, 1872-12-17

what great spiritualist or. Stephen Foster)
caued the apex Of being in the scale Of confir-
nation" filled me with that impulsive curiosity
Said 7: "Perhaps have missed : great name
ed up in all the books of reference, from the Blue
| Book to the Patent Office Catalogue!'
THE SEARCH FOR TIE GREAT ARRIvEN.
Couriers were despatched in all directions,-
| some mounted on mules, some on jackaases, and
others going afoot After weeks indefatiga-
bic hunt, they all assembled before my house, at
mas Wbsb 9ns sd dds y 5and k
| Queen and Croppies Lie Down." appeared
on my doorstep, armed with poker, and asked
what, in the name Of sense, this great outpouring
might mean. Each courier advanced with 4
at the Library Of Congress, and all the rest dis
covered theirs at a trunkmaker's. opened the
hy-leaf and there read: Eighty years of Re-
publican Government in the United States. By
Louis J. Jennings London: John Murray.
1868. The right Of translation is reserved"
Having satisfied myself that this was book OF
the great man overdue amongst us, the hose dis
persed the mass-meeting, andI fell to examining
this book by candle-lght.
TIE WONDRoUs BOOK OF MICHAEL SCOTT.
I soon perceived that it was one Of those
books an EngliHhman is always trying to write,
as if be had an indigestible copy Of De Tocque-
vile on the stomach, that "brilliant and su-
perfcla1 book" as one OF the great race has
said; meaning that it must be SO because
Frenchman did it. The Jennings book Was
pretty well written, however, and full of prigged
quotations, going to establish vague notion Of
the author that something was necessarily
wrong here because one don't do it at 'ome, you
know.
soon found myself comparing the editor Of
! the official organ with the author Of this book,
| to see what he is going to do for US az substi
tue for Uncle Horace. And in some respects, it
the New York Times opinions be those OF the
correspondent at the head Of it, he performed q
! grieyously dishonest course in not supporting
Horace Greeley in 1872.
| OF NO CONSEQUENCE.
| Here is the first striking sentence:
"The form OF Government is, in truth, Of
Itt1e importance to America, so far as its pres
ent prosperity is concerned: Call the nominal
ruler King, Emperor, or President, and the
material interests OF the people must still
| flourish
! Well, there is good deal in name. Wep1e-
fer to call him President, because ne don't see
] where the turnkey could come in on that title,
nor any Black Usher Of the Crimson Red It's
= prejudice OF ours that Horace Greeley had.
To resume upon the Jennings theory Of goy-
ernment:
"What was SO much sought after by the early
na se to
It was the very ife-blood OF the system. But
| now, as Immediately after the War Of Independ-
| ence, they are willing to sacrifice almost every
thing for the sake OF securing an Irresistible
~NAAo%2kdSAQAA
has been expressly abandoned but the homage
| of the lips is still paid to it."
This is better writing than We see in the New
York Times but, to do his best in style, he must
write, ,beieyingly, as we suppose jennings did in
| 1863 He is d good deal hampered now. His
opinion on the right of secession was not so diff
ferent from Greeley's that he should hare abused
| his senior 60. He says P: 23):
choose whether they would remain in the Union,
or detach themselves from it, WAS never refuted,
though it was occasionally contradicted, until
the Southern st States unwise]y precpitate,d
ished BY the vote Of the Slave States but negro
outrage and the disfranchisement Of white citi-
zens tous forced upon them against their will,
and in undoubted contrayention Of the express
| shall be allowed to choose its own form Of suf-
frage. 'The Union before everything says the
American, before States, before the Consitu-
ton, before even Liberty ITSELF"
Not, however, before Jennings, if you please
The great arisen editor says thus OF Mr. A.
johnson:
ss3Ir Johnson had not been long in office be-
fore the facts which were brought to his knowl-
edge, as Chief Of the Nation, convinced him that
the South needed no additional stripes to reduce
it to submission. It's load was already greater
then it could beat y It WAS useless for
NJ. johnson to boast Of his humble origin and
TfS Nation nsons sook ~ no not p9nde ne
mechanics to be their great public Off
thsy tSyen need n.s IT, E that ssss
cry which mot Johnsons ears was: We will not
make M 5eo1a another IT. attemp} to divide the Union
= i It is no honor to be g member ct the
Civil Service in America. Any man who en-
! tered upon the Presidency With his mind i'm,
bned with the precepts Of the Constitution and
| the teachings Of the Fathers would ruin him
| sell in q tWelyemonth. The re-eligibility Of the
| President may be one cause Of the gradual
| decddence Of the Office! 1t ls to the interest
OF the President to scheme and mannuvre for a
second term"
| Mr.. Jennings then expresses hiB belief in
! single term Of Office, and in the abolition OF the
Electoral College system pp. Sc, SO. He has
! thrown q great deal Of mud upon people who
| believed the game thing.
! SOLID CHUSKs OF WISDOM.
| As we go on in this book OF the second Greeley,
we see 3 vast amount Of skepticism, as il the
author we're looking for conscience, and Was
afraid Of losing the successful side BY yentnring
| on one. He pronounces an American Cabinet
an engine Of corruption, and sails in to the Sen
ate as the real appointing power He says:
! s' Nr. Madison commended that tie President
would never dare to remove a faithful public
| servant hut this was nothing more than per-
sonal impression" SIN Congress, no one can
affirm that either z property or intellect ia ade-
| The above remarks few thinking people gain
| say but what is Mr. Jennings doing toward the
| independent spirits in Congress at present He
said, four years ago:
"It is impossible for man Of independent
| opinions to obtain seat in Congress- He must
be Endorsed by party, and slavishly adopt all
the views OF the party, or it is useless for him
to contest an election. Should any accepted
member exhibit an opinion OF his own in opposi-
tion to the general party he is practically driven
out Of it's ranks and he is ia assailed on all sides
with virulence and unBcrnpu1ousness unknown
elsewhere; he inevitably fails to receive future
nomination, and thus he loses the next election.
Within the walls Of the Legislature, every voice
is raised against him and, outside, he has to
confront the unprincipled assaults OF the COM
bined agents OF a faction"
Here re think re reach definition Of Jen-
nings aud his paper. A man who can think this
in 1868, and lead the Tom Murphy rabble Of men,
with shoemakers' faces, in 1872, can never be the
independent and courageous successor Of Horace
Greeley, even if the comparison were not pre-
posterous On all grounds.
TAKING pAoKwATER.
After 11r. Jennings has argued, in sidewise
way, for ruined State rights, he denounces the
country because leach State has power to mako