National Republican., 1880-05-24

THE democratic attempt to promote |
SPoFFoRD TO the senate has gone to meet
the FITz-JoHN PORTER case.
THE Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer, speaking
of General GoRDoN's resignation, says:
&C. Let us hope that all apprehensive dan
"gers are groundless" What is a ground
less apprehensive danger?
SOME Georgia papers imagined that a
personal difficulty and an approaching duel
was at the bottom of Senator GoRDoN's
resignation. Nothing less than case of
life and death could, in their opinion, ac-
count for "a Georgian's resigning anything.
THE California, Nevada and Nebraska
delegates will be carried free to Chicago in
o special palace, dining and drawing-room
car over the Union Pacific railroad. All
free. These are BLAINE delegates. JAY
GOULD, like another potentate, takes care
of his own.
The meek and patient man who edits the
Cincinnati Gazette is now tearing his hair
because the anti-GRANT bummers in Illi-
nois were not permitted to control the state
convention. 1.-THE balm of life" or "hop
"bitters" are either good for nervousness.
Spare that hair.
THOSE republicans who have been for a
long time measuring the distance from the
top rail of the fence where they have been
roosting and the earth below, and calcu-
lating the chances of injury from jump,
begin to feel that they can afford to hazard
n risk, and very soon that top rail will be
entirely exposed TO the rays Of the summer
sun.
THE fact that the failure of such two
gigantic corporations as the Reading rail-
road and the Philadelphia and Reading
coal company did not produce panic is u
striking proof of the soundness Of our
present financial situation. The capital
of the two corporations reaches the vast
sum of S194,573,15O.
EIGHTEEN of the reverend clergy of New
York have united in call upon all re-
ligious denominations TO unite in making
Sabbath, May 30, special occasion for
"prayer to Almighty God that He will
vouchsafe to guide and direct these as
semblies in the choice of men fit for the
suffrages of the people"
SECRETARY ScHURz has less than two
weeks longer to remain in the cabinet if he
carries ont his threat to resign should GRANT
be nom mated. The stump will be ready
for him after the Sd of June, but he is too
conscientious to take it in view of his own
ciYil-seryice rules, and hence he is said to
have threatened resignation undera certain
contingency, which will come sure. Good
bye, CARL.
THE cotton crop Of the United States for
1879 is now put at 5,073,531 bales being
100000 bales larger than the largest crop
raised previous to the war by slave labor.
The sugar crop of Louisiana for 1879 was
nearly as large as the largest raised before
the war. Abolition did not ruin the coun-
try, however disastrous it was to private
fortunes A slaves labor was all the value
he had TO the country, and that has been
improved.
MAYOR KALLoCH, of San Francisco, has
informed his congregation that he will make
no more political speeches. He has vacated
the editorial chair Of his own newspaper,
and in view of the attempt made TO inn
peach him, is evidently endeayorng TO pose
simply as prosecuted minister Of the gos-
pei and thus trying to divert the attention
of the public from himself as politician.
But an saroused public opinion cannot be
30 easily imposed upon.
THE New York Tribune continues 10 utter
threats that unless the majority succumbs
to the minority the minority will not sup
port General GRANT after his nomination
Such threats will frghten nobody for the
reason that the Tribune cannot get a follow
ing in its recreancy sufficient to defeat Gen
eral GRANTS election. 1t only beats th'
air with such senseless blows. They ar,
the efforts of blind madness of which tn,
republican party has no fear.
c. B. FARwELL, OF Illinois, more gen
orally known as Poker CHARLEY, nhayinl
been defeated in an attempt 20 punder hi
state by q bluG with two deuces, nov
rushes into print in a card, which remind
one of climbing monkey and the conse
quences to himself What that mdiyidua
says or does in Illinois is mptter of little
consequences when the public eye is upoI
him. II is what he does under cover that i
most to be feared. He is harmless now.
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THE president is now in serious di
lemma Ho cannot readily decide tn,
measure Of punishment that should b,
m@ied out for an open violation Of his civil