Show WHITHER ARE ABE WE DRIFTING the time has bas arrived when we must look the political situation fairly in the face and endeavor to s secure cure an answer to the question of the tho hour whither are we drifting the presidential election has fias been held and has decided nothing tho the electoral colleges have met and voted doted and it is already apparent apparent that their action has not soe sok settled 1 d the question A gross democratic fraud in oregon has thrown the vete veto of that state into doubt in louisiana two sets of electors have met and voted and in florida the same thing has been beeri done the groundwork of a dispute has also been laid by the democrats in vermont and it is in short perfectly clear that upon cob CoH congress gress must rest the responsibility of determining who la Is to be the next president it ii therefore bec bee becomes 0 mes necessary to inquire what ability there is that congress will bo competent to solve the problem and the more the situation is examined the less likely does it appear thit a satisfactory settlement can be had from that body itis it is true tb it t several plans have havo already been broached for get getting ling ting over the y th the best and most pra practical e being the proposition to refer the the tho whole question to the supreme court f the united states but y because this I 1 is a party contest and became because both parties hopa to succeed it must be expected that there will be a strong disinclination cli nation on the purt putt paiton of congress to let the matter pass out of its hands unless therefore a purer spirit of patriotism than has hag hitherto been displayed should control the counsels of that body bodyne we must anticipate the tho arrival of the timer timo for counting the votes without indulging any hopes that a better plan than th tha old one will have been adopted on that supposition wo we must expect that congress will meet according to the constitutional requirements and that the ples Pies president ident of tho the senate will begin to open and count court the votes of the Stat esThe disputed state is reached the house persisting in the theory that the twenty second joint rule is still in force will object to it the senate will refuse to acquiesce and will wiil withdraw in which case the count will be stopped indefinitely or the president of th tile tilo senate will ignore the objections 0 of f the house and proceed to 11 liuch ul nih h tho iho cou countant coun n t taud tand aud and declare hayes elected in which case it lub is now a foregone conclusion that the house will assemble by itself and declare tilden elected so far all the events are logical and almost necessary sequences of what has already liap ened for in the situation as it stands there is DO no possibility of compromise so long as congress adheres to the old methods As to what may result from such a deadlock it is not enough to content ours ourselves alvs with idle speculations or to comfort ourselves with the M fancy faney cy that at the eleventh hour some body may yield let us rather take to heart the pregnant experience of 1861 when up to the attack on fort sumter and even later a large proportion of the public flat fiat nattered themselves ves with t the tho b dr delusion lusion that there thero would be no trouble we boast ourselves and perhaps in iri the main justly upon the absence of if a large jarge standing army in this republic le but we should wild fild remember that tho though u gh the absence of a large standing army in peaceful times is a guarantee 0 of f continued peace in or seditious periods it becomes an incentive to anarchy and rev revolution lution thu far we have been comforting ourselves with the as burance that the southern democrats would not fight light and that the northern democrats had no belligerent ent propensities and under ordinary circumstances this theory would probably hold good but it happens that the circumstances are nol not ot ordinary and aud that it is precisely one of those junctures where wise men expect that which ought not logically speaking to h haye ave aye occurred can any thinking man who soberly surveys the situation aver that we nye nave have exa exaggerated the prospect or laid the ezrs colors on too darkly dankly th the post possibilities abilities of success are sufficiently antly encouraging and he will vill be an overconfident over confident prophet who ven ventures ture lure to affirm that under the circumstance there is no danger dunger of actual strife it would be mere ero ere inci to shut our eyes to the dangers that now menace the country there be those who cry peace peace 13 when there is no I 1 peace bace I 1 and assuredly this is one of the times times w when hen such a cry seems most moat unseasonable we rather bs the lieve that the period is rapidly approaching pro aching when men must make up their minds as to where they will stand and take their places resolved to abide all the consequences in the stormy periods of gods chosen people when a king died the cry arose IT to 0 yo your ur tents tente 0 israel and th the 0 stern of the sword frequently determined the succession it is for no king or kingly principle or individual that the american people stand divided today to day but deep down behind all the skirmishing of the politicians behind the roguery and fraud the bribers bribery and can cant t the talk of tilden and t the e talk of ai hayes ayes ases lies the profound and incontestable con t esta lo 10 truth that here are at deadly issue the old foes under whatever new faces and that there remains to be accomplished a work which those who died to tosane save the union and to extirpate the curse of slavery would never have left undone had wife lire been vouchsafed to them to finish the task they began sowell so well weli there may arrive arrivo a rl deace peaceful sold solution tion to the problems which now perplex us but the wise wi will I 1 not place re upon that possibility I 1 it is seldom what we hope and desire that happen happens to us it ia is still less often that when we have sown the wind we reap aught but the whirlwind nothing anat ia is occurring now pow ia is either unnatural or extraordinary but merely the sequence of what is past when the north undertook the impossibility of rest bring an unrepentant south to its place in the tho republic and at the same time undertook the equally impossible feat of raising four million slaves to the position of intelligent citizen by bestowing upon them the ballot it laid the foundation of all that has followed upon those chose those measures and it rendered its own overthrow possible unless experience should bring it more wisdom than it imbibed from the immediate past pait al at this moment the question whither are we drifting can only be conscientiously ans answered by the reply that we are drifting into civil war sacramento cr rain rafn ento engo record union unions dec 9 A GENT GENTLEMAN leman LEMAx BEGGAR A lady W was Is telling me of her experience with a beggar 1 I was about pulling the tho bell at a friends door she easil when I 1 was stopped by a man seedy looking with his half mili tiry coal coat buttoned close up in the throat A shabby well weil brushed hat was on his head his bis mustache was waxed until the ends were as fine as a needles nee dies dlos point and on his hand band was drawn one soiled glove his one moment madam the manner of utterance and the air which acco accompanied m palled it instantly arrested me he moved up the steps toward mo me with tho condescension of a duke or prince in distress or disguise lifting his hat and holding it with one hand above his head while the other ho he thrust in the breast of hla hia coat ho he bowed took an attitude and said if pardon wardon me madam but you fog lock so amiable I 1 am encouraged to address you you g see bee e wit with h a sigh before you a man pursued by misfortune misfortunes compelled by circumstanced circumstances cum stances to ask a loan of a stranger charity I 1 scorn 1 I should prefer death to receiving a few shillings from one who could liot appreciate the feelings ef one of my long iong line of ancestry you bladas lam iam assured are different could you grant me a loan until my purse is 1 11 I was so overpowered by his grand manner the tho lady said laughing ilkhan hat I 1 took out my 1 and opening it was about to hand him a dollar wharf when I 1 caught the expression of his face ii it wore a wounded hurt look and I 1 hastily put it back and thrust in his hand the only five dollar bill bil 11 I 1 had with the idea I 1 was the obliged d party and fe feeling bling for the moment moments repaid by his bow as laying his hand on his heart he said I 1 I 1 you have your reward madam in knowing you have assisted a gentleman he pocketed the money and then with allow me rang the bell bowed again and went down the steps with the loftiest loft iest air imaginable 1 I met him afterwards in the street he raised his hat to me b but u t I 1 had discovered that he was a notorious adventurer and I 1 was already lamenting my five dollars which I 1 needed what a subject tile the man would have been for dickens Dic kous kons mew meu mew new york correspondent cincinnati cynic times bear lako Gentle gentie gentlemen nien the idaho statesman has the follow following lii lil bear lake county is very ably and creditably represented in in t the he ninth session hon wm budge of the council coudell and hon ron jhn jin jines ei H hart of the assembly ar art i ji si i tel tei ligiA gentlemen of mt much iIi mon moa than average culture whatever maybe may be wanting in la the people of ber bear lake or in any of tho those s sections where the jews at are ill iii all ili gentiles and the saints are all sl sinker sinner umers they have an eye to business in s electing selecting their representatives to the legislature bishop budge of bear lake is a gentleman of fine personal appearance pe arance BO so is one of the solid citizens of ad adi i county who wilo was formerly quite familiar with th the exigencies of stage llev and mall mail routes and deeply versed in ili all the mysteries of department depart mer mei tal tai philosophy as taught and in the national capital one om iy ay fy when xi hen the last mentioned gentleman as 8 quietly seated in a room in a religious mood musing over past transgressions trans gres greE somebody suddenly 11 addressed addres 1 him with good mor morning n bishop 2 this sudden and unexpected salutation broke the serried ranks of department angel angels stage drivers mail agents agricultural park racer racers horses and riders and the dreamer looked up and said meekly you are mista mistaken keny kent sir what whal said the astonished friend of the bishop larb garb are you not bishop budge are you certain that you are not bishop budge not if I 1 may be permitted to biffl differ er from you to tha that t ex extent ten U I 1 hope some day to be better t than n I 1 am m now ow but I 1 am not a bishop yet pray do not budge me any more the afflicted friend wea went his way sorrow fully saying to himself poor bishop poor bishop a seat in the idaho council has turned his bead 3 IP |