Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-06-10
A ROMBSHELL IN THE CAMP.
How the Radicals I'm Washington Re-
eeived the Result OF the New York Eiee-
tion.

D. ?. writes from Washington to the
Cincinnati Commercial:
There is no denial of the fact that the
election in New York has had a somewhat
depressing effect upon the government
people here. who up to that event count
ell their two-thrds MAJ jority in Congress,
and swung on If there were no cQnstit-
nences taking no of their shortcomings.
That the City Of New York. under the cor
rupt control of the most infamous organi-
zation known to political humanity, should
exhibit huge majority in f~vor of the
Democracy was expected. But the resnlt
| in the rural districts fills our friends with
| dismay. 1t is the handwriting on the wall,
and means death.
And vet Judging from the talk of Re-
| publican officials heretofore, one would
| oather that the defeat Of the Republicans
| in a riumph Of the Democracy was An
| event to he expected, and, wlRther pleas
| ant or not, one To be regarded with piIiIo
| aophical indifference. But death, how
ever long anticipated, cannot be made fa-
rniliar. We look the inevitable calamity
| in the face until tt g face as umes that
| FORM and then shrink in dismay. l
| take my meals at Welcker's, where quite q
number of Congressman feed, and the
morning the news reached us, and each
man opened his morning journal to read
| the news, u dead silence, deep gloom,
| fell upon the room, 80 marked that q
stranger would have taken us for q collec-
/ ton of undcrtakers, refreshing ourselves
| upon the cold baked meats of funeral.
| The mass of the thieves and swindlers
that have crowded upon the Republican
CT aft, until it is fairly swamped, for the
| first time begin to realize that their days
are numbered-theic doom sealed. What
with this iniquitous protective tariff that
grinds down the multitude that few may
prosper; what with the hard times and the
thousand and one gigantic Legislative
swindles for few monopolists. the people
sicken and cry out for change.
Old Pig-iron says, in the deepest tone
of a voice that sounds like echoes from a
rotten coffin: ''The Democratic partee
will never consent, sir, to reduction OF
the tariff. The leaders may advocate such
a ru. in-ous pol-i-cee when out of power,
but when in power, sir, they dare not "
Poor devil, think / see him begging a
protective tariff from the Democracy. The
Instincts of that celebrated organization
are not so keen and perfect as they once
were, but enough are left to control the
party On that subject, and indeed, all
others of financial sort. A Democrat is
IA man who hates taxation. The support
of government Of any sort is very ohen-
siye TO him, and the leaders are popular
50 long as they cater to this healthy pre-
judice. Jack Cades financial notions, as
portrayed by Shakespeare, are peculiarly
Democratic. I see Jack in Congress now,
returned by a constituency in the full exer-
else of Democratic interests IN the dlrec-
ton. The Hon. VIM. Mungen is a true
type of the Democracy. He is their Jack
Cade too day, and his idea of financial
policy is TO wipe out old scores and to be-
gin again. This sort will have the next
| HOuse of Representatives, and not the
learned Brooks and volatile Cox, who re-
present tine DenIUcrutic bondholders.
Wait until Brick Pomeroy Il Go. put in an
appearance, and then let Kelley plead for
O protective tariff. 1t will be good fun to
note how such fnanciers will receive and
act upon such propositions And it will
be, further on, great comfort to see how
the people will rally around and sustain
these gentlemen in their short cut to pros
perity. l think l hear Brick on the floor
nromuleating his idea of a financial treat
ment of the national debt