The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1868-05-22
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menti but as the people fail TO see them as
ihey see themselves Tor rather as each sees
bimselD they have combined TO vote The peo-
Pile ~iblockheads, and win end, as Seward
has, by becoming monarch SITS. Chase's
grievances is that the people have not cho-
sen him ior President; that OF the others
excepting possibly Grimes) that the people
have not chosen to accept them as leaders
and permit them to dictate the policy OF the
Republican party. The proper course for
the party to pursue isto eSpcl all these mis-
c%reSnts, aud TO let them build-Hp a new par
~ If they CANA game at which they will
make but unsatisfactory progress until the
American people beeome more enamored Of
aristocracy than they have yet been, or are
likely to be for some time to come. Il may
not be Rmiss, 10 this connection, to relate a
litile incident which betrays the failing of
these men A day or Two after Grimes was
taken sick, Fesseuden called on him and
spent the evening. After chatting for a
while In a self.satished way over their own
reereaney, Fessenden read Grimes an article
from a Conservative paper, in which, as a
reason for the fears Of the Republicans that
the detection Of these men would kill the
party, il was sarcastically suggested that they
believed with Macbeth that when the brains
we're out, the mar was dead.n This precious
pats the Mare dyspeptic and the Ohio para
lytie, ehuckled over this compliment, and
enjoyed it With the keenest relish, seeming
to feel that they were, in very deed, the
brains Of the Republican party. They will
find, however, that the party cannot only get
along very well without them. but ultimately
be all the better or for their ABSENCE
Grimes never was considered a man of abl.-
ity, and FeBsenden has been more oVerrated,
intellectually, than any other man In the
Senate, Even Trumbull, the ablsst of the
recreants, has in him none OF the elements
of craftsmanship. 7 should not close mr. re.
marks upon this interesting quartette, Chase,
Trumbull, Fessenden and Grimes, without
men,iOning that the first and the most thor.
ough scoundrel OF them all was among the
earliest Of those who called at the White
House, on Saturday after noon, to tender bis
congratulations to the President on the re-
suit Of the vote on the llth article. Per.
haps, also, he was eager to receive his need
Of thanks for his distinguished services in
dining and taking drives with doubtful y
Senators. -APFoPOS Of this, it may be men.
toned that Fowler was one Of those to whom
be was especially attentive. Fowler, with
out being Over-stOcked, himself with gentil-
ity, has, since his elevation to his present
position, become a devoted adnirer Of that
PeEfumsd article. His social ASPIRATIONS are
bis great weakness, and, as Chase and hi;
family, since the former was Secretary of the
Treasury and one Of the latter married n mil.
l%ionaire, have been the leaders Of %"aristo.
cratic society in the capital, Fowler was
peculiarly susceptible to the influence Of thC
apostate judge, who, on his side, discovered
and made the most Of this weakness, unuI
he got Fowler well prepared to yield to temp.
tation. A.. F. BoYLE.