, 1876-01-23
oUR. q aTER.s sp1EAD.EAJ1LE.

1t WILL ee remembered that when BARsE1
CAu1F11v, went to Washington, previously
anneat1r ing TINT he should take new Con
sta'a5 On with him, Our CARTER, not to be
oss@ .one by his colleague, took an American
1 gle with him He was no ordinary eagle,
stopping in his fight to steal chickens out Of
I bnrn-yards, or going one eye on the setting
sun, but genuine, proud bird O freedom,
with head md tail erect, magnificent in pin
ion, and robust in scream, who could look at
the sun with both eyes, and had an unmeas-
urable spread Our CARTER took him to
Philadelphia, and let him loose at the Cen
:ennial banquet; but somehow the proud
monarch OF the air made bad start. His
scream ended in a squawl, and he came
down in flop before he had risen above the
fumes of the Mu MN and Roederer. His home
had been in the setting sun, and he had
been accustomed to wing his fight over "the
broad pe-ra-rie and under the ruff of heaven. -
BE was not used to such pentup Utica Us
Philadelphia Our CARTER took him back to
Washington, and in the Centennial debeto
gave him a magnificent send-of, with 81
cent scret1n. The noble bird rose into the
-cmpyrean with such spread o. not even
DICE NERa1cK ever conceived was within
:aqriline possibilities. The etfete monarchies
trembled IS they heard his clarion voice and
tho swooI4ng rush Of lis wings sweeping
from the Atlantic to the Pacifc. But we
will let Our CAnrEE himself tell how his
eAgfe spread himself:
tee9 limit o. easarn civilization, in 16 would hare
de ,tx flight to tho western limit on single dag,
burt now tbs proudest monarch OF tbs air, dipping
himself In the Atlantic and then looking at the setting
s'ao ever intent and sai1ug onward takes daya and
~eaks before ho cools his pnions in the sprays Of the
grand Pacific. And yet We a7e told that the people
sxl1 not be taxed at the rate Of N cents each for tho
esEe5raHon Of the countrg's birthday.
What man, woman, or child is there with
soul SO dead that be, she, OR it would not
invest three cents aud half in such m cacle
as this? And yet there are people 30 mean,
marrow, and parsimonious ns to refuse this
smal pittance to Our CABTER's eagle, who,
after taking his salt bath in the Atlantic, 6xed
his eye on the setting sun, and sailed right
on, screaming as he sonred aud soaring as he
screamed, until he cooled his hot pinions-
and, re presume, bathed his fevered brow
in the sprays Of "the grand Pacific" We
regret that Our GARTER should hare left
it little uncertain whether his eagle
landed in the Grand Pacido Hotel or
the grand Pacific Ocean; but this
is immaterial, after all. The doubt
does not deaden his scream nor take one whit
from the majesty Of his spread. Our CAa-
1En's eagle rises above common eagles as q
Shanghai towers above bantam. But, Us
We have said, there are those who refuse to
contribute the niggard1y pittance OF 81 cents
after witnessing this spread The Detroit
Post pokes fun at Our CARrER'e eagle. The
New York Norld pemocratic) says: ave
gr1eve to remark TINT one Of the loudest and
enptsest orators WAS Democrat-HARa1sox
Of Illinois. Another Democratic uevspapar
says:
Tia arsean II t.. HAxs1su1e va kls ena.8s sror.