American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-24
POLITICAL POINTS.

-Conkling hates Blaine and has
not spoken to Washburne for twenty
years. The nomination OF either one
would not inspire Conkling to make
"the greatest effort of his life" 10 win
the election.-Kansas City Times.
Texas falls into line for Grant,
and thereupon the New York World
declares the Republican machine
creaked a little, but copious applica-
ton of elbow-grease overcame the
friction; the recording angel chalked
up sixteen votes for Grant, and she'd
ding q sneer upon Blaine's chances
wiped them out forever.
When Mr.. Forney speaks of
General Grant as g the hope of forgive
ness to the South, of peace to the North,
and of rest to the whole Nation" he
says more than any occasion in n coun-
try SO prolific as this is of honest, saga
cious, patriotic men, can ever justify.
Such talk smacks more OF sycOphancy
than sense.-iSt. Louis Republican.
The Atlanta Post says: The bar'I
is very essential thing in the politics
of these days, and the announcement
that Senator Blaine has recently made
two millions in mining stocks is sig
nificant and important one. General
Grant has no bar'l of money himself,
but he knows great many people
who have, while Secretary Sherman,
with decided skill, has filled two or
three barrels with special treasury
agents.
- Logan remarked in the Senate
recently that If he had been in COM
mand of the Army of Virginia - there
would have been no Fitz John Porter
knocking at the portals Of Congress to-
day." This is most tremendous,
though er post facto threat. 1t will be
generally construed to mean that Lo-
gan would have made a speech to Por-
ter. Our own impression, however,
which we believe to be also Logan's, is
that he would have bitten Porter's
head off and asked to be made Lieu
tenant General by the Confederates for
doing it.-N. Y. World. :,
- OF course no rational person be-
lieves that Mr.. Kellogg, Rep, was ever
elected to the Senate of the United
States, and of course also no such per-
son regards Mr.. Kellogg, Rep, as a fit
man on general principles to have q
seat in the Senate of the United States.
But the New York World is of the opin-
ion decidedly that at present and for
some little time to come Mr.. Kellogg's
presence in the Senate of the United
States will be of greater service to the
Democratic party than that even of
respectable Democrat. An awful ex-
ample in Office without right by grace
of the Republicans is worth more to
liberty and the law than a. blessed mar
tyr.
This proud despiser of common
men and common methods, this pulled
up military despot who was always ex-
pressing his contempt for politicians, is
no longer above the tricks of the trade
he has engaged in. He plans his visit
to Texas so as to have it at the. exact
time of the Republican Convention in
that State to choose delegates to the
National Republican Convention at
Chicago. 1t was very doubtful whether
Grant delegates would be sent. "And
Grant hoped by his presence in the
State and the parade that would be made
over it to influence the choice in his
favor. So now the great chieftain fig
ures as an Office seeker, on a level with
the other Office seekers he has SO long
affected to despise!-M Y. Sun.