The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-02-21
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Memphis Avalanche: In the light of re-
cent events the public men who staggered
about raising armies on either side TO in
augurate their favorite presidential candi-
date, look so small that fOrty-horSe power
microscopes are required to see them.
Omaha Herald: All convicted criminals
under the administration of Grant now in
jails or penitentiaries in different states.
expect to be pardoned before the 4th of
March next. From past experience, their
expectations are pretty well founded.
Washington Irvings "Bracebridge Hall"
has Just been republished By Macmillan &
Co. of London, with illustrations by r. Calde-
cott which, the Academy says, are charac
terized by ''the same rare power of drawing
movement. the same quick sense of humor,
with now and then touch OF tender grace,
and the same spirit and swing that attracted
and entertained the reader of old Christ
mas >"
Cincinnati Enquirer: 1t is conceivable
that members of congress, breathing polit-
ical atmosphere, responsible to political con-
stituencieS could make il convenient to in
terpret the constitution and the laws so as
to please their respective political parties;
but il was not expected that Judges Bradley
than the INSCRIPTIONS, infamous politician,
Morton.
st. Louis Times: Grant keeps the troops
in Washington to prevent raids on the
treasury. 1t has been solemnly decided by
the electoral tribunal that if a thief once
gets stolen property in his pocket, no power
on earth can restore it to the rightful owner
or punish him for his crime. Under this
ruling the treasury is not safe unless il is
guarded by troops.
Utica Observer: The hysterical organ
grinders are reminded that Hayes is still
long distance from the presidential office
The swift assumption that the eight repub-
lican high-joints will vote together as parti-
sans all through the foul conspiracy to count
in Hayes is not borne out, for instance, by
the record of the Johnson impeachment
trial. We prefer to believe in the honesty
of the majority of the republicans in the
commission as long as possible
Harrisburg Patriot: Faint heart never
won fair lady. and the democrats who give
themselves up to despair because the cleo
toral commission has failed to meet their
expectations, should remember that cour-
age and pertinacity will win in the long rum
The preliminary rulings of the commission
may give the defeated Hayes some votes to
which he is not justly entitled, but the end
is not yet. If Hayes is not swallowed up in
the mouth of the Mississippi, he will prob
ably be dumped into the Pacific from the
count of Oregon.
helped and never will help men who do hon.
est work for living There is no remedy
| in idleness for the defects or displeasures of
business, and to strike is simply to go into
idleness. By no sort of sophistry can il be
shown that idleness produces anything but
poverty, therefore in striking men do but
court poverty. 1t can not be that all work
ingmen are blind to the folly of striking
1t is the duty of those who appreciate it to
enlighten their less fortunate brethren.
Milwaukee News: We don't wonder that
the republicans all rejoice and throw up
their hats over the announcement that the
commission is not going back of the certif-
Gates to investigate. They feel like thief
on trial when the court rules out the princi-
pal testimony against him on some legal
technicality. An investigation into all their
acts of fraud would ruin their case, and they
know it and will have none of it il they can
help it. They have a wholesome dread of
the light, because their deeds are evil.
Richmond Enquirer: All that we have to
say at this time-all that it is necessary to
SAYS that We have almost prayed that the
| determination of the result of the presiden-
upon the Cronin vote; but, if the republican
| majority in the commission insist upon the
| fullest recognition of the rights of the states
by accepting the certificates of their respect
| i've governors. attested by the great seals, we
shall expect them to apply the same ruling
TO Oregon as to Florida and Louisiana. II
they do not storm will be raised in this
\ country which Grant and all his myrmidons
will not be able to subdue.
Charleston News and Courier: The in
| quiry after the first straight-outer has gone
the rounds of the state press in q manner
| that irresistibly calls to mind the popular re-
frain of the tragic story of Cock Robin. The
analogy, however, fails in this, that while to
the query who killed Cock RobinY' only
one little sparrow answered 81 killed Cock
Robin" and all the other birds we're con-
tent merely to assist at the funeral-to the
query. who elected HamptonT there
| comes in respone, from every quarter. dis
cordant chorus: II didr' 81 did, 81 didP'
CocksparTow, jay and lark have already put
IN their Claims. and now comes our gently
cooling dove, the Greenyille Enterprise and
MountaIneer, to press its title TO the coveted
precedence.