, 1874-10-10

position party has alrcady developed some curl
onn foat,ros. Tho only porsons willing to with
draw woro those who wcro fit to bo olcctod. All
tho othorH wero willing to servo thoir country,
regardless Of o1ponao; anl, II their patriotism
Inns not boon quito rs pronounced az Joo For
roat's, which Was oxo,up1inod In his offer to go
down South and crush out amy rebellion that
might occur, still they were ready to throw
themselves into Ito broach with tho utmost cot1-
ios,tro. to lend forlorn hope, to encrif1co thcm
BoIvcB npon an altar, or do anything olso which
required cool desperation, small pccl,ntary
expenditure, aud largo consumption Of sour
n,ash. Doing thus willing, they evidently
do not quito comprehend tho meaning
Of thu sudden Blowet-bath which hnB
flrenchcd them. somo Of this class, aftor being
labored with, como up coyly and bashfully and
hnnd III their resgnationH with an air Of
embarrassment. Ohers sneak In stcalti,ily, drop
their designations, and yanish Others resign
more III Borrow than In anger, aud wear
a piteoua look as tho mirage Of Spring.
field fatlcB away and mot8 into air. It,e
anil dance about the comuittco-room In q
manner which socu.s to invite aomo ono to tread
upon tfloir coat-tais, or knock chip off tloir
shouldcln, or give them an opportunity to polish
Oft somebody IN rovcnge for this impu.atiou
which haA boou raisod touching their qualities of
statcsmauahip aud devotion to tho palladium Of
tno American Republic. All of them scom to bo
in tho condition Of TINT well-known iufant who
waB cut oil between htB first sunrise and HunHet,
and has not yet ccased studying tue problem
undor his grassy mound:
Since 20 eoon done for,
woEder what was begun for,
The most touching OF tho rasignatione yet
handed In aootns to 10 that Of Mc3Iaho1l, who.
having short timo sjuco failed to got plaoo
Oh tho police. concluded 1t was his manifest tos-
tiny to run for tho Legislature. Most Of tho
other !sttors are allort aud sweet, but slca1al,on
grows pathetic aud nlisauthiopic by turus. Like
others, he cannot understand why his namo IL
objocted to, as he WAS nominatod by the electors
Of his district, and bitterly he exclninls "1f
tho people havo 10 voice In tho nominating aud
olecting OF their Representatives., thcn why Gull
those conventions 2" Undoubtedly he Ii cor
roct from tho McaIahon point Of view. The
people also 1lave como to about the sanlo con-
cluaion as Mr. McMahon with regard to conren-
tions, not because McAIahon Is disappointed,
but becauso Mc11ahon WAS nominated at all. Az
thoy look over the list Of nominees they wonder
quito Oh curiouBly rs afcMahon why conventions
are called. The only d1fferonce ia thoy look at
1t in one WAY and Mcmahon in another. If Nc
Mahon, howoyoy, had boon allowed to run, ho
Hould PROBABLY havo looked at 1t after election
very much as other people III.
Having freed his mind ~ to tho impulent
courHe Of tho Committee in making him take
back acat inBtcad OF allowing him to marshal his
hosts, mount his charger, AID lead thom Oh to
victory. he casts about him to discover whoran
he Ia lacking, aud, with that innocence and
naigcte characteristic Of small boboB, he comes
to the conclusion tnut 1t must have boon owing
either to hts poverty or to his record in tho
army. Few politicians make any allusion to the
former deacIt, but nearly oil 80 pretty strong
Oh tho wnr-rscora, although it puzzles common
people to trace any connection botwoeu a rar
Which took p1ace dozen years ago and tie lcgia-
lation necessary for the prosent condition Of the
State Of Illinois. Upon tho poverty charge,
McAIahon settles tho Committee with single
statement: "1f poverty is crime at my
ago, plead guilty. The greatest legiala-
tors Of our country were At my ago
equally al poor." That is, by rejecting
MoAlahon, tho country has lost another Webster
or Olny. THIS is hard; but this Ia not all. There
Is some consolation for MoMahon. Nearly all
great poets, snyanta. soldiers. and priests. wore
as poor aa MoMahon at his ago. There is pos
ability, therefore, that he may yet blossom out
in aome Of these directions and astonieh tho
world, and then wo shall feel moro than CON-
penRatcd for the loss OF that statesmanahip Tor
which his poverty 30 well qualified him, like
WobBtor and Clay. MoNahon's dofenao Ia loyt-
cal enough as far as goes. Webster was poor !;
Webster bocamc a great statesman. AIoAlahou
is poor therefore, MoAfahon will bo great
statesman. It il sad taat circumstances ruth
leasly crush his Hyllogism. II it il not because
uo III IltuT huht uu II aeAeQ 20 STOP u0Hn aNu out,
Then IT must bo owing to his war-rocord. As far as
Ctr owu knowledge is concerned, we are not able
to speak OF that record. We do not know
whether ho fought, bled, and died on tho fold
or tn tho baggage-train. No do not know
whether ho had l,is namo spelled wrong in tho
Gazette or not. Wo do not know wllothor ho was
Private Moslebon or Con. hfc3Gahon. Wo DO
not know what battles he has Inscribed upoi, hia
banners. but he says: ally record for four
years will stand tho test perhaps bottor tlar
aoEae Gonerala." We hope 10. We trust
that 1Ioatahon ia soldier sans pcu,'
ct sans reproche. But the people don't
caro- much for war-reeoris now. They
don't caro- much to taao tho csaucos
that candidate wiu bo statesman because he
is poor. II thia were true, Chicago would be-
ovorrunniug with atatcamon. MoMal.on, tl,eso-
fore, should 10 coutout to wait, Ho says; =" /
shall always bo Of tho people and tor the peoples
choice." Rcnain in that condition, o No.
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