The Louisville Courier-journal, After

expressing an opinión or beliet that " tho Itepublicans onler tlie Centennial year with improvod prospects," and confessing that "the Deinocrats have fallón into a hopeless way of dividing upon their blunders and of blundering in their divisions," combiuos history and prophesy in the following statement : "In 1864 the Demócrata put a war candidate on a peaoe platform. In 1868 they put a hard-monoy candidate on a soft-money platform. In 1872 thoy put a high-tariff man on a free trade platform. They lost all the way through. May and December are equally ' no go ' in politics as in love." So far the historian painted with the pencil of truth. Now the prophet : "This time we propose to put a hard-money nominee on a hard-money platform, to cairy Npw York, New Jersey, Connocticut, New Hampshire, California, and Oregon, whioh, with the southcrn vote, elects, and to come out of the struggle with a character not debauched, but with a policy equal to the requirenients of the whole country." And now the Cinciunati Enquirer will " chaw up " the Journal in like mannor as it did the Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton for his rpcent Atlanta speech. A Washington " special " to the New York World gives tho intimation that the Democratio majority of the House is likely to come to agreement upon the financial policy. The writer says : "The scheme proposed aims at resumption, through compelling the bauks to accumulate a certain share of their reserves in gold, and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to hoard all surplus gold with a view to resume specie payments as soon as sufficient means may be on hand." That is in the direction of common sonse : at least the second propositiou. It is just what the Argus has always advocated. When Congress discriminated against its greenback progeny, by refusing to receive them for custom duties and providing for the payment of a class of ite creditors in gold, it degraded them in every portion of tho land. And then when the Secretary of the Treasury goes into Wall Street, from month to month, and sells his gold- the constitutional money of the Government - at auction, he ofiicially pronounces the greenback a bastard issue, an article of barter and traffic instead of genuine inonoy. Stop this nale of gold and give it to be undorstood that the agents of the Government will neither dicker in gold nor greenbacks, but will prepare to redeem the latter in the former, and they will soon appreciate to par. The Ann Arbor Argus believes there was no nece8sity for an extra sessiou of the board of supervisors of this county, to extend the time for the colloction of taxes in Lansing, as " the general tax law of the State gives authority to the common councils of citie to do that little job." Will it please refer us to the section of the general tax law which bestows suoh power on common councils f - Lansing liepublican. Yes, with the greatest pleasure. Will the iepublican open the first volume of tbe Compiled Laws of 1871, turn to page 373, and read the last clause of sec. 38, compiler's section 1004: " Pravided : That the township boards of any township, or the common council of any city, shall have power to extend the time for the collection of taxes one month, whsnever the boards of supervisors have neglected to so extend the time." If the board of supervisors is not in annual session, neglects to cali an extra session, or neglects to pass the necessary resolution if in session, the full power vests in the common council. Befusal to extend is not required, and would not annul the right of the council. In fact, it is only by implication that the clause we quote gives the supervisors any authority to extend the time for collection. The first clauso of tho section cited, only authorizes the boards oi supervisors " to extend and determin by resolution the time when each collector or township treasuror in their counties shall make his return to the county treasure," etc. Nothing there about extending tho time for collection. Is the liepublican enlightened ? The " Michigan Association " a Washington, an association whose meinbership consista entirely of Republicana and office-holders, has adopted a series of resolutions censuring tho House, or the majority responsible for its organization, for calling new men to fill the subordínate positions, instead of continuing the fat and sleek Republicans ín plac ; and also for rernoving "woundod soldiers, disabled from tho pursuit of manual labor in their efforts to maintain the Government," and much more of the same sort, together with a deiiumd for rotaliation in the departinents. Now, in the discussion of the amnesty bilí in the House, on Monday last, Mr. Coxsaid, referringto ex-Speaker Blaine's taunts about bouthern rebels, pardoned by Eepublican grace, and occupying Beats in the House : " These men from the Bouth had beeii sitting there taking littlo, contemptible insults from the other side about the organization of the House, while the fact was that more maimod Union soldiers were appointed to subordínate offices in the House under Democratie officials than had been appointed in the last House." And notwithstanding the resolutions of the " Michigan Association," we take it for granted that Mr. Cox know whereof ho affirmed. We oan the more readily credit the assortion of Mr. Cox when we look at the long list of Federal office-holders in Michigan : custom house officers, pension agents, revenuo collectors, postmasters, etc. and see how few of them are " wounded soldiers ; " how few of them snuffed the battle except afar off; how few of thom are " disabled from the pursuits of manual labor from their efforts to maintain the Government," or any other cause. How many soldierboy postmasters, disabled or able-bodied, are there in Michigan i how many in Washtenaw Couuty ? how many in Kalamazoo County, the home of the member of the "Michigan Association" who, smarting under his loss of the House postofiice, aeeks r.edross of his 'rievances in the rosolutions which are ;he text of this paragraph V Will some tatistical meunber of the " Michigan ARSociation " examine the " Blue Book " imd givo us the desirod inforinatiou 'i In the House on Monday, Mr. Iiandall callad up kis genera lAtnnosty bill, aut refusing to permit the ainendment of Mr. Blaine, to bo entertained, by calling tho provioua question, it failed to get Ropublican vote enough to secure the necessary two-third9 vote. Mr Blaine immodiately took the floor, moved a reconsideraron, and on that inotion proceeded to make a set spoech, a spoeoh full of venom, vindictiveness, hate ; designed' and oalculated to stir up bad blood both North and South. His roason for exceptiug Jeff. Davis from tho provisions of the bill, was his responsibility, as he charged, for the horrors of Andersonville. He conceded that he was no moro responsible for the rebellion than a hundred or thousand other Southerners already restored to full citizenship, but loaded his shouldors and his alone down with Andersonville. Mr. Cox replied, and effectually punctured Mr. Blaine's special claims to patriotism in his denunciation of Davis, he having at the last session, while Speaker of the House and Chairraan of the Committee on Rules, permitted a report from his committee in favor of an Amnesty bill which did not except Mr. Davis, and which was passed by a Republican House without his objection, though he oould have left the chair for the floor. Blaine came out second best, but he was talking for his party and not for Congress, for the coming National Republican Convention for a Presidential nomination, and for an election which he knows cannot be carried except on false issues and by a revival of old hates. It is greatly to be regretted tha the did not content bimself with an amendment requiring the application and oath - not an unreasonable requirement - and kept the " bloody shirt" out of sight until the hour of real danger. The debate was continued on Tuesday by Representativo Hill, of Georgia, who succe8sfully controverted some of Mr. Blaine's charges, and pleaded for conciliation, and a really restored Union. Mr. Garfield spoke on Wednesday, and Mr. Seelye, of Mass., made a few romarks, favoring that portion of the Blaine amendment requiring an oath, but opposing tho exclusión of Jeff. Davis from the proffered aninesty. The prpvious quostion was probably moved and a vote reached yesterday.