New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-14

General Grant must have the digestion OF an
ostrich AZ well ~ gut'a-percha CONSTITUTIONS 10
stand 50 we'll this Succession f dinners and recepi
tons which. having reached around tue ""'''
once. has started on IT. second trip.
4 trial Of the policy OF silence might have rs
soothing an Influence upon the excellent brethren
of the Brooklyn Presbytcry as 1t has had upon Con'
gTcs5.
Let Us hope if Sir. Tlden does retire from politics
he will devote himself at once to The writing OF his
memoirs. 4 man who has whispered all ms lie
must have no end Of information IA hls possession
which will .dify and delight the public. As sauce
for the dricr portions Of the narrative be might
sprinkle in freely those letters from hungry Demo-
Gratis who have reIsested drbrts from the
barrel Tho volume should he Illuminated Win
portraits of Moses. Pei or, Weed. and The other
cnparcenpTy. and WI cuts of ire barrel ana the
AK and ,hechInah. How 1t would sell!
The English Mission sill remains vacant; Why
not put ITO Let upon it. and wait for bidders
,
The Democrat. are SO repcnra I and doce thatthe
country would not he surprised TO see the late JOINT
Caucus resolve itself into Sunday-schooi. with
Beck as superintendent and meet every sunday
af' ernoOn 10 receive instruction rom ll, DlaNh-
burn and Chalmers on the beauties oi CHRISTIAN
mcekness
The bird o freedom" cold IN death in the VIM
dow ola Pawtucket restaurant, stIrs the poetic
soul of a co respondent 81 The Proridcoce journal to
n tremendous panogyrl,. q" lie is dead but his
spirit still lives beneath bis ma ted ana brass
colored plumage. tbs December wind roars around
the restaurant windows. and sometimes ~ the door
opens pefcep,iby surs his superb pinions. Bnt
what of thail Dbl 10 not mount this same wind
from The lofty crag and with his ialons spur II
On that h. might be he first to greet he sun, risng
H. palace Of crimson Glory' la la! How he
few ovar the hilitops, stroking the name OF ms
wind-stecd with the enrtie expansion of his wide
snreadlng piuions. Ioi Io, How he shouted
to his cour,er and chung 10 IN, sides, screamed IN
reckless clce a. he boiled from his saddle to the
carth, only to rcmOunt aud IN Sudden grand pose
salute wit uncovered mead ana gleainlhg eyes Tue
rising SUM! Instead of which, lac now lies pros
trate In IN atmosphere redOlent OF Onions and lipe
aud has his noble spIrt insultcd By sue, vulgar
cries as: " One plate of has. " =" Pork and beans
Ii Is awful
When is that woman-suiragc descent to be made
upon Congress- The present calm affords beau-
tlful opportunity.
MIR Cornell has won praise even from his bitter
est enemies by resignng bis membership of the Ma
tionai Republican Committee. hey say ii shows
An appreciation of the dgnties of the office of Gov
ernor upon which he Is about to enter, which does
him honor. So il does, but it is no more than his
friends expected of him. They claimed for him dur
ing the canvass entire fitness for the position, ana
CA nee aions II his critics live to see him complete
his term OF Office thsy will undoubtedly have occa-
sion for furth confessions OF misJ Judgment.
OF course if the Democrats can't read 1HE Sun
DAY Tribune without profanity, they should not
take il. , days in the week is full enough for
them to curse TINS well meaning newspaper
IL is remarked by tine champions Of Jefferson
Davis that every time he speaks he becomes the vic
Inn OF Northern misrepresentation and distortion
Yet he seems to like it, for he continues 10 speak
with great fuency. notwithstanding the efforts of
his friends 10 keep MIN quiet
The recent decision by Judge Virgin in the Maine
case. declaring that Secretary Cove cannot be COM
pelIed to show the returns, by means settles the
important controversy in that State. There Is still
a prospect of music III the air in that region, Tor
Republicans there don't intend TO be cheated %
the hard-won results of tine late election. Mean
time n good deal OF Democratic abuse has been
neaped upon The Bangor Wig, iOr it, coarse aud
ill-adyiscd' attacks on tue GOV ruor and Council
Tie hiGs Oiicuce was SIMPLY this IL was the first
paper ~ scent the hgihandcG fraud contemplated
bv the COuncii aud TO denOunce n. And Il has az
cravated tine offence by able and persistent efforts
10 defeat the conspiracy. No WONDER that the Dem
ocratic press of Maine i mad at HE UhJ.