Year: 1874

most ignorant view Of political mat.


ters, sees in the near future, the sink


ing and utter Oblivion of the old Re-


publican ship, And remembering


the adage, that rats desert sinking


ship" the Courier man has determln-
ed to start in time. a man who en-


Joys the blessings Of pure sound prin-
ciples, deeply rooted in an honest
heart and mind, will not, cannot


throw them Off as a loose garment,


and declare that he eau see no good


in that which he has long professed


to cherish. A man who occupies q


position straddle of the fence, ready


to tum BILE off with the enemy at the


first adversely met with by friends. is


Of little consequence, and we say let


him tumble. We like to see such


fellow make haste and go where he


belongs. A man who can so easily


forsake professed principles and party
upon the first defeat, instead of
making an effort to reform and save,
really has very little principle to for
sake, and no party endeared for great
achievements. He, seeing nothing
but the errors of few men in his
party, no good whatever in the party.
is like the old preachers horse, al
ways looking for something to scare
at, so as to get out of the road. And
Parker, of the COnrier fiops out of the
Republican party and says "the soon
ere the party knocks under, the bet
ter for the nation, and we shall hail
with joy, its downfall" But why
will Mr.. Parker hail with joy the
downfall OF the Republican party? ?
He gives his reasons In the article al
luded to. He says, 'it is altogether
probable "a Democratic guess there
will be no legislation lin COngress)
that will benefit the nation in any
manner" OF course. any one that
would hail with JOY the downfall of
the Republican party would naturally
think so.


Again Parker hopes that needless
appropriations would be dispensed
with" but he does not know of any
needless appropriations having as yet
been made, at least he mentions none
at all. But then If Congress does
make any appropriations at all, for
any purpose however worthy, they
will be needless, to enemies of the
Republican party, who will "hail
with JOY its downfall. Parker has
another aUeighty reason, which is that
he has financial policy of his own,
which, if the Republican party does
not make the policy of the party. he
"will hail with joy" the death of the
party. Parker, again thinks "it is al
SO more than probable, that Congress
will continue to dispense fat jobs"
He does not charge them with dis
pensing fat jobs, however, but he is
one of those kind of fellows who will
"hail with joy" the downfall of the
party because it is probable, or possi-
BILE, or could dispense fat jobs"
Now is not that editor of the Courier
a forcible reasoner? But we can see
more method In his objections to 1.-THE
intermeddling in Southern affairs"
by Congress or the Administration.
That's what hurts such h~fellows-who
would hail with JOY the death of the
Republican party-the worst. When
you touch southern affairs" put a
quietus upon the outrageous proceed
ings of White ieaguers, and other in
stitutions gotten up for the sole pur-
pose of multiplying the laws of the
country, then you touch them in
tender spot. Parker says that
he has "known that our party
was too corrupt to exist, and in
the fullness of his tremendous knOwl-
exclaims, "oh for Clay or a Webster.
a Calhoun or Douglass" and says
he wants his heart fired with patriot
ism. It certainly needs it-but in his
present condition Calhoun would fill
PaIker's bill, and he would have no
use for the patriots named. You
have a Jeff Davis Mr.. Parker, who,
with you, would hail with great joy
the downfall of the Republican party.
Wouldn't he do to warm up your
style of patriotism, if you could get
him into Congress. You will accom-
plish it if you are not mistaken in
your hopes and prayers. Now permit
us to soy that we hail with joy your
as we would all whose Re-
publicanism is of your kind of flimsy
material. We have no doubt but that
you are qualified to enjoy yourself
with the mani-colored mal-elements
that combine to overthrow the Re-
publican party in the interests of De-
and the 'lost cause"