Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-10-03
SINCE that fine anti-clima1

SINCE that fine anti-climax
wrapped up ia the lines,
What no, Dalgetty. thou great God Of
Lisutenant-General to the Earl OF Mar,
There has been no such collapse as
that recorded Of Denis Kearney,
y Lieutenant General of Nothing In
Particular and President Of the
Workingmen's party of California.
Denis is evidently his own master.
His domain Is the sand Lot. On
this, to use his own language, "sa-
cred ssrosnd, - while the people of
California were preparing to well
come Grant, irrespective of party,
- an illustrious American entitled
20 honor from Americans, Kear-
ney announced that he would burn
Grant In effigy. He was immedi-
atsly appalled, and inundated by
the assertion of an unmistakable
and pronounced American spirit.
DAuuted and unnerved by an ag-
grosslve American manhood, which
his long and insolent career had
led him land almost justifiably) to
doubt, the coward and braggart
shook ut the knees. Instead of I'M
dertaking to burn Grant in effigy,
: thing which, under the circum-
stances, would have rightfully end
Cd his worthless life, he sneaked
Uee ~ the city. Catching up the
brutality Of his unmannerly chal-
1enge, the American element of
San Francisco fired salute to
Grant from the sacred" Sand
Lots-a ground consecrated to the
greatest abasement of manners,
morals and taste ever witnessed on
this or any other continent. Kea,-
ney was prudently absent
during this daring invasion
Of his own dung-hill. He
managed, however, to get back to
San Francisco in time to appear at
the Sand Lots on the Sunday fol-
lowing the great demonstration.
He then proceeded, like the craven
that he is. to attempt to lie him.
sslf out Of the position he had orig
inally taken. There was a marked
depth Of degradation in an effort
like that, but 1t was to be succeeded
by other deeps of abasement-or
what would be abasement to any
ono but Kearney. No sooner had
Gen. Grant got fairly settled down
In the Palace Hotel than Kearney,
like an humble and repentant
lackey, hangs around his quarters,
begging an Interview and sending
up his Garbage, his card, God
save the mark, repeatedly. The
card case Of the recreant drayman
did not avail him much, as he re-
ceived q cold and contemptuous
message from Grant informing him
that his room was preferable to his
company. Under the circum-
stances, the Irish race in California
must feel deeply Inundated. Here
II . mongrel cur, who has held him.
self up as q representative of self
respecting and chivalrous race,
dr. gying the illustrious name of
lrfshman through the mire. There
II no escaping the infamy of this
episode. Kearney has been held
forth all over the United States as
the champion, par excellence, of
the Irishmen of the Pacific Coast.
Whatever else the average Irish
man lacks it certainly is not cour.
age, aud to see himself SO belit-
tied by Kearney is terrible ordeal.
We expect to hear, next, that
Kearney has been found, as he was
once before, doing homage to STAN
ford. As to Flood and the bonanza
firm, he has never been known to
open his lips, and we have every
reason for believing that his mod
GRAFTON in that regard is due to a
check for $4,000 drawn by Flood
and cashed by Kearney at the be-
ginning of his career, and repeated
at intervals since. What cham.
pion of honest Workingmen!