National Republican., 1879-06-28

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per anuum. That is to say, the little truck
patches or larger fields on which stand the
log huts in which these tenants live, are
leased for larger sums than they would
bring under the hammer. This Is plainly
one of the causes of the exodus.
THE Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle fondly inn
agnes that the presence in Washington of
Senators GORDON and LAMAR is greatly
needed Just now, and reproves them with
the remark that they were elected TO serve
the people in Congress- not TO ornament
college rostrums' This is all very well
in the abstract; but the idea of LAMAR be-
ing an ornament to anything outside Of q
prize ring or a street brawl Is simply lu-
dicrous.
The Buffalo Courier very truthfully re-
marks that "the officers of the United
States Senate who were forced" to listen
to Senator WINDOWS speech reviewing the
record of tho Republican and Democratic
parties for the past twenty years fare en-
titled to public sympathy" Being Demo-
Gratis they are, as matter of course, for 1t
was terrific arraignment of the hypocrisy,
blunders and crimes of their party.
THE Arkansas Democrat is very solctous
about the wranglipg now going OH among
its party friends here In Washington, and
admonishes them that "every Democrat
will be needed in the fight of 1880" Evil
IDENTIFY our Far West cotemporury has dis
TGLDEN dlssension, and the caucus conten-
tions have combined to deprive the Bour-
bons of the provocative power which usually
accompanies their inter-partsan cat fights.
THE Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle will ac-
cept our apology for emitting to mention its
respected and venerable name in an allusion
we made yesterday to Republican daily
journalism in the South. The Chronicie is
one of the most fearless thorough-going,
and stalwart Republican journals in the
country, North or South, and has been pub
lished in connection with, or MS the successor
OF, the Knoxville Wing, for 10! these many
not be overlooked.
Yes there was one lawless, murderous
rifle club in Illinois few days ago We
admit this for the benefit of the defenders
of the Southern Democratic clubs of similar
character. But we are constrained to add
that the lawlessness and murder committed
by this one single club will be duly punished,
while the bloody outrages and wholesale
assassiuations of which the thousands and
thousands of Southern clubs-saye the
mark-have been guilty, are all condoned,
and the perpetrators 20 free of punish
ment.
SENATOR GROVER now has cause to rise
and explain. The charges against him,
printed In yesterdays NATIONAL REPuBLI-
CAN, were made by his acknowledgements,
and furnish sufficient basis for an inyesti-
cation by the Committee on Privileges and
Elections under the rules adopted by that
body in the cases of Senators INGALLS, and
KELLOGG. But, it is proper to remark, that
committee will not do anything to add TO
the exposure of the facts regarding the
shortcomings of any Democratic Senator
not if it knows itself
| A FEELING of distrust toward Senator
JONAS appears to prevail in Louisana-an
impression that he is not of them, or fol-
them, except when there is money enough
in it, to excite his cupidty. The journals
of that State are devoting considerable
space to the correction of mistakes which
he unwarily falls into in regard to the pol
itics of the State he represents. One jour
nal makes the following charitable ex
PLANTATION
He may be wel-posted about tho polite
aud politicians of his native State of Illinois
but ho shows deplorable ignorance of tho pol
tiles and politicians of his adopted State Ii
has been away for some months, however, ant
may have lost the run of things.
WHEN Mr.. THURMAN returns to Ohio
after the adjournment of this extra session
his friends will not be able to recoguiz
him, except by means of his red bandana
which is all that is left of his former great
ness. Three months ago he was boss aut
"all hands in the Bourbon party, and 70
that reason was chosen to be President p,,
tenn. of the Senate Since then he has los
his grip upon the caucus, has been dcposc
rs Car, has been bull-dozed by BAYARr
and has been kicked and cuiled about b.
the naughty though sllillful parliamenta
rions Of the Republican minority, and Ia
suffered defeat at the hands of the Admins
tration in every legislative measure that h
! has undertaken. Besides all this, he Ia
} been unhorscd in the control Of affairs /
his own State, and the partisan livery ha
been forcibly snutched off from the Ar
PoLLo-like form of his faithful groom
JoHNoEE. But there comes time when al
earthly things decay This is his only con
ISOLATION.
JoHN G.. THOMPSON has been depOsed, a
we expected he would be, from his chairman
ship of the Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Ohio although he is permitted TO re
main as the nominal Ggure-head Of the Cen
tral Committee This has been done at th