e were much more than offset
by the amount he had to pay as indorser of Mr. Dorsey's paper.
--C. F. FARRELL.]

PLAGIARISM AND POLITICS.

_Question_. What have you to say about the charges published in
this morning's _Herald_ to the effect that you copied your lecture
about "Mistakes of Moses" from a chapter bearing the same title in
a book called Hittell's "Evidences against Christianity"?

_Answer_. All I have to say is that the charge is utterly false.
I will give a thousand dollars reward to any one who will furnish
a book published before my lecture, in which that lecture can be
found. It is wonderful how malicious the people are who love their
enemies. This charge is wholly false, as all others of like nature
are. I do not have to copy the writings of others. The Christians
do not seem to see that they are constantly complimenting me by
saying that what I write is so good that I must have stolen it.
Poor old orthodoxy!

_Question_. What is your opinion of the incoming administration,
and how will it affect the country?

_Answer_. I feel disposed to give Cleveland a chance. If he does
the fair thing, then it is the duty of all good citizens to say
so. I do not expect to see the whole country go to destruction
because the Democratic party is in power. Neither do I believe
that business is going to suffer on that account. The times are
hard, and I fear will be much harder, but they would have been
substantially the same if Blaine had been elected. I wanted the
Republican party to succeed and fully expected to see Mr. Blaine
President, but I believe in making the best of what has happened.
I want no office, I want good government--wise legislation. I
believe in protection, but I want the present tariff reformed and
I hope the Democrats will be wise enough to do so.

_Question_. How will the Democratic victory affect the colored
people in the South?

_Answer_. Certainly their condition will not be worse than it has
been. The Supreme Court decided that the Civil Rights Bill was
unconstitutional and that the Federal Government cannot interfere.
That was a bad decision and our party made a mistake in not protesting
against it. I believe it to be the duty of the Federal Government
to protect all its citizens, at home as well as abroad. My hope
is that there will be a division in the Democratic party. That
party has something now to divide. At last it has a bone, and
probably the fighting wi