The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1876-03-11

her regular Wednesday receptions, but
there has never been any attempt a. showdp
any apparent desire to rival or outshine
outshine others Yet Mr. Bristow Is an
helress ia her own right to hundreds o.
thousands; she is univ ersallY admired and
dearly loved by all who know her, 50 it is
not quite necessary to re dishonest. There
Is only this fact. Where social position
and dignity are matter Of heritage; where
the zignet Of refinement and honor ia
legibly written, and the consciousness Of
their possession innate, there 10 very little
thought given to outward assertion Of pre-
emlnence. In carrying out our beloved
republicaDism We are too apt H. forget
this; we like To sneer at the Old phrase
''nO6iesSe Oblige;' we like 10 assert that
''One man Is A. good a. another, II not q
little better" tall some day when we have
exalted our pet ideas into practical demon
stratiOn, we find the denomination tum-
bling before US. Well, we are waiting nov
u see what NEXT W and the next IA
likely " be the official behesding Of at
least one more cabinet minister. The
| President certainly 1nds himself In a most
dlsagreeable position, where any other
man would be la despair There's "a odd
sJft u poetic Justice IN the act that all
TINS disaster occurred On Ash w ednesdAy,
( shen sackeloth aud ashes are in order.
aud that Mrs. Beiknap should have
\ quuened u " the very last The Presi-
dent declares he has never had suspicion
VI the Secretary integrity, and that even
Wien AS had accepted hIs resignation he
h%d no idea VI any crime Ia connection
! With the sudden resignation
| Isn't That little odd, Or Is Mr. Grant
0DtuSe when b. chooses u be. He has
beel ~ the most intimate relations with
hIs cabinet officers, he knows Jhclr sala-
Iiss aud hs ought u know something #
tueir private incomes Has II never Oc-
CURED " him ~ inquire how a splendid
establishment and Partisan toilette could
be sustained without visible means Of
supp0rtP
Gen Belknap resides IN one 81 the
| hailc some houses butt and owned by Gen
Babcock, on q. street The landlord and
tenant i've very near each other, and
though jury las acquitted one, the real
shadow over his roof Is scarcely lighter
than that So heavily shroudlng the other
with its black Disgrace.
Said prominent Republican yesterday,
well we might as well let the Demo
Gratis run the country awhile; they could
scarcely make a worse series Of blunders
than We have made III
O this miserable strife Of party If
Americans would only realize the grand
eur Of being American citizens, If they
would only aim to put before the world in
permanent places our best men, how proud
We might be ! Surely in these days when
the old issues are 80 nearly obliterated,
theIe need not be such hitter partizan-
ship.
You see ! can neither think nor write
of anything but the one subject that has
possessed us all, and indeed there has
been little else Of public interest The
Hawaiian treaty is being discussed, but
nobody cares much. Fernando Wood be-
gan making speech in its favor IN Thurs
day which will W memorable, not for its
subject matter. but because he was inter
rupted by the necessity of hearing the
Committee report upon the case Of Mr..
Belknap. That fact will remain IN his
tory, 50 Mr.. Woods remarks will also
survive Pinchback is again before the
Senate. That case reminds one Of the
old woman who always kept knitting work
about because it's 90 handy to take up,
when there's nothing else demanding at
tentiOn, and the Senate treats pinch
very much in the same way. 1t will re-
lleve everybody when this subject is ''toed
Off