The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-21

A philadelphia Sea Captain Finds the
Lay Of the Land Sadly Changed After
Koyaxe-
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short Voyage.
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Captain John Burton, master Of one of the
steamers OF the Occidental line, plying be-
tween this city and Havana, arrived yester-
day from round trip of ten days duration.
The captain is an ardent republican. When
he left home his mind was oppressed with
gloom. The electoral commission had con-
cluded it's labors but it seemed the settSed
purpose of the democrats in the house to OBJ
struct the progress of the count to such an
extent that it would be impossible to have a
peaceful Inauguration, while many were in
clined to think there would be a new cleo
ton. Captain Burton was. therefore, re-
lieved on landing to learn that the inaugu-
ration had taken place. He went to his IA
vorite resort, the Union League club, to
learn the particulars. There he met his old
fried Colonel Snowdrift, who always knows
the news.
''Glad to see you. John" said the colonel,
land know GU are rejoiced to hear that
the country is safe. / was just reading a
good thing in the Bulletin, giving Blaine a
sharp rap. BY the way, what an ass he has
made of himselfl'
The Bulletin7 ASS? Blaine?' replied
Burton. surely the Bulletin has not gone
over TO the democrats
"Oh, noa but Blaine's course, you know,
has been too outrageous for anything. The
idea of his antagonizing the administration
at the very start.
Blaine antagonizing the administra-
tionT'
"Yes, as the Bulletin says"
When the public business of this nation is
infrusted 10 men of proved fitness, who shall
onicss win be oiled generally by men who
have some other claim TO them than their ca
pacity for making promises 10 the mob OF
place unters, and OF being hail fellow, well
met" with every ragamuffin who has a long
ing thirst to taste of the stream that flows
from the public treasury.
Il wonder how the Camerons will take that
sort of talkT'
Captain Burton stared at his friend in
smazement. Was il possible that Snowdrift
had turned reformer? No. it could not be;
| this was guy. He snatched the paper In
his friends hand. Yes, it was the Bulletin,
| and the words read were correctly quoted.
But why this fling at the Camerons?
II am glad to see," continued Snowdrift,
that old Simon has been beaten at last But
| the checklist thing he has ever done is this
| attempt to put Don in the senate"
Don in the senatei Then Wallace Is dead?
| You don't mean it?'
Nothing of the kind; but OF course the
old man wasn't going to stay in the senate
| after Schurz and Key had been crammed
| down his throat"
| Il beg you TO explain"
why, don't you know that Schurz and
Key were appointed to cabinet placesr'
'S :hurz and Key! Who is Key?"
"Why, the ex-rebel general you know
the one who was democratic senator from
| Tennessee. He was q great Tilden man,
and of course it was right to give him
| show"
I Captain Burton was again agitated. SIS il
| possible that have been mlsinformed7
| Did Tilden get in after sll?"
4 afWhv M afnnid faIlnU Rnt
| Citation is the watchword under the new
regime, As the National Republican re-
| marks the adyenturers must withdraw and
| leave the original inhabitants of the south
| to control their own affairs in their own
way; and as the same sule paper says in
another place, the CORY garment must be
| buried"
You puEzle me beyond measure, colonel.
never expected to hear this sort of talk
from you"
81 don't see anything astonishing about
il. The president is In earnest, and, with
Sherman and SchurI in the cabinet,
| Matthews and Lamar in the senate and Gar
field and Gibson in the house, the bloody
shirt will never flap in the morning breeze
again.
"Who Is Matthews and who Is Gibson?"
"Gibson is one of the best of our ex-con-
federates. He Is from Louisiana; noble
fellowi Mstthews7 Don't you remember
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senate In place of Sherman. Garfield is
needed In the house. as the president says,
to aid in the work OF paci6cation. A few
| weeks more and Packard, Chamberlain and
all the rest of the carpet-bagges will be
packing their traps"
What 1t isn't proposed to throw them
| overboardT
'Of course, old boy, of course; q govern.
ment that can not sustain itself has no right
to exist Thesecretary of war and attorney
general will attend to the carpet baggers,
never fear
Now, colonel, you are carrying this quiz
too far. was half inclined to believe you,
| but when you say that Cameron and Taft
| have gone back on Packard and Chamber
lain, you must take me for greeny."
Taft and cameron, the-why they're MOI
| in the new administration. What use has
Hayes for such Bourbonsr'
sWhati You don't mean to say that after
electing Hayes these good republicans have
| been set adrift?'
al don't mean anything else. Such OBJ
structionists are no republicans. They must
go to the rear, sir; they must 60 to the rear.
| But you are behind the age: it will take too
| much time to get you strsight Read The
Times, old boy and see what has been going
on for the past ten days, and then come up
Armitt Brown and Wayne McVeigh are go
ing to speak, and they'll make it lively for
the carpet baggers. Hal hal''
This capped the climax. That Snowdrft
should advise anybody TO read The Times!
Burton's worst suspicious were confirmed.
His friend had gone over to the democracy.
| Nevertheless half doubling whether he was
awake, he picked up the Press and found. in
running over half dozen Issues. that the
| half had not been told. "lts Rip Van
| Wrinkle outdonel" he muttered SIS he sadly
| left the reading room, and with determined
| tread went down to Seventh and Chestnut
to hea the truth from lips which are never
faithleea 10 party