National Republican., 1876-01-18
turbulent element of his party use 1t as .
hitching post for partisan purposes.

turbulent element of his party use 1t as
hitching post for partisan purposes.
There Is not an ex-Confederate member OF
the present Congress but what derides the
tEdarkey,u and sneers at his citizenship.
Every act of their political lives is coufrma-
tion of this statement, and whenever the op-
portunity is offered they do not hesitate to
heap still more misery on the sable race.
A band Of masked White Leaguers took
from the Friar's Point Jail on Saturday four
negroes and murdered them in cold blood, and
there was no election pending. The only
reason that we can see for this bloodthirsty
act is that they are desirous Of keeping their
hand in for the purpose Of being we'll prac-
ticed at the next election.
An Indignation meeting is expected to be
held in Elmira for the purpose of denouncing
Hills charges that the Confederate prisoners
were cruelty treated while in confinement
there. The officer in charge of the stockade
has many letters in his possession from Con-
federate prisoners thanking him heartily for
the kind treatment they experienced during
their Imprisonment. II Wirz ever received any
such expressions from Union prisoners now
would be a most propitious time for MIR. Hill
to present them for the benefit Of the Ameri-
can people. And, by the way, that indigna-
tion meeting must not forget Messrs. Cox,
Randall & Co.
The New York World now implores its
severely worsted party in the House to forego
the pleasure of pardoning JEFF. Davis. Why
the World is so anxious to have this matter
returned to seclusion is very palpable. Within
the short space of ten days the Democracy has
learned that the loyal people Of the whole
country are not ready to submit to such an act
on the part of the National Legislature. They
are opposed toit on general principles, opposed
to it so strongly, so earnestly that on the head
of that power which hazards the attempt they
stand ready to launch a reprcof which will
carry q sting fatal enough to defeat recovery.
Because the magnanimity Of the Republican
party has allowed men who may have been
engaged with as much earnestness in the trea-
sonable plot to undermine and shatter the struc
ture of the Union as was exhibited by the ex-
President of the Confederacy, it furnishes no
just ground upon which to base plea for the
an unfettered citizenship, and the World, find
ing by the recent test that this is the general
impression among the loyal element Of the
country, is now beseeching its party in Con-
gress to refrain from any further attempt
to remove the political disabilities from the
old man.
''AIan's deeds shall live after him" is an old
saying that applies with peculiar fitness to the
dead dynamite fiend. A trunk belonging to
him found deposited in New York hotel
was recently opened and it contained coil of
fuse. This has set the porters on nettles.
They walk all around q strange trunk, exam
inc it closely, and when they move it the gen
tleness displayed is only equaled by the skill
exhibited in the transportation of glycerine by
an adept. From this standpoint it is evident
that Thomas did not live in vain. If the feel
ing which has recently taken possession of
the New York baggage-smashers could be
made universal among that class; if every
baggage-master and every porter in the
United States was doubtful whether every
trunk he handled be filled with dynamite pow
der, or with the usual contents, the benefits
to be derived from such a condition of affairs
would be immeasurablc. The travelling pub
lies baggage, instead of being ruthlessly
dragged and hurled about, as is now the case,
would be taken from the hotels and cars with
a tender care that would do justice to the
vigilant keeper of magazine. On the whole
1t is policy for the public to encourage this
state of feeling among this particular class Of
people, and nothing should be done to detract
in any way from the probability that every
trunk is a mine OF dynamite powder, ready to
explode the moment it Jared or jambed beyond
a certain degree of harshness.