National Republican., 1880-10-14
THE lem. JACKSON ASSOCIATION.

Some three months ago we had occasion to
condole with our good friends of the Demo-
cratic Jackson association on their mysteri-
ous run of bad luck, and at the same time to
commend their devotion to the great cause
which, though somewhat Kaleidoscope in
feature and microscopic in magnitude,
seems TO its ardent supporters never to
change, and never 10 diminish even
when looked at through the dim
vista which runneih away back to
the days when Mrs EATON was in her
bright blush of maidenhood, and Old Hick-
ory was fighting BIDDLE's monster with
the most terrific and all conquering energy.
Since then the affairs of the association
have been looking up little in spas
modic sort of a way. The membership has
been enlarged so that q small lawyers
Office no longer will hold the number who
count themselves faithful unto death, and
they have taken rooms mt the Imperial
which adds not little TO the comfort of
members on account Of proximity to proper
refreshments which are often needed, rs
the history Of the society has demon
strated, and at the same time gives o more
equal show in the fight against the i'm
perialism of GRANT and the republicans,
which we understand is one of the great
purposes for which the institution survives.
'To fight Imperialism from imperial alti-
tudes was q happy idea. With GRANT in
the White House, CoNKLING playing the
lord in the capitol, surrounded by follow
ing Of bloatcd bondholders and JOHN
SHERMAN mounted on tons upon tons of
treasury gold, bombardment carried on
from the rear office of brother BELL with
paper wads and popguns could not be
highly effective, and at length it dawned
upon the patriotic minds of the members
that if lie who drives fat oxen should him
self be fat, so should imperial ideas be as
sailed from the most imperial positions at
tainable.
The history of the society, nevertheless,
has not been altogether rosy. There was
n great parade and monster meeting held
here soon after the nomination of HAN
COCK for the purpose Of continuing JACK
SONS warfare against monsters, and some
of the attending circumstances We're rather
more monstrous than the occasion seemed
to call for and imposed upon the ancient
order degree of humiliation quite unex-
peced. In our former article we limited
gently at the possibility of new and reck-
less and iucOnsiderate men coming in at
the last days, when the dawning glory OF
the final victory should begin TO be appnr-
ont, and, seizing the emoluments and hon
ors then to be distributed, march of with
them, leaving our ancient friends staring
wildly at the vacancy such demonstra-
ton would create. We are greyed to
record that at the monster meeting touch
of this thing happened, which was at once
provoking aud inappropriate, The veterans
were ruthlessly and unfeelingly remanded
TO obscure and reaIward seats, where
neither the rolling motions Of the progress
i've BALL could be seen nor the mellihu-
ous tones of the eyer-rnging BELL could
clang out their accustomed warning, and
the grand stand was decorated with ysages
new raw and ill-iayOred, whom not to have
known must forever be one of the higher
lelicities Of the great hero from whom the
association derived its name.
But other troubles have assailed the
veterans. On Tuesday night the managers
called n meeting at the Imperiali provided
n brass band aud transparency on which tC
exhibit the details Of the great October