Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-09-03
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rLn recruits TO INC ~
III norts # the country are d"
,iulyipg. Mr.. Post, the secreta',
the Democratic Headquarters here "
oloros that the exodus from the RcpuO-
ann. now amounts to an actual stom-
nado The dose that Blaine is admin
istcring to the party in putin. y
dc,tinic. II the hands Of such crystal
lied rot as Steve lElkins and the per-
verse cabal that surrounds him. Is
altogether too nauscating' ElNIn' ano
the old Public Printer, A. Nj. CIapp,
are now trying to milk the Government
employees by sending to them the most
dstrcssiul appeals through circulars,
and broadly intimating that il they do
not give down handsomely that means
will be found to make them give up
their places. 70 the amazement OF
Clapp, some Of these clerks have boldly
informed him by letter that they pro-
pose TO make some handsome contrlbu-
tons in aid of the success Of the DEM
ocratic ticket in general and Grover
Cleveland in particular, and that the
implied threats in CIapps circular have
10 particular tcrrors for them, because
the law protects them initheir right to
exercise this much of personal liberty.
The settlement of the social status
of the colored race in the capital cam
not be much longer deferred. When |
women are moved to commit grand lar
ceny Gas one of them did the other day. |
expressly to get into the penitentiary
because she was " tired Of living in
Washington with the d niggers,"
as she expressed it, something ought
to be done toward inducing the white
element to assert itself. The fact that
IL vast majority oil the White voters
are opposed to the adoption of system
Of self government al the capital, might
seem disappointing to you, but when
YOU remember and realize that four out
of seven votes in the District of Column
bia would be black ones, and thrown for
black candidates for office, the elective
franchise hath no particular charms for
us As it is now, the colorcd people
of Washington proper approach nearer
to an equality in all social conditions
with the whites than in any other city
in the country, and the official influence
of such men as Fred Douglass and
Register Bruce, and other leaders Of
the race, has filed the minor positions
in all of the departments with colored
employees at the expense OF our much
Yauntcd patriotic interest in the heroes
of the war. In fact, IN empty sleeve,
as well as an empty trousers-leS, have
ceased long since to be recommended
ton for place under the Government.
In little more than six months from
now Mr.. Arthur will retire to that Oh ,
s,urity which has marked the disap-
pearance of Rutherford b. Hayes from {
public life. Though Arthur's admins ;
tration has been a passive one, the
President himself has been on deck ,
all the time when there was any fun e.,
going on. 1t is only in a lifetime that !
a man like Arthur gets Il chance to .
command the homage Of all swelldom
at the watering-places, and it is only ,
in lifetime that the country picks up I,
a man so well qualified to pander to -,
that element Of our social world. 1t .
has been the lavish dispensation of the
generous wines at the White House =
during Arthur's administration that :,
makes the politicians tremble with hor-
ror at the thought that St. John, or
possibly another Hayes, may get pos h
session of the Executive Mansion, and \
run it by cold water and pink lem y
onade. n
The running down and sinking Of q
the war vessel IallapOOsa by an ordi-
nary freight vessel, was the hair that
broke the back of our navy, and DEM IL
Onstrates with fearful certainty what IL
would become of her and her crew in "
q contest with any third-rate vessel be- C
longing to forth-ratc power. Now o.
Chilli and Peru and Norway, and even p
New Jersey, can snap their fingers at
is in diplomacy, and challenge us to do
our worst. BY mcrciful dispensation IL
If politics, the gallant Secretary of the .
gallant Navy was not on board to wit CO
less the departure Of the remnant of Il
lis war fleet, but he left twenty-eight OF
ases Of Washington Heidsick on board 10
which arc now mingling with their ma V'
i've element in ftty-tour fathoms. ca
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