National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-05-15

THE Czar-Our Bourbon Car, we mean
having been indisposed there has been
some hesitation about Caucus for the rat
ifcation of his designs and desires The
ratification is simply a question of time,
however-Caucus or no Caucus.
THE formal informality of Caucus is to
be done away with by the Bourbons. Car
THURMAN is to make his speech to-day on
the legislative bill, and the faithful will
take their cues therefrom without hesta-
tion or compunctious examination.
NINETY dollars, mostly in silver, have
been contributed by the Greenbaclsers of
the House to pay the Grassland and other
expenses of serenade they expect to re-
ceive tonight, the provocations of the seren-
ade being the contribution of the said ninety
dollars aud the success of Kearneyism in
California.
MR.. HILL tells us if there had been no
Republican party there would have been
no war. He might as well have told US
that if there had never been any sense of
would never have been any struggle for the
advancement of humanity or no aspirations
for higher life. Verify Mr.. HILL is phi
losopher-of the Southern pro-slavery school.
THE National Association of Fire En-
gineers have evidently fallen in love with
President HAYES ability as publicist,
either because they like the tone of his
vetoes, or because they think he knows
something about quenching red-hot con-
hagrations, so to speak. They have invited
him to address them at their coming an
nual meeting next September. He appre-
ciates the conspicuous usefulness of the
boys who run with the "masheen," but very
properly declines the invitation.
IF it is true that BEN HILL, during the
rebellion which he opposed at the outset,
and then aided under the honesty of his
convictions, proposed to the Confederate
Congress that unless the emancipation proc
lamation was rescinded every white COM
mandant of Union negro troops and every
Union officer melting slaves to escape should
be slaughtered, he must be a man of very
bloody convictions. The place, however,
where he buried his dead during the war
has not as yet been discovered.
THE New York World Is bad enough in
its politics, but its understanding of the
truth is worse. 1t alleges that the Presi.
dent declares that the elections shall be free
from all interference, and then vetoes q
measure to protect them from such inter-
ference. This is bad shot at the truth.
The President insists merely that the Pres
ident shall have the power to preserve the
peace and protect the right against the in
reference Of bull-dozers intimidators, re-
peaters, and ballot-box suffers. 1t simply
peryerts the truth.
FREE from all responsibility for the threat
they made to starve the Government if the
Administration refused to permit their par
tisan repeals to become laws, the Democrats
would have very little to stand upon in
their new issue before the people but
hand-cuffed as that issue is to that threat
they will go into the coming campaign
without even the shadow of valid claim
upon public confidence. The few idiots who
believe the American people will be dc,
ceived by their pretentious and empty cry
of "bayonets at the polls" insult the intel
ligence of the country, and underestimate
the loyalty of our citizenship,
"LET's have another Caucusm mo, well
"d!spense with that Star Chamber proceed
"ing. The Cars going to speak in the Sen
"ate, which will be all sufficient Thi
conversation may have occurred, and prob
ably did, in Bourbon circles Rt the Capito
yesterday. But the real reason why a eau
Gus has not been held is that the people ar
laughing at tho Democrats for their habit
ual resort to that method of confirming tn
self-deterplined policy of Mr.. THURMAN
They are consequently ashamed to call an
other Star Chamber conclave, afraid of be
ing ridieuled, in fhctj besides, many o
them are getting tired of going through th'
form of voting aye on his propositions.
THE New York ECeaing Erpress Bostor
Herald, and several other Eastern Journals
of Democratic proclvities, have pronounced
cmphatleally in favor Of the nomination oI