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BY E. B. MTJBRAY_&TO. ANDERSON^ S. G., THURSDAY MORNINQV JANUARY 15, 1880. VOLTJTVm ITO . "-.-rr-T-, ASOUT THE THUD TERM. A Virginia Bruno rUlM View ci a Berton* SuhJeet- 3Dr. George W. Bago? ("Kcils A* dus??") I>ocJU6fci HI mue LT. to Var ot ol. tirant as Ul? Inevitable Coming Mea A Jitter ?mt Oug?r? to Mai? t%o Bones of WasHington, JeObnoa, JladUon and Monroe Buttle ta their Corona. RICHMOND Va., December 28,1879. Tb th? Editor of tte Neu* ?m? Courier . In 1868/while editing a country news paper In thia State, I nominated Grant tor Emperor. A vein of seriousness ran through tho article, but it was generally regarded as a joke, and although lt vas copied and :commented ur on by one or two metropolitan papers of the South, it waa soon forgotten. My reasons for writing the articlo were these : During the year 1866. ..hilo lee* turing through the State, I discussed *vith many gentleman, most of them men of culture, tho probable future of the country, and especially of the South, after tho defeat which bad befallen the party of Stetes' rights. That defeat, we oil agreed, was absolute, inasmuch aa tho supposed right of Recession included all minor rights. It was further agreed by all or nearly all of those with whom I talked that sooner br lator tho republic, no longer a republic for the Sooth, must cud in name as it has already ended in form ; and the supremo authority of tho central government be recognized and submitted to ar fully in the powerful State of New York as at that moment it waa in the prostrate State of South Carolina, The. moat of us, perhaps, would have preferred an hereditary monarchy like that of England-a constitutional im* perlalism-which is in point of fact a parlimentary government ; but tho teach ing of history, notably that of Rome, the only republic with which our own could rightly oe compared, left ua no room to hope that auch a monarchy aa we desired could emerge from the ruins of thc American republic. Empire of. 'como sort there must be. Ita particular form, ita limitation, its chief, were matters comparatively of small moment. For us of the South, at least, there waa no longer a republic, and if the empire must come, why not accept the inevitable-and Soon with the tide? For us there waa ut a choice of evita-a sectional or a paternal despotism. From the former there was no hope whatever j from tho latter thcro might be. Taking fortune at its flood, the South might name the Emperor. He would appreciate that fact. Sustained by the South, he would know, if lighting wero to bo done, wheie to look for his men. War would open a career to thousands of our youth, whose bir'.h and training fitted them for arms, bot not for the shop or the farm. Fare well then to Liberty. Yea,, hut' for those already conquered, and feeling each day tho increasing oppression of so-called reconstruction, farewell was not a hard word to ray. Such in outline,' were the opinions held by those with whom I talked in 1866. A year or two later, ata mountain resort, I meta distinguished Southerner, . ." a man of unquestioned ability, who had ficen Grant, talked with him, and knew or thought ne knew him well. Charmed with his simple manser, the brevity and directness of bia speech, he .believed Grant justly entitled to all the faino he had won, and in a word pronounced him "grtat." Ho had not then been nominated for the Presidency. There were not wanting men of more than usual foresight woo believed that he should have been the ohoice of the Democracy in 1868; who believed that i?C VT*GV??ii l??TS SCCCpt-GC* SSCi? KO??r. ?#?i"" tion, and if so ejected would have been ns true to tho Democrats as he waa to the Republicana when elected by thom, Tho pear, however, was not ripe. The Democrats of the North wanted to regain by the ballot what of conBtitutionallib orly : the sword had left, and it was well that the attempt should be made. Still true to sentiment, tho South was not unwilling to seo ita reasoning nut to thc Kv. .. test, and if need be set aside in thc interest of liberty by the superior sagac ity of its northern brethren, and accord ingly helped thom to the best of in ability. The result ia before ua in tin d isca rod persona of Seymour, Groelej mid Tilden. Shall we try it again ? _ "It God's nsma wes. Never ?e?nsir of th< republic. So long as a hand *or a voict is lifted anywhere within tho Union foi liberty and tho rights of the State, there, on tho spot, oy tho aids of tba1 hand and within tho sound of that the South obould be found, fighting cen ; tr?l?2ation to tho last." This is very beautiful, very noble; bu tho question arliies. has not the SoutI done its full shari of battle for the right And inasmuch*as States cannot die, bu must li*e, tho frythey ^rieation arises, V whom doos the South; owe this duty o p?rpottial soif-sacrifice, even'though i involve degradation and downright beg gsry? To the'Goddess, of Liberty Perhaps. Eui where ia abo to be found To the war Democrats? Hardly. To th handful of peccb Democrats? The; would not aoE it. To tho Rep?blica: {larty, to thc Arae/icau people, to man rind? Doubtless wo owe much to ou enemies, arid all we have and are i owed to humanity, of which we are rinrt ; Unt T smhniit that .When ft nanni fias paid down its blood and treasure.'it autonomy, ita national-lire.- then its ucl: ia discharged, arid humanity can ask n more from it. That ls tho situation c the'Southorn peopio to-day. That tho avila incident to a contrallze Sovomment are to be deplored no on onies, but what if they cannot b avoided? For, after all, centralizado is but tho effect'Of natural law, berief cent: in sOuXn of lia c?Tec?? If u?roioiot; in othera-there baiag no unmixed goo in this Ufo. The operation of thlsjav as aeon everywhere, is a necessity of ru lawence, which 5 as Goethe says, is bv i>or?iistcno9. In the orbs, condensin rom tho-riebnlro, in the earth passin successfully f-om the gaseous to the flu! and thence to- tho solid form, in th pulpy leaflet hardening into tho oak, i the semi-gelatinous human embryo grat ually becoming a mass of phosphate < lime wrapped in parchment, in tl nomads gathering Into tribes, the tvifc . into still larger tribes, fixed in the abode and stable in their forms of go' ernmont-look where wo may, tho Tai of centralization are aecn at wei alive In tho organic, the inorganic at the super-organic, or social world, uri form as gravity, and irresistible. Hay not bc said that the condition precede to persistent national life ia central^ lion?. The very word enduring has i root ia the Latin durwt, hard, den: When our constitution was? formed 1 tho fathers, tho application of mode rc?enco bad -not been dreamed of, tl reign . of identical laws in the domain physics and of pol?tica was.not oven st peeled; governments were supposed tc 'the work of man's arbitrary will, au? > that was needed seemed to be an ingot n:ia ?vdtoin of check* and balancea ; which" tho .'oQrmitics of man's nato might ba counteracted.. No doubt t cotistUutlriB served a purpose as a stol diing band foran infant nation j elanti?, is trna bot not elastic enough fo and limbs of the giant country which1 I bave already become eren in adoleaence Hence, practically, we have no constitu tion bat tbe will of tho party in power, nor have we tho precedents which in England are so potent, for there aro no withes long enough and strong enough to bind this American Samson. What form the constitution fonld have taken bad tbe fathers known as mach of natural law as is cow know? it is im possible to say, but it may wcly te be lieved tbat it would never, even iu the eyes of tho minority, have assumed the aspect of a "sacrtd instrument/" or have been regraded as the embodiment of ha man wisdom. Certain it is that with the lights before us fin ono will ever again commit the folly of framing a structure on tho American plan, a circumfeionce in which there are forty odd centres, a congeries of sovereignties ali '?quat, and each superior to the central authority, a body politic with some dozens of nerve centres, each ' claiming to bo oupreme. No, that will not bo tried A second time. Familiar with tho leesons of ancient his tory, reinforced by the teachings of sci ence and freshened by the aniiicatlon in oar own day of Italy aud the formation ander our very eyes of the German em pire, thinking men recognize centraliza tion in America bot meroly as inevitablo in the fufare, bat to all Intents a thing accomplished : and the question for the South is, shall we accept centralization, co-operate with it and accepts its benefits. Buch as they are, or shall wo be crushed by it? Sanguino men willstill hope, idealists end patriots, will still preach the beauty and tho holiness of sacrifico ; but those of a practical tarn will contend that it is high time some other section should throw itself ander the cr.r of Juggernaut, Nay, os a block inserted nader a screw enables it to accomplish still further pressure, the South, there is good reason to believe, by its continued opposition, furnished precisely the block that is needed to perfect the oppression of the sections which baye not yet felt the pressur? of tbe screw. And as a tree ls broken by the weight of two much fruit, the destruction of the Republican patty may be precipitated by the South's join ing it ?rr? mdsse. , Inno other way could its destruction bo so certain' sud com Elcto. But this is asking too much, targe bodies move slowly, and to expect the whole South to go boldly over to tho party which for so many years has been to it the synonym of hatred and oppres sion is visionary in the extreme. Grant it. Tbis bringa aa to the third term. If, ; as seems likely. Gen. Grant will run as a no-party candidate: if, as*scems certain, he will be opposed by tho stal warts of tho Blaine Behool, one groat ob stacle to tho South's joining the Repub lican party, (to tho extent at least of voting far Grant) will be removed. Elected by tho whole people, he can but be5 tho President of tho whole people, just as whon elected by tho Republicans te-was, necessarily a party President, for the bubble cannot lift itself from tho wave to which it owes its being and which throws:its aloft. Ca tho other hand, sunnoso tho -South, the white South, holds aloof or squanders its vote in romantic fashion, as it baa too often done, on soma democrat who cannot be j elected, or if elected is too timid to hold ; what has been thrust into bis hand what then? It would bo indeed a sub If me thing in General Grant to rise above timself and hi* party and turn bis face with grand impartiality to all sections; but would he do it-could he? Is it iu human naturo? Let tho past answer. Time was when I believed that the election of .General Grant for a third term wouid oo fatal to the peace of the country : that no American coule cross this Rubicon 'without intent to assume, aha quickly, too, the purple robe of ern Eire ; a step that wouL . beyond all doubt, ring war-not from 'the South, which bas had too much war. bat from tho Gor mans and the Irish wuO fled hither not to witness in silence any such nonsenso, any such dashing of their hopes os that And. tho third term may be fatal-it as i suredly will if tho South and the Weal rise up in revolt. In that event, tho ap peal to the sword would |insure the. em pire., even to the extent bf its forms and titles; not, perhaps, of dukes and princes but titles less distasteful to America.: wiih ibo a Lauding menacs of German and Trish hostility to the trappings of. cm r pire, with a. Democratic House and Sen I atc, to say npthing of tho opposition ul his own party leaders," tho attitude, ol General (Jrant would, of necessity, bt ! cautious and oven; friendly to au sec tions. There would bc no motive foi ! him to not otherwise. A native of th< I West, nominated for a third term it Chicago,'sustained by the wealth anc intelligence of the East, endorsed bj both races at the South, especially by th* eX'Ch?i/edercil? officers ' oma soldiers, th< measure of his ambition full to overflow ing, be would be a monster indeed wen he to attempt to oppress any portion o his people. 'And if bo role wisely ant justly dunne his* third tonn, why not i fourth, and", if need ' be, a -fifth? Ni longer tho choice of a party or a section ho could not bo what we ot the Soutl suppose him to have been in tho past the slave of party and of section. Tbl would not and could not ' be true o Blaine or Sherman, his only formidabl opponents, who livo, move and bav< their being by party and by party alone If- this reasoning be correct, tbe thin term is shorn of its terrors. But nee? thero be such a term f Have things corni to such a posse that tho South, the who! country io fact, is compelled once mor te trust a man who bnt four yearn ag loft the ^residential chair distrusted 5; the North, feared and hated by th' South ? The question ia answered by re cent events in Virginia.-. Previous to th late election here there was, at least ther - .-?-???-_.? J i -i- _._ ?_-,_-?-?_^__ 6C?H1CU W l-1.-j tm 1.1. ,v.MXft *UQ .. ..... eratic candidate in 1880.* Now there i absolutely none. The Cocservatlv carty can never be united agrtin. Vii ginia will go for Grant by a much large majority than she : gave ia tito Greele campaign. The negroes to a mau are fe Grant. So at heart are the Federt officeholders and the better class of R< publicans. The leader of tho negroes | tlie late State election cannot desert tbei now; they will not allow, him to plo fact and loose iu that fashion. Mahon and the whites who agree with him wi be compelled to support Grant und' penalty of losing tho negro vote borea! ter. The oxampio of Virginia will t followed by other Southern States, moi particularly by those who nave reason 1 dread the enmity cf Grant. His electio io beyond peradventure. Shall it TI doand to tho (Advantage of the South < te Its Injury? There ate some who say that they wi voto for Giant in preference to Tilde I will hot go as far as that. . My chol has all along been Hancock. His nura hi? services, his high ch ai actor, hi? r gard for law and hi? knowledge o? i entitle bim to tho highest honor with: the gift of tho American people. He tho mac of men for tho republic la i rarity. Bnt an irresistible /orco b carried u.i beyond that poiat and w barry us much further. Men aud n tiona li v? fast nowadays. If in o hundred years se broad a country as ot -.-,- ?iiir-" Jw* fallen a prerefflpei e fils of denso population and high civilisation, how can we hope to escape the governmental forms which everywhere (practically everywhere) accompany that civilization. Ever-increasing centralization being a fixed tact, and the third term being a fact equally fixed, the paramount duty of tho South not less to tho whole country than to itself is BO to act as not to increase Grant's animosity, and in any event, whether Grant live or die, to shape ita course in anch a manner aa to escape if possible that horrible fate which threatens .to make, and indeed bas already made, her "the Ireland of Amer ica." T?at Grant will play the part of Octa vius Ceesar and usher in (ho Augustan ago is not to bo expected. He ia not a man of culture. That risks, and per bona great risks, are to be run overv one will admit. But wo of the South are tired of defeat under the Democratic banner. Now when that banner, eo bravely and so disastrously borne, prom ises nothing but defeat, surely the South should be pardoned if ehe desires and makes a profound change in her policy. It is not desertion ; it is surrender for the sake of existence, like that at Appomat tox. This view of the mattter may not meet general acceptance, but permit me in closing to say, with Cato's persistence, the paramount duty of the South itself and to the whole country is not to" perm .lt itself to remain the "Ireland of Ameri ca." At any cost, at all hazards, that Ia to be avoided. This letter, too hastily written to be short and amid too many interruptions to be clear, was begun before your edi torial in Monday's issue of the Newa and Goutier reached me. I appreciate tho force of your arguments, but they do not shake my conclusions. That Grant will be the nex.t President ie as aure aa ho lives. That ho will attempt the panto mimo of emperor thero is no reason to fear. Kia election will simply emphasize the fact that tho nation has passed by natural law into a more atable and cen tralized form thus sharing the fate of all the republics that havo preceded it. Let na accept the inevitable. AB for ule risk, we have got to tako it whether or no. Better taite it with manly cheerful ness. Vain-resistance and a wry face will not-help tho matter. Vory respectfully, your obedient serv aot, G. W. BAGBY. tirant an Aspirant for the White House. The departure of Gen. Grant for tho South, joined to Philadelphia develop ments, can have but one interpretation. Ho is A candidate for the Presiden cy - precisely as much so aa John Sherman or James G. Blaine. The boomers throughout the country have been duly notified. The silence of Gen. Grant ia no longer mystery. It simply gives consent. The Southern trip amounts to a public advertisement that Gen. Grant's longing for homo Bcenoa and friends, of which BO much waa aald while ha .waa. abroad, was of singularly brief duration, and that a week or the /eposo said to be BO essential, at Galena, was quito enough. The truth is, Gen. Grant goes South on an electioneering tour and to ho out ot the way for a few months, while the boom works. After he satisfies his deep curiosity about Cuba and Mexi co, he will return to find an organized aeries of booms from New Orleans to Now York. Gen. Grant declined the proffered hospitality of tho White Hons* -in spite of the extraordinary induce ments hold out there to a temperance man-for two reasons. One was his re membrance that Hayes did not accept his hospitality at Long Branch in 1876 ; and the other, the President had not called upon him, so aa to establish relations. Gen. Beale, whose guest Gen. Grant was while here, said : "Gen. Grant ia no affected in the slightest degree by the ovations that were tendered him during his grand tour. Ho is thoroughly unspoiled by it. Ho. is as modest as a young lady in her teens. His modesty is one of the evidences of his greatness. In my opinion he is the greatest man in the world, and my great est pride is that I am counted ono of bis .fast personal friends." The fact is that Gen. Grant's modesty Is c-?ri??aly i?u?ir?lcu uy his pertinacity in questions of social precedence, which was so strong in Europa as to make his meeting with the ambassadors of the sovereigns highly embarraasing. But Mr. Beale goea on to say : "He comes back to us with the incense of royalty's praise still clinging to his Srments, and doubting Thomr.tes ou ls eldo of the water are at last forced to believe Gen, Grant hos never thought of the Presidency, and ho is making no ef eSbrt -whatever to secure the prize, and will not do so; nor would ne, in my opinion, except it unless It was tho will of the people. In that case ho would accent out of a sense of duty." Hts friends go so far a* to resent as an impertinence the candidacy of others. A story was put out last week that Sherman had given in bis adhesion to Grant, lt waa started with the view of impressing him that it waa high time he was out of tho way of the chariot. Sherman promptly said he was a candidate; would stick to the last, and was on principio opposed to the 'hird term. Another member of tho Cabinet opposed to the third term ia the secretary of the navy, and it is noticed that while Gen. Grant called on Evatt*, (who is a.boomer,) he did not cali on Sherman or Thompson. The pressure for anearly convention in Pennsylvania Ir to lead the way for. Grant. It ia arranged that when Cameron puts in Pennsylvania, Conkling is to follow with New York. Tho postoffice machine Ss being worked by Gen. Tyner to bring Indiana next to tho front, and Logan and Washburne arc Illinois. ?Tho Calculation 'in that with Pennsylvania, New York. Indiana and Illinois ahead for Grant, Republicanism can be made a matter personal to Grant - Washington Dispatch to the Oincitiaiti Commercial. % A woman residing on the hillside -a very definitely defined locality in thh city-became greatly alarmed a few dayi ago by tho loud cries of her child, a little Eirl some eighteen month? old. She aatened to the door , just in time to sar? It from being swallowed by a clam. Thf little ono's finger was in the clam'i mouth and fast disappearing. What at inscription for a tombstone, "Swallower, to death by a cIam."--A5mnc5eo Journal GOIXTT .or Ws?7io.-H9ome people havo i fashion of^-mfuslhe cxcotlfit Vtiaedles wit! the large ra. bs of "patent medicines," un in this they aro guilty of % wrong., Ther aro ?roe advertised rem whoa fully, wort] all that I? asked for them, and on-, at leas we know of-~-Hop Bitters. Tho writer ha hod occasion to tree the Bitters in Jost rael a climate es wo have most of th? year I Boy City, and has always found them to i tlwt-olasn and re?lab?o, doing all that I claimed for them.-IW&tm*\ ,mm, -1 - Gen. Grant, wh?n asked which cit i among all ha had visited he liked tb . best, answered quickly: "Washington i I think lt is tho hacd*cnv#t city in tb , I world." APPEAL FOB IBEXA?i?. Vurriell'? Presentation oilier Woe? ?od Hf* HtXK?O. TfaeNew Yo?k papers give full acoouuta of the groat demonstration of welconio to the Irish agitators, Messrs. Parnell and Dillon, which took place ia that city en Sunday last The speech of the former is described as having beca especially elo quent. On being introduced Mr. Parnell thanked those present for their kind and cordial reception, apologized for bis im perfections, and regretted that the great causo whiob, ho had been called upon to plead had not .>een entrusted to better and abler hands. "But, ladies and gen tlemen," said he, "I fear not for this, cause, imperfect and inadequate ?s may be tue way in which wo shall idace it before you-. I foci confident that br its greatness and justness it needs no great effort on my part to set it before you iu such a way as to have the hearti est sympathy of this great and freo na tion. Thc American people occupy to pay a proud position in respect to tho question-a position of which I as one who boasts of somo American blood [ap plause] feel justly proud, and I am glad when I feel that I may have had some small shara in directing the attention ol this country to our cause. The Ameri can nation bas by common consent been made tho arbitrator in this great struggle for the land of Ireland. Within the lasl few days a most extraordinary occurrence has taken place. The landlords of Ire land for tho first time in history hav< recognized their true position as culprits and have como before tho bar of Ameri can public.opinion to plead their caust as best they may. fApplauso.] . I rejoice that tho paces of tho New York Herah [Groans and hisses]-there is no necessi ty to bis? the New York Herald, it ha really been indirectly of tho greates posa'iu?o service to our cause, and I re joice that Its pages have, been opened t< tho landlord sido of the question. I re joice that a man of the great ability o Mr. Kavanaugh has come forward t< maka tho best defense that be can fo the accursed system that prevails in Ire land. The thinking people in thi country will now feel an interest in tb question which they could not. !iav felt bofore, and is fitting that the poopl of America should know the very bes that can bo said for tho landlords. Noi I wish to explain very sin rtly my ob jects in visiting this country, and 1 ma; say. that the intention we originally bav had has been considerably modified b; circumstances. Originally wo propose only to address you on behalf of our pc litical organization, but, becauso event in Ireland have culminated so rapidly the terrible fear of widespread famine 1 so imminent that we feel constrained t abandon our original intention, and leav ourselves open to receive from tho peopl of America money for purposes of polii icol organization, and also money ft the relief of tho present distress ia Ir< land. We propose then, to form tv; funds, ono for the relief of distress an the other for purely political purposes < forwarding our organization.. [A( plaase.l Theso funds will bo kept et tirely distinct, so that the donors will I afforded an opportunity of doing as tb? please in the matter. It has been sui gestod by a very influential paper in tb city that we ought to devote our attentif only to tho relief of tho distress, and th we Bbould join tho committee which h been proposed by tho New York Hera [groans and hisses] for the relief of tl distress of tho Irish landlords and Briil government in general. But if we a copt- the very good advice that has be? so charitably extended to ns in tho sha] of words during the last few dayB. I a afraid that we should merit the imput tion of putting the csu before the hon The cause of the \irsent distress is tl unequal and artificial system of lat tenure which prevails in Ireland. Tl effect of that cause is of course distrei and wbilo wo take caro to do tl best we can-aud* the best we ci do will bo but little to relieve t distress-wo must also toko care tb we take advantage of tho ' unesampl opportunity which is now present to us for tho purpose of sweeping aw the bad system, iu 1647 and subscque years, whon the great Irish famine to place, America came forward the fit amongst nations with unexampled lib ality. But did that liberality-prove the famine? Did it pro v.?ut millie from dying of starvation ' or pestile* which followed ? Did it prevent tho bf ishmentof many more millions? Die prevent scenes in Ireland in those yea scones on board emigrant ships? IS No charity that can bo given by Amer will avail to prevent Irish distress. Tl most be the duty of the British Gove ment, and wo must see that we aha that Government, into a eenao of ita ligations. Are we tc be compelled c tiuuously, every ten or twelve years appear as mendicants before the wot Then I say to the people of this coan if yon wish to rese?e ns from that - p< tion, help ns in destroying tho sys) which bringa it on. America Btibscril liberally in those years. People of J land living in this country have b subscribing ever since. Every cen? their hard-earned money sent e?cr iii with such true devotion to their fell countrymen hos gone In payment of cessivo rents and in bolstering up i terrible system. I said just now that must shame the British government i a sense of its obligation to Irelam this matter. What Was the chief seer ry'n renly to those who waited upon ] to establish fuel depots throughout west of Ireland ?-for I must explain those who are not acquainted with I mattera that almost the entire of Irel ls dependent for its fuel upon tho ?1.?? J? Mil In ?K* IIAIW TI,?? ?aa to excessive rains throughout the' wi summer, is in A etato of mud, it is tirely unfit to bi???-, and in additioi the pressure of hunger aro hera added ?rcEBUro of cold. Well Mr. Lowt hisses,] when he was asked to estai: itel depots-and I only mention thi an example of the manner in which officials over there treat this questii said: "Oh? they have fuel onougl burn bonfires in honor of theroleae Mr. Davitt." Because a fow dried half dried fume bashes wate lighte the Irish bills in honor of tho relea Mr. Davitt, this paltry excuse ia pat ward-gravely put forward-by area slblo minister of the Crown. Bt-t i examine further tho action of tho ernment wo find it equally marked b; same cold neglect and indifference, government desires to thrive the pe of Ireland open tho Irish poor law tem, and they have replied in ?nsw every appeal thr?fc they csnnot intei and that the ordinary action of tbs law is sufficient to meet, tho emerg? Now it was tijroved io years gono bv bas been proven frequently, that Irish tenant will die in tbs ditch r than enter the poor house, [appia and ho is right. Tho Irish poor-la* tem ls tho moat .fiendish and.taite System that we have received ftv.m land for tho purpose cf slowly tort oar conn try to death. Tic*, of fa: are broken np. Father is separated his children, children from thoir mother, wife from husband, and tho wretched in mates" of tho workhouse which they must enter are consigned to what is for many of thom but a living death. "AU ye who enter hero abandon hope" might be ap propriately written oa the portals of ev er*?- workhouse iu Ireland. Now, if lu 1846, before the Irish famine had com menced, the question could have been brought before the American people aa it is being brought to-day, whether by one side or the other, or by both, that famine would have been impossible, for tho gov ernment would have been shamed into stopping it. But what happened ? I do no*, wish to excite your passions by refer ences to tho pvt; you know the past perfectly well. The history of the past Is written in letters that will never bo eras ed from the Irish mind. Bot we have suf ficient evidence in the present for our pur pose, it Is now admitted on all hands that the distress is imminent, and tho discussiou of the question will undoubted ly force the British Government to take suitable action. While the charitable Americans will como forward aa they have always come forward, and bo tho first to holp our pooplo, ably and gener ously, they muBt not forget tho great voiue and benefit that is to be derived from open discussion In the face of the nations of tho world. But if, aa we havo been so frequently advised, we had allowed tho present mo ment to go by without any attempt at or Srmizatlon, we should havo had a reputi on of 1847 and Its terrible scenes. 'Gov ernment neglect would havo been the samo as ever; the heart of our people would havo been broken by physical Buf fering and distress; they would have be come disorganized and exasperated; evictions in multitudes would have taken place; retaliatory action would bavo been adopted by the exasperated masses : wo should have bad another ineffectual rebellion, and the wild justice of revengo would have been invoked ngalust the Irish landlords. But what a contrast is there I Instead of chaos and disorganization, the Irish people now present A remarkable spec taclo. Firm, confident and self-reliant, with death literally staring them in the face, they stand within the Umit of the law and constitution, and the. first to set them the example of breaking that law, and outstepping tho constitution has been the very Government of the country, which baa sworn to do only that which in right. . ; Tho attention of tho whole civilized world is centred upon Ireland, and very shortly tho merita of our question will bo known in all parla of the world. We have eaved tho lives of the landlords and we have saved the lives of tho people. Now, 1 do not wish-in ;act it would be impossible for me in the presence of this immense multitude-to go into many de tails. I can only speak very generally in reference to many branches of thia great question, but I may state generally, if asked "What do yoa proposo ?" I may state generally that we proposo to make occupiers of tuc soil owners. We wish todo this with as little injury to what may bo considered to be vested interests aa possible. No physical violence, no unconstitutional action is contemplated, or in my judgment necessary, as I have repeatedly said. American pnblio opin ion is one of our greatest weapon*, end the landlords themselves, by invoking that public opinion, have shown the very high value'they place upon it. I feel that this is a very great compliment to you that the proud British aristocracy should bumble itself and appear as sup pliants before this great Democracy. The rest of Mr. Parnella address' was devoted to a refutation of the argumenta advanced by Mr. Kavanaugh. In conclusion Mr. Pernell said: "I confidently look forward to tho time when tho tiller of tao soil in Ireland may, as in other free countries, reap the bene fits of his exertions, and nana the result down to his children. Then I believe that one great atop towards the freedom of Ireland will have been made ; that we shall have put a nail in the coffin , of the system of English miarulo, [applause ;] removed one of the greatest impediments \ to tho union of ell classes and fill rall- I Sana there, [great cheers,] ond that we all bavo the wir h of ovcry Irish patriot ia all ages realized, that the orango and the green may be united, fcheero,] the Protestant and Catholic enabled to work together for the good of their country, [applause,] and that no cause may exist to prevent any class of our countrymen from doing their duty by the laud which has given them birth. [Great applause.! '-, ; Mr. DIUion was then introduced, aha said th J reception accorded the envoys of the Irish nation would invoke in tho hearts of the people at -home far deeper Satltude than any collection of money, e aaid the Laud League had remitted by its efforts rents to'tho extent of ?100, 000, but that thia spring there would bo 250,000 people in Ireland without food. America could not feed them for moro than t few weeks, but by catting off tho landlords' auppliee the pressure they, as j woli ss ourselves, will hear on the gov : ernment will bring relief. A series of resolutions expressive of tho sens? of the meeting was then adop ted. The receipts at the box office amounted to more than (2,000, - The Moniteur Beige publishes the fol lowing estimate of the harvest in various countries : Belgium, yield below tho ov erage ; Austria-Hungary, moderate har vest, no export of grain thia year : Bus sia, pretty good harvest, exports of grain will be between. 8,600,000 and 6,000,000 ?uartcra; German, satisfactory harvest; n Prussia and Wurtenburg np to the average, and in Saxony ana Bavaria considerably beyond it ; Italy, bad har vest; Spain tolerably good; Holland, harvest only widdUng ; France, the bar _i._Ml L.1C--? 1-1-.1 ?.-.? ..... .v irv. wiv. wviunr vuu c.. age, and it will be necessary to import 6.000,000 quarters, (this being considera bly loss than tho official est?mate of tho de ficiency) ; England, bad harvest-England will requiro about 24,000,000 quarters of wheat more than she has grown ; United States, good harvest, estimated at 409, 062,600 quarters, which after deducting tho v 259,625,000 quarters required for borne consumption and seed, leaves 168, 437,500 quarters for exportation to Eu rope. ? - Mr. Byron Andrews, the correspon dent of the Chicago Inler-Ocean whola traveling with the Grant party, hac put Augusta down as safe for the third term. In his dispatch from this city ho saya: "There was an immense crowd at the de pot, that cheered lustily enough to put a Chicago gathering to shame. The boom has struck the city bad and all without any previous arrangement. It is spontaneous and uproarious beyond de scription. General Grant is astonished. Where ho expected to pass qulstfy and unobserved, he b a lion, whether or no.i i Both white and block havo caucl-.t the1 . infection. -.***** ? ? - The ricing generation ought to bo,pro 1 tectcd against tho stupefying influence of . Opium preparations. We call tte at j tontlon of all mothers to the fact that Dr. i Ball's Biby Syrup is absolutely freo from 1 Laudanum or other Opiates, THE MAINS ELECTION. AD Expression of Opinion AAntms io tue ! Coarse of. the Governor *u4 Couut-U. lAKQon, January 4. The Supremo Court ha? artawered all the twelve questions propounded by Gov ernor Garcelon, and He opinion ou the general question at issue, but rrblch waa purposely kept out of tho questions ask ed, vi?: Whether tho course taken by the Govornor and council was right or wrong? is thus given in the conclusion of their answer to the Governor: The Government of Maine is a govern ment of tho people, by the people and for tbo people, and if not administered in tho spirit of its founders it shall perish from tho earth. Ita Constitution waa formed, to usc thc at t expression of one whoso memory is embalmed in tho hearts of bis countrymen, "by plain people." and "plain people" must administer it. Tho ballot is tue pride os well as the protection of all. lt is just evidence of the popular will. The official returns required from tho municipal officers of the several plantations, towns and cities are and will bo made by "plain people?' ami mado too in the hurry and busUe and excitement of election. They are not required to be written with tho scru pulous nicety of a writing master or with the technical accuracy of a plea in abatement, Tho sentences may have been ungrammatical, the spelling may deviate from tho recognized stands ds, but tho returns are not to be set to naught because the penmanship may be poor, tho languago ungrammatical or the spelling erroneous. It is enough if erturns can be understood, aud if understood, full effect should bo glv iv to their natura*, and obvious moaning. They are not to bo strangled . by idle technicalities, nor is their mean ing to bo distorted by earnings and cap tious criticisms. When that meaning ls ascertained tuero should be no hesitation [ in giving it fuit effect. Tbo language of Mr. Justice Morton is strong, and is pe culiarly appropriate to the subject under discussion. "What," he asks, shall, bo tho consequence of tho omission of se lectmen or town clerks to porform any of theno their prescribed duties, and upon whom shall it foll? For wilful neglect of duty the officers would undoubtedly be Hablo to punishment, but shall a whole town be disfranchised by reason of fraud or negligence of their officers? This would be punishing the innocent for tho fraud of tho guilty. It would be more just and more consonant to the genius end spirit of oar institutions to inflict severo penal ties upon the misconduct, intentional or accidental, of tu?? officers, but to receive the votes whet over they can be ascer tained with measurable certainty. If no return, or only an imperfect ono, can ba.] recoivod, let it bo suppl! nd or corrected by tho original, if any tbero bb. Tho re turns should be received with favor and construed with liberality; for," bo adds, "from tho men who usually oro and nec essarily must bo employed to ranko them, gre?t formality and nicety cannot be ex pected and should not be required. Tho general principle which governs ia'that while there should be strict compliance with the provisions of tho statute, yet when they aro merely directory such j strict compliance is not essential to tbs validity of tho proceedings under such statute, unless it is so declared to be therein." Thia is especially applicable when tho ! rights of the public or of a third person j are concerned. Tho dominant rulo ls to give auch construction to the ! official acta of municipal officers aa will best i mport with tho meaning and In tention of the parties as derived from a fair and honest interpretation of lan guage, and to sustain rather than to du* feat the will of thc pcoplo and to diafran eise citizens. JOHN APPLETON, CHARLES W. WALTON, WM. G. BA83OW0, CHARLES DAKFORTH, j JOHN A. Pimms, ARTEMUS DIBBY, JOSEPH W, SYMONDS. THE MAINE LEGISLATURE ORGANIZED ] BY THE FIIMONIfiTS. BOSTON, January. 7. Aspecial dispatch from Augusta, Maine, i the Journal anya : An immense crowd is in attendance at the Stato-IIonse, the rotunda, corridors, committee rooms and 1 galleries being jammed. . Tho members ! elect, with certificates and without, and the "couhted-ont" members, with ali con testants, aro admitted to the floor of both I branches. At 9.45 A. M. the Assembly waa called to order by Assistant Clerk Gibbs. John C. Tnlbott announced tbe drawing of tho scats. Tba Republicans aro nov generally participating. Mr. Staples, clerk of the House, is present but does not act Mr. Gibbs is presiding. LATER. Tbe Republicans came in and took part in drawing, and every member re sponded escept Messrs. Vater, of Farm ington and Snow, of Skowbesan. and tho fourteen in the disfranchised cities and towns. At 10.80 a. to. tiu Governor and Council attended in the Senate and ad ministered the oath of office. Tho Sen ate was organized by the choice of Dem ocratic officers, the Republicans refrain ing from voting. In tho House, Rev. Mr. Walls, of Eiddefcrd, representativo elect, opened the session with prayer. Assistant Sec-1 rotary Gibbs called the certified roll fur nished by tho secretary of State, and ask ing members to respond as their names j wore called. All responded except Snow ; and Vater. THE ORGANIZATION OP THE HOUSE. AUGUSTA, MR., January 7. In tho Honan Assistant Clerk Gibbs pro ceeded to call the certified roll cf mern bora. Mr. Hale took-tho floor and claim -1 CCria?? A1?/I1*W! m.mKaM cf ll,A i House from the cities are riot on tho roll and inoTed that they bo included. This | led to a lengthy speech from Mr. Halo and objections from tbe other aide. Mr. Halo was ruled ont of order by tho as sistant clerk who refused to put his mo tion, whereupon the Republicans with drew from flirt bur participation in tho nroccedings. r A mesaago was then sent to tba Gov- ' ernor and Council slating" that a quorum of m-?rcMrs of tho House was present and, rca^v to be qualified. C .?at excitement prevailed during Mr. Halo's remarks, and uproarious applause followed. After the notification to the Governor that a qnornm was -.resent, the Governor appeared and proceeded to qualify the members. He subsequently announced that. aeventy-Btx member?, being a quorum, bad taken tbe necessary oaths and wore the regularly and duly constituted Honae of Representatives. 'This announcement wes received with wild applause from tho outside. Gov. Garcelcc ealC hat he now put into their bauds the opinion bf the1 Supremo Court aa wall as thu m-tition cf gentle men from cortalri cities claiming scats, and invoked thoir careful consideration for tho same. Three cheers were given for Governor Garcelon. followed by pro longed hl&acs. Tho quorum ls made of fiovenly-fivo Fwvionlata and ona Republi can, Eugene Halo. The Furfonista not participating are Sproul of Vsasle, Veter mil III ll Ililli I ill ii i mill Ul iLlniiiiiH "imrmmm of Farmington ?nd 8now of Bkowbegin, Tho Uouso proceeded to organisa by tho election or Mr. John O. TAlbot a* Speaker by a volo of 72-no quorum. Mr. Halo objected, but tho objection was overruled, and Mr. Talbot was conducted I to the chair. Three cheers were sri veo for Mr. Hale: Mr. WY E. Gibbs was chosen clerk by a vote of 74. i Mr, Hilo again raised the point of "no ! quorum." but was agata overruled. Tba ? Republicana clali? that there was fraud I in counting too quorum, and that name? \ were signed .**> the list of persona bot present H. . Chever was chosen as sistant secretary by a vote of 88. Again a point of order waa raised that no quo rum waa present and again it waa over ruled. The question of notifying the Senate of the organisation was debated. Mr, Hale taking tho ground that there had been no Ilegal organization of tho,House, and that no other . ly cc aid be informed thereof. He was, however, overrated. Tho protest of the members from five cities was presented by Mr, Hale, who then proceeded to address the House, urging, that tho only way to ellay the great excitement prevailing was to lad mit thoao members who were clearly elected according to the or.presccd decis ion of tho Supreme Court. Ho moved that the House go into committee of* the whole and consiuer tho case. Thia Leg islature, he said, ought ru? & take a sin gle step until even-handed justice is done. The Houao refused to go into committee of the whule, only five Voting in the af fina&tlve, and the matter was referred to tho committee on election when auch committee is appointed. Tho Farming ton and other cases were also refelled. Mr. Dickey remarked that tho Supreme Court had nothing to do with the action of the Legislature, which drew ford a defence, of the Court from Mr. Hale, and a plea that constitutional barriers bo not swept away. Ho eaid that the election of oi?c?ata undnr laws passed by this body aa how constituted would not be le gal. At 8 p. m. tho House adjourned. I j /ff OHGANIZATION OF THE SENATE. Tho senators elect were called to order at 10 o'clock by Hon. Samuel M. Leno, secretary of tho last . Sonate. Tho roll was called and all the members without exception answered to their names. Sen ator Locke, of Cumberland, at once gain ed tho floor and read a protect from tho Republican members against the Senate proceedings. Tho secretary re-fused to! entertain, thc motion, and a messenger was sent to the Governor and Council Informing them that tho members of tho Senate wero present for the purpose of bring qualified. i .Too Governor and Council appeared, and tho oaths were administered. Sena tor Locke then renewed bia motion, but the secretary would no? outer'^iu it, and tho Senate proceeded to the election of President ortho Senate, tho Republicans refusing to Borve on committees or. par ticipate in tho election of officers. James D. Samson waa elected President. A protest waa entered by the Republi can members on tho ground that tho election waa not by legally elected mem bers of tho Senate. IB' . A MOST DISGRACEFUL 605NE. BosTOHj January 7. A special dispatch to the Herald from Augusta, Me., ?ay a that tho scene in tho House of Repr?sentatives this morning Was aimply disgraceful. Mr. Halo waa a, gentleman, and acted "like one. and ho must have been asbar? xl of his friends. The repetition of tho oatn after the Gov ernor was drowned by the'hisses and Tho Fusioniste put things through re gardless of parliamentary law. The scene was unprecedented in New Eng land. The FusioDirts must now atlee and the Republicans go to the Supremo Court. I;, waa Impossible to preserve or der in the House, red a row would have resulted if au attempt to expel the disor derly persons had been made. THE MAINE EEPUnuOANS TEY TO.BBXBE HEPHE8BNTAT?VES. POETIANJO, ME., January 7. Tho following appears ir? tho Aram thia morning: AUGUSTA','ME.> January 5. I, Thomas B. Swann, in presence of Hon. Solon Chase and Hon. E. H, Gove, make the following statement : I hayo this day been approached by an agent oi the Republican party to resign as repre sentative for money. I nm going to take the money to morrow and thus show te tho people tho fraud and corruption oj the Republican party. I expect to have another party also take money for the aame purpose. Tn os. B. SWANN. Thia la a true copy of a poper I nos hold, and which copy was mado and signed near midnight January 6 and 6, by Thoa. B. Swann in preaenco of Solon B. Chase ard myself. E. H.. GOVE, withosa. Tho AtQMalao publishes an affidavll signed Thos. B. Swann, of Minot, attested br E. H. Gove, justice of peace '. for the State, stating: "I was informed thal one thousand dollars bad been offered bj one of tho agents of tho Republican par ty to a representative of the Maine Leg ialatureto resign his position, and die not ask whether he belonged to th? Greenback or Democratic party. There upon I consulted with the members o the Greenback party and iufbrmed then that I would bavo it hinted to said agen that my resign atiera : could be' effeetet with monoy, and if I waa offered $1,000 '. would take it and sigh tho paper that they should request, and should ttiei expose their ptaos to defeat tho will o [ the pcoolo by bribery. At 10.80 a. m. ! on. the Otb I met the agent at ?ho Cour iliouse, signed tho resignation and papen and received ona thousand dollars. Bali agen? informed me that he had got thro or four moo to remain away irom th House and prevent a quoiun>."^v^gg| i- A similar affidavit is oigneci by Hose Harriman, of Ktanebuak, with ibo fol lowing additional attest: AUGUBTA. MB., January 6.1880, We certify that Mo*?1 Harriman- < K6nnebunk, exhibited to us this ^ ?' noon a package of money and teouests us to count lt. Wc did co, and it mae 01,000, which ho said ho received aa a forth in his affidavit ? . ,r . - ? E.H. GOVE, R. M. SpiirtfOBB, TUB B0I.I> PLAN OP TEE FUStOXlbTH. BOSTON, January 7. 5 A dispateb. from Angus' ft roceivetj ls last night says that Governor Garceh "hae issued a ?.?neral order, turning ov all tho property of the State to MAI. Ge Chamberlain for Us protection. The di pAtchea AIBO assert tho probability of t! fllectipu of a Fusionistas president of i Souate^ bo will become acting Gove nor at tv', expiration of Governor Gare Ion's term/of ointes ; ... ? "., , i, i il.IHW.il -?_ -A man At Diitea F&L.<f?al., picked i a rock tho other day to throw at a r? Tho weight of il 'Attracted hh And on examination ii wa* fou tain ovar A hundred dollars lu goldi ?" Of far greater value thar, houses a landa Io healthy therefore proaorfo AgAlost the e?T?Cta o? awurh^aud Col by promptly uing Dr. BaA's OoughS up. 'AU druggutij tc? it for : - c. - . j State .?sd Skatet* Hew? It>??a. '/>? 3?Torti? C&ioHuay ..',... ~ A Parla (Ky.) ?faa? je shipping blue gra*c Seed ?to Holland And France. . - Gen, ?. ?. Garl?n/i?on hua boooieo editor of tho droonv?liO Jh?? Nacr, - Hov, .?. C. Htdon;?.D^-haa^?lg?icd thc editorship of tho JV ' --The South raised ?2,Q00/W) pouurii moro of tobacco lost year tai ti cy or bo - Tho ftstm eem?n vf tho Tonneast?o ' Il?gislature, which lasted for eight daysj coat #12,174.81. . - Tho Methodist Episcopal.. Church South hos flvo oonforoacos in Texas, ota bracing 70,793 mombors. ...'?'' Tho Barnwell1 Z^ipie calls Genend Johnson Kagood, .our ' present Comp trollor General, "our next Governor.". --.February will haye five Btmd?y??rn. ve?/ rare oooUrrecce, happohlpfj only three Unios during 'tl; i . ;. >-y-i824, ?.'. im ana 1860. - Tho question of forming e, how coun' ly ont of portions of Chester end Fairfield 'la being agitated; lt ls proposed to m^he Blaokatock tho county alto. - Spartanburg ls to ha vs ft cotton fao tory with a capitol stock of $200,000. Thero ought to bo an enterprise of tho kind in every county of South Carolina. ' .- Tho Atlanta Cbmt?kui?n puts Senator Hill first In tho Hst of G?o?gia lawyers who have rocelvod large? faoa. In ono oaoo, ho'.received a foo of'0140,000, of v.'bi^h $00,000 wera paid In cosh. - Tho Democrats of Nct;verry liavq ruaaagod to get up ? spilt'tn tho party over tho municipal election, and Ibero tere-now two tinkote ia tho field, ca?; claiming to bo -tho regular Democratic .--ThoAbbevilleZ/rdstffl'iBayaUuUQnry . is gaining on Hngood every Juaip. ? "Will jits arithmetician pleaso tell ns when be will catch upf According to our oe* lr.Ho us he ls a long ways bt?siud cad g?t* ' Ung rnighry jilred.~J??i^f Ptffjpfe. ' - Tho ?roposetv owenduiont to tjtc H^'|?iiltutloa of Mi%i?salppl ^rovldlc; Htp4*unle,l elections and sessions ol' ikt ???glslaturo was rejooied hy tho pcoj ?toe lato eloctjon by thargo vote of 8l,? l^rl?aystol&i'iSSyew. Ol. - C. B. Olardy, a middle, aged man, who lives'lc tba Iisthom na'ghbo:* Hin^inis lOountyj-.fraf* iatm'l 6cad during; ChristmasWM**- J?j&^%#&&& bodied from tho ?Abets of heart disease cuporln duoed by, drinking Infojslcatioff Jiquera. H^iflWcsi Sentinel. - A worthy young man by tho nani? of Stephen W. Bush, about l'J age, wa? shot and Instantly billed by wi B. Bates, at ? party near Joyce Eran wi, in Barnwell county, on tho evening bf December 24th. Bat? Surrendered bini oolf, and lo nowln jail. Whiskey ls said to havo been the caus? of thia unfortu ? ~ Aaron and Tom Massey, colored usn living on. Dr. Kllgora's tdant^Uoa on Enoree storied out hunting ?\ tito holidays.' They got" Into a disputo ?about a settlement of thc proceeds of a Hbsl^?f cotton,-'end words muItipHoil find passion grow higher "'??id higher, tthtll ?.?con 'shot Tom,^^ frbita';the effects cf Which ho dle^.r-^wfawouri* Spojfcwc - There aro eight prisoners in tho ?WalhaUaJpdl, only ono of whora ls r. . rv ?lng. .his ?sut?iico, thsVretasining Eovcrr H being for trial at tho. coming- torja of . ?fjourt. They" nro .chargryi with cr im ft* , from murder down. Beeide* ihotcv on^tbeeowrsty has four ct'.;: i Anderson Jail, changed With - rc". - Thore are eh*?,several parties on bsih' ania uw> HVW xr^r%xsmt- nvta XVJC '^?ww^(^I~9tW_W??BW' - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was I Him."?KJL????, a?d i? gTnti'j: c-v? ??31 " ?rather pointedly why the .'.rwy dl?, not tako'-. Washington-': f:Jx? tiv? Bret Hpettle of Mtniassas.;. Kkm's'o'.: Hh?'rep?lod: "There were two rci v-v myself and ;thb Potomab Blvor. 1 imd tcachsd that ugo 1 luiow that cm Amoi i cau soldier could riot ford a river a milo Ijirldeond eighteen feet deep}' - Mr. Dtvoll''Beeves, Jr.,r had o ilttlq Hratghte? barned to *-?ih oh Saturday, Hid instant.. It appoara th?i tho chirr. . left in charge , of aorno's'mallor children ?attracted h?r mother" dud ethe i - ihre oho could1 be reached \raa eo badly ?pttrne.1 that sh'o Hvod duly n few honrsy PiektiiiSeht?sil. j - We rsgret to KvS that Hu. a.- c. H Cf^ok, who realdad In the Xower ?secllon of this County, met with a fatal accido?it nt h>s miU on the 23d nU. Ho waa on tho raco making sbnio.re^pairi vt-ben his fist ing gave Way, precipitating bim to tho liaTpnnd, some ten feet, tho bick; of hi?? lng of tho 27th, when ho breche-I bia last.vJ air; Cook v. a/i ?ra KngHshmori, sftd had boen in thl^ ceuutry only a f OTP ; ~KcJtj?r? Sentinel. over parlous portions of G^rgLa.s^hi ?>?\J>T rrT'V! IDUC? in .nXftTi . }s|^ng^Lbe f? narr laboring. tr. Many persons aro piininrt on the Wu'< Knbbon every ww??. Thero wero KaimUios that opened tholr doors Nef "?'car'a day and rcoolred thcL? i and wino v/aa not offcrod Itt not tuon then half, a dozen houses, end tho caljen town of Crawford i?3 just clecie? fidrj ticket; Dee?tnr hes pl&caiX tho lie high tliat it amoanb* to prehifcHio rietta will soon hnvo. i?i 'OlecUc thara ls only ono iieket,. e*. dry ofrcv if\n Sis clas?ical Hbrory So ,\Vo?ota