Year: 1876

for many years to come; but that was no
reason in his own mind why he should
not apply for an Office 10 q Democratic
committee. and his intimate friends saw
in il no positive incongruity which should
prevent their recommending him a. q
suitable associate Of the members Of the
Ways and Means. The doctor could not
indeed be other than a Democrat, and
a man could not possibly furnish more
conclusive evidence Of being one than to
infiict such an infamous name upon his
innocent and unsuspecting child, for no
conceivable Republican would have done
so dastardly an act. no matter 10 what
degree Of wicksdness he may have at
tanned in this desperately wicked world
The spirit which animated the doctor 10
name his son Booth was the same spirit
that made him n Democrat, only q little
intensified. The neighbors called the
boy the name his father had given him
and saw nothing in IL at all inconsistent
with his standing as Democrat They
probably regarded il as a convincing
proof Of the soundness OF bis Democracy
for Booth was a Democrat too equally
undoubted in his orthodoxy


It is not probable that Morrison ap-
pointed Hambleton TO the clerkship Of
his committee in consequence Of his hAv.
ing given this name TO his son. No such
accusation is made. The trouble Is in
the alarming fact that the community Of
sentiment and feeling between the lead
ers Of the party and unmitigated scoun-
drels is close enough TO permit such an
appointment to be made and allow its
continuance for weeks after the charge
was made against him. when tho proof
was accessible and could have been had
in half day. II they had but taken the
trouble to ask for H. The desperado
spirit allies itself 10 Democracy by m
stinct and when infamous outrages are
perpetrated the sympathy OF the party
never fails to show itself When Sumner
was nearly assassinated by Brooks,
Toombs stood by and told his friends
that he approved OF the assault" Sli.
dell was within call, but "did not think
il worth while TO interfere" he said. Ma
son was apprised OF what was going on,
but was afraid his motives might be mis-
construed and a Democratic Senate
voted to do nothing about the outrage
upon the sacred privileges Of the body.
Brooks himself was triumphAntly.. ..re-elsc-
ted after having done this bloody and
murderous deed. Then Mr.. jefferson
Davis also, the man whom Mr.. Randall
Is so anxious to have the benefit Of am
nesty, wrote a fine letter Of sympathy TO
the friends Of Brooks who invited him TO
a public dinner 10 be given in honor Of
the would-be assassin. Democratic
member Of Congress from Tennessee,
named Savage. said in the House, on the
death Of Brooks so shall the scene in
the Senate Chamber carry the name Of
the deceased TO all future generations,
long to be remembered after all men are
forgotten, and until these proud walls
erumble into ruin, and be did not meet
any frowns from the party magnates.


The recent sympathy for Davis. not
withstanding his atrocious indorsement
Of Brooks, and Of that other monster who
managed At Andersonyille, and the ro-
warding Of Hambleton with an Office, are
the results Of natural fellow-feeling that
pervades the ranks Of the party. Some
Of the better class know that IL IL poor
policy TO make such appointments. but
they cannot help themselves any more
than diseased blood can help manifest
ing itself in offensive eruptions The
tardy discharge Of Hambleton showed
how reluctantly IL came, and nothing but
a dreadfol fear Of impending damnation
could have caused H. Even the letter OF
Morrison did not reprove the act itself,
though il furnished a mild reprooi 10 the
doctor for lying about Il, A. though the
latter was the chief offense and the thing
to be condemned.


Now these circumstances must be &C.
cepted as factors in the situation as parts
Of the same element that resisted the
draft, and melted the riots in New York
and organized the hideous Ku- Klux, and
murdered Abraham Lincoln, and got up
the rebellion. and that demands amnesty
for all the rascals who engaged in IL, no
matter what the degree Of atrocity OF
which they may be guilty in connection
with IL. The better portion Of the com
munity is called upon 10 consider this
aspect Of the Democratic affiliations aud
spirit. Can the friends Of justice and
good government afford 10 allow the ma
chinery OF government 10 pass into
hands thus equipped and given over 10
the spirit Of lawisssness, resistance 10
authority. and sympathy with erimel
Verify are our institutions still on trial
and the developments Of tho last two
months indicate how fearful that trial IL
to be.