Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-31
Lottor from Washington.

To the Editors ofthc Dallas Herald:
AS an evidence of the vauntct
economy Of tho Grant administra
ton, even in the triiling affair 0
Departmental cconomy-of which
however, they have made so mucl
Wanting, rs specimen bricks" o
rctrachmcnt-thc following OK.
hibits the state Of affairs. The Civ
il APPROPRIATION bill passed by tho
last Congress, dispensed with ono
messenger in tho third auditors
Office OF the Treasury Department
and made u few changes. In con.
sequence thereof two messengers
have been dismissed and four ap.
pointed. This is the rctrcnchmcni
promised, and this the rate at which
it is carried. They save two dol
lars, and whilo proclaiming it to the
country spend four. At this rate
how long will it take TO mortgage
the whole country?
The celebrated cotton case Of the
United States VS.. ! 800 bales Of cot
ton, seized rs Liable TO forfeiture
under the intercourse act OF
July -, 1861, and which has been
on trial for the past four weeks in
Memphis, Tennessee, has been de-
cidcd in favor of tho owner. M.
Geo. NJ Gill, Upon receipt Of this
ncws the Treasury Department toll
ographod instructions to the United
States counsel in tho case to carry
it up to the Supreme Court of The
United States, Or to tho United
States Circuit Court on appeal or
writ of error. Tho case was decided
Justly, but tho Treasury thieves
concluded ! 500 bales of cotton were
worth fighting for, and they arc too
anxious TO divide the spoils not to
make q longer fight.
The Virginia election, in Wow OF
the "muddIc" it is likely to cause
in Federal politics, is exciting more
interest now, outside of tho State,
than it did ere the result was known.
Tho extreme Radical journals boast
of its being Radical victory. On
the 18th of July, Governor Walker
made a speech in Norfolk, which
President Grant says he read alton
lively and thoroughly approved.
Walker said. Yesterday was THO
day of Virginia's dcliveranco from
wrong and outrage. The great
mass of those who voted for VOLS
yesterday know not what they did
but the vile crew who led them on
deserves the cxccration and con-
demnation Of tho civilized world,
and let them sink into tho insignifi-
canoe which God Almighty intended
they should occupy"
Now, according To this, Grant
thinks his Cabinet, and every lead
ing Radical who urged the Wells
party on, arc "vilc wretches, dcscrv-
ing the exccration and condcmna-
ton of the civilized world" Gen
eral Grant L suspect, has n good
opinion only OF himself and good
Bourbon whiskcy-with a few brick
houses thrown in. But the shrcwd
Radical leaders, bcholding the split
in the Radical ranks and knowing
its inevitable fate, are anxious TO
gracefully wheel into the Demo
cratic ranks. Our time is come. /
advise the Democratic party TO ac-
ccpt the rank and file of the deludcd
masses who desire TO enlist under
the banners of Free Trade, State
Rights, Specie Currency, Abolition
of the Debt and Of the Internal
Revenue, white mems government
and the restoration Of the negro to
his proper place, but for the "vile
wrctchcs who led them on, Let them
sink into the insignificancc which
God Almighty intended they should
occupy" Let the justice that Rad
icalism has meted untO us be meas
ured back again to them ten fold.
In this fight would give no quar-
ter. Ii crof the time was when one
great party should endorse the sen
iimcnf Of The Fillibnste, Walker.
that .Juslice is the part Of wise
iacn. aa1 ul-Isy tic Al II fyJis,