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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1870.
Evening SHjcIcgtapIi
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1870.
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ACTION.
One of the healthiest signs of the times i'
the independent political aotion that is mtni
feited in various sections of the State. B id
nominations, foroed upon parties by profes
sional political managers, have been bo'.ted
by leading, politicians and presses with a
manliness and earnestness that are positively
refreshing, after the successive years of de
bauchery to which the paople have been sub
jected under the party lash. The leading
Republican paper of Western Pennsylvania,
the Pittsburg Commercial, is supporting an
entire independent Republican ticket in that
County, and in accord with it is quite a number
of leading Republican politicians. In Beaver
there is an open Republican bolt, supported
by the Argus, the old established organ, and
In Erie and Crawford there is a torrent of
Republican bolting on Legislative and other
local tickets. In Dauphin there is a square
bolt against Legislative, Treasury, and Sena
torial rings, and in the neighboring Senato
rial district of Montgomery, Chester, and
Delaware a positive bolt is in progress. In
this city every Republican paper, and every
journal of Republican proclivities, has spoken
out independently against improper nomina
tions, and not one pretends to support the
entire general and local ticket, regardless of
the fitness of the candidates. On the contrary,
Certain legislative candidates, publicly
known as active members of the legislative
"rings" and legislative junk-shops, have been
pronounced by the entire press of the city as
Unworthy of public confidence, and without
claims upon honest voters, however or by
Whomsoever nominated.
We repeat that these indications proclaim
a growing purpose on the part of fair-minded
Citizens to disregard party ties, and defeat
nominations made by trickery. Until such in
dependent action becomes the rule amongst
the better classes of all parties, there can oe
no hope of preventing the supremacy of pro
fessional managers and the continued nomi
nation of incompetent and unworthy can
didates. Just so long as Buch can
didates can be forced through under
the party lash, just so long
will bad men maintain their power in
political parties, and just so long will com
petent and faithful men be rejected by con
ventions. The true remedy is being applied
this year very generally throughout the
country, end the time is at hand when un
worthy nominations will have no sanctity
with the people.
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.
The first great requisite of a successful re
publio is that it shall be the form of govern
ment preferred by a majority of the people
Bubjected to its rule. If they are too igno
rant, too fickle, too fearful, too closely
Wedded to old despotisms, or too much preju
diced against a system which nominally vests
supreme power in their own hands, to cor
dially endorse a republio, it cannot perma
nently endure. We may forbid one man
from enslaving another, but we cannot pre
vent either individuals or nations from volun
tarily enslaving themselves if they are deaf
to the arguments of reason and blind to the
attractions of rational liberty. This sort
of indifference or hostility of a
large portion of the people
oT France to self-rule is the greatest barrier
to the permanent establishment of a lonaf.de
republio in that country. The men who
constitute the present Provisional Govern
ment hold tomporary power only by tacit
consent, and if they attempt to prolong their
rule, after the existing ' exigencies are sur
mounted in some fashion, without obtaining
explicit authority from the people for whom
they presume to act, they will be usurpers
despite a superabundance of liberal
professions and despite the avowal
of a warm attachment to republican prin
ciples. Yet if they order an election it is
alleged that a vast majority of the French
voters, and especially of the peasantry, will
favor the restoration of the Empire, notwith
standing its flagrant crimes and its tragical
blunders. Such folly seems as incredible as
it is inexcusable, but if we take away from
republicanism the doctrine that the will of
the majority must prevail, what remains?
And if the mass is so stupid or so stubborn
as to be wedded to imperial idols, what right
have the enlightened few who desire better
things to impose their yoke - upon
an unprepared and an ' unwilling
constituency? A true government of the
people for the people can only be established
with their free consent and maintained by
their cordial co-operation, and when a small
body of men impose their rule by sheer force
or fraud upon the masses, they have no right'
to claim that a true republio is established by
Such an unwarrantable proceeding. The
radicals of Paris, however, contend that
henceforth France ' must be a republio whe
ther her people approve republicanism or
condemn it, and some of them claim that this
question should not even be submitted to a
vote. Their doctrine, as proclaimed in Le
Jtappel, is a political curiosity, for that
journal alleges that "The republio is
above universal suffrage. It is not voted;
It it. The single republican suffices to con
stitute the universal republio. The republio
is the sovereignty of the individual himself.
This sovereignty is not disoussed, is not voted
upon, is not proclaimed; above all votes,
beyond all votes, before as well as after all
Votes, the republio was, is, and shall be."
Few Americana would venture upon the ad
vocacy of this sweeping principle. With all
our love for republicanism, we- cannot see
how it is to be established without the con
sent of the governed. ' .The first great step is
to secure this, and if the liberal orators and
writers of France cannot make the bone and
inew of the land prefer light to darkness,
and liberty lo tyranny, there is but a.pojr
prospect for. the permanent establishment of
a genuine republio.
Another obstacle to the success of the pre
sent experiment is the disposition manifested
in some quarters to confound liberty with
license. The Paris correspondents tell of one
man who thought that the establishment of a
republio gave him the right to murder his
wife, of others who thought that the change
in the government necessarily brought with
it exorbitant wages, and of others who claimed
the privilege of eating the food and drinking
the wine of the cafes without going through
the formality of paying the proprietors.
Some of these demonstrations were
no doubt mere momentary excesses, but
agrarianism in some of its most odious forms
is openly advocated by an influential school of
French republicans, and the true men of the
nation are compelled to combat those who
favor these excesses on the one hand, while
they are struggling against the ignorance,
prejudice, and intrigues of the weak and the
wicked devotees of old tyrannies on the
other. To evolve out of such discordant and
dangerous elements, at a time when foreign
invasion intensifies all other evils, a great
and firm republio is one of the mightiest tasks
ever attempted; and if the present effort suc
ceeds, too much praise cannot be given to the
men who ensure its success.
A despatch from Washington states that
the Treasury Department has prepared rules
and regulations for putting in force the new
act of Congress providing for the transporta
tion of imported goods from the original port
of entry to the port of destination before the
ascertainment and liquidation of duties. The
act is not in all respects as favorable to the
interior cities as it should be, but it will
nevertheless furnish a good basis for the re
form which has so long been needed; and if
the opportunities it offers are properly im
proved by Philadelphia merchants, it will
render great service in developing and ex
panding the commercial interests of this city.
We have little doubt that amendments to
the present law will be made from time to
time as they are shown to be necessary, and
that eventually the importations of the
nation, instead of being concentrated, will be
fairly divided among the cities to whieh they
legitimately belong, and under this system
the imports of Philadelphia will be but a
trifle smaller than those of New York.
We are afraid that the great battle near
Paris, in which the army of the Crown
Prince is reported, in a special despatch to.
the New York World, to have been defeated,
will turn out very much like the Saarbruok
affair, with whizh the French opened the
campaign. The army of defense in Paris
consists of the demoralized fragments of
MacMahon's and other divisions which have
managed to escape from the Prussians, with
hastily armed citizens, who may make a gal
lant defense from behind the fortifications,
but who are scarcely likely to achieve a de
cided success in the open field, even if Gene
ral Trochu should be bo imprudent as to
hazard a battle. The rumor of the great
French victory should therefore be received
cum grano salts until more definite informa
tion is sent over the cable with regard to it.
TnK Takiff of Enp.land, say9 the Chicago
Bureau, yields XJl.002,414 sterling, or 1109,000,000.
Of this sum, over $54,000,000, or more than one-half,
Is raised from the tariir on tobacco and spirits, viz. :
132,718,300 on tobacco and bruit, and t2t,CG7,.v on
spirits. Both these taxes discriminate heavily
against American producers of tobacco and grtln,
the latter being the raw material of spirits. Wire
the revenue which England now raises on spirits
and tobacco raised on French and Prussian manu
factures instead, much American corn, rye, ami po
tatoes that are now excluded from English markets
n their raw form by their bulk, and in their manu
factured form by the duty, would enter them at a
profit to the American farmer. Tobacco is almost
exclusively an American product, and spirits are
the natural export and first manufacture of an
agricultural country. In the main, therefore, the
154,000,000 of revenue ra'sed by England
from these two staples la a discriminating tax on
American productions. Our tobacco producers take
a price for their tobacco which is largely dlmlnlihed
by the duty, and our grain raisers and distillers are
shut out of the English market, so far as the trale
In the grain for distilling is concerned. This Is the
way England gives us free trade on our exports.
The remainder of the English tariff la levied on tea.
coffee, cocoa, sugar, molasses, and chicory, all
tropical or oriental products. The dlscrlminatloi
of the English tariff is mainly against American
agricultural products. For, these English taxes in.
crease the price In England of the American arti
cles on which they rest by the amount of the tax,
and, as Dr. Wajland. remans In his 'Political
Economy," page 137: "As the price or the article is
Increased, the demand for the article Is diminished ;
there will therefore be less of the article produced,
because less of It Is wanted. By all this diminution
is the demand for labor diminished, the price of
labor must therefore fall, and the stimulus to labor
be, by so much, diminished."
CHOICE CIGARS.
Already la store, for sale, a complete assortment of
The Finest Imported
ADD
DOMESTIC CIGARS,
Which we offer by the box as low as possible.
E. BRADFORD CLARKE,
SUCCESSOR TO
SIMON COLTON & CLARKE,
8. W. Comer BROAD and WALNUT,
81thBtutf4p PHILADELPHIA.
DRV GOODS.
DREXEL & CO.,
No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
American and Foreign Hankers.
Issue Letters of Credit for Travellers, entitling the
holders to draw on LONDON, PARIS or BAbLE,
Switzerland. Also, available throughout the United
States.
Draw at sigh an1 by telegraph on BATHER & CO.,
Ban Franclpco.
Deal in Gold and Government and other Securities.
Receive Oold and Currency deposits subject to
draft at elyht.
Vrezel, Wwthrop & Co.ADreiel, Uarjes Co.
No. 18 Wall Street, No. Hub tJcriue,
New lork. Paris.
Le Boutillier Brothers,
IMPORTERS OF DRY GOODS,
No. 012 CHE8NUT Street.
Alterations Completed.
GOOD STRONG LIGHT IN EVERY TART
OF THE STORE.
FULL ASSORTMENT OF
DRKSS GOODS, HOSIERV, GLOVE3, IACK3,
EMMIOIDERIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, RIB
BONS, CLOTHS, WATER-PROOFS. OoR
DUROYS, VELVETEENS, SILKS,
SATIKS, VELVETS. SHAWLS,
READY-MADK SUITS, WATER-PROOF SACQUE3
AND CLOAKS.
Special purchase of BLACK SILKS and FANCY
COLORED SILKS, bought by a member of the Arm
la Lyons during the panic there.
Superior quality of ENGLISH BLACK SILKS,
made to our order.
The finest exhibition of
SASH RIBBONS
Ever offeied In Philadelphia.
A. NEW XJCA.TURE!
Manufacturing Department.
LE BOUT1LLER BROTHERS have purchased the
WHEELER A WILSON SEWING ROOM, and
are now prepared to continue the business esta
blUhed by Messrs. Peterson A Carpenter.
sruciAL.
GENTS' SCARFS AND NECKTIES made by us
from tifty varieties of Rich Silks imported for the
purpose. All new styles retailing at less than whole
sale prices.
into cm: Ht'iurs,
Hand-made, of the beat Pans Borderlngs, from 4 to
22 inches wide.
OtR GOODS ARE ALL NEW. PLACED IN
STOlK AT VBRY LOW PRICES, AND WILL BE
SOLD WITHOUT KEiiARD TO ANY.' POSSIBLE
ADVANCE OK SOAhUlll.
LE BOUTILLIER BROTHERS
Nj. 912 CftESNUT STREET,
It
PHILADELPHIA.
JOHN W. THOMAS,
405 and 407 N. SECOND St.,
Das now la store full lines of
PIM BROS' FIRST QUALITY IRISH POPLINS.
FRENCH SILK AND WOOL POPLINS.
PLAID SERGES.
PLAID CLOTHS FOR LADIES' SUITS.
PLAIDS FOR MISSES AND CHILDREN.
Etc Etc. Etc.
Alio this season's importations, and will be sold at
low prices. 9 84 8tuth4p3m
OLOTHINQi
ANNIVERSARY OCCASION.
The 1st Day of October, 1870,
Brings the Great Clothing House of ROCKHILL &
WILSON to its Hit birthday.
IN TnE YEAR 1SW, on the 1st of October, the
Tailoring and Clothing business of this honse was
commenced In a small room In an obscure locality.
rrvfTTAT its business was done In a room
twelve by fifteen.
"VTTf It fills the magnificent structure
AJ v known as the Great Brown HilL
rp J-J J" 11 was m an ont-Mne-way Place. "
rrv"iT it Is in the best part of the most
JLi J Y fashionable thoroughfare in the
city.
rpTTT? XT R bad only a few friends and a very
llilXN limited credit
Its cash capital was exactly $115.
VT''W it bas pecuniary force enough to
XN J 1 V drive the heaviest Custom and
Ready-made Engine In the city. Its
credit is unlimited on both sides of
the Atlantic Ocean.
few cloth
rpTTT7"J 11 depended on a very
X Xllld i bouses for its supplies.
TVTi WT tne mll,s f tnls country and of Eu
J V rope clamor for Its custom.
rpTTT? XT its business amounted to a few hun
X -L-lXy 1 dred dollars a year.
XTQY It amounts to MILLIONS.
AND NOW you gentlemen of the present age
have a fine opportunity to select from
an
ixvxxvxxjnsx: STOCIt
of the finest aid most beautiful of
FALIi XLAXXVXBtfT
at the lowest prices.
" COME AND SELECT.
GREAT BROWN 1IALI,
603 and 605 CHESNTJT STREET.
iTBAWBKIBGE & CLOT
CLOTH BEPABTMEMT.
Our FALL SXCCZC is now fully open, and compris)s all the Staple
Goods and Novelties of the day.
VELVETEENS! VELVETEENS! VELVETEENS!
ZLcse popnlar goodsso difficult to procure in the right shades, have
teen selected by us this season with great care out of the best makes
imported, and we now confidently invite inspection .
The finer grades can scarcely be distinguished from
LYONS VELVETS.
WHITE CORDUROYS!
WHITE CORDUROYS!
In every style and fabric.
Blue Corduroys, Brown Corduroys.
Fancy Cloths in every color.
Black, Ocarlet,
White, Maroon,
Blue, Brown,
Creen, Dahlia.
WE HAVE WHITE CLOTHS
For Opera purposes and Children's wear, in great variety. XVXanv of
ike above goods are of French manufacture, and csnnot be duplicate!.
WATER PR00E CLOAKING.
Our Stock comprises about twenty different makes, in as many
qtalitics, rangin? from 88c. to 0200 per yard in Domestic Goo Is up
to $350 In Foreign. Selling large quantities of these goods, we can
offer Inducement! to purchasers not found elsewhere. We offer, at
present;: finely QSSorted Stock HOT SURPASSED by any retai
i onse in the United States.
5 he principal colors are
Black and White,
Cold Mixed,
Creen.
Blue,
Brown,
IN WINTER CLOAKIIMCS
We shall, in a few days, ofer our owa importations, ordered early last
spring, and much below present prices.
STRAWBRIBGE & CLOTHIER
N. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS,