National Republican., 1876-06-06

strangely fatal about the patent medicine
business. Within the last year two Of its
most prominent men, Hembold and Aver,
have become insane.
The New York World says that Harney has
insulted not only the Speaker, but the whole
nation. We-believe it. But how about the
myriad of insults that have been heaped upon
Republican officials by the ex-Confederate
House and their army of imbeciled parasites :
The ex- Confederate House is very noticeable
now in the careless way with which i: lets the
President of the United States, General
Ulysses s. Graut, alone. He is the man they
have never cared to transact any business
with since he sent Buckner and Floyd flying
in their habit de Soir from Fort Donaldson.
The Cincinnati convention meets one week
from Wednesday. In the meantime the wires
of the political world. will be pulled into
thousand shapes. Men will work for their
fayorites and politicians will dodge and watch
for the rising star. For eight days to come
everything must give way to political gossip.
A Georgia exchange says: "The Democrats
in the Nutmeg State must have been hard run
for timber when they took up that old ex-
bibiter of mermaids and monkeys for United
States Senator" There is something very
fascinating about the intelligence shown in.
this remark.
The telegraph simply mentioned the fact
a few days ago that Queen Victoria has been
invested with the little title of Empress Of
India, saving nothing of the ceremonies per-
tot YO he Roc
Such high honor would discompose any. of
us. Yet we don't see the propriety of Queen
Vic, who has received so much honor, stand
ing on her head on account of receiving an ad-
ditional title.-ErchGnge.
And besides, how an Empress would look
standing on her head with the royal crown
perched serenely on her feet.
One thing is pretty clearly established, and
the loyal men of the country believe it as
firmly as they believe in the constancy Of the
North Star. 1t is the fact that the chiefs of
the late rebellion have not been whipped.
The South was beaten. Her people said they
were beaten, and they were willing to give up
the attempt to destroy the Union and hold the
slave. But JEFF. Davis, and Robert Toombs,
and Ben Hill, and Mr.. Tucker, and Sawbuck
Robbins, and thousands of others, were not
whipped. They were plucky and did not even
squeal. They were plucky and showed fight
even while standing on the brink of the last
ditch. We do not like to say these things for
fear that it will re-elect them to Congress, and
we ought not to say It of JEFF. Davis. for hoop
skirts are really not q symbol of courage or
pluck. Every time that an opportunity affords,
some one of these gentlemen takes advantage
of 1t to display their yet unsubdued disloyalty
and eternal hate of the force and element that
crushed out the life of secession. These are of
the men who have wrenched the South from
the Republican party, and placed the Demo
Gratis in as full control as they had during the
war. They have accomplished It by fraud and
intimidation, and during the coming Presiden-
tial campaign they have determined that no
negro shall cast vote south of the Mason
and Dixon line, If such an act can be prevent
ed. This is their policy, and that policy will
be carried out at the point of the sword and
the revolver. But the Republican voters of
the South must not let either the sword or
the pistol prevent them from doing the great
duty they owe their country. They must cast
their ballots, let come what will, and If sught
does come be prepared to meet it and assert
their inalienable rights.
We have the first copy of The Empire Of the
People, new campaign paper put out by the
"C0tinental Union League" 1t appears as
the advocate of Gen. Grant for a third term
as President, with Vice Chancellor William B.
Wedgewood, of the National University, as
the candidate for Vice President. They are
represented as the candidates of the "Conti-
mental Union League" and the belief is con-
fdently expressed that they will be elected.
Should Gen. Grant decline, Mr.. Wedgewood
will be supported by the league for the first
Office in the Gift of the peopIe