The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-03-09
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON CITY, March LIST, 1870.

WASHINGTON CITY, March LIST, 1870.
The friends of Judge Bradley find
ing that he cannot be confirmed as
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court will request the President tc
withdraw his name and not subject
him to outright rejection. The car
pet-baggers find themselves to be o
power and so far have shown Ulys-
ses that they will not allow him tC
ride trough shod" over them. Ii
will make but little difference to the
conservative portion of the people
who is put on the Supreme beuch, ii
having been determined by the Pres
E ident that whoever he may be he
must subscribe to certain conditions
before confirmation, bit the carpet
baggers are right on principle. It is
, we'll known fact that the intention
was that every section should be rep
resented on the Supreme bench.
These carpet-baggers will give con-
siderable trouble before this admin
istration goes out. III. r Revels
| (negro) Senator elect from MISSISSIPPI
pi called on the President for the
purpose of inducing him to postpone
his approval of the Mississippi bill
until Tuesday. The reason for this
request is there are some Radicals
elected to the Legislature who can
not take the Oath and in the mean
time bill is to be put through Con-
gress receiving them of the disabili-
ty, otherwise the conservative Repub-
licans would get their seats, OF course
Ulysses consented. There is consid-
cradle diversity of opinion about the
action OF the committee of Ways-and-
Means on the income tax. The sub
iect has not been before them yet.
From what can be gathered I think
the tex will be reduced to three per
cent. The committee engaged in the
investigation of the sale Of cadetships
by members of Congress have so far
as can be ascertained, the investiga-
ton being secret, uneartbed a num-
Der of sales, for which q yariet- ,,1 :
excuses are forthcoming, The dodge
which appears to carry most weight,
is that the money received for the
positions were given for electioneer-
ing purposes. S. l.. Roge, Of S. c.
got $1,000 for an appointment to
Annapolis, S. Newton Pettis, OF Pa.
claims to have spent $500 of his sal
airy for political purposes, W. Jasper
Blackburn, Of La. received $500
apiece for his appointments, B. T.
Whitemore sold his for $1,000 which
was sent by him to his constituents
to be used for educational and polit-
ical purposes, certainly, John L. Dew
eese traded his army appointments
off to prevent an opponent from run
ming against him for Congress. J.
R. Sypher of Philadelphia, haggled
about the price ola cadctship, asking
$500 for it, for sometime, and the
parties broke off the negotiation.
Mr.. Sypher was actively for his
brother j.. Hale Sypher, of La. r. r.
Butler, CT Tenn. received $1,000 for
his WestPoint nomination. He sd
mits the TACT and says that he gave
$500 to aid Col. Stokes in his cam
paign for Governor, and 5000 to
other politicians and used the bal
ance to defray his own election ex-
penses. The above will serve to give
faint idea Of the class of men that
have been sent from the South to
represent that Section in Congress-
Everything here is bargain and sale
and not by any means confined to
carpet-baggers. With some Of these
Legislative hounds when lady pre-
sents letters asking their assistance
in procuring position for her in the
Treasury it subjects her to a base
proposal. In that connection have
in my minds eye Senators who mouth
of womans rights, temperance, negro
equality and humanitarianism which
if translated by their actions means
free love. The Philadelphia Sunday
Mercury has been showing up the
beauties of Radicalism and the sen.
suality and beastliness practiced by
its high priests so plainly that guilty
ones not pointed at have been put-
ting on the shoes that fit so well and
to remedy this the Mercury with
commendable generosity has deter
mined to give the names in future, SO
that the right horse may be saddled.
The New York Democrat commenting