National Republican., 1883-03-28
Concerning Certain IIarinonizcrs.

concerning Certain ItHfmOntLcrH'
Upon the principle IL is to bo presumed,
that the hair of tho dog is good for the bite
some of the more malignant unscrupulous,
and audacious of the metropolitan dailies
which have for years been fighting the bat
Ties of the democratic party, with republican
! uniforms on in order to do more effective
work against the republican party, are now i'm
pudcntly oanting about harmony aud giving
orders for the campaign of 1884. They makea
tcntions In tho future equaled only by the
cat calmly licking her chops after swallowing
the canary. They resemble Sues little imp,
Tortllard in the "Mysterics of Paris" who
smiles 30 swcctly and speaks so kindly to the
blind old schoolmastcr while pinching him
black and blue under the table at which both
are seated. They dcmurely explain how the
republican party came to be defeated last fall
never once alluding to the torrents of delllc-
ment with which they themselves over
whclmed it, whlo the people mstook the
candidates made thus offensive for the jour.
nalistic rodents who did the mischief.
These precious creatures are now actually de-
manding to be placed in charge of the republic
can party. lfGuitcau had demanded the super
intcndcncy of Garield's funeral, it would
not have exceeded in audacty the offer of
these marpots to rally the republicans whose
Generalization and defeat was their success
ful aim last fall. Thousands of voters who
would not believe one of these sandorers
under oath in court were bewildercd and
influenced by the villainous falschoods they
set anoat and reiterated with such
monotonous industry. They now
argue that having shown their
power to do mischief they must be bought of
at the lowest price they will name, viz, sole
control of the party. They avow their policy
of blackmail. Resist us and we will defle
you again." say these footpads on the political
highway. They will find their demands dis.
putcd. The republican party was defeated
last year by the treaehery of men who have
had high honors from the party, and these
journalistic braves who represented them
were moved by the hidden hand of one
who is bent on revenge for having
been denied still more. The republican
party can only live by cxtirpatng
the cancer that gnaws at its vitals. The men
who hate it must be dragged out from the
ambush from which they are firing into the
ranks of its most faithful defenders. If the
party cannot survive the loss of the spies
and traitors in its ranks it certainly cannot
survive their leadership. 1t cannot recover
lost ground until the tlatulent and vulgar
journalistic crew which gaze IL rictory in 1872
By joining its enemies are recognized as mer-
cenaries to be bought instead of monarchs to be
flattered. Money will buy these brawlers when
they are needed, and they are never bashful
in their demands. In presidential elections
they dare not go squarely with the democratic
party, for it would ruin their pockets, and
when they debauch that party it and they
sink together. Why then should our party
managers and public men be expected to take
advice from such as they? If ever there is to
be a resurrection from the stunning defeat of
last fall it must come through courageous
leadership, and visible contempt for the syn
dicate of newspapers headed by their bawd
and pander, the New York Tribune.