National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-08-01
Avenue to petition the Senate not to pass
the bill introduced by Senator Dorsey.
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT,

EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.
The White Line press ofthe South are openly
urging organized murder, and boldly boastiug
of their lawless indications against the black
| voters.
If the New York Herald could only locate
Governor Tilden's little and big horns it says
1t would give a map Of his letter of acceptance.
| We hasten to refer it to Mr.. Denijohn for in
formation.
| The Nashville american says Never mind
about Tilden's letter of acceptance. Wait till
you get his first message to Congress, if you
want to see fun" Do you think fellow can
| live forever, man?
| Samuel J. Tilden has lost much by delaying
his letter of acceptance. Those secret con-
| ferences at Saratoga, and the unusual time
occupied in giving his letter to the public.
tends to take the edge off it.
The opposites in history: In 1716 the people
were forced to rebel and fight against the
taxation imposed by the British monarchy. In
1876 they have to fight against taxation i'm
posed upon them by rebels, who inaugurated
a war to destroy the Union.
For the first time we have to record the fact
that a man with a fifth bride attended the
| funeral of wife number four recently in Maine.
] Wife number four died of malignant disease,
and there were no funeral services for several
! days, and in the meantime the man took to
himself number five.
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says: "Bread or
blood. This is an ugly cry TO be heard in the
land, and shows that we are terribly misgov-
erned." Yes, and in the great State of New
| York, ruled for the last two years by the pres
i ent Democratic nominee for the Presidency,
this cry is heard in the most savage accents.
| Nearly a month has passed since several IN
| offending and helpless colored men were mas
| sacred in the streets of Hamburg, and yet no
| one has been punished for the crime. The
| question is, "What is Governor Chamberlain
| going to do about it," and a majority of the
American people are asking it in solemn earn
| estness.
There are ten thousand miners in the Black
| Hills, and only seventeen bald heads in the
| entire number. This is what caused the re-
mark from General s. Bull the other day, that
cit was mean for the big white chief Crook to
| keep him penned up in the Big Horn noun
tains, when he knows that the scalp locks are
abundant in the neighborhood of Harney's
Peak"
The Democrats are SO full of reform that it
is constantly oozing out at unexpected places.
| When the ex-Confederate House seated Mr..
| Goode in the chair which, in all moral and
| legal right, belonged to Mr.. Plat, it showed
the capacity for the reform possessed by the
| Democracy. The Western Democrat was
| right when he exclaimed: "The spoils of Of
fee are what we are contending for, and by
the grace of God, if we succeed in this cam
paign, the Democrats riH have the Offices"
| What this country needs most, aside from
good fool-catcher, is an improved ow-catcher.
1t is one that will pick the animal up without
injury, carry her back into q car, and milk her
at the proper time. If the animal should
happen to be gentleman cow-a Sitting Bull,
| for instance-it would be good idea to have
| the catcher SO improved as to skin him and
prepare the steaks and ribs for the market.
| This should all be done between stations, SO
that each town could be furnished with fresh
| meat upon the arrival of every train.
The st. Louis Republican has earned the
| eternal gratitude of Sitting Bull in the follow
| ing puff of his delightful watering place:
"Finest watering place in the country! Sara
| toga and Long Branch nowhere! Salubrious
| climate, mountain prospects, pleasant sites
| for picnic parties In mountain dells about the
forks of the far famed Little Big Horn river.
Water, with medicinal properties, much praised
by Major Reno and party, late visitors; in
| short, every attraction of frst-class fash
| ionable abode for the heated term. The closest
attention paid to all visitors; charges mod
crate, and always on horseback. Nice place
for nurses and children, much affected by the
military. An elegant summer resort-Recum-
bent Bison, proprietor"
The Washington corresp ondeut of the Boston
Herald telegraphs to his paper that Zone of
Robeson's messengers went around on horse
back to distribute the minority report of the
Naval Committee to newspaper men, to giveit
wide circulation" The author of this paragraph
thus apologized for his failure to get the news
three hours after the Associated Press had de-
iivered a telegraphic Synopsis of the report in
the Boston Herald Office. Besides, he knew
when he sent the dispatch that the "man on
horseback" was REPUBLICAN reporter, riding
the REPUBLICAN horse, the prettiest and swift
est pony in town, who had been to the Gov
eminent printing office to get copies of the re-
port for this Office, and that the proofs were
obtained too late to send to any Northern
paper.
"Crazy Horse" now wants to shake hands
and call it square. He has probibly run out
of ammunition, and as soon as he gets
fresh supply from the Indian agents and
traders will again take to the war path.-Star.
The Star is fully coynizant of the fact that
the Indian Bureau has taken every precaution
to prevent these Indians from obtaining am
munition at the agencies. Some time ago a
rumor was afloat charging the bureau with al
lowing agents to sell firearms to the Indians.
This was at once disproved, not only by the
order issued by the Commissioner prohibiting
the sale of weapons of any description to the
Indians, but on investigation it was proved
that this order has been strictly complied with.
This insinuation that the Indians are returning
to get ammunition from the agencies, and that :
they can get it, does injustice to the Indian
Bureau, as it is laboring assiduously to aid the
army in Furnishing the hostile Sioux.
General Custer, In a letter to the Rev. S. D.
Human, written in 1874, said " 1t was dur
ing one of our resting days in camp. was
seated alone in my tent when suddenly, as if
from the rocks and forests of that beautiful
region, / heard the familiar air, '0ld Hun
dred, roll from a score of manly voices. Then
followed the equally familiar hymn, Rock of
Ages and others not less known. Cavalry
men are not noted for their hymn-singing
qualities, and stepped outside Of my tent to
discover from whom the music came. 1t was
from group of Santee young mon, and
shall long remember the pleasing effect pro-
duced by having these good old hymns sung as
1 then heard them by men, or the sons of men,
who, but a few years ago, roamed over the
country in a state of barbarous wildness. So
much for the labors of Christianity and civil
zation." Ten thousand such instances as this
could he given which reflect undying glory
upon the peace policy of President Grant.