Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-04-29
Ghs DIsgrnce OF uangr,...

The riot in Congress over the ,,,...
III the First Louisiana DistIicG was I'M. a..
exclusion Of the corrupt passions that b.. .
that self-disgraced body. Such Il a. ..E
never so handled by any RESPECTABLE.
lature before. Sypher received FL a
election but three thousand vy.e-
st. Martin received over fittceM ta.s a..
the entire register honestly couutia.:
ty thousand. The most careful invest.
tons OF special committee, Hhicn i! ...
Louisiana personally last summer fix H..
purpose, allowed ST. Martin % a.olr H..
Iority of over four hundred on a ht,l,i .u-..
poll OF thirty thousand vote. Sat III. sit,
Committee on Elections ia the House. g..
all that, reported that Syph e VS. ~..t3tl..
10 the seat. Even i he mad received AII
the votes out Of the thirty thousand rgui..
tered which his opponent Il! nu. rbe..,
he would still have been in a minority. ..
cording to the report Of she iuycstir"tiu.
committee, Of between four AMI five lM,.
dred votes. The House ncyclthl.r
adopted the Election Committees rs..,.
and declared him chosen. While 81 d..
act Of taking thc oath, it voted hii aat 90.
summarily as il had voted him H. '.
fact had presented Itself to CHANGE III. ST..
of the matter; it WAS only the wIin, ,o
impulse of the House Itself.
We can recall nothing So dl.,r.ct Ut. e..
all Legislative history a. this inaofnu5lu.
act of Wednesday,. II outrage cy.r.
sense Of justice and truth. it is au 5n.u..
10 the common sense itself Of tho eo04,Y-.
The pandcmonium that onancd bore D.,
part o. the shameleSSncs9 which Cha,,
tened this reckless manner Of voting On
a rule like that, if utter insanity 1nay b..
classed under the head Of rules, CoE"re-.
can go out into the by-way5 Of Qny STATE
and nick nm 1oarnt,prg %g ri,ta
the precepts Of authority and all the lus.
inns OF accepted order are set at uaun5.t u.s.
conduct 50 wholly wild as TO be simply I..
dictionary. In one minute rnun ISIS
member OF the House--in the next he J. uo
member, and never was. This is ,,u,..
than decentralization is self -diau.ac..
Such men as Sypher are captured l..
the majority party or Congr.+ f. hrtg
them to carry cut their corrupt Plot.
against the Treasury. These politicH!
vagabonds have seats all ready for them
from any district, if they will repay tho
favor by votes for n sponging tariff, H..
continuing outrageous taxation. for put
ting through railroad schemes and gigau-
tic land grabs, for depicting the Treasury
In any way that is suggested, aud for per
petuatlng the party power which feeds on
plnnder thus obtained. 1t is for precisely
this that the South is kept a. the pant
hunting ground. When votes are waut,.!
for any corrupt purpose, there j. the plucr
for Congress to go and get them. ill.,:
much longer will it be before tho peurr
will understand the peril that threaten.
them by maintaining this base sham o.
Reconstruction How many more alc
scenes as that of Wednesday IL Coaarc
will be needed to make confession plain
And financial questions are treated NIT:
the same reckless fashion. 50 is ill.,.
tariff. And SO with everything cJ-~ III
which the popular interests are rcprcsea.-
ed. How can rank and unblushing dis
honesty like this consist with belief in The
honesty OF Congress in anything? Reco.-
struction will never be complete until Con
gress itself has been subjected to that PR.
cess by an outraged and patient people
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