The Van Buren press., 1878-03-19

mGnd the careful pHfhsdi u ltiV io'1p"-
inr excellent and wise article from the
Louisville Courier Journal, by these far
seeing q writer's
The ISvo Senators.
"Of all rhetoric forms invectiye is the
simplest, and, perhaps, the most natural.
1t is so much cas- er to abuse than to ~
awer an adversary. Yet nothing ticklos
the ear oil the average grounding 80 much
It's discourse highly seasoned with cpl
thetic matter II, in the course ofan ar
tice upon Presidential possibilities, for
example we should describe Ben. Bris-
tow as knock -I1need, bow-legged, baH-
dy.shankcd, red haired varmiat,' our
writing would please those who do not
happen to regard the eX.Sceretary with
favor even more than an earnest and
able exposition Of this, that, and the 9th
er political tallacy which he may enter
tain. mo matter for the likeness, once
said the elder Bennett to one OF his cubs,
" stick it on to him thick, aud keep
sticking it, The greater the blackguard
the greater the applause, has come to be
a sort Of rule and, to say the truth,
the best along with the worst take a
miscellaneous pleasure III hearing one an
other well mauled, particularly if he be
familiar and friend. After all, We say
there is nothing in it. It is only stage
play. and most of us are toHd OF an hon
est, outand out, up and-doWn piece OF
scenic fe.cing. In the oId-tim6 there
used to be considerable rivalry between
NJ chcth ana Macautl, Richard and Rich
moni They whaeked each other round
~ For while it seemed doubtful which
would come of victor. The pit rose as
the swords FLASHED and flashed, and the
actor who made most sparks hy was the
hero. On one occasion Edwin Booth,
playing the hump-baekd tyraut, refused
to be killed, aud ran his brother Wilkes,
who played the other part, across the
iootights and into the orchestra, much to
the delight Of the audience.
Ia politics as in acting, too much
stress must not be LAID AID is not laid
upon the mock fury Of the combataats
Mr.. Thurman has Just laid Mr.. b aiac
spraa ling, and Mr.. Gonkiing has put
head" on Mr.. Edmunds The blood
streams in every direction. But, have a
care 1t is with these Senators precise
" as it is with the poor player; the fray
over, Mercutio sips his beer with Iybalt
Hamlet hob.nobs with the King, and the
mi eta,tfIyJfr Of or r. S5r27,t'ssaaf Congress
ional heroes. Although Garfield raised
a bump on Kelley's buglc' or, to put
il in proper prize lighting phrase, In,
Bonicia boy tipped up his right, and came
Ia plump on his advcrsary's smeIler, a
the same time ducling the duudrum anC
whacll waddling the tim-tam,' Kelley
doesn't hate Garfield. Not bit Of it
They are rather toDder of each otAel
for the scrimma4e. The which, to sa,
the least of it, is Il somewhat roundabout
way Of getting at Hill and Lamar, who
in point of fact, were intended to be re
terrcd to by the caption Of this present
eifusion.
1t is to be hoped, let rs p renthical
ly remark, that the abuse so freely heap.
cd upon these " Two Sc atoro" of late
is neither deeper nor more durable than
that which we have aimed fifty to char
acterlze. The time has not come for any
permanent iudgmentupon the silver bill
Thoughtful people must feel, aHd know
that the case is experimental. That the
experiment will djsappoint the more
ciamorous classes is next to certain. Ii
is even doubtful whether, as an original
proposition, the measure could have
been passed nj ALL For our part, now
that it is a law, and the fight is over, we
sly freely, that we supported it with g
very large reservation and protest. We
followed Thurman with sort OF blind
confidence, because we regard him, as OF
right, our cadcr, being, in reality, the
most perfect type Of the Democratic
statesmen in the Senate. We followed
him on three counts first, that we owe
Il great debt, which was PAYABLE in
coin, when silver was coin ; second,
that we are II great silver producing
country and third, that the process OF
demonstration WAS at least equvocal.
We did not think, and we have no idea
that Mr. Thurman thought, that silver
would put a pheasant in every poor
mans pot On The contrary. we appre-
bend that the time will come when the
American people will, after due deiiber-
alton, remand this metal to the shades OF
private lite. 1t iSan eNpediout, justified
by the situation 1t is an experiment
the result Of which cannot be predicted
with assurance.
Under these circumstances, should the
weight OF public opinion rest very hard
~ upon Hill and Lamar. We have rot
reached the end Of time. There are 9th
er things in thi, world beside silvcr-si.
loncc, for instance, which is golden. The
people of the South cannot afford 10
multiply issues upon their public men.
Ii any person in the South III. ks the
battle FOR personal emancipation and full
nat'onaI fellowship is over, he de,udes
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