The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-12-19

Inducements to advertisers, and We
hope to have every firm in Stanford
represented IN lie columns.
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Ir WAS ONLY HosPTAIITY.-We
think the COwier,Iournars explana-
ton of its own part in the Grant boom
ought to be satisfactory. II is the
plainest explanation we've seen tor
several years. We can see now
though it had escaped our notice be
fore--that our organ had to choose
one Of two courses, viz: to open a bat
terry of abuse and deRuncistion Of
Grant, such as would excite a mob to
insult him and do him violence, or
else print blanket-sized paper to his
glory. That was tight place for a
great organ to be in. Now, IL it had
been possible for Democrats to main
tain a dignified passiveness and silence
while Radical toadies and lickspittles
were paying their idolatrous devotions
to the great warrior and circumnavi-
gator, surely that would have been
the fittest thing to do. But the occa-
sion didn't admit Of either dignity,
decency or consistency. Something
had to he done, and done with a ven
geance. II was a crisis. Democrats
must either fall down in the mud
and let Grant walk on them-to
show their hospitsliiy-Or raise mob
and run him out Of the city. Since
the thing has been explained, we are
astonished at our own stupidity-as-
tonished that we could not distinguish |
hospitality from political and personal
toadyism In our benightedness we
had thought that while it might be
proper, in case the General should, Of
his own motion, call at Louisville in
his next journey round the world, to
show him some courtesy there; yet il
was not obligatory upon the Demo
cratic leaders of that city to send him
a petition imploriDg him to come that
way and give them chance to do
him extraordinary honor. But we
see our mistake now and feel ashamed
Of il. Ii was all because we we're not
educated on the subject Of hospitality.
THERE are two bills now before
congress which, IL their demagogic
,riginators can shove through that
'ody, will involve the country in
bankruptcy and ruin. We refer to
Mr.. Coffroth's bill to amend the pen 4
lion laws so as 10 grant pensions to all
enlisted men, including
volunteers and all drafted men in the
ervice of the United States in the
ate war, their surviving widows, and
heir sisters and their cousins, and
heir aunts. The other is a bill to pay
he ex-soldiers and sailers the differ U
nee between the value of greenbacks, Q
D which they were paid for their ser u
ices, and the value OF gold at the Q
line of payment. 1t may be thought '
hat the absurdity Of these bills is
nough to kill them, but it is hard TO Il
sll what a body Of politicians will do e
especially when we remember the [
use with which the Arrears Pension v
III was passed. Il
The Vanceburg Times suggests that o.
} the'gamblers. whose fines he has ~
united, are going to give Governor y"
lackburn a tip-tOp carriage, the
lrse-thieves whom he has pardoned il
Iould come TO time with a pair Of W
'sl-class, bloOded animals to pull the ha
ing. We rather fear that the Gov III
nor has decided not to accept the III
mblers' gift. The Louisville Post to
ID Neis told ON him too quick and il
Ade him mad, and when he gets mad I'M
is as Stubborn as a jackass. Re
llect, gentlemen, that our estimable,
'ilanthrOpic and supplemented Gov ~
nor can be lead, but driven-never :"
ot even so much as "hardly ever" ~ ~
rnE Legislature Of Virginia, which ma
composed of a majority Of State foI
BIT regulators, are running the az IN
rs Of the State on the rule or ruin yo
IN. Not content with filling the
ger offices with men of their own 49,
' proelivities, they have turned out M
,ne-armed confederate soldier and 10
cted negro ms First DOOr-keeper, -,
%, it is said, has suffered a sentence ~
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