Political Proscription

Ann Arbor, Mich., April 7. To the Editor of The Detroit Free Press. We tiike the following from the Michigan Sae News of the 5th, in relerenee to Col. J. F. Sliller's appointniont lis Paymaster iu the army : " 1 no eneiuii's of Col. Müler have been busy in writing letters to Senators and Representaties, éxpreeeiag their eonvii-tioriH nf a vvunt of devotion to the interest of the party in him, and that lie bas uuworthily held the offices whioh have been teudered hiiu. How fnr the Oolonél has depnxtèd from the party, wo can not say ; but we presume lie has in s.nne instances, manifóatêd a waiii ol lealty to the; party organizatioB", wi.icli, accorcling to the line of polioy here'ofore pursued in the appokitmentH, w.ís b Recessary element in bis pulitïcal charaeter, to rusürti reeog nilion by tli.iáe having ihe di.stributi'ïu ei' the offices in their hands. Tho np puintei s liiuii tbis uoiintv, with a few e.c ptioiis. bavti been men of doubtful char-.oter, uS to their politica! status, u'iiie oiiih of th.;m now g uffiee liave l.eeii kliown to dec.hire ibeniselvea tree from party ties imitas they eould be placed on the list of politica) pan lers, andio propiüafe theitè dilapida ted repüblioaiis they have been rewarded, and in or iustanee, at tëust, a misentble hwiog eopprbead hns received, and .- no. enjuying the munificence of ttie gnyniiwmi, in the possegsion of a lat olïiee. i.ositioii upon the distribiilion ;1 offices is wel! kuown. All civil offlèès nnder the government shuuhl he given to party men, while those of a military eharacter shouïd be dïstribüted tn the best men, without referenco to their politica] faith. Such is tha office lately (endered to Colonel Miller, and no man 'm he country is better fittoil to fil] it. And sofaras bis party affiliations are concerned, we care n'rrthihg aboutthèm .forthut partiauiar office. But, if ue tnay be allowed to jüdge, his devotion to the republican party is quite as deeided as that of many who are now the beneficiarles of government patronage." To the above we will add a few remarks, though fuliy assenting to Col. .Miller's fitness for the office mentioned. ïtie report that the Uolonel's appointrnent is Paymaster had been confirmad; and that he had declinad it is incorrect. Hin noiTiination still bangs in thu Senata for (he reaon that gome of our ultra friends in this county have written letters to Washington that be is Far too conservative- is not of the right stlïpe, raid that he is not a full believer in the doctrine of " misoegenation." Is this to be the progratnme? Is a man to be proe'ibed because he will not go all lengths for the negro ? The leading organ of the republican party in the State, and also the party organ of our eounty, declare that Col Miler is a fit man for the positiou to which ho was appointed, and (bal military appointments should not be made with refere;ice to a ruan's political views ; and such vras once supposed to bo the doctrine of the administration Col. Miller was elected Mayor of this cily in 1861, by a larger majority than any republican ever bad, and simply becaus the people believed him an honorable and conservative man. What we wiiih to knovv is, are all conservative men to be proscribod because they will not embrace tho doe trine of miscegenation, the real valué of whieh, acoording to Greeley, is only to be known by esperietice ? If so, Uien the saying of Garrison has beeome true, "This Union is a lie!" "The American Union is an imposition ; lam ïor its overthrow ; up with the flag of disnnion." Surely it i.s time for conservative men to pause and refleet, and ask themselves and eaeh o.her whether the administra tion lias determined that a man must be a rabid abolitionist in order to receive a military appoiutment, however honest and eapable he luay be. Flavo the ibolitiouists roMched that point where they are preparad to annoiinee that. this is exclusively an abolition war, waged by the abolitiou party solely to advanee the iuterestw of that party and its adherents? MAXY CONSEHVATIVES. ZgT 'Ilie True Democrat, Ypsilant!, in replying to our suggestion that its calliog political opponents "copperheads" was a sad illustration of its artiole on ''Party Spirit," says it didn't mean us (or rather it says "Poud," but after a little more cxperience it will probably lcarn to drop editor's ñames and speak of papers). The Democrat is informed that it would not have troubled us in the least had we been assured it did mean us, for we are used to being called names, and as a matterV taste, and ohoice even, would as soon be called a " copperhead " as to be charged with endorsing the radicalism of the party in power, and that seems to be neoessary now-a-'days if one would escape being brandad " traitor," "secesh, " etc. We have no doubt that the Democrat considera its eodorsement of our patriotism, and its excuses for our unfortunate political connections and associations as complimentary, but we coniess " we can't see it." Our Republiciin friends need not trouble themselves so extensively on our account. We assure them thatwhile we are heart and soul in favor of putting down the rebellion, and unalterably opposed to a dissolution of the Union, we can not affiliate with and echo the radicalisins of the old time düunionüt who now seam to contrcl the policy of the administration and díctate the terms on which the war shall be prosecuted and peace restored. We aro against the rebellion and for the Uuion uncondition. ally, and not conditioned on the adoption of any issue. We shall endorse all measures we believe calculatcd to promote the end we desire, and shall disapprove all measures we can not endorse. That ia our platform, and it is the platform of the Democratie party. Once for all, our cotemporary is advisod that we can not thiuk of ' coming out " from the Democratie party. We expect to stand by it, and with it advocate the perpetuation of the Uuion when the self righteous and rampaut radicáis shall have " returned to their vomit," and with Lincoln, and Greely, and Philipti, and Conway, and a host of other recognized leaders, shall again affirm' the right of secession and again declare for a separatie of the Union. L-5êT' The rnutiial-admiration-standbauk-I-amholier-than-thou patriota in the House have been making a terrible howl over some remarks mado in debate by Messrs. Long, of Ohio, and Haruis, of Maryland, denouncing the mode of conducting the war, and decluring n favor of tendering the rebels propositions of peace based on a separatioa. Now, we have no sympathy with the peace views of Messrs. Long and Hakri?, and do not endorse any measures looking to separation, but dissent from their rernarks as direetly calculated to injure the democratie party, of which they unfortunately claim to be rnemöers, and to do no counterbalaucing good. But as odious as were their views, they had a right to expresa them, and to expel, or eveu censure them for ao doing, is to trench upon that liberty of speech which members of uither House of Congress are entiÜed to, and which they must be permitted to e.tercise if legislation is not to becoine wonse than a farce. If Mr. Loxo think.s that war will not restore the Union, he has a right to advocate i peaoeiul separation, and if Mr. Hakuis opposes " subjugation " he has a right to say so, It is no crime for a legislator to advocate foolish or wrong prop ositions or measures, and f it were half tho members of Congress of the dominant party would ere thia have been branded as crimináis. To chnrge the ultraisms of Messrs. Long and Harris upon the Democratie I party ie ao attempt at ing the radical party that surrounds and drives tho administration, by giving it credit for ocoasional expressions of some oí i tg more conservativo rnernbrs in fuvor of standing by the Union for tho sako of tha Union. Charge and credit would be aüko preposterous. JE33È" The amended National Bank Bill, after being " peifected " by the House has been tabled, nnd is considored dead. We notice that five of the aix rncmbers of Congress Irom thia State voted against thu new tóclion authoiizihg the States to tas the capital stock of these bank?. Mr. Baldvvin, alono, voted against saddling an untaxed and privileged monopoly opon the people, and his constilucnts - not owriers of nalional bank stocks - havo reason to thank hiiu for tas vote. - This attempt to csernpt the capital stock of the National Banks irom Stateand local taxation is au outrage upon tho rights of tho States, and tho bald ploa that it is necesasry to insure the national credit and stil its stocks should avail it little of syuïpathy. We have no disposition to join in a raid against tho National Banks. So far as they secure tho public a sale circulating medium - if paper can be made such - they are as acceptable to us as the State Banks. But we eau not endorse the attempt to exempt them from the taxation to which State Banks, and citizens Dot bank stockholders, are subjected. We see do reason why a man ablo to own, and owning five, ten, tweuty, or fifty thousand dollars of National Bank stock, should be exempt ir im State and local taxatioo, and thus cornpel liis poorer oeighbors, the fartners, iriechnnios, and day laborers, whose pro; erty is real and visible, and not invested in bank stocks, to beár tho entire burdon oí supporting State, County, Town aud City govuroments, our schools, asylums, poorhouses, and other public or charitalble institutions. The tendency of such legialation - be the preteose whatever it may- is to make real estáte and personal property pay all the ocal taxes, wbilo bank capital goes "scot free," to over-burden and irnpoverish the many that speeuiators tfüd capitalista may gnthor increased profits, and iavest those profits in stocks that are secured against taxation. If the people are uot blind to their ówn interests they will let the mem bers of Congress hear from them, and will mark any man who has voted or shall vote toexemptNational Bank capital oraational stocks from local taxation. We - the people - already pay a tax high enongh for the privilego of using an inflated currency, lot us protest against the laying on of that "last hair " which is to break our backs for the benefit not of the government but of more fortúnate capitalista. _ E3P Butter at Montreal is quoted at eighteen to twenty-six cents; egga 14 cents per dozen. Happy Montreal ! - Exchange. In Montreal butter and eggs are paid for in gold, and not in greenbueks or post office " gbinplasters." The same paper from which we clipped the above item, quoted gold at 170 ets. or 70 per cent. premium. This would make butter worth in Montreal, in our depreeiited currencij, from 31 to 44 et., and eggs 23 ctn., moro thári the maiket finco in our city. Gold and silver will buy butter anc! eggs here cheaper than in " happy Montreal." The sceming differcuce ia the prices quoted, is simply the tax we - pror, simple potils in Yankee hind - pay for Ihe privilege of using " rags " instead oí coiu. EP"1 The House, by a unanimous vote, has resolved against foreign intervention in Mexico and the establishmant of anempire there underforeignprotection. liather late if designed to deter Louis Napoleon or Maxiinilan ; but, perbaps it is designed as a censure of Lincoln and SawARD for not having entered the uation's protest before. However, "bet ter late than never,'' and we endorse the resolution wheiher aime at foreiga powers or the State department. L3L" A raid has been made on Gen. Frkmont by " the powers that be," that is hie staiF officers hnve been n)ustered out of service, or detached from their chief. The President is not disposed to keep up the Geueral's staflf any longor, now that be is openly a candidato for thu Presidt'ncy. Well, the tountry will gain alittle - in dollars and cents - by this raid. Scpkrtisohs. - In mak ing up a list Supervisors eleet for last Augus, the Town of Lyndon was left blank, we not having learned the name of the successfnl candidate, and Sharon was omitted by nistake. Those Tuwns eleeted : Lyndon, George Young, Dem. Sharon, Jay Everett, Rep. The Board will stand as stated in our laat, Democrats, 11; Eepublicans, ld?" Hon. Josepu Millkb, of Kalamaoo, one of the most prominent lawyerg of the Stato, and U. S. Uistriot Attorney under Buchanan, died on Saturday night last ot paralysi, nged 47 years. EP It didi.'t rain yeeterday.