New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-07
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MIR. LAMIR AND THE SENATE.
REASONS WHY He SHOULD BE CONFIRMED

TO me Editor, or The Tribune.
SIR: tho Presidents attempt to add lustrc to tho
lustrous Mr. Lamar should be productive of other
good 1t will at least have opened the eyes Of magn
Republicans to strange and touching truh-that for
twenty years they have grcvousy wrOnged the South
by attributng to her motives she could have
entertained and installing her attitude of playful hos
tl,y during the late temporary unpleasantncss for
something more than a mere ebuton OF childlke 10y
atty and love- II @ill be shown that the treason Of
Southern onHcc-seckcrs vcnia and the whole
extremely ins gn!6cant affair that they erred In
estimating their strength and thereby getting licked,
but that in every other respect the North wholly
blame and deserves to be soundy rated for its
ilbrod illusions to matters repugnant the feel
lngs Of refined and sensitive Indeed tho G, av-
fly, not to say cnormitv Of the situation IS paalced
only by that of the wolf and the lamb In the story
book: and since that particularly confdng and spot
less innocent the champion o. the lcnencent KuKluy.
has forward In tho pacific guise OF petitioner,
the wonder Is that orv conscientious law-makcr
restrain his impaticncc to have him confirmed on the
spot.
Such. a, least seems to be the feeling among some
emotional Miss Nancys at Washington, whose hearts
have been melted by the confession that Mr.. Lamar
wcu'l not revive slavery II he could, and that he
ought TO be III for this position because he IS fit for
nothing else. Noble man II Is sentiment Ike this
which restores dsunitcd Nation fires the ardor of
detected youth and thrills the tagging pulses of the
supcrannua Cd Let his translation 20 on. The spec
tacc of a dgnIfsl and eminent jurst resting from the
labors to which a grateful Nation has called him and
disseminating these proofs OF his magnanimy at
country school commencements and county fairs IS
entirely rare to be spoiled. That The fathers of
the Constitution were men Of soldld practically and
grovelling common sense is of little concern to him.
That their souls dead TO the poetry Of such
possibility Is calamity which q greater than they
will repair; and IL they failed 10 embrace in their
scheme Of Cover nment a provision for pseudo AGA
denies with tendency to scholarly abstraction. port
~ pomposIty OF mIcn and hyaclnthne back hair Mr.
Cleveland is the man to set them right Clever As
they were, they did not know enough to create easy
positions to which social amaity, professional shift
leSsncss and buttefy way with women shoGid be Tho
sole and sufficient passports. The rr"tch Bun
thorne beyond the range of their rcgis.on; and
narrow duncss alone prevented them from ordaInng
supreme state refuge for distinguished but brolcn
winded sump-s pealcrs and hoary swashbuckcrs, VINO
had improved misc hievous youth in efforts TO rend
the Union.
Yet shall these old fogcs' notions prevail Shall
the present generation record It's preference Tor hcm
over the apostles of purity and reform! Shall
be guided by the principles and traditions OF the
vcnal authors OF our Uuon or by the bcncss vi tho
sanity converts who hcraded into )llice with
Mugwumpsh hallclujahs and p@an- o; seccssionist
jubnalln' If nothing more were im'l' cd than the
concession 10 the Executive of patronage such as IN
older countries grants snecures TO ornamental inca
pab,cs, might uhdcrst and the anlras tf the oppo
sitiCn If II attempt Il rut a great Office IN
the hands Of pledged 10 bring ii into disrcputc
renoI slraree could b. cthdoned but bare faced an
tagonsm OF the very genius of the National lfe de-
of the spirit of the CONSTITUTIONS an audacOuS
atampt 10 introduce among free people The BULLDOG
ing nehoG, OF despoti-n, Is sotc,n:ns wlch should
impe The immediate acGu~srcnre IS every iaw-abdlng
citizen. let forget that the ancient enemy OF
Sparks 30 trusted to DO his level best to blu tho
thing through to the end. shielding bis ignorance be-
hind the uprigh- ness and ability of the men whose
grossness he Is 10 caven Let il liz known before II
&c too la 10 at OF
Senators OF neither party the OblOquy OF political re-
creance and per6dy 10 the Republic Let It BE- under
stood that his promotion though means the desraia
ton of the august body upon which II Is sought 10
fost him. is a benefit to all concerned. Ii may be an
insult TO every lawyer, an insult to every american,
Insult to every lover of liberty and right But
why stand trifcs Have we not the best repre-
sentative Of the highest type of Americanism' 10
point us out our dutyl Let follow his bidding with
becoming humility and grace. The great ana good
Grover is against us. Who shall say him nay! L.
Netc- York, Jan g. 1888.