National Republican., 1880-10-07

common use that Now Yoikers apply tito demo-
cratic wand politicians. 10 must be confessed
that since the death of William VI. Marcv the
democratic party has been badly of for
statesmen The best proof OF its poverty in
| that line is the fact that it accepts little Tom.
mic Bayard of Delaware as its greatest
| statesman. / am really glad to fud however,
that the democratic party has got new and
novel idea into its head--iu u word, that 1t
has adopted the very new and novel standard
| of Judging statesmanship by the numbers and
length Of the letters a statesman writes on
promscuOus subicctsp
just hero let nc tell you how the demo.
cratic mind first discovered that my old class
mate was great Statesman as we'll us a great
soldier. Congress was in session one day
llst spring, aud in tic evening | met prom
inent dgmOCHt-a member, of Courso-whO
had been imbibng somewhat freely, aud was
slightly unsteady in his boots Indeed, he
was exactly in that condition Of the demo-
cratic faith when new idea aud another glass
OF old bourbon eau be swallowed at once. /
tod this prominent democrat the story Of my
handsome classmates ancestors. aud explained
TO his entire satisfaction that SUBSTANTIALLY
ran in both our families. He WAS not . bas.
astonishod, he said, for blood would tell. This
was too good thing for our democratic con.
gresham to keep, 80 he communicated 1t to
another prominent democratic congressman,
who in turn communicated 10 to that pure aud
unadultcrated democrat, Senator Eaton of
Connecticut, who lost no time ih passing it all
along the line, so that the whole democratic
party could have tho benefit of il. Now,
have been looking carefully over my old class.
! mates letters to tind out exactly where the
statesmauship comes IN. / have Mt length
found II in his letter to Sherman on inaugu-
rations. Here 1t Is:
All well that ends we'll The whole matter Of
the presidency seems to me 70 be simple and to
% INT
such contingency Us threatens 10 present Itself
has been all carefully prepared. 1t only requires
fabrication, owing to disuso The army should
have nuthingtO do with the selection or uuUgura-
ton of presidents. The people elect the president.
The congress declares in joint session who he Is.
Ncol the army have only TO obey his mandates,
0nd arc protected IN 50 doing only far As they
may be lnwill. Our commissions express that. I
like JefCrou's way of Inauguration. IL suits our
system. He rode alone on horseback to the capitol
Il fear II was the old capitol tied his horse TO
rail fence entered and was duly sworn, then rode
to the executive mansion and took possession. lie
inaugumted himself, simply BY taking the oath Of
Office. There is no other legal Inauguration in our
sysem.lhc people or politicians may Institute pa
rades IN honor Of the event. aud public officials may
add to the pageant by assembling troops aud ban
nerS but all that only comes properly after the in
augulatton-not before; aud IL is not part Of IL.
| have seen most Of that in print for thirty
years aud more. O'd Tom Jefferson was an
eccentric aud pemurious old follow, aud the
only wonder is that he did not walk to the
capitol. The world has progressed good deal
since tho old mans duy, although it is not gem
| orally understood by the average Virginian.
Where would Jefferson lnd u rail fence" to
| hitch his horse to2
The same trouble the want of 81 rail
fence" will present itself to General Hancock
| should, in the event of his election, he adopt
Jetielson's mode of inauguration. He might,
| providing he has an exceedingly long halter,
tie his horse to one OF Frederick Law Ohm
stGad's Dutch light houses" Your wicked
| La ,ut
| general, in order to meet the democratic idea,
| could eCOnomize on the horse by riding to the
capitol on An army mule. My handsome class.
mate Oh that army mule, riding to the capitol,
would make rare picture. Seriously, |
should pity tho mule. Here again the want
of Il rail fence interpOscs. Having reached
the capitol and dismounlcd, tho gen.
Gral would very likely have to in.
trust the mule to some mschicvous
| little darky, whose fellow feeling for the
patient animal might prompt him to take
IL ride into Maryland or Virginia, where
mules are in demand. | am reminded of this
| by having seen one of Major Morgau's mounted
policemen dsmount aud give his horse in
care of a little darby while he made an ar
rest. After performing his duty he could find
neither his horse nor the darky, who had
taken it into his head that II ride to George
town would be good for his health. How sad
it would be if the general on leaving the
young colored gentleman and should have 10
| call hack.
Now have an improvement on the mule,
whcn am sure you will like. | suggest that
in the event of the generals election he ride
to the capitol on niciel.mounted bicycle,
double size. Jere Black could ride on his
right and Badly Smith on his left, also on
nickel.mOumled bicycles, double size. There
would be novelty rs well as economy in this,
aud we will assure the general very nu.
merous following OF mixed coiors aud divers
ages. There would be no need OF -, rail
fence" for the gentlemen, on reaching the
capitol could dismOunt aud take their vehicles
on their backs. l want TO stipuate with the
general that ho wear that gorgeous yellow
sash which made him the most conspicuous
figure in the procession on the day General
Thomas statue was unveiled.
III conclusion, | want TO prove to you that
my old classmatc and exhibited statesman
ship. Here is what | wrote on inauguras
several years ago, and not single Democrat
| has discovered my value as statesman:
II Il prcsdent-elect wants TO crafty his love Of
| military psgcantry and to make ia part of his in
augural ceremonies let US limit 1t, and by act of
| congress, to the marines, the Marine band and
| Tom MOrsans mounted policemen. Yes, we would
go farther and be generous enough to throw in u
band OF negro filters.
| JACQUES U. S. A.