Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1876-06-14
correspondence.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON, ID. c., JUNE 8, 1876.
PRESIDENTIAL.

P~oPi' ooleNc tllaI lile charges aSalnS
him were instigated by Democrats, 70
political reasons, he may make capita
enough to secure his nomination out O
the very means employed by his oppo
nents to defeat him. 1t is a simple mat
ter OF fact that every attack on Blaine ha
originated with Republicans, and ha
been made in the interests of Conkling O.
Morton, who are his personal encmies.-
Circumstances, however, have givel
Blaine the opportunity to charge Demo
Gratis. with being his accusers, and 1t
evidently expects to, in this way, arouse
Il partisan feeling that will blind the pub
lie to the real question of his guilt; which
tactics somewhat resemble those of the
cutte-tlsh. Republican politicians ar,
already leaving Washington for Cincin
natl, and they seem to anticipate a yer,
lively time there. There is not, and will
not be, as much excitement among Dem.
ocratS, regarding the st. Louis n0mina-
ton, as there is now among the Rcpubli.
cans i'll reference to Cincinnati. The
circumstances are very different.
ALL THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
are men of high personal character, whose
honor and integrity are unquestiOned.-
The canvass between them has been con-
Quoted in u spirit OF fairness end courtesy.
! The bitter fight against political co:rup-
ton carried On by Governor Tildcn in
New York, while it has made him the
most popular man arHh Ne people, and
gave him the largest majority, by many
thousands, any Democrat ever had in the
State, has made him some violent enemies.
1t would appear, however, that this OPP
position is source of real strength, for it
it is certainly Il fact that Tilden has lost
no support once pledged him, and large
number of newspapers in different sections
OF the country, which were opposing his
nomination few weeks ago, are now adj
vocating it. As between the Democratic
candidates themselves, and their respcc-
tive friends, there is the utmost good
feeling; marked contrast to the personal
luminosity of Republican candidates.
MIR. CARPENTER BEFORE TIE SENATE.
Ex-senator Carpenter is fast acquiring
a most unenviable reputation as legal
bully, in the trial at the Belknap case be-
fore the Senate. His conduct in argument
has been seriously animadverted upon by
the conservative men of his own party,
and has, on several occasions, given pos
tive offence to Democratic Senator's
SO much so, that upon recent repetition
of remarks amounting almost to insult to
the Court of Impeachment, Mr.. Thurman
rose in his seat and administered a de-
served rebuke to the ex-senator. 1t
certainly is extremely Notifying that the
proceedings of the most important Court
ever convened in the United States, and
whose duty it is to try one of the most
serious cases in our political history,
hould be interrupted by such episodcs.-
t is o sad commentary upon the total |
want Of respect for authority which seems
o have been one Of the most direct out |
,rowths of the supremacy of the Republic
an party. The public Of this city are
lmost unit in their disapproval of such
and undignitied conduct on
he part Of u man who once held seat on
he Senate floor, and are delighted that
senator Thurman took occasion to ''put
lr. Carpenter down." and to teach him
ONE respect FOR the privileges of the
enate, together with the substantial diff
erence between u High Court of Impeach-
lent and the Office of a Justice of the
'eace.
THE NICE-PREsIDENCY.
SO much interest centres on the Presi-
ency that the Importance of selecting 4 !
God man for the second office does not
ppear to be sufficiently appreciated. In
ne general scramble and hurrah, it seems
} be lost sight of that one-fifth of the
ccted Presidents died shortly after they
ere inaugurated; the succession devolv- {
lg, in each case, OH the Vice-Presdent.
arrison died about month after his ::
lauguration, and was succeeded by John
oil To hn nl,, 20 |
onths after he was installed in the c
'hite House, and Vice-President Fill 7
ore became the constitutional head of c
he Government; and Abraham Lincoln J.
as assassinatcd lless than two months
ter his second Inauguration, Vice.Presi- v
INT Andrew Johnson succeeding to the =
residential chair. Too much care can "
.rdly be given to the selection of nomi- "
re for the Presidency, when it is r.
,rsidered that, II elected, he may be 7
He'd upon, at any moment, to assume
&c duties of Chief Executive of the ma Il
on. Up to this point, only three Demo-
ats have been prominently mentioned
Washington in connection with the u
ice Presidency-William s. Holman, of -
diana, Gilbert c. Walker, Of Virginia, il
Id Thomas Swami, of Maryland. Mr.. Y
Gilman has requested his friends to alb .,
ain from using his name at st. Louis :.
e says that the course he has conscicnti- .'
lsly pursued in Congress has been of '
ch character as to bebar him from the L
arty support of the South, and that Y,
,ket would, therefore, be weakened by 81
ltting his name upon it. MI. Walker -,