National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-09-03
POLITICAL NOTES.


day for members Of the State Legislature.
Tue New York Republican convention will
be held at Utica on the cath Of September.
YESTERDAY, In Wilmington, Delaware,
the municipal election was carried by the
Republicans with increased majoritics.
THE Republican State Central Committee
Of Massachusetts, has selected Hon. d. W.
Gooch TO preside over the State convention,
at Worcester, on the nth instant.
RECENT advccs from San Francisco indi-
cate that George &. Gorham, Secretary Of
the United States Senate, has the start In the
race Of the candidates to succeed Senator
Casserly.
SCHUYLER CoLFAx responded to scrc-
made at Eaton Rapids, Michigan, last week,
and took occasion to remark that ''hc could
look back upon his long career and see that
he had never performed a public act for which
he would be ashamed to stand aud answer at
the court Of heaven"
The DELEGATION Of colored citizens Of
Louisiana, at present In the North with the
purpose of presenting their side Of the con-
ditiou Of affairs In that State, have made ar
rangemcnts TO speak at Providence, Rhode
Island, on the iath Of September, at Boston
w thS ivtut ~ uiuuciphtu ou thc ittu, Dur
timore 10Th, Harrisburg I'D, Pittsburg 26th,
Cincinnati Goth, Louisville 30th. The dele
CATION, II ID understood, will address the peo-
pie Of New York city at an early date.
ihb ouIsvi- IsuoA ,iiiO IiowaJ I,v,,,v-
crdt thus jokes over the condition Of the
peeled and scattered party In that States
There Is not enough left Of the old banner
under which we have been fighting for years
to patch the seat Of the trousers Of court
hnnan raj Wa aal la,
race through the brush the devil will not only
get the hlndmost, but may gobble the whole
lot; which Will be good joke on the devil"
THIS Is tho way the Philadelphia Inquirer
puts Mosby's ground and lofty tumblIng. 1t
Virginian should could or would understand
the politics OF the aristocratic and fastidious
Old Dominion, tho grandmother of Presi-
dents, as well as q descendant OF John Smith,
or Randolph Of Roanoke. Therefore, the
cold, calculating sons Of the chilly North are
not whit surprised that the late radical Re
publican Mosby should have lightly, not
gracefully, waved an adicu to his extreme
Republican convictions and yaulted gaily into
one Of the saddles Of the light cavalry Of the
new Virginia Conservative gubcrnatorial
brigade.
The Louisville Courier Journal sounds the
alarm. The gains Of the Republican party
In Kentucky are not heavy, but deeply signin-
cant. Says the Courier Journal, In speaking
Of the result Of the recent Legislative action;
at il warning to the Democratic party
OF Kentucky. 1t tells US very plainly that
the Democracy cannot afford to throw them
selves across the path Of progress and reforms
that the abuses OF q Democratic Legislature
must be corrected, and that II they arc not
corrected by one party they will be corrected
by the other. Party managers must not be
allowed TO provide only for themselves wheA
have change, or we Gill be routed, horse,
foot and Dragons Achange Is demanded
We arc near waking says Novalis, when
we dream that we dream. Let us hope
that the eyes Of the people OF Kentucky are
nearly open"
ACCORDING to the Cincinnati Gazette,
Allen, the Democratic candidate for Governor
Of Ohio, Is rs much Of an lmposture as q sur
yivOr Of an era Of political purity Us he Is as
patriot In the rebellion, or Us man who
ranked among statesmen, or as aspeclmon Of
q courtly style Of politician. His apologists
try to relieve him from his Vallandigham
speech by quoting from II saying that he
mover justified the South In taking up arms.
yallandigham was wont to say the same.
Did that palliate his treachery2 Allen
charged all sorts OF criminal designs on the
party that was fighting the rebels. II what
he charged were true, 1t would have Justified
the South in taking up arms and In lighting
to the last ditch. They also plead In Offset
that he had previously encouraged volunteer
ing. This adds to his treac6ery. At the
grand uprising he sought to mount the popu-
lar wave. But the war was magnided and
prolonged beyond all expectation. Heavy
disasters came on. He thought the people
discouraged and ripe for Democratic reaction
against the war. Then he charged that It's
purpose was criminal from the beginning;
that the Republican party made the war;
that the South was obliged TO fight or sur
render liberty; that the design was 10 kill off
the Northern men TO make room for the
Southern negroes; that military success
would be the establishment of despotism,
and so on. II he ever encouraged volunteer
Ing, II was when his aid was not needed; he
discouraged when 1t was needed.
The New York Tribune of yesterday has
a leading article on 1.-THE Ohio Opposition"
In which the following language is used in
reference to Mr.. Aliens speech In opening
also, In his criticisms upon Gen. Grant. The
President, we believe, Ii much to blame for
committing public trusts to corrupt and In
competent men, for rewardlng dishonest par
tisans with Office, and for lowering In many
ways the standard Of public morality. But
Mr.. Allen says little On thls head, and re-
serves his Indignation for an action which
most men regard as one Of the wisest Of the
Presidents official career. This was the
nomination Of Gen. Longstreet TO a lucra-
tive Office In New orleans-or, as Mr.. Allen
expresses 1t, passing over meritoriOus Union
soldiers and appointing q rebel general, whose
hands were stained with the blood Of
slaughtered children OF the North Why, It
is the chief complaint Of the Democratic
party that the Administration has no forgive
ness for the crushed and repentant South, but
has sent Union soldiers 10 rule over II, and
Northern carpet-baggers TO plumber II. II Is
the constant cry Of tho Democracy that the
South ought to DO governed by Its own peo-
pie, its Offices ought TO given To men like |
who were brave enemies In war
and have been loyal citizens ever since. Mr.. |
Aliens cxtrayagant devotion to the Union |
soldiers IA not appreciated by tho loyal |
North. Sensible people do not believe that |
the soldiers have mission to govern the |
States they have conquered, and the soldiers |
themselves would be the last To complain Of |
such as that which arouscs Mr.. |
Aliens horror"