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POLITICAL.
Speech at Indianapolis of R.
W. Thompson, Sec
retary of the Navy.
7bo Conspicuous Financial
Inability of the Dem
ocratic Party.
Unconcealed Preference of
the Secretary'ibr Gold
as a Currency.
Further Returns from Maine Do
Not Materially Modify the
First Indications.
Straight-Out Houncl-Monoy Doc
trines hi* tho Now Hamp
shire .Republicans*
TUden Declares War on Some of
Tammany’s Corrupt Office- -
holders.
Numerous Important Congres
sional Nominations Made
Yesterday.
INDIANA.
SRCHCTinr THOMPSON.
Snechtt fhwotrh to The Trtoime.
Indianapolis, ind., Brpt. 10.—Tho Opera-
Ilouso was crowded to suffocation last night to
listen to the first address of 11. W. Thompson
un the issues of the campaign. Tho speaker
was introduced Uy cx-Gov. Baker, and spoke for
two hours without notes. The address Is re
garded hy prominent citizens os tho moat able
that has been heard hero this campaign. Secre
tary Thompson confined himself almost exclu
sively to tho currency question, which he re
viewed in a masterly manner, lie paid especial
attention to fiat money as advocated in the
West, showing Its lucvuslstcucy and absolute
iimoiistltutiotialltv. Tho speech was enthusi
astically applauded throughout, and will fiave
Us effect on tho thinking portion of tho com
munity.
TUB SPEECH.
To ihf Wnttm Anocialfd Prfst,
Indianapolis, Iml., Sept. 10.— Tno lion. R.
W. Thompson, herniary of tho Navy, spoke at
(he Opera-House tonight. lie confined himself
lo the discussion of the financial question, cou
lidcring that the most important now demand
ing public consideration, mid considered the
Issue so dKinctly made up that it could not bo
evaded. But two plans of currency are pro
posed In direct opposition to each other. One
ji paper circulation, redeemable at par in coin at
the pleasure of tho holder, mid limited by tho
necessities of trade and commerce: the other a
paper circulation limited only by the discretion
of Congress, having no relation to specie value,
and not redeemable in anything.
I [u does not believe tint tho Democratic party
throughout the United States favor an Irre
deemable currency, fur in the lost national plat
form of tho parly It severely censured the Re
publican party for delaying the resumption of
specie-payments. But In the Stale of Indiana
It Is so committed that It cannot support its
present ticket without expressly approving an
unlimited issue of Irredeemable currency. :
Un this point tho Indiana Democracy and Clio
Nationals, therclore, whenever in particular lo
calities tiicy can secure a prospect of success Uy
uniting, they
FALL INTO EACH OTHER'S ARMS
as gracefully as If they were dancing tho round
dance. Upon one point only U their difference
to gieat ns to cause any impediment to their
union. The Nationals insist that both of tho
uld parties arc corrupt, to which tho Democrats
agree only sb far oa to include Republicans and
iml themselves,—that Is, they go Um first half.
Kvcii this impediment scorns to bo gradually
illiitipcnring, not by any concessions from the
Nationals, wim stick to their own men, but
from the Democrats, who, for the sake of suc
cess, submissively accent the dictation of the
Nationals in several Important localities.
Tim currency question ought not to be n par
ty question,—mignt nut to have a llcpubllcurt
ami Democratic aide to It. lor it concerns us ul),
of every parly. But
TUB DEMOCRATS HAVE MADE IT SO
In so far as oar present financial system is con
cerned. That system Is emphatically Repub
lican, conceived and fostered ny the Republican’
puny, which cheerfully accepts all the responsi
bilities it involves. It was n.iutn necessary by
the War. The Administration of Buchanan had
10 impaired tho public credit that money could
lint be borrowed by Die Government for less
Ilian 12 per cent, and, under this state of things,
11 would have been Inipns.sUilu to conduct Lius
Wur lor the Union. The Administration of
Uticoln had to produce n butler stale of affairs
or buffer the Government tu lie destroyed.
This hud (o he done by burrowing money
upon Government, bunds and issuing
greenback!, hut at every step lu tho con
summation of these measures it met with
opposition from thu Democratic party. That
party supported Die proposition to pay the in
terest upon the bonds in coin, but opposed tho
Issue ul Die bonds, mid denounced the policy
winch ran up Ilia public debt, notwithstanding
it was necessary to sustain thu Union, ami de
clared the greenbacks tu be ulterlv worthless,
she and a iraud upon their face, because they
promised to pay nioncv when thu Government
had none, mid their Issuance to be
IN VIOLATION OP TUB CONSTITUTION.
The most eminent leaflets of thu party declared
that the Constitution gave Congress only the
power to coin money and regulate tho value
thereof, nun that the money it meant was’
gold and sliver, us nothing else could
be coined, and by their steady opposi
tion lo all the measures upuu which
thu present system la based, tho Democrats
have made Hie financial question a parly one.
Urn responsibility lor whatever injurious r«-
mills mav Hiring I rum this fact rests upon that
party. As lor the Republican pony, It will
stand by the system lo the end, not only because
it ha* been the means ol sustaining the Govern
ment In the hour of Us greatest peril, but be
cause It has now reached Us cun&umuiutiou by
the
iIUCTIC'AT. I|E*UUI*TION OP SI'BCIB PATUBNT3,
and protnlscs the must certain means uj ex*
Uiullutf the already revived trade ol the conn
try. Ibe enemies of the llepubllvnn parly need
but delude themselves with (he belief Unit (hoy
see stuns ot 1U dissolution arising out of trtlliug
rtwlslons among Its members. They mil
realise tliat a party width has done
so much for the country and has
so much to be pi mid of will not suffer the
"Ugliest disagreement to divide Us forces to long
miiebouor, Interests, audwdlaroof Iho oa
tlon shall require It to be united.
Notwithstanding the opposition of the Dem
ocratic party to every feature id the ( resent
ummvinl system, It mm ask*. with the must
cuuplacent air, that It be allowed to become Its
faiura guardian. that the greenbacks, winch if
Ud cursed oml cheapened by Uft ImsUlUy. may
bccuiiilded toit. su that by issuing Diem in un
told amounts prncs may be Inilatud ami n Dem
ocratic Adndmriiiatioii ridden lulu power upon
the tide uf aupur*nl pronperlly.
I'iu-ru urc many Democrats in whose InnJ he
Would not he alraiul to trust the greenbacks, lor
(iierit aic many of them who understand it as
me Hcpublbun parly does, to be a promise to
t*av Mossy that is tips.
Uwy urolu all the (Hales, and some of them to
inniana. Put thc*u leader* of the party In this
Dfatc. m wlkiac Ltball the dhole party Is now
csik-d p|um to malm Uu carm nl ellorts, urn nut
V 1 this da**. They demand Urn repeal of the
U' t utter resumption ha* been prac
tiiully begun, ami alibis point mode common
f round ol oppokltlon to tbu l»upub*ican parly
«Ub thu .Nationals, and thus they nignlfy limit
•J'Hniun nf the plan of creating flat i»6ney. os
•Ms calico, ns if me llbvcnmmnt, in the lam ol
co.uiuutt *eu*.-, and the experience of the world,
ul Uic express words ol mo Constitution,
cu o create money out of anything upon Width
m siuinp thu name. finals
. nor A «KW IDEA,
u xn old one. It was tried hy one of the
tim t °l, H' tiie more than tOJ years before
r.et. Hu stumped un ox unyn a piece of met
. u slump upon another, and so on as to other
fci' J,i * broyi.icd by law that emit piece
thu vume of the animal Imli
i, n 1 * I ,’. It lasted wo are Uot mlomml.
liu ‘ o little while to develop me fact
tiiatttubcaflihalsorthesameKiud were uot
tt ‘ ‘ante value, and thcrcturu It had lo i;e
After having slept tor over 'i,vM
K4U lUc hi uuw revive J iu auwelbing
new under thosun. and It# advocates nrc vocifer
ously declaring tlmt tills some process of stamp
ing values upon something Hint Inis no Intrinsic
value Is tlic remedy lor all financial Ills. All
the advocates of lids theory are opponents of
tho.erc.enliack, width Is a pniriihe ol the Gov
ernment to pay In dollars. Wlintdoes every
man of common sense understand by n dollar!
The Very term conveys to everybody’s mind
the Idea of coin, of gold, of, sliver, or some
other metal representing that much of value.
Abraham paid to Epltrott 4iM shekels surer
lor the Cave of Maeiielah because It was current
money with the merchant. There were shekel*
of cold and shekels of silver, ns there were also
talents of cadi, but cither term signified then,
as the word dollar docs now,
TUB I DBA OF MBTAf.t.IO VALUE,
and U has been bo doing all the intervening
ages. When a man sells a piece of property for
a hundred dollars or any other sum, this sarna
Idea of value is in Ida mind, lie may take a
bank hill for the nmouul.but It Is only because ho
accept# the promise of the bank to pay In coin,
it ho had not confidence in that baiiK he would
notsouflV. He would refuse the hill. It Is so
with the’ greenback. If there was not conll
deuce In tho ability of the Government to pay
It In coin It would not ylrculnle. Tho Demo
cratic party shook tills conlldum'O so much In
1804 by declaring that the War was a failure, ami
demanding that It cease, that a greenback dol
lar was only worth 38 cents, ami now, tinder
Republican management, it lias gone up to par.
it is accented as tho representative ot a dollar
in gold or silver because it
CAN BE EXCHANGED FOB EITHER.
It I* tint belief that this change can »o made
that alvds It credit. If It was known that it
could uot bo made It would not circulate. The
Government has made It a legal-tender In tho
fiavmcnt of debts, and a creditor may he com
piled to take it from n debtor for thf purpose,
ml there the compulsion ends. Tim Govern
ment tins no power to require that It snail bo
received (or. property or anything else, ami no
body will receive It except at Us representative
value,—that Is, the relation it bears to coin. A
dollar has a fixed value, universally accepted.
Wo call our legal-tender silver coin of 412 J(
grains a dollar, but suppose wo should make
a coin of 20U % grains ami call that n
uollar, would It not require two of thorn
to purchase as much ns the icgal-lcmlcr dollar)
Orif womadeoneof 103j£ grains and called tlmt
a dollar, would it uot require four) Thu mere
calling one of these last a dollar would uot give
It the valuo of a dollar or Us purchasing power.
We cannot evadu tho settled laws of business
which centuries havo established, and it Is all
fullr to talk about it. Wbnt wo want Is confi
dence in tho Government and In each other,
ami
STABILITY IN OUU PINANCfiI. SYSTEM.
With these our trade and commerce, already re
viving, will Du rapidly Increased, and wo shall
realize tho Advantage of tho system wo are
now nnked to overthrow. If, on tho other hand,
wo should he persuaded to postpone Indefinitely
tho resumption of speclu-Daymcnls, and to re
pudiate tba Idea of tho specie valuo of money
and property, wo shall again ho plunged Into
the deepest financial distress, and thousands
who arc now in n prosperous condition will bo
irretrievably ruined. It was so In Franca dur
ing tho Revolution; Rims been so In every coun
try where on Irredeemable paper currency Ims
been adopted, and it will bo so as certain as any
effect follows its cause.
Too great Inflation may Increase prices, and
for a time tblnga may go on swimmingly, but lu
the end
tub nnnoLß is burr to burst.
and then the loss falls on the labor of.the coun
try. Tho banker, bondholder, and speculator lu
stocks can generally protect himself against the
consequences uf a financial panic to a large ex
tent, but the laboring man never can. Conse
quently ttic bulk of suffering occasioned bv a
financial panic always falls upon tho laboring
part of the population. Instead of being friends
uf this class, the advocates of Irredeemable pa
per arc their enemies.
While the present panic has produced much
suffering anu many bankruptcies, Uis not a
wlill worse than tho panic of 1817, which ho
recollects very wet). Our population has
moro than doubled since then, and
because of the facilities of Intercourse,
telegraphs, etc., wo see and hoar almost every
thing that goes on over tho entire country;
therefore bankruptcies and failures are brought
every dav to our notice. Then we had neither
telegraph nor railroad, no dally papers, and
only u few weeklies, yet those who, like him
self, lived In those days will remember how ter
rible the calamity, and what general paralysis
in business it produced. That panic was pro
duced dlrectlv by the Democratic party by tam
pering with the currency for partv ends. A
branch of the Rank of the UnltcdStatcs refused
to be made a nqrty of tlie engine at the dicta
tion df politician*, and tho excitement this oc
casioned ripened into
A FIERCE PARTISAN WAR.
The deposits were illegally taken from tho bank
notwithstanding it had paid under the law fur
tho privilege of keeping them, and given them
to mute banks to be hold as n basis of their cir
culation. Tucy wore instructed by the hecro
tury uf tho Treasury to Increase their issues so
as to fm'nlsh accommodation to those who de
sired to borrow money. They did so, and tho
I’rcsidcrU, ticcrctury of the Treasury, and the
whole party boasted ui tho result of the prices
gnU good times which were called Democratic
prices and Dumucralic times. Thcro were men
elected to uillce In this (State by meant uf those
boasts alone. Thu influence oi this Inflation
WAS PELT EVERYWHERE.
As prices went up tno spirit ot speculation, the
demand (or money and bank reserves, all In
creased at a corresponding ratio. Everybody
Wanted to borrow money, and to speculate.
Thu paisluii for the acquisition uf land became
almost universal in tins State, and hundreds uf
farmers, nut satisfied with tanning, bad tu bor
row money to buy moro land. In 18.13,
when these deposits wera removed, the whole
bank clrculotlon lu the United Slates was less
than S3O,O(X),OiX). By thu time uf thu panic in
1837, only tour years, it had increased over
SIOO,OOO, WO, IfiO per cent. Thu Statu banks,
held up and encouraged (>v tho Democratic pur
tv mid sustained bv the use uf public money,
hud increased to ncuriv 800. They had an ag
gregate capital of about $200,000,000, a clrcuu*
tlon uf about $150,000,010, and only about $38,-
00J.00O uf com to redeem It with,—that Is,
abuut $1 lu coin to every $1 In circulation. This
was Democratic financiering. The Rank of tno
United tiiau-s, when war was commenced upon
it, had only a circulation of $18,000,000, with
$10,008,000, or loss than two (or luur. Rut that
was not enough Inr Ihe politicians. They de
manded inure money merely tu Inflate prices, as
a means uf keeping In ullico, without stooping
far a moment tu inquire, or caring tu know,
what extent of circulation was demanded by
the business Interests of the country. The
Increase uf money was demanded fur specula
tion, nut for legitimate business, mid, us was
foretold bv those who denounced the act. when
the crisis ’came Us Influence was terrible, cx ;
tending tu every class of society.
TUB EXPLOSION P’AMB
11l the form of a decrease In (liu revenue (rmo
customs ol over 31U,0UU,UW from ISkd 10 UW7,
hi s general suspension of specie-payment# by
bunks, a decrease In ttiu amount re
ceived from public bind* tu Urn
same year of over |l&,uu>,oo(). am) tu
general bankruptcy. In jHJdsouie of the most
sagacious leaders of the party began to realise
that tlic bubble would soon burst, mid pre
pared ot om o for a change of front by convert
imr the party Into a gold uutl silver party, Thu
Hpecje Circular, which prolilbltcd ttiu purchase
ot public lauds wlili anything but emu, was the
pioneer measure lit tills new movement.
Of course, it caused a run oil the bunks,
and they began to feel the pressure
At once. They liud nut the coin, ami bad to
suspend specie-payments. Ttiu (uel Is, tbu (toll
ticiaus were tlum as be feared tliey arts now,
pour iluaudcis. They were expansionists hue
day, cuuiraetiuulsts tbu next—ln favor of in-
Hated bank circulaMoii while times wore
good ami prices high, but In favor of
gold and sliver ulose In ■ order to
•punish the banks when they yielded to a
ncecjwltv they could not relist, curtailed tticlr
circulation and suspeudeil payment of coin. The
Administration favored the banks In order to
put down llie United Stales bank. They sus
tallied them alien It was desiu-d to get rid of all
luniks In order loereulo a gold ami silver cur
rency. the only kind authorised by the Consti
tution. They
6UIPIBII TiIKIU COUKSB Alt KBADIbY AM TUB
wtuu.
1-ot any man road Jsckmju’s messages, the re
tuiris of the Kcerutary of the Treasury, and the
Democratic speeches of that day. lie will find
tbrouenout ail of them every form of argu-
prove that the only currency content
nlated by the Constitution u cold and sliver,
lad him then tuKe a speech by Democratic lead
its h* l*» btule lu the present camiuutn,
®. n . i w “l arguments to prove
that It U all tiouscusu and humbug to
talk almut ipiM uiil allvvr aa lliu bub
ul circulation or the tneasuruuf value, ami if
tlie Democratic leader ul me day Is ashed how
he eels atony with mu clause of the CouslUu*
turn wijicU.give* to Congress only the power to
com coolly turps to the (Jencrul
Welfare chanty <me preamble, lu proof that
Congress may do whatever U lor the puulic wei
larc, having Income --v.ytiivlv\obUyious to the
fail (hat ttds has always begu considered by the
Dumocraiiu party the very uuiu|c»s«ucu ot me
worst Jurm ol ilmmltonum sud federalism.
mis
arises uot so much out of Inclination as force ul
habit, the habit ul lollowlag Uiu Democratic
party In tie courses of policy. A man who Is
uix-ostomcd to walk on board a ship acquire* a
swinging gait, and so thu Democratic pwhth-iat)
wno follows his purtv cun never keen upon a
l.i/C. Uu may ocv.jitou.illy too.a it, but U sure
Til E CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1878,
In stagger from side to side Mice
a drunken man. 'I his Is a neces
sary result of Hits negative policy
of the part?, ft ha* always opposed every
measure of policy with which* the (Jovernincnt
started out under Washington, In order to
create a false distinction between Democ
racy and Federalism, and Im* coiHcqucmllv
been driven from time to lime to all
sorts of shift* mid expedients to keep
Its head above water. From this
Itahit originated all |ts experiments In
finance, which, from consequence* attending
them, If they havo shown nothing else, hard
demonstrated that that party never did suc
cessfully conduct the finance* of the country.
WMAT WAS ATTEMPTED IN IS3B
In A Republican omgrcaa was done with n vldw
to bring our coinage system as near In con
formity as possible to that established in W»
by the Lulln Monetary League, com
posed of tho Governments of France,
Belgium, Italy. and Switzerland,
but no measure was perfected till 187.1, when
(lormnny demonetized silver, ami tills led to tho
act of last year based upon the Idea tlmt, as
coin Is tho universal medium of value, It Is
to our* advantage to havo ours conform
nsncarlvas possible to that of (he nations
with which wo hold commercial Intercourse.
Hut the act of 18711 was only a continuance of
the policy commenced by tlio Democratic party
in 1859. With tho addition of a provision for
TIIR TUADB-DUIXAii
of 430 grains for tho benefit of the China trade,
hut not for general circulation, It loft the sli
ver coin In existence undisturbed, as It had
been fixed In 185.1, and therefore all In circula
tion, except what was outhurized to ho
coined by tho act of 1553, was legal
tender, lint, somehow or other, there got Into
the Revised Statutes, which Congress enacted In
1870, a provision which took away from silver
Its legal-tender quality In all sums exceeding $5,
and made gold alone a Icgal-tcnden thus apply
ing tho principal of the net. of 1853, as it
regarded tho subsidiary coin, to tho whole In
circulation. In other words, 'lt accomplished
what tho Democratic party In 1853 started out
to do by making gold tho sole standard
and destroying the bimetallic stand
ard. How was tbls done! Wiio
did ftl It passed both Houses of
Congress without a division In either, so that It
seems to have been very generally approved by
both parties, and nobody Is specially responsi
ble for It, although It Is a common thing to
hear Sherman cursed for it, as If ho
hold nil Congress ot both parties In
the hollow of his hand. Borne ot those who
curse him tho loudest and longest were mem
bers of Congress themselves at the time, and
asked to ho excused upon tho ground that they
did nut know what was going an. A modest
request truly, since It give; them a dispensation
to curse others who are no deeper In the mud
than they arc In the mire. Tho hilt ot the last
session of Congress
KBMONBTIZBD SILVER.
It was vetoed by the President, not because ho
was opposed to a bimetallic currency, as tho
Democratic party was in 1853, for he had ex
pressed himself in favor of it in his annual mes
sage, hut only because, in his opinion,
It. was an act of had faith towards
the public creditors. Congress disagreed with
him, however, and passed the hill over the veto,
lie acuulesecu In tho result, and tho Secretary
of the Treasury lias honestly executed the law
until tho fruits of Uls policy are seen in tho fact
that ho is now paying silver for greenbacks,
tho olfcct of which will be that greenbacks
may be used in paying customs duties and In
purchasing 4 per cent bunds by first converting
them Into sliver. To escape an investigation of
the relation of the Democratic party to these
financial measures, its leaders employ their
imagination in picturing tho distress and suffer
ing In the country, and charge itnli to tho policy
of tho Republican party, upon which they visit
tho most learful denunciations. It is out tide that
tho Republican party produced thopauloof IB7U,
from which w*o are now suffering but gradually
recovering. That it did not, can in his opinion
easily bo demonstrated. In ISOO we bad a State
Rank circulation of a specie value of $207,11W,-
477, and In 1801 $203,005,737- In 18711 ire Dud a
paper circulation including greenbacks, National
Ranks, demand, nates, Rule bank notes, one
and two year (lovcrnment notes, compound in
terest notes, and fractional currency of $750,-
003,383 at a specie value of $018,050,830.
TUB PANIC,
therefore, was not occasioned by want of cur
rency In the United Statu*, hut, in so far as we
In the West wore concerned, ii was rather on
account of an unequal distribution of It between
the sections, occasioned by our extravagant
purchases from the East. At the time, we
all felt that some remedy ought to bv
applied to furnish us relief, and that, if the cir
culation could not bo otherwise equalized, a
new issue of gicoubacks should bo inserted to.
Those held lu reserve wore Issued by order of
(Jen. Grant, ard, by 1874 the circulation
went up to $781,490,010 of paper, at a
specie value uf $711,158,771), which was an in
crease of its purchasing power from the
previous year of $03,102,817, Two opinions
prevailed, one lu favor of contraction, the otnor
of expansion. For his own part bo thought
the circulation might be safely carried up
to about $800,000,000, with a view to relieving
the West (rum tlio severity of the pressure. Wo
had been drained of our currency. Whether
this opinion was well founded or not, the fact
remains the same, that
TUB CAUSE Of TUB PANIC
was mere our own fault than that of tho Gov
ernment or its policy. This Is to be found lo
our extravagance, excited by tho high prices of
tho war, and continued without stopping long
enough to think of the consequences. We
were all at fault for this, for every class of
society was Involved in extravagance. Thu
necessities of war hud so Increased tim volume
of our currency that wo bad no idea of values
except bv the standard of our paper circula
tion. Wo no longer looked to coin
as tho measure, but estimated everything
hy greenbacks ana greenback notes. The coun
try did not pause in spo£ulotluns lung enough
to see before 1873 what their effect would be,
and, after tho panic commenced, was so par
nlvzed that it could not realize tho
fact that it then bad $513,058,881 paper
circulation mure than it bad lu 1800, with a
suede value or purchasing power of $140,857,-
408 more than them. Whatsoever variety of
views may have prevailed, therefore, as to the
proper measure of relief otter the panic, the
must casual observer can now see that the cause of
it must be found hi something else besides a
want of currency, which was over twice us much
In 1873 a* lu 1800. Ho repeated that it could
onlv ho found in our universal extravagance.
When wo consider tho amount of gold
we had to export to pay interest on our bonds
mid (or imports, some Idea uf the drain upon us
may bo formed, and, by comparing the condition
of things then with what U is now. we can
realize not only the fact that w igot
into debt , in the manner ho has
indicated, but tho still moro acceptable fact that
we arc getting out of debt and slopping the
Immense exportations of gold by means
of tho policy of the Government which
U Is now proposed to pull down
and destroy. In the five years from
1871 to ISTo, Inclusive, wo have exported
$2,801,033,700 and imported $2,370,757,378. mak
ing a difference fn our favor of $487,470,-
413. Wu have sold $187,870,412 more
limn wo have bought within those
years. Dues not everybody know Hint
whm a man buys more than be soils ho ex
hausts his means to pay far it. and whenever
he sells more than lie buys lie accumulates to
(lie extent of the excessf It is the Same with a
nation of people os with an individual. Person-,
al improvidence Hues to the individual what
UNIVKIPUL IMI'KOVIUBSCIi
docs to the whole iconic. Of this surplus of
exports over tin port* gl. r »l,l.VJ,o'j| was produced
lit 1877, and #'Js7,7>W,Ulij in IST3, makings total
lit two years of $-!UU.Ui;i,VtW, ami, if
any credit attaches to tbo Ifovermnent
tor lids, tin# present AdtuUiUuaiUm may
claim that nearly $dOO.O00,liOi) o( it has been pro
duced lu the seventeen month* Irom March,
1377, to June, 137 b. This entitle proportion
meets the whole question, that extravagance
In buying more than we sell has
occasioned, every panic wo have ever
hod, and In every Instance heretofore wo have
only boon relieved by solltnu more than we buy.
We are doing this now to an unprecedented
amount, the exports fur IbTS helm? larger than
any year since the commencement of the flov
ernment, showing the contrast lu the imports
e( UTU, wlicu our Imports were greater
than ever before or since, Uy the enormous Im
ports wo cut lu debt. 11 v our prc'imt exports
we are getting out of debt. The toiisclomne»s
of this restores confidence, and now that wo
have reduced nearly all our ludebtoduc** lu a
domestic debt by
imi.suitto outt uonds noun,
and have made erccnback».|golU, and silver all
of the same value, wu have every tvosou for the
belief that the UusueUl pressure will soon bo
entirely relieved, and that, lu a tittle while, our
trade aml industry wilt thoroughly revive,
lie Ventured the prediction that, If thu
mtiuurc* of tbo Uovernmcut wem not
disturbed, If specie-payments were resumed,
uud our paper circulation kept ituon a specie
basis, m lv»s titan two years there will be au In
crease in the value ul property allovcr the coun
try of at least M per cent. Uealsoshowed that,
alter resumption, the circulation would amount
to 9tiU).UCO,UUd. Then followed a history of tbo
National bank act. Its ne<ouity, and the reasons
why they should he sustained. lie cloned with
a peroration width waa freuueully applauded.
The speech occupied thieu hours.
MAIVI’.
f-ATSVC Kl-Ul lIU.N ÜBTmiN‘4,
TouTf-ANP, Me., Sept. I.'.—By Urn presciit
showing Male must be defeated. Tim Senate
appears to stand twenty Republicans to eleven
Greenback and Greenback-Democratic. There
was no straight Democratic ticket.
Hci.past, Mia, Sept. 10.—' Thirteen towns In
Waldo bounty. Including Belfast, give March,
Greenback candidate for' Congress, 1,148 plu
rality. Tho whole plurality In the county will
probably lie 1,800,
Lewiston, Me., Sept. 10.—Androscoggin
complete gives Connor, 3,814; Gorcelon. 2,183;
Smith, 2,332; for (Jongrossy Frye, 3,880; neither.
I,ll3;.Chase, :j,U4. The .Republican Senators
and the county ticket are elected by from SiW to
1.5(W plurality. Representatives (o the Legisla
ture stand six Republicans and three combina
tion,—a Republican lb*s of three. Fne has
nearly 3,000 plurality over Solon Chase In this
district. Nearly half of the Democrats voted
lor Chase.
Skowhroan. Me., Sept. 10.— In Somerset
County the entire Greenback ticket Is elected
by from UOU to WX) plurality. The Republicans
elected one Representative- 1
I’outi.anp, ale., Sept. 10.— The Representa
tives known to be elected are fifty-eight Repub
licans, 311 Urccnbackcra, and 18 Democrats.
Not re]K>ncd. IM, Of these, 10 are known to be
Democrats or (Jrccnbackcrs. if all the rest are
Republicans they wilt still locr one of a ma
jority, while it Is apparent that the Greenback*
ers and Democrats will control the House. Tho
complexion of the 17 unknown will be required
to settle who controls the joint ballot, which fa
the most Important, as that elects the Stale ofll
clals.
Lewiston, Me., Sept. Id.— This Congression
al District elects a) Republican, fi Coalition, and
1 sound-money Democratic KcproHcninllvcs.
Tho last Is pledged to vole to sund Connur’i and
Gsreolon's names to the Seriate. Frye’s plural
ity is nearly B,WO. :
SUMMING tT.
Portland, Me., Sept. 10.—Returns to-day
make the vmc about as follows: Connor, 58,.
.000; Gnrcclon. ‘A000: Smith, 37,000. The Rep
resentatives heard from stand sixty-four Re
fmhlicatis, twenty Democrat*, forty-five Green
tuckers, and twenty-two to hear from. Tho
majority of the not-known are quite sure to be
Democrats and Grccnhackcrs, so that the House
will have an opposition majority of not less
than one. and will probably scud up Qarcelon
and Smith to the Senate, which, standing 20 to
11, will likely choose uarcelon. Democrat, as
Governor. As now heard from, the Republicans
havo a majority on Joint ballot, which
elects State ofilcials, hut there are
twenty-two districts to hear from. Three Repub
lican Congressmen are re-elected. Reed In tho
First District, by 4,300 plurality; Frvc. intho
Second, l»v 3,000; Lindsey, la the Third, hy
3,000. I,add (Democratic-Greenback) Is elected
over Powers by 2,500 hi the Fourth District.
The Fifth Dlstrlcttsstilldouhtful. Waldo County
gives L&xtplurality for Murch, while Washington
as far as heard from gives 1,100 plurality fur
Halo. Hancock gives 1,700 and Knox 250, mak
ing Hale 250 ahead. Tho result depends uoon
tho towns in Washington uot heard from,which
will go against Hale, nut, as Washington towns
ore going Democratic rathcrllmn Greenback so
for ns received, they may save Hale by going
for Martlu.
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Augusta, Mo.. Sept. 10.—Returns for Gov
ernor from 381 cities and towns received at the
Journal olllcc show lu these towns a total vote
of 102,808, giving Connor 47,278. Garetdou 82,-
7W, ami Bmtth 32,8311 The same towns last
year gave Connor 41,038, Williams 82,073, and
Munson, 4.032. The vote lu the First Congres
sional District Is: Reed (Rep.), 13,737; Ander
son (Dent.), 11,430; Uovo (Greenback), 0,616.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
RBPDPLICAN NOMINATIONS AND PLATFORM.
Concohp. N. 11., Sept. 10.—The Republican
State Convention met to-day. Allen the ap
pointment of the usual Committees, the Con
vention proceeded to ballot for Governor. Natt
Ucad was nominated.
The CommiUco reported tbc following reso
lutions:
WtiRRRAS. The Republican party can point with
pride atnl'cnmldriico to Its record In toe War and
to its IcgloUUoii in peace as enduring monuments
of Its patriotism and statesmanship, and claim
thorn as pledge* of unequalcd and undlmlniabcd
capacity for fnturu service and tho grounds of
popular confidence and support; and
WtißiißAs, The country has reached a period de
manding tho largest experiences of wisdom amt
cuuragu ta tha conduct of National and Bute af
fairs, and cannot nilurd to coroinittbi destinies to
tho keeping of a party that for twenty yean has
shown Itself Incapable and unworthy of tho groat
trusts and cures of the State and nation: therefore,
/{etoircl, That wu will give to tbo present Ad
ministration our cordial support In alt Justioeau*
lending to purlfv and elevate the outdid service; to
secure and perpetuate later-state amity and confi
dence; to guard and maintain tho political rights
of individuals and classes; to preserve the plighted
faith, and to perpetuate the prosperity of the na
tion. And we heartily commewd that management
of the finances under which tm* last fragment of
the premium on gold ts disappearing, the borrow
ing rate steadily dlrolnlihing. and tho lung de
pression In business vanishing before the rcluru of
confidence and prosperity.
Jleiolceit, That our good name and our welfare
as a people demand that our financial pU-dges made
in the boar of national peril snuuld be maintained
Inviolate, and our public debt bo paid, principal
ond Interest, according to the spirit and letter of
tbu law.
Jittalcetf. That as repeated efforts and failures
have proved to bn beyond the power of tho Uov
urnmenl to Impart value to Irredeemable paper and
maintain Its cummer as muuuy, and as our legal
tender notes wore Issued under thu •oleum promise
that they should bo redeemed dollar fur dollar In
gold and silver at the earliest practicable moment
alter the restoration of peace, and as the time for
fulfillment of this pledge has now arrived, and
specie payment has been reached, wo denounce all
efforts to dulartim day of resumption and to In
flate tho currency by anr additional Issue of irre
deemable paper a's destructive tit ail business in
terests, unwise, and fraudulent as public meas
ures.
Jittoltal, That we believe In no questioning of
the President's title, no trilling with an Issue Irre
vocably amt Justly Milled. and no further use for
tho useless Potter Committee; that there should bo
no pay mints of outlawed Southern claims, and no
pensions tu Rebel soldiers.
i.’tiofrtu, That wo believe In the equal taxation
of ull property and In exemption lor none.
Ilttolvtii, That an average of ten hours of dally
toll is sufficient for man; woman, or child, and In
absence of contract this ought tu be deemed p legal
day's work.
That wo believe In tbo equal right*
and equal exercise of those rights for all citizens
of thu Republic.
Jitiotpfd. Tbut wo believe In an honest and an
limitl.vied ballot, and a fair Hold for all political
partle* at the South aawoU os the North, without
which suffrage Is a sham and tho Constitution a
rone of sand.
y.VsrWrs'f, That as a party w'o welcome and bid
God-speed to the temperance reformation, and
will give it such material support as shall bo at our
command.
Jitioireil, That wo tender oar profound and
hoarifult sympathies to our plague-suickon breth
ren of the South |u tbo fearful and wide-spread
visitation of d!*«a«e which Is uow bringing unut
terable desolation and sorrow la their homes, and
wo pledge to them such practical aid as Providence
has place In our power.
The filato Committee woe selected and tbo
Cuuvcmluu adjourned.
NBW YOIIK.
TIUUJN VS. TAMMANY.
ty/r««f nuoalck tn 7'As Tribunt.
New Yokk. Sept. 10.—It 1* said that charges
will bo presented to Got. Robinson against the
Register, Count/ Clerk, ami Bhurtlt of Now
York County, the nmlu vuuiii being that they
have charged rate* (u ct'c«a of law.
The movement U _ regarded os 0110
of Tiiden’s schemes to get possession of
olllcial patronage ami (njuro Tammany. Gov.
Jlobliisou, Incase tho charge weru substantiated,
would remove these oflkUls and till tbclr
places with TilUen men, lima securing control
of many votes. 'faiumanv pronounces tbu
charges untrue nml absurd, but they have been
carefully prepared. Many prominent lawyer#
have signed a petition for Register Lewis’ re*
luuvut.
nUTLKII.
MilNB PJ.AVIHO INTO St 19. !U«n’.
Jiwi'U Ouutu<k to The inouiit
Boston. Sept. 10.—Tha development of
Greenback strength lu Maine has strengthened
Butler’s chances lu IhU Bute lust now. but tbo
Republican leader* hope it will provoke a reac
tion, and brine out a strong hard-money vote In
November. Interviews with several prominent
men today reveal a deep (rust that the Maine
election has drifted tbo Democracy of Massa
chusetts still farther into the Butler current,
ami will tend eventually to narrow the fight to
uuo between Butler as tbe regular Democratic
aud Talbot as tbs regular Republican
nominee. Butler bos gained heavily with
in the last twenty-four hour*, lie cub
lured half of tbe Boston Democratic
delegation to thu SUth Convention last night,
and tu-nlghl caught the Boleui and Fitchburg
Democrat* napping. As a result, the Repub
licaus and old-lino Deuiocrots arc in symuitur
with each other, ami the Uurlcr men are exceed
ingly jubilant. (low. Uardel l made a strung
hard-muncy speech in Fuuuell Hail to-uigUl un
der tbo imsnkco of tbe young Republicans.
Ho-to.n, .\!a»o., !»cpt. ill.—lbi* Democrat* In
Ibis city held caucuses lost evening for the cleg-
Inin of lie legates to Cio MSle Convention. 11l
iomtlv crvrv ward butler delegates Were chosen.
‘1 Lc general e'.'mp!e., a Wn ol Ike eu.je iiwj.w-i
delegation l« laid to bo decidedly in favor of
Butler.
OHIO.
TUB BBMOCRAT4 OPBN THEIR CAMPAIGN AT
Social PttpnUh Ut The Tribune.
Cournot's, 0., Sept. 10.—An audience of
very discouraging proportions gathered in Capl
tot Square this evening to hear the Hon. Q. H.
Pendleton, Gen. A. V. Rive, and the Hon.
George L» Convene, candidate for Conirrcss in
tula (the Ninth) district, open the tint battery
In this citv. Pendleton placed himself on the
side of greenbacks, and llicc sold that the Dem
ocratic parly was for greenbacks alone. The
Hon. Stephen J. Monnr, of Near York, was
called for, ami spoke fur a short time. He said
ho came to speak particularly to the Irish citi
zens, ns he wo< one himself! '
The Democratic parly is the only one that saves
?on when the Depnotlran* nro running you (the
rI«M down, amt ifiirnimr tour cpiivcnts. I cili to
you to cling to i(io»o who have befriended you.
I am sure mat the man of Ireland l« upon three
fourths of tne face" present. The Democracy was
the place for Irishmen.
MIX. COSVUSB
was the next speaker, lie bad given way to the
eloquent gentleman who had spoken befpre,
and be did not feel like making a speech. He
stated that the people would have a
chance to hear tilth At the west
Iront of the Capitol once beforo the next elec
tion. Ho called for Malt Marlin, who began to
speak, but tho audience Could not stand him.
ami again yelled for Converse, but tho gentle
man would not speak. The reason is that he
can hardly face an audience after tho charges
which have (men made against him, and which
be bus utterly failed to deny. As stated, tho
audience was very discouraging. Kearney had
a largo audience when he harangued. Taken
altogether, tho meeting was a tag fl/.ale, as the
hotels arc ail full, aud there are a great many
people la the city.
COKORESSIOHAI. NOMINATION.
Clbvri.and, 0., Sept. lU.—The lion. Joseph
M. I’ue was nominated to-day for Congress br
the Democrats of the Twentieth Congressional
District.
Elyria, 0., Sept. 10.—The Democratic Con
gressional Convention In the Seventeenth Dis
trict nominated Lewis Miller, of Akron. Air.
Miller is also tbo nominee ol the Nationals of
this district.
JOB POE.
Special TMwtch I' l The Tribune,
Clp.velam). o. t Boot. farce, tbo
broadest that was over Imagined, has been enacted
bv the Democrats of this Congressional Dis
trict. They to-day placed Joe i'oe, the Rrnok
lyn Granger, tramp, and statesman In nomina
tion for Congress. It took sic ballots, to bo
sure, but what am six compared to tbo number
the party has taken lu some districts, where not
so much tramping has been done) It was not
thought possible that this nomination could
happen. Joe has been the sport of the parties
so long that the bare mention of his
name anywhere In the Btate has been
able to produce a broad grin. lie was
the jest of the Legislature! of bis. own
party last winter, and waa never able to get
tbc simplest measure through except it were
done on charity. Such men as ez-Gov. Fitch,
ex-Bherlff Winslow, and all the hotter men of
the partv are thoroughly disgusted at the
nomination, and fought It to the lost moment,
but Joe was too much for them, ilo bad
tramped the rural portion of tbo county all
over, and tied things “fixed solid.” The lie
publicans are Jubilant, and say Townsend will
have a walk-away.
11*1*1X018.
OTTAWA.
Special Ditpatch to The Tribune
Ottawa, ill., Sept. 10.—The Republican
Countv Convention was held hero to-day. The
following ticket was notninitod: State Sena
tor, Samuel R. Lewis, of Fall River; Sheriff, R.
C. Stevens; Representatives, L. B. Crookcr, of
Mcudota, and Francis Bowou, of Mission;
Coroner, Dr. J. W. Pettit, of Otlawa. The
Convention was largo aud harmonious. .
APPOINTMENTS FOR SENATOR OOLESRT.
Aurora, Saturday evening, Sept 14; Sand
wich, Monday evening, Sept. 16: Rockford,
Tuesday evening, Sent. 17; KcUhsburg, Friday
aftcruoQii, Bout. 90; Kirkwood, Saturday after
noon, Sept. SI; Macomb, Monday afternoon,
Bcpt. S 3; Ruihvllle, Tuesday afternoou. Sept.
24.
APPOINTMENTS FOR GBN. LOO AN.
Coon’s Grove, Will County, Friday, Sept. 20,
afternoon: Hlreator, 'Saturday, Bcpt. 21, even
ing; KarlviUc, Monday, Sept. 23, afternoon;
Morris. Tuesday, Sep;. 24. everting; Monmouth,
Thursday, Bopt. 20; Fairfield (Iowa), Saturday,
Sept. SB; Builincll, Monday, Sept. 3(1; Au
gusta. Tuesday, Oct. I; Canton, Wednesday,
Oct. 2; ITluceton, Thursday, Oct. 3.
WISCONSIN.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Special IXipalch to The Tribune
Obukomt, Win., Sept. 10.—The Jtcpnbllcan
Convention of the Sixth Congressional District
was large!; Attended ami harmonious. Philctus
Sawyer would have been nominated by acclama
tion, but Ida name was authoritatively with
drawn. George Glimmer, of Kewanvc, was
nominated ou tbo drat ballot. Following la the
platform adopted:
1. Thai the piatfom suggested in the address of
(he State Central Committee of this Hutu meets
our approbation; that the Uenubltcou patty is the
only truly nations! and ptogrcaalvc party of the
counirr; that It haa demonstruied its devotion to
Hourly and equal rights oy acta sa well as
resolutions; that tbo passage of tbo Homo
stead law. by which every man can
secure a home on public lend, was
legislation for tbe Interest or the pour man; that
tbo recent dectatoo of Secretary Srharz, throwing
open to pre-emption the unsold lauds granted to
rullronda, moots our cordial approval; and that the
Itupublican party only can bo trusted to carry for
ward the reforms demanded hr Ihu people, when
•uch proposed reforms are adapted to meet tbo
eslgcnciesof the case.
U. That the Republican parly occupies no double
faced position ou the financial question. It gave
the country tbe greenback. It bus already re
deemed Us promise by making It as good
m coin, U ta opposed Co a depre
ciated and fluctuating currency, but. with Secre
tary Sherman, favuta the circulation of us much
currency as can bo maintained at per with the es
tablished coin of the country, and no more; that
the prosperity of thu country, and especially of the
West, depends to a great extent upon the foreign
consumption of onr products, and consequently
upon au established uniformity of the value of
cutu and currency ihrougbuut tha world.
:i. That the Republican party Is the party of tbe
people and of true progress: that It has redeemed
every pledge made by the party since Us organiza
tion, and 10-dny it afands before the country and
the world with a clean bill of health. Us last unre
deemed pledge accomplished In the redemption of
Um greenbacks in cum, together with the ample,
guaranteed, harmonious circulation of gold, sil
ver. and national currency sufficient for the wants
of the people.
4. That wo disapprove of tha action of the pres
ent Democratic member from this district In sub
milling to caucus dictation In an attempt to Mexl
cmilzo this liuvernmerit by reopening the Presi
dential question, which bad Weil settled by a
derision of u tribunal established by Democratic
votes, ond also in voting against tbe Senate bill
making greenbacks, equally with coin, receivable
for custom dues, and lor 4 per cent Government
bonds.
5. That the restoration of tbo Democratic party
to power, a oany which has duuiouairaicii us tha
loyalty and uiiltualworlhtmimj by bolt) won)* and
aria, a parly which la lioatumu of moral, financial,
amt political principle*, would be daiu/erua* tu tbo
liberties of tho people, tend to unsettle confidence
in tha honor and good faith of tbu conntry. and to
retard and destroy Rm pro*p«rliy which u now
dawning upon u*.
(J. •That wc, aa delegates and Republican*,
pledge ourselves; to auataln by individual ellort
and ihnrourb political organisation, tbo nominee
oflhiartmvenliOD, recognising iho Importance of
wresting tbu Uuum of Representatives from Dem
ocratic control.
The nominee has been a member of tbo Stato
Senate fur two years, and t« deservedly popular
in the northern part of tbe district. HU elec-
Uon la confidently expected by the Republicans.
SECOND DISTitICT,
Special Impute* to Tke Tribune,
Madison. Wis., Bcpl. la—Tbo Republicans
of Uiu {Second) Congressional District rvnuml
nsicd Mr. Caswell as a candidate fur member ut
Congress, he receiving 77 voles; L. W. Barden,
of I’urtoge, 25; and W. Wandman, of Harsboo,
Iff. The Convention was very harmonious.
Tllliil) DISTHICT.
Special iMtvUch to The Tribune.
Mpscoda, Wls„ Bcpt. la—The Democratic
Congressional CouveiUluo, which met here to*
duj. nominated the lion. M. M. Cutbren for
Congress on the first forms! ballot. U is nut
known whether the Judge wf(l accept or not.
'l'lii* nomination make* Ihe coming eunvoss a
triangular one, with all the chances in luvor of
George* C. lioxeltun.
IOWA.
•acawTABX u’rtuur.
Autvlui M«)h)<cS to J.*i* Tribune.
Kcokck. la.. Sept, la—The Hon. George W.
McCrary, Secretary of War, addresser! a largo
audience, composed of both ladies and gentle*
iiicu, upou the political tdUe* of toe lime, ul the
Opera-House tu this city (his evening, lie was
introduced by the Homdobn N, Irwin, Mayor
of the citv. who paid a high tribute to him* both
in hi* career and private life. The Sucre-
Ui'j .no-eior au hoar ami a Quarter, aud was
listened to very attentively. Hl* discussion of
the financial Issue was particularly well re
ceived, and elicited much applause.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PB.'SJfSVI.VAHIA COHOnBSSIOVAt KOMIWATIOS*.
IhtiLADßi.rniA, Pa., dept, la—T.
Randall was to-day renominated for Congress in
tbe third. District.
Puiladsumua, Pa., Sent. 10.—The Congres
sional nominations by the Democrats to-dav
were : first District, William McCandlcss;
Second, Charles U. Qibsou; Third, Samuel .T.
Randall; Fourth, Charles it. Barnes; Fifth,
David E. Dallum.
Hazeltoiv, Pa., Sept. 10.—The Republican
conferees of the Eleventh Congressional Dis
trict have nominated Gen. Charles Albrldht.
PtTTsnppu, Bept. 10.—The Hon. Kussel Errctt,
in the Twenty-second, and the Hon. Tboreaa if.
Bayne, in tho Twenty-third Districts, were
unanimously renominated for'Congress by tbe
Republicans to-day.
Mourn CABOMKs.
HiLßinir, Sept. 10.—dusiah Turner, formerly
an extreme Democrat, has been Indorsed by the
Republican Convention for Congress in tbe
fourth District.
MICIHOAK,
Dsrnoir, Sept, 10.—The Democratic Congres
sional Convention of the Bercnth.Dlstrlct met
at Port Huron to-day, and appointed William
T. Mitchell to till the vacancy In the place of
O’Brien J. Alklnson, who declined the nomina
tion for Congress.
ranjntfSßß.
Nasiiviu.r, Sept. ia—Tho Democratic State
Convention met this afternoon, and without
transacting any business adjourned to to-mor
ruw evening. .
the Republican State Convention also meets
to-morrow.
r-ouisiiJfi.
Mpsnot, Sept, lu.—The Ucoublicana of the
Fifth District nominated cx-Chlcf-Judgu Luting
for the long term, and A. N. Fairfax, of Tensas,
for the short term.
.. , Muaoum.
St. Louis, Sept. 10.—The Grccnhaekcrs of tbe
First District nominated Henry Eslihaugh,
Master of tho State Grange, for Cuugruas. to
day.
TAILOR VS. HANDS!,L.
PiliLADBLpniA, Sept. 10.—The Greenback-
Labor pan v nominated dolm Mteddou. a tailor,
lor Congress against Speaker Hundall.
AMUSEMENTS.
at; iiooley's.
John McCullough, surrounded by a company
of meritorious artists, superior to point of in
telligence to the average dramatic combinations
nor roaming at large, has begun an ongiurc
ment at (Tooiey's which promises to be, as it
ought to be, a highly successful ono. The so*
lection of “Virginias’* fur hU ro-rnlranec be
fore the Chicago public was a fortunate one, be*
cause It exhibits this actor in fils best mood, and
In the ripeness of his power. Mr. McCullough
was a disciple of Forrest, ami undoubtedly he
has caught something of the spirit of
that powerful genius, and something of
his method. The two men, however,
were so dissimilar lu tempenuneut that
It was quite impossible for John McCullough,
even bad It been his desire, to become an Imi
tator. The stormy vehemence, the irrepressi
ble rages, the passionate soul of the grand old
man, which hurried him Into strange excesses
In life, and fired his acting with the fury of in
spiration, ore elements not to be looked for in
the calm, dignified impersonations of Mr. Mc-
Cullough, Iwcauso they do nut cuter Into his
natures And, however much*we may Insist that
it U the duty of au artist to go out of him
self, it is a verified fact tnat tiicv stamp their
own personality on whatever they seek to de
lineate. Dlckcus was never obto to portray ft
gentleman, although he luul ample opportuni
ties of observing their habits, because ho was
himself at heart a snob. Look at bis goody
good heroes; what lamentable failures they are,
bow they strain alter the heroic, and how they
reveal the poverty of llio inventor, otherwise
so fertile and so great. It is necessary that a
delineator should bo able to Identify himself
Willi the diameter ho seeks to depict, Guctho
cunlcssed that ho kucw of no crime which bo
was not capable of committing. H«. was com
petent to “illng Into htoraturo” a .Mephlstuph*
eles. The greatest Ulht'io of our dav admits
that he is dominated by the passion ot jealousy.
One can hardly Imagino John McCullough
possessed by an evil passion, bv anything but
wimt is manly and good;' and it Is
not necessary to inquire further
than his face to learn that ho is Incapable of
doing a base or malignant act. He could not
represent an logo, nor a Sir Ult» Overreach: ho
could merely read the Docs Itko u reader. In a
character like Virginia* ho Is quite at home,
and tenderly and grandly does ho portray the
heroism, tho grief, thu pure ailectlonatcucsa of
the Homan father. The first act of tho drama,
as represented by Mr. McCullough, it one of
the most complete and finished stage pictures
wo have seen. Tho audicneu Is at onto “ won
by the mellow voice** which Imparts to tbo cor
rect and stately periods of dberhlan Knowles
an unwonted pathos and meaning. The
defiance of the m«D by tho bravo
old Dentatui, the arrival of voung icj/us,
tho fatherly tenderness of Virglnlta. tho
trustful Jovaof thu daughter, tho meeting of
the lovers, ahi thu playful war in which Fir
yiniut couseuls to their union, forms a singu
larly perfect picture, and a brilliant prelude to
the tragic scenes that follow. Tbo acting In
this scene by tVurdo, Miss Maud Granger, nml
UainfortU merits thu highest praise that could
be given, and tho praise must bo extended to
them to tho subsequent acts of thu drama.
Miss Granger’s VirglnUt Is a noble impersona
tion,—o portraiture ol filial Uovollou, woman!?
love, and heroic self-sacrifice, fault as wu could
scarcely have anticipated from one reared iu the
hot-house of modem “emotional ” art.
Tho emotional element is distinctly visible lu
it, yet in a chastened form,
and not too pronounced to remind the spectator
of the mere trickery of sobs and Kpn-s, it was
altogether free from thu eonveutlonai artificiali
ties of tho stage, and stood out cleau and pure,
yet warm w ith life. Air. Wardo In the part of
7e,/.us made a most Important addition to thu
general excellence ol the cast, which, aaa whole,
was fully deserving of tho hearty praUo be
stowed on thu perlurmancu by tho audience.
The support given to Mr. McCullough on this
occasion seems to have infused into his
acting new vigor and spirit, and
lu tho impassioned scones of the plav, as where
he is informed of tho abduction ol his daughter,
he fairly “ lot himself louse," and curried the
401110111*0 willi him in bis grand ebullition of in
dignation. Mrtk £. L. lluveuport as Aered
came iu for a deserved share of tho tumors, and
met with a most Uudly welcome from thu
audience, who took tbo oceasiau to pav uu affec
tionate and grstutul tribute to one of the finest
actresses who have graced tho American stage.
Among tho minor puns tn thu east
u word of commendation should be
given to Mr. Pone Cooke, who played His part
of .Vutneiuriut. lie U evidently a tragedian by
birth, uud belongs to the Maercaily school. He
strove hard to make bis port more prominent
than that of Viralnius t and if tragic attitudiniz
ing and trasrlc tones and stares could have dune
it ho would have succeeded. Mr. Mcredltu
played the part of Appiu* CUiuUiut with intelli
gence aud very acceptably. “ Virginlus ” will be
repeated this afternoon, lu tbo evening Mr.
McCullough will appear as “ UieheUeu."
JEFFERSON AT M’VICKKK’S.
U U dlllkult U» any anything uow about “ Kip
Van Winkle,” a personation which has been
Identified kith Mr. Jefferson longer than that of
any character with any actor in anclent.or mod*
tru tlmca. lie cornea back to us again with all
the enthusiasm In his art which delighted us
years aro, and It Is really wonderful as well
as beautiful to see that be has uot per*
xnitted himself to become blsso la his
acting. On the contrary, he has more than
the freshness of teu years ago, and ho boa
•'grown to something liner than before 11 in the
exquisite delicacy of abodlug (u the picture.
The portrait caluslo beauty by everything be
baa added and everything he has taken away.
Tbtre Is a liner, more natural touch in bis
quaint accent; lie has'perfected the work in
tukqy ways,especially m Ue aeectc surroundings;
and both iu Its humor and pathos, which kucp
the audience between a smile and tear all
evening, there U evinced tho loving touch of un
artibt)|(|who Is devoted to his art.
Among His cUaucca to bo noted in
the presentation of the play at this Hide,
the mountain scene Is conspicuous as a dccldud
improvement upon tbe former treatment. This
(a liiwrlv painted, and conveys a weird, dream
like effect which is singularly In keeping with
the spirit of tho old legund. When J('P drains
the magical liquor and fails asleep, tho queer,
quaint old goblins of tbu mountain vauUU
through the rocks, clvmir an appearance of un
reality to the whole scene: and in the third act
a very pretty tableaux Is presented when the
old nun is keen ou the verge of the peek bcgiu
niug to descend. A kpod many new
“ polnti 11 haya bjen Introduced here and
there bv Mr. .Jefferson, but the saUem.
features of the play remain unchanged. The
present cast Is a remarkably pood one, and
fclvca a symmetrical and effective performance
of the play. Ml*s Annie Graham takes tho part
of Orttehin, a character which, in her hands, be
comes one of the most touching delineations In
tho croup. Wie Is not too much of tlx? virago
at tho beginning, and she consistently preserves
to the eud the character of a patient, suffering,
and, at heart, sympathetic soul. Mis* Gra
ham’* .acting in this role has raised her high
In the estimation of the audience. Mr. Wal
ter Kelly plvea a fine, dashing pictnre of the
young Hendrick, whom he portrays In a free,
hold, and manly style, while Kvcrnam Is thor
oughly at home In the part of tho crumpy old
Jfirrlrk. On the whole, Mr. deffunon Is lo be
congratulated on tho cnod support he lias re
ceived at tho bands of the company.
TUB SOUTHER!* BENEFIT CONCERT
An ailvertlscmont elsewhere gives the details
of the fprtbcopilpe groat sacred concert for Hit
benefit of tho yellow-fever sufferers, by whlcl
It will he seen that Miss Annie Louise Cary,
the Apollo Club, the St. Cecilia Ladles 1 Quar
tette (Miss Fannie Whitney, Mlsrf Lltzle Iloync,
Mrs. Frank Halt, and Mrs. .fenny T. Kempton),
Loesch’s orchestra, and* the L|escgang String
Quartette have already been secured. We'are
also informed that Mrs. Clara Hack will proba
bly appear—an announcement that wilt bo
balled with delight tiy all lovers of music.
Prof. Swing will make a brief address and pro
nounce the benediction after the performance
of Old Hundred by all on the stage and In the
audience. The box olllco will open to morrow
morning at Root <fc Son’s. I.VI State street, .an
announcement which needa no fnrthcr em
phasis. Every Indication now ahowa that the
audience will be literally Immense.
OBITUARY.
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