Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-05-05
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The New ReconsirnciIon hmm.

to see where everybody else's benefit is d
come In save and alone the benefit of th,
citizens severally Of those States. BY tn
operation Of this bill--nnd weknow enough
Of reconstruction to know that all the cleo
tions under II willbe t'duly" carried, ant
oil the carpet-bag candidates pronounced
''duly" elected-the Radical leaders viii
gain. first, three ratifications of the propos
ed negro-e equality amendment; second, sil
more snrreptitious Senators and third, sew
enteen more bogus Representatives th'
carpet-baggers viii gain some nine thous
and State offices, little and big; and aboH
one hundred and fifty thousand more ne
groes will be luggedinto the American body
polite. These being the advantages pre-
sented to non-citizens of these three States
what are the advantages proposed to the
citizens themselves2 We look in vain fol
one. .t4t
Should they defeat these pretended in
struments they will nevertheless be de-
clared carried, as in the cases of Alabama
and Arkansas; should they secure Senators
Of some personal responsibility, they will
be refused admission, as in the case oi
Georgia, should they.electa full conserva-
tive delegation will be denied seats, as in
the case of Louisiana; and if the delegation
be half representative and half mitrepresen-
tative the misrepresentatives will be ad-
mitted and the representative members ex-
cluded, as in the case of South Carolina;
and lastly if, foregoing all questions Of
Constitution, Senators, or Representatives,
the effort be to secure good State officers,
such men would be instantly elected ON
tI,a 1aaat haa;to "a ox, Il, Ia,,1iuo f,air oAioiol
influence TO any scheme for the promotion
of Radical interests, as is evidenced by the
fact that such Is now the case by law in
every one of these three States. The citi.
zens, then, of Mississippi, Texas, and Vir-
ginia are brought face to face with this GER
tainty, that, if in any manner they may OBJ
tain, under this bill, any advantage as
against Congress, such advantageis, by the
very terms Of the bill, to be legislated by
Congress out of their hand. The section
of the bill reads: .-..
SEC 7. That the proceedings in any of
the said States shall not be desmed final,
or operate as completerestoratlon thereof,
until their action respectively shall be ap-
proved by Congress. aa"
In one point ofyiew, this is noble COM
pliment to the citizens oi these three States:
for il means that the Congress embodying
all the intelligence, all the culture, the wis
dom, experience, the power of the Radical
party. Is so fearful that the sagacity of an
oppressed and crippled people may, under
that very Congresses own law, overcome 1t,
that il provides in that law loop-hole
whereby to creep out from shame of an ap-
pretended defeat at the hands ofa superior
political skill In another point of view
and more important point, because more
practical is evident from this section
that nothing is to stand unless Congress is
willing to have it stand. Should an elec-
ton go adversely TO the Radical interest,
Congress will not approve such election,
and, of course. such election will 'not be
deemed final or operate as a complete res
toration, and in the same way in event of
the success, and consequently, no validity
in it. The liberty ofaction, therefore allot-
ted the citizens of Mississippi. Virginia,
and Texas under this bill is simply no lib
erty at all. They may vote themselves
deaf and dumb and blind, and make all the
negroes vote their way too, and triumph O
hundred times over; and yet at o mere
breath Of the Congress- everything may be
ordered to the exact contrary Of the way
the election went. The cards, to use o SIM
lie BETTING the nature Of the transaction,
are stocked. .'..
But one result is TO be tolerated, and that
the reduction Of these three States to the
condition of their reconstructed sisters
misrepresented by carpet-bagism abroad
and robbed by pauper suffrage at home.
A PROMINENT republican newspaper says
that Senator Sprague showed as much
bravery at the battle of Bull Run as any
officer on the field, and that in his late
speeches in the senate he has shown equal
courage, and about the same result.
He has now to fight more numerous
and dangerous army than any the confed-
crates brought into the field, and one which
places the government in greater peril
The rebels fought openly and dehantly,
proclaiming hatred of the union-not of the
constitution. .t ....-
The men whom Spague, and oil men in
the country who demand the roofing out OF
corruption in thegovernment are now fight
ing, are secret treacherous foes to our po-
litical system. In the name of freedom,
they establish despotism. In the name of
the constitution, they enact laws which vio-
late It's letter and spirit. In the name of
the union, they overthrow state govern
ments, and deny states representation in
congress. In the name of morality, they
have fastened upon the country reign Of
official prostitution. t L'.'I .
Stuck TO HIS yELooIPEDE.- Dana, Of the
New York Sun is known to be an amateur
performer on the velocipede. He has late.
ly been appointed to local Office in New
York, but not the position he wanted
The following racy allusion to his fortunes
In that respect appears in his paper of Tues
day; .,....... ..-. ..r'
"0ur neighbor of the World adviyes us,
instead of seeking public Office, to stick
10 our profession, which ii is graciously
pleased TO say we "adorn," and TO our ve-
locipede. We are much obliged TO our
neighbor for his favorable opinion, which
we esteem as high compliment. But as
to the advice, we do not see the wisdom
ofit Stick to our velocipede This is
the very thing which we have heen doing;
whereas there is every reason to believe
that ii we had sent the velocipede to Gen.
Grant, we should have got the Office.
ASIDE from poking fun at Grant for
making the government support all of his
and his wife's relations, the demo-
cratic press has been very quiet on the
subject Of appointments. II has not been
necessary for democrats to make any com.
ments, inasnuch as the Republicans have
been busy at this work, and in way not
at all complimentary to the President.
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Arrival OF the Grand Piano. z
From the Washington Daily chronicle.l
The grand piano made for the White House
by the celebrated Schumacher Pianoiorte
Manufacturing Company, OF Philadelphia, ar
rived here yesterday morning, and was
placed In the Crimson Room. The piano ia
OF the full concert grand, In magnificent
rosewood case with pearl mouldings, exquis-
itely finished; white enameled plate beauti.
Ali. AL