National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1877-06-16
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ALL SHADESOF'OPlNlON
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opinions and reTs wiH, as usual, be expressed only
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The Finishing Touch to the Democracy.
The New York Herald, further discussing
tho Manhattan Club banquet, argues that Til
den has given the finishing touch to the Dem
ocratic party, and killed il by his wall Of voc
and lament. Il says: . ...|
The American people are manly people they
do not like tears. especially public tcars,, They Ike
god humor. They dcsrsc "soThea,ls" aud
thnk man had better not nurse his diSnppOint'
nncss and contettment And herr com si Mr.
| Tildcn with band Of music aud table Of fli'
nernl.bakcd meats aud ilaunt his woes IN their
impatient and concmpluuiis faces. The little boy
who said to his companion. "if you will give nc
| piece Of your cake II show you my sorc toe, had
At least the excuse for his action that 1t had the
appearance OF commercial transaction but poor
Mr. Tildcns gratis exhibition stands IN different
and less rcslrctnblc category.
lie went TO battle lie was beaten. and now Ajax
shrinks into a mourning Micawbcr, on Tuesday
mornng everything wns within his grasp. Now
all s los, The POOR party that trusted him he has
\ stabbed In the hnck, and It's carcass Il now In a
condition to b. given to the crows, Very sad
Ancr sixty years of vigorous life after ruling the
nation for thirty two years placing President amer
President in the White Housc-men with fibre, oil
| the way frum the Old Hickory Of Andrew Jackson
10 the Bending Willow OF Bnchanan-und suryiy,
ing is Terrible defeats IN and during the var II
days, only to be given the coup de arnrr by a
trembling aspen Of man whom Il once believed to
pine. "'
The Republican Party In France. i'
The New York Tribune anticipates the best
results for republican government In the
\ course pursued by President MacMahon. which
has had the effect to strengthen the Rcpubli-
| cans and make them firm and united. II says
| Of MacMahons course:
The Government has thus been forced into 4
position whcrc every provocation to disorder comes
nom itself. and every movement TO preserve order
nom the Republicans; Nothing else ,couid bring
weaken It's power TO do final harm. When the A..
scmbiy i dSsolvcd-es may be confidently cx.
pcctcd-we believe. that The French lcoplc will
sscoS bs g and h%y S his Esr sS hs
present Republican majority h increased instead
Of diminished. MacMahon cannot longer retain his
| place with honor, In that case lie VIII be known
| In history ~ the Avengcr of Thicts.
The Manhattan Club speeches.
The Louisville Conrier-,I Journal Is well pleased
with the uttcranccs of Messrs. Tiden and
Hendricks at the Manhattan club reception,
| and says:
They cpitom!zc the Democratic duty as well NS
| the Democratic situation OF the period They will
\ warm the lcmncntic heart cverywhcrc. They art
Of good cheer. forctcling continued unity and vie.
tory: foreclning nothing which y,,od men may not
s a to; forSsas,!ns ihc swse, .byenHndb
the seas IN quest of needed rcst from labors long
and ardnolt. carries with him the respect and the
regard OF his cOuntrymcn. while he who pnrsics
the even tenor 81 his way In that simple ostcnti.
I tious home IN Grnmmcrcy Park is thrice ~ happy
and a, proud; as hnnoied aud a; Lowell as the man
whom maud has elevated TO a plnce for which I've
was rejected by the people 50
The Silver Question. '.
The Cincinnati Gazette doduecs the following
\ from the conflicting reports as to the Prcsi-
dents views on the silver question;
| The Presidents position on the silver lcgalcndci
question + somewhat mixed by the dispatches
Our special Of the 2th stated hebelcf that he is in
fnvOr of making silver tender TO the extent that
grccnbockS arc now This would except custom
and the public debt The Associated Press dis
patches OF the 18th stated he disputes the wisdom
| Of the act flsT which dcmonctizrI the lcg,itciI
der silver dollar, and Is In favor OF its remUiictiz
ton and Of full return % the condition VI thing
which existed prior To 1873 believing Il will facil
tate resumption and that he regards thai act as
hasty and uncalled.ior interference with the legal
Tender powSEs Of large portion Of our circulating
ing and we presume they are the reporters, who
| gives them some meaning or other out OF his con
seriousness. For We never had practically ,ioublC
standard. We have had practically only the gold
standard since ISL Before that we had practically
only the silver standard. In 1857 our Legislation
|
dollar was, In fact. dcmonctizcd long before
| 1873 Just as gold is now demonctized. The act III
1873 made no real change IN our coin legal tender
Nor was hasty. for II was before Congress three
years before II was enacted And Il was so accord
ing to longertablished facts that 1t had 10 oppoi
ton T9 gSSr H. 70 hs Snd,oS of hgs n9T
give us gold for the standard, and silver rs onl,
subsidiary; ThereiOrc, these are only words with
dollar shall bc issued and made legal tender for ali
public and private dues and debts. They who com,
short Of this are not much for the silver dollar
Until the Associated Press agent gets 10 talking IL
Language that has meaning. We shall suppose tha
our special got the truth of the matter namely
tina, Mr. HAYES like Secretary Sherman, is for split
for silver dollar legal tender for redemption o
greenbaCks and for private deb,s but not for Gus
ards; for still the gold standard would rule but
/ would very clearly be two kinds of specie money
one for the common people the other for the bond
holder and for our trade with other countries.
The Tweed Case.
| The New York Sun thinks that the Attorne,
General Of New York has dealt very unfairly
with Tweed, bad as he is. II says:
We are forced to the conclusion that the Attorne,
| General has erred. II he was going to arrive n
his present determination he should have reached
| II more quickly and withOua having pruhted by
the offer he had 80 long under consideration III
Is reported TO have said that he would have moth
Ing more to do with Tweed. But his hands are II
the prisoner an opportunity 10 act recpr1cally, ant
to have nothing inorc TO do with him or to SUITE
from him, The intense indignation felt agains
Tweed and his confederates for appropriating 4
themselves tho treasure OF the city viii NOT inis
To the exoncration Of the Attorney General in thi
matter, II matters not with whom the State deals
whether u lie the host or the worst of her citizens
the obligation TO deal honorobly rests on her all tn
same, and II Is supreme.
Jack wharton's appointment.
The New Orleans Times says Of this appoint.
ment: ..r
There Is no Republican In the State whose ap
pointment to ONCE Will be regarded with such uni
versal favor N ten. WhnIton's. That he will dis
charge the duties of his Office faithfully and wei
goes without saying Perhaps some few of tn
more ultra members of his own party may not lik
the appointment. But they would mot he please,
with Anything which meets the approval Of ii
great mas of citizens OF both races In the State.
Secretary Sherman's Views. .T
The Hartford Comm CUrram thinks tina
Mr. Sherman apprchends the true principles @
currency, but is too anxious to offer imitation
lists middle ground of compromise. In dis
cussing the Secretary's views, II says:
The Secretary Of the Treasury says some goo
and true things in his statement Of the sllve
question lie justly presents and justly condemn
the extreme cheap dollar infationtst. hut 1
skctchng the other extreme he Is not 50 fortunat,
for under the necessity of making strong COZ
trnst he describes what does not exist. Them Is II
existing human being outside Of a nnatic asylum
who would "entirply demonetze silver" Our COY
, ernment Is rapidly coming silver, stamping an
issuing in place of fractional currency subsidar
silver coin whose stamped value is greater than Il
, | commercial value as silver. All coins below tn
dollar are of this description and being thus oVel
| valued and worth more here than abroad wher
they would BE- tested and recoincd, they will sta