, 1876-04-28
A uOUBLE-HEAnRR.

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a DoUDLE-HEADRR.
There In m interesting little Chinese toy
which the boys Oh tho patriotic Fourth, after
lighting tho fuse, throw up into tho mir to OK
p!odo at both ends. It is called " double
header" It wns m instrument Of this kind,
only on a much larger scale, which the Ro-
publicans Of Massachusetts, exploded in thoir
Convention. It blow up the "machino."
Tho explosion came from both ends. 1t
knocked Bu1r.En "highor'an kito and
blew tho machine politicians " clean out Of
wnter." The p1acing Of R1cnAnp II. DANA,
Jr., at tho head Of tho delegation to Cincin-
natl WIS a scathing and fitting robuke to the
scrvilo Senators WHO followed the beck and
call of BEN BuT1Ea in acting upon hia nomi-
milton aa Minister to England, and tho 60
lection Of hfr. DANA, along with FonDEs,
HoAR, and CuADBounNE, WIS notice to tho
"machino politicians TINT they cannot run
Massachusetts this year. The whole action
of tho Convention wRs a blow at Dutlerism
aud o blow jor reform and its loading repre-
sentative at Cincinnati.
Tho moral effect Of this action Of tue
Massachusetts Republicans can scarcely be
overstatod. It is the boldest stroke that has
been mado and tho strongest encouragement
that has boon given for tho assertion Of tho
popular voice in the choice Of tho Repub-
lican candidate for President against tho lio-
tation Of any Belf-conBtituted party managers
or any set-up delegations. It is the keynote
for New England, and tho sound should bo
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New York should give special heed to it as
tho State upon which tho result Of tho
election is most likely to turn. It should
prompt tho honest mon Of tho Now York
delegation to stand up boldly in the Convon-
ton and announce that the vote Of their
State will not be cast for any machino
candidate. As goes Now York, this timo, go
goes the Union. No Republican candidats
tainted with tho association OF tho corrupt
elements Of the Republican party in the re-
motest degree can carry Now York as against
T1Lpgs, or THURMAN, or DAVIS, If the Demo-
crate nominate either one Of them, and
probably not Oh against DArAnp, OF
Delaware, or INoERsoLL, Of Connecticut,
It Democratic compromise falls upon either
Of fthem. tits extremely doubtful, in the present
resentment of tho people OF Massachusetts,
whether that stato will 60 Republican II tho
Republican candidate bo mnn who has
winked ut the corruption represented by tho
Whisky ring, or lont himself to such pecul-
iar partisanship as tho rejection Of Mr.
DAM by tho Senate. This is tho real situ-
alton, and 1t is not wise to concealit,
II tbs Hpirit that prevailed in tho Massa-
ohuyotts Convention can bo maao to prevail
in tho Cincinnati Convention, tho Republican
party will have an easy road to victory. Tint
spirit Is in favor of unshaoklod Freedom from
betlraggled attachments, nnd a persistent
effort to reform tho public service. Tho
Cincinnati candidate must DO tho embodi-
| ment thereof. This is practically wAat the
Massachusetts Republicans hive said, aud
thoroin they may count upon tho full sympa-
thy Of the best Republicans ,througlou. the
countryside Republican voters, by tho way,
| who will oitAer give or deprive tho party
of its majority at the next Cleo
ton. Tho people demand a thiot-catcher.
No partisan detective will do, who acts In tho
spirit which has controlled tho Democratic
investigators in Washington nobody has
any confidence In that class Of cattlo. The
man for tho times Ia \ conspicuous and posi-.
tive figure, who can stanl out In bold relief
from the motley crow Of hack politicians
with whom both parties aro loaded down, and
who differ only in tho color OF tho asripoa
they wear. Tho man for tho times is ono
with the character to dictate reform aud tho
pluck To sesist the opposition It Is sure to On.