Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-16
VIOE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR AND THE
SILLY HALF BREEDS.
lFrom the NewiYork World. !

SlL11 HALF s6h66US.
IFrom the NewiYork world.l
The republican party, in the face of
the severe condemnation visited upon
Mr.. Arthur by President Hayes and
Secretary Sherman, commended Mr..
Arthur and rebuked tho Hayes ad.
ministration by nominating him for
the vice-presidency aud voting for
him in November, 1880. Did it never
occur to hese.presumably intelligent
American voters. shat they were con.
tiding the inheritance of the nation
to Mr.. Arthur? Yet now, when the
wavering hame of a single life flick.
ers between Mr.. Arthur aud the
presidency. 9 majority of the men
who put this great possibility upon
him are Loudly endorsing and ratiry-,
ing the worst judgments ever passed
by democrats upon Mr.. Arthur aud
his political methods. {"
By the constitution Mr.. Arthur
will be the -lawful aud elected presi-
dent of the United States il General
Garfield should either die or, resign
or become actually unable to dis.
charge the duties Of tho Office Of
president. II Gen. Garfield should
be unfortunately disabled for office
even for afew months, Mr.. Arthur
must act as president. Who shall de.
eide that s.critical question Of inabili-
ty" the constitution does not say.
But If for any reason Gen. Garfield
is really unable during u week or u
month or s year to do the work Of
the president, Mr.. Arthur, aud only
Mr.. Arthur, must do it. No member
of the presidents cabinet can do the
presidents Official work. II the pres.
ident be unable to actually give il.
rectiOns to the heads of Departments.
it ia clear that there can be no pre-
sumption that the president has given
such directions. IL il, therefore.
either wise or sensible Or patriotic to
seek TO alarm tho country shout the
consequences of an advent of Mr..
Arthur to power, - the. half breed
republican newspapers arc daily do.
ing? II Mr.. Arthur is to be pr6si.
dent. upon whom shall he rely Z Do
the half breed republican newspapers
wish to deter all the best men Of their
party from any effort to assist and
support Mr.. Arthur 's"
The Evening Post condemns Mr.Ar-
thur because after the November elec.
ton he did not manifest ga change Of
heart' about politics aud parties. It
AYERS that Mr.. Arthur disappointed
republican" expectations in that re.
gard. How could that be Had not
Mr.. Arthur been confirmed In his own
methods by the republican party.
which solemnly nominated and elect.
ed him The Post, after alleging
this quite absurd Expectation" )" goes
on to say: y
There was very rude shock given
to this expectation by the speech at
the Dorsey dinner, in which Mr.. Ar
thur treated that persons operations
i'll Indiana, the corruption Of which
he virtually confessed, as an excel-
lent joke. The way in which the
republican press received this o..
capads, coupled with the revelations
subsequently made about Dorsey.
ought to have stung man Of ordinary
susceptibility into watchfulness aud
prudence at least" ,,,.ss
But it was not Mr.. Arthur. Il was
the republican party itself which
through Its national committee in.
spired andecontrolled the corrupt op.
eratlons OF Dorsey In Indiana Mr..
Arthur did not furnish the money.
Who did And who gave tho dinner
to Dorsey Why was . dinner ten.
dersd to Dorsey by the republican
magnates of this cityl Has not the
Fost forgotten who signed the invi-
tation and who attended the dinner!
Did Mr.. Arthur say at tho dinner any
thing that was untrue?' What repub.
lcan party Newspaper condemned
either the deeds. efqDorsey or tho
words Of Arthur when what the lst.
ter said Of the former was made pub.
lie! The World has been uusparing
III its condemnation of the partisan
doings of Mr.. Arthur since his inau.
gurstion as vice-president. It has do.
nounced his course in the Malone
coalition, in the street. cleaning busi.
ness, and in the Albany deadlock.
But with what face can republican
newspapers revile Mr.. Arthur which
dare not ask their readers to inquire
whether such republican vice-presi.
dents as Hamlin, johnson, Colfax aud
Wilson were not knee deep also In /
party intrigue and deviltry? In Q
word, is not Mr.. Arthur to-day, and 4
has tle not always been, in every way
as public official quite up to the /.
average standard Of those who oou.
troll and direct his party2 "r
The Post further complains OF Mr..
Arthur that in
"Ihe present case he has made him.
self one of the leaders of O faction
which has quarrelled with the presi-
dent Of its own party, not about doc
trine, or principle, or policy, but "
about his failure 10 satisfy them with
places and salaries, aud which has
poured on him through their organs Y
III the press abuse OF almost unpre- Is
cedented virulence aud ferocity." X
This is undoubtedly quite true I Is
But how about the other faction ? 4
Has not the administration uuueces. r
sarily inspired and promoted the
quarrel? There certainly was no l3
government or public necessity forHS
tue removal of Mr.. Merritt. II he
was n bad collector, why make him l
in London 2 Nor have
the half breed newspapers shown any
government Or public necessity fer
one in ten of the removals made since
the fourth day Of last March. No.
doctrine, or principle, or policy"
W as in dispute between tho stalwarts
and half breeds, we are told by tho
Post. The stalwarts do not appear
to have demanded any removals.
What. then, gave life to "the faction&
which has quarrelled with the presi-
lent of its own party 2" Has the Post
nedi'ated on that question? Mr.. Ar-
.hur did not ask the removal of Mr..
Merritt, nor did Mr.. Merritt resign.
The truth is that Mr.. Schurz and
he Post and the half breed newspa- s.
oers generally have been for years
md are now simply silly in their par
,isanship. si