Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-08-02
Editorial Notes on the Political
Situation, from Exchange Pa
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THE Pittsburg Gazette challenges
the production of a single instance os
reform attempted under Democratic
rule. The civil service had the bur-
den it now carries laid upon 1t by the
Democratic party. The abuse of pow
er so loudly complained of was inaugu-
rated BY this party. The expenditure
Of publ:e moneys on party account was
FIRST practice by the Democratic party
and the entire cost of the Mexican War
was incurred for the sole purpose of
Strengthening that party in the slave
holding States.
The New YORK Commercial .7duer-
t,ser says; "Every thinking man knows
that Tllden will be powerless to check
the ex-Confederate assassins who band
themselves for purposes of revenge
against the negroes, aud make their at
tacks onl ly when they are ten to one.
Ii such calamity as his election should
happen, there would be civil war
again within year. The rebels would
run the Administration, and a war of
determination would be waged against
the black men This is no chi.nere.
The almost universal approval given
by the Southern press to the Hamburg
massacre shows that in the event of
Democratic victory the South would be
patrolled throughout by armed white
men,"
THE New York Tribune says &c The
supporters of Mr.. Peter Cooper COM
plain that no attention Is paid to bis
candidacy. In their opinion he is
sure 10 have a great manv votes, par
ticularly in Indiana and New York. If
the inhationists were not partially or
wholly lunatics he would not get vote.
The man who wants soft money and
reputation, and is not satisfied with
the Democratic party, resembles the
dog that dropped a real bone in order
to jump after his shadow in the water"
The Philadelphia Times, which sup
ports the Democratic ticket, says: "ls
II not about time for Messrs Tilden and
Hendricks to make up their minds what
they are going to say to the country :
This ridiculous delay is manifestation
of weakness unworthy of two such men
as TIlden aud Hendricks. If they had
each written short, simple letter i'm
mediately on receipt of the formal no
tlce of their nomination, it would have
made comparatively little difference
what the letters contained. Now
whatever they may write will be Sc
verely criticised, and it will require an
extraordinary strong, wise letter to
justify this long deliberation.'
The New York Tunes, liz noticing
the statement that Tilden equipped
four companies of New York volunteer
soldiers for the war of the rebellion,
declares the story lie made out of
whole cloth. He refused assistance on
many occasions, and to one young man
wrote : &c This war is a perfect out
rage, and | will lend no assistance
whatever to its prosecution"
The. Westlische Posi- says: "Never
since Lincoln's first election, have the
Liberal Germans been as true Repub-
lieans, as unanimous, as resolved and
ready for the combat as at this moment
The strength of the German vote of St.
Louis to be cast for Rutherford B.
Hayes will exceed by far the late
dreams Of the reactionary party"
THE Georgia Consfitutionaiist de.
clares that the "life of every wretched
negro in Hamburg is not worth that of
young Merriweather who fell in the
fray" We may, therefore, expect an
other slaughter to even up accounts
Cincinnati Gazette.
PARsoN BRowNLow suggests to
Governor Tilden that if he should be
elected President be ought, in justice
and for the sake of his kind of reform,
to make Bob Toombs Secretary of War
and "Admiral" Semmes Secretary of
the Navy, with s'GeneraP' NJ. c. But
ler, the hero of Hamburg, for Secre
tary OF. the Interior, and Jubal Early
for Postmaster General.
OMAHA Republican "Two dread
ful massacres would seem to have been
prOvidentially permitted in order to
arouse the people of this country to
the reality and the character of i'm
pending dangers. The massacre of Gus
ter and his three hundred has brought
our people to adequately realize the In
dian situation, and to deal properly and
decisively with the Indian question.
The massacre of more than score of
colored citizens at Hamburg, S. e., is
in like manner awak, ming the people of
the North to the reality aud serious
ness of the political issue in the South"