Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-11-20

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iaFy SERVICES never received even the |
poor reward of a single Presidential |
term, suggested Il reorganization of |
the army, by which it should be COM
posed entirely OF brigadier g. nerals, |
he simply foreshadowed an expert |
ment which it has been the privilege |
OF President Grant to pnt in practice
at the expense Of the Republican
party; just IS when tha i;Iso If these
humorists expressed his willingness
to sacrifice ms brothor-in-law on tue
altar OF his country, he proposed a
ceremony which has since been per-
and government Office. President
Grant, by needless laundering and
wIifu; obatlnacy, has dwindled his
called on Tuesday, there was hardly
enough Of it left to make respectable
retreat. Not only his personal record
and the tenderness of his administra-
tlon, bat the l44clt who composed his
hveried faction and misrepresented at
WashlnesoA Tie people of their several
States, have been repudiated at the
polls. They are generals without
troops, leaders without following, rep
resentatlves without constituency.-
VI the seven. SIX were chosen from
States upon which mem bers of Presi-
dent Cents Cabinet the Administra-
con Las relied I0r support, only one.
sec, tt.'iy Bf!stow, being selected
froln State which La3 been Demo
crsts!c IUr q generation. To-day five Of
these party chiefs find themselves i'll
the Pfedicament Of men who are with
ont honor IL their own country, dis
| owned by the people they claimed TO
represent, and rebulIed by voice that
must ring III ihe duiiest ears. Mr..
f1shs State gave almo.0 rs heavy q
majority against Grant and all his
| works as two Yeats ago it gave for him
| uncer the seductive influence OF money
and patronage. That ancient and
| genial Earinr-, Secretary Robson,
whose tlmbers must have been ter
rlbiy shiyercd by the tidal wave, sees
his State swept out Of his grasp by
majority nearly double what the most
sanguiDe Democrats dared to hope for
at the time of their Convention, and
| his visions Of a peaceful mooring in
the Senate rudely blown away. Co
| lumbus DelaEO, who of all the Cabinet
| officers seems nearest the Presidential
heart, finds his State completely over
turned and himself overturned with it.
The Postmaster-General Was without
Republican majority behind him
when he received his PORTFOLIO, and
there is now still smaller prospect of
his obtaining one. Acknowledgement
Williams, who owes his position more
to the personal preference OF the Pres
dent than to any merit or representa-
! tive character OF LIS own, has been for
years without a State at his back, and
was taken into tie Cabinet because he
had nowhere else to go. OF this array
OF brigade'css brigadierE, Secretary
Beiknap alone comes from en- Admin
IS ration State, and lie is IN no sense
its exponent, his military cousirshiD
being the sole cause OF his military
advancement. This is & sorry crowd
OF political crjppies 20 form the van Ct
q great party.
The carnage On al sides Is terrific
Ali the Senate every member OF the
Presidents faithful staff has had his
party legs shot from under him. NJ.
Roscoe Conkling, whose burning elo-
fuence, it was thought, would suffice
to send 4 prniric flame from N-es5cles-
IL: 10 s.. Lawrence, finds the wind
blowing the VrCpr way, and the fire
sweeping not only his State, but his
''L''tA-Nt, NNS4i HIS 70 rs -litIi', I4ll1S Il.
Roberts, going down with All the rest
reputei dead ard buried" Fenton
carries his district for q Liberal Re
publican. Carpenter, provided with
a fresh ''charak,her" 10y the President
ii tie place CT the enc he ''lost on
steamboat,' and 'vinGicated" by the
Senate, was long ago lepuiiated by
the decent sentiment of nis State ani
party. Whether this sentiment VII
control tie Legislature, remains to be
seen; but there IS great reason to be-
ieVe that Wisconsin viii no longer be
dlsgraced IN the Senate by a man who
IS as worthless IS Is S brilliant. THIS
deserved rrhule will be shared by his
colleague. Senator Howe. who has
shown himself much more partisan
ald no less bitter. Morton, Conkiing's
rival IL mialsterlng to the slightest |
caprice CT 4 military Executive, gets
defeat a. home for his pains, q reverse |
from winch 10 anti Grant prOtesta-
lions Of his organ could save him. |
Logan, blatant Granite and Imitation |
lst, receives the reprimand which all |
GRANTEES and Iniationists deserve. |
And the chi:j ct the rotten borough |
Senators, too. 5ldv now see clearly the |
date o. th..r last appearance on the |
National stag. Spencer, bar-room |
politician Clayton, border ruflian
and Dorsey, partner of Clayton, are
weighed and found wanting OF the |
more respectable attaches OF the White
HOuse-thoso who have observed 10y
ally the ordinances Of the Administers
ton, brt have kept their linen clean
the tale ls almost as bloody. Sher-
man of Ohio, FreliDgluysc1 of New
Jersey, Cglesby OF Illinois, ard Bout
well and Wash burn of Massachusetts
all these may not be killed, but they
must be c!asse1 among the badly
wounded.
Il was well, on the whole, that the
ull extent Of the revolution did not
show itself il the light Ct Wednesday
10 know that the HIGH
Priest Of GTaptism, Benjamin z. But
Ter, was beaten absolutely cut Of ex-
lsterce, was enough to give every pa
triot real appetite for his Thanks
giving dinner; but to learn, as we have
since learned. that Pennsylvania has
'>>,,'' Hr''- n"~''- o,>1 49, 1i;~L;o~- lie
rome SO near achieving her salvation
that the reelection of Hachariah
Chandler may fairly be classed as very
doubtful, is almost too good news to
digest all at once. Cameron, whose
gray hairs have brought him neither
repentance nor honor, has debauched
5he politics of his State until their cor
ruption and venality have made her a
Kissing and by-word to the English
speaking world. He will not now re-
Iuire the Legislature to send his son
Don Cameron to the Senate as his col.
eague. Chandler, whose reeling figure {
has straddled the State of Michigan {
or nearly generation, would be at {
asst, it vas hoped, by ore supreme Eff I
MT d;sloaeea. Ills dismissal from I
lie 81 nate OF the United States would I
,lear the air of no small proportion of {
partisan malice, unblush- '
ng effrontery ard offensive morals. z
Whether these men viii ever again buy c
r force favors from Legislatures no t
ne Gan say; but the seal of the popu-
sr condemnation has been set upon 4
hem once and for all. They may not @
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