Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-05-26
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Special Correspondence of the Spectator.

| - 1Ao eApeCteu anu pIeulClcu, Lay, unA y
| Grant has received the nomination on the Chi
cago platform for President and Schuyler Col-
| fax, Speaker of the Rump House, the nomlna-
| ton on the Dry Pump ticket tor the Vice Pres
| ldency The Radical party have heretofore as
serted with much venom aud bitterness that
| Andrew johnson had too much to say that
his tongue was too loose, and like the tongue
| OF bell 1t was always wagglng, In their pros
pective would-be President, they have been
| very fortunate In their selection OF Dry Pump,
| for be is tonQue-tied. But should ne be elected,
| and that is but bare possibility-the RAIDS
will fud that they cannot use Ulysses as they
| please and twist him into every yillalnouS meas
ure simply because they elected him, for he is
as obstinate as a mule and when he once gets
| into power he will not be driUea, not even by
tue Seuates groom Eiihu Washburne, when
| the 'reins OF government are once In his hands
In the traces now he Is very traciable because
| he has been fishing for the nomination for two
years. 1t made no difference to Dry Pump
which party fshed him into their boat; he was
willing to risk ride up or down Salt River,
just for the novelty OF the thing. But that
| grant is at heart Radical l do not for mo-
ment believe; the ambition to be president per-
suades him to run on that ticket because the
| dead duck and Groom Eihu cajoled him into
believing that the Radical party was the strong
est and power In the land, and for him TO
LINK % running Oli Tue CONSERVATIVE ClCkC6 duU
expect to be elected was utterly preposterouS.
| Yet, while Eihu was telling Grant all these
| fine thiDgs-''wise saws and modern instances,
| he and his corrupt clique were in ectrenats tor
| a political savior, as the rotten ship in which
| he had his fortunes embarked was in sinking
condition, and no one with any possible chance
could see it, but the great captain OF the
Army Of the Potomac. Before the RAIDS fell
in with and hit upon Dry Pump, the party was
all at sea-a Jacob Faithful in search Of a
| father, and taking soundlngs among the shoals
! and rocks of Radicalisu But now that they
have captured mummy who is going to make
his speeches mot Washburne certainly, for he
| is stupider than Grant [ fancy that see the
| Dry Pump in the White House making hap
! by (D after dinner speech, and reception adj
| dresses to foreign ambassadors! Won't it he
rich--if he gets there? and Madame Grant as
! the first lady in the notion will rival old Mrs
Abe In obtuseness OF mind, and excel her In
vulgar elegance and display of her silk satins
and pinch back je,0ehy, soealed, What mat
ters it, though, who is Mr. and Mrs. President
| to the voX PoPULI-the governing classes OF
| Yankeeand Western Hoosers? The rougher
| and more uncultivated they are, the better they
| like them That's the reason why the late
| lamented' was so amazingly. popular with thenl
But have little fear Of Dry Pump ever get
| ting to the White House, as President-the
| Republican party is spllt-diyided; and when
"rogues iall cut, honest men get their dues. >
| You may expect three candidates in the field,
by the middle of July. It's very probable
Judge Chase will be the independent candidate
on mild go between platform. Who is to be
the invincible Of the great Conservative party
remains to be seen-Hendrlcks, Pendleton,
Doolittle Or Hancock; OF why not nominate
Andrew johnson?
The nomination OF Dry Pump and Colfax
somewhat ''enthused" dominant Republicans
The Daily Republican which was conducted on
the neutral principle TOR over year, came out
for the Chicago ticket, very enormously lnlagl-
ming that it was tapping the tide at the food
which leads to fortune, but it will be strand
ed high and dry at the head Of Salt River.
Last March "a year it was the exponent OF the
views of the administration, but now it is the
exponent of dried up rlckety cOncern-U. 5.
G.-llseless Grant as he Is frequently called
here. ..'aF.T
1t is thought the Impeachment question will
be disposed of next Tuesday, by the withdrawal
OF the articles or voting on them seratum. But.
we shall see. What S the use of taking action
on them in any form when Old Mortality is ma
turing other articles OF lmpeachment to be
presented so soon as Southern Radical Senators
are admitted A little perjuring will not hurt
them as old Mortality asserts. What specta-
Gle to enlightened Europe does the Rump pre-,
sent to-day Twenty five cents would buy
quacking brakes vote either way. Chandler.
and Howard can be bought up for half dozen
gin cocktails and jim Nye will vote either
one or the other for plug OF 'tobacker, and
this is the kind Of stuff the Rump Senate is
composed OF. But of the seven Republicans
seven noble stern, unyielding. incorruptible
Romans who voted mot guilty, in the face of
intimidation, threats Of assassination &C., they
deserve to have their names recorded In letters
of gold on monuments OF silver, as an example
to posterity- being legislators whom gold could
not purchase
The Washington correspondents of the Phila-
adelphia Press states that Senator Ross, of Kan
sas, who voted mot guilty., went into Buck
eye Wade's room the other day, and took
seat unasked and commenced talking to the
swearing Ben Wade how well Andy was going
to behave himself hereafter, and that old Ben
told Senator r. that he (B. never wished him
to open his mouth to him again That swear
| ing Wade is indignant with Senator Ross be-
cause he did not perjure his soul so as to put
him in place he is wholly unfit for, is doubt
less true; but that Senator Ross went in swear
ing Wade's room and took seat unasked, Is
VIGOROUSLY false-he is not the man to do it
This chap who manipulates for Fornicating
Forney Press is a liar of the first water, and
is the same fellow whom Mr.. Rives Pollard
| cowhided two years ago, in the Spotswood Hos
tel, Richmond, for the same ungentlemany Of
fence--lying.
The Masons of this city laid the corner stone
of their Temple, Wednesday. There was a.
large turn out of the Masonic fraternity, and
among the most democratic in the ranks trudg
ing along in the crowd, arm IN arm, with Col.
A. B French. was Andrew johnson, President
of the United States
Sayes j. Bowen Radical candidate for Mayor
of this city, ''entertains' negro gentlemen
and ladies' at his home. De gustlbus, DC
SIDNEY.
RECORD OF THE VoTE OF IMPEACHMENT
The Syracuse IN " Com1er and Union un-
der the head of Roll Of Honor and sur
rounded by stars, places the names OF the nine
teen Senators who voted for acqulttal. Sur
rounded by deep black border, and under the
head of the Roll OF Infamy," are the names
of the thirty FIVE who voted for conviction
IF duty, patriotism, enlightened human SYM
patty, never before conspired with sef-interest
and self security, to move men to resolute ac-
ton, they now unite to impel the white men of
Virginia to trampe this wretched instrument,
the spawn of mingled negroism and carpet
bagism, under foot, and to vote down the alien
ticket that accompanies it.-Rtch. Whag
THE TRIAL OF Mr. DAVIS is now stated |
on good authority, says the Richmond Dis
match. that Chief Justice Chase has decided to