New-York tribune., 1874-12-07
PENySYLVlNITS "QUEENLY BROW."

PENNSYLVlNIAS "QUEENLY BROW"
The Hon. jeremiah S. Black has written
letter to friend defining his position. The
occasion for such definition is the suggestion
of his name by various persons as candl-
date for United States Senator, and the sub
iect is deemed of sufficient public interest to
warrant the publication of the letter. Mr..
Black thinks if the Legislature were left to
their own spontaneous choice clear majority
would vote for him without hesitation. But
he says 8" the candidates are very numerous,
"and highly respected for their ability, in
"tegrity, and great services to the party" These
candidates who are respected for their ability
and integrity, he thinks, will all of them be
very active, and in the most naIre man
ner he adds, if | am supposed to be
Z" in their way they will be very effective
Gin making my dement's known to the
constituent body" And so in view of the
fact that the men of integrity would make his
demerits known, and the further fact that he
has neither time, taste. nor talent for per-
"sonal solicitation :" and the still further fact
that he happens to be especially obnoxious
" to the corrupt rings of the sO-called Repub-
"lican party" he thinks his chances are
very small, and virtually takes himself out of
the canvass.
UpOn the whole he is wise. No one can
read his statement of the reasons which
actuate him without being struck with the
uncommon discretion he has exhibited. One
gets q little confused, to be sure, by the state
ments-that he shrinks from the personal So
licitation which is necessary and which men
of integrity and ability will resort to, that If
iotn thn nf int tv
would make his demerts known, and that in
addition to the men OF integrity the corrupt
rings also oppose him, but he afterwards ex-
nresses his confidence that the State :" will be
"represented by some other Democrat who
"wiIl do more than | can to lift her up and
wipe all the shames of the past from her
oueenly brow" The other Democrat will be,
according to Mr.. Black, man who personally
solcits votes-which Mr.. Black has not time,
taste. nor talent fOr-and who is not so OBJ
noxious as Mr.. Black to the corrupt rings, and
vet a man of integrity who would make Mr..
Black's dement's known if the latter were a
candidate. If out of this description the per-
son TO whom the letter was addressed can
make out what kind of man Mr.. Black is,
or what kind of man will be elected Sena-
TOR. he ought to communicate hls information
70 the public. Perhaps it is enough though to
know that he will lift up the State and wipe
all the shames of the past from her Queenly
brow We rejoice in Mr.. Blacks confidence
that the next Senator from Pennsylvania will
he such powerful litter and faithful wiper.
We would not intimate doubt as to his abil-
tiles in these two directions. 1t is an uncOm-
monty large contract, but we do not forget
that Pennsylvania has taken large contracts
heretofore.
Mr.. Black speaks in very affectionate terms
of "the great old State" and is jubilant to
enthusiasm over the fact that "she is re-
deemed from her long and ignominious cap
"tivty." All of which shows good heart
and demonstrates that his long and successful
career as a claim agent at Washington has
not checked the generous impulses of youth
or dried up the springs of his ardent boysh
nature. Mr.. Black is feeling very we'll over
the late election. His remarks concerning her
"long and ignOminious captivity" and her
"queenly brow" are in the same lofty vein in
which Mr. John Miller, the Chairman of the
Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee,
bWst forth tho week after the election With