National Republican., 1880-10-22
pACIl.ICATION.

1t is reported ta"t Mr. WINTHROP oil
Boston declares himself independent in
politics, hut will vote for HANCOCK to i6ss
tify his desire TO paclcate the south.
Where the independence comes in is not at
| first glance easy TO sec To belong 10 one
party aud vote for the other seems to some
people evidence OF independence, and it is
about the only evidence the so-called inde-
pendents have. But WINTHROP is not
testiGying to his independence. That he
asserts and offers no proof The point with
him is to pacfy.
Now the state of the case is, that the
south desires to rule, and being in The
minority has no way to com pass her end
but TO kick mp row and demand the
right to have her own way--create scare,
scream for pacilieation ana make her own
terms She proposes to name the nominee
for president aud compel those persons
whom JOHN RANDOLPH sneeringly termed
doughlaces to vote for him in order to pre-
vent the row. The casting q vote under
that sort of compuision is the meanest
kind of slavery instead of independence,
/
political masters so long that he no mose
has any sense of his ignominy, aud doesn't
know that he wears yoke, and doesn't
know that IL is that same joke which broke
| his political neck. He has stood within
the shadow of Bunker Hill these forty
years, listening to the threat of ROBERT
TooMBs that he is coming up there to call
his slave-roll at the top of the winding
stairs of the obelisk, and can think of no
way to prevent the disaster but to vote as
TooMBs directs, notwithstanding he has
seen SUMNER, WILSON, ANDREW and HoA II
rise to the highest distinction and enjoy the
popular favor by voting rs they pleased and
in defiance of the southern dietation. Their
brilliant example and grand success have
taught him no lesson, and he stands there
wondering how Providence allowed LIN
COLIN and CHASE, SEWARD and WADE to
bear sway, while the eminent peaccmakers,
whom the scriptures call blessed the WIN
THEOPs, CHOATEs, the TILDENs and SEY-
MoURs are made TO stand as blasted flg
trees, to go down to posterity in the
history Of the grandest epoch of the world
as utter ciphers or blind bats, should history
he so kind as to mention their names at all.
1t is q great pity that our northern men
cannot learn true independence. The south
until the war always ruled on the plea tha t
she was in a rage ard must he paciiod, and
CLAY and CRITTENDEN and WEBSTER and
WINTHROP were whipped in.
Down 10 1861 the record stood:
Southern presidents, 81 years; northern
presidents "a years.
Majority supreme court, south, so years;
north, 0 years.
Number of judges SOUTH 1e; north IL.
) Presidents pro ten. of senate, south, "a
north, IL.
Speakers of house south, 90; north, IL.
Auorncys-Eencral, south, IA; north, 3.
, Foreign ministers, south, SO; north, %.
Heads OF bureaus and clerks IN departments
for fly years, the south had 2,000 north
1909.
Officers Of army and navy in about the same
ratio; South, 2; north, l.
Annual expense o, mail, south, $l5,000000
= Mail income, south, s8,OooOoo; NORTH $lo
10000
D Mail profit, north, sGoOo,OOO.
Mail loss, south, S7,00O000
, This was pretty ample concession fogtwo
3 thirds Of the population to make 10 one
third, for the whole period Of national ex
istence, and nowit is proposed by the south
that we keep on pacifying in tue SAINT
/ way. BIr. WISTHEoP having pacifed thr
south to his own utter political demolition
still thinks it the thing 10 DO, and vii
allow his vote to be blackmniled out O
, him as it has been. 1t would be quit
. as honorable 10 sell it to BAREUh out
right