American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-08-07
Letter from Washington.
Special Corr Spondent y. O. Picayune.l


WASHINGTON, July 81, 1869.
1t does not appear, after a close |
that the Administra-
tration is so thoroughly committed
to the support of the extremists of
Mississippi and Texas as partisans
would lead you to think. The Pres
ident himself is in no sense commit
ted to either party, and his sluggish
disposition makes it probable that,
should he finally make up his mind
to support one or the other of them,
he will put it off until too late to do
any good or harm. The people of
Texas and Mississippi will have made
up their minds long before the Pres
dent determines. But, meantime,
the great wooden headed functionary
will allow the Secretaries to do as
they please. Under these circum-
stances it may be important to take
sly peep at them.
The most important parsonage,
provided he chooses to use his power,
is Gen. Sherman, because Reynolds
and Amcs are most directly under
his control. There is no doubt about
him. He is fully in the interest of
the Conservatives Gen. Rawlins,
Secretary of War, is in the same
boat, but, though a better soldier
than the wooden headed functionary
is not skilled in civil affairs. Secie
tary Fish is disposed to take the
Conservative party to his arms. Ii
IS impossible to say at present how
Secretary Cox stands. He is non
committed. Hoar is in favor of con
quering peace. He desires to have
cred handed rebel" the battle cry O.
the next campaign ; and his voice il
loud in favor of the extremists, ant
of hanging people without judge o.
Jury but HOar's feeblenesS is only
measured by Borie's folly, which
here, is considered very great
Boutwell, is doing all he can to ac
with Cha ffin and the Union League
in favor of the ultras, but his hon
, esty cOmpels him to say that tn,
, leaders of the Radicals in Texas ant
Mississippi, most of them bein.
tainted with knavery, can hardly b.
, considered representatives of tn
Republican party of the Unitet
States.
The pros ects are that the tw,
wings of the Republican party will
be allowed to fight it out anon,
themselves
The fact, however, is, that the AID
ministration is te1ror-stricken They
fear Pennsylvania and Ohio. Thi
fear accounts for their strange con
duct, in alIying themselve with tn
, "niggcrs y and thieves of Mississir
> pi and Texas. The move is dee
, one. Should Pennsylvania an,
Ohio vote the Democratic ticket, tn
A administration will secretly encou1
I age the organization of that party il
: the two States, by which they vii
have two strings to their bow-first
, the admission of the States unde
an ultra majority, or their exclusio
should they vote the Democrat
t ticket. In fact, they have tire
l strings. Should Ohio and Pennsyl
=. vania, or either, vote Republican
S and thus discourage the Democrat
D., from running straight tickets, the
will hold off and claim the success c
$ either wing Of the party as an Al
$ ministration triumph,
\ 1t would undoubtedly be wise {
e of both Mississippi and Texas t
n organize outside of these continge1
? .iac npI nono info tho TTnion mud q
Dent and Hamilton, so as to e
their affairs into the hands of the
II own people, even if the process
t would involve placing ObjectiOnabl
S men in temporary power in the Stat
{ and sending a thief or two to Coz
gress, where there are so man
# already that two or three more woul
J. not matter much.
e HERBERT.