The Portland daily press., 1880-03-12
The Truly Good of Massachusetts,.
IT. AZ, a.

1t was amusing to read that account of the
assembling of the Young Republicans of Mas
sachusetts as set forth in the Boston papers.
In looking over the names we recognized sew
eral at least who are not chickens. The most
of them are Harvard graduates who wear win
dow-glass spectacles to make themselves look
intellectual, part their hair in the middle and
place copies of the North American Review
and Atlantic Monthly under their pillows at
night, in order to soothe their bursting heads,
just as nurse will put hop bag under the
head of fevered patient. These men are al
ways making asses of themselves. They in
herited it. Their grandfathers before them
wore mourning when Jefferson was elected
and called their dogs Madison to show theig
contempt for the party which stood by its
country in 1872. Miss Higginson of Cambridge
was for fight. He. valor was stirred for fear
that over four millions of Republicans would
not obey these descendants of Caleb Strong of
blessed memory. This lady is guardian of the
woman's rights movement in Massachusetts,
and Grant or Blaine don't suit at all. Mr..
Clapp of Quincy was evidently laboring under
the effects of the blistering Blaine gave the
memory of his ancestors in the debate on the
Gov. King statute, and hence Mr.. Clapp was
positive that such demmed Radical as Blaine
or such a warlike man as Grant could not get
his perfumed ballot
Col. Hopkins, MIR. Dudley aud q young man
by the cognomen of Prof. Norton, of Harvard
College, together with dainty civilian by the
name of Thompson with the D, also announced
to the trembling world that they positively
would not vote for Grant or Blaine they were
dreadful low vulgah fellahs who are not of our
set, you know, ah.
But it was reserved for one Paige of Medford
to show the true inwardness of this blue-blooded
conclave. He intended to condescend to soil
his kids with ballot for Bayard. True, Mr..
Bayard was Copperhead in 1861 and opposed
the war, if Mr. Tilden's New York Sun is to
be believed; but that is no matter. Mr.. Bay
ards father and grandfather were Federalists,
you know, and he is dooced good fellow;
nothing low about him, you know; he Just
suits our set, and there must be line drawn
somewhere, and Grant was tanner, you
know, and Blaine an editor of down. East pa
per. Oh, how'd! they don't have any respect
for blood, you know. 1t is wonder that the
great and good Tilden don't condone Bayard's
candidacy and let him have the nomination in
order to accommodate Paige, but Samuel is
so selfish he won't see it.
The plain truth is, the whole proceedings of
these reputed young Republicans only serve
to make the actors objects of contempt in the
eyes of the earnest men of the Republican par
ty. These men are like their imitators in 9TH
er places great for making noise, but of no
sort of influence. lie. either of the distin-
guished men named, Grant or Blaine, be nomi-
mated, this chirping by these young popiniays
and cackling of more elderly bipeds will be
drowned by the earnest enthusiasm of the hon
est masses who compose the Republican party.
Whoever is nominated these flies on the re-
volving wheel of party discipline won't be
needed, and no threats coming from men
whom the people care nothing for, and who
are so exclusive that they care for no ore, save
the little set they revolve around with, can
have any influence upon the result.
After November next these gentlemen can
find ample leisure to discuss the fit of their
neckties and kids, and test the quality of their
wines and cigars at Parker's or Young's, and
the world will move right on just the same as
| ever. STALwART.