Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-22
Notes and Comment.

The Dayton Democrat. speaking of
the defeat Of the Democratic candidate
for Secretary of State. in New York, by
the brewers, says: "If the liquor men
are going to set themselves up as polit-
ical party like the Prohibitionists, it
would be good idea to swing both over
"A clothes-line like a couple of cats and
let them fight it out. Both Democrats
and Republicans will help them to de-
strOy each other.
Monsignor Capel, in his Chicago lee
ture, said that if the Roman Catholic
Church became Supreme in the United
States, far from destroying the Consti
tuition of the Republic, it would, by
its energizing forces, give permanency
to democratic forms and the repUb blican
constitution" The Louisville Courier
journal says this is certainly not infer
ential from the history of the Latin
Church. 1t was born of Imperial Rome.
1t was nursed in an imperial cradle.
The scepter of the last Roman Emperor
passed. in effect, to the Bishop of Rome.
Kings were the subjects of the Pope.
Emperors die him obeisance. Crowns
were conferred by him. Discipline was
administered to mighty moHarchs by
him. Royalty was strong ally Of the
Vatican. Pope Leo has steadily refused
to approve the outburst of Italian liber-
alism, which made united Italy, with a
constitutional Government, a large free
dom of the press and religious tolera
tion.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
says: The massacre of colored citizens
in Virginia, that was arranged at just
the time before the election to establish
reign of terror for election day, is fair
notice to the United States thai the old
Southern Confederacy is to be in the
field as the solid South. cemented and
sealed with blood. If it had not been
for this bloodshed, Virginia would have
been wrested from the Bourbons, and
there might have been chance to con-
slider the usual political questions on
their merits. As the case stands it is
the old imperial question that comes
before the people again. 1t is whether
the CoDfederateS, conquered by arms,
shall become supreme in politics. On
that question We think the people will
vote no.
The Washington Star publishes the
following as the statement of a Demo-
cratic Congressman, who claims that he
has place of authority and RESPONSE
bility in the management of the Demo-
cratic party. In the discharge of his
duties to the party he has had occasion
to visit Mr.. Tilden several times, and
one of these visits was paid not very
long ago; and he says: "Tifden is as
near dead as man can oe to entitle
him to keep out of the grave. He is fed
with spoon, like helpless baby, and
he does not pretend to attend to any
business. He refers everybody to lis
man of business, Andy Green. If money
is asked for politics, charity or religion,
the matter goes to Green. l don't be-
lieve tnat Tilden takes any interest in
politics, or cares anything about politics
but there is crew who depend upon
him for their political breath. Without
Tilden they would be nothing. They do
all that is possible to keep alive the
Tilden influence, and the old man SIM
ply permits them to make capital out of
his name because he is too Indifferent to
care anything about it. He may be in a
better physical condition now than
when saw him last, a few months ago,
but at that time | didn't think he had
life enough in him to last until now. |
belive," adds the Congressman, "that
when Tilden dies some men of the Dem
Ocratic party will still be intimidated
by the fear of his ghost"
| Tho Nnthnlip Picko,,,