The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-03-30
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON CRY, March %, 1870.

icle, alternates its bowling between
Georgia, half reconstructed, and
Tennessee to be reconstructed. 1t
first threatens and then beseeches
those Radical Senators who are, of
late, slightly tainted with sort of
mild conservatism, or rather the
semblance of it. In the words of
Lever, cit first slithers them up and
then batters them down" in the hope
that they will reject the Georgia bill
which if it goes back to the House is
'booked' as being certain to be
shorn of the Bingham an endment
and then hurrah for Bullock, Blod-
gett and the lively Georgia carpet
baggers. Butler, Honest Ben is on
the floor of the Senate every day
marshalling his forces and prompting
them when they miss their cue. I
wish to enter plea for the much
abused Butler. The man is the
Prince OF demagogues, but it is only
in rank that he differs from his par
ty friends and in that respect he is
not singular. He is not guided by
any moral or reflective perceptions,
lie acts from instinct, the same as
any other brute. He is more to be
pitied than blamed. His soul and
mind are afflicted with an obliquity
that is indicated by the squint of his
eyes and he acts out the deformity
of soul and mind by the same rule of
nature that causes him to glance OBJ
liquely, he was born SO and cannot
help it. To be sure we will o rabid
dog and confne madmen for fear of
the injury they might do, yet we do
not hate, but pity them. I trust that
1.-The Democratic members will, as
heretofore, keep short lookout for
the mental and physical monstrosity.
Butler, that he may do as little harm
as possible, but let us in the name of
charity not hate him for he is not
morally responsible for his actions.
After a full knowledge of his history
do not think any jury in the land
would hold him responsible for any
crime he might commit, any more
than society of artists would select
him as model of innocence and
beauty. Yesterdays Chronicle very
coolly states that the Republican par
ty have made tremendous strides to
perpetual power in one year, and
Grants economy has not been less
successful than his collection of the
Revenue. The people are now be-
coming aware of the fact that every
effort has been and is being made by
every species of unwarrantable and
unconstitutional legislation and out
rage to make perpetual the rule of
the Radical party, but none but John
W. Forney would have the brazen
effrontery to allow it, but since John
has formed a kitchen Cabinet for
General Grant he is emboldened to
say and do almost anything. As for
Grants success and economy during
the first year of his administration
let the New York Sun, (Radical)
speak. After proving him personal
ly sham, it proceeds to prove that
with reconstruction almost an &C
complished fact he has blundered
until now. He pitched in to his shil-
ly shally weak foreign, policy, and
wants to know Grants opinions on
financial matters. Has he got any
He says when both the debt and the
taxes are reduced, the public will be-
gin to feel that the plan now pursu-
ed is not merely new application of
the old scheme of robbing Peter to
pay Paul. The reduction of the
debt, too rather shows on paper.
The Nepotism displayed by the
President and the sale of Offices for
pecuniary considerations were reviv-
ed most fearlessly.' He concludes as
follows no administration can sur
vive such waste, such vena pros
titution of its patronage as this In
short Gen Grant has, at the close Of
his first year, proved SO lamentable
a failure that large body of the
wiser and more cautious members OF
the party apprehend that his course
must inevitable break it in peices be-
fore the next election. This Radical
New York paper sings different all
from that which Forney whistles
The deficiency appropriation bill
which was debated on Friday gave
rise to rather warm debate wher
Messrs. Beck, Cox, Voorhees,, Nc
Nealy and Marshall gave Mr.. Dawes
a thorough going over for "goine