The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-10-25
RAIDS AT THE END OF THE ROPE
Disaster Has Followed One Mean De
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From the Baltimore GazetteJ
The tone of the whole Republican press
is of the deepest gloom. They crow feebly
to keep up their spirits, but it is plain to
see that it is like boy who whistled in the
dark to make believe he is not scared. But
their smile is sickly and lacks hilarity. 1t is
like that of the scientist of the Society of
Stanislaus:
Then Abner Dean Of Angels raised a point Of
AcSunk Of old red sandstone took him in the
abdomen.
He smiled sort of sickly smile and curled
upon the floor.
And the subsequent proceedings Interested
him no more
This is the present condition of the radical
press. The October elections, like a solid
chunck of disaster, have taken them in the
epigastrium Their smile is sickly and all
except the leaders, who are working TO keep
out of the penitentiary, are beginning to lose
interest in the subsequent proceedings.
There is every note of anguish now borne
upon the breeze, from the low wall of de-
spair to the sharp cry of helpless wrath and
terror. Everything that they have tried has
failed ignobly. They tried first to get up a
bogus reform, but the collapse of the Bris-
tow movement at Cincinnati, the nomina-
ton of Hayes by the Grant-Cam-
eron movement, the putting of old Zach
Chandler at the head of the national COM
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cling of Schurz, the acquittal of Bal C )ck and
the pardon of the whisky ring chief-all
these have pretty effectually quenehed the
sham reform movement. Meantime, genu-
inc reform under Tilden has drawn to it the
great men who sincerely desire the cleans
ing of corruption.
Next, they tried the personal-abuse plan.
That was also disastrous failure. The per-
sonal character of Tilden stands higher be-
fore the people than it did before the New
York Times began its slanderous attacks,
while that of Hayes has suffered severely in
the estimation of the people, not so much by
the charges against him as by his mean, pal
try and mendacious replies to those charges.
1t hath fully appeared that Hayes is small,
timid, time-serving, feeble man, put up not
because he was strong, but because he would
be putty in the hands of the men inside.
Next, they tried the Anti Catholic dodge.
The Democratic House checkmated this by
passing the school amendment to the consti-
tuition, which was defeated by the republican
Senate. The outcome of the whole of it is
that Hayes is saddled with the odium of the
American Alliance" Accommodating secret
order, the membership of which he does not
deny EST ,--
Next they tried the bloody-shirt and
Southern-claims bugbear Both of these
have failed. 1t has become impossible to
fire the Northern heart with these old
campaign lies any further. The public
stomach has utterly turned against them. 1t
has failed in spite of the brilliant oratory of
Blaine and Bob. Ingersoll.
Then they tried the Boys in Blue. This
seemed promising until it came to the test.
But the great meeting of the boys at Indi-
annapolis was a signal failure, while the Dem
Ccratic boys who wore the blue was an i'm
mense and enthusiastic success, and now
the great bulk of the men who fought in the
war are for Tilden and reform. s..ya,.s ENai
Now what shall they try in New York?
The anti-Catholic, Southern claims, solid
South, bloody shirt, personal abuse and bo-
gus reform have all been fully tried, and all
have failed. They will probably try gen
eral hash of all these together; but there is
no hope heart left in the party. The
public refuse to be led off into any false is
sue. 1t insists upon keeping intent upon
the great question of the day: What shall
we do with our official rascals?'