The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-01-22
LETTER FROM ,..S1ACK.',
Correspondence Of Gin. Enquirer.

W hhhhSVos AhO1 ul0 hO iuOIb uthI-
ly agreed now than they were when
they adjourned, in laundering con
fusion and ignorant doubts, before
the holidays. The radicals attemp-
tod to harmonic their views in d
caucus on Thursday, but they found
they could do nothing but talk
The gab-god ruled supreme, and at
the end OF their conference they
were no nearer TO q solution of the
problem than at the commence
ment. They are all in favor of what
they are pleased to term an early
resumption Of specie payment, but
an all-wise Providence has endowed
them very largely with that lmpu.
dent egotlsm which is such very
strong characteristic of two penny
statesmnnship, and this has the
hcalthful effect of making each
think his "plan" the bes. and only
one, and preventing that unaRimity
of sentiment which, if IL existed,
crystalizVd into incalculable evil.
Such is, briefly told, the condition
of the financial question in Congress
at the present time. There is We.
ry strong disposition to force an
early return to specie payment, but
there arc so many men ambitious OF
leadership IN the matter, and detor.
mined to oppose all plans but their
own, that thoy will not be able to
enact any legislation ON the sub
ject, at least during the present ses-
sion. Morton has one policy, Sher.
man has another, FcssOndon has
another, and even the carpet. bag
gers are expected to follow suit and
swell the volume. In fact, one of
the latter gontlemen has already
whispered to his 10y al friends that
he will soon astOnish the country
with plan" which will far trans
cend any yet presented IN the bril- &.
liancy Of its conception and ITS en-
tire feasibility. trust l shall not
be deemed disrospcctful If say
that the idoa Of carpet bagger
presenting n measure Of this kind
calls to mind very admirable pain
ting l once saw, Of an Impecunious
gentleman in the net Of being eject
ed from II garret lodging for non
payment Of his weeks rent, while
from his cOatrtaIl pocket protruded
gigantic plan for the liquidation
OF the national debt of Great Brit
ain.
They tell Of debating society Mt
tached 20 an English College. which
numbered SIX members, and repre-
spnted seven different religious
croeds. Such happily for the coun-
uy, is about tho condition of the
Republican happy family at the pro.
sent time on tho subject of specie
payments, and how to bring them
about. So, lot us thank our stars
for this diversity Of fopinion, and nc.
knowledge that in the multitude Of
counsel there is safety, if not WIS
dom.
AS TO CARpET~BAGGERs.
1t would be sale to wager a thou
sand dollars that If hell were dosed
with tartar emetic, the last dregs of
the last resulting vomit would be
ten or Il dozen of the style of men
who have come here under the Con.
gressional policy of reconstruction
to represent the Southern States.
They havo already manifested all
the attributes Of interlopers and
"dead beats" ard have carried
their effrontery 10 such an extent as
to disgust even the most loyal Of
their good Northern Republican col.
leagues. l had not been in Wash
ington six hours when l heard cur
ses, both loud and deep, heaped up
on tho head of one of the "gentle
mon OF Louisiana" for some imper-
tlnence, the exact nature of which [
could not understand. l inferred,
however, that he had boon giving
some sort Impractical illustration 20
the poetic truism, that fools rush
in where angels fear to tread
that he had been busying himself
to do or say something, which mod
esty and good breeding would have
loft to an old and experienced nom
ber of the House. The complaints
on this scorc are multiplying, and
the consequent disgust is increasing
every day, and 1t will be strange IT,
before the close Of the session, we do
not witness few undlsgulsed ebu.
lItions of wrath on the subject from
some Of the oldest Radical menb4
ors--the very men who may take TO
themselves the doubtful honor of
paternity for the whole CARPET bag
race, Nor is it at all strange that
the carpet -baggers should act pro.
cisely as they do. Tho wonder IS
that they have refrained so long
from asserting their claims to Dos
litical leadership and legislative
precedence. And when Mr.. Bing.
ham, and Mr.. Butler, and MIR. !
WRshburne, sneer contemptuously
at them, and affect a state of won. /
dermont a: their Impudenoe on the
hoor of the House, thoy seem TO
forget that greater impudence
which was necessary to enable them
to force themselves upon cons!itu.
enoies who neither knew nor want. |
ted them. So far from discouraging |
tho Southern delegations" in their
determination TO be seen and felt in
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