, 1870-07-01
Political StrnWs.


thing, nni1 60 Heli1HlF bent upon curing the
pockets Of &C, ,0o0, 600 Of people by the app1ica-
lion OF homemade salye.
AND ABOUT GO WE!
Hero is tho theory Of this seVen-by-niua
luminaTy:
Il vii pay OF the national dobt in order
that may fund it at q lower rate Of interest"
Nov, If be ia going to pal, oil the debt, what
to fund it, he has no business to be- providing
to pay It, bccauso the chief incentive capital
ists lavo to invest in ANYTHING ia tho fact Of
its permanence. 4 loan to run forty years
will find purchasers who viii not trouble with
it ii it runs only ten. Great national loans
are for long periods, because people want to
will not cease at tho whim Of any
maniac who may happen to control
It, and thus, perhaps, psy off the
loan when the currency ID deprecated.
Hondholders do not like to be Threatened in
upon them. Yet, in defiance OF Ill experience,
1lr. Boutwell, is breaking tile backs Of tho tax
payers to pay of 500, ,000, 600 year, in order
to aatonish the world with tho spectacle OF our
resources, and thus fund low. This is si1nply
giving big blow out aud appalling ona's
guests will prodigality, in order to borrow
money from fhem next morning. 4 Puritan
may thus get his financial theories from rake,
and transact the Straightforward monetary af-
fairs Of an empire Niththe cunning OF LII. Rich
ard swive1ler. To break in headlong, robbing
one'a felloW-citizens to make spluIge Of re-
sources to pay off twelve millions month in
the face Of men and angels for the sake Of
getting the confidence Of ancient money-lend-
ing Shylocks to etofm the cold business
bankers Of Europe by years spree OF maud
lin eolyency-this is the highest statosmanship
6: Alr. Boutwell,, lf!..as moasy-ionders could
be gul1ed By thlmb1e.tig, this would do, II
Mr.. Boutwell, expects to fund tie deot, let him
stop threatening to pay il. Let him begin to
fnnd By ccasing to cavoort. Let
II Inn ss2R esaer Initiating to sea t'f do~a bsFen' to shg
EaeifIc married existence, ran in debt for her
t,oussedu: Mr.. Boutwell, les tho notion that
smart Yankee Ike himself can. learn any
thing in three weeks, ignorant Of the fact that
france is not hocus-pocns, and that people
capable or taking government loans arc not
WHO gives away pinclbeck watch in order to
stimulate the saIe of cotton stockings
The Treasury Is, in other concerns, place Of
email depotiem, newa carrying, aud intrigue.
People nIe turned out Of Office there At tie
beck OF anonymous letters Which q
gentleman would throw in tho fire, but
the master inquisitor, one Vanderbilt, fled
them away and grows suspicious over them.
Nj. Boutwell, rules in this grnuite cave Of
echo with the mingled qualities Of the Duke
Of Alsa and Handy Andy-enormous|s sbounca''
Of tyranny and ludicrouH impotence in COM
pretending things. It il 1lo who is grinding
this administration and the Republican party
to powder. His ignorant and cruel policy is
making the taxpayers roar with pain, and tho
more they ipar the more piouBly ho turns the
tlumb-serew. Let linn go on, like the en-
btte1ed witch toward his ambition, the ANIL
hilation ot+.he debt:
''Anh In a steye hem thther sail,
HEa a Fnrt raEt
He'll DO! He'll do He'll DOR
PARTY s16SB.
Tho horizon is not good in the East for the
supremacy Of things as they are. It is pretty
well assured that tho next Congress- will ex-
press the fact that tile country IS not satis-
led
Bets arc offered here that, owing to tho e1-
actions Of GrisWold, Mccarthy, Morrell,
Schenck, {! al, the Democrats will carry all
but Elk seats from tho New York Congression-
al delegation this fall.
In Connecticut, Senator BucEnghamts town
Of Norwich, never Democratic before, went
500 the other day. Almost every town eloc-
tion in Connecticut has gone, Of late, adverse
to The Republicans.
In Pennsylvania, according to Simon Cam
eton, tho party is more disorgnnized than ever
before. Gea1y wants to come to tho United
States Senate, and make Curtin Governor, his
own terms disqualif5ing him for further ssr-
tin to the Senate in exchange for the Curtin
influence for the Presidency. Cameron, lay-
ing mAde Geary Governor, is now his enemy.
Gcary has vetoed two or three mean party
bills, ike that taking their police force cut Of
tie hands OF the citizens Of Philadelphia. Ho
is aitogetler tho most honest, if tic sloWest,
of Pennsylvania leaders.
YIN. B Thomas, it is understood, is to rnu
as an Independent Republican against VIM.
D. Kelley, Of PHILADELPHIA. Thomas was an
anti-Slarery man while Kelley was q Demo-
cratic Judge On tho Common Meas bench, and
1lr. LINCOLN mado him Collector Of the Port OF
Philadelphia. He is four.mil1er Of large
means and Enterprise, and thoroughly inde-
pendent and candid man Of record and honor.
AIUp1C1AL LoBBY FIRM.
One Of the most remarkable trials evor he!l
in this city il now proceeding before the local
court here, a Alr. Justice 0lin on the bench.
Tie action is alcGarrahan jagainst alnrtagh,
libel. The defence filed an afida-
Vit ut tho beginning Of the trial, setting forth
that the notorious Intimacy OF the Justice with
tho plaintiff morally disqualified him from try
ing tho case. The Justice replied in effect
that that line Of argument would not bother
Judge has had nearly one-thirl Of a]l to say,
and the daily reports, az printed, show state
of judicial bitterness and bias which is lending
men to agreo here that the Federa1 bench Of
this anomalous District ought to be btokon up
and zemodelled altogether. Here Is one in
this trial, az reported to me-:
Judge. "Wlat arc sou reading there
now?"
Attorney for Defence. "rhe report Of the
Senate committee on this casc.'
Judge. well! il this isn't an outrage, l
don't knoWl How many moro pagee are
1tiornov. nTh,oa.r
Judge well, you may stop to take
BREATH"
Attorney. IT have plenty Of breath left.
Judge. aYesl Nothing but breath"
This question has national Significance in
this sense. 1t marks the first appearance OF
the local court Of Justice at the Capital city in
couce1nB Of general Legislation. Hereafter il
the lobbies meet and ditfer before Congress,
one side need only sue the other side for slan-
ae II w fS bopob eboan nGp
part from disappointed politicians, what
equity can be expected from this i'm
pertinent tribnnal2 It becomes at once
fourth co-ordinate part Of tho United States
Government, and you will DO nble to smell its
breath whcrevor thelo u . claim At 1ssue, OF
citizens interests in peril. During the recess
Of Congress last spring, the Same Justice, who
insists in the face Of insinuation and scandal,
in irving tho present cause, Issued an order to
tho Secretary Of tho Interlor, commanding
lin to give land patent to man. The
Secretary resented tbisinso1cnce with becoming
spirit and Attorney General Hoar characterized
it in one of his ablest briefs az piece OF pic
ayune impertinence. This court, also, hastened
to throw itself into tho hands Of tho tatiH lob
ly, by issuing warrant for Captain Goldman
in the Negley braw1. To sec, further, what
strange antphibia dress in ernine, observe
that tho other daT the District Judge Of tho
Orphans Court was removed By de1trous bit
Of legislation, to avoid tho scandal OF keeping
lin in Office longer, be having been ducked in
tho Eastern Branch Of tho Potomac. and made
plaintiff before petty Justice IL suit
which was in about equal parts lndicrous to
the Eense and blasphenous to liz c1lice.
EoAR FROST.
The resignation Of Attorney General Hoar
has led men to look with moro justice upon
his record AID merits. His power US lawyer
is universally admitted, and his integrity has
WAS too palpable anxiety to rise to the Supreme
Bench, md, like many other Independent men.
lie experienced in that endeaEor tho power Of
the po1itical insects whom he lad Of
Tended. But the severe and rigorous,
even eatirical. manner in which be TUNED
away mere oflice-pawnbrokers, whether in
Congress or Senate. and made them curse the
systcm which brought them to the feet Of the