Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-20
PINCH.


Pinekhaek stands at the door and dI11ordatl \
Senate wrenales over the question OF In Admis
son. It Is : spectacle to makeApR1ls weop. Ila
Hon. Oliver r. Morton, who is 8 "i adinQ atatos-
man." says the State of Lonisianh 10 MTnnNpd
every day that he Is kept Out of ~ seat Mort
than that, this tsBatment is centra,3 70 - Co.
sttuuoh ofthe United States, aMaiil daeh hWeathNr
as this decidedly prejudical TO the constitution OF
Pinchback. Mr. Morton says the President has
determined who IL the Governor and which is the
Legislature OF LouisIana, and upon that dermi-
nation demands that PlnChback be admitsa ht
once. II Is QUESTION OF law, he Naye, and not Of
politics. OF course it is. " will hardly bO denied
that Pre- sident Grant saved Louisiana to the
Union. Will anybody In the Senate or out have
the earontery to deny his right to select lie Gov
eTnor and Leglslatnrey Mr.. MoItoh is quite right
ia his demand The people Of Louisiana have
though majority of them seem mot to be aware
OF h-been struggling Tor hileen months 10 be
represented somewhere aud In some capacity BY
PInehback. As Governor, Member Of Congress,
or Senator, they are determined he shai stand up
for them, and In their name draw pay The voice
OF Lousiana--where in the familiarity OF social
intercourse the Senator eKpectant ls known BY the
endeaTlDg Abbreviation Pinch"-O0mss up IN
laundering tones to this dalying Senate, crying,
"Let in Pinch let in Pinchl" And still stands
the PinchDack at the door, still howl the LoulHi-
ana lowlnnds, and still Oliver p. Morton echoes
like patriot and statesman the wall Of the bay
yous and tho sWamps, "Let in Pinch !"
Aud why notP tn the name Of common sense
and the fitness Of things. why notY WHAT'S
Pmchback more or less to the SenAteS With Oar
penter In the chair, what difference will another
rinchback on the hoor maker The country calls
for more Pinchbacks More currency and more
PInehbacks Is the cry. Mr.. Kelley OF Pennsyl-
vania puts IT up IN the House. aud Mr.. Butler Of
Massachusetts strikes the key for the cboroug.
Give Pinchback currency IN the Senate, and
make the currency Pinehback in the House; that
has been the DRIFT Of the debate for q day or two
past Could anything be more delightfully."- con-
Sistentf 1t appears to the instincts OF Senator
Norton. Wren that gentleman proposed lew
years ago to pay the National debt in greenbaeks,
ne gave out the favor of Pinchback; when he said
Se had "the best civil service on the planet" he
vas still advocating Pinchback; when he ettol-
ed the Administration for its measures Ot rctrench
,nent aud reform. as he did q month OF two ago,
the scent of the rose hung around him still, and
patient people, recognizing the odor, whispered
IN Ter, its breath, ''Pinchback"
Then there's the Treasury Department.
Pinchback al the head of il, Pinchbaek peFva-
ding it, Pinchback all through. And there too
they abbreViate it and call il "Pinch" In the
Treasury. Way not then Pinchback IN the
SeDatel WilhPinchbAck in The departments and
In the currency, Pinehback professions in all
the platforms Of the Administration party for
the last two years, Pinchback stAtemanshiP. and
Pinchback finance, why keep the only genuine
Pinehback-if the expression may be allowed
out in the cold at the door Of the Senate7 The
Senate is full why not put up the sigh? By all
means let him in. Put his card up over the
door Of the Senate. There is Mr.. Cameron at
the head Of the COMMITTEES ON Foreign Relations
Mr.. Flanagan at the head ofthe Education
Committee and Mr.. Carpenter, in the chair;
there's the list Of eonfrmations: there's the re-
cord in the case, of Pomeroy, and Patterson,
and Harlan: and then there are Mr.. ConklLng
and others fguring as statesmen-WhO ever looks
those things all over carefully and then reads
"Pinehback" over Che door, will 80 away i'm
pressed with the fitness Of things and never ask
a question.
And if We might imagine of the great SenA-
tors of the past-of Webster and Clay, and Ad
AIMS and Cslhoun-revisiting the scene Of there
earthly labOrs and their earthly triumphs, dur
ing this debate, We should doubtless see them,
each with shadowy finger on shadoWy noae,
remarking, as be faded into night, "Pinch-
backp
Let him in. by all means LEI him in. Pinch
back 10 the Pinchbacks. Get together. The
only thing that isn't Pinchback in the policy
Of the Administration is paid out in fractions
Of dollar, and will shortly be stopped entire
~. Still standeth Pinchback at the door, and
sill howl the bayous and the sWAmps Of the
Wronged and outraged Stale, "Let in ''PihchP
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