New-York tribune., 1879-05-02
POLITICAL NOTES.
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Verify the Democracy wrggleth like poliwog,
| Come, Brethren, you want TO back right out now
| and go home.
White men never murder negroes in the South
| they merely XIII them.
The President did It with his own little hatchct
| 'Rah for the hatchctI
No caucus, secret or open, can invent painless
and graceful backdOwn movement
The Democrats say the message is very weak
There Is nothing weak about their panic.
OF course the Democrats are fearfully and won
derfnlly mad, but frothing at the mouth won't save
them.
II doesn't seem TO soothe the Democrats to remark
We told you so = yet there is truth III the obser
vatiOn.
Mr.. Tilden begins TO fear that there won't be
enough left of the party by 1880 to bottom a good
square " twist" upon.
"And yet" says Mr. Randall, apparently talking
to himself, it's good deal easier TO get your back
up thaa your back down."
The GreeDbacll Congressman are Topping around
as usual in crisis, trying 70 see if they can't
strike somebody for something.
The Zulu war approaches its elimination. The
racket in the Kraal Of Cetywayo is almost equal TO
the clamOr in Democratic Congressional caucus.
That will be proud page in history which shall
forced an extra session of Congress simply to
phasize Its own stupidity.
II must be a great solace to the Democrats
they sit among the ruins Of their pohcy" ITO observe
that the Union soldiers in the service OF the Senate
are rapidly giving place to ex-COniedefates.
A Southern Bourbon editor speaks of the genial
Mr.. Watterson as "TIlden toady" who dreams
that the hearts of the American people are all ach-
ing because of his idol's failure to become Presi
dent Why toady' That is an unbrotherly as well
an unjust word. IOOter Il much gehticr, ahd nus
better too
General Ewing is one Of the hardest blowers in
Washington now. "This is an irrepressibe con-
flict between right and wrorg," he r9ars. " Tho
right is asked to succumb to the wrong. Never
be it with my vote - The General is famous for
being in "irreprcsslbe conlicts.D He IS in per-
petual one with his mouth, which Is always ms
worst and most damaging enemy.
Wade Hampton chuckled ana roared aloud
And he sand AZ he shook all over,
This cause of which | was always proud
It's laurcls we'll now recover!
We're DONG just what we did at Beilair;
Our chances were very slender,
And we cut off the Yankee supply train there
And made the brigade surrender"
Charles Francis Adams says he is out of politics
and does not car. to return. "Above all" he tells.
reporter of The Boston Globe, 3" do not desire TO
go into the newspapers. Ihaye had some experience
with them. and experience teaches wisdom" This
is the nature OF compliment to the newspapers,
for they have taught Mr. Adams TO restrain himself
from spp9kl1 to hIS own hurt II Is only q short
time since he allowed 10 opportunity 10 slip with
ont branding the brow of the highest officer IN mo
Nation with fraud" The newspapers nave tdusns
him that there was no wisdom IN that'
Senator Thurman as the head Of the Senate Cau-
Gus Committee of safety, viii be the natural leader
of the great Democratic backdOwn movement. This
will give him chance 10 show his tact and bis
powers as y party restrainer. II he gets the party
well IN hand and takes it through the humiliating
performances with any show of dignity, perhaps he
will be able 30 switch it bodily upon the soft-money
track before it gets away from him. His best pol
ley Is TO favor backdown, for by doing th9t ne
can snub Hendricks. who Is advising war, and can
get ahead of Iilden, who isn't advising anything.
Of course il isn't pleasant job, bus thcn Il bet
ter and more glorious to leab retreat than not 10
lead at all.
Secretary Sherman is about to visit ONO. whero
he will confer with the party leaders aeont the de-
stability Of his being the Republican candidate FOR
Governor this Fall. A correspondent Of The Ihiia-
delpbia Press says the Secretary IS unwilling 70 de-
eide uutilhe has consulted with his friends al home.
The President prefers TO have him remain Ia the
Cabinet but if hs nomination VIII contribute 10
the success of the Republican party ne VII not o. o.
ject to his candidacy IL he IS nominated ne
honest money issue will be the main one OF The
canvass and the party Will tuTs be PMS on hlgh
ground for ths campaign Ia 1880. \ rouslng Re-
pubhcan victory under hls leadership would also
be apt to create sharp rise IN hs PresidenaI socA'
A Tilden agent has reached Cincinnati, and
long and frank conversation with him Is published
in The Eaqarer His nano is carefully concealed.
but the assurance is given that be is we'll known IN
Ney-York politics, and was an active worker for
Tilden AZ the ST. Louis Convention. lie declares that
the old gentleman" is not gong to relnquiSh lis
claims on the party, but viii be stronger IN the
next convention than he was in the last one ; IN
1876 ten States went into the convention with
solid delegations against him, whereas In 1850
every State will have Tllden delegates; the South
may not be quite as solid for him it was before.
bnt tho difference will DO made up by recruits from
the Northern States Tilden will have delegates
from Ohio in spite OF Thurman, ana nom indaha
in spite of Hendricks it is folly 10 tax about It-
ting New York go and winning with Ohloahd Mlch-
Igan as both the latter states are almost cerah 20
be carried by the Republicans Ihls Is the sub
stance of a column Of talk, and It's most careless
perIsal shows at once that il comes rom an uh,
doubted Tildeu agent IL bas the genuine hayoi OF
Tildenism and IL is the sort Of argument when the
party cannot answer for IL is grounded on hard
facts. Who the mysterious agent l., can only 10
guessed at. He went from Cincinnati 10 LOUISVILLE
on his way South. Can t be that Smith Weed las
started, without orders, To Irngate the Southern
fed in tho interest Of Reform
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