The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-05-03

and his followers int the Republican
party has been determined upon, and is
announced officially through the resolu-
tiOns Of the Virginia Convention. Pos
sibly Mr.. Dezsndorf and others cherish
the hope that the Republican party will
decline to receive the new corners. But
when a large body Of voters confesses it.
self converted to Republicanism and
Graves fellowship with appropriate hu-
mility, what is the Republican party to
do about it?-&. Louis Globe Democrat.
All cur Democratic exchanges are in
scstaciss over the letter sent to the Chca-
60 Irpquois Club by Samuel j. Tilden.
They pronounce it the ablest document
which ever emanated from any politician
in this country. This was to he expected.
The Bourbon organ will praise anything
labeled 'Tildsn.' The letter has abso-
lutely nothing in it worthy Of note. 1t
is, in fact, exceedingly common place,
and was written by Andrew II. Green,
who is acting as Tildens secretary. The
old fraud himself has ne1 er seen or read
it.-Hansas City Journal.
Congressman Hewitt may be an able
man, but he has an unfortunate habit of
going off half-cocked. On Wednesday
he made a most serious charge against
the secretary of the navy, alleging that
he had not accounted for large sum of
money received from the sale of naval
vessels, and was Immediately confronted
with evidence that he was mistaken. He
is the same Hewitt who pronounced the
forged Morey letter genuine. He is SO
hot a partisan, and so ankle US to discover
some Republican iniquity that his Gre
dulity makes him absurd .Wl'cdukee
Sentinel.
The American people love fair play.
President Arthur has done SO well that
neither his own party enemies nor his
Democratic opponents can pick flaws in
his official record. Yet he has been as
sailed by rancorous faetionists as if he
had made the worst instead Of the best
of Presidents. That is 4 poo. way to
encourage public men to do their duty
regardless Of personal consequences. 1t
cannot be denied that President Arthur
has served his party nobly by serving
his country first, and serving it ably and
effectively. If he should be nominated
at Chicago the country would rally to
the support of its faithful servant.-By-
falo Commercial Adcerttstr.
Our heart blesas for Internal Revenue
Collector Duval, of West Virginia, who
wanted to resign because he could not
support Mr.. Arthur, who was disguised
to learn that there was no intention Of
martyrizing him for his efforts in Mr..
Blaine's behalf, 30 long as he attended
to the work Of his office. We cannot
imagine anything more exasperating
than for man who appears before i
LOathed Tyrant. crammed to the muzzle
with a speech beginning, AYE, batten
on my hearts blood" to be told by the
l.. T., My good fellow, nobody wants
to battsn Oh ysur heart blood-go home
and don't make more of an ass Of your
self than you can elp!'-Rochester Post
Express.
Would it not he better for the Demo-
cracy to import mummy from Egypt
and set it up as Presidential candidate
instead of that played-out old would-be-
bribsr- Of electoral votes. the so.cailsd
sage of Gramercy Park: The great ad.
vantage Of a mummy would be that it
would be perfectly non-committal on the
subject Of alleged Democratic principles,
and would not make the blunder that
Gen. Hancock made when he showed his
utter Ignorance Of the tariff question by
speaking of it as having ''once been
local issue ia his native town. A
mummy would be SO emblematical of
Democracy, for it would have no prin-
ciple to proclaim. Tilden is practically
drisd-up mummy, but he can still
whisper, and there is danger be might
make some such blunder as Hancock
did. We make this suggestion to our
Democratic friends with the most kindly
feeling. Cereldnd Leader.