National Republican., 1880-08-20
POLITIC.IL NOTES.

JOHN I, HARRIS of Virginia has declined
denomination to congress
THE Hancock Veteran club of Philadelphia
numbers 500 members The Garfield Veteran
Campaign club numbers $500 mombers-all
ex-union soldiers.
THE Richmond State AYERS that the election
Of Hancock will be the doath of sectionalism.
If so, It will be because the south will have
gained absolute control of tho government.
There will DO "sectionalism" just as long as
there is any resistance by the north to the
domand of the south TO rule tho country.
THE silly story that Chairman Jewell, of the
republican national committee, was in bad
odor with portion of his party and would bo
forced to resign has, like all tho other roor-
backs that have been started from tho false.
hood factory Of the democratic party, come to
grief. 1t is nonsense to waste time in the con-
tradiction Of the absurd lies that the demo.
Gratis utter or to defend against their mud
machines for tho reason that the people have
ceased to believe any of their utterances of
defamation.
The Richmond Wing thus photographs the
greed and insolence Of the fundcrs of Virginia:
General Hancock had hardly heard of his
nomination for presdcnt-had at least re-
ceived no formal notification of it--wben tho
| Virginia funders came down upon him like
wolves on tho fold. With that insolonce
which is their most striking characteristic,
they hurried TO New York TO claim recogni-
tion from the democratic nominee, to file
caveats against the readjusters and to pave
their way to federal office should Hancock
bo elected"
ENGLISH, the democratic candidate for vice.
president, could be entered ut any fair and
win the prize for being the meauest man in
America. 1t is now in affidavit proof that he
is the president of an indianapolis street car
company; that as such be treats his employees
with less kindness than ho does his mules
and that when a little girl was run over
by one Of his cars he attempted to cop
promise the suit for damages by giving the
child's parents $3.50 in car tickets He is fast
assuming the proportions and character of an
immense fraud and humbug
| THE HEdemocrats are now in ecstasies over what
they claim to DO the recent con aversion of ex.Sen-
ator Pool and one or two Others who are tarred
with the same stick, over to that side The
| truth is that Senator Pool has been nursing a
sore too for several years, and has not even
had room in tho republican household. When
the party ceased TO keep him in the senate he
became disgruntled, and has dono moro grum.
bling than pleading for the republican cause
since. The party that is rejoicing over his
conversion is welcome to him. If thcy havo a
plum for him he may be contented, but take
that away and ho will lose MI interest in the
democratic party and pack up for removal.
The republican party would moi have missed
Senator Pool if the democrats had not remind
ed them of his desertion. Such politicians arc
expensive luxuries to any party.
The northern democratic papers are OK
planning away Hampton's Staunton speech.
They say that Hampton meant Lee and Jackson
were fighting for local self-government. Well,
we suppose they were. That was what South
Carolina seeded for, or said she did. She
swore she would no longer obey the constitu-
tion and the laws of the United States, and she
fought four years to have her way and bo al.
lowed to do exactly as she pleased, and got
whipped. But does that mako the case of Leo
and Jackson any better or moro defensible =?
The local self-government idea for which they
fought was one which justified them in defy
ing the authority Of the general government
ropudiating its constitution, splitting on its flag
and breaking up tho union, and that is pre-.
cisely what they did and tried to do. Is the
democratic party lighting now, as Hampton
says they are, for this idea2
The Philadelphia Chronicle. Herald demo.
cratic organ, thus walls over Wade Hampton's
ndiscretion at would have been much bet.
ter if Senator Hampton had been content tc
call his hearers to the support of the demo
cratic ticket as Americans who want honest
and good government. 1t is not well for O
public speaker TO marshal the hosts of tho dead
confederacy in the name of the dead heroes OF
the lost cause. That may catch the ears OF
the groundlings, but it can but make the judi
cous grieve. We do not take this utteranc,
MS the sign Of new rebellion, but it is q
species of demagoguery unworthy of Wade
Hampton and hurtiul 10 the democratic party
which cannot too carefully avoid providing
the republican party with any color of an ex
cuse TO say that considerable part of the
democracy prefers to live in the unhappy pas
rather than embrace the splendid opportun
ties of progressive present" There is ne
safety for the democratic managers as long al
they let these southern brigadiers speak ex
temporaneously. The truth will out wher
: they get excited. They should be furnished
with "pieces" to speak after the pattern o
, the Hancock letter.
Married.