National Republican., 1876-08-12

Two months ago the Cincinnati Enquirer
said: "The political jobbers, thieves and be-
trayers of the people are very generally in
favor of Tilden." To-day the Enquirer is for
Tilden. Its Transformation is little quicker
than Lamar's change from disloyalty to
loyalty, but we hope it is more sincere.
The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, con-
tanning the exposure of Governor Hendricks
connection with the rebel organization of the
"Knights of the Golden Circle" in May, 1858,
and all the political and general news of the
week, is now ready for the mails. Orders
should be sent in at once.
We made mistake in announcing yesterday
that the Wisconsin Republicans had nominated
Charles NJ. Croswcll for Governor and Lonzo
Sessions for Lieutenant Governor. The Repub-
licans of Michigan did this good thing The
Republicans of Wisconsin may well be proud
of having the credit of it, even for so short
time.
In his speech the other day Senator Patter-
son said that the decent Democrats of South
Carolina subscribed to and read the Charles
ton Journal of Commerce because its editor
was man of honor and could fight, if neces-
sary, and that they declined to be influenced
by the Ners and Courier because its editor
represented the bird that had sand in its giz-
zard and would not fight.
Two months ago the Cincinnati Enquirer
man, in the bitterness of his wrath, exclaimed
of Tilden: s'It could not but be that a man
in in iniuuitv
nominated in corruption and shameless
effrontery, even though his millions could elect
him, would give us the most corrupt admins
tration the country has ever known" The
other day, on receiving Mr.. Tilden's letter of
acceptance, he swallowed every word of the
above, and told his readers that it was with
much happiness that he urged them to vote
for Mr.. Tilden, who was undoubtedly truly
good and great man. The Enquirer mans
stamina is quite as thin as his principles are
flexible.
The savage Congressman consoleth himself
in hot weather. He looketh askance at the
pile of unfinished business" and he feareth
the dear people. He caste tn his eagle eye in
fine frenzy rolling toward the competitor who
taketh the field against him, and he pineth for
home. Therefore he goeth for iced beverages,
ard panteth after lemonade, as the hart panteth
after the water brook. A frowsy moment of
future gladness stealeth over him, and he dis
porteth himself He refuseth to adjourn, and
ye:-after all-he is not happy. The savage
Congressman He fndeth himself betwixt
the devil and the deep sea which region
lieth in the neighborhood of the Courier Jour
nal, where the above was perpetrated.
We think the people are pretty well satisfied
now about the pretended economy of the klu-
Klux House of Representatives. They were
out of meat, don't you sec, and had to rig
some plan to catch the woodchuck or starVe
for the next four years. There will be no
woodchuck in November for them, and, of
course, all the show the Democrats have made
toward economy is the cutting and slashing
of the Department appropriations-already
too small-and causing the removal of 765
poor clerks and cutting down the wages of the
remainder to almost starvation rates, proving
to the country that their declarations in favor
of retrenchment was the merest, silliest gabble,
and that they did not mean one iota of their
long -wipded professions of economy.
Roger Q. Mills, member of Congress from
Texas, was in the rebel army, and being taken
prisoner he was sent to Camp Chase. Here he
was taken sick and was nursed by Gen. A. R.
Norton, Union man of Texas, against whom
he ran for Congress. His hatred for Union
men mastered his q attitude for the generals
great kindness at Camp Chase, and during the
canvass he was most bitter in his attacks. He
appears to enjoy, along with the rest of the
ex Confederates, the war which they are now
waging within the Union. Dot pig mon Schlicker
vas a rebel shinneral do. Dots what day
shpeak, unit it must pc so. He did not go much
to the front. He was made major of engineers
and watched the battle from aiar of, most of
the time from his headquarters at Houston
under the rebel Gen. McGruder But he did
service enough for the Confederacy to warrant
sending him to the National Legislature. We
simply mention these facts because they were
left out of the circular styled The Confed-
crate leaders of Congress"
The mule has at last kicked the Democratic
candidate for the Vice Presidency. He tried
TO get a questionable claim through the War
Department., but failing there he succeeded in
rushing it through the Senate as "pr:vate
bill" A short time after the claim passed the
claimant was arrested and sent to the peniten-
tiary. His name was Smith. Yea, verify,
these are all honorable men and great reform
ers. And then We have another spectacle to
present TO the American people in which Mr..
Hendricks figures in ways that are dark and
tricks that won ill-gotten gain. Many years
ago Thomas A Hendricks was Commissioner
of the General Land Office. While in that
position, the rumor goes, he appointed a man
to three different clerkships, and drew the pay
of two of them FIR his own personal benefit.
We don't like to beh've this, for it even excels
in quality OF meanness the quantity of old Jacob
Thompson's thefts. If this be so the records
will show it, and if the records show it, the
people, who are to vote for honest men and re
formers in the coming election, should know
the record.