Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-06-18

WASHINGTON CRY, D. c., June 8 1890
Dear Journal Tho municipal elect;n,
OF which have several times spokon ::
my letters to you, took place yestar5o
and with the expected result, namely ~
success Of the Radical ticket. Eyerv rs-'
in Washington voted the Radical tickot
The total Radical majority is abopt : ooo
for the negro Radical ticket. The to.y
vote is trifie over $4,000, just about ooa
less than the registered vote. As tbo,a
over 5000 well known Democrats ~ 81.
city who did not register ION account =,
the obstacles thrown in their way bv thos.
tricky politicians). and who own over ,;"n
te'eths of the taxable property of tho citu
it will be seen that the city election ,ro.,
by default. Now the coralIory to bo H.
duced from this election is simply tbis
tie Gerry men most interested in D,,essrri,,~'
republican form Of government are beconS,,''
disguised and are uni1atentionaLy f1ro,.;,:y5
Grants conspiracy for Ln,perial,sn,
Between the supineness of the DEM
Gratis and the frauds of the Radicals tLo
result is overwhelming IN favor of the Iat1
ter. LIS this sample of the feelings of
Democrats all over the country xviii
they fall so blindly into the tran sat ~" ~,
Grant and his coadiutors d? 1t univar
sal rule that men will prefer Monarchy
with security to q Republic with anorcLt
Thus the Democracy in certain norts ~
the country, are unintentionally lendipr
themselves to Imperialism.
Washington yesterday presented q series
OF scenes disgraceful to the spirit of tho
age, and we'll calculated to bring contempt
upon the elective franchise. These scenes
OF lawlessness were part of the imperial
programme we'll calculated to disgust the
people and thus prepare the way for the
new order OF things now in contemplation
Men were killed, houses broken omen
their inmates driven into the streets. and
Pandemonium let loose upon the civ
Ashantee could not have been worse in
its foulest orgies. But it deserves moro
profound reflection, because of being d.
rect and Legitimate results of the Radical
to prepare the way for Imperi
alism by making the people disguised with
The Government has determined to put
4 few more millions upon the burdens
which our taxed people have to bear. The
forty-tive Hydrostatic presses of the
Sc Greenback Printing Department of the
Government, each one of which cost S.,
LOO, have been condemned and will be
given away or destroyed. In their place
lily rolling printing presses, at two hun
1red dollars piece, have been purchased.
It will be remembered that there is now
absolutely no check upon dishonesty in
printing the notes, if such dishonesty DO
Intended. The amount of money eXpen-
led by the Secretary of the Treasury in
his experiment will amount 10 eight mil
ions of dollars, by their oWn estimate, if
he truth were known it will be much
more. After the repeated and costly eX-
0eriments made during the administration
If Lincoln and johnson upon the matter
If printing notes and currency, and the
pest possible mode arrived at, we now be-
hold an entire change, involving the loss
If millions of the public money. Is this
he economy promised by Grant
These things are done that some politi-
al adherent of General Grant or tire
Radical party may be repaid with interest
he sums literally subscribed to tie Grant
election fund last Fall. This thing is
Nothing more or less than big Job: We
will now have in addition to the other
ings, printing ring, and New York will
'e the centre from which its power will
adiate
There never was q time when there was
UGH dearth of news. This city seems to
'e asleep, but the very stiffness may
resage storm. The political heavens
re somewhat overcast, and in short
lme the deception, cunning and heartlcss
Implicitly of the Radicals will show itself
4 the last dodge to hold together the fast
party to which they claim
he especial honor to belong. While Mr..
umner was blathering in the Senate on
ne Alabama claims, there were those who
aw the Yankee dodge through his nicely
orded effort, and it will be our task to
how up his hollow pretensions and place
i'm and his New England Puritans where
hey properly belong. Anon, We'll do it.