Year: 1871

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Washington, he paid but little attention


to our argument. moved right straigh


along, as though it didn't matter mucl


what we thought or how we felt on TIL


subject. / never liked him since that


but am satisfied that he pursues his owl
plans, and that policy-makers get abou


as little comfort from him as we did ant
that wasn't much, assure you. -


r. Then you have abandoned all hops


of resuscitating the Democratic party :


Tim. Yes !; we can do nothing on th'
old issues and if we gulp down tn,
"new departure" doctrine, we are pretty
well Republicarized but l guess there
is no help for us. You see we have beer
out in the cold so long that we are get
ting pretty hungry, and are willing te
swallow anything that promises to re
lieve our straitened circumstances and lei
us in. | am glad to see that our friend:
in Pennsylvania are coming back to frs
principles on one point. tt


The OLD COFFEE-POT Is TO BF
THROWN ASIDE and the demJohn put ii
its place The very sight of that coffee
kettle lost us more votes in a day thar
we could color papers enough to cover uI
in week. Whisky is an essential ele-
ment of strength ir our party, and
would as soon undertake to navigate the
Atlantic in a wash tub as run a cam
paign without it. .-...s' s-s.rsae


L.. Are you aware of the attempt to
form Temperance party in that State 7


Tim. Yes, / am advised Of the move
ment, and it gives us ga ghost of chance.
The mass of the organization must come
from the Republican ranks. Our men
have no sympathy whatever, with the
temperance cause. 1t is true few lead
ing Democrats will, and have already
espoused, ostensibly, that cause; but
they only DO so to get a few dissatisfied
Office hunters to saddle and mount this
refractory goat, while they stand at safe
distance and watch its curious antics. No
Democrat means to really support the
ticket this temperance party may put III
nomination but if we can succeed in
creating a division in the ranks of our
enemies, we may possibly get something
in the melee. But | do not base much
hope on the movement. don't think
that any man connected with it has sui-
ficient influence to control more than one
vote, and perhaps not enough, to DO that.


Il. Have YOU thought much about the
next Presidential campaign?


Tim. l have not. suppose Grant
will stay where he is. He seems to be
satisfied and | think most of the people
are. There is this redeeming trait in his
characterize does what he says he'll
do. He told us he would whip US if We
didn't submit. Well we didn't submit
and he whipped us. Our good northern
Democrats told us they would come to
the rescue, but they didn't do it, and |
have no more confidence in them. If
they will 60 in and support Davis or
Stephens or Toombs, it's all right we'll
let them go with us, but we will never
90 with them. If we are not to have a
southern man, l prefer on the whole that
Grant, notwithstanding his ingratitude,
should rule over us.


R. What DO you think of the New
York riots T? i1


Tim. Our amiable and genial friend
Hoffman did more blundering than was
necessary to politically kill three better
men. He was right at first, for as our
main support comes from the rough, un
couth, illiterate Irish Catholics. he
should have listened patiently to their
grievances, and not allowed them to be
insulted by men who, strongly suspect
vote with the Republicans Having
proclaimed that the Orangemen should
not parade, he ought to have fought it
out as pure party measure. l fully
him to do this, but now fear
that this vacillating, back down conduct
will give the Empire State" into the
hancs Of the Republicans. He has
lost all chance for the Presidential nomi-
nation; the Republicans won't touch him
and no true Democrat now thinks Of re-
posing any confidence in him at all. In
stead of permitting the Catholics to vio-
ate the law he should have so arranged
matters that the Orangemen would have
been compelled to violate the express
orders or forego the parade. That
would have put a better face on the
hing and had tendency to confuse the
people in regard to who was right. But
It's just like some of Hoffman's blrnder-
ing. 'a yha. q g.oa1ig si 797sif sIE .


Il. Then you think there will be no
change in the political complexion of al
fairs, State or National. ,s,U -.sJsas


Tim. Democracy is dead and fossil
zed. and no change can be effected till a
new organization springs up, and that
can't be till some new men come forward.
We can expect nothing from the men
u ho NOW nres,,rne- tn control the 1fpmo-