The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1883-08-21
SOUTH KENTUCKIAM.
ADVERTISING RATE.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 10, ,s3.

Let Mr.. Arthur take courage. Up
on his arrival at Chicago the other
day he was confronted by fifteen
mortar columns of commendatory
notices in the Chicago News respon-
sive to inquiries by that journal
touching the success of Ar
thurs administration. From press
and pulpit, and politician ard people,
came laudation unmixed with either
ifs" "buts' or 'howevers," the wri-
ters seeming to vie with each other
in the strength Of their expressions
about the marvellous manner in
which Mr.. Arthur has thus far steer
ed the ship of state. That truly good
man, Deacon Richard Smith, of the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, vol
unfairly tenders his need of praise,
seconded by the not less truly good
Murat 1ialstead; while the great
civil service reformer, George VIM.
Curtis, and that other reformer Hen
ri Watterson, unite i'll their express
sions of profound confidence, by say
ing that they and the country ought
to be proud Of the man who fills the
Presidential chair so well. And then
there was Mr.. What-are-you- therefor
-but-the Offices Flanagan, of Texas,
who thinks that victory will surely
crown the denomination of the man
who dispenses the fat offices, and
Charley Farwell, of Chicago, thinks
so too, despite the fact that Charley
sought to take rank as sort of king
of the half-breeds a couple of years
ago. Senators, Representatives in
Congress, and some of them Presi-
dental candidates, too, ex-ofiice hold
crs, members ofthe literati, including
Charley Dudley Warner and Harriet
Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain, all
have good word both for Mr.. Ar
thur and his statesmanlike methods,
and all find reasons for believing that
as no man could have done better,
the perfection ofhuman greatness as
demonstrated by Mr.. Arthur should
be perpetuated in the administration
Of national affairs. OF course these
people, who are prominent in our
politics and our literature, have had
ocular demonstration of the wonder
full things Mr.. Arthur has done since
his advent upon his executive duties
and if called upon to account for the
faith that is in them concerning his
Presidential achievements, they can
not but refer to his active participa-
ton in the successful job that led to
the resignation of Messrs Conkling
and Platt, and the continued success
met with by the Administration in
getting them back into the Senate.
They will also refer to the successful
issue of Mr.. Arthur's work of hand
ing Pennsylvania over to Don Cam
eron, which led to the successful lay
ing out Of the Republican party in
the keystone State. They cannot
but refer to the successful issue in
favor of Ben Butler in Massachu-
sets, caused directly by the gall of
bitterness in the Presidential ap-
pointments at the Boston custom
house. Nor can they fail to refer to
the successful disruption of the Re-
publican party in New Hampshire,
which preceded from the successful
blunder of putting Mr.. Chandler in
the cabinet when the Granite State
was over running with infinitely bet
ter and more reputable material.
They also will refer to the fact that
Connecticut turned her back upon
him and his administration the mo-
ment that he laid his cunning hand
upon her politics, and Mr. Arthur
has never succeeded in being success
full enough to bring her back. They
will refer with infinite satisfaction
to the work of Mr.. Arthur in bring
ing New York all around right last
fall to the successful ousting of Cor
nell and the still more successful
forcing of member Of his cabinet
upon republican convention by a
sort of forgery and bribery and down
right fraud, with the rebuke of two
hundred thousand democratic major
ity in favor of Mr.. Arthur keeping
his hands off. They will refer to Mr..
Arthur's attempt to return his favor
ite Congressman, Mr.. Robson, from
New Jersey and the successful lay
ing out of that gentleman by the
democrats, and the capture of the
whole delegation from the Republic
cans as reminder to Mr.. Arthur
that his duties are at Washington
and not in New Jersey politics. They
will also tell of Mr.. Arthur's achieve
ments in Ohio, which by thirty
thousand democratic majority de-
nounced the methods of the admin
| istration, and they will no. forget to
mention the little matter of republic
can Michigan electing a democratic
governor, and a weakling at that, to
throw in the face of the Administra-
ton the general disapproval of ward
management in government affairs.
These must of necessity constitute
all that Mr.. Arthur's friends base
their opinion upon in the line of
successful administering of the gov
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