The Portland daily press., 1877-06-18

but with more than his malignity and obtuse-
ness. We need hardly add that he will be
lett as hopelessly behind in the rapid develop
ment OF national issues as the partisaus of the
royal reprobates of last century ever were.-
N. Y. Times.
Messrs. Tilden and Hendricks have mis-
timed their energetic protests. Their indig-
nant remonstrances should have been made
When the electoral commission was proposed.
Having been silent then, they should forever
afterward have held their peace. If they
nave reason to blame anybody it is their own
politlcal friends in Congress. The Demo.
cratlc candidates dshonor themselves by re-
Deling at this late day against settlement in
Wnlcn ti1eir own supporters in Congress par.
ticipated, and to which they consented by
thelr sllence.-New York Herald.
"Ihe young ladies of the graduating class at
the Lewiston, Maine, High School will be
dressed on commencement day in American
prints" Yes, yes. That's getting to be
awful old, and it's just fearfully and wonder
fully thin. They play pretty economy-pay
nine cents yard for the print, pay a dress
maker SIS for making it up, wear S23 bon
net, So kids, lace worth S4 yard and $165
worth of jewelry, and expect the world to 90
wild in frenzied admiration OF their brave
economy. This calico graduating dress bust
less is played out.-AugustG Ga. Chroni-
Gle.
When Senator Blaine was told by friend
the other day, that great many people at
tributed the inspiration of the Gail Hamilton
letters in the Tribune 10 him, he said that
reminded him of little story. A woman in
one OF the back counties of PENNSYLVANIA
went before notary public to acknowledge a
deed and was asked the usual question if she
signed the deed without compulsion or
lear OF her husband. Stepping back one or
two PAGES she put her hands on her hips, set
her head on one side, and after looking at
the man for moment, exclaimed: 'T guess,
jedge, you don't know the family"
If the silver scheme becomes law, Amer
lea will have openly discarded the political
economy and commercial morality of Europe,
and will have assumed the right to invent
systems Of finance and morality peculiarly
her own. Let us, however avoid the error of
pandering to prejudice while arguing in sup
port OF this scheme. Let us frankly call it
plan to enable debtors to ''cheat'-as the
effete morality of Europe would term 1.-THE
creditors out of part of their money. If we
are so weak as to be hurt at the prospect of
being called cheats and swindlers, we might
as well resign ourselves to the slavery of for
elgn prejudices, and admit that we have not
the skill to invent our own code of morals.-
N. Y. Times.
The American people are manly people;
they do not like tears, especially public tears.
They like to see man take his beating with
a smile and with good humor. They despise
'soreheads," and think man had better not
nurse his disappointments, but go ahead and
do his duty with cheerfulness and content
ment. And here comes Mr.. Tilden, with a
band OF music, table of funeral baked meats,
and aaunts his woes in their impatient and
contemptuous faces. The little street boy
who said to his companion, "It you'll give me
piece OF your cake I'll show you my sore
toe," had at least the excuse for his action
that 1t had the appearance of a commercial
transaction; but poor Mr.. Tilden's gratis ex-
hibition stands in a different and less respect
able category.
Mr.. Redfeld gives up the resurrection of
the Old Line Whig party entirely. He writes
to the Cincinnati Commercial from Washing
ton: II never bad much confidence in the
talked-of Whig revival in the South. The
nearest we will get to it is the Conservative
party in Virginia. Yet this Conservative
party. as they call themselves, is nothing but
Democratic when it comes to material issues,
and rose by any other name would smell as
sweet The South is knit to the Democratic
party by Tie that goes back into the war and
before the war; As long as the two present
parties occupy the land-which promises to
De for some time-the South will act with the
democratic party. l am not saying any
thing about the wisdom of it, but merely
stating a fact.