The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-17
The American Cariline.

atev and stated all the facts--lust as tue
President OF the United States has done.
q CAr,rlSg wss bold enough to be present."
ms was CoxKLINa last week, "sna 10 a'-
temp, his justification. But bis voice was
drowned by the cry OF Enemy and 'far-
rIcide from the indignant senator's. nc
eft Rome (washington) on the iouow'ns
night, leaving the management OF ana'rs ~ :.
the capital to LENTuJUs aud CeThkous.
IT.. ana Gloom and CANERoN.l "ine
SENATE declared CATILiNE ana MANLios
enemies Of the republic" and the United
STATES senate ought to declare CoNKLiNG
and Plat enemies OF the repuDhc'
"CIrurNE defended himself desperately
bnt in vain; when the battle was lost ne
threw himself into the midst OF bis enemies
and Tell lighting" And thus will ROSCOE
CoSKL,xG meet his political death.
senators have resigned before, and no.
body ever argued from the fact that they
were traitors? True enough; they re-
signed because instructed out OF their
seats-,bat is, because the Legislatures OF
their states bad instructed them to vote as
they could not conscientiously vote. but
never before did senator resign because ne
could not dominate the President OF the
limited states. Never before was there
traitorous resignation. Even the senators
who resigned in 1861 did SO because their
States mad in their opinion withdrawn from
the Union, and they had no right to seats
in the Senate. They did not resign because
they could not control the appointment OF
every iidewaiter 10 their respective states.
No wonder there was sensation ID
Washington. No wonder mems tongues
wseged furiously. The Roman sentinel
was found at his post centuries after the
occurrence OF the calamity that occasioned
his death. CONKLING deserts his post in the
first watch, and leaves his faithful soldiers
TO their tate. Only one does he take with
him in bis guilty figbt-his man FRIDAY
the pretended junior senator from New
York. out really the subseryient tool OF the
Iordly Roscoe. A beautiful pair OF traitors
they are.
Yes, they would betray their Own party.
They left the Senate in the hands OF the
Democrats. The Senate stood last SATURDAY ::
Democrats, 81; Republicans, 81; MALONE.
/ DAVID DAVIS, l. The Senate now stands :;
Democrats, 81; Republicans, 81; MALONE,
/; DAVID DAVIS, /. In word, Mr.. CONK'
LING tired to place Mr.. GARFIELD's Admin
istration 10 the power Of the Democrats.
Even General MALONE must bestow male
dicton upon Dir. CONKLING; for his deser-
ton of his post has left the General without
the power to elect RIDDLEBERGER or COR.
HAM by his vote, or even by his vote TO en-
power Vice.President ARTHUR TO give a
cssling-vote which would elect the Repub-
lican. MALONE nominees.
What is CONKLING's object: His resg-
nation is an exhibition OF unbridled "cuss-
edness." II is the mad freak OF spoiled
demagogue who would ruin his country TO
spite his enemies. But be will be wofully
deceived II he expects to ruin his country.
HIS party may lose the next presidential
election as consequence of his unre-
strained anger and his determination to rule
or ruin, though the general expectation Is
that The Democrats will elect the President
in 1884, whatever CONKLING or BLAINE or
GARFIELD or anybody else may do IN
suffer because Mr.. CONKLING is absent from
the Senate. People will not lie awake OF
nights because he refuses to hold up "his
party by the TAIL" On the contrary, he has
shorn himself of all in1uerce by resigning
his seat in the Senate, and before 1884 will
be an unknown quantity in the politics OF
his State il BLAINE and GARFIELD will but
press on in the successful and gallant man.
ner in which they have up to this time car
ried on their war against CONKLING.
Will the New York Legislature reflect
Messrs. PLAT and CONKLING? To what
endf What excuse could that body give
for so doing, or they for accepting the posi-
tionsi And yet why did not Vice. Presi.
dent Arthur resign? Was IT because the
Legislature OF New York had no power to
reeec: him? II the Legislature of New
York had done some act to which Mr..
CONKLING had taken exception, and he had
adopted this method OF appealing to the
people, be could consistently accept; but
under existing circumstances he cannot.
His own State has always stood by him.
lie resigned 10 spite somebody in Washing
ton. True, he bit off his nose to spite his
face but it is of, and he cannot allow either
Governor CORNELL or the Legislature OF
New York to put il back for him.
As the Senate was left in the power
OF the Democrats, they OF course cracked
some jokes on the subject, and showed how
ridiculous had been the speeches of HoAR,
DAWES, EDMUNDs, and the rest Of the Re
pu blicans who had declared that 1t was
reasonable not to proceed at once to the
election OF The Senate officers. We have no
fear that the Democrats are going to DO any
thing 30 foolish as would be the attempt to
re0rganize the Senate committees at this
session. They have played their parts so
well up TO this time that their constituents
may trust them for the future in the full
confidence that they will act wisely.
Our kilograms may contain facts not
known TO us when the foregoing article
was penned.
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C0NKLING AND BLAINE.-Just as Mr..
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