National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-09-29
EDITORIAL AFrERrHouaHr


just as old Sol creeps above the horizon, and
will continue only for the short period of ten
or twelve minutes. A piece of purple glass
and one Of green glass, used together; either
for the naked eye; q spy-glass or an opera
glass, are recommended by Prof. Peters as bet
ter than the usual lamp-blackened pane. As
there viii be many people 50 tightly clasped
in the embrace of old Morpheus as to be unable
to arouse themselves to the interests of this
quickly passing event 1t may be somewhat con-
soling for them to know that the ring of light
was one eighteenth of that usually given by
the sun, which was quite sufficient to pre-
vent any display Of the glories of the chrome
sphere or the corona which lends the chief
charm to q total eclipse.
Ex-Governor Curtin has gone squarely into
the imitation and reputation camp. He will
take the stump for Governor Allen In Ohio
this week, and work Justify for soft money till
the close of the namPAis-.-zS souHe. Tneu
the old war Governor has at last given up to
the wiles Of the insidious temptsr and mingled
with the herd of financial swine. This Is sad
commentary on what could be now If the nice
intellect of the gin-palace had not set a very
bad example, three years ago, by prostituting
his broad and ample columns in very impolitic
effort to resurrect q party which was dead and
had been kindly buried by generous public
four years before. There are about two dozen
of these silver-haired, old-time patriots who
unfortunately became confused in the political
haze of 1872, and strayed into the new road of
Liberalism that had been constructed by q
party of men who ysarned for political prefer
ment and were disappointed. A few of these
have returned to the sheltering fold of the
party that had nursed them on the principles
of patriotism, loyalty, equality and justice,
and had made them the men that they were.
The rest-poor, misguided souls-have, since
they took this fatal step, fallen into a state of
mental and physical torpor from which we
and their friends have tried to arouse them
to the sad realities of their political condi-
ton in vain.
The World has not shown a great deal of
backwardness in bringing forward the damag-~
ing parasites who are clinging, like a school of
barDacles, TO the old Democratic hulk. It is
truly honest, in this respect, and the style in
which it exhibits these cumbersome political |
particles is not only refreshing, but it acts as
powerful memory awakener and brings readily |
to mind the scenes and impressive instances of |
by-gone days. The following is its description |
ofthem: The corrupt coterie represented by |
the Cincinnati Enquirer )" "the men who |
bawled for peace in the midst of war :" "who
offered bowls for a reputation of the pledges
of Government and defeated Seymour in 1885,"
"tbese laundering lunatics; these red-mouthed
statesmen" "these corruptionists - "blind
guides" "heroes Of every ditch dug for the
defeat of the Democracy since the war began,
who blighted the promising career of Pendle-
ton, who slaughtered Hendricks when his time |
was ripe, who now have poisoned cup for
drinking" The financial editor is
here talking ofthe infationists of Ohio no doubt,
and he is talking just as q financial editor
should talk except that the language Is not very
good drawing room English. We all feel ex-
actly as the financial editor does about those
foolish ohioans who have been attempting to
lnveigle the masses of the Buckeye State into
q trap of certain ruin; but there is a peculiar
feature about them which the honest financial
editor forgot TO mention. When he finished
calling them that long list of pricking and uu-
pleasant names, it seems to US that 1t would
have been highly proper and really frank had
hat they are the flesh and bloo1 bone and |
'inew, brains and nerve of the Democracy that
was and the Democracy that is. They may be
laundering lunatics, for that is quite natural
liter representing the principles of the old Bour-
ION party for several decades, but is # not rather
lard to denounce them as corruptionists, Mr..
Money Man of the World, after you have
istened to their counsels and practiced their |
'recepts for q score or more of years? You fur
her blame these unfortunate and nonsensical
men for crying peace in the midst of war; but
fight here memory seems to prompt US that
his was simply faint echo of your own So
norous voice, which was raised at a very I'M
timely and impolitic moment. And, then, you
put your foot down very hard and fat on these
blind guides" because they have allowed
themselves to poison cup for poor old Judge
Humans drinking. Now, It seems to us that
his venerable Hunker takes readily to this
poisonous cup, for be has been hugger-mug- :
.ering it ever since his friends at Columbus
handed 1t to him. 1t is well enough, Mr..
Money Man Of the World, to shake these rep
obate fellows up, and shake them lively; but
{ seems to us that you might find smoother
words to apply to your fallen brother whose
present degradation can be traced directly to
our own deleterious political influence.