Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-07-26
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Gould al is relations To Tie Suprem-
CouTl an. the app int;uent Of StanlsN
Nalthsns: the gohei.il superiority III
Mr. Cnnkiing 10 th8 rosl OF Rho hu,rai,
race, AID tho higher law which put hiri
in charge Of the Administration Of Gar
field ths lrsaehsry OF Garfield. after ap-
pointing half doZsn o. Csnkling's
friends 10 office, in daring to put in onu
sf Ais OWN the generosity of Conkling
in Offering 70 hold his zose while a mat
who denied his boss might h- confirmed
by lhs Senate the beautiful strategy Of
Conkiing in resighiEg his place III the
Senate, and giving up one Of The grea'
departments Of the Government To tbs
Democrats is order TO provo his superior
loyalty TO the Republicans; the 'lnspi-
ration" Of a malignant crank il She at
mesphsrs Of slandsr, spite nad vicious
ness, to solve the difficulty by the IRE
nOval" of the President Of the United
States, who was So insenSibls OF the prL-
pristies of the occasion as TO 60 his OWN
way regardless Of the imperial ssnsibil-
tiles of the New York Senator.
We have heard Of all this before, sew
eral times. The Sun story assumes that
there is in the Republican party a small
clique Of law-giyers, and that the Nom =
bsrs Of il are Sc peculiarly gifted with
honor, and vsracity, and authority, that
others can join in the pursuit OF happi
ness only by their august and gracious
permission. The Stanley Matthews part
of the story is too thin. 1t was known
in the summer of 1880 that Mr.. Justice
Swayne, of Ohio, proposed to resign, and
that President Hayes would appoint
Stanley Matthews. Fhis was what is
called an op<n secret. The authority
was not official, but it WAS authentic. 1T
was not supposed that there would be
serious opposition in tbs Senate to the
confirmation Of this appointment. 1t
never could have occurred 10 Jay Gould
that there was a possibility that Car
field would have the appointment of the
successor of Judge Swayne. So that
part Of the sensation of the Sun goes to
perdition as soon as it comes in contact
with the open air.
1t is not worth while to 60 through
with tie old wrangle about The appoint
ment of Garfield's Cabinet. 1t is suffi
cisnt to say that Garfield did not think
Folger OF Merton eligible to the Secreta-
Fyship OF the Treasury. Morton WAS ap-
pointed Secretary of the Navy and was
pleased with it, out brtke the slate
formed accordingly, to satisfy the inpe-
riuos Conkling. who was still further
disturbed by the appointment Of James
to be Postmaster General, though James
WAS one of his devoted admirers.
As for Mr.. Dorsey, he was very close
friend Of Garfield, aRd was very useful
in the campaign. He did Bot carry In
ulSHA, hOWSNSIs ii.
bricks and Mr.. VIM. II. English are the
gentlemen who carried Indiana for the
Republicans. Dorsey protested violently
against The appointment Of James and
Mac Vsagh to the Cabinet; wrote letters
abusing them, and as soos ~ they be-
came members Of the Cabinet he made
haste to be interviewed so as TO be early
and emphatic ia his public expression Of
confidence in the men he had rixately
assailsd with extraordipary af1iuencs of
Yitupsration. In all the literature with
which Mr.. DOrssy has favored the pub
lie, We believe ks has not explained the
change ia his attitude toward MaoVeagh
and James, after the formation Of the
Cabinet.
The metiye Of the Sun in preparing an
elaborate article rnd singing it at the
country just now, it is not difficult tC un-
derstahd. One of the sreat political
problems 10 whether ihs Republican
party in entering upon the next Prssi-
dental campaign, eau bS thrown into
confusion by discOrdant factions. repre-
sesting the contest at Chicago in 1880
and the animosltiss that wsre excited
when the murder Of President Garhsld
took place.
This situation had very serious ap-
pearancs for time, but the werst Of it
has been overcome by the eoel, good
sense of President Arthur, who has re
fused to make himself, in the discharge
Of the duties Of his high office, a party to
any of the factions. There has been an
unceasng demand that he should re-
move Collector Robertson, aud do lot
Of other things to apPeass the wrath of
those " ko were wicked enough to see in
the death of Garfield at the hand Of an
assassin, an Oppor unity for the gratiti-
catien of personal piques and the iudul
gence of the spirit of revenge that arises
from the disappointments of irrational
vanity and prspOsserous ambition.
If anybody sUpposes the Republican
party is 20 be managed by the cultivation
of the differences of four years age, 1t is
mistake. II anybody presumes that
the fsrocions slauderers who have pur-
sued Garfield into his grave can intimi-
date the majority of Republicans who
nominated him and elected hiIa, and Sc
cure liz the future the ascehdency of the
minority who assumed that we had but
one man st for the Presidency, that is a
mistake. If anyone presumes that the
shotgun States and the Territories and
State or two organized for the suprem-
acy of minOrities. can contrive to con-
troll and drive the Republican States and
masses, and elevate themselves into a
ruling class and sacred thing, that is a
mistake.
Ths Sun sensation does not amount
to conclusion. The powder was wet,
and the extent OF its power as it burns
is to shock the sense OF SMELL Gin.
Com. GaZ.
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