The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-23
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

1SWas it Wade Hampton, or En-
glish, or Hancock who did itp
R@ If the Democratic National Com
mittee only had a wicked nephew!
B4Senator Hoar says "Garfield will
not be the tool of anybody, nor the con-
tinuation of anybody, nor the servant
of anybody"
B9- A liberal reward could safely be
offered for the man who believes Barn.
um was Imposed upon'' in the forged
letter business.
B9r The Solid South cannot exist
long in the face of Democratic protests
against free counting. Exposure by
members of the family will ruin the
business.
BG The Democrats, who have grown
wise after the defeat, denounce their
campaign as one of blunders. When has
the Democratic party done anything
else than blunder since 1856? Is not
its very existence the prime blunder OF
all?
1~ There has been no end of reme-
dies proposed for the Democratic pa
tient, but there is only one which will
do it any good, and that is the one
which it is sure to get, namely-seclu-
sion from the excitements of official life
for the next twenty years.-M r
Tribune.
BdrEvery mans lip must curl with
contempt as he reads Barnum's bung-
ling attempt to sneak out of the respon-
sibility for the Morey iniquity. Moth
ing has so thoroughly shown the real
poverty of his intellect and his re-
sources as this ineffably feeble attempt
to exculpate himself from the crime Of
which he stands convicted before the
whole country. As a bit of special
pleading it does not rise above the aver
age of the mumbling and inconsequen-
tial excuses made by criminals when
ordered to stand up and say, if they can,
why sentence should not be passed
upon them. 1t is puerile, pointless and
self-contradictory, and cannot help low
ering Mr.. Barnum in the estimation OF
those who, while they have had no re-
spect for his moral scruples, have al
ways believed him to be "a shrewd
scamp.--1otedo Blade.
B@Will there never be an end to the
Democratic endeavor to explain their
defeat? They have ascribed it to I'll
den's lukewarmness and Kelly's treach-
cry, to Barnum' blunders and English 8
unpopularity, to Republican coloniza-
ton and the Federal Marshals, and still
they remain Just as much in ignorance
as to what did it as the colored man was
in regard to his misfortune. He was
STOPPING over to get q. drink from q
creek, wholly ignorant of the presence
of mischievous goat, and in moment
found himself sprawling in the water.
When he crawled out and was asked
how it happened, he answered: '1
dunno, 'xactly, boss; but pears to me
as if de shore kinder h'isted and frowed
me-" The Democrats had better give
up the attempt to explain the defeat oi
their party, and conclude that the coun-
try Just Unlisted and frowed'' tn
y Tribune.
RSr 1t is well to bear in mind that
contemplate as this whole Chinese let
ter business has been. and utterly un
worthy, on any theory of its origin, o.
the stir which has been made over it, il
certainly did have an adverse inhuence
in several States on the fortunes of the
Republican party. Suppose that its In
f1uence had been powerful enough ir
this State to leave the Republicans in 9
minority, and, therefore, to elect Han.
cock; or suppose that the State ha6
gone Democratic, with this letter fgur
ing as one of the causes which led t(
that result. What would have been thu
effect on the Re publican voters of the
North of the discovery that they hat
been cheated of victory by forgery ant
subornation of perjury A discovery
like that would certainly have brough
the country nearer to the verge of civi
war than it was in 1876; would hav'
disturbed confidence in the stability o
our Government, paralyzed industry
and caused an amount of distress ant
ruin which it would be difficult to meas
ure. And all this because few miser
able political tricksters were ready t.
take any risks, to descend to any deptl
of rascality, in order to secure for thei
party the benefit of what they regarded
as an excellent campaign document
The actors in this plot stand before tn
bar of the country charged with tn
blackest and most dastardly treason
N. p. Times.