THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY", MAY 22, 18C9. ffttlNO A Ilrl for llinml lvMrit lc-A Silnl for Sitmll NiiluricH, AND A SALVE for bad cuts. fi4 ufolc carfuUy crnnptAtrulrd and put up tjcprtssly for Family lc. xiv oi it m:icii:n dimtok. NUMBER. CCXX1V. kkktim; of thi: sokk.sissf.s. Bhooki.y n, MayVJl, lSil'.l. V.r. Krufi AW 'or: On Thursday I iittcnded the liiectiiii; ! the Korns'.s, und :t set uf surer friws 1 never kiiw. At hH-pnt 10 o'clock tin: uicel'm;; w;is culled to order ly Tl' President pro lem Inking MiC elniir, mid who presented a spectacle, or rutlicr u pair ot spectacles, behind which petrel us scvi re a luce :is ever ".'raced u Cuban revolutionary committee. After bcin fairly in stalled shcjrose and said: "Now, whiit wc want is no men interfering in this iiicotin.tr. as they l'.d Ht Steinwny Hall. Mcii have never been .my great fancy of mine. Men are useful in their place, hut that place is not on the platform of a Woman's Kijrht's Convention. Men, they say, have fought and hied and died for our oimtry, hut I don't think enotiirh of them have died lor it. Jf men were more scarce women would be more in demand. (Cheers.) People need not think that she was any ways sore be muse shewn- unmarried. (.Cheer- and laugh ter. ) She was yet to sec the man that she could iri;,rry. (Cries of "That's so!" ami laughter.) She hoped tiie audience would not make any ruiiarkr. disrespectful to the chair. As she was mi much mi-undertood in these few words, so she hud been misunderstood nil her life; but she would add. w ithout the fear of making a pun. that she never wa- in iy-'iken. (Cries of "(inod" mid cheers.) She said -;'; wyjl'l now introduce tu the liicciing A nsttY from C'liienso. The CLIcAgoan sister then put her hand be hind her head, to make sure her waterfall was tight before she commenced. Satisfied that everything was all lighten the head gear, the addressed the meeting us follows: "Sisters aud brothers, I'm from Chicago. Vou have doubtless beard that there are more hogs in my city than men, at least it mi reported, if counted by weight: that is the only way men ought to have a position in society. (Laughter.) Tlie-e little namby-pamby squirts that I see in New York running around with straws in their mouths, put me in mind of sucking pigs, a nuisance in the streets aud too small to kill. (Cheers. ) It wc are to have men in the body politic, let them e men of weight, avoirdupois weight, not fel lows that you have to weigh out, as you do ipecac, by the. pennyweight. (Laughter.) I didn't come here, however, to talk about hogs or men, but about woinan. noble woman ' I waited upon President Grant last Saturday and presented my card to him, as the travelling agent of the Chi eugo Sorosis, and do you know that the human hog oflered me a cigar ! (Cheers and laughter.) Now' in our city we cure hogs by smoking, but here is one that no amount of smoking has been able to cure. (Cries of "good.",) Now what I want to propo-e to this meeting is. that we make the power of our organization felt by the men (laughter); array ourselves in a solid body, and present a solid front at the polls, und demand that our ballot be taken, or el-e make it too hot for every mau In position, from President Grant dowu to the smallest pietuiar-tcr in the land. We ando it." (Cheers.) Klouri-hing her parasol, and readjusting her waterfall, the Chicagoan Sis ter took her seat. At this stage, the audience being in the best of humor, the President said it would be a good opportunity to re-cnt the r -olution-. The Koorotary thereupon rose aud read the following: Whereas, In the course of human events, it lias boeome necessary for the women of the land in view of the many who arc now en thralled by man, to take a higher stand in the ncaie of "human government, and assert the riirhts due their sex; therefore be it Jiesolvi'd, That this meeting recommend to the women of the country that they form no en tangling alliances with men; that they frown noon every effort made by man to secure their affections; und that they refuse even to speak to a man, unless lie be a sworn advocate of woman's rights, and willing to take his share of the sewing and dish-washing, and in return give us our share of voting aud governing. IU solved, That, in consideration of this surren der of these heretofore rights of man, lie still I allowed the privilege of joining the army and navy and doing the fighting. Resolved, That we pledge the last woman and Die last dollar to secure these ends, and that we will not rest until every marriageable man in the laud is either married or disfranchised. Hesolved, That these resolutions shall go luto lUecV UiOLwliatdy. mis A l.ndy from Now Hunch duslred to speak on Hick; resolutions before they were put to vote. 8h; would like to say sonic thing on the last resolution particularly." Wh it did they want the men to marry theiri for? 1 have never been married, and would tell the sisters that the less they had to do with the men the t etter. 1 have tried nu n to see if they would marry, and it is like driving a pig through a gate; if you want them to go this way, you must pull the opposite. That contrary habit may lie very good in a pig. but very bad in a man, par ticularly when you want to lead him. (Laughter. ) Jf a limn can't he counted upon in a case like that, he is not fit to 1 e entrusted with the reins ol government, and I would make no uticmpt-at marrying, but d'.sfrai i l.i-e at once. (Cheers.) 1 V V A I,n lv Ire ik I'hiliHlcliiliia at this moment jumped up and addrc-sed the last speaker: "Thee not a good judge of what tine's talking about. Thee's never been mar ried, thee fays; then what does thee know about nici i? Tlie host ones to judge of an article are those who deal in it: thou is not a dealer in the article; thee is like the fox in the table with the grapes the men are -o-ir because thee can't get them. I think the very best way to do is to marry the men. and then subdue them. 1 did that way with Elias. ami when he was living he often, said, Patience, i'I was uskod who I would choose for President of the United States, I would say thee.' This was during a time of great politic.i! excitement, aud I always made Klias vote, just ;ny way, so (hat I really voted all the time, while I'.lias, good soul, thought he was voting. That is the way I would have us vote now. I v. otihl then like the last resolution to read t!.i- way: 'lirsnlced, That we will spend the l.it dollar until the last equal rights woman is fairly and squarely married. ' Then I have no don'.; but that we could soon have things our own v.;-. v." Here this sister was called to order by the ment- opposite to the JliCfclillg. hair, ns uttering senti irii and purpose of the 7 Oiu- of t Ik' Ico-rroxiilonlH, jumped up and said thatthis was no place for so much talking: what was wanted w as action. There were a great number of men present, and if any of them wanted to marry she would like to hear from them. (Cheer-.) She did not believe that the best women get married. She believed that the very best often never even get an offer. She had never had an offer (cheer-), although, we would not say it wa- too late yet. (Renewed cheering i. She did not know how so many homely women get married. There must be some trick in it. (Laughter). She would scorn taking an undue advantage of a man, and tha', perhap-. was the rca-on she was yet single. She iliil not come here expecting to see so many men, but a- -he looked around and saw the-e newspaper reporters and others, she thought she would give them a little informa tion. (Cheers.) Here, Mr. Editor, she casta glance right at your ow n correspondent. I after wards secured her photograph, which I send with the others in this letter. The meeting continued till long after I was hungry, and as a good dinner was awaiting me at my hotel, I left the Equal ltighters bemoan ing their equal wrongs, with no prospect, as I could discover, of a method by which they can over bo put right. ours, Bi.i u Buakd. l.iiiiKiiuuo ot'lho Iliindkcrcliicf. "The handkerchief, the handkerchief!" ejaculated the jcaiou.- Moor, and killed his loving Desdeniona because she failed to respond. Fans and flowers huo each their language, and whv not hundkcrehkl- ? No rea-on having been discovered, it has transpired that handkerchief flirtations are rapidly coming into fa.-hiou. As yet the "code of signals" is confined to a select few, but we do not intend that they shall enjoy the monopoly any longer, and accordingly pub lish the kcv. Our informant sav's that it may be used at the opera, theatre, balls, and such places, but never in church: and we hope that this restriction will bo observed, and are quite sure that It won't. Drawing across the lips. Desirous of an ac quaintance. Drawing across the eyes. 1 am sorry. Taking it by the centre. You are too willing. Dropping We will be friends. Twirling in both hands. Indifference. Drawing it across the cheek. 1 love you. Drawing through the hands. 1 hate you. Letting it rest ou the right chuck. Yes 1 Letting it rest on the left cheek. No. Twirling it In the left hand. I wish to be rid of you. 'I wirling it In tin: right hand I love another, r olding it. 1 wl-h to speak with you. f Over the shoulder Follow me. opposite corners m both hands. Wait for me. Drawing across n,u forehead. We are watched. Placing on right car You have changed. Lotting it remain on (lie eyes. You are cruel. W aiding around forellnger I am en"a"od Winding around third linger. 1 um married Putting it in the pocket No more ,lt present. What debt is that for which you cannot be sued Jf The debt of nature. If five aud a half yards make a Pole, how many will make a Turk ? What goes most against a farmer's grain ? His mow ing machine. Watrlng-places that remain open all Winter The mouths of mllk-eaus. Why was Noah never hungry ? Because he i.ad Haul with hiui, SrililT OF THE PRESS. IDlTORlAb OPINIONS tir TBS LSAMNd JnrRNALS FION CPRRRNT TOPKS CuMPILKD FVJBT 1(AI FOR THR KVtNINO TELMfRAPH. THE CONDITION OF SPAIN. h'rtnn tl-t S. Y. Kttii. Advices from Madrid, dated the 17th iu-t. state that the Cortes, in dread of an imminent civil war, determined to accept a regency until sonic suitable person willing to take the oUL e lc found to fill the vacant throne. The ordinary acceptation of the term regency is a government ailiiiini-tered for another; but in the present ca-e this other is not to be found, docs not exist, is simply the coming man, and nothing el-e. That a form of government so institnted should la-t any length of time is exceedingly improbable. In the first I'lace, if, as has been decreed by the new Constitution, "all power emanates from the people," the people will be very apt to see that they can get along very well without a crowned head, Carlif t, Hourbon, or other; and if a king bo not indispensable, they will natura'dv fail to sec the advantage of retaining Ids anomalous representative. Itl all the cities of Spain there is con-ideniHe enlightenment, and in the country much igno rance and much nil-cry. This regency, niore. over, w hich w c presume wc may eon-ideV a fixed fact, leaves the door very wide open to the a-iii-rationsof all pretenders to the throne. Tim last acts and the whole conduct ot the. exiled Isabella have probably forever annulled the possibility of her return to Madrid under any circumstances, and the same reason uuv i.pply to any of her children. Agents of Don Carlo-,, we are credibly informed, are agitating the central provinces in his behalf; and endorsed, as he probably K by the power, wealth, and talent of the Catholic Church, he is at least a -crioas element of discord. Other causes of trouble are not wanting. Pe tween the agricultural and manufacturing inte rests of Spain there i little or no accord. Not, only are their material interests in maiiv eases diametrically opposed, but there are lew'il any social links to bind the various province- to gether. There exist in Spain to-day people of distinct races, unlike in customs, principles, ami language. Previous to the last war w hich Spain waged against the Moors, a Spaniard, if ques tioned as to his nationality, would reply that he was a Catalan, an Andalusian would name, in fact, the province from which lie came. He seldom called himself a Spaniard. His greater glory was his native province. The Moorish war was but partially sueceful in amalgamating the country, and as the glory which came from it wanes! material interests and individual local habits and prejudices re sume their sway. The regency, therefore, we can easily understand, was accepted temporarily as the only salvation from civil war. Hut it only postponed the final settlement: and what ulti mate form of government a nation composed o! such heterogeneous elements as Spain may elect, time alone can tell. As civil war, liowe.e.-. means chaos for a time, and po-sibly dismem berment, any even temporary relief ist K""'.:ig. A KINi.LY CIIOWN. Fivni the -V. 1'. Tribune, Jt is rutin r u remarkable. : -: ;iiido.i,.t'..r.y fib encouraging circumstance, that tlio.igii vv" have had. since, the foundation ot the ropubli , a great number of sec ret political societies, irn.u the Cincinnati down to the "T. C. I . O.." ye none of them have had the -lightest influence upon either the policy or the form of the Govern ment. The "American" party, held together by a system of lodges, promised wonders, but in the end did nothing, in spite of its number-. The four mysterious initials above cited are s.i'.d to represent a new conglomeration of dull and disaffected citizens according to their new paper organ, "a secret political and social order." They aim at "a strong central government." and in order to secure it, by-and-by. when the right lMiiir strikes, "one strong-minded, intelligent man is to declare himself the government, and the 'T. C. I. O.' will owe no other allegiance than that demanded by the crown." : course, "the strong-minded man," when be gets the crown, will make it hereditary. We shall have also a O,ucon, "strong-minded" or otherwise, as the gods may determine. We shall have a Prince Iloyal. or Dauphin. We shall have dukes of the blood. It follows that we shall also have the Duke of Ma-s ichu-etts, the Marquis of New York, the Earl of Pennsylvania, the liarou of Virginia, hundreds of Baronet-, thousands of Knights, tens of thou-ands ol High: llonorables, with a Squirearchy not to be num bered. All these noblemen and gentlemen will be selected from the ranks of the "T. C. I. O.." and those who wish to coino in for something lofty and profitable had better enroll thcm-clve-without delay. We do not believe that '"he three tailor-"of Tooley street" ever dreame,; of so magnificent a "project. When "the one strong-minded" has placed the pro per part of his person upon the royal stool, and the diadem noon his anointed brows when he ha- gras put on the regal robe and ped the seejitro and begun to sign him- self "Jonathan B." when that millennial (lav arrives, gentlemen C. 1. O. will wish who have not joined the I". that thev had. They will probably organize another society for the as sassination or deposition of "Jonathan the. First," and lor raising to the throne the dy nasty of "Samuel Slick. Iniperator." But we hereby give notice that the Trihmw, taking Li. its motto the dying words of Mercutio. "a plague o' both your houses," will resolutely advocate the assassination of the reigning monarch, and the transportation of all h;s nobility to the territory of the Orand Duke of Pumpernickel, or to tlie island once ruled over by Saiicho Pauza, if the topographers can tin I it. We enter our protest in advance. We pr.t it a upon record, much as we like "strong minded" characters, since it is possible to have them a little too strong, that we shall not come into the arrangement. We have a congenita! dislike ol kings, and but a small passion for em perors. When the T. C. I. O. carry out their sublime scheme, we shall feel that the Lord has delivund the land to the dominion of ja.-kass'-s, and we .-hull advocate with all our might the cropping of their oar-, if not the, cutting oft of their melodious heads. The "T. C. 1. O." may rest assured that we do not waul them to rule over us; that we will not stand the game if they attempt it; and our advice to them is to turn their clubs into Temperance Societies, or Socie ties of Bed Men, of Ancient Foresters, of Good Samaritans, or something of that sort. They can then wear hor-e-collars and little aprons without endangering the foundations of the uni verse. Those ardent conspirators, no doubt, have al ready "a strong-minded, intelligent man in vie.v" for w hom the diadem is reserved. If Mr. An drew Johnson lias not been determined upon, we beg leave to recommend him. After a careful study of his character, we think we find in it many of the qualities by which a number of inonarchs have been distinguished. He is con vivial, and so was Alexander the Great: he is fond of having his own way, and so was Julius Ciesar; he is decidedly obstinate, and so was George the Third: he is somewhat egotistical, and so was Napoleon the First: lie has all those jieculiarities which are considered to be virtues in kings and vices in their subjects. He has a royal presence, and when he stands upon the throne, with the crown ou his head, with the mantle of royalty falling about him in graceful folds, with the globe in one hand, the sceptre in the other, and the Order of theTliistle gleaming upon his maniy chest, he will present an appear ance which should real.y be perpetuated In wax work, to be carried about the country in a van, with a hand-organ playing the most triumphal music, ami a man at tlie door crying out con tinually, "Only ten cents!" If a king wo must have, und Mr. Johnson should die In-fore the time has eome for making him "Andrew Eex," we beg leave to put in a good word for our old friend Train. George and Francis are both well-known royal names. We take it for granted Unit our George Francis has Joined the "T. C. I. O." already, because we uever knew a man to have such a tremen dous genius us he has for joining anything which iiileht come along, lie has powers of iibbiiuiliitivu little, lwt njiraculyuu. lie j tlie most cosmopolitan of atl living creatures. His Protean mind, now absorbed in the plant ing of horse-railroads, and anon engaged m the establishment of an Irish republic, must tie "strong," or it would long ago have succumbed to that incessant demand upon all its faculties, which, being nobly responded to. has made the name George Francis illustrious in every quar ter of the globe. Manv other Yankees, hearing of the chance, have probably gone into training for the throne, but they must train pretty stifliy if they expect to rival tlie great Train him self. Our favorite candidate, however, if we were in the speculation, would be the Hon. Gideon Welles, of Connecticut; partly because Gideon is a good military name, and partly be cause Mr. Welles would be equally great upon the -ea and upon the land, and sure to win our reverence as a mariner while be seduced our alleition a a monarch, "God save Gideon" would sound beautifully, and so we say God save h'.in ! TIM', FRENCH F.i.E. 7i 1 Fri'iu tlir A. 1'. T' on. To-morrow is the day upon whu I: tno greater part ol the election lor the French Corps !,egis l.it.if are to be decided. It is probable that m many of the more elosely-contcted cases no candidate will receive the ni..oiute majority ne cessary for election, and tiiat sunn- of the "mo important elections wilt thus lie i!i-lei'ied tin: . I the ollovvmg Sunday. H it. a couple of days will siulicc to show w'hethcr Napoleon can stMl r ly u, on the majority thai has hitherto sup ported his govern iienl. And there seems no reason to suppose that he will he disappointed. It. is true that in Pari- there is not a single Ini-pcr.uii.-t candidate who-o chances are worth calculating, and that in other Urge cities the prospects ot the I mperia.ist- aie small. But there can be little, if any, doubt as to the ultimate result of tiie elections. The various sections ol the opposition may cu li gain twooi three scat", but that is all. "The .Napo leonic majority will still be ovcrw helming. The people at larce .ire well satisfied with the mate rial progress made by France under (lie rule ot Naj oleon; recent well-timed con .-essioiis have made him s( eci, illy popular with the- woruing classes, and the martial pride of the nation has been gratified ly the tremendous di-play of lnilitaiy strength consequent upon the recent reorganization of the army. No spe ial cause of grievance against the empire exists, except in a few localities, and among limited classes. lr no 1-a-e is it likely that any gain the opposition may secure will he suflicieut to materially in fluence the action ol the Impe rial Government. liven il the opposition were one compact party, muled by common interests and common" sympathies, in stead ol by common antipathies alone, it is doubtful if the supremacy of the Imperialist majority could be shaken." But as things are, with a so-called opposition consisting o; th.ee or four different sections, each disliking the other at heart as much as they all affect to do the empire, there is small prospoctof any serious loss to the Imperialist ranks. There will, doubt less, be a good deal of pretty strong h.ngaage used by the opposition candidate, who vv'tii take advantage of the license of spc.e h accorded to them at election time; but there are. no si-ie-id ; nything like a dangerous poi',;ica! agif.iiion or a serious movement against the. Impe.ia: ) iV7i';,( on the part ol any orga: i;'.e.; party or combination of parties. MB. GOLD WIN SMi'lil. Fni.i thr S. )'. Tuhch. strangely enough, Mr. Goahvin S.uith has la !en into the error of supposing that we are in a favora ble frame of mind for war. Nothing comil ne lurtlier from the truth. Wliile lirinly a---sertinii our right, to cottipensittinii lor losses siu'ered iluruif.' tic late un pleasantness. Die majority of Americans are quite willing to let the matter rest, in the hope that t.ni.! at last will make all things even. ( 'ein.e n n,'. When Mr. Goldwin Smith has lived a little longer in the United States, he will attach u good deal less importance than lie does now to 'loud talk and braggadocio. He evidently thinks Senator Sumner's speech an earnest and silicon! declaration of sentiments 'and purposes towards Euglaud; and taking its language in connection withthoiactth.it it is universally accepted as embodying the -entinients ot the American people, he not unnaturally looks upon it as an indication of a national feeling likely to lead to war. But, as the Cummeri-iiil remarks: "Nothing could be further from the truth." We are "quite willing to let the matter rest.'' What it will gain by "resting," or what we shall gain by I ttimj it rest, is not quite clear. Hut rest it will and meantime v. e shall have the setisfaotion of having expressed our sentiments and told Join; Bull what we think of his condiic t. As a matter of course Mr. Smith will be soundly unused tor having ventured to ropiy to doctrines and demands which we have no inten tion ot backing up but this is something he will al-o get used toil he stays the country long enough. It is the la-hion just now to applaud Mr. Sumner's views on England: who ever differs from Mr. Sumner must expect to be denounced. Love of country requires this at the hands of every true American, and if Mr. Smith is not prepared to tail in with this national trait, he would have done much better to stay at home. It is true that Mr. Smith stood ny us when we needed help; but we don't need it now, and that makes all the difference in the world. When wo want him again we will let him know, lie will have time to complete his lectures on history before wc have war with England. SEC BETA BY B (UT WELL IN W.'-.W.. STEEET. From the M, Y. Mi raid. War has boon declared by tiie Wall street gold gamblers against the Secretary of the Treasury. They arc "dead set" against the policy he has adopted of putting in the market a million of gold every week in exchange for Government, bonds, and they have evidently entered into a sort of holy alliance by "hulling gold" to drive him oil the field. Our Washington despatches inform lis that Mr. Bout well "it, overwhelmed with letters and protests against his financial policy;" that every day he is visited by patriotic individuals anxious to enlighten him in Lis duties: that among others Mr. S. B. Chittenden, of New York, has been trying his power of per suasion, and that he fatly told the Si'e-eiury that gold would go up to i7o shortly unless hi"-; present financial policy he abandoned; tint that "Mr. Houtwcll has such confidence in the sound ness of his own theories that, he could not be moved by hi- own party triends or tlie friends ot his chief." From this we may infer that through his friends the gold gamblers, have been getting round to the weak side ol Genera! Grant. Doubtless, however, he has lelt the man.igemeiu of the 'ireasnry to the lull discretion of the Secretary, and we have no apprehension that the President will interfere with him in helm! I ol tlie Wall street gamblers, the bulls, who buy gold to-day to -ell out on a rise to-morrow. It, is a simple matter ot arithmetic that a million of gold from the Treasury thrown into the mar ket every week is so much added to the available supply lor our merchants in the payment of duties, and that in the course ot time the pur chase of fifty-two millions of bonds annually will of itself extinguish the national debt and reduce gold to the value of our paper money, dollar for dollar. As this looks to tiie eUinguisii melit of the business of these Wall street game sters and all their political afliliations, radicals and Copperheads, they naturally combine to frighten the Secretary olf the course. Their devices to this end are some of them very sharp and some very shallow aud ridiculous. Thev hoard up gold to make it short; they fill the street with wars and rumors ol wars. The President at one moment has resolved to pro claim belligerent rights for the Cubans; next, the sensation in England over Senator Sumner's exposition of the Alabama claims means war; then the Bank of England, it is given out, will to-day raise its rate of discount; aud then there are dreadful dissensions in the Cabinet which signify an "irrepressible conflict" in its councils on the question of peace or war; and by such shurp practices ami artful dodges the fluctua tions of gold among the panic-stricken gamesters are made to run the profitable gauutlet to the bulls of two or three per ceut, in the course of an afternoon. Thin, too, is done In the face of UiV lint tM VuiK'd securities. Vu lie dollar command from 110'..' for the ton-forties to VS for six per cent", extending to ISHI. . In tlie face, then, of such facts a these, and of increasing revenues, internal and external, promising, in the old ruf. a surplus over the next fiscal year's expenditures of fifty millions, and, with anything like proper economy, re trenchment, and reform, a surplus of ft hun dred millions in the face of such facts we sec the power of the holy alliance In Wall street against the Treasury, w hen, upon the tlimsiet rumors and devices, it can run gold up to 144 against a million a week from the department. These Wall stroit gold ring are, in short, the heaviest deadvv rights which the Treasury and the coun try have to carry. Compared with them the w hisky rings are a bagatelle: but powerful as they are, with their political gambling atlllia tions. thev cannot long maintain the game of locking up their gold for a r: -e against a steady stream from the Treasury in t lie purchase of gold-bearing bonds of heir or live millions a month, and the turn which tin-, market took towards the close o! bu-it;e yo-torday begins to show I he reactio'i. A for all these Wall street stool-pigeon ru mors ami theories ol war, by which gulls and gudgeons- are so readily caught, they are utterly absurd. There is no danger of war between the I'uited States and any Fur-tc.iv. powers or any European oiil'.tioii. Tee t.u'.e i- einiicu'ly in viting to the ad;niui' I ration hi beh.iii of a hold, ilcej-jyo loreign policy pinching tlie Al.ib.cna claims, t aba and Mo.icn. bee i,i-c wo ll .! the game in cm h r,np completely ;n o-.r hand-. Vi-po'e'in'- Mexican adventure bai sa'i-iierl bin. in retcienie to armed intervention- in American n flairs directly afleoting tiie iut.-re-t-. of the 1'niteil Mate-. Tiie BrUi-l. 'c'iuu; movement iimoag the peo le, including .' rci.ic !. i- sccinfy lor England; ;.nd in the New Dominion wo have a hostage next door lor her good behavior. Spain is still in the labor ol a dcii -. cr.ince from a quasi state ot anarchy; and neither England, France nor Spain is ii. a situation to propose or ei: terlain a proposition tor triple alliance lor the 1 roti ction ot Culm. The interna! condition ot ae, ol tho-e Ucte'-n Powers is revolu tion;. iy, and from Paris to Borne the Continent is ripe fi r couinu-tii hi. Tin- general feeling in Europe of insecurity is operating to swell the currents of European omtgr.ition to the United States, mid to give stabiii;;.-to oar ootids o! all descriptions. W-! therefore contend tha" a tgo;'on- and pro gressive foreign policy lroin Genera! Grant will not only meet the general ill-probation of tlie country touching the national honor, dignity, and expansion, but that thi policy abroad will be entirely consistent with the dome-tic policy ol peace, economy, retrenchment, and reform, the fiyiiu'iit of tlie national debt and the reduc tion of gold to the level ot our p out monev. In any event even a million ol gold weekly ex pended in the nrcha-e ol gold-hearing "five twenties is so much gained to the Treasury and the country, aud -o iiim ll lost ., t h gold gamblers. P'iESH'.ENT GB ANT'S po iTi'.AL IGNO- ban-. ::. F,ir III A. Y. H i Kti, The President, having sen: Mr. Motley to England without any iii-tr;ict':oi:s o-i the only subject which renders a mission to England of any present importance, has at; uneasy sense of his shortcoming, am! is attempting to explain and apologize tor it. We suppose the real reason why Mr. Motley has departed without instruc tions to be, that the administration i all at sci as to the. proper basis ol settlement, being in competent to lorm a clear and detiuite opinion of what our just claims really are. But a frank confession of incompetence would be a little too humiliating to be made by a President who took upon himself such airs ol si ll-siiilicieiu-y in his inaugural, and promised in that address"that he would have a decided policy on every public question as it emerged. So lie is attempting to convey the impression that the failure to instruct Mr. Moticy is owing to quite a diherent cause liom hi-impotence and indecision. We make' the following extract from a Washington des patch in yesterday's Lci ni.inj l'ost: "It is saul by some ol the best inlonit'-i" men. vvlin are in a usitain to knov wherout tliey speak, Hint the rctii a nee of President Gr.ur !u regard to for'-igu a;!airs, ami h:s extreme reserve in dealing with those hircic.ii questions w hich oc-iii.v the pnhiic miixl, i!u not come from weakness or heita:icy on liis part, in it. that he fee's that, just su long io i xecutlve action is entirely subordinate ) the will of the Semite, In; can do lu.lliinp. "lie takes ncuiiil, therefore, m regard to the Senate controlling our foreign relations similar tu that, assumed by linn w hen tlie question of the repeal ol the Tciitiic-ul-Otllco bill came up in i 'nngrcs-i. So lung, therefore, as the British Government can usk Ii j in what reason there is to suppose that in case lie shoulil prepare ii treaty it would re -iiv e even the '. ti ii t it : ii uf the Semite, he thn.ns it. would be useless t,o attempt to licentiate one. "lie lecls that lie is fettered, mt becaimellie Senate lias the right to discuss, reject, or raiily a treaty made by the Executive, hat fi'iiiu tlie fact that tlc-y virtually have the entire control of foreign n Hairs, w li leli w as assumed under tue last administration, and ol which they have in maay cases made the lilo.-l reckless use. "Eiuler these circumstances, he has resolved to wait the judgment w inch the people w ill must as suredly pass upon the question of Senatorial assump tion when incj come to 1 1 1 1 J v understand it. When this matter lias been decided by them, and when tilings are brought hack to their lormer condiliou, it vv ill In: time lor linn to take more decided step." Every citizen of tolerable intelligence mut blush ior a President who is capable of such cnidcnesb of conception aud disgraceful igno rance as are here exhibited to public scorn. General Grant disputes the right of the Semite to pass upon treaties negotiated by the Execu tive ! lie regards the rejection of treaties by the Senate as a new assumption ol power! lie refuses to have anything to do with the forma tion ot treaties until the people hail have re buked the Senate, ami taught that body that it has no authority to repudiate any arrangement Willi foreign governments made by the Execu tive i' Did General Grant ever read tiie Consti tution ot tlie United State 't That instrument requires the concurrence of two-third of the Senate in every treaty to make it binding. The Senate has just as clear a right to reject any treaty it does not approve, as it has tii reject any of the President's nominations or olliccr If the President makes a nomina tion of which the. Senate doe not approve, it is his duty to send in another. And if the Senate rejects a treaty on a controversy that presses lor settlement, and which it concerns the peace of the country to have settled, it is his duty to attempt an adjustment ou u. more sutisl.ictory basis. Against the treaty tor t he settlement if the Alabama claims negotiated by Mr. Beverdy .lohi.Min there were some strong and valid objec tions, especially against that part of it which proposed to decide the rights of claimants by lot. The administration ought to be capable ot forming an opinion as to what would be a fair and just basis of settlement; and it should have no hesitation in attempting to negotiate a treaty on such a basis. The presumption ought alvvavs to be, that a really just treaty w ill not fail of ratitication. General Grant's administration has no detiuite ideas on the subject: and herein lies the whole explanation ot its lailure to instruct Mr. Motley. There is another excuse for inaction, not quite so crude aud bullish as this lull st one of Gene ral Grant's. It has been frequently put forth hv the J rcss, and was hinted at by General Grant li'im-elf in his inaugural address. The idea which underlies it is that we can well afford to leave the Alabama question unsettled, heeau.ie we can at some future time retaliate upon, Eng land the same injury she has inflicted upon us, and pay her off in her own coin. This is not so uttei ly absurd as General Grant's latest excuse for postponement; but it is nevertheless too llimsy to bear examination. This method of redress waives, or rather renounces, the com plaints founded on tlie English proclamation of neutrality; that is, it treats as of no account w hat Mr." Sumner regards as the head and front of the iujurv inflicted upon us by Great Britain. There is no likelihood that England w ill he en gaged in a territorial civil war like ours; and in a foreign war there will bo no opp' tunitv to retaliate upon her by giving, a bellige rent status to her antagonist. A fori ign nation with whom she is prosecuting active hostilities will be a belligerent, of course; and an early pro clamation of neutrality by our Government will give neither advantage nor encouragement to her viivmy. This part vl the lejury (.supposing it to be an injury) cannot be redressed by reta liation, Inasmuch ns there will be no similarity in the circumstances. To leave the question open for the sake of retorting upon England in kind, tvould be a complete waiver of all eom nhi'mls founded on the British concession of bel ligerent rights to the Confederates. We touch upon this branch of the subject merely to expose the inconsistency of the extremists. ' The el iim for redress or anology on this score is perfectly absurd against England, unless urged against nil other lending powers; for they all. equally with England, made early acknowledgment of the belligerent status of the C on federates. The method of retaliation will apply only to the escape of the Bcbel cruisers. But England has virtually acknowledged her liability for the damages inflicted by those, and has profesed her w illingness to make adequate redress, in the .lohnson-Stanley trc ity. The rctaliutionUt do not perceive, how fatally their ea-e i weakened by that rejected treaty." Their idea i. that Eng land Is precluded from complaining ol the same kind ol treatment which she bestowed npon ls So indeed she would be if she had not made a virtual confession of Ininrv and o'fer of redress. But after having acknowledged lie- wrong and consented to niakc reparation, she i- no longer rci hided troin resenting the s u.ic kind ol treatment. The whole argument for post ponement ami retaliation hinge upon the idi a lh.-,l England is hound by he ou n prede den:? : tha! w hat she n-- ird a- right w hen she is tl.c giv cr, si.e must in logic am! con -ustenev regard us rlgh; when sic- nee, (,k r,.'. cell i r. The Haw ni thi- roa-o.iing oo.i-ist in the fact that she ha a'-knoM Jeuge.. h' .- wrong and olfcrcd to make repatv:'.o! . she h is thereby rceovcre.l . r Pi"! rig,; ; r- -cntmcnt whi ii siilocitid to i-.it'.ir Ire.. '.h. ni. It is a wrong and an injury ii, our cstiiii.it. on bocaue we have made it a subicct o! io!wpi,i'.nf and quiii rcl. It i a w rung and injury in her estima tion because she h i- o;o red to pay damages. If, after this, wo retaliate in kind. slit, vv-l have good grounds tor a dn lar.'tiou o! war. She would undoubtedly regard the fining out of cruisers in our port- against her comm'Tcc a an act of hostility which she would be bound to re-en t. The Johii-on-S.atilcy Coin cm ion, though of no force as a treaty, cannot be abolished as a fact of history. It, i.ttots the w iifiiigness ot England to iiiuku such redress us the executive) department of our Government wa willing to accept as reasonable; it release her from all ob ligation to submit, to treatment w hich she was ready to atone for a a wrong. That abortive treaty cuts away every inch of ground from under the retaliationist's. We cannot hold Eng land to a precedent which she ha ottered to atone for as an injury. PAPER HANGINGS. j) i: p o t rilLNCH AND AMERICAN PAPER HANGINGS, .o. 11 una i , Al.Vril Street. AN ASSORTMENT OK French and American Wall Papers, Original In Design, Elaborate In Finish, Fnsurpassed In Quality, and Iiicoiupurauie in Price, A force of workmen who combine taste with skill, execution with promptness. 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