National Republican., 1882-12-11
The New stuiesnansl,ip.

aCo by the late election. Their names are
CLEVELAND and PATrIsoN, and their claims
arc very much alike in charactcrand strength,
being based on the circumstance that they
each received good number of republican
votes and kept pretty quiet during the cam
paign. These are undoubtcd merits in
democratic candidate We would not belittlc
them, In 1sil the question was, "Who is
JAMES X. PoLK?n and the general inability
to answer it made him president. Not to be
too well known is a merit in n dcmocratic
candidate not to be despiscd, MS Mr.. BAYARD,
Mr.. THURMAN, and Mr.. HENDRICKs can
testify; and this is especially true of demo-
cratic governors, for proof Of which we con-
fdently refer to Mr.. PLAIsTED, late governor
of Maine, and Mr.. McENERY, present gov
crnor of Louisiana, who has recently been
urged and implorod by the leading men of the
party not to attempt to distinguished himself
just now after the fashion of GROVER in Orc
gon and the fusion chap in NIaino
There are some signs, however, that the
young governors in New York and Pennsyl
vania will not be able to suppress their ex-
pansive tendencies in spite of the advice of
eminent statesmen, and will he found postur-
ing before the public, Notwithstanding their
efforts not to pose conspicuously. Thus Mr..
PATTIsoN has sent word that military escort
at Inauguration will not be acceptable to him,
as not in accord with the simplicity of popu-
lar institutions, and the news barely reaches
Buffalo when CLEVELAND announces that he
sees the point and will not be outdOne in Sim
plicity by him of Pennsylvania.
Rejecting upon the gorgeous displays which
used to attend upon the movements of old
ANDREW JACKSON, and how little the people
counted the cost in comparison with the
delight of holiday, and the sight of the i'm
posing march of well-traincd troops to the
sound of the bugle and trumpet, we have not
been able to convince ourselves that the next
issue is to come on the question of do
ing away with holidays, pageants, and suit
able hOnors to the favorites of the nation on
important occasions. We may be mistaken.
There is no telling how large forecast these
new statesmen possess They have evidently
taken sharp look ahead, and, coming right
from the people, it may be that they know
what they are about, and that the people will
indorse the era of commonplace and hum
drum with heartiness and alacrity. Should
they be right, and the next campaign be fought
on an issue of this sort, PATTIsoN would be
great card, and might win unless CLEVELAND
should start something to take the wind out
of his sails.
Possibly he may be contemplating something
IF I ba 10 1ou t,
sagacious neighbor commends him for this,
but we are afraid he has been to see the wrong
man. JOHN KELLY is the man to see in New
York. JOHN KELLY is the man who was seen
before the nomination, and he will have to be
seen again. This seeing TILDEN is bad on
many accounts. TILDEN is weak. He made
the mistake of not sitting down on the
election parade when he was governor. He
consented to nominating pair of cpaulcttes
for the presidency at the last election. 1t is
said that he was elected in 1876, and took the
oath of office away from Washington, and dis
pcnsed with the usual parade; but if so, the
result was not fiattcring, and such conduct
does not entite him to be the guide of future
chief magistrate. 1t is supposed that he is too
weak to tap that barrel of his again, and il
so, his advice is of small account.
The going TILDEN implies slight distrust
by the new governor of his own ability ia
manage. No doubt Mr.. BAYARD will com,
mend him. but Mr.. b. very likely does not
regard Mr.. CLEVELAND as the embodiment OF
wisdom, and would like to have tappear that
SAMMY is the actual governor of New York
after all. If BAYARD We're governor OF
his state he would not see TILDEN. The Posi-
would hardly advise that. Nobody has ad-
vised BEN BUTLER to see TILDEN, not even
the Springfield Republican, and no one could
possibly imagine the new governor of Massa-
chusetts sitting at the feet of the dilapi-
dated sage of Lebanon and asking "What
shall thy humble servant do ?" without q
laugh.
We cannot help smiling ourselves at the
grasp evinced by PATTISoN and CLEvELANI
in parading their dissent at parade as an i'm
portant item in future politics, and at the vote
of want of confidence Mr.. CLEVELAND has
just passed upon himself. JOHN QUINCY
ADAMS, ANDREW JACKSON, ABRAHAM LIN
colin, and STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS did no
start in business in that way; and if Gov
BUTLER goes to Harvard commencement
next summer to accept his degree the pranc
ing stecds and waving banners of the Boston
lanccrs viii doubtless cnliven the route owe
West Boston bridge, and awaken the enthu
siasm of the young men of the university Il
charmingly as they have done at all previou
exercises in the last half century.