New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-16
The Kings Bees.
From the Golden Age.


A flower in artful wax sometimes looks
like the real rose, fresh from natures stem.
At first glance you are deceived by it COM
pletely. You then touch it, and it is with
out notion you smell it, and it is without
sweetness; and SO you detect the dextrOus
counterfeit. Solomon lin the myth exposed
the cheat in a still prettier way. (Which
and which is ARTIFICIAL" Without TOUGH
ing the two plants, or even drawing near to
smell Of them, he simply said, "Open the
window and let in the bees!" In came the
buazing honey-seekers, and settled the
kings problem. They knew the difference
between the genuine and the fraudulent
flower.
Now many people want to know whether
the existing so-called enthusiasm for
Grants denomination is spontaneous or
only manufactured. The Presidents hope
OF a renewed term is pictured to them as in
full bloom. But ia his popularity real out
growth of living sentiment, or is it only a
waxen pretense moulded and rose-colored
BY the Office-hOlders! In view of the al
legged public demand for Grants second
term, many inquirers are anxious to know
how far there is a genuine desire for it by
the people, or only clever stimulation of it
is q suspicion that Grants popular attract
iveness as candidate is not real damask,
but painted wax.
Now, the Cincinnati convention (if we un-
derstand it, is to be the voice of Solomon,
saying, "Open the window, and let in the
bees" In other words, the people them
selves are there to have chance to offer a
criticism. Whatever that convention may
prove to be, even though only swarm OF
wasps and hornets, it will test the genuine
ness or the mockery of Grants popular in
dorsement for q new term.
If that convention does not demonstrate
Grants strength to be spurious and over es-
timated, it will only exhibit this strength as
all the more solid and real If it does not
render a good reason against his renomina-
ton, its inability to do so will be one OF the
best of reasons for it, If it does not con-
vince thoughtful men that new candidate
is needed, it will only incite them to renew
their slackened allegiance to the old. In
other words, if it does not discover the rose
to be wax, it will enliven the wax into the
rose.
A great responsibility attaches to this
convention. We wait with eagerness to
hear what it has to say. The respect in
which the Republican party has hitherto
| held Sumner and Greeley and Schurz and
Selden should lead that party now to pause
and listen to what these men have to say
| against Grants denomination before the
party rushes into needless ratification OF
denomination not yet made. If these
representative Republicans have good
! argument against Grant, let us give heed to
it; if they have not, then the public neces-
sity for taking Grant will be all the more
plain after they shall have spoken against
| him in vain.
The problem is simple. Grants forth
| coming denomination either is or is not a
genuine product of the popular feeling.
Some say it is real; others. it is manu-
| featured. The Cincinnati convention will
! fashion it into flower of wax. If in spite
Of this it still exists as living rose, the
bees will then have beautiful chance to
| find it out. At all events, that convention
needs 1.-THE wisdom of Solomon"