What Struck 'em

"They inny talk about the Mills t.i 1 1, and about tlie Sackville-West break, nr anything clse the}' jilease, but it nt neither of tlicm that defeated the democratie party," said a prominent and thinking democrat to ye scribe the other day. " In ray opinión lt was the appointinents Mr. Cleveland made to the supremc bercli. There is noquestion but that the appointment of Lámar, a rank rebel, and a man unfitted for the position both through lack of legal attainments and past unpatriotic record, scared a great many democrats who put their country before party. Theo again, Judge Fuller's itppointiTKMit was not very satlsfactory to many. He had a record tmged with copperheadism daling war time?, and if there is anythini; in the woild that a democratie soldier despises, it is the old war copperhead. He can have respect for the rebel who stood up like a man and fought for what he believcil to bc rlght; but the fellow that eowardly sneaked behiiid the union army and attempt to stab the boys in tlie back, either by word or deer!, is justly held in contempt. Yes, it is my opinión, that Clevcland's unwise appointments were the true cause of his defeat.1' J. T. Jacobs uu.-, in Detroit yesterday attendin# the meeting of the State Kspublican Committee. Tliey closed up tlie business of the campaign and passed some good rcsolutions tor i cabinet position for (enenil Alger. Ilarrisoii eould not do anytliiiij; better to please the Kepublicans lo the state whlch gave him the largest ratio of incrcased plnrallty thaii to cali our brave Alger to the cabinet. Thebe stisgo oden ouyli forgen Alycr. In in editorial on the election resuits, the editor of the Ypsilanti Sentinel says that the democratie leaders of 1810, "LewteCus, Wm. L. Marcy, 8ilu Wright, Dickinson, and otliers, weie glanU DOt now to be paralleled.'1 l'erhaps they can not be, in the democratie party, but we have little doubt but that history will place tlie leaders of on an equal footing inttllecliially wit II tlie leaders of miy other period in our history. We are quite apt to reverse tlie tclescope wliile looking upon thu men :md deedt of t - day. Tliree, tftree, thrce monlhs more.