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PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS.
WISE MAN WHOSE ANCESTORS KNEW HOW
III WAS THEMSELVES, DIsCOURsE5 OF HE
RIVALS FOR 1880.
THE World. February 4. 1879 ]

A WISE MAN WHOSE ANCESTORS KNEW How
III WAS THEMSELVES, DIsCOURsES OF Hi
RIVALS FOR 1880.
THE World. February 4, 1879
On the island In It's bay the good town O
Boston maintains school for the education
OF homeless boys. the Arabs of modern cities,
Annually an inspection is held of the condi
ton Of the school, the moral and mental pro
gress Of the pupils. and the like, when the
most solid Of the selectmen present delivers
an address adapted to the supposed credulity
OF his audience. On an occasion the orator OF
the day, after dilating upon the noble charity
and elegant culture Of Boston manifested In
the care bestowed on the bodies and minds Of
the young sinners before him, related the
story of an ideal, angelic boy who had passed
through this reformatory establishment: how
he ever. obeyed rules and orders, devoted to
study the time wasted by his companions In
play, and instead Of sq1andering half pence &C,
bes e carefully boarded tRe FOR ae eapifal
upon which TO begin life, concluding with the
question, Where do you think this boy is
urchln. mo- was the stern and rebuking
response. mo. He is in store In Boston"
Even tho credulity of infancy would have re-
iected the statement that 50 immaculate a
character had become President 81 the United
States.
During the minority of Louis XIV Cardinal
Mazarln governed France. The Order Of the
Holy Spirit, the Saint Esprit. with those of
f.
priced as the noblest In Europe and Its pro
feSsion sought by the seigneurs of the time
Detesting the French nobility, which op-
posed him In the wars OF the "Fronde" Ma
zarin bestowed the "Cordon Beu" on farmers
of the revenue, contractors and such small
deer" remarkinR that its possessors would
feel ashamed to wear It, while those without
tt would complain of neglect. Some of the
lncumbents Of the presidential office prove
that the American people are capable of as
much malice aG WAS the cunning Italian
Whatever may be It's future fate, the Office
has not yet fallen 50 low In popular estima-
ton as To prevent many eminent men from
aspiring to hold 1t, and frankly confess N.Y.
self to be OF the number. 70 the end that my
cons and grandsons may understand the
characters Of my rivals, rs we'll as the mo-
tives OF those who seek to promote their
claims, | set down my opinions of the most
conspicuous OF the aSpirantS who will solicit
the vote Of the country in 1880. And this l
do with the more freedom as 1t Is not intended
to give them to the public. On the contrary,
/ hereby charge my sons. as they value
fathers blessing. to preserve these lines
Eacredly and secretly among the archives of
the family.
THE RAIN CoNJURoR' AsPTRANT--GRANT.
Livingstone, Anderson and other travellers
who first penetrated the interior of the dark
continent from Cape Colony encountered the
Damara nation, whose king was wooden
headed tyrant. lie murdered his subjects on
the slightest pretext. elevated favorites and
pulled down opponents, and destroyed the
peace and prosperity Of the people; but the
Damaras adored him. They believed that he
had power TO control the elements and give
or withhold rains. When drouth parched
their soil, blasted their crops and threatened
them with famine, they said, Wicked chiefs
have angered him. Let us punish them"
When refreshing showers came thew az |
claimed, Behold the graciousness of our
king 1t WAS the profound remark of an |
eminent German-Prof. DryasdIlst- that
There was much human nature in man. no
matter what might be the color Of his skin Or |
texture OF his hair, and the favorable CON
sS,ueration given to the aspirations Of OK /
Irsiuent Grant for a third term proves its |
1911. Turing the eight years in which he |
e1LnAnstered our government he exhibited |
~. tonly an utter Ignorance of but a profound
O0nsempt Tor civil laws. The Cd nrartines
sa lradltlons OF administration Uere ne az |
lectuany destroyed as would he tho eontante
Sntha shop by the Intrusion ~ . ,iid
! n n. Inc great statesmen who fonndad .ha
ASnsrpauneal party, eXtnguishpd IN n,t;an III
Oh slavery and preserved tho Tn;
4 5u.nnef. Greeley, Trumbull Se eo hiol,
~ attempted to restrain bd NY I ana
4 NV tney We're overthrown NV his S Violence
u Inter Inc lead of the renarahie s; mencnmen,
xqn, senator from Pennsvlvaniaa a r, Game-
u IN uetestation Of literary feIIers ~ SHARED
10y ne has large foIinuinr o.
Svsr peen true to his friends not ar ,pt ne has
sspee'aiiy ~ evil report. Thoassa ID koo 81