New-York tribune., 1882-03-11
THATHCESON BANQUET.

Andrew Jackson is dead, and taking advan-
tage of that fact and of his consequent inability
to get out an injunction against them, num-
Der of leading and led Democrats are to ban
quet together "under his auspices" as it were,
on the 10th of this month. The feast is to be
spread in halcyon and vociferous Chicago, and
the dispatch in regard to it states that it is to
have considerable political significance" If
Jackson could only return to life and to his
vigorous use Of the English language and be-
come the guest of these gentlemen on this les
tive political occasion, he would be likely to
give the banquet "a political significance
with vengeance. He could be counted upon
to tell the company emphatically and without
crcumlocutiOn that the Democracy of 1882 was
a flat and disgraceful failure, and therefore not
to be confOnnded with the vigorous party to
which he belonged while he yet tabcrnaclcd IN
the flesh How he would excOriate Tllden for
his copperheadism and sneer at PendletOn for
his civil service reform scheme; and berate
Randall for his tariff views and snub Thur
man for his subserviency to the Ohio idea; and
laugh at Sunset Cox on general principles.
And if called upon to respond to the toast,
"The Democracy of New York" he would GER
party as he once made it for the British at
New Orleans or for tho Seminole Indians In
Florida. He would pour out upon The Democ-
racy of New York all the vials of his wrath
fiercey anathematizing it for making shipwreck
of the magnificent opportunity which came to it
with the control of both branches of the Legis-
lature Curses red with uncommon wrath
would leap to his lips as he thought of the dead
lock, and he would exhaust the vocabulary of
denunciation i'll his effort to do justice to the
hagrant mismanagement of such expOnents OF
Anti .Tammany as Daniel Manning, chairman
of the State Committee, and Mr.. Speaker Pat
tersOn.
0 yes, if Andrew Jackson could only per-
sonally attend that Chicago Andrew Jackson
dinner, the occasion would be uncommony
spirited. He would make the post-prandial ex-
ercises as interesting for the company as Brown
of Calaveras made the proceedings of the mem
orable meeting of the Society Upon The stanis-
laus, when, having been struck in the abdomen
by a chunk of old red sandstone, Abner Dean OF
Angels
Smiled kind of sickly smile and cured up the floor
But the gentlemen who have accepted invita-
tions to the Andrew Jackson banquet need not
fear. Andrew will not be present to turn their
viands into Dead Sea fruit ana their Roman
punch into gall. He departed this life IN
1915, and ever since has steadily refused to be
materialized. They can borrow his name and
trade upon his record with none to modest or
make them afraid. If we might venture to offer
them word of advice, we would suggest that
they steer clear of illusions to the mantle CT
Andrew Jackson" For any mention of the
mantle will but serve to remind the country
that it is several sizes too large for any gentle
man who is likely to be at the banquet.
1t Is given out, as we have remarked that
the banquet is to have considerable political
significance" In the absence of any details we
can only conjecture the direction which this
political significance is to take. Our deliberate
guess is, after mature reflection, that at some
stage of the feast Andrew Jackson is to be sug'
gested as the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency in 1884. lie is tolerably dead, to
be sure. But what of that SO is Mr.. Tilden,
and yet be talks of running.