The Portland daily press., 1872-05-28
from your lips, which of his sentiments has

sold Nh Buck, putting on a little blue cloth
can with glazed front, and quoting his last
article.
the colonel. -t-
: Unjust sometimes be quaffed in blood,
colonel cried Brick. And when he said
''blood'' he gave the great pair Of scissors
sharp snap, as if they said blood too, and were
quite of his opinion.
This done, they both looked at NJ :,
I pausing for reply. ggliuIU9H sLt
"Upon my life" said Martin, who had by
this time quite recovered his usual coolness,
Il can't give you any satisfactory information
about it for the truth is that -
Stop cried the Colonel, glancing stern
ly at his War correspondent, and giving his
head one shake after every sentence 'sThat
you never heard of Jefferson Brick, Sir. That
| you never read Jefferson Brick, Sir. That
| you never saw the Rowdy journal, Sir. That
| you never knew, Sir, of its mighty influence
upon the cabinets of Europe-Yes% '
That's what l was about to observe, GER
tainly'' said Martin. b, la sas
keep cool Jefferson" said the Colonel
! gravely. ''D0n't bust! Oh, you European
AFTER that let's have glass of wine!' So
saying, he got down from the table and pro-
duced from basket outside the door, bottle
of champagne and three glasses.
ssMr Jefferson Brick, Sir" said the Col
onel. filling Martins glass and his own, and
pushing the bottle to that gentleman, twill
give us sentiment"
ssWell. STRIP cried the War correspondent
''since you have concluded to call upon me,
will respond will give you, Sir, the Row
dy Journal and its brethren; the well of
truth whose waters are black from being COM
posed of printers ink, but are quite clear
enough for my country to behold the shadow
of her destiny reflected in" t.
CLEAR, hearv' cried the Colonel, with great
complacency. "There are fowery compO-
nents, Sir, in the language of my friend"
Every much so, indeed" said Martin.
''There is to-days Rowdy, Sir observed
the Colonel, handing him paper. you'll
find Jefferson Brick at his usual post in the
van ofhuman civilization and moral purity
The removal of the last obstacle to peace, is
a contamination over which not only patriot
ic Americans but good citizens of all countries
have occasion to rejoice. 1t lifts diplomacy
to higher plane. 1t makes the ''golden
rule'' the true basis of international law,
thereby diminishing the probabilities of future
appeals to the ''dread arbitrament of war;"
Although the suspicious result has been at
tanned by aJunion of parties, it is nevertheless
creditable to the President and the Republi-
can majority of the Senate that they have
maintained dignitied indifference to the
clamorous threats of political disaster, by
which it has been sought to turn them from
the duty of the hour. The administration
has earned new title to popular confidence
by demonstrating that it dares to do right,
| irrespective of partizan considerations.
Mr.. GREELEY AND THE TAILOR.
Whatever may have been said formerly of
Mr.. Greeley's eccentricities of costume, can
bear witness that now, that he has become a
possible candidate for the Presidency, he ap-
pears in irreproachable dress. His black coat
is of costly material and faultless fit. l am
indeed afraid he has been induced to waive
his prediction for encouraging domestic in
dustry, i'm his desire to "study fashions to
adorn his body" for unless our cloth manu-
facture has reached sudden perfection under
the fostering influences of a protective tariff
| the material of this handsome garment was
woven by the "pauper labor of Europe"
His bran new white hat contrasts strongly
yet not unpleasantly with the glossy black
ness of the rest of his attire. The knot of
his neck tie is directly beneath his chin, and
not under one of his ears, as, according to
the popular fallacy, it has usually been. His
shoes are mates, and so lustrous in polish
that no passing urchin would think of as
sailing him with his saucy ''Shine 'em up?"
| Altogether he has the neat appearance of a
gentleman attired for a holiday, and his face
wears the bland smile of satisfied selfcon-
| sciousness. <
But ah l dread the awakening from his
dream of bliss which must .
| COME AFTER THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION.
The recording angel, to whom the task shall
be allotted of blotting out the oaths he will
utter there, must shed very ocean of tears.
For already, the wrathful pronuncamentos
of the Marbles, the Voorhees, and the Jerry
Blacks who still roll the sins of Democracy as
Sweet morsels under their tongues indicate
with painful certainty the hopelessness of ov
grooming the chemical law which forbids the
amalgamation of the Bourbon of Democl acy
with the spring water of Chappaqua. With
our own Tammany Democrats, there would
be no difficulty. There has always been
good understanding between them and the
faction of the Republican party in New York
to which Mr.. Greeley has given consequence
by his association with it. ..g. l' r
The sole survivor of the Tweed quartette,
by the grace of Hoffman, still Mayor of our
city, evinced his sympathy with the Cincinna-
ii revolt, at the outset, by using his
ERIE INFLUENCE TO PROCURE FREE PASSES
over that road for the New York delegates.
But Tammany Hall will have but feeble
voice in the next National Convention 1t
will go there bearing the odium of having de-
stroyed the party, and when it confesses its
eagerness for coalition with disahected Re-
publicans for the sake of the spoils it will be
tauntingly reminded that its degrading pro-
pensity to trade in politics has simply disgrace
ed the party, without helping i. to win.
wish l could hope otherwise. To my
mind there could be no spectacle more graft
flying to loyal hearts than to witness the sur
render of that once powerful and always au-
dacious organization against whose unavai-
ing but malignant protest slavery has been
abolished, the National flag upheld in
triumph, the Union reconstructed, the blacks
enfranchised, and the public debt made invio-
late
But the ancient chiefs of Democracy are
not too blind to see that coalition bound to-
gether by no stronger tie than
''THE COHESIVE POWER OF PUBLIC PLUM
DER"
"a mere struggle of the outs'' to get in
has in any event small chance of success-a
chance altogether too slender to induce them
to undergo the humiliation of public con-
fession, that for twelve years they have
been in the wrong all the time
wrong in the creeds they professed-wrong
in the predictions they made wrong
as to means and wrong as to results. And
inasmuch as only tenth part of the voters
of the country are seekers for Office, and the
blanks are to the prizes in this quest 81 per
cent to ], it is not at all likely that two
thirds of the delegates to Baltimore will eat
the dirt of humble pie, which the spoils-hun-
tiers are preparing for their entertainment on
the 9th of July. YARMOUTH.
Western Division p. & O. Railroad.
HUNTINGDON, P. O., May %, 1872.
To the Editor OF the Press:
The problem before our railroad party yes
terday morning, on starting from Hemming-
ford was what route to take Should we 90