Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-21
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This phraseology is the invention Of the
Chicago Times, the leading Democratic or
gan Of the Northwest. Its telegraph col
umns told the story Of the nomination at
st. Louis having been brought about by the
free use Of s..Sammy's shekels." Its edito-
rial columns said that the Convention
:" looked, acted, howled, drank whisky,
swore, and hit out from the shoulder like
the same old slave driving crowd" As for
Tilden, the Chicago Times predicts his ig-
nominious defeat, and says that 'thous-
ands Of American citizens, if required TO
choose between the old machine evils, viii
vote for Hayes" It is disgusted with
Bourbonism. And so say many of the old
War Democrats. a5 ia 8
Each party to the St. Louis bargain
nOws that it tried to cheat the other, and
that both are trying TO cheat the public at
large. Do they suppose the public in the
meantime is blind9 silaea Tfi.f
Representative Randall recommends the
withdrawal Of the United States troops
from the South to fight the Indians in the
West. 1t might be well enough to ascer-
tain first, before such removal, whether the
buteheries Of the South do not outnumber
those of the West. The Indians, to Ee
sure, clean out q company or two Of sol
diers at time. including officers, but the
Democrats Of the South look upon the bueth-
ing Of Republican voters as a regular bust
ness, whenever such voters attempt to as
sert their rights Of citizenship.
The changes in the cabinet are not lit
tie surprising, considering that the retiring
members are accredited with pure and in
estimable characters and sturdy men in
their fidelity to principle. In this latter
character, the opponents of Grant find a
reason for their retirement. We have al
ways believed Grant possessed Of bun dog
grit, but we have been disposed to
believe that his armness Of purpose was
generally shown on the side of honesty and
patriotism. The retirement, however, Of
such men as BristoW and Jewell, without
apparent reason, rather looks as II a pres
sure was brought to bear in some way, that
made them uncomfortable, and that ster-
ling qualities in the public service, are no
security against change or the giving place
to new and untried members of the cahi-
net family. as
One of the unrighteous acts which Gov.
Tilden has lately been engaged in, (yiz.
signing bill bought through Albany by
the Brooklyn Ring, reinstating an aBol-
ished Board Of Supervisory was ON Tues
day branded plainly by member of the
State Supreme Court in Chambers. Al
though representations Of the unconstitu-
tionality Of the bill were fully made to the
Governor at the time Of the afixing Of the
GRhsrnatorial approval, yet the Reforner,
as he Is eslled, observed that ne should
sign the legislative stroeity, and let the
courts annul the act Il they saw fit THAT
is, we suppose, if they could not be bribed
BY the'ring). IN reviewing this action and
speech Of the Governor, the Judge in ques.
ton declared that the Executive had /" vio-
lated his oath Of Office to support the Con-
stitution, > and added an ambiguous refer
ence to the need Of tar and feathers in like
cases. 2'.l 9 49, , ~
The New York Tribune publishes the
following extract Of a lettss from Carl
SchGrz, in regard to the Presidency. Re-
publicans win be glad, to see that lSehurz
announces his purpose to support Governor
Hayes heartily and actively: Is ali yi-l
" There is a striking contrast between
the hard-soit money mixture in the Demo-
cratic platform and Candidates. and tha
strong, fearless assertion Of moral Idntv IN
the financial paragraph Of Gov. HaveS 'Jet-
ter Of acceptance. The views he essr-asssy
about the civil service reform the most COM
prehensive, most clearly defined, and Ia ev-
erY respect the most satisfactory civil SER
vice reborn programme is accompanied bv
the pledge Of an honest man that, II he *
elected, i shall be faithfully carried out in
its completeness, and that no personal am
bition shall interfere with the work, New
or had civil service fefOrmefs 8 better op-
portunity to fight with chance of real
success-I mean the success Of a candidate
or party. shall support Coy. Hayes
heartily and actively, and I have never felt
more clearly conscious Of doing the right
thing for the best interests Of the eoantfy.9'