The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-10-05

family quarrel, in which th" country !,
has bn, secondary interest AS tar
a< 'hc whole peopl" is concerned IT
makes very little difference who IS IN j
the Executive Chair, provided his ad-
ministrati"n is characterized by WIS
dom and moderation. The apprehcn-
sion which exists to-day Is as to
whether the administration Of Chester
\. Arthur will be so conducted as to
merit such characterization. Why
should it exist? Because Arthur IS
an ordinary man. That is all. As
such. men naturally look for him to
DO as ordinary men would do under
the circumstances. lie has begun
modestly and cautiously, but 1t is the
wisdom Of fear, Of instinct, OF the
animal that sees in the eye Of It's az
,agouist soul that brooks no trlHlug
1t is too much to expect continuance
of THE POLICY oFREFoRM
inaugurated by President Garfield aud
crvstalized in his Cabinet. Those
who expert it will be disappointed. |
know OF DO better illustration OF the
character of the coming Adminlstra-
ton .bau that impressive scene upon
the lawn at Elberon the day after
President Garfield died. The fanlll'
liar conferences and association be-
tween Grant and the newly-made
President, their close communion and
warm personal regard, as they walked
about the lawn under the shadow OF
the house of mourning, was enough to
suggest the future This evidently
did not occur to me alone, as could
plainly see in the faces and hear IN
the tones of the crowd. There was
the new Administration before US 10
single picture, which smart pho
tographer might have sold two
:or quarter There was Arthur,
Stalvart, and there was Grant. What
else was necessary Now there
would bave been nothing il this, but
for the history which lay behind It.
This history is familiar to every man
ia the country, for it is a very recent
one aud needs no varnish to renew its
freshness. The Arthur Adminlstra-
ton means Grant, means GrantlSm,
and Grantism Desos spoils. There
IS The picture. That is the way 1t
looked in essence at Elberou. That
is the way it looks in the abstract
from Washington to-day. Is there
anything in the record Of Chester A.
Arthur to give the lie to such an in
ference ? Perhaps you could appre-
ciate it better if you could view the
picture from this point If you could
see the
HAPPY FACES OF THE sTALWARTs
beauiug through the outward forms
of mourning, if you could hear the
saeering words of the Grant crowd
hanging about the corridors, if you
could realize the departmental ami
,nosities which are to be satisfied
then you might understand the
changes which are IN store for US.
The following from the Stalwart organ
in this city is the first faint express
sion of Stalwart ideas, and CRATES
harshly on the ear and offendS the eye
With the dead body of Garfield lying IN
the rotuDda Of the Capitol:
WANTED, THE NAMES OF
THE DEMOCRATIC clerks in the
Postomce Department appointed since
the present Republican Administra-
ton came into power. Address conf
dentially, GRAND BOUNCE, Re-
publican cfice.
The cIamor for spoils sets in over
the dead body. 1t comes from every
department and from every section of
the country. The Graut and Couk-
ling crowd -sise their glad eyes TO-
ward the new President and demand,
with confidence, their share Of the
raiment of the dead man lying liz the
rotunda of the Capitol. What will
the answer be? If it were such
man as Garfield, we know what it
would be; but Arthur is very or
dinary man. The picture OF the
swarG at Elberor was the index of
what vas and is to come In Arthur.
Grant will live over agaio. If he has
gained wisdom by experience he will
see to it that he advise better than he
executed. Here in Washington this
is not anticipated. For time all will
90 well, bat l:he ordinary man will not
rise above ordinary things.
There is something severely coni-
cal 10 the gathering Of the Stalwarts
about the throne. Star Route Brady
walks erect upon the streets again
and joins the thrcug from his long
secIusion Belknap comes forth and
promcnsdes arm in arm with Grant.
Dorsey hurries from his sheep in
Colorado to gather political wool in
Washington. Along with hundreds
of others who need wbitewashing they
press forward to the new Stalwart star
made President by Stalwart assassin.
Nil! shey become part and parcel of
the things TO CONE? Well, Chester
\. Arthur is but an ordinary man.
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