The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1881-05-19

'hg and - ass.A uurFeoo8ea,al II The hs'
tori 81 - opariry.
I ~ ."eEnF b. az thsi the whole Sight 1
ahsAi' y il,s people sassxed IL il. ana
aisgr ~ 70 tie lleputlioso party Th
" silent hai perioei right 70 Eoninai'
,lalertsau 10 that oa,os. .sd DO oas dis
Z patea ihi, night but a. Bal,eftsou sss la,
~ personal cpcmy q Conlling, who con
SIDES himself Tie leader u the Rspnhli
can PARTY 10 tina, STATE. u uas iuiudieloa'
iof hin q DO -
seHstor Coukling bad perfect night Il
oppo-e hobvrtsons confirmation in the
senaie No oae disputes thu. Bat u Il
clAlnel ~ the friends 81 The Prs,iden,
thai Conkllns bad caucus rule adopted
l by the Republicans 10 The seuste thereby
a single senator could. by bis objection.
oanao any hoHaiBAtou from bis State 4. be
pot over inIeauiisl,. and thu. virtual,
defeat Il
Tho President lid no; like this prOesod
100 aud withdrew all nominations hon
New York d persons friendly to Conkling
This VAS another blunder on his part and
gave Conkling an excuse Tor the iin.l
move Ia the battle, his resignation and
that o. bis colleague While We think tho
nomination Of Robertson. undsr the cir
oams,Anees VAS iuiudieious. vet having
made il tie President should have LETT il
with iiig Senate 10 approve or relec, as
Il might see it,
90 the other hand, Conkling had a
night 10 use every legitimate and honor
able means 10 defeat the nomination Of
Robertson. lie hsd no right TO force
rule through the caucns that prevented
the consideration Of this and other nofni.
nations Aud bis last performance. that
Of resignation, is unworthy Of great man
aud a statesman, which he claims 10 DO. II
would have been iudicious on the part Of
the President, perhaps. TO have given
Conkling the largest piece Of cake, but
Roscoe, when be did not get II, ought not
TO have straightened back, kicked right
and left aud said II won't have any Of
your old cake" At this distance it looks
very childish and puerile to say the least.
Conkling, in his letter OF resignation, has
attempted TO throw an air Of dignity about
the performance. He wants the people OF
the State Of New York to have an opportu. |
nifty TO say whether they approve Of his
course or not. lfthey approve it they can
re-eloct him to the Senate, il they do not
approve ii they can elect somebody else in
his place II he goes back TO tho Senate
with the new Endorsement he will DO more
arrogant, il possible, than before. 1t will
show that lac can rule the biggest State in
the Union il he cannot rule the whole.
But the whole matter grows out of
question Of patronage aud has degenersted
into a mere personal quarrel. Itthreatens
10 divide the Republican party in the
State Of New York aud perhaps in the
The Democrats feel jubilant
over the prospect Of such an event We
10 not believe, however, that the Republic.
IAN party viii go to pieces on any such is
sue as this, and We do not think the life Of
.he party is in the hands OF any one man.
may be bound to "rule or ruin.
His course, heretofore, has indicated that
such may eventually be the case, but il
such a crisis does come, he may hnd that
ne cannot do either Senator David Davis
supposed that when he left the party it
would Immediately go down. He WAS mis-
aiken.