National Republican., 1884-12-06


Itisgiven out by authority that carly in
January Gov. Cleveland will resign and
give his entire attention to hearing ad-
vice. At this announcement the mug
wump pricks up his enormous cars. If
any one feels competent to give advice il
is the mugwump He fancies himself
born to that function and educated to
that duty. Especially does he imagine
that giving advice to Cleveland is his
forte and destiny, for Mr.. Cleveland is u
peculiar production, and liablo to be sur.
rounded by peculiar influences.
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated to secure
tho mugwump vote, and this encourages
the idea that he has been put under obli.
CATION to hearken to and accept large
quantity Of mugwump wisdom. Closer
examination, however, may dispel this
notion. Mr.. Cleveland was nominated
to catch the mugwump vote, but not for
the purpose of converting him to mug
wump theories. Between tho essential
democrat and the essential mugwump
there is no bond of union. The only
thing they desire in common is office,
and this, instead of being bond of union,
Is bono of contention. Every mug
wump who gets an office deprives some
democrat of coveted place, and that
does not suit the democratic temperament
and will not paeify the democratic heart.
Now, should IL como about that Cleye.
land were giving ear to mugwump wis
dom in earnest there would DO a commo-
tion in democratic circles such as this
world has never seen. The democrat be-
lieves that he voted for and elected q
democrat. Tho democrat is willing to
invest literally in fixed ammunition and
Spencer rifles 20 have his candidate in
augurated. This is because no supposes
that candidate is a democrat and will
make a democratic administration, not
because he supposes that dministration
is to be mugwump. All this is so patent
that it need not be enlarged upon, and
then we meet at once the question
whether the millions of rampaging, roar
ing, exploding democrats are to bo turned
aside and cheated of their purpose by o
dilletante set Of exclusives living in
Boston and Brooklyn who have set them
selves up as almost too good to meddle
with politics any way, and who associate
with the mass of democrats only one day
in four years, and then by holding their
own noses. Not much. The man who
thinks the great democratic party is to be
bamboozled into tho acce ptnnce of mug
wump reform in lieu of 10 uocratic 70.
form through Grover Cleveland does not
understand democratic ideas. purposes,
and powers, and does not understand the
import of the late election.
The chief cry of the democrat during
the campaign was, turn tho rascals out
Tho democratic mind understood by that
cry that the republicans must go, and II
will dawn upon the republican mind af.
ter little that tho election meant moth.
ing less. If Mr. Cleveland has been de,
luded into thinking that less was meant
he will be worried out of the thought be
fore he has been in office many months
Tho mugwumps will tender their ad
vice, Of course, but when old Allen G..
Thurman blows his trumpet through tho
folds of that red bandana and announces
that democratic reform must not bC
checked, and the hosts rally at the sonor.
ous blast, the mugwump will find thai he
Is not by any means the immense per
sonage he had supposed himself to be.
Ii is said by some who have seen Mr.
Cleveland that he says he shall disappoint
his own party, aud from this they infer
that he will do this nv ad oDtinR conser.