The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-04-12
A Jefersonian CofTee-Pot Revival.


The Hon. William A. Wallace. of
Pennsylvania, has written an eloquent
and exhortatory letter to the Democracy
on the subject of '.Jeffersonian Re-
vival" We have seldom perused a
document more thoroughly saturated
with noble sentiment. Like the other
leaders of his party, Mr.. Wallace is in
favor of going long way back for in
spiration. LET u.s." he says, 'tgo
back and learn what Jefferson thought.
and teach it to the people" The way to
teach it, he continues, is thoroughly to
organize the party. Organization is
indispensable to success in business and
equally so in politics. Close attention
to details is the only safe means. to q
competence in life; accurate, earnest
and systematic attention to details in
politics is the only road to triumph
there" What we have quoted is the
more prosaic part of the eloquent epis-
tie. These plain statements of the
business aspect of the revival are
dropped in carelessly amid a great deal
of very eloquent talk about ''Crusa-
ders,n religious fervor," trained
soldiers of the Turk" centralized
power" ''unbought pen and the WON
drous power of honest poverty" ''aris-
tocratic tendency and moneyed con-
troll" but we quote them as being after
all the most significant portion of the
letter, since at its close Mr.. Wallace
says ..an organization based upon busi-
ness principles is the only road to the
success of our opinions"
What does he mean by "an organize
ton based upon business principles"
Weneed not go so far back as Jefferson
for an answer. The year 1867 is re-
mote enough. In that year MIR. Wal
lace sent circular to all the local DEM
ocratic Organizers throughout Pennsyl-
vania, offering so much apiece for every
Democratic vote they could poll in ex-
cess of the standard Democratic vote of
the district. The price was so liberal
that laborers were brought into the
State by carloads and shunted off at
various polling-places- As they could
not vote without naturalization papers,
bogus ones were supplied, and the fer
tile genius of Mr.. Wallace invented the
process of giving these papers the ap-
pearance of age by soaking them in
coffee These facts were revealed by an
investigating committee, and their pub
lication fixed upon their hero the appro-
pirate title of Coffee-Pot" Wallace,
which he bears with shrinking modesty
to this day. This was an application of
- business principles to politics which
has never been equaled; it was indeed
:. accurate, earnest and systematic at
tention to details" He believed in the
plan then, and if he believes in it still it
Is natural he should wish to give it
another trial. What we are unable to
understand is why he should call the
fresh experiment "Jeffersonian Re-
vival," and intimate that Jefferson
taught him the trick. That looks to us
like false nlodesty.-M Y. Tribune.
One of the most remarkable monu-
ments in the country is among the mount
aims of North Elba, New York. 1t is an
enormous fragment of the Lauretian
rock-which runs like a backbone
through the continent-and upon it is
carved John Brown. Every one must
be impressed by the lonely grandeur of
the old mans last resting-place. Even
more sublime is the grave of Prof.
Mitchell, who was killed by fall from
precipice while surveying the Black
Mountains of North Carolina He lies
buried in the clouds upon the topmost
point of the highest peak east of the Mis-
sissippi, and the mountain is called by
his name.-IotUG State Register.
"A Boston singer was compelled to
stop and request the removal of that
young one' from the hall. And the
chances are that ''that young one' was
| making better music than the singer
Netc Haven Register.