Wilmington journal., 1870-05-06


the Senate is not the seat of much attrac-
ton.
The House is busy with the tariff,
though of the greatest public importance
furnishes nothing sensational, and if the
American people are not sensational they
are nothing. The tariff men have been
defeated in their protection lodges SO
many times during the consideration of
the bill that they are ready to give up in
disgust. It is claimed by the anti-high
tariff members that the bill will be defeat
ed finally.
The~Howard investigation still continues
and it is being thoroughly done by Mr..
Wood. The latest phase in it is the charge
made by Howard's friends that there is
conspiracy on the part of the Rev. DIR.
Boynton and his friends to iniure Gen.
Howard. Some months since Gen. How
ard and the pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church. Rev. DR.. Boynton, disa-
greed as to the etanding of the negro at
the Communion table. Howard insisting
that they should mix with the whites, and
Boynton and his friends seeded, hence
this cry of conspiracy to cover up things
generally. The charge was not proven
1t appears that DR.. Boynton had no hand
in making the charges, either directly or
indirectly. What does General Howard
and his friends fear ? The investigation
Is carried on by a committee, composed in
great part by his friends. and certainly he
knows that he will get more than the bene-
fit Of any doubts. The only question is,
vii! the prosecution i. G. the United States,
get even and exact Justice =? That's all.
Letters and kilograms have been received
here from Georgia in which it is stated
that the people prefer the Senate bill and
Military rule till next December than
another year under Bullock. How the
people of Georgia do love his Bovine
Highness and how sorry they will be to
part with him. The Radical press, in
their anger at the defeat of Bullock and
his schemes, lave been charging that the
Democratic Senators have voted to remand
Georgia back to military rule. By the
Pomeroy amendment, which they accepted
and voted for rather than something
worse, the State of Georgia is under the
same military rEle that she has been all
along. and there has been no renanndimg
Of anybody or anything back to military
rule. Tho result Of this substitute OF Mr..
Pcmeroy's will he that Bullock and his
allies will pass from off the political boards
in Georgia forever, and as he makes last
appearance and the curtain Is rung down
on his GubernatOrial career, the whole
Sta'c Of Georgia and every mpathizing
heart will sigh with relief and utter IA
f~rvent thank God. The President has
expressed himself dissatisfied with the
Senate bill, inasmuch as he desires recon
structiOn complete in all The States at once.
The defeat of Morton, Sumner und Drake
on the Georgia question was a defeat Of
the President, as it is we'll known that
they agree on the necessity Of having
Georgia Radical in 1872 at all hazards. =
There will be some kind of a compromise
patched up i'll the House, if possible, and
Georgia will be admitted, that j., if the
more Conservative Radicals in the Senate
can be brought to terms. The breech in
the Radical party begins to scare those
who are looking for the Radical nomina-
tion in 1872, and it will be rather q circus
feat, and one that none but a skilled
horseman can accomplish, TO ride the
Radical horse trained under Summer,
Morton and Drake, and the Radical Con
servatiVe colt curlied, fed and trained un-
der Coukling, Edmunds, Carpenter and
Trumbull. They don't train SO very diff
fercnt just yet, but in little time they
wi ], and l Go not know the man who can
ride both horses at the same time.
The Committee Of Ways and Means, and
the Committee on Banking and Currency
met yesterday, and contrary to the general
expectation, very little was done by them. |
The Ways and Means Committee, no |
doubt, have been Influenced by the appeals
made by the Banks, and will materially
change that section of the Funding Bill, |
the Banks to take bonds at 4 /!
in place of 6 per cent. The Committee on
Banking and Currency will report, as or
dered by the House, at least fifty millions
additional circulation, In what kind is not
known outside the Committee room. The |
opinion is general that it will be in Ma
tlonal Bank Notes. Both the Funding and |
Currency bills will be reported to the
House this week.
In a short time We will be engaged in an |
| udian war, at cost Of. millions of money
to the Government, and q loss of life not
onlY to the army, but to the settlers on the
frontier. What cares the Indian ring and
Indian agents ? TO cheat and rob the In
dians, seems to be the policy of those the
Government appoints, and most faithfully
DO they carry 1t out. Our treaties with the
Indians are invariably violated by those
appointed to carry them out. All that is
necessary is an observance of our treaties
with the Indians, and there would be no
massacres of the settlers and their families
on the frontier. and there would be no oc-
casion for the Indians to give our Govern
ment two weeks to fulfill the terms Of our
treaty with them, or they would declare
war, as has been done by the Sioux In
dians, brave and warlike tribe, who will
fight desperately, and will bring no des-
picable force into the field. Who can
count the loss to the country by the inter
ruption to our progress in opening up and
settling the far West.
There was a great flourish Of trumpets
over the appointment of Col. Eli Parker,
an Indian, to be Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, and I believe he is the friend of
the Indian and tried to have justice done
him, and wished to break up the Indian