, 1879-05-31
Pithy Political Paragraphs.

Pithy Political Paragraphs.
The Kansas Tin.es says (: Senator
Plumb's donation of $50 to the oolored
refugees isn't half as generous as Senator
ingalls, proposition 20 roll Sl00, 900 bar
rel out of the United States Treasury
The sentiment of the country is mani
festly and strongly opposed to the pro-
posed excursion to the Pacific to welcome
Grant, Many Grant papers are hardly
less SO than those which are not in favor
Of Grant.
High above the murmering roar of the
shouts Of the adherents of this, that or
the other man, for democratic presiden-
tial candidate in 1880, should be heard.
the Bucks county. Pa, Mirror thinks, the
tocsin sound, Preserve the party
The Harrison Patriot says: The man
who will make trouble in the republican
national convention is John Sherman, of
the Treasury The Grant organs had bet
ter devote some of their attention to him
instead of selecting candidates for the
democrats. -,
The Southern people have shown a
commendable respect for the men who
fought their battles, whatever may be
said of the cause for which they strus-
gled, remarks the Grand Rapids, Mich,
Enquirer, and that is more than can be
said OF the God and morality party in the
North
The republican party is the war party,
the Cincinnati Enquirer suggests. The
iordly Conkling, fourteen years after the
last gun was fired that closed the rebell-
ION, must needs sneer and ridicule Judge
Davis because he talks paci6cation be-
tween the North and the South. His
private grave yard yet yawns for tenants
Ii is limited by the Baltimore 4merican
that ''as Mr. George W. Childs Is sup
posed to be in Grant confidence, there
is an impression that belief would attach
to whatever the Philadelphia Ledger might
say concerning the Generals feelings IN
connection with the presidential romina-
ton" Come, George, enlshten a wsit=
ing world. You can do it neatly III a
stanZa or two.
The st. Louis Republican says: Re-
publicans may cry 'usurpatlon and
revolution" but democratic unanimity
will not be disturbed or democratic back
bone weakened In republican estima-
tiun everything is usurpation and revolu-
ton which treads on republican toes, and
the democratic foot is how being put
down rather heavily, regardless of what
NAV be in the way
The Cincinnati Enquirer says George
Washington vetoed two bills, Madison ve
toed Ave, Monroe one, Jackson five, Ty-
Ter five, Polk three, Pierce four, Bueh-
anan one, but no president ever took the
responsibility of vetoing an appropriation
bill and stopping the government sup
plies. Such a veto might well be called
revolutionary MIR. Hayes is the first
president to send such veto to congress.
There is one democrat whom Zachay
riah Chandler always treats with marked
respect. That is Senator Voorhees, Rea-
son In the dining groom of the Kirk
wood House, Washington, a good many
years ago, Zachariah ventured to refer
to Voorhees, as Il traitor and copperhead.
Whereupon Daniel hoisted a pitcher tull
of milk and sprawled him. The landlord
was kind enough not to charge either Tor
the milk or pitcher
So it is the republicans who would
"starve the government" unless they can
force the majority not to repeal some OF
the most dangerous laws ever placed upon
the statute-book. Which party, then, Is
the Revolutionary party; the demo-
Gratis, who prepare and pass the approprl-
alton bills, OF the republicans, who use
the rules of congress and the veto power
to defeat the appropriation "and let the
starve 2" asks the Hartford
Times
The Sullivan Mo Standard says The
republican party has been kept in exist
ence through the "bloody shirt" and a
A determination to rule or ruin the coun-
try. 1t has ruled and well-nigh ruined
the country, So much so that thousands
of good men have become tramps, seeking
the country over for legitimate work, Of
fering to do the same at starvation wages
if they could only get morsel for the
loved ones at home. Under republican
rule, monopolies railroads and others
sprang up, took root and were led and
fostered by the aristocracy-lOving republi-
lican head of departments of the govern
ment. Little institutions, banks, facto,,
ries, etc, that were in immediate and
daily intercourse with the people, were
crushed to give room and larger dividends
to the monopollsts.