The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-20
Moral OF the late Di.grAes In Congress-.

Geo. A. Townsend, writing to the Chicago Tri-
buDe, says: There are sorse reflections l have
made upon this subject, which have submitted
10 high authority. and as they are here transcribed
twepty.four hours after the scene which occasion
ed them. believe they are not merely impuisive ::
l. The House OF Representatives has arrogantly
behaved itself since the close OF the war; and its
claims are not simply unreasonable, but they are
supported by neither good breeding nor intellect.
Accustomed to obey Thaddeus Stevens, the House,
during his latter days, and since his death, has
sought q new leader, and the man with the con-
ceit and without the self respect for this place.
has been Butler. Buffers leadership has been
worse than failure--it has been anarchy. He
made the impeachment trial failure and dis
grace, illustrated by the brazen torch OF his per-
sonal smartness. His successive appearances
since have been in worse character, reaching bad
climax in yesterdays riot. be has conceived 1t
profitable TO set the House against the Senate,
and thesympathies OF the country go to the Senate
inversey with his opposition. Butler is a marks
man on a receding railway train aiming at sta
tionsry target. His fret shot IS his best. He
loses sympathy at every new effort, and is borne
away on the stpperiness of bis own character. II
all the country could have been present yester-
day they would have forever dismissed this man
as the most dangerous demsgogue ever produced
under cur institutions.
2. The people of many congressional districts
are responsible for sending here mid, subseryient
and mongre men, fit to be the ctdquerS OF Butler.
In sever | instances the people OF Illinois make
yesterday of no possible consequence when the
wind blows--mpotent-looking men or created
parasites, hanging upon Buffers coarsest phrases,
as in Uncle Toms life the parasite negroes
listened TO the curses of the brute Legree. With
this food for powder" F" the nation is endangered;
it is mere explosive material for demagogue to
set off. Regarding il, thought of remark that
Mr.. Jehu Baker made to me only week ago:
{" Ny feelings are shocked, my STANDARD OF man s
reduced. / suffer the moral eontaei IN in myself
of the average association Of this House. The
conception of ones motives is here so low the
standard of genius and eloquence is 30 coarse,
thot have Withdrawn myself almost mo lsola.
tion and look and mourn, ana mOura ana look "a
8. The dangers of a greatly preponderstng
majority in Congress are manifest, and the party
line proves to be surer balance than the line OF
personal faction. Fernando Wood, singular as IL
NAV SEEM was peace-maker and gentle man
Yesterday while Dickey, the successor OF Thad-
deus Stevens. IDgersoll, Farnsworth, Covode,
Benton, Julian, and others, proved that they were
neither men of nerve nor OF prudence.
A. The attitude of Butler and his faction, the
silence of Schenck, and the apparent enjoyment
of the confusion by many OF the deeper natures,
seemed to indicate that there were some people
who rather enjoyed the inauspicious beginning OF
Grants administration.
S. The dangers of our present mode CT choosing
electors are palpable. Indirect, il-understood.
demanding Simultaneous formal action at many
points a formal manner Of transmitting the votes,
and the opening of them IN large assembly
where any mullLOub spnlb L4dy OuuoJo uONOA SAu
snd imperil the government-this sors OF action
compounds the Court of CiroumlocutiOn and Dom
nybroOk Fair.
6. The danger of longer delaying 20 admit the
rebel States and merchandising their people IS
seen to be almost subject of revolution. In
every vote at every crisis it viii be revived. It
will haunt and warn us till We yield or repent. 1t
must be done, or the symmetry of the republic
will be incomplete, and we are and shall be no re-
public whatever at last.
Z. The foors of Congress should raver again be
surrendered 70 spectators, men or women. 10
quiet times the breaking of this rns e. bed 70
hviata in Gala times a mob OonsASSs - % -. - -
~ I;gss,e1t 20 Wien left TO ITSELF The desire TO
cent shine" before the women and children 10 80
urcent with Butler on these special occasions thai
he would rather show his nakedness than be
still. -
6. The sympsthies and alarm of the people are
aroused for General Grant, in view OF the myster-
GUS motive of yesterdays proceedings. The
House is to-day regarded with dspleasu1e by the
people as an uncivil and unruly body. The peo'
ple. suspecting some partizans of Butter TO nde
In the Senate, demand the Senate to repeal the
teuureof.ofiee law at once, to unite the hands OF
General Grant, in whom is cOnfded our latest
trust. and to understand thai we have fully cls'
covered that our greatest fear is not OF e1ec'aoe
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