AMERICA.

Evening Star, Issue 4254, 14 October 1876, Page 4

AMERICA.

(From an occicwioncU (7orre«pona*en£.) | +'■'■} ATvi^lSu■;■■-,:" . ■;; r. j San Francisco, September 12. J .CAb«eii3e<' / from! T this . city me is good' and will hold. ,Qf course;. yon read HsHtto celebrations thfotighout the Union ; but no description could do justiqe.otO'therxe*ility. h-,: It Twasf a! spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm, showing nmmistake J •ibly-that the-heterogeneous materials out of which roil'fcomM&ntrealtK" is' composed are embued by a spirit of unfaltering attachment to Republican institutions. There ( .is no fl3ttying'tt& fact that this 'great aggregaiSok' of races forms a concrete nationality, menacing it ntay'fce'-to dynasties in times to eome, but for tije .present distinguished as an of Liberty, ~ « ; Hence eome about" corruption and combinations having foitHthejri object plunder; hence also comenabauitheexposure of these "steals,'.' and the merciless criticism of the men connected with them. It is tne unrestrained of individual liberty ; the swing of the moral pendulum which .presents such striking contrasts ; mistake to suppose that public, men or ..'f ring" cpmbinaTibns in America are worse'than in any cgttßfoy under Himilar^or-nearly-similaiy-con-

ditions. want of control incident to the great civil war are largely the cause'sf'&d-'tainted atmosphere which surrounds House, and the *e& sign <iff thfe : future, is -the which abuisei''' Snd / dishonesty /I^ere. r is..n# covering up, jio hiding of J|len>ishe's,. ; nn t (retroactive legislation with tColonies are soi familiar,; to gloss over .»anft legalise that which .could not touch of judicial, inquiry.: But tthfnsWith-all, that;there is a tendency to exaggerate faults, and when a man becomes

a candidate for any-public office, he simply aaaketf himself a target; for 1 the' enveriolned . waff* of Wos and'bersdnal malice. Charges WfcKe IdoWtin&earaof 'character The Presidential canvass is a case iri'pojnt. • of' General Hayes and M^W^ o .'^., 1 the/„ Republicans,, arid Dytfie Democrats, for the first and second 1 place respectively, these names were amongst ' land:: Now, if half what is said .pointed about them be tiue, . the remainder of their days'inji penitentiary. But these charges; are not this cairtp'aign~ the Republicans certainly; while the temper of, the * people is being I worked up to the highest pitch of excite--.flnentby stump'orators:^this term does, not 'necessarily)imply a mere - , hireling speaker—sand the' partisan Press. Private character is assailed,, and'the sanctity of home invaded : shirt'' of the civil war is dragged f across...every Republican.platform. The resuit, in the old border and Southern States, 'is by no means assuring. Under Grant's cairpet-baggers the South still lies bleeding. ■ Raee antagonianv culminating,in. conflicts in "man and brother" faction always g6es to the wall, are "of frequent occurrence. The rights and wrongs of .€»ch case fare never considered. It .is enough for a colored man to lose his 1 ylife in, ene. of thesse conflicts to set rjwhplo Republican Press yelling for blood: i*ad cepresaon. The President has yielded to this pressure, and under pretence of pro'-; publican, voters ,he has ordered! .V^+pjilitary. occupation o£ ' the Southern . iStattfSsr.vThus - the votes ; at the Presidential 1 cikdaon will, in )the Confederate; vSfetesj-be-east under tbe -bayonets of the! Republican party. This is a gross outrage : ! % mmt . t6 be- sq, but-it is life or death 1 „J£itE -"Grant 1 anH : :( his party;' Should''the : ■SStyM&W 'wwjffi ■# feal " s impeachment';! "Should Hayes his seat in House as : chief Executive Officer^.of'.'the United he feels himself secure! Herice the enonnqus efforts of the Adminis-' tration to make'po'ints for the Republican' party. The is weary of all this. Moderate men are sick of the corruption has grown up during sixteen years of* ■ RepulSican rule, but it dreads thS dominance should the flemocracv! r'wlffi 3V PubK&bpib y ianTa r /iot elicited af the! public meetings.' The whole, fkrnijj. resoives ! itself into machine politics.' : ' Men' sp'eakl to order. They • at their clubs,! -«^r ]<pa*ad9 Jhe,, at! •sjlight toHimlgieiß carrying: banners,y ; lamps,! ?«hditorchfia4i;isiQg,l dance, andj-lraranguej thjs. is all part land! tfftftrcel" otf^tn l^- general : plan of Hhe< (ftm,! .pebpie;, all'this ; fuss' iM ■>-X& i Wj ie < but! "Som'eho'w It seeing''to 'fce^'quite' natural 'in; is dear to this; !? ne ¥• aispread-eagle,nnto^ sflimßjplti !; jQx>itors prate and., bummers bum/ . and every fourth year the country is divided! ,dntei)Opti|e campSi while the land.is;filled! with Tainting and lies. And ye't business; %6es ! off with tfuabated vigor.' Railways are; r new;ihdustries established, the gospelj is''preached tinder every green tree, divorce tak^a^nels.'breathaway, murder and ijrapQ .[embrace, Iplly and fashion chase each; other in eadlesal.rout, while the sun shines benignly upbn'aljri-and the great American nation -Apparently, the great moral', ai.dpolitical problems -of the world are being "tried-out" on this North American continent. In the process of boiling down theJroth and scum come to the surface. ■: This: is what the old fogies, of the outside world see; but they do not see deep, pure conscience of the American' '"jjeeple'beneath the unsightly mass of evil : ' which'it' shall yet skim off and cast into the! <jire of absolute 'destruction.