, 1870-04-07

ernor and ulgnita.ics wank the band removed
This i to etsss, "a, ss7 go enough g DIG ogt sn
Why don't They put these indiana 70 digging
hssbou, md Ef1s them vhiakey fox wages
.India1ls would finally iall in and bo drowned
nd tlss would save 10, ,p00 tor raoring thsm
while she Wisconsin delegation would co1ss'
to Congress next ycar for moro hsrbor hppro
p1iatons With this nav argument:
uOnc thousand lives wero lost OF this aAa
eerous point LAST year, and TINS humanity, u
less than tho increasing importance Of sh'
mort, calls for steady and largo appropla
Tbs estimate OF the cost Of 1noyiag eac1
Indian il $50, and, for one s1'eciaa agent
e.. 600, The report docs NOT aav whether the
agent is to use this sum in drinking 6s -
times to every Indians once, or whether he l.
10 t1est that e1cess Of money out. Thi.
reports:
They have Just given t&e Mszine Hospital 4,
Easchez, Mississippi, to the State for col
lege. This cost the government 5000, IN
1857, and uss probably bnilding iot, at that
antique period Hlr. Mnl]e+, am tnld, re-
:, ,oou photographs were tsken, aznongss then,
that of the Chicago Marine Hospital.
The Chicago bankers haro made an evident
impression hero. Mr. Allison said to me that
II. Medi1'A speech was said by the Ways ana
made before them. Mr.. Boutwell, Was 30 in
pressed by it that he took Mr.. II up to tho
Treasury Department and spent All Wednesday
evening with him in discussion:
ADENuchAFIc ccARrEr-BAaaEH-
Connor is the name Of one Of the four new
is-sdmitted TaxAus, and the only one Of them
who Is Democrat. He in Il genuine rype OF
the earpet-bagger, reduced below the others
to the extent of the difference that they are
Hepublicana and he IL pemocrat- You 90
As Tar down ~ sou know to reach the nepnb-
Lean cAEPet-bsggee. Then you go farther
down than son know, and you como to the
Eou ind connor, htue-cyed boy Of genius
from Indiana, scarcely np to the constitutional
age OF Congressman, with d smooth face Of
molten b1zss, hgh-cheeked bones, sandy
Hhite hair, and look where desperation, Tau-
isy, and i1npudence appear ia three equal
parts. Altogether, green Indiana boy, who
went into the army, wea celebrated for his pre-
cociouB fe5ceity, became the pet Of these
ravenuus Texans, who we're delighted to see
that the North could beat them IN their Own
spcciaities. and Ccnnos, Who was naturally
speaker. He wss duly elected BY large rna-
io,ity, Eho fent him to Congress With the de-
light of i tribe OF Indians ednding a live rau-
ther TO their Great Father.
There were some curious peculiarities about
Lo4uoEt 4H pta*lnc1A18mB MAKE up hearty al
American humor. One OF his Was . constant
and ineensible Way OF getting Oh = stump
speech in the atEeet or in the lobby, lis right
elbow janmed meantime against his ribs, and
the forearm rising and falling with the hand
stil1y fattened out, while. meanwhile, his body
every emphasis. At the ssme time his bead
was made to nod and 1emble automatically,
while hls pale blue eyes snapped, and his
mouth Was puraed up in the old stump speak
er's way. What Eulp Of provincialsna still e1-
ist amongst na! And there il nothing 10 new
and 60 absurd us the boy-stnmper.
When Connof came up in Congress there
Vas tremendous fusa, Butler and Sh3nks
flew round like wild ducks with their heads or
The usual ex7paTte ordinations and lcttea were
read. He had logged somebody; his speeches
we're EeSnda'ops: he Nas elected simply by out
had replied to Ill this to Genefal Bntler With
the cA1ldor OF pupil, that he wAs 'snot respon-
sih}o foE the sentiments Of speeches raado
merely to get voters" Orth, Job Steee1sou,
schcnck, and others, stood up Tor the night of
representation, regardless 81 cohnos's previous
tipsS get that once aisgraccd tho House on
counting the Electoral vote, At last equal
Justice prevailed, and Uonnor was admitted.
You should then hAso Seen this juvenile car
pet-hagger, with tho pcrtneas, and g1ihncRs,
and seif-suticiehcy Of q low comedian on i
11Idl etaSet atAAh Cut aEN lak4 pete1nA e1>
piianaton. He put out his forearm, putsed ur
his mouth, pivoted on Butler, and treated him
to piece of stump billingsgase. Then he
congratulated the House, Expressed his opinion
OF the weather, nature, and posterity, and sat
down with the pcaceEu1ncss Of Cnsar. never
Mr.. Roderick Butler keeping his seat, thongh
nearly t,yo-tfirin of his colleagues voted to his
face to expel him for tratlicking in his rcspon-
abilities
cAr1TA1 ruS1snMEST.
In the protest Of Count Bisma1k against the
abolition Of the death punishment, which sou
repubhshed the other dar, occurs this passage:
The opponents Of capital punishment are
chiefly lawyers, and the Whole movement ortgs-
mated ~ an that profession The arcai Of r.
OF cur period. and extends even to the highest
SUBMITS OF human society"
This reminds me OF SpraEue'a attack upon
the number Of lawyers in Congress- kan attack
be remembered here when 1nore profound aug
gesuons have Passed away. In America, how
ever, the opponents OF capital punishment arc
chiefly womeu--epiritualists and sensational
ists, the apposites Of the legal mind. There is
no great lawyer in the land who viii shrink
front delivering sentence, Iut the lackalaisacal
spirit does show itself in cur juries. which are
often composed Of folks Of 1ess moral courase
tEan the criminal who is 10 be hanged. TIE
average criminal has not had aecess to much
OF the eneryating journalism and rustrum-
preaching Of the period, and he can actually
5uzysaaa can .nawer "Guiity." Tho re-
form question in this country and axe.
is mixed With ali manner Of pulihs
pocsies. Those who can start sen-
iimrnt for Iraupmann OF Jack Reynolds,
can yet sec none of the deeper injudea perpe-
organizations, Of political parties, Of trades
unions. and hy tho fusy OF Benttnen.alista
themselves There were men in the House Of
Representatives who feared to tske tho respon-
sibiIity Of voting against Ro1crick r. Butler.
expulsion the oiher dag, who would yst have
senaen through the r1btc shaudfses when he
stepped out from the mob aud e1id: II cannot
secure public favor by diaseganding my con-
science" The newspapera which ara now
CRYING out to spare the Gfe OF the murderer
aye thote which can't cut deeper thsn the life
into the quick Of good mans sensibilties at
every hurricane Of party rsge. The gins Of
our country are tho sins OF 1najorities, tho
growing .lown, the ctoWding down Of the one
by The 1aany~ Bismark has been Hkened by
some folks to General Butler, but the resem-
blsnee ceases with absd eEs in both BlsmArk's
viii and daring responsibility are rather Ike
E. u. Stanton
A1as. Tor the grcat broad~shou1dered. calm
maA who passed out Of our sight yesterday.
x1a0 J1E AtEA NE EOElt3 1lAhE Gt0lEA a At8t- l16
was tho Captain OF otlr hearts, and in our con-
fidence he walked like great husband in the
respect and love Of bia wife. How pure he
was, how scrupu1oust He feared the breath
OF ca1ulnny and would not stand where the
worst might for one moment mis!ntetpret him.
The rattle Of money will never le heard in the
sounding fullneAs OF his fame. His Office was
his soldiers commizsion. and he asked 10 more.
Every day of his life was round and ripe, and
his life itself waA like day. His henignant
face tgplfed ali the Au1iousncaH Of RESPONSE
bifity, Ill the courage OF duty, and ~ he lived
without parade go he died silently likn the
withdrawal OF planet from the light. Who
ever might have the greatest rank, he held tho
peoples fondest trust We felt that he WAS
there. We lonBea TO grow nearer TO lin, set
stood distant by the very gravity Of our re-
epect- GeniuB, energy, strategy--an these
qualities adorned the man this dead man dig
nifed it. He malle 1t look like q war Of a
t5uer and more historic time, because be Was
in it.
DcaIh, thou last slain another,
Fatr, and wise, and good as he,
Time shall throw dart st Thee =
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