National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-14

trio in this part of Dixie" "The old war
spirit is dead" "The hands are clssped
firmly across the bloody chasm." "Massa-
chusetts militia mingles its fraternal greeting
with that of the veteran Grays of Charleston"
and yet while these shouts are gushing up
from many parts of the land we see rebel
flag, bearing the names of Tilden and Hen
bricks, unfurled to the breeze. The old spirit
is not dead enough. 1t yet shows itself too
plainly in flying rebel flags and assassinating
negroes.
The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, of
sixty-four columns, containing the Belknap
Impeachment, death of Custer, the South
Carolina horror and all the Congressional
and general news of the week, is now ready
for mailing. 1t is the cheapest and best cam
paign newspaper in the country.
If q man dies in New York of either the
smallpox, scarlet fever or other contagious
disease, no public funeral is allowed. This
is the decision of the Board of Health, and it
makes man feel like living forever, rather
than to forego the pleasure Of public fu-
neral.
'What's that dearest 2" asked Georgetown
husband of his young Baltimore bride. She
raised her long black lashes and with divine
depths of meaning in her glance replied,
"That? why that's my SHOE" "Ah," he
added gently, 81 supposed it was steam tug
ct anchor"
Servia is not doing as we'll in her great
struggle with Turkey as most of the civilized
nations wish she might do. She is fighting to
dis enthral herself from an absolute tyranny,
and if she is moi successful in the coniist, JUS
tice will have proven to be not only blinl, but
stone deaf and colossal humbug.
Blanton Duncan still fumes and raves over
the st. Louis nomination. He says that as
sure as the evening sun sets on the day of the
November election just SO sure will the old
Democratic ship go to pieces. When Tilden
sees his three millions Of dollars sinking with
that sun he too may go to pieces, and then and
not Til-den will Blanton breathe easy.
The brief and interesting letter published in
these columns yesterday morning was from
the pen of Lieutenant Wallace, son of A. S.
Wallace, Representative IN Congress from the
Fourth South Carolina district, and not of
Senator Wallace, as was stated. Since the
terrible struggle with the Sioux young Wal
lace has been promoted to first lieutenancy.
j. Randolph Tucker, while addressing a
crowd of small boys who had been engaged to
march in the procession on the OCCASION OF
ratifying the St. Louis nominations and bear
transparenc:cs, as well as the large number of
colorcd women who had been sent out by anx-
ious mothers, that their CONS might not fail to
find their way home after dark, stated among
other things the South had no judge on the
Supreme Bench. 1t might be well for the son
of the Old Dominion to hunt up the speech Of
Alexander II. Stephens, "No excuse for rebel
lion" and inform himself while the South had
eighteen, only eleven had been appointed from
the North. Who would Mr.. Tucker think fit
to occupy seat on the bench from the South9
Doubtless some one who by force Of arms
sought to destroy the Union, the Constitution
and trample under the feet of armies the laws
of the land who would decide secession
right.guaranteed to the States; that the for
mer slave property must be paid for, and that
the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the Constitution were illegal and
must not be recognized. If a judge appointed
from the South was of the Republican party
he could be nothing in the opinion of the peo-
pie of that section, however able and just he
might be, but a scallawag or carpet-bagger.