Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-07

WASHINGTON March 5.-There is unmistaka.
bly, an evident purpose on the part of Blaine
and his friends to make all possible out of his
recent memorial address upon the dead Gar
field 1t was fine effort; 1t was a master
piece. Nobody can deny these claims for it. 1t
was timely thing, too. for Blaine. He has
many friends who are working for him. H
has as rule the rural Republican press at his
back, and that element of the country which
believes as cornerstone of political faith in
the worldwide supremacy of the American
eagle. Blaine also has champions in certain
journals of some prominence alleged to be
Democratic In feet there is already fully
equipped and at work political bureau" as
the phrase goes in the interest of Blaine in
the next Presidential campaign. The main
obi 'ct of this bureau is to keen constantly be-
70 q the people the nsme and fame OF James
G Blaine, of Maine. and right well are they
doing II. The South American business is an
ever fruitful means of constantly keeping
Blaine in The priuts At the same time the
identical men and publications interested in
keeping Blaine stock wag up are at the same
time firing shot into Arthur. They are shrewd
enough to see that Arthur is life-size candi
date to succeed himself and that he il at this
blush the pet OF the stalwarts for another
term. 1t is thus evident that Blaine is TO run
IN OppOSltlOn TO the SIalWAFG lQea IN DO lGicS.
There is something little strange about this
in that Blaine himself coined the term, ''StaI-
wart," as applied to politics. There are other
strange things In the - political pot For
never be said to be other than
bitterly Republican, and the Washington Post,
the so-called National Democratic organ. are
working in traces together for Blaine Blaine
expects support other than that of Republi-
cans in his anti-stalwart campaign. He is fully
impressed that there will be between now and
the activity of the next campaign a breaking
of party lines, and upon this he hopes to ride
on the billow of success Blaine is far seeing
politician But very few politicians are
shrewd enough to note that in the present con-
dition of affairs such things as the breaking up
of party lines and new formations and affilia-
tions are by no means dreamy impossibility.
Blaine sees it, and if his Judgment is not
grossly in error, will materially enefit by
it if it comes For these reasons it is
evidently to his interest that he be
kept prominently before the people. 1t is for
this reason that his campaign bureau and his
friends are making all they can out of his re-
eulogy was very poor peg to hang hat on,
and Blaine and his managers are seeing that
the aforesaid tile is hung thereon. There are
strange things incub ating politically, the
fruits of which will be apparent, perhaps, at
an early day. but when the time comes when
they can do the most coed they will be showed
from the background into the baldest publicity.
THE FITz-JoHN PORTER CASE.
President Arthur is in something of a Quan.
dary about how to deal with Fitz John Porter.
He would like very well to refer the whole
matter to Congress, but as the case now
comes up it is one for executive not Congress
sional action. Grant has put it in writing that
he thinks Porter should be restored to the
army, and others who formerly held otherwise
have similarly expressed themselves. In fact
the general sentiment of the country seems
to be that the long-delaYed justice
due Porter should now be accorded
him Prasidant A rthur also hiplrs CO hur tbaro
are certain people of the Republican party who |
opine otherwise 1t is for this reason that the |
President hesitates. In the meantime the peo-
pie who cannot see that the late war is over,
and from whose minds the preiudices engen-
dered thereby will never be removed, are work |
ing to induce Arthur to use the Justice which
is the due Of Fitz-John Porter. To these peo-
pie the President is listening. 1t seems to be |
pretty fully settled, however, that Porter will |
in accordance with the views of the eminent i
Advisory Board, which two or three years ago |
very favorably considered his case, be given |
The justice which that court agreed was his
DUE.
THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
The grand jury follows up the recent indict-
nents BY more Of the same sort. The real |
business of the prosecutions of the star route |
IhleVes is getting on very good legs. There is |
no evidence Of any luKewarmness on the part
of the government. The determination to |
to the end seems to be one that has |
misUakable official sanction from the |
President Z own through the intermediate pub 1
lie officials, with the exception perhaps, of /
District Attorney Corkhill That officer is /
however. given very little to do in these |
cases. la short, he is ignored altogether and |
special counsel for the government have the /
whole matter IN charge, without even the |
slightest recognition of The District Attorney
This is as it should be. Corkhill, it will be re-
membered, when the star route prosecutions
were first to be presented to justice, adjourned /
5he grand jury, by which adjournment the pre-
sentauon OF the cases was IAen impossible and |
delay ed for months. 1t is thought that before
the trials Incident to the present indictments
are instituted, that there will be a successor to
Corkhill If there is it will be so much the bet
ter for justice
YOUNG LINCOLN.
The present Secretary of War, Lincoln, is a /
very small man. He is pre-eminently snoh, /
whose only distinction is a beard upon which |
be devotes great portion of his time. He |
has, however, got boy who has a good deal |
If the stuff in him which made his grand
father the man that he was. The boy, by the |
way, is also named Abraham He is about /
we've years I1 old, plump and musculer fSr his !
years; He IS boy all over. he is full Of fun /
and play. In MY daily walks to business pass
by bis house. The yodngster does not |
know my name. but always greets me with a |
hearty "hello newspaper manp' He is ALWAYS |
out. don't think he spends an hour indoors /
during the day. He will walk with me half a |
square busily talking about wrestling, ball |
playing and all sports dear to the mind OF the 4
a
hearty good-bye.and runs back to his play He |
shows a remarkabiy bright mind. Icail him |
my adhesive composition from which there |
in time will grow perfect brick" His face is |
az bright as a dollar, and the healthy laugh |
OF the boy is good to the ear Young !
Abe is not at all choice in his companions lie
Is always very prettily dressed by his estima- |
bic mother, and generally makes very promi- |
nent t.-+,re among his playmates who gather |
Ia the aeant lot neer his home His plav- |
mates l notice are dirty apd ragged white |
boys, or more dirty and more ragged voupg |
negroes J o this there is no o jcction what, |
ever on the part of my young friend = a
p avs and romps with themS fplIv. and tho !
thought of his superiority over Them
never enters his mind Ike his |
simple but no less great Presidential
ancestor, he goes it without regard to race,
color or previous condition of servitude. TO
Illustrate the griG of the youngster will SUB
scribe an example. Yesterday when walking
home my attention as called to an unusual
Ga the vacant lot where young Abe |
and his heterogens Gus associates play.
crossed the street and found a fight in pro-
gress. lt was fight between Abe and a negro
BOY much larger than he l started forward
to interfere but was stopped by the youngster
saying: Don't you do nothing; I'll lick him."
True to his promise, young Aoe soon had the
negro boy down and yelling for quarter. In
my opinion young Abe Lincoln is to-day a
much greater man than his father; and every
body who reads this and knows the two will
say the same. PeToMAc.