The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-02-21


wide open, and now sees what we saw
and published rine months ago In two
days last week, it had all of the following
truths:
Perhaps the President could find re.
lief in another Southern tour"
"On the whole, we doubt whether "in.
dignation' is more becoming to the Pres.
ident than his serenity.
"The President said, not long ago, that
be adopted his Southern policy because
it was right What's be indignant
about then D
"The stable-door was opened, last April.
and all the animals walked out What
pother is now raised Last March was
the time to speak" .
"'Ha, ha = says the Cabinet. let us get
mad, very mad, furiously mad We can't
do anything, but it will sort of sooth the
people, you know.
Crying over spilled milk is not thought
the performance Of a philosopher. What
shall be said of the man who deliberately
kicks his pail over and then grows 'indig-
nant
THE President, IL is stated. has sent a
private emissary to Governor Nichols, Of
Louisiana, in the matter of the Return
ing Board prosecutions. Why not give
us another Commission p
Dear Anderson--We can't do anything
| for you; but. in the darkest hours Of mid
night, it ihay soothe the sufferings Of
your cell to learn that we are slowly
working up to a becoming degree of in
dignation. VIsrrIXG STATESMEN"
How grieved those visiting statesmen
must have felt, last April, with the conf
dence they have in the righteousness and
sense Of justice Of the members Of the
Returning Board, when the President
decided that square and fair as was their
count, poor Packard must GO
Maybe another dose Of Civil Service
/ Reform would help the President Isn't
there some other friend that he would
/ like to help into the Senate2 Some 9TH
er intimate acquaintance he would like
to send abroad? Another Reed to put in
place Of a suspended DowlingG
The beatifc visions that visited Presi.
dent Hayes, three months back, have
ceased with the suddenness that marked
the disappearance Of Katie King after
she had been detected. That superhu-
man or inhuman serenity has departed
from the smiling face, and the features
are covered with cloud OF indignation "
Indignant England has sent some
war vessels to the Bosphorus, but the in
dignant Administration has not sent as
much as a proclamation to New Orleans
In the latter case, the little ebullition al
the White House is over, and the Presi
dent was enjoying himself at a Fair in
Baltimore, yesterday, among people who
dote upon Judge Whitaker and the
Louisiana prosecutors
Perhaps it would be just as we'll for
papers affecting to be Republican to talk
less about broken promise in the Lou
isiana prosecutions. OF the Returning
Board Ii is an evidence of how singu
larly confused the public sense Of recti
tude has become, in the dizzy attempt q
follow the President. that the pres,
should talk so quietly Of a bargain which
Nichols made in return for the Commits
sion assistance in overthrowing Packard
and should reproach him so plaintiyely
for not keeping il. Where was the right
the authority, on sthe part of the Com
mission, TO make such bargain That
is the point at which Indignation should
be directed.
"'WAs 1T A BARGAIN R-Charley Fostei
sticks to il that il was not a bargain =
abandoned. they have so confused them
selves that they no longer know what
bargain is. Foster admits that he assur
ed the Southern Democrats that thu
President, il inaugurated, would do 50
and so. lie admits that the Southern
Democrats replied that, if they could b'
assured that the President would do 81
and so they would stop flibustCring Eos
ter then made a speech in the House reas
serting that Hayes il inaugurated, would
do so and so and now shows a letter
which he soon after receiN ed from Hayes
commenting on the speech approvingly
and declaring that. If elected, he I0oHkd do
so and so. Then came the meeting al
Wormley's and Burke read memoran
dun asking If that was the so and 81
which the Pr, 81 lent w,u'd do. Foster
ct. al. replied that it was Burke said
All right The filibustering stopped
and Hayes was inaugurated.
Now, if that was not "A bargain what
in the name Of heaven is2 Whether j
was an iniquitous and improper bargain
is quite another question; but, upoI
above facts, which have never been dis
puted, and whicA Mr Foster himsel
now repeats for publication, il is a bar
gain beyond all doubt. and ii is the at
most Stiffness TO say that it was not Yet
in the face Of the story which they them
selves tell the parties to the agreemen
affect the utmost indignation that j
should be called by its simple and un
questionable title When the blather
skite Ellis. therefore, informed poor Hew
lit (who could not see why a spad'
should not be called a spade) that h,
lied in his false throat, we are sorel!
afraid that Mr.. Ellis did that very thing
| of which he did accuse another"