The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-04-19
Extracts from Donn Piaits letters
In Tho N0e.sp, arrf0e

s Y6n will sec that steps are sbeing -
Ken to open Up and revise the 4hte dec
ion of, the Supreme Court touching the
constitutiohality of the Legal Tender
Act. We We're promised by the Presi-
dent that the two Judges to be nomina-
ted by him should lie sound on this
question Hetshid te h friend of~mine
in advance, as he said to many others,
MAKE yourself easy; no one goes on
that bench who is moi sound" And now
the interest passes from what Court
packed in this way decide, to the extra
ordinary fact Of President,for the first
time in the history of our country ,build-
ing up. thfodsh men of his own select
ing. legalsiecisions in advance. Moth
ing lmsseyer been done to SO degrade
and demoralize this high tribunal, and
wondered the other day, while listening
to the motion, that the new Judges could
sit quietly before the world as the crea-
lures of man who sought by such
means to trapple upon the high place to
which they honorably aspired.
A QUEER CASE.
The modern spasm of virtue In the
Cave over the sale of cadetships result
ed in one singular fact. The Hon. Mr.
Butler, of Tennessee, having sold ca
ietship under mitigating circumstances,
to the son of an old soldier in ConLec
ticut, was subjected to a vote of censure
The H6Ise did not cxpcl Mr.. Batler !;
but see. what a yirtuous House can do.
General Schoepf,.a a gallant soldier and a
good fellow, had been written to by his
old friend General Daniel Tyler, to in
quire if his son could he got into West
Point. Schoepf turned the matter over
to lawyer here, who negotiated the
purchase and paid the money. Now,the
House, with all these facts before it, fail
ing to expel Butler. resolved General
Schoepf out of the little Office which he
then held They not only kept Butler,
and turned ont Schoepf, but they further
enacted that Schoepf should not be per-
mitled 20 come into the gallery and look
at Butler seated in the House. that cen,
sured but did not repel. When it is re.
collected that Schoepf,acting FROM feel
ing of friendsh p, and receiving no mon
ey whatever, is thus not only stranded
on the curbstone by virtuous and dig
rified House. while Butler, the criminal,
is permitted to retain his seat. and that
Schoepf can not even go and look. at
him, the thing grows ,comical. l saw
poor Schoepf'in the lobby, and he said
to me: milne Colt, mine Cot, vat q
bccples, and fought for eln z
PROBABLE RESULTS.
The failure of General Grant to fulfill
the promise of his administration had
gradually turned the eyes of leading Re
publieans TO General Thomas as the
hope of the eontihuance.of power IN The
hands Of the party after Grants foul
years had ended. Although little was
said, the feeling was wide and deep, and
grew strong as the time approached atc
make a fresh departure. That hope, o.
course, died with the great man upor
whom it rested. No one can look ovel
the field and fnd.such another 1t looks
rs if General Grant would have 10 b
rcnorninatcel, and if something less thar
divine interposi,ion, or the stupidity o
the Democratic party, can save us from
defeat, And this is aggravated by thu
death NC chronicle. The few gentlemen
in pack, who have been carting abou
in a,noisy way all the glory of the lat'
war, have been gradually sinking in pub
lie estimation; and now tiaJ death, which
in America glorifes all it touches, bring.
into vivid contrast the merit of the de
parted with the shallow pretensions o
this little mutual admiration society
Grant, Sheridan and Sherman dwindl
in reputation, while, through the affec
ton of the people, the meritof the grea
soldier, now dead, grows more vivid, !
is the earnest hope of the more thought
ful and patriotic that we may now hav
done with military official incompetency
q GRANT, BOWEN AND BoYNToN.
The Chronicle comes out this morn
ing with double loaded leader touch
ling Boynton's alleged statement of tn
Grant and Bowen affair, in which it wa
asserted that his Honor the Mayor hat
requested His Excellency the 2residen
to interfere in behalf of Bowen's littl
ring Of spectators and ignorant negroes
/ doubt whether Boyanton will bottle
himself about His Excellency's denial
|or the Chronicles double loaded leader
1t is well known that in the gift shous
transaction his Honor the Mayor relin
Iquished some twenty FIVE thousand dol
llars in return for the Presidential infu
ence in this District he is now charge,
with soliciting. As long as that trans
tactionremains of record these storie
will be afoat. And this becomes tn
more plausible when we remember tha
about this TIME his Honor the Mayor i
in a bad way, is in dirty way-I ma,
say that his way in this case, as in Al
others, is filthy. And his Excellence
the President, aided bv the Dents an,
Grants generally, can alone lift his Hon
or the Mayor out of his trouble.
Down with the Taxes.
viii Congress, asks the Boston Joul
nal. Republican journal, hear the de
mand coming up from all parts Of th
country for reduction of taxation an
a removal of the burdens which ~
lprostfaang business3 The business me
of the country, without distinction 9
trade orpolltics, demand it. They hay
carried thc. burden willingly while it wa
necessary, ana would do it again if th
exigeneies OF the Government demand
ed it. Nosane man can believe that til
wants Of the country justify such a
enormous taxation as is now imposed
The New York Sun. in noticing Senate
! fSherman's design to continues the ircon
4 tax. at reduced rate, says:
The people will object to this, becasis
it's a violation OF public filth. W'he
the income, tax was originally levied
amid the EXTREMIST pressure of the wal
(yop orroee solap,r1v nj srlrsd the Faith n