Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-10-21
Ths March of Empire-"Leiu us Have

The March Of Empire-"Lst us Have
Peace.''
oonkling, Logan, Blaine, Dorsey, Storrs,
in fact all the ''old set who laborsd for
the restoration or Grant 10 power have
bsen aborins In the West to win the pre-
hminsry skirmishes in the great battle Of |
November concerning the Jesuit of which |
several of them recently manifested so
much indifference. Their work has not
been without result ard has won not only
the successes over which their whole party
Is nov rejoicing, but has sht~i new lusie
on their methods and recovered for them
thesr onoe shaken supremacy iU the eoun-
sels OF the party. Hereafter none who calls
himself a Republican will question their
sway or rebuke their methods. They
come back to power as Richelieu after his
temporary eclipse, strengthened by the
demonstrated weakness OF those who had
usurped their place They make the first
demonstration OF their power and skill in
the great Mississippi valley and they are
like Crusoe, moharchs Of all they survey
and from the centre all around TO the
"iea" there is none OF their can to chal
lenge their supremacy or question their
sway.
Naturally, simultaneously with this
exhibition Of the power Of his phalsnx,
the leader, hero ard king OF the party OF
Empire resumes hia Interrupted triumphal
march, Grant appears in New FORK, and
il liz exultinsly claimed that fifty thou
sand Republican vcters-wiich Just about
equals the whole number of Republican
voters in the oity-join in procession to
pass before his Royal presence and do him
homage, The pageant ended, the crowd
actually carries him on its shoulders
to his hotel, and then stand
before the doors, und shout for one more
glimpse of the Man of Destiny, and from
the midst Of the mob goes up the voice of
a negro woman, who has learne the lesson
it is desired all Americans shall be taught,
crying ION General Grant speak to de
people what you made free" Here the
voice of worship and supplication 10 the
Savior of Society" is heard, and in it is
no trace of the old tone of the Anglo
Saxon race which has through the ages
made itself free, choosing for its leaders
such as it could find suited to its plrpose.
Nor does it end here. The Royal party's
| progress though Connecticut was one pro-
longed ovation, and the city of New Haven
outstripped all others in prostratipg her.
self before His Maj ssity, and when finally
Boston was reached an Ex-Governor of
Massachusetts, stood waiting to welcome
General Grant to Boston, and with him,
representing the present Governor in thiS
glorication of this ne-tme citizen. but
now God knows-what, was Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, who laid two
noble historic names, tho reputation of a
reformer aud the character of a christian
gentleman on tue altar Of tue unscrupu.
lous ambition q coarse politician OF the
camp AMI caucus,
The university cities of New England
vie with each other in clarifying the mar
1Aw England culture but recently frowued
upon, aud it only remains for the tam
porarily rebellious Young Republicans tc
join in procession and pass before tn,
man whose proposed non nation they hai
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