Columbus Democrat., 1838-02-17
= ,sHISoToY coRREspoNDENcE.
wAsnrss7Oz, Jan %. 1883.

r., Nf...,ssf,ri election was yesterday again the
-, the Jav n the House, anI occupied The a.
,.-.,,, # That body al day. Mr Foster OF n
= tll the aoor, iaieence of the clam oil NESTS
r.,to-,e and Ghh,son to seats. Tie made an Ingeh'-
,.,.,al very abe argument; but as lie eonhned nm
- ,st,,s ana iolaw, it was not particularly cal
.A,,.l n enchain tie attention OF al listeners /
~. ..,,.r and more considerate portion cl the /
IT,. ,y.s al attention; and cannot doubt that Mt
Foster produced very salutary elect ! cannot
.,s .rv chance for the success OF the new c'amans'
!, Nessrs Prentiss aud Word
n.ijuon from John Ross and ihe CheroSee
,,;hs Of indians, protesting against the treaty o'
,as5 was discussed during the morning hou''
snl was inally.let unacied upon.
+, the Senate, the bill for the protection oil the
.o, or travellers on board OF STEAMBOATS,, reported
~ vr Grundv, was discussed all day; but as great
Tsrn;tv of mind was eyinccd IN relation 10 the SUD
;,ct no action was had, and the Senate adlourned'
The South Sea expedition is about to be ahSn-
doned. After The resignation Of Commodore Jones'
,be command Of the expedition was rendered to
Tan, Renshaw Of the Navy, who has resigned its
command and am told it is now to be totally a'ah-
Aoned This is as il should bs in my opinion, but
YOU may think differently.
/, You will see by the papers OF the day that we
net along along very slowly. The Presidents mes
SAGE has not been referred 10 the appropriate COM
oit,ecs; and when il viii be referred, cannot pos
sibly conjecture.
The last accounts fiom Canada led us to believe,
i not to hope-I indulge no hopes myseli--that the
inyurgen war has teen brought TO a ready and sud-
den conclusion The insurgents, at last accounts,
had abandoned Navy Island, and gone, no one knew
where. The accounts from Detroit, which conn
muncated 10 you las, Saturday, stating that the in
surgents had just embarked from that place in great
numbers for the invasion Of Canada is not sa,isac
toriy sustained. Yours &c.
WAsMs0rov, January q, 1888.
The bill 10 suppress Indian hpstilitics, making an
appropriation of ono million Of dollars for that pur-
pose passed this evening. 1t will take immediate
effect and as il will throw some small sums Of mo-
ney into your section Of the country deem it ne
eessary 10 apprse you Of the fact. The whole Of
ths sum Of money will 60 TO the supply of the Flo
rida war--and hope most sincerely and devoully
that il may produce the effect for which it was de-
signed. The Senate passed bill 10 increase the
military force Of the United States.
As am at this moment somewhat at leisure, and
M spare, but not very fair sheet Of paper is at my
disposal, borrow a pen from one of my friends Of
the reporting desks, TO reply to a note written in
this city, dated December 10, 1887, aud purport-
ing 10 be in reply to few remarks addressed you
on the 9th of October in relation To the Honorable
James Garland Of Virginia.
The writer Of the note TO which Immediately re-
fer, has treated me with 50 much kindness and good
will, and has spoken of me in a strain so well cal
cuated to operate on my selfesteem and vanity,
that indeed Should be churish or uncivi if were
u omit saying that he has my best regards and
thanks Tor his kindness.
But a word or two for the Honorable James Gar
land of Virginia Amony all the distinguished meil
who hold seats in the national councils, there is Rot
one for whom | personally cherish warmer re.
spect than do for major Garland. In his inter-
course with the world, in all the relations OF life,
do not believe any man was distinguished for
"a more upright course Of conduct than this gentle
man. He is justly regarded BY all who know him
as daishedi.and profound gentleman, and thus
fan never heard a word lisped against his good
nsne
In debate, he is ready, happy, effective, fluent and
eloquent. Virginia may be proud Of such son.
In his political course, for the last year, he has, to
Gay the least Of it, boen sgnaly unfortunate. He
was ookel to as one Of the pillars Of the admins
tration, AMI as such, Of course possessed COM
manding influence.
Mr. Van Buren, formed his administration, and Nj
Iarland was looked upon as one Of its defenders.
But IN an un.electng moment, he united with q
little band Of politicians calling themselves Conser-
vatiyes, AMI by this one act, inflicted severe
wound on his best friends. regret the step that ht
ook, and can only say. in the language of Old Jar
ViS, IN the Gamester, "though the world plties tht
oaekSidng o! the unfortunate il still calls him apos
tate" | do not, however, apply the remarks liter
oily to waj. Garland.
Nearly three m,nths have now elapsed since
wrote the letter which has given offence to th'
Trend OF Major Garland do not know what
"Fo;e am quite certain, however, that coult
not have INDUCED in any personal abuse Of gen.
uenen who was not entitled to any thing Of hi
kIad tiny hanls. lcaleJ him Conservative, ant
surely he will not take any exceptions to theappli
cation Of title Of which suppose him to be proud
cannot but regret that Mr. Garland has unitet
with party, which. to me, is particularly olious
and although shall not attempt to denouncc an!
man ior adopting any political creed that may sui
LIS taste or fancy, must be permitted to pray Ma
ior Garland an honorable and speedy separation
iron the party with which he now acts. II hav'
written aught to wound his scnsbilities, on this a