election 9,021 votes were cast ir this county or- 1,185 more votes than in 1S72, It will thus be seen that tb increase of votes from ].i &8 to 1872 was 161 more than the increase during the four years •ftfcn 1S72 to 1876. The vote cast by the cc|inty was a full one, but not a larger ole than our great and growing county wmrrants. If Uncle Sammy Tilden is elected, and we have four prosperous yiars, it is not unreasonable to expect tha county will increase her vote 2,5000 cast over 11,000 ballots in 1880. The publicans hate being beaten, we have nd doubt. The leaders would rather take a dose of salts any time than to read over the election returns. Nevertheless they ought to bear up against their misforunes like little men. The people wanted a change and when they want anything, pretty badly, the generally get it

A E A E A E N

,A young woman tried to cowiude a young man in Sacremento, the other day. He at once caught at her skirts, pulled them over her head, took the cowhide, walked off, and left her to rearrange her skirts and dry her tearful eyes.-—{Ex-change*

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THE TERRE HAUTE WEEKLY GAZKTrni.

6EM HOOKER'S POSITION.

General McQuade recently addressee a letter to General Haokcr inquiring his

views on the presidential election To this inquiry "fighting Joe" made response in a letter which we find in the New York World. From it we take the following extract to which the attention of old soldiers and of citizens generally is invited, He discusses the issues of the hour with honor. He says:

I am deeply interested in the success of the Democratic nominee in attaining the high position to which he aspires, as it is my conviction that it is in his power to introduce reforms in the Government, which are of the utmost importance to its sacred interests. No inteHigen: person can be insensible to the necessity for these ieformsand I know no gentleman with more capacity and nerve to make them than the candidate of ur party.

His history through many years bears abund-int testimony to his high qualifica.ion for the performance of this duty. If I knew of any one better qualified to perform it than Gov. Tilden, I *-hould vote for him regardless of politics but I do not. During the war I was made to feel that it was providential that we had Abraham Lincoln fjr our Chief Magistrate, and I am now equally satisfied that our candidate is necessary for the country.

The war has now* been over more than eleven years, and but little progress has been made in the settlemsnt of the issues which it entailed. Designing men, both North and South, seem to make it the work of their life, to keep alive the heart-burnings and bitterness engendered by the war but the great mass of the people of the nation believe these estrangements should have termina ed long ago, as they no doubt would, if President Lincoln's life had been spared a few years Lnger. Harmony and good feeling between all sections of the country should be established at once, and preserved, and let us make use of the men best qualified to accomplish the work. I was deeply impressed with a paper read before the Social Science Association at Saratoga a few weeks since, by Charles Nordhoff, on this subject, and from my personal knowledge of the character of that gentleman, as well as mv own experience of a few month's sojourn in the South, am fully prepared to vouch for the truthfulness of every statement made by that writer. And what a contrast it presents to the partisan statements which come to us through the public prints I do not say that bad men are not to be found South as well as North, but I do mean to be understood that they are no more numerous in one section than in the otfeer. Were I a negro I would seek the South for my home sooner than the NoiA, for the negro is accorded a consideration and security in the South which I have never seen him receive in the North. I only regret that more of our people have not been "able to verify ny observation of the relat on of races in the Southern country.

I do not forget that we were involved in a violent war a few years ago, nor can I be insensible to the courage a d' valor displayed on everv field by our countrvmen but I am not unmindful ofthe readiness with which the vanquished accepted the result, and the noble bearing of our brave adversaries under the trials and ufferings imposed upon them since that time. I hope we will soon have a Chief Magistrate who will see equity, harmeny and fraternity extended impartially to the inhabitants of our whole land

I am not disposed to underrate the financial question, but I think it is subordinate to the great question of peace and reform. The gradual increase of correct ideas in favor of a sound currency, has settled that matter in effect, and I do not regard it as any longer an issue in this campaign.

As you think it important that I should revoke the c.ill for the convention, at Albany, I cheerfully accede to the fequest, although, as I stated at the beginning of this letter, I had no agency in making it.

With this imperfect answer to your letter, I will conclud*. Praying that our party may succeed in the approaching election, I bid you good-bye. Sincerely yours.

,f.y.

J. HOOKER. Maior-CIeneral.

NATIONAL INTERFERENCE IN LOCAL AFFAIRS. It seems impossible for the present administration to confine its dirty hands to the work allowed it by the constitution. It has an itching to interfere in the affairs ofthe states. In doing so, it oversteps the bounds of Federal authoiv

Besides all this, it does indifferently what the State authorities can do well. This time the interference is in Missouri. It is coming North as it will be seen. If Hajes is elected it will cross the Ohio river and come into Indiana at the next election we shall have United States Marshalls managing our affairs. It is the duty of our citizens if they want to put a stop to this sort of thing forever to elect a President, one of the cardinal doctrines of whose political creed is that a state must exercise exclusive control of her home business. The evils of centralization from which our forefathers suffered, and which made their. Jiedge about the functions of the general government with so many limitations, we of this generation in the North, have not felt.

Unlawful interference by the Federal

government

in the affairs of the states

has only been practiced under Grant, and it has found its field hitherto in the South

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Judge Treat accompanied by instroc

,, I tions from Tudpe Dil'nn "to matc

tions from Judge Dii'on to make the appointments asked by the petitioners. Judge Treat called into court a number of members of the bar, among them several signers of the petition, with a view to hearing sugg"stion from them. Gen. Henderson said he was convinced that the electi fi anchise here was at the mercy of the ballot-box stuffers and as the law provided for a supervisor from each party, he favored it as a means of protecting the will of the people against lawlessness. He was satisfied, however, that frauds were confined to neither party. Col. Broadhead opposed the petition on the ground that there was no law permitting the course proposed. The law was certainly an in vasion of t'le rights guaranteed to every state by the constitution, and he would like to see them dare to enforce it in Boston. After considerable discussion and various suggestions from different persons present, Judge Treat appointed Edmund J. Allen, one of the commissioners ofthe court, as chief supervisor for this district, who will report to the court names of supervisors, for the respective districts. Tfce matter has been the causi of a good deal of comment here, and will probably coutinuc to be so, until the close of election day.

SOUTH CAROLINA.

Why should South Carolina not he a Democratic state? Have its

citizen8

reasons for desiring a change? In iSfo the total value of taxables in the state was $490,000,000. In 1870 it was $171,000,000. 11 ten years property had depreciated 67 percent. Is that a growih calculated to inspire confidence in their rulers?

In i860 the annual expenses of the state Government were $500,000 In 1S73 they were $2,173,000. Was the government so much better in 1S73 than in 1S60, that it should cost over four times as much to administer it Would the people of Indiana tolerate an admin istration that should multiply the annua' expenses of the state by four Is such an increase of expenses, driving the statr into binkruptcy, not calculated to inspire every good citizens with genuine alarm

But this is not all. The comparison can be extended further. In i860 the expenses of the legislature amounted to $40,000. In 1S73 they amounted to $291000. Was the legislature of 1S73 so much wiser than that of 1S60 Is a alack legislature so much oetter than a wnite one that it is worth purchase at such a price Would the people of any Northern state tolerate for a moment a party, the Legislature of which should multiply the expenses cf its Democratic predecessor by seven?

It is no longer a question of loyalty or disloyalty. The south Carolina Legislature plotted treason, and therein it committed a generous wrong, and gen erouslyhath it answered for i*~ The black Legislature of 1873 was a loyal body, in the mercr ing of swearing by the old flag, and stealing under it. There is no longer any question of treason. Another war, with another such expiation, is beyond all desire of a single Southerner The question with the people of South Carolina, is no longer whether they shall ever seek to get out of the Union, but whether they are to be permitted to eke out a miserable existence in the Union. The question presented to the people of the North, is whether they will permit the propertyholders, and white people generally of South Carolina to be robbed of everything to enrich a barberous horde of carpet-baggers and dishonest negroes. We do not mean that the people of the North should actually assist the whites to gain control of the State, which has been ruined by the blacks. State affairs, like familv qunarels, are best settled by the people directly interested. It does, however, seem to be a burning shame, as it certainly is unconstitutional, for the nation at large to use its endeavors to perpetuate a system of misrule, so glaring and so gross that he who runs may read the shameful recorJ. If no other argument presented itself for the support 01 Tilden, it would be enough that under his administration the people of the States South as well as North, will be rid forever of that Federal intervention in their affairs, which has been the curse of Grantism, and which is to-day, the great and growing menace to the perpetuation of our free institutions. We must put a stop to this thing now, if a, vestige State rights is to survive the century, and local self government is to be known among men other than as a memory.

THE PLACE FOR PRIVATE DALZEL. In Algeria there is a river formed bv the junction of two streams, one coming from a region ot ferruginous soil and the other draining a peat swamp. The acid in the latter, acting upon the iron in he former, forms a true ink, and the river is actually a stream of good writing fluid.— [Exchange.

THE SULTAN INTERVIEWED. Constantinople, October 25.—General Ignatieff, Russian embassador, presented

Our time to crush it is this pres- his credentials to the Sultan yesterday, and subsequently had a private interview, ent, before it grows beyond control. This Additional arrests have been made in case in Missouri is a flagrant one. We [consequence of a conspiracy to assassinpublish in this place, the despatch con- [ate the Grand Vizier and Midhat Pasha.

cerning it. St. Louis, October 23.—A few days ago a petition signed by Hon. John B. Henderson, Ex-Governor Thomas C. Fletcher, Emil Pretorious, editor of the Westliche Post Jas. Withrow, chair man of the Republican county committee Ex-District Attorney Dyer, and several other prominent citizens, was sent to Judge Dillon, United-States judge of this circuit, asking that supervisors of election be appointed under the United States statues for the easCem district of Missouri, To-day the petition was received by

Mr. Lincoln heard a dispute between Robert, his eldest son, and ',Tad, a small boy, very self-willed, like M. Kelly. "What is the matter?" said the father. "Tad is worrying because I want my lenife," said Robert 'Oh, let him have theknife to keep him quiet," said good Mr. Lincoln. But the practicable Robert replied: "No, sir it's my knife, and I need it to keep me quiet

party

Quiz wants to know'if, in shipping live hogs across the sea, they allow them to I There are evidently no Seed oa the mast. !the countiy.-i Eichange,

PMPP^I

of Illinois what litile character

it had, are leaving it as fast as possible.^

OF COURSE NOT.

The Edwin Forrest Home is still empty. no poor players in COUQtl?

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Solidity For Samuel, counting the vote.

Millionaires who are fbr Tilden lThaen(1T w^he'BadicatS^'6 and Reform. to Ignore it.

Chicago Capital.

Hopes for Perpetuation at the the Hands or Our ticket in November.

Chicago Correspondent St. Louis Kcpublican. The Republican stump speakers and the Republican press, having failed to make good a s.ngle charge out of the multitude which they have heaped upon Gov. Tilden's shoulders since his nomination for the presidency, have now turned their eyes in another direction. The crimson undergarment is thrown aside to make room for this, their latest argument. showing whv Tilden should not be elected, and why the Democratic party should not be trusted with the national government. They make the sweeping assertion that the business men of the country—the bankers, real estate owners and merchants—are almost unanimonsly united in opposition t- Tilden. Should the Democratic party succeed in electing their man in November, they claim :he country will surely be plunged into ankruptcy, our credit will be irreparablv damaged abroad, and an era of business" stagnation will ensue, -iuch as this country has never yet experienced. They even go further and say hat Tilden's election will be the cause of ld advancing to a figure which it failed .0 obtain during the late war. They claim hat business men are holding off now, afraid to purchase goods or invest their money, because ofthe possibility of Tillen's "election. Your correspondent has taken pains to inquire into tle truth of these charges, and he gives the result of several interviews with the most promi nent capitalists, real estate owners and bankers in the Northwest. Field, Leiter & Co.. of this city do a business of from $215,000,000 to $30,000,000 annually. The nembers of the firm have always been Republicans, and have used their money and their influence toward the election .( Republican nominees heretofore They supported Grant in 1S6S and 1S72, and fielp out the central committee here finan ciallv, whenever aid was required. This ye«r they a working with the Demo cratic party to secure the election of Gov. Tilden. Marshall Field, t'ie senior partner, informed me yesterday tha: he could see no other way of the present cotntner dal and financial stringency than through 'he success of the Democratic ticket November. He feels confident that the election of Gov. Tilden will restore that confidence in the integrity and stability ot our institutions which is so much wanted now. Mr. Field says (rom personal ob scrvation he finds that the but iness men with whom his firm has dealings are al most unanimous in their support of Tilden and reform. This concern employs in their wholesale and retail department about 900 men. "Fully 700 of our men," said Mr. Field, "will vote for Tilden this year. We have not asked them to vote for either ofthe candidates, but they seem to be of our opinion and vote accordingly. So that Field, Leiter & Co. do not tear the election of Mr Tilden, but on the contrary are doing all in their power to bring it about. Charles P. Kellogg, wholesale clothier, doing a business of about $10,000,000 annually, has been identified with the Republican party for years. So confident were the Republicans that he would support iI ayes that, without his asking or their asking him, they made him a member of the 6tate Central Committee. Ween Mr. Kellogg heard of their action he hastened to intorm them that he could not accept the honor, for the reason that he had made up his mind to vote for Gov. Tilden. He believed that Hayesism was but another name for Grantism, and :e had had enough of that to last him all his life. Then Mr. Kellogg informed the Democratic central committee that his sympathies were with the reform movemovement, and that if they required any assistance from him toward carrying on the campaign they could \have it for the asking. His influence is great, and his conversion to Democracy has lost for Hayes thousands of votes in this state So that Mr. Kellogg, one of America's merchant princes, is not afraid to trust the New York reformer. L. B. Otis probably the wealthiest real estate owner in this city, who has always been a Re publican, having never come nearer to the Democratic party than the Greeley movement, is loud in his denunciation of Hayes and in his praise of i'ilden. He is positive that Tilden will carry New York by tx,ooo majority and he is not at all certain but what IIInois may be put down as a doubtful state. Mr. Otis is known from Maine to California. He is a heavy stock own er in all the principal banks here and in New York, yet he does not hesitate to urge Tilden's election. Potter Palmer, Fred. Grant's brother in-law, has always been a Republican. He has done more, perhaps, to make a city out of Chicago than any other fifty men here. He is the owner of blocks of palatial business houses. He owns the Palmer House, valued at $3,000,000, and he has real estate scattered all over the city. He was an enthusiastic Grant man in 1^74, but this vear he casts his vote for Tilden, and he seems to take considerable pride in the fact, too, for he advertises his hotel a« the Tilden and Hendricks headquarters. Should the country become bankrupt, Mr. Palmer would be one of the heaviest losers, but he dosn't seem to be afraid He will vote for Tilden and reform whether Col. Fred likes it or not W. F. Coolbaugh, president of the Union National bank, a millionaire and a thorough going business man, will vote for TiMeti this year. He says that the electim of Hayes will insure us four years more of hard times, and that its very anflouucement will send concerns that are just getting along now, sky high. And I could go on and give you the names of hundreds of Chicago's wealtihest businessmen who have been warm supporters of the present administration, but who have become disgusted with safe burglaries, sutlership frauds and whisky rings. Mortonism and Loganism have lost their grip, and the men who gave to the Republican

From the Cincinnati Enquirei.

To the Editor of tho Enquirer: For the benefit of the manv friends and advocates of Tilden Hendricks and Reform, will you please publish the tenor ?f the twenty-second joint rule? We find that the press and speakers explain the modus operandi ot counting votes in the Electoral College very differently, and. thus perplexed. we appeal to you "for som of your valuble information on this subject, that we may calculate intelligently on the result of the presidential contest. By complying with the above, you will confer lavor upon your many readers here. Very Respectfully. J. II. W.

This question is of interest. The Republicans are agitating it for a purpose. The October elections have demoralize* the Repuclicans. Since the 10th of October the Republican party has been frightened into the adoption of the most desperate measure* in the hope of regaining lost ground and retaining the spoils. The use IC army was one of them. That "domestic violence" in South Carolina might never have been visible at Washington but fcr the result ofthe October elections. Another threatened piece of desperation is hinted al in the columns of the Republican press, so generally, as to be evidently a cunging contrivance devised at headquarters. The Republicans are so scared that they are already contriving »vavs and means to count in their President, whether he is elected in or not. Accord inglv the/6et on foot the story that the twenty-second joint rule is not in foice, why should they do this if they mean an honest count? Why siieuld they begin to talk about it so soon after the Octobcr elections if the latter gave them hope? Beaten in October, anticipating defeat in November, they turn to February, when the Electoral vote "is counted, as a last resort. Why should they object to the twenty-second joint rule? It is a Republican rule. Is it unconstitutional? It is not more urconstitutional than it was in 1S65, when adopted, or than it has been during all tl intervening years in which it has been in force. But the Republican plan now is to wipe out or ignore that rule, and carry the election by the count and bv bayoneting States. The twcnty-secoi "d joint rule provides that upon the counting of the electoral votes, if any question arises as to counting the voteot'any State, the Senate shall repair to its chambcr and vote upon that question without debate that the House shall also vote upon the question without debate, and that the vote of no State to which objection is made shall be counted except upon the concurrent vote of both Houses. It is now asserted that this rule is not in force, because it has not been readopted by the vote of lioth branches cf this Congress. It was adopted two days before the counting of the Electoral vote in February, 1865, when Lincoln was chosen President for the second time. It was a gOod rule then. It was in force in 1868, and under it the votes of some States were excluded. It was in force again in 1S72, and by its operation, seventeen Electoral votes were not counted. Three of these were cast in Georgia for Horace Greeley. The House voted to exclude, the Senate to rece.ve. The vote of Arkansas was rejected, the House voting to receive, the S mate to reject. The vote of L»usianaJ was rejected, both Houses concuiringe. In three consecutive Presidential elections tha twenty-second joint rule was deemed a good one by the Republicans, and the votes of these Electoral Colleges have been counted under its operation. It does not appe.tr in either case the formality of a readoption by the Senate was deemed essential. Last winter the Republicans in the Senate discovered that it wasn't a good rule. Senator Morton, who had been the specially zealous advocate of the rule, was foremost in the endeavor to strike it out last winter. On the 23d of January last this message was transmitted from the Senate to the Ilobse: "Resolved by the Senate (the House concurring) that the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives in force at the close of last session of Congress, except the twen-ty-second joint rule, be and the same are hereby adopted as the joint rules of the two Houses for the present session." The exception as to the twenty-second joint rule was theamendment of Mr. Morton. So far as we are advised it is a matter of record that the house has not concurred in this action of the senate, and the twenty-second joint rule is lodged precisely there. The Senate dare not, while that rule exists, the House being Democratic, toss out electoral votesas it has been accustomed to do. If the Democrats obtain a majority of the electoral. votes, they can not, under the twenty* second joint rule, be cheated out of the Presidency. If the Republican Senate throws out electoral votes it but throws the election into the House, which will elect Tilden. Hence the hostility of the Republicans to its own rule. But the attempt to annihilate it will be in vain: It is a joint rule. It was adopted bv the concurrent vote of both Houses. It can not be repealed save by the concurrent vote of both Houses. Each House, it is true, lives but two years, but the Senate never dies. The Senate irrevocably committed to the twenty--second joint rule until 6ome Hou^p of Representatives chojse to release it from the contract. Any Houte may say: "This is the rule of another body we are not bound by it." But the Senate has not this road out of the rule, for it is the same Senate still. It is completely beyond the power ofthe Senate', to repeal that joint rule without the concurrence of some House as to .repeal any act of Congress alone. If it is said that there are no joint rules, tffc House will, refer to a standing rule of that body, number 147, which declares: "These rules shall be the rules of the House of Representatives ofthe present and succeeding Congresses unless otherwise ordered." The twenty-second joint rule will be in force until repealed. It can not be repealed, save by the concurrent vote of both branches of Congress. That has not been had. This House has tacitly consented to the rules of' its prede cessors. The Senate has no predecessor. It is itself bound. Is it not:so nominated in the bond?"