National Republican., 1880-07-08
pEsrnr1oNs AND pNtrsruESrs.


cedent republican eggs in their nest of late,
over which they set up most vigorous
cackling They should examine those eggs
and see if they are not added and in decay
| before they make too much clattcr over
them. Thus far the list covers the follow
ing names; JoHN W. FoRNEY, LEONARD
| r. JEROME, General PEARSON, \. b. Null
LETT and GEORGE b. MCCABTEE. There
may be others, but they have not been
cacliled into public notice as yet. Now all
these eggs, it is claimed, have been until
recently in the republican nest, and hence
it is advisable, perhaps, to discover, as far
as is practicable, what influences have over
taken and controlled these recent additions
to the democratic coop and rendered them
1T deposits in that locality. These men
have all been republicans, and, with one ex-
| ception, have enjoyed us large measure of
republican favor and patronage rs the Sc
quel shows that they merted. Colonel
FoRNEY has been respected, pctted and
honored by the republican party, and it Is
more unfortunate for him that it has been
so insomuch as there did not appear to be
any detection on his part until after his
official relations with the party and the
government had been sundered. Then his
egg began to addc and lose its republican
vitality and become fitted for democratic
use. 1t is far more unfortunate for Colonel
FoRNEY than for the republican party that
lie should have taught the world to believe
that his hold on republican principle has
been by a cohesive power that derived its
strength solely from the ties of public posi-
tion. And it is still more unfortunate for
him that he should have deserted the re-
publican faith Mt a iuncture when the
country is menaced with fresh dangers from
the solid south' and he adds to the meas
ure Of his own political misf0rtunes by re-
nouncing the republican party and its prin-
ciples and joining the rebel democracy un-
| der such u crisis But FoRNEY has laid his
egg in the democratic nest, and the future
Will teach him that he is dead duck"
| politically, now, if he was not one when
ANDREW JOHNSON denounced him as such,
| LEONARD r. JEROME has never been u
stanch republican, though he has at times
taken up step to republican music and
trained in the republican ranks at intervals,
but never rs stalwart.
We rather think that General PEARSON
is scarcely worth euumerating but as the
democrats are cackling over him we do not
care to interfere with their music, and SO
we count him as a loss, which, under the
circumstances, will not be very affective ia
the republican cause.
As for our friend MULLEI'T. whom we shall
miss from among our personal political
| iewels-one whose republican music has
been so mellihuous TO the ear, so stalwart,
Jealous, earnest and captivating in its in
fucnces, we shall feel the loss severely until
time heals the wound. What we deeply
regret is the impulsiveness of our friend in
throwing himself with such hot haste into
the arms of party which, if his own asser.
tions are to be credited, he must abominate
from the very bottom of his heart The
democratic party has not changed since he
heaped his hot mathemas upon its head
but we fear that our friend MULLETT has
AV't mo pOii''N'' Ellp' hHllc HC HGlN uU
Office under a republican administration he
was a great admirer of and sticklcr for re.
publican principles, and we are at loss to
understand how a breach in official relation
can so seriously weaken the binding force
Of ones political fiith. But so it appears
to be, and the republican party must scor,
n loss Of one more vote because it has failed
to furnish all the positions that are de.
manded by the expansive ambitions of IN
army Of patriots.
Then comes Mr. GEORGE B. MCCARTEr
whose presence so long graccd the bureau Of
engraving and printing of the treasury de,
partment under republican auspices 1t i,
now announced that Mr.. MCCARTEE has
foresworn his republican allegiance and hH,
taken the presidency of Il HANCOCK club tC
console his bereavement of Office. 1t is tc
be hoped that this new relation and dis
tinctiOn will fully compensate for the hon
bereft. The law Of compensations is mos
grateful statute to contemplate, and W,
shall watch and wait with mach solicitud,
and tenderness the time when the rewards
thus earned by these transtory friends
shall be meted out to them as enlistmen
bounty in the HANCOCK confederate army
Hon L. W. KEIGlrLEY returned to the