The Portland daily press., 1878-07-22

The President has himself alone to blame
II in the hour of action the people are not
cheering him on and fighting at his back.
From first to last his course in regard to the
New York offices has been marked by double
dealing and cowardice, and leaves room for
no other conclusion than that he wished to
disable Conkling without risking fight with
Conkling, and that his theory of the dis
establishment of the machine meant nothing
higher than the disestablishment of Conk-
ling. g.-Philadelphid Times.
JEFF Davis said the other day: "You
agreed to return to the Union and abide by
the constitution and the laws made in con-
formity with it. Thus far and no farther, do
L understand your promise to ertend.n
They agreed to return for the same reason
that the old lady died, according to her heart.
less husband: "She was obleeged tor
According to our recollection, they did not
figure prominently in any negotiations.
Even Mr.. Davis surrendered without reduc.
ing the conditions TO writing. -Cincinnati
Commercial.
The real character of the National move
ment in Pennsylvania Is shown by predic-
tion which Hendrick B. Wright makes con.
cerning Luzerne County. There are nine
Assemblyfnen to be elected there, and he
predicts that there will be only one Repub-
lcan and at least six Nationals who will vote
with the Democrats. This demonstrates
the Assistant-Democratic character of the
third party. Ii there are any Republicans
in the movement they ought to be able to see
that they might as well vote directly for the
Democratic ticket as TO vote with the Ma
tionals.
Politics enter into even the cookery in
Georgia. A colored citizen Of that State
sought employment recently with this curious
certificate of recommendation: "This is to
certify that Henry Garnagah (col J, has been
in the employ of the Ga. and Ala Steamboat
Company, as cook on the steamer Magnolia,
for one year and hos given satisfaction as
cook, and while in my employ has been
sober, industrious and well-behaved man.
Also good Democrat" This Is signed by
the captain of the steamboat. The final
sentence is dropped in in much the same
way that the solemn young man who brought
his poetry to John Phoenix dropped his final
remark on the fate of the person who swas
accidentally shot.' ''The pistol was one of
the old fashioned kind, brass mounted, and of
such is the Kingdom of Heaven"
The removal OF Collector Arthur and Naval
Officer Cornell took the public by surprise, be-
cause the conclusion had been reached on all
hands that civil service reform had been
abandoned by the Administration, or perhaps
had never been seriously contemplated or.
more likely still, had never been compre-
hended by the President or by more
than one member of his cabinet. The Pres
ident need not be surprised that the public
look upon these changes as a blow aimed at
ConkliDg rather than plan for bettering the
public SERVICE. That half the people should
believe that 1t will help Conkling BY enlisting
sympathy for him as victim of persecution,
while the other half believe that it will hurt
him by depriving him of capital on which to
trade with John Kelley; that this should be
the division OF public sentiment rather than
any debate upon the needs of the civil service
or any public interests whatever, is due to
the Administration and constitutes its serious
reproach.-Ne,o York Nation.