Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-08

the session is not reassuring. Parnell and
his associates have already manifested an
intention to obstruet the Government pro-
gramme in every possible way. By doing
this they will certainly secure for Minis
tiers all the support they require for coer-
Give measures, but they will at the same
time cloud the prospects of reform
legislation almost hopelessiy. In such
a situation rs the present they
can expect little or no countenance from
the English Liberals, and they are liable at
any time to bring down upon themselves
the united strength of Liberals and Con-
servatives. Their position is only less diff
cult than that of the Government, but we
cannot say that they exhibit the states
manship which is requisite to the success
of their plans. AS the case stands a very
little more lawlessness in ireland would
postpone all remedial measures indefinitely,
by determining the English people to trans
fer their confidence to party which has
never shown any reluctance to adopt strong
measures in crises of this kind
CONCERNING A STUPID CRITICISM.
The San Francisco Examiner falls foul
OF Governor Perkins because the latter
concluded his message by observing that
the late Presidential election had resulted
in the triumph of those principles of lib
"erty, equality and justice, by which
alone civil liberty can hope to live, or
republican government can hope to en-
dure among men. The Governor added
that by this triumph the country had been
brought nearer ." the ultimate restoration
"of that perfect national unity and har-
mony which, to be worth achieving
must satisfy the aspirations of a national
patriotism, and which, to endure, must
be founded in eternal justice Now
though the Governor has here mounted into
a somewhat rhetorical flight, his meaning
is both plain and sensible. He intends to
say that the success of the Republican
party was good thing for the country,
and that is was an occurrence directly tend
ing toward that unifcation of sentiment
and interest between the North and South
which the Democracy has done It's best to
prevent The Examiner scolds Governor
Perkins very shrilly and difusely, and ex.
ponds great many epithets in demonstrat-
ing its Democratic proclivities, but with.
out in any way weakening the force OF the
Governors expressions. Itintimates, among
other things, that the Governor insuited the
people of California by implying that the
Democratic party is not capable of govern
ing the country in an enlightened manner
Ii such statements as that are insulting
so much the worse for those who find them
so, for they are likely to be offended often
enough in the same way. At the risk of
being included in the Examiners denuu-
citation we shall proceed to remark that the
Democratic party is VIGOROUSLY wanting in
principle, patriotism and honesty that it
is hagrantly unfit to govern the country
that its whole policy during the late cam
paign consisted in arraying the South
against the North; and that therefore
its defeat was an unquestionable bane-
fit to the republic. A party which
relied upon bulldozing, ballot-box stufiing,
and forgery, for success in a Presidential
election which was all things to all men
for the sake Of support; which hawked
and peddled it's principles about at every
street corner which has in turn advocated
secession, rebellion, reputation, intimida-
ton, lawlessness of all kinds, forgery and
theft. has no reason to pretend a special
tenderness of sentiment at this time of
day. Governor Perkins handled the mat
ter with almost culpable gentleness and
delicacy, but if the Eran'iaer wants palmer
language it viii find plenty of Republicans
ready and willing to supply the demand.