National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-12

with composure J! Hence that preme
cheOdEier of the elite of the Richmond De-
mocracy, Thomas Richie, in the Enquirer
when trayersing Jackson's qualifications
for the Presidency in the light of his mill
tary record, dubbed him "the military
chieftain," described him as innocent OF
all civil capacity, as ''too little OF states
man, too rash, too violent in his temper,
his measures too much inclined to arbl-
trary government, to obtain the support
" of the Enquirer" And added: owe
" should deprecate his election as curse
upon our country
Other papers, although like the Enquirer,
subsequently supporters of Jackson's ad-
ministration, yet prior to his election held
similar views. So held the Albany Argus,
so the Hew Hampshire Patriot, the New
York Star, the Charleston Mercury, the
Delaware Gazette, etc. Even the Erentng
Post, when reviewing Jackson's high
handed deviitry at New Orleans in 1915,
denounced him as having arbitrarily ''sus-
pended the Executive, Legislative and
judicial functions of the States, as hay
ing ''insulted the Executive of the United
States" ''spurned his authority" and
"usurped the high prerogative of peace
"and war;" as having 'tabrogated the
known laws Of nations, and promulgated
"a new code of his own, conceived in
"madness or foley, and written in blood. "
1t says: "He has, in fine, violated all laws,
"human AMI divine, and violated them
with Impunity ~
Again, year subsequent, the Post de,
c!ares But if one fact stated by Mr..
"Lacock be true, and We presume it cannot
abe doubled; if Gen. Jackson made the dec
"laration imputed to him, that he would
"cut off the ears of such members of Con-
"gress as dared to make free with his
"name, or words of similar import, then
= it is high time to revise our
military establishment and disband every
"tracc of our army in time of peace.
But, then, reform politically, like ''char
ity'' morally, covers multitude Of sins"
jackson threw up the banner of reform.
Reform was Bryant's patented role. and so
he and the Post, after some sober, second
luCuAuly lSSOlNCO " lOILO" bAS AO4kuhSo
of the 'usurper," the '4aW breaker"
jackson.
Under Jackson reform, retrenchment
and economy" were early developed.
Van Buren, faithfully trod in ''the footsteps
of his illustrious predecessor. Soon the
notorious 'Kitchen Cabinet" supple
merted by the "SpoiEs Cabinet" plunged
the Government into the nethermost depths
of corruption. They and their attaches
sounded its profoundest secrets, reduced
their knowledge to science, and early
startled the nation with a characteristic
illustration of Democratic reform in whole
sale and systematic plumber OF the National
Treasury. But the allegiance of VIM.
Cullen Bryant-the EOsning Post-to ''the
party" never wavered. They apologized,
explained, defended
The creed or maxim under which this
splendid reform-this grand publication Of
the nation, previously free of all corruption,
of all Governmental abuses-was accom-
plished is as instructive as characteristic.
Bryant's ancient friend, Governor VIM. L.
Marcy, of New York, proclaimed. and the
Democracy" Slamm, Bang & Co. in
terpolated in the organic act, as constitu-
tional tenet mandatory upon the Executive,
the purifying maxim that "to the victors
belong the spoils % Under its elevating
principle, Jackson, in one year, reformed
"proscribed, his opponents called it
more officials than all his predecessors in
the previous forty years. The men pro
scrlbed-reformed, rather-were efficient
and trustworthy, old and tried officials,
whose only crime or offense was that they
were wings, anti-Jackson, anti Bryant!
Who succeeded to their places? Who. but
"Slamm, Bang s. Co." and their reform
ing leaders and confreres
Who were "Slamm, Bang & Coz" Says
the New York correspondent of the Wash
ington National InteEEigsneer, September
II, 1887: 1.-THE Locofocos proper-that
els, Slamm, Bang, Ming. Job Haskell,
Tom, Dick and Harry & Co.-also had
"a meeting, and Endorsed the message,
"[Van Buren's.] These are the regular
"Locofocos. The ones in Tammany are
the new light Locofocos.
Again, September 90, 1887 "Slamm.
Bang & Co. held their torchlight Loco
" foco meeting in the park. A. Ming, jr..
" the great demigod of Locofocoism, ha-
" rangued Slamm, Bang & Co. there, and
after this harangue all went into Tam
many; and the new-light Locofocos
there (say Mr.. District Attorney Price
land the custom house corps) embraced
Ming & Co. These, said Ming & Co.,
"were elected from Tammany when the
"gaslight was put out, and Ming then got
cup ssthe Locofoco matches. Thus this
" breach is healed"
Again, October 10, 1887: Fanny
Wright is now lecturing on equal rights
Gin our city. - Man is equal;
woman is equal; down with banks;
clown with priests; down with their re-
"ligion; down with everything, was the
"sum Of her Grafton. Monopo-
"lies of all sorts she is against: The
monopoly of husband and wife; the
monopoly of ministers of the Gospels;
"the monopoly OF parents over children,
90 "SA % bAS mOAOPOlJ VI tuC UduhS.
"And yet the Southern men are taking up
"her pestiferous creed. The
" Locofocos here have brought out
Fanny preliminary to the electioneering
campaign. She is the Amazon of the
vanguard"
Under influences so pure, agents so in
telligent and patriotic, the work of Demo
cratic reform progressed gloriously, amid
Executive usurpations, administration
and tyranny, vilification of Congress and
savage personal assaults upon its members.
The annual expenditures were alarmingly
increased. These during the last year of
the preceding Administration had reached
$13, 000, 600! Under Jackson they were
trebled, suddenly swelled to $50, 600, OOOl
Van Buren, found SOS, 0Co, 900 in the
Treasury; it was suddenly squsndered.
Says an able authority: $50, 900, 900 were
actually stolen" But the allegiance of
William Cullen Bryant-the E0sning