National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-06-16

TIE political gossips who have had access
TO the inner secrets of partisan affairs dur
ing the past six weeks have been greatly
amused at the talk about imparting back
bone to the President since his first veto
of this extra session, we mean. The truth
is that the imparting, so to speak, has been
the other way. 1t isknown that there were
several Stnlwart members Of the House who
were hall.inclincd TO compromise things
after that veto, but who were brought back
into the ranks when they found the Presi-
dent more determined than ever TO preserve
intact the high privileges and prcrogotives
Of the Executive against the insidious and
scdtious encronchments OF the Bourbon
caucus
THE Western Democrats, from THURMAN
down to Ike HILL, have gone over to the
lnhationists, horse, foot, and dragoon. The
nomination of Tom Ewing settled that;
and they tried to carry the entire party
with them by procuring immediate and
favorable final action on the WARNER sill
yer bill. They would have succeeded in
this endcavor if Senators BAYARD, EATON,
and other Eastern Democrats had not inter-
posed a most abruptly emphatic and threat
ening objection. This objection, as all the
world knows, has been yielded to by the
Western Innationists for the sake of n tenn
porary peace aud to preserve the Democrats
from the disgrace of having the chairman of
their leading committee in the Senate re-
sign. But it is a patched-up peace, one
that cannot last long, and one that cannot
fail to have u disastrous effect upon the iu-
ture of the party. 1t will be interesting to
note its influence upon the next Democratic
convention. The fight between the hards
and the solts in that body will be very
bitter.
Now THE Lynchburg Tirginian is trying
to get up a quarrel with our brief daily
Chronology of the Rebellion 1t is to be
regretted that history relating to that pc
riod cannot be now shaped to please the
tastes of those on the other side; and we
see no way, if the T6giljaa is not satisfied
with our brief chronology, but lor it TO set
up n chronology shop of its own, suited to
that meridian. A truthful record of the
war, even in brief, or of the fourteen years
since the war pretended to be over, cannot
be presented in any light so as to please the
unrepentant, unconyerted, and unCOnverti-
BILE rebel, who only submits to the Govern
ment now so far rs he is compelled to by its
exercise of authority. All we have to say
further to the lHgiHiu, on this subject is, il
it doesn't like our Pertinent Extracts from
the Chronology of the Rebellion" it can
take less Of it, or none at ALL if that suits il
best; but the record will be kept before the
people to show them what has been and
what is to come again if those who inaugu'
rated the rebellion are permitted TO push
their wrong purposes upon the Government
through such agencies as have come TO til,
front during the pending session of Con
gress We sympathize with the JirginidI
in its discontinue, but cannot help it out
JEFF DAVIS is either a wronged and per
secuted citizen or he is a freed gallows bir,
and an unrepentant traitor. He either wa
right or he was wrong during the late wal
and in this respect he represents the entir
body of Southern citizens, who sympathiz
with him in his present political sentiment,
OF those sentiments he makes, in his lat
Pascagoula speech, the following eXplici
explanation:
From the beginning to end, in prosperity an
adversity, when leading bodies of men or lade
with chains in dungeon, have been true t
: Mississippi. believe you have done right, an
: | do not feel that have done wrong.
This declaration, it should be understood
| is emphatically and cordially indorsed b
every Southern Democratic leader in tn
$ country 1t is the only platform upon whic
+ they can stand before this people, and til
! only one by which they can hope to attai
public favor, power, orplace. Exactly hov
they can conscientiously reconcile it wit
the admissions required of them when the
renewed their allegiance to the United State
at the surrender we will not pretend to say
but this we do know, that if the rebels wei
right during the war they must be yer
wrong now; that is, if they are even ha
as loyal us they claim 10 be.
q DETERMINED TO STOP BULL-DOZING
As will be seen by the proceedings published els
where some OF the best citizens Oi Beat Five held
| maSs.mecting near CaSeyville on the l1th inSal
aud declared against bull,dozing. We are inlormt
| that 200 men were present, and that the sentimeI
| against such lawleSsnesS rs has been carried on
i this county for the last two years was very bite
| Next saturday another meeting of citizens will 1
a fNAH liza Ils