The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-21

ing Mr.. Bristow contrary to PROMISE
from bis cabinet, and putting Schurz
and Sherman In; TO furnishing wine
(six kinda for his first state dinner,
against the protestatfons or his excel
lent wife, and drinking toasts with his
guests IN importing wires and bran
ages'-per steamer CITY Of Eichmon nd
OF the Inman line), for the supply OF
the White House cellars; In attending
che merchants annual banquet fthe first
President ever to do sol at Deln7onfeo's
celebrated drinkery In this city.
and responding TO toast drank
In wine, In which he expressed the
greet pleasure the occasion gave him,
accepting a round Of wine dinners and
receptions. concluding with the one at
Mayor Ely's office, In which he 10 said
TO have drank gIass OF champagne
before an open window, and received
the cheers OF the rabble outside for u
and finally the declaration OF bis per-
sonal organ (the Cincinnati CDDsntercintt
tnat ME. Hayes never was @ temperance
man, and that his reputation In that re-
gard was manufactured, and that with
gut orders, have effectually disposed OF
ene tacties py which the great mass Of
demoralized and led astray.n
This 10 q truly terrible Indictment. It
10 almost q pity that 1T was framed be-
fore the Living Issuers had heard OF the
degrading and Jesuitical conduct Of
young Webb Hayes at the Boston ban
quet. 1t would have saddened their
hearts and tangled their grammar still
farther II they had known when they
wrote those burning words what the
whole country knows now, how that
the President OF the United States
brings UP his children to cultivate the
favor OF prohfbitionists by abstaining
from wine aud the favor OF drnnkards
by concealing their abstinence.
To be sure the indictment is grieyo,m
enough without that instance OF iDinuity.
= Will be news to most people that
because he WAS the Abdiel OF cold water
In the Cabinet OF Grant. We fear that
the Living Issners have made mistake
In supposing that Mr.. Bristow pursued
the whisky thieves because he hated
whisky. It may be that though he
hated the sinner he loved the sin. The
lmputatfon that 'Schurz and Sherman
IRE either practical or theoretical
irnnkards will be pleasing to those
officers, but we must not expect proofs
of prohibitionists. Hayes own conduct,
however, as set forth by The Ltvjr,g
Issue, fs, to use the language OF Yellow
plush, plainly "disgustfn' and beastly.n
[f he had furnished one kind OF
vine against the .protestations of
his excellent wife," or two. or
sven three, 1T would not have been SO
dreadful; but six kinds are plainly be-
yond the endurance OF the prohibitionist
aud even beyond his comprehension.
He cannot understand why man
should, In his own idiom, "haye drankD
10 many except TO get himself as soon
ss possible into condition Of beastly
ntoxication by wanton and unneees-
'ary mixing Of his drinks. "Delmon-
co.'s drinkery" IL partial plagiarism
rom Mr.. John D. Townsend, who de-
'cribed that disreputable resort OF mer-
'hants, II we recollect Alright, as Del
nonico,s GROCERY, but. toast. drank
n wine" ID The LtDir,g Issues own. And
inally, the conduct OF Mr.. Hayes In
great pleasure In being In
lrinkery among drinkers and contrib
ting to q victory OF rum must be shock
ng to every patriotic and prohibitory
mind.