ameritau 4,olAnttcx. II CARLISLE, PA., MOHlltiU' Ap* l *! 22. 18GD. OL’Il .NKUItO MISISTBII TO HAITI. The Appointment of Basset, a Phila delphia negro, as Minister and Consul General to liayii. is a deliberate insult to Pennsylvania—an insult whicha should he and will he resented, if our people arc not lost to all sense of shame and honor. -According to our Constitu tion, Basset is neither a voter or a citizen. How then can this negro rep resent us at a foreign court, when he has no franchise, no citizenship when at home? This is a question which per haps, President Grant never thought of, . but vet, in our humble opinion, it is a question. We consider it clear that cilizci.s cannot be represented by # ono who is not a citizen. We notice that Grant has been np pointing quite a number of negroes to otlice, hut with the exccptldnof Basskt. they have been selected from Southern States, and are voter-, ami cilia ns. However much we may depneate the appointing of negroe- to otlice, we are yet willing to i.ccord thi* right to the Presidi nt where the negro has the fran chise. notwithstanding tins privilege ha.-been conferred upon him by bayonet argument. But to appoint a disfran chi-ed negro, adds insult to the a* t, and is about as base a transaction as was ever h-ard of. Are there not wid e men' enough in the country to fill its olliecs? rarely a nation of white men should he repre.-ented at all foreign courts hy while men. Thin has been the opinion of all former Presidents, us ' well as all docent men. A few mon-ths since a turbulent and rowdv negro named llixrnr.ECK, made a violent and di-joinled hatangue to the negroes of New Orleans, in which he threa;em-d to lay Die city in ashes and to assassinate every while man who refused to acknowledge negro equality, l ie demanded that the churches, schools, hotels, cars, theatres, and all places of amusement he thrown wide open to negroes; and if thisdemand was refused, then he wanted the torch applied to every house in the city! His speech had a wonderful effect upon the negroes, ami-o great was the excitement, that the military had to be culled out ami the police force doubled to k« ep the black? in order. This harangue by the rowdy negro HiNCIIUECK, cost the peo ple of New Orleans two or three thou sand do) la rs. Well, what ol llincti eixk? Nothing, except that Grant, our verdant President, has ap pointed him Register of the Land Office at New Orleans’. He has been confirmed by the Senate, and is now en f.ving ijif-, $12,0(10 ofliee. Tills IJINCii i:ia'K is a brutal, uneducated negro, Mack the ace t>f spades, and it is un- derstood that New England carpet *'aggers are to run hisofliee. These are iln.- kind of negroes tlml Orant is foist mg upon the people—brutal roughs, and Uisianchi-ed nun citizens. Thin is the way he outrages public sentiment and decency, as he quail's his whir-key, ptills Ids cigar, and utters his wonderlnl -'•aliment, ‘net us havepeac.” tyrant i-. not only a weak man—a tool in the keeping ot ia alic-iuml raScals-but he he i.- as unfeeling and brutal as tin ignorant negroe* he Is appointing I" ollice. lie ha» ii“t -been in office two months, hut yet he has succeeded in appointing more rascals to office Ilian weie appointed by all his predecessor combined. The .Senate, fanatical as ii is, iias been compelled to ieject a dozei or more oft. e scoundrels nominated by him ujr responsible pn>iiion-. Thu no torious Ashley—a man who, over hi own signature, publi-hed his villain', to the world—was confirmed by one majority, not withs-hmoin j. ho jecoi ved the vote of every carpel-bag and x alhi wag Senator. Let Mr. Grant go on in hi- infamous course. Tnc people reject - ed the great statesman and Christian genth-mai:, Horatio scymour, and they do-erve punNhuiC-ut tbr tin.* error they (U'ljjmilted. \ vote wa< taken in liie lower Uou-e of our. Legislature the other day on a proposition -o to amend the ( on-titu tion of Bcnn-ylvania as to allow fe- males to vote oil the same tern s as male-- It \\i\< down. Xiie I adlcai- are ready to Tel every ig norant and degraded negro vote, 1-in retu-e the right of suffrage to the intel ligent while women of Ha* State. We •are opposed to any indefinite extension of ilie elective franchise, hat would in finitely prefer to see It granted to in telligent white women than to ignorant and degraded negroes. The Radicals are of a different mind. Such is the Lanen-ler /ntcllif/cnce/'s view, and we concur in it. Whenever the Radicals have com plete control of State Legislatures cor ruption and rascality are tlie order ol rhe day. The Republican Governor of Illinois lias been compelled to veto more than forty bills, which wee so oiilrageous as to oail for his inteiference. Gov. Hodman, of New York, has nDo vetoed quite a number of imp-oper en actments. If Geary had done ids duty the forthcoming volume of pamphlet laws in this State would be much thin ner than it pi onuses to be. .1 ‘■■pife of Af-hlcy’i, hold and unljlu-li ingcxpasureol hisown rabidity, lie lias been oonllrnicd as Governor of Mon tana. J t is said Grant had serious am pies about appointing him, lint allow ed hiniseJf to be overruled by the poli ticians. There was a bitter light over his confirmation, the Democrats and decent Republicans voting against him, but the corrupt Northern Radicals and the earpet-baggeisjiiit him through. ‘-JCo conservatism is tojxirnlell by President Grant; no doutilful man (ind.- favor with him.’' —hiuhcal Jicrliam/r. We suppose not. The two ex-Hebei officers, Lontrstrest.aud Grow, pro not “ doubtful men,” ami therefore they are provided with lucrative positions. “>o con-sur-ViitiniiiJs..tolerated _!” AH who want office fnfm Grant must bo Radi cals-a nigger or a Rebel officer being preferi ed. The McArdle and Texas liond cases came up on Monday' in tlio rSnpreme Court of the United Stales, and liie former was dismissed on -the groin d of a want of jurisdiction. The ini' t Was docidi d in la vpr of Texas, thus rei /ignizing it as a Stale iu the'Union. t iur u 11; i.i,«a.si.Aaui: It is with pleasure we record the fact that m arly every Republican paper in the State has been outspoken in con demnation of the late infamous Legis lature. This is a good symptom, and is evidence that the pioss at !ea*t ha* not been tampered with or corrupted" hy the various “ rings' 1 that had been formed to procure class-U glslatlon. The Philadelphia an aide organ of Radicalism, in -peakingof theadjouni ment of the Legislature, says: “Prom one end of ■ he State to the other the voice «l the press is heard in its eXjiressious of rejoicing oyei the ad journment of toe Legislature. The work iifthis body is happily accomplished air the present year, ami until .lauuars, IS?0, we will have non.mg to dread from its labors. M Again the Inquirer says: V Over all of the community there rest ed a sense of insecurity while l lie Assembly ua» In session', that sprang natural'y from the character ol many oi the uiea-ures introduced, ami the avidity with which oei t-dn bad men advoea'ed tbeir passage.’ Again, .-ays the Inquirer : “ One honorable Senator wo know of decl -re i m a partv that svas seeking his -ole. that lie “ d|ih»T g' J tl » HumMuiru for no tl»oii-nnd do lar* a session.” There we ic, on to] i nate.ly, many other tnein !, iv oi ihe Legislature who behl his views, and sd at me expiration of their resp dive terms, and that their places will tie supplied by others whom we can reaped, ami hast eontideiice in. Tl corrupiioii and bribers -talk openly in the halls of Kri-luilon, Hie verv fountain-head of Our Jaws, wheiv -hall we loo< for honesty, ami whe c -hall we turn to di-cover the elements ..f the perpeUiaiiou of the Common wealth ?” We might fill our paper with similar extracts from Republican journals, bin this is not necessary. All agree thai tlie late Legislature was corrupt to tin core. And yet have we any ground.- to hope that the I.egHature of IS7U will he a whit more honest or more pure? The probability is that the next Legis lature will be about as corrupt as the one just adjourned. For the last eight or ten years this State baa been cursed by pernicious legislation*. It was not foimerly so, and why? Because tin* people of both parties were more care ful 1 in Iho selection of candidates for the Senate and House of Represent lives. They selected their best men men of character and worth—whose very appearance ami demeanor prevent ed corrupt “ borers” from approaching them. In those days had a member of Assembly taken monos for voting for a moasu|jp, lie would have been prompt ly expelled and the mark of Cain put upon him. Not so now, the member who procures bis nomination by trickey and bribery, and follow > it up by re coving bribery money for ids vote-, is considered “smart*’ by some men, ami his infamous course finds plenty of en dorsers and admirers. The friends of morality in nur public servants are of ten hooted at, derided and dubbed “ fogey,” because of their efforts t" root out these evils. 1 lie profes-im al corrupti"id-t and political gambler, we regret to .-ay, appear to have the *• in-ide track” now a d »y-. i low can this e\ iI, this calamity, be rectified? 'I lie question is more did) cult t > answer than t » a.-k. W th all the warning.- oi the press, with all the ignominy that has hyen cast upon tlm State, the people appear h-lie--, care le-s and unconcerned. For ourself we c- we are disiouragcd. For year v,e in common with the whole Homo cratic pre.-s ol the State, have been ap •t ealing to the pi onle to return to tin* ■(h a-and the prim-i pies that governed i in-ir fa* her-, but yet v. e fet I that our wonis have hud little if any iidl amee. a-.d appear to have lallen upon deaf i ai.-. The scramble for office and the .-pod.- that fol.ow, the bargains, sales, corrupt manner of selecting candidates, i ■ 1 -11.!iiij(■ to fru-traie the efforts of those win* earn to see our once gloriou 'date occupy the proud position it for merly occupied. There appears to he no remedy. ♦ The Philadelphia papers, with one voice, complain of the corrupt; attempts of the members from that city, to fas ten upon the people the most obnoxious burthens. And now that the Legisla tipi, lias adjourned, they exclaim •‘thank God!” Why should th(*y com] Jain ? By whoso agency were tin-e members sent to Harrisburg? Koi merly Philadelphia was represent* fl by the very best of her citizens —by (le<, s Shar.-wood, Wm. A. CYahh, Henry y. S packman. Charles Brown. William A. Penniman, Benjamin Henchman, Benjamin Cri-pin, Gen. Iliimfort, Wm. Bonsall, ami others of tio same high character.. Compute these men with the present city dele gation in the Legislature - , Hyperion to a satyr! Now let tin* j’korj.E of Philadelphia, and of all the counties in theSUite, resolve firmly that politi cal gamblers shall not he elected to any position, and we may hope for a return to the high standard of excellence that was possessed by onr public servants. The people must take this matter in Imml, and place themselves like a wall of hrus.% against the cornintionist. Let our State lie redeemed and disenthralled and our Legislature, In-tcadpf being a hce-word and reproach, will again com mand re-pect and confidence. l.v Ghavj’*w lyst action it is not socloar that ho came off vjetorioii.s. Wo allntlo to the encounter with Senator Rous, of Kansas. Uo-s, it-oems. objected to cer tain appointments in Kansas. General Grant held his ground. Then Ro~s told (he President to go in Ho woo’d not go ; hut Ross did go to the Senate, and there got one of the nominations re jected, and tlu* late hf tlio re.-t is uncer tain. G rant’s good fortune does not seem l*) attend him in civil life. Jniix S. Cahi.ii.i-:, formerly demo cratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia, apostatised last fall, and did all in* his power to aid in the defeat of Mr, Sey mour. Grant undo took to reward him for his treachery to the democracy, by appointing him Minister to Stockholm. The radical Senate, however, refused to confirm him. They love thc.trouson, out despise the traitor. "has Rirt’olcdtlibregTs tmtjon in Texas to he continued,- with a view of tip early election. Similar directions will probably bo issued in regard to Virginia and Mississippi. Chant's Economy.-On Tuesday, Oen. Mi'dilcr obtained ••V/i.OOO fiom'tbe I'nilcd States Treasury, for tin* ii-fpr n idling the Pre.-ddeii' nil mansion. "White men, pay your tuxes! O\E lilU.M’S CO.NSt'LN. “ lie could not rcstat temptation toßlcni r Wo have said that Grant has appoint ed more rascals to office than all his predecessors combined. Many of the men selected hy him for high positions are notorious roughs and thieves. Among hi* recent appointments-was an officer ofthat '•ink ofinlqiiity and vil lainy, ilu; so-railed “ Tiiion League” of L-liimdclphla, Thu following letter— published in the daily papers of Tues day— speak? of Grant’s Consul thus: rmnADHia'iiiA, April If) —There was oonsuleruble excitement here in repuhli ■ •an circles 10-day hy ihu discovery of the fact I hat a wealthy geniletnan, director «d the Union League, and recently con firmed a Ear pean consulate, had been n'r a long lime engaged in robbing stores, e:c. lie was detected yesterday s'eahng a box ofcL-ars from a grocery store. He ■i.lndited his guilt and said he cmild not resist temjdalioiwto steal, ami paid SoOU down—the estimated value of goods taken from said store. Shortly afterwards he resigned from the League, and it is sup posed he will never get to his consulate. Ile obtained said appointment on the recommendation of prominent politicians . ere. “Could not resist temptati m to steal.” It is a singular fact that nearly all prominent Radicals are atllicted in the -aine way. They cannot “ resist temp tation to steal,” and therefore they steal on all occasions when opportunity offers. Could thumb-screws he applied to every rascal who robbed the Govern ment during the Lincoln administra tion, and a sharp turn uf the screw give*' every few minute? until the suf ferer disgorged the last cent stolen, we would have money enough to pay off, at once, two-thirds of our National debt. Greely ha? said that at least two-third*of mirdubt wasstolen money, and Greely spoke % the truth. ‘‘Could not resist temptation to s cal” brought on toe war ; the thieves wore after the people's treasure, and a “big wm- ’ coupled with loud profe-sion* of “my ally,” afforded them a gloriole- o or tunitv. 41 Could not *ro*i*t tempi dion to steal,” prompted Butler u> ml. Mu people of New Orleans of their gold ami their *poon*. “ Could not n -i*i temptation b> *te:il.” induced Mrs Lincoln to strip the White llou*eofits lace curtain?, furniture and fixture? ‘■Could not resist temptation to steal,” made thousands ami tens of thousands ot beggars rich in a few months—the “martyr” Lincoln being one of them. This “temptation” caused corrupt men to forsake the Democratic ranks and to espou-c the cause advocated by such fanatical fools as Sumner and Fred Douglass, the burly Boston negro. Aye, a\e, the “temptation to steal” has played the devil with our country, de bauched the people, and placed over them blockheads and corruptionists as rulers. Til K •• .SKCUStr nkkvice fund. In a recent speech delivered by ex- Presidenl John-on In Tennessee, he berated the infamous Bmwnlow (the bngu< F. S. Senator from that State,) soundly. Among other things he said he had presented Rrownlow. when he ( H. i was very poor, with sums of money al different times, and that Brownlo v had repaid him with tilde. Urowlow in reply to Mr, Johnson, puhii.-lic-i a card, in which lie con e-ses to have meiven sl,non from Mr. John -'on, but Ins-sM Unit tin* money belong ed to il,e .o'r,'ct vi'rcirp f>m