Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-05

ing Catholic Journal, has printed Mr..
Gladstone's pamphlet in full, and
saws editorially that it has read the
pamphlet with dismay, and thinks the
spectacle presented by il a Pitiiul one
that of a great mind dominated by
such base passions as iguoble ambi-
tign, and disappointed spite. This
is no doubt intended TO refer to That
passage in Mr.. Gladstone paper, ia
which the Irish Roman Catholic pre-
lates are held responsible for the de-
feat Of the Irish University bill,
What the controversy will end IN,
what good or i'll it will produce, re-
mains yet to be seen.
This is what the Cincinnati Coa-
Lle1ciaL- has to say about =. f. B.
"The Republicans in Congress need
not be the least afraid OF tackliug old
Butler at the forthcoming session
He has so long been the terror Of the
fiOuse and the party, raging, rampag-
ing, roaring aud Tuning. that it will
seem strange TO see the poor man ia
his changed condition. There has
ready been a session in which he has
not scared several members out Of
their wits, and thus taught the rest
to look out for themselves when he is
about. We should not be surprised
to see such people jump on him here
after, for this will be comparatively
safe and not need much courage. He
has no friends now, at least they are
few, feeble and placid. He himself
feels horrible-at least it Is thought
so. Grant does not care about him;
Blaine does not need to cTe; who
cares? 1t is pretty rough on The old
bull-whacker. Both Democrats aud
Republicans will want to have go
at him. In our minds eye, we be-
hold him now, the furious crowd
bowling around him, pressing him to
the wall, and clamoring for a lock of
H.. bai- w sre the once ferOcIOus
elephant at bay, sadly whiskiug his
melancholy tail and trying to get a
breath of air as he gazes around. But
perhaps now, both the Republican
and Democratic bombardicrs had bet
ter keep their line of retreat open
when they are crowding on him. He
might break loose Unexpectedly and
turn on the foremost of them, if they
should carry things too far. He might
smash around and scatter them in
ways which they had not conceived of.
He has lots of ferocity in him yet.
He has probably more of that sort Of
thing beneath his skin than all the
rest of the members have under their
aggregate hides. "I'll show YOU that
am not dead yet" cried the fat old
italian Duchess, who appeared to be
IN articuiO morris, when she gave vent
to her feelings in the way which is so
amusingly described by Jean Jacques
Rousseau. We almost wish that all
Buffers foes in both parties would go
for him, and settle up old scores dG-
ring the coming session, when they
will have their last chance-not that
we wish him i'll, but for the sake of a
country where there are no gladiato-
rial shows or bull fights, and where
even dog and chicken fights can only
be enjoyed surreptitiously. tits sup
posed that this will be a dull session
of Congress, that the Republicans
will be afraid to do much, and the
Democrats will be afraid to say much,
and that both parties will be on their
good behavior. 1t may, therefore,
help to'make life tolerable during the
winter weather if we hint to Buffers
foes in Congress that he has no
friends; and if we hint to the old bull
whacker himself, that he need not be
afraid to tackle the whole crowd.