The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-12
The Po!itic al WniriiStS at
Washington.

Washington.
i When Garfield was Guiteaued' nine
persons in ten began to wonder II ar.
| thur. who became President by accioent
would quietly step into Tarne!u
| shoes. and carry out Garheld 8 poiics'
or at once reverse the order OF things
| and re instate the GRANTEES whom Gar-
| field had been kicking out. Wise oo-
servers soon saw that Arthur was GER
tain to follow the latter course but that
being a much smarter man than was
supposed, he would move by slow and
we'll ordered degrees which would pre-,
ven: the country from taking alarm, aud
would keep the Stalwarts, themselves,
in a condition of delightful expectancy;
and finally result in building up,--Not
the old "Grant Party,"-not the old
.'Conkling Party,"-nor yet the old
Clarified Faction, but, the new
Chester A. Arthur "Second-Term Far
IT, Candor compels l. to admit that he
has acted with surprising shreWdness
from the day Of Gar6eld's death. Every
act has been ~coAsumately sklllfui
and selfish. He has steadily. but al
most noiselessly, ousted the Half Breeds
and ~instailed the Stall-warts.
He has used the influence OF Grant
and Conkling, while keeping them In
the back ground personally. He has
built up the Machine" in many States,
and is erec.ing it elsewhere. And be
has gained the personal respect OF many
who scoffed at him.
Last week the mask was almost al
I.o- L;-,t Snoratary nj
the Navy, VIM. H. Hunt, the socalled
Southern Member of the Cabinet
was resigned" and pigeon-holed as
Minister to Russia, -four thousand
miles distant. Then VIM. E. Chandler,
the trickster who helped to steal the
electoral vote of Florida and Louisiana
in 1876, and thus seated Hayes (whom
Chandler denounces as a liar, fraud, and
thief! was made Secretary ofthe Navy.
He is the leader of the wire-pulllng
element in the Grant Machine, and his
promotion to a Cabinet place speaks
volumes fer My Policy in future.
But Chambers nomination Was q be-
fore defeated by Republican votes, and
may be again.
Next came the nomination of Senator
Henry Nj. Teller, Of Colorado, to bt
Seer .tary of the Interior. This nom
lnatiun was promptly confirmed, as al
act Of Senatorial courtesy, we suppose
He Is "a stalwar; Of the stalwarts; hut
has OF course, joined with all the Pacific
Coast leaders, in bowling against Chineest
migration. Arthur had already APP
!, pointed ''Etfigy' Sergeant, the pale
tool of the California Chineese-employ
ing Railroad Monopolies, to be Minis
ter to Germany therefore it was a cute
stroke of policy to take one of the lead
ing anti ''Heathen'7 leaders into hi
Cabinet, as chief of the Bureau of In
%ternal, Internal, Political, and so forth
affairs.
Our readers are doubtless aware thai
las we intimated in last weeks Fdrnlei
and Nechantic would be the case Arthur
vetoed the Act excluding the Chinese fol
20 years. His main objection was its in
fraction of the Treaty with China but HI
inferentially agreed with the argumen
of the New Englanders, namely that
was not in accord with American princi
ciples to exclude anybody on accoun o
race, color, scent, or descent for Amer
lea is the Asylum of Nations, tn
kansas of mankind, ETC., etc.
There was great indignation Out Yves
when the news Of the Veto arrived
Big Meetings were held, and the Presi
dent, with Dawes, and Boutwell,, ant
|, others were burned in ef1gy. Tn
New Engianders. But this VIII sool
die away. The rich corporations wan
the cheap labor, and the natural senti
men, OF fairness ~revolts at making tn,
rei!ow-skinites the only Pariahs of ex
ciusion- Ii, however, hard times SHOULD
set ln,-John ChinamaD would do wei
to seek other climes. The rough Irish
Germans, Italians, Swiss, S~cindinavians
Jews, Eiamites, Menonites, and bath
er-skites Of the North and West vii
employ their Idle energies in killing the
mute and mild-eyed sons of toll lat &c
Ca 40 cents d day. wherever found.
OTHER CHANGES.
Arthur's Stalwart Broom did not stop
at the Cabinet offices. 1t is sweeping
out the '5arieldians without pity.
and without plea. 1t is not necessary
to give a reason when the very fact that
you are in office shows what you uere
before Garfield was Guiteaued. One of
che most noted removals was that of A.
W. Beard the collector OF the port of
Boston, whose appointment last year
made such a stir. Ali the Stalwarts
then denounced Garfield for doing lust
what Arthur has now done, i. e. dis
place an enemy to put in a crony. ANY
how, Beard has been kicked out and
his old enemy, Roland W%orthington.
editor of the Boston Traveller get his
place, verifying again the old saying
An Roland for an Oliver"
Down in North Carolina, Judge AL
bertson- is displaced in favor of Young
VIM: Smith O'Brien Robinson, of
Goldsboro, as U. S. District Attorney:
and the nomination has been confirmed
by the Senate.