Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-01-26


The stale and unwelcomc news still sounds
in our ears, no Speaker yeti When will the
silly game at which our representatives in
Congress are playing eame to an cnd7 rs their
aisorganized condition 10 be perPe.uated at
The dictatfon Of men who would delight to
see dissolution Of The Statte7 We hope
not. When sufficient cause is shown by pub
lie servants for any given course they may
deem 1t proper to pursue, there Is remark
able readiness OF the people to acqucse in
the measures adopted, bat when upon fmsy
pre.exS, great and important measures, neces-
sary fn the carrying on the government are
neglected in order to afford time to wrangle a.
bout that which is Of no moment, the peo-
pie may suffer long but they will ultimately
arise 10 their indignation and scorn and boot
at those who have been reckless to their trust,
What is the state Of things now existing in
Oongres,, and that has agitated this country
from its centre TO It's circumference that has
called the people liz crowds from their homes
and occupations 10 attend upon public meet
ins7 Simply this, aud nothing more. A
man by the name OF Helper, has pat forth
publication Of some three or four hundred
pages, In which he endeavors to show the
advantage Of free over slave labor and coun-
ellis the non-slaveholders of the South, in
reference to the course they should persue to
advance their own interests, and an abridge-
ment Of this book has been recommended by
some Of the members of Congress. Now we
nslS the people of thiscountry, ifapy but mad
men would think Of making this thing JUS
tifiabe cause for preventing the organization
Of the House of Representatives. We pro-
nounce those factonists who prevent the or
ganiza,ion Of the House, enemies to their
country. who for less than thirty pieces Of
silver would sell their birth right. They
tell us that they are defending the rights Of
the South, that they are contending for the
interes,s Of the slave holders As false as
hell. Their course is most disastrous to our
interest and greatly to he deprecated. The
fact, and the whole fact is, that they would
keep tho power in the hands Of the democra-
cy at all hazards, they would rather let the
Onion slide, and have the dogs Of civil war
let loose upon the country, than that any other
than the democratic party should bold the
rcigrs ofgovernment. Wespeak not with
OF. the facts to sustain us--the record is before
us. Have they not refused to vote for Mr.
Gilmer for speaker when If they had done so
he would have been elected, and when he is
the only southern man that can be elected.
Why do they thus rcfuse' Tell it not in
Gath, publish it not in the streets Of Askelou,
least the daug hters of the Philistines triumph
Some Of the Republicans rote for him. Why
the miserable and contemplate scamps, arc
not those republicans who voted for GilmeI
as honorable men as they are-are they moi
vastly more patriotic. We scorn and loatf
in our Utmost soul such shameless hypocricy.
We have looked on at this struggle In Con
gers; & cndeavored to suppress our contempt
but the fires Of our indignation have become SO
intense that they refuse longer to be smother
ed and we ask if we are to he longer the but OF
the sham democracy7is there not patriotism
somewhere in Congress sufficient to say to
these dsorganizine dsunionists stay your
fratricidal hands7 May kind Heaven interpose
to confound the miserable wretches, who are
30 blatant on the subject Of disunion, and SO
fixed in their contemplate purpose Of pre-
venting an organization, unless it can he Sc
effected "a to coyer up the infamous rascality
Of their party.