For Congress, Ira B. Card

The Democratie Congressional Convention which inet at Adtian on Friday last did a sensible thing thing in nomiuating Hon. Ira B. Card, of Hillsdale, for Congress. Mr. Card is an old resideut of Hillsdule, where his reputation is tbat of an honorable and succes9ful business uiun, and of an honcst and clear-headud politician. He is reputed sound on the important political issues of the day, is in f uil sympathy with the Democracy of the country in condoinning the measuros of the Eepublican party which havo brought ruin upon the country, and especially in the denunciation of the great frauds which placed a frauduleut President in the White House. He is also on record in favor of honest money, and against the perpetuation and further issue of an irredeemable currency, believing in the language of the State Convention of which he was an activo member, tliat " gold and silvcr coin is the iuoney of the Constitution, and that all paper currency should be convertible into such coiu at the will of the holder." We anticípate that Mr. Card will uiako a goud ehowing in Ilillsdale county, despito the boasts of the new convert to greenbaekisiu, Mr. Thomas, and couiuiend him to the cordial support of the Washtenaw Democracy. If theke is finaucial wisdom and financial honesty in the NationalGreenback demand that the Government shall immediately cali in all the bonds issued by authority of Congress, paying them in greenbacks, and that in the futuro no interest bearing bonds shall ever bu authorizod or issued, the Board of Supervisors of this county has a duty to perform to the taxpayers at the cuming animal session which cannot be well ignored. Lat it pass a resolutiou calling upon the holders of the $24,000 of bonds issued in aid of the new Court House to surrender the same and acoept in lieu thereof the non-interest bearing warrants of the county, with no date or place of paytnent. This stroke of financial policy will not only 6ave the principal to the oppressed and over-burdeued taxpayers of the couuty, but also au annual interest payment of $l,G80. It matters not that the Constitution and la ws of Uu: State do not warrant the exereise of such arbitrary power. Neither does the Constitution of the United States auttiorize Congress to repudíate its interest bearing bonds, or even to issue the legal tenders or greenbacks or " fiat " money with which it is proposed to puy tlieui. The Supreme Court has decided that the present greenback is not monoy, that it is only a promiae to iay money, and that the money promised is gold and silver coin - the money of the COXSTITUTION'. If Congress can comply with the demands of the NationalGreenbackers, - let the Supervisors tuke the financial buil by the horns and save the people trom taxatiou. " Sauco for the goose is sauce for the jander." Walïek H. Shute, of the Advocate, a New York journal of the National Greenback-Labor persuasión, and M. M., botter known as Brick Pomcroy, the great mogul of the same paity in the West, evidently don't foei very brotherly toward each other. In his issue of July 17, Mr. Shupo gives publicafion to a letter over his own signature, ordering a If 100 advertisemeut iuto the Democrat, Porueroy's organ. In the same letter he solicited, at' 00 conts a line, a $100 "editorial comment " on his advertisoment, " favorable or unfavorable," suggesting, however, a trust that "time and fuller and freer knowledge of each other may genérate a bettei feeling and cordiality betwecn you who have done so iiiuch, and I who in striving to do all I can for the cause with which we both are identified." The effect of tbrowing this eastern sop to the western whale was not the most satisfactory. In Shupe'sown language: "The result was that Mr. Pomeroy prepared over two columns of editoriul comment, in which he exhausted every energy of his being in abusing the Advocate and its editor, and drew upon us for another $100 for that; we paid the draft and now hold it." " When roguos fall out," etc. Those of our Democratie readers who harbor a regret that the State Convention did not soften the tiuancial plank so as to invite the tender-footed greenbackers to stand upon it, and who still hope that the mistake msy be remedied in tbe Congressional districts and counties, are invited to reflect upon this declaration made by the Bettle Creek Journal : " The 'rag baby' i u this State lias acquiieii sutficient titrength to walk entirely alone, lt no louger needs auywhere to toddie aloug with the help ot' either of the two old tjrattnies, bnt already walka with a Krm umi glaut step." It is a "lono hand" the NationalGreenbackers propose to play, so that the Democrats have no alternative but to declare and vote for honest money. The "fiat" money men and the "irredeemables" will vote together let Dein ocrats coax and soften as they may. Without any disposition to ineddle with the affaira of our neighbors we may properly express a hope that the Democrats of the First Congressional district will give Gen. A. S. Williams a renomiuation, and that unanimously. His experiunce will enablo him to do more for the district, the State, the nation, and the Democracy thau can a new man. Besides, his record is one for his friends and coustituents to be proud of. A VI0TOEY won by the Kepublicans in the coming election will be an iudorsement of the damnable frauda which cheated Samuel G. Tilden out of tlm Presidoncy to which he hud been clectod by the people. Will Democrats promote such a result by running uil' on a sido issue ' The Delaware Democratie State Convontion held on Tuesday adopteda hard money resolution. Col. Bob Ingersoll is reported to havo said, just beiore his departure for Europe, that Graut's star, iustead of beiug on the wune, is in the ascendant, and that he will be the nominee of tho Kepublicau party in 1880. - Uliicago Inter-Ocean.