The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-03-02
Nrw YonK. Feb. Is. 1869.

LAST DORSET, feo. I2u, 1901.
NEw YoRK, Feb Is, 1863
Mr. Eit0r Wa hing Just at
present, Is the great point Of interest
Grant aid Congress are the two prime
Objects Of the interest which ceutres in
Washington Every movement Of
Grant is watched with eloseness OF
scrutiny far surprising that of ths pro-
verbal cat and her captive rat. Eyelr
word OF Grant IS caught up BY myriads
% eager listeners and tossed up like q
conlprers ball il is said that the in
terpreters Of the Bible III the middle
ages used to discover two, three, four
and sometimes seven or eight meanings
in the same passage Of that much abus-
"a book That Was very decent besides
the constructions to which Grants brief
words are subjected The misinterpre-
tations are 80 constant whether inten-
tional or unintentional-m OF it can.
not hardly come under the latter head
that it was a positive leliet the other
day to have little speech from him.
Wall street lying like an artery upon
the outside OF society, and running "a
does that little artery upon mans
wrist, as an Indicator of society's
health, showed an improvement III said
functionary's condition all seemed sat
isfed save the birds Of prey, buzzArds,
carrion crows lowering over the expire
ing body in hopes Il rich feast. We
have seemed for The last two years TO
be IN a process Of quick dechue rom
political corruption Look how tie
disease has been seizing upon tie OK
tremites Of our civil body, the mauici-
pal and State authorities, Legislators,
justices, police, are its victims Look
bow it has seized upou certain limbs Of
our general government aud then
wrought It's terrible work till they stiuk
with loatlisumo disease, and then VS.
bear whispers that the very heart Of our
nation is becoming affected WHAT a
relief then to have Grant pledge hiia-
self 10 ecopomt,retrencbmeut and fifth
4 fulness. Tbs means ncw blood fr tie
nation and q longer lease Of ( i
means, too. starvation f5r tbe bril- IL
prey May God send us Grants tli
not one is I'm Ia the land
! Congress, what about that? Can We
draw comfort and assurance Of wise
Legislation from its course Of action -
He who has carefully watched It's course
during the present session. must have
been moved with mingled feelings Of
amusement, alarm, yexation, disgust
and humiliation How eloquent il talks
iol ro'renchment, vet tenaciouslY clngs
I to the expensive luxury oi ranking.
Look at tie new method the House has
discovered u Kidding itself Of govern
ment officers obnoxious to itself. iefus-
Jug to appropriate their salary. aud fol-
low out the measure TO its results Look
at the tsnacity With which the Senate
holds ou 70 the Tenure 81 Office law
and tell me how the executive that IS
soon 70 assume the authority Is to rem.
oyate the civil service
What j. the meaning 81 Senator FL.
mund's bills How are We 70 explain
the growing jes ousy of the House 10.
wards the Senate?
DO not these things indicate grow
ing tendency in the Sena;e TO gasf
functions Of tie executive. Ia cynuo
aud dictate lie actors where il cannoI
GET possession ofihtr weaken ,he *.
ecutire depAri uent ~ oar government
let this idea that i i simply rfanenta
once obtain among tue people and hos
Hong, surely viii { stand Do not
say that things are eemit ic ne ass
! don't think they are Brtis ,il
their tendency Just nos Where IS.
remedy IL tie people Congress
she Hoaae aud the Senate love poser
eacb branch sill taAe al il car set ard
bold u a long a. il e4a Brt lis iudl
,dasl meiabers love o.Hcisl butter aDl
tie interests y the individual sill pra
gai over The interests q the whole
iisre Is or remedy a t5e people q