Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1877 — BE KIND TO BROTHER M’EWEN. [ARTICLE]

BE KIND TO BROTHER M’EWEN.

Brother McEwen, of the Sentinel, means well and tries to do right; but, uufortunately, like Saul of old is subject seasons of hallucination. One of these dreadful spells was on him last week when he sa’d that those republicans who illuminated their dwellings and offices rejoiced over a steal. During a lucid interval a few weeks ago, be spoke as follows: It is with deepest satisfaction that we hail the result of Tuesday’s election. Glorious victory perched upon the banner of honesty and reform in this centennial year. * * Honest and true men of both parties rejoice over the result. * * This glorious result marks an era in the history of American politics, and the people join in the grand hallelujah! The battle is fought, the contest is ended, and henceforth the party of reform will press forward to happiness and prosperity: while throughout this broad .laud, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, brighter and better times will dawn upon us. The centennial wave has carried into power the party of honesty, economy and reform. By the illumination of their windows honest and true republicans made outward demonstration of their inward joy that the party of honesty, economy and reform had been borne into power by the centennial wave; and that henceforth it would press forward to happiness and prosperity, while brighter and better times dawned upon the nation. It was certainly unkind of Brother McEwen to try to cast a gloom upon the happiness of those people by saying they rejoiced over a naughty steal; but he is A stranger in these parts and it is to be hoped that good folks generally will overlook this little display of eccentricity, beentibe he means well and all his friends say that he ia as harmless as a young babe. Sill iZI I' ’ —■ Simon Cameron will probably learn,if he lives long enough, that Rutherford B. Hayes is of the United States.

It was formerly said of the democratic party that they would manage to counteract advantages to them from the mistakes of the republican party by committing much greater blunders. We fear that our leading republicans are falling into the same habit. The democracy made a fearful error in not gracefully accepting the decision of the court which they, mainly, created when it was found to be against them, and their folly divided them in twain and lowers them in the estimation of the people. Instead of being ready and willing to turn this opportunity to the advantage of the nation and of their own party, we fear Mr. Blaine, Mr. Cameron and others who are suffering from jealousy, intend to make the confusion worse confounded by stirring up factious strife in their own party. No matter how great these men may be considered by their admirers, nor how good their judgment has been in the past, their. present course is not dictated by reason. It will neither add to their popularity nor redound to the public welfare. President Hayes nominated two liberal republicans, Mr. Evarts and Mr. Schurs, and one democrat, Mr. Key, for positions in his cabinet; Prosecutor Travis appointed a democrat to be his deputy at Rensselaer, and Sheriff Robinson appointed a democrat to be his deputy at Remington; but the Auditor es Jasper county who owes his election to the ballots of republicans and independents as well as to democrats, imported a gentleman from another county to be his deputy to avoid appointing either an independent or republican who had cast a ballot for him. This is democratic liberalism and republican liberalum in contrart. Democrate are continually prating about a division of the minor appointed offices in order to foster conciliatory feelings and assuage the asperities of partisan strife, and all such goody-goody cant; but who ever heard of a democratic office-holder practicing anything of the sort? Democratic practice is to get all they can, fairly if possible, but get it— and to keep among themselves all they get.

When Mr. Morrill, late secretary of the treasury, was in the United States senate, he said: Statistics show beyond all controversy, if anything has ever been made clear by statistics, that three-fourths of the pauperism is attributable, directly or indirectly, to intoxicating drinks, and three-fourths of the crime to the same cause. Just contemplate that statement, and then see whether the government of a country that raises its revenues by the encouragement of the distillation of such aa agency as that has no connection with it. Mere than all other agencies combined is the terrible effect of alcoholic drinks upon the health and morals and prosperity of this people, It is tAe gigantic crime of crimet in thie age, and particularly thie country. Every person in the state of Indiana, and there are thousands of them, who desires to become an accessory to this gigantic crime swears to his good moral character and brings an unlimited number of witnesses to corroborate his testimony. Indeed none but men of first-class standing in society, or those who claim to be, seem to desire to engage in this criminal occupation. Poor brother Blaine! He was so terribly disappointed by his failure to receive the nomination of the Cincinnati convention for president, last summer, that it struck in on him and came near proving fatal. His physicians took in his condition at a glance, and forbid him talking during the summer save on two or throe special occasions. That restriction has been removed since President Hayes was inaugurated into office, and be now improves the opportunity to show his spite at the republican party by factious opposition to President Hayes’ nominations for the Cabinet offices. Brother Blaine is a smart man and means well, no doubt, but he is not perfect in all things and his disposition is not saintly; but everybody hopes he will be all right again when he get>. well. , Those democrats who indulge in speaking ill of the tribunal whinh decided the disputes that arose out of the presidential election ought not to forget the practice of courts of law which prohibits the impeachment of a witness by the party that introduces hjm uppn the •taqd.

Let the radicals of the republican party have a little patience and a little charity. Don’t get mad at President Hayes because he attempts to put into practice what he said in his letter of acceptance he would do he was elected president. The extreme measures of the last eight years have not been perfectly successful in restoring tranquility at the south, or mantajning prosperity at the north; and that would seem to be about long enough to experiment with measures that were not bettering conditions. Give President Hayes and his theory a fair trial. This course of treatment certainly won't kill the patient, and the other course did not restore him to robust health. Representative Haymond acted with the republican wing of the house in the latter days of the last session of congress, and frequently throughout his whole term of office. He was at all times moderate and apparently conscientious, and his public career was marred by no grave errors. Although elected as a democrat, and not as an independent as was lately erroneously stated by the Warsaw Northern Jndianian, his votes indicate that his sentiments more nearly harmonize with republican than democratic principles.

A* democratic exchange taunts republicans with electing men to high offices who lack the dignity that inspires popular respect. It illustrates its position by sneeringly speaking of “Jim” Blaine, “Zack” Chandler, “Joe” Bradley, and others. That paper possibly never heard of “Andy” Jackson, “Matty 1 ’ Van Buren, “Old Bullion" Benton, “Jim” Buchanan, “Sammy” Tilden, “Tom” Hendricks, or “Blue „ Jeans” Williams. The democratic party is dead. * * Waste no more votes upon this animal. It is. dead.—fodiawapolis Sun. There is no dependence to be placed in what the Indianapolis Sun says. It is an independent newspaper—chiefly 1 independent of the truth; and a currency inflation advocate—-ready to inflate its pockets with anybody’s currency, and not particular how it gets it. Then, again, it is mighty mean to kick the corpse of its best friend. Ex-Senator Logan’s friends complain because President Hayes did not give him an appointment in bis cabinet, and say that Hayes owes his place to Logan’s sacrifice of the senatorship. Well, that's cool! If Logan intrigued to get Hayes into an office that another was entitled to hold, Logan is a scoundrel and conspirator, and deserves a prison cell instead of a fat office. A democratic paper published in a neighboring town says that the Chicago Inter- Ocean once advised the hanging of the editor of The Union because they differed in political opinion. There is no probability that the Inter-Ocean will ever think it worth while to notice in any way the paper which makes this statement And, besides, the story is false. Brother Blaine seems to have found out that he was likely to cork his own hoofs iu prancing around to kick President Hayes for his cabinet appointments and southern policy, and has very wisely concluded to be quiet for a spell. There appears to be a general disposition among the people to give President Hayes’ policy a fair trial before condemning it Senator Davis, of Illinois, has signified his intention to act with the republican party on all general issues. He never was anything else but an anti-democrat in sentiment