The daily gazette., 1878-05-31
From the Baltimore Gazette.
FEEBLE KEYNOTE.

A FEEBLE KEY-NOTE.
And now Mr.. Key, who draws salary
as General Postmaster, says it means
''war." As he phrases it "bloody civil
war;" John Sherman had previously said
that it meant war; and now other letters
may be expected from the Mixed COM
mission which is commonly known as the
de tdctO Cabinet. 1t is we presume one
of the conditions of their tenure of Office
to regard all inquiry into the frauds which
gave them their places as war-r-r-r, and
bloody, CORY, revolutionary, athestical
war. Mr.. Key the repentant rebel who
always goes around with the junketing dc
tdctO to serve as a target for the small
witticisms for the rest of the mixed COM
mission-the reformed secessionist and
the brand snatched from the burning
and to wear the cap and bells for his
fraudulent master, has no sense of per-
sonal dignity, or he would not serve in
the scullion department Of the Cabinet,
| and he has no sense of honor or he would
| not make himself so ludicrous as by his
| ''open letters to the South" He has not
even wit enough to wear his cap and bells
| well.
| He ought TO know that no southern man
nor southern men either cares straw for
his opinions on any subject, and all look
upon his character with profound disgust.
The open letter of Mr.. Key was doubtless
inspired by the sentiments of cabinet
meeting. 1t may be followed up by 9TH
ers. MIR. Carl Schurz will perhaps write
letter to the Germans, telling them in
purest Prussan dialect that if fany inquiry
| 10 Tna1a iufn tLn .alnotnral f.nnHS civil
war will again prematurely decompose
their sauerkraut and ensanguine the white
foamed lager. lie may remind them that
their Limburger, their pretzels are at
stake, their Leiderkrauzss and their
Scheutzenfests trembling in the balance
that all these will be lost to them if the
frauds by which Carl Schurz and Hayes
hold their offices be brought to light. Mr.
Evarts may write an appeal to all the die
tionary makers, calling upon them in the
name of all the long words in the Language
to come to the rescue of Fraud, and Civ,
authority toa series of ponderous epithet!
which he proposes to hurl lengthwse a
the "Rebellon." The Ancient Marine
Thompson might write letter to TIN
: Protestants, whom he has long taken un
der his especial care as against the Pope
, and call upon them to use all their in
fluence to prevent WARRIOR the inyesti
CATION of the electoral frauds in his opin
ion also is war. He might at the sam
time order home our old rotten hulks c
the navy and get ready all his torpedoe'
Mr.. McCrary must next write letter t
the brave boys in blue calling upon thel
/, ! to defend fraud to the last drop of thei
' blood. Mr.. Devens the Attorney Genera
:, must write letter to all the judges an
. uries calling upon them to annul IL
ancient rule that "Fraud vitiates ever,
thing" and lay down instead the ne
ruling of the de .fdcto Administratio
and its supporters that "Fraud whe
successful must be maintained," und'
penalty of WAR-R-R.
BY pursuing this course Mr.. Hayes mi
n succeed in terrifying certain people in b
own party who want to be terrified but
can never rufile the serene apathy
"Business Interests or even raise Il
hopes of the old army contractor or d
ancient, plethoric sutler. They knC
very well that there will be no war n
= gore. There is no legal way of unse;
ing Mr.. Hayes except by impeachment.
! Whatever may be the report of the Pott
1 II ltaNC &hl. u
disturbed in possession of his office, Il
less his conscience should induce him
resign, which is not likely or else facts a
brought to light which would make
4 Impeachment public necessity, and ev
then the Republicans are still in the II
jority in the Senate and inasmuch as Il
body put Hayes into office with fl
j, knowledge of the frauds, they wou
>, doubtless keep him there upon the una
swerable argument of to 7. This is
well known at the White House. WI
is feared there is not war, but discover
Mr.. Key is holding up once of these pun
@ din spooks with the lurid candle of "wi
y inside, in order to hide his own terror a
t az to pay another installment to Hayes
his nominal tenure of the Postmastersl
and the salary thereunto annexed.