Mr. Osband, of the Ypsilantian, in his s...

Mr. Osband, of the Ypsilantian, in his speech at the convention, Tuesday, said the republican party was the only party capable of grappling with the emigration question, but he failed to state how they would grapple with it. Will the Ypsilantian state what Mr. Osband had in mind? What is the platform of the republican party on the emigration question? Republican orators and republican papers talk of the condition of the Southern states and hold their people up to abhorence. The census figures are telling a tale somewhat different. From a bulletin, just issued, we find that while Virginia has increased 9.48 per cent in population, it has increased 55.06 per cent in school attendance; South Carolina has increased 50.89 per cent in school attendance while increasing only 15.63 per cent in population; Louisiana has increased 19.01 per cent in population and S3-S2 Per cen n school attendance. Against this record may be offset some republican states. Vermont has increased in population only .04 per cent and has actually decreased in school attendance 10.42 per cent. Maine has increased in population 1.87 per cent and decreased 7.38 per cent in school attendance. New Hampshire increased 8.51 per cent and decreased 7.51 per cent in school attendance. Perhaps the Courier has some explanations to make. The republican party is evidently no longer united. The Detroit Tribune, the state organ, terms the issues which the Arm Arbor Courier, the county organ, regards as the cardinal issues of the party, sapless. The county convention of Tuesday clearly recognized the differences that existed. The committee on resolutions promulgated its resolves with evident timidity and evidently considered that it might possibly be better to wait until a state or national convention had defined the issues which held the party together. Robert Campbell hit the nail on the head when he said that the party seemed to be mixed up in its views and ideas, and the other speakers all recognized the differences of opinión and steered clear of expressing their views on the points of difference. All of this goes to show that the old issues which held the party together are coming to be recognized even by the party adherents as sapless. How much longer will the mere party name hold the party together? Glance at the resolutions. The first is mere prefunctor.y praise of Harrison. The second reiterates a portion of the declaration of independence, written by a democrat and a democratie principie. The third declares for honest elections and so far is the principie of all parties, and departed from in practise by the republicans as well as the other parties. It will be noticed that there is no endorsement of the infamous force bill. The fourth is a protection plank, which points to the prosperity of the people as an evidence of its wisdom. The rich are getting richer and the poor, poorer. That is the condition of the people and that is a logical sequence of the protective tariff system. The fifth congratulates the party on reciprocity with Brazil, or free trade on certain articles with that country, but fails to point out why if free trade with Brazil is good, it is not with other countries. The sixth declares for the annexation of Canada and says our interests are one. This too is a blow at the protective tariff. The seventh and ninth resolutions prefunctorial declare in favor of good nominations for judge and regents and might justly andas appropriately find a place in all platforms. The eighth denounces the packing of caucuses as injurious to the can party and is a strong intimation that the caucuses of that party have been packed. This is the sum and substance of the resolutions. How do the sincere men of the party regard the expression of the party on the living issues of the day. What is there in them that demands their allegiance?