, 1881-01-25

C0hlN1OuntC themselves TO tito new condition
OF things. III my cnsc, therefore, the con-
strtction Of such 4 rond rs llas been pro-
}cctcd is sure to bo Mt once profitable ciiter-
prise md great public benefit
CANCELLATION WANTED.
The only prominent policy of this Govern
mcnt during the past twelve OF fiftcc,l years
seems to llave been TINT Of cancellation. Gen.
Grant sought 10 c01iclllate tic South iii Ills
military way, and failed. Then tho n,nlable
Mr.. unycs undertook tho same job with soft
words TINT buttercd no parsnips, withdrew
the last E,tn and bluntlcrbuss from tho South
ern States, and gnve the Rebels "hunle rule ~
and seat In Ills Cabinet, md yet "conciltn-
tion'' failed again, for Gen. Hancock ran for
the Presidency, bowling cancellation with
Ills Whole Southern constituency joining
Justify Iii tho clanlOr. Gen. Garfield wny
elected with tho problem Of Southern cu1,-
ciliatton staring him in the 7hce, md before
l1o gets to Washington finds himself be-
sicged OH all sides with 4 still moro yocifer-
Gus demand for conciliitiol, thts time not
from Southern nlalcontents but from dis
grantlcd Republican Bosscs. 1tis.acmaIltlcd
OF him that he shall step into tho political
arena as a mediator between llalf a dozen
sourcd Bosses and bring them together IN n
fraternnl embrace under the wing OF friend
ship, love, mid truth, as Dick Swiycllcr would
say. Moro tl,an this, lie is not only to pacify
| individuals, but he Is to Iarmonlze Suites,
and bring NIL these rccalcitranr elements to-
gethor III fond unison, reunited and happy
! family, gathering them together under Ills
wings ns hen doth her chickens. as will
| be seen by dispatch elsewhere, first, thoro
! is Gen. Grant, who must be rcconcllc.l 10 Mr.
Blaine, because Mr.. Blaine is n1lcEcd to have
] said he was 9lad Gen. Grant was defeated In
the Chlcago Convention. Consequently Gen.
Grant, like schoolgirl in n lin will, her
| bosom friend, will not spenls to the 1'Iulncd
Knight, md IT Glen. Grant wilt not speak to
tito +. r., how Ii Mr.. Blaine to speak tt, G. e.
III tho manu- Of NIL that's conversational :?
AlWst lo not 90 about like tho bosom friend
With n hNughty, dtgnIllcl air, alld pratentL
that lo has never heard any good uf him
tBlaine)? So, Of course, after rcc0ncEling
Gen. Grant 10 Blaine, hc m,lst reconcile
! Dlaine to Grant. But Dlninc, according to
tho sthry, is not only mad with Con; Grn1lt.
lie has snubbetl the august Boss, Conkitng,
md freely announced to Ills croi,!cs that lie
Inns his opinion OF him, In that mysterious
! and suggestive 1nanner with which 1Irs.
Brown int[nlntos that sllo might shy I. Rrent
! deal about Mrs. Jones II she were so dis
posed, and contents herself With tho giit-
torlng generality that she is Il horrld thing.
| This being tho condition OF the relations Of
1laine to Conkltng, It fellows that Conkltug's
relations to Blaine arc not cheerful, and that
In II IN, ri,
frtgid manner and assuming MI mir Of
lsnughtincss, even as tho stately strutting
peacock lords 1t over tho more plcbeinn fowl
that passes him while lie unfotds the glorics
! Of his plumage. But It 'Conk1ng don't like
Blaine, lie likes John Sherman less, and not
only passes him In cold silence, but snecrs Mt
| him when others nre around, and Ins!ulgcs Il,
that balcful Irony and snrtlontc speech so
characteristic Of him whenever anything ,lrl-
! pleasant occurs to him, whI1c john Sherman
passes him with n eo.lntonanco as hard and
| severe as ore 0f the dollars 0t the fathers,
So Gen. Garfield is confronted with tho
automatically difficult problem Of rocon-
cii!ng Grant to Blaine, a,d Blaine TO Conk-
ling, and ConkllnE to Sherman, md, after he
Inns lono that, Of commencing 1T the
last and reconellln. back 10 Tho
first, nnl, after ho has done that Of
commenting In tho middle mud rcconctliD8
bot!, ways ut once. III view Of this SIM ii,
.quadrt!aterai harmony, TO wonder that Gen.
Gartielh drpnnIs, no Is crocodile With
down Into Ills vitals.
But II this were only alll New England
wants concllta1fon, md there will be no l,ur-