New-York tribune., 1880-01-16
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THE "1ECH EEND" EDVCNDS.
Tho L public Is gain in peril. News Of it
comes from Washington by Wy of Kentucky
/ through the instfncutahty o! the Washing
ton CORRESPONDENT Of The LouisrWc Cou-io-
JouynqL The account of il Occupies "a column
amt q half Of tnat iryciy newspaper and spares
nothing Ia SIT The blood. The Lair Of Ken
/ lucky must bc even nov 0n cud with it, Ftr
/ it i, written in @ STRAIN Of the lottiCt clio
oueucc. and describes the situation On man
gcr that mast thrill the State through and
/ uroush v..a tl.. divine passion oi pat iou.m
/ which gloHs at thc glimpse Of payroll
aad kadlc- 10 white heat whenever an i'm
pcrl,od Congress calls for q Door,ccucr.
Two aeoucic. of r'uy tyranny, This coric-
4 Houdcu. says. the Reruhacanshavc ai,cadi sue
| c.,.rllit rmil.v,f. IhctI-t ra. ,bc enactment
; ot unconstitutional and opnIr i've laws. But
I u..-. invasion. p. liberty. %. SAWS, We know
+ bow to resist. iic second Was tle e1iIof-
+ "mert O., jio Amy 20 snnoI-,ic tAc civil
/ "m.l.y..J aal Jaj.ib tribunals, To s.iza
/ "u.r.i.n mHmifl.r others, -uuIy.c
/ "md dispense a ssh State Legislature,
and To prevent the Inauguration OF
/ Ga duly elected President of the United
! " States 1hi. also, ho -ly', is form OF
| " tyranny patent 10 the cyc,' which " does
not stIko ln tine dark, or move By s-calthy
''stcp- 10 bury it- dagger in the vital- OF the
Cou-iimtiou.n THE third agency, however,
/ which is now ab9u 10 DE tried. is worse than
/ either If these. r. = Judicial Tyranny and
/ " Ummiou." lt IS 10 be put In operation by
/ thc appointment % the supreme Court of tlat
/ " Arch F..ud of Rldiclii-m' Senator I'd
muuds. oil Vermont, ot whom tlis correspond
cnt mildly says: " A more subtle, malignant
un,crIpuous spirit does not exist in thc
ranks of The Republican parry he is fur
/ thcrdcscubel as man whose "who.c nature l.
dominated by q gloomy, bitter miail,ng
"httrcd of the Democratic party and the
south" He is no, personally couupl.' il
! H. add Il. "hut hc is cruelty pcr.outcd."
When the President attempted TO rise ahsyo
party. wo are told that Edmruls tool, hold
"of him and. as spider doe- q struggling
% III, lc wrapped him in the mcshe. OF his
".o. ..,ry undl be had squsczcd out Of Aim
"c,cy dIop OF yiituous resolve From
which Elmurls would seem 20 be an uuclm-
monty bad and dangerous man anywhere, and
especially on tine Supreme Bench.
Now mo- one would srpposr from crrsory
,.',nc. at the lnd mead of ~. Ldmuuds from
N- Seretr oll,y TINT hc uas,.m tho au-
,.uaqo of tlr street. that k..i Of u hair
"nin.~ Ti- baci, of DIS head certainly look.
harmlcs-. Ii sugses-, 60 a certain extent tie
woIily game OF billiards, and 'Tc can uA5,,-
stand how pcripa'ctic advertiser ,ht De-
tempted to paint on " Try Gilhooiy's liar
" Rrnewoi;' but 10 % casual observer 1t does ne
lorh hike thc thatch OF 50 much and sdch
dreadful dcyiltry "a The Coari0-joUpaI CORE
pondcut says il royc,-. For hr says, in his
earnest, but cyidentl, impartial and uHpro-
iu,Icad WAY, WI hen / i0oh at the man sit
" Ting almo.t alone u ihc Senate, isolated IN
"lis gloom OF hate and bitterness, stern,
silent, walchful, suspicious, and piHlcsS, !
am reminded Of the wors of the types of
q" Pulitan character, whether iu New ENGLAND
% cr beyond thc scas. ION see thc impr, IS of
"thc purcr prosecuting spirit thHt burn,
"Witchcs. drove out Roger Williams,
''houndrd Jonathan Edwards for doing
.his sacred duty, malisrcd jefferson, and Like
:" toad sqnattcd with its POI ion M the ear
"of the Constitution II had failed to pcrvcri.n
Now, without pretending 80 understand the
rcmnrl, about "the ear ot The Constitution
which We presume 10 be "a ii%ulc of speech
we do gather from the rest Of il that there is
no question at al about EdmunGs being a
very bad man, notwithstanding the back of his
hcad looks like ninaus, anA he 80 much
resembles Saint (not Larry y jerome from
a front yIew
And tins is the sort of man the Republicans
are talking about putting on the supreme
Bench Not only that but this correspondent
says there is danger in the event OF his nom
naiion that Democratic Senators, " men who
stand high in the counciis of The party are
likely to vote for his confirmation on account
OF their personal friendship for him-a friend
ship, he says, that speaks little for their
sincerity or political cony'ctions.' In an
editorial comment the letter Mr.
Wattorson says this is incredible. He
says, starting from rs far back as the
thirteenth ccntury-and WattcrsoD is queer
about that when he ia about TO jump on
man he goes back sometimes to the medieval
period, occasionally to the time OF the Shepherd
Kings, and rather than not get fair start, no
doubt he would begin with tertiary man. but
In this case he spits OIL his hands and starts
from the beginning of the thirteenth century,
and he says "Thoughtful Americans never
" lose sight Of the fact that the old fight OF