National Republican., 1878-08-03
WHAT WILL xEARNEY DO IN THE EAST.

WHAT WILL KEARNEY DO IN THE EAST.
This question is in the mind Of the aver
age politician Of this country to-day to the
exclusion of other topics, which would or
dinaIily absorb his attention. 1t can only
be answered in the light Of future expert
cnce but II must be admitted that KEAR-
NEY, the agitator of the Pacific slope, and
KEARNEY, the returned son, avoiding pub
lib receptions in the East until after he re-
ceived his mothers blessing are two differ
cnt men. DENNIS, my boy, did ever ex-
"pect to soc you again" are words coming
from fond mothers loving lips and yearn-
ing heart, that will ever be associated with
any mention of his name. They seem 10
have been what he had ycarned for himself,
and to have scbered him down for the
moment to deeper and more earnest re-
gard for the equality of domestic peace and
happiness, for he abstaincd for the time
being from any aggressive demonstration in
the political surroundings Of his former
home.
But it Is hardly probable that this hearth
stone incident had any lasting effect upon
his mind. He has already put himself in
communication with congenial political fac
tions, and there seems to be rivalry among
certain class of political leaders as to
which one Of them will make the first or
lasting alliance with him. He thus becomes
the master OF his immediate surroundings,
and If he is smart" enough to make use of
the courtiers who are fawning in his pres
| ence he will have no difficulty in organiz-
ing order out of the chaotic Greenback, La
bor-Reform jumble that greets him in New
England. His Faneul Hall address next
week will undoubtedly settle the question
whether he is able politician and manager
tie the question whether he is worth the
attention that has been paid to him by the
Eastern press. Meanwhile his casual utter
ances will be reported with eagcrncss and
exaggerated as to their importance aud eff
fective influence, as his so-called victory
as a leader in California has been. We say
so-called victory because the results he ac-
complishcd on the Pacific slope did not, in
the frst place, turn out to be as important
and revolutionary as they were first re-
ported TO be, and, in the second place, he
was not the sole agent by any means in
their accomplishment. The successful can
didates in the late election campaign in
which he appeared as leader were, many
of them, Of the kind he describes as "ene-
mics of the people" In fact, the result of
the election was really what he, in slang
phrase, would call "stand-of" the sue
cesses on each side being about equal. And
he was not originally leader, for he does
not seem to have developed any organizing
capacity or argumentative ability. The
condition of affairs that brought him TO the
front was peculiar. There was much polit-
cal unrest, as there always is in California
in the "of-years' of politics, and there was
especially much opposition to Demo-
cratic and Opposition rule in the
larger communities or cities He Is a
hippant talker and a vigorous singer of cpl
thets. lie crystalized this unrest and op-
position in his fiery though uncultured
rhetoric In way that attracted the admi-
ration and aroused the enthusiasm of the
hoodlums," as they are called, aud stirred
up the drifting discontented voting element,
always very large in that State, to unusual
activity. This was the extent of his in
nuence and the full scope of his leadership.
In the country districts or in the sparsely
settled sections, he made no impression
whatever, for there was an absence there OF
any voting element that could be impressed
by his incendiary and unargumentative ap.
peals.
II remains to be seen as we have said,
whether he will pursue similar course in
the East. His opportunities for success in
the same line, or in different one guided
by the light of his peculiar experience, are
manifold. But we do not hesitate to pre-.
diet that he will prove himself to be tn,
hero or sensation of foetng hour. W,
imagine him even now completing the similC
of the sky-rocket, that has been applied
to him, exploding in the air and coming
down TO the base earth a charred stick Bu
his explosion will long be remembered.
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