, 1870-06-29
Mr. Boutwell, and mr.. Walls

I
There is no one Who Lnowg Ar. Boutwell,. n
! !s 1an11liar with his courEe az q pulIic ma,
!ioih the dava wien he was Massachusett, t,
country con democrat down to to-day, who doc.
nps ivo m nm s eIedit for personal integrity. HI
ahg that might have doubtful look, and he
would allow more tlnn little to be done fo,
nah anu 1e Wonll not mako difficulties wller
Ine man WHO did it asked to be put into al,
Assessots o11ca OF Custom House or a Con
Eulshlp; and he would be just as ready to c1yo
away places to the man wlio had served some
| other member Of his party as to give them to
men "Ao bad served him. Invetcrato nol;.
!iclan az he II, and that in no high sense Of
ne me Word, though NOT in the lowest, he can
hnd 1t easy to spend tic publicts money On
| public servants worth more to himself linn ~
tho public; but simple, Grass honesty no onee
80 lar AZ We Know, las ever denied that. as .
man, ne Possesses. And this is 90 well un-
defstooa q. that with his getting into Grsat's
tbaxe tho m;,1i ~ fso to gloomy forebodings in
tue breadth OF his views, and about how
nuen knowledge lie Las, and how thoroughly
he Is a politician, and how lie would use tI1e
thousands Of Offices in his Gift as rewards for
A. az k'nds OF people with similar E'reconils,"
US appointment % Secretary never
t1eless, added something to The strength Of
the public credit, and his cou1se since Iis an
pointment has been Reryiceable in tha aa1no
Way No one, friend or enemy, has doubfed
Ma1' r the national debt could be speedily
paid by sort of financial brute forco. we
have Secretary Of the Trcasury whose rola-
t1ons to his personal creditors, and whose f.oo,1
Intentions, and whose intensity Of conviction
ana confidence in his convictions arc such that
the eoanirya relations to the national credit
oIs "0uld speedily be of the best sort. Mi.
ther Boston, nor Hamburg. nor London. couid
4al 4ali TO recognize tue long difference between
at. boutwell,. whether or not he had ever 1
given ase any profitable study to finance, and m
1867 Eopud1ator. ~ 'A
~ How owl little moro than this VIC are likely to
Ses from INN has been for come time plain
enough, but lie has not made it so styi1tnrly
G: evident " any Of lis previous action as IL
Muai ne hsss done III the case Of Mr., We]]s.
Mr. Wells ~ probably the most usofuI public
o,t that fa tLo country to-day has: Beyond
most valuable Legislator is going to ba tho
congressman who has tho cfearest and most
thorough knowledge OF politico-econon1icai
4uestlohs; !, Tio best sees how the country can
aosl = rapidly become richer; and who under
~ ana can show how, to that end the load
ranged on tho public back. Reconsfrne-
ion \ re arc nearly done with; and We
houlu ne much moro nearly done with it Il tia
,na1s non WHO hayo been IN Congress for lilo last
,"ea,ed we've months. and have made this session,
rs Z neg E III Washington, had lad any notion Of
Inae u IL that tho averugo voter is thinking
bout most seriously. Ana Whatever NAV II
ne OPINION OF Senators and Representatives. =
Iho "a have lost their old subjects Of slavery :
.3 nJ sne lepellion and Lave not the knowledge.
u 70 nave not yet formed the inclination, to =
aagt themselves TO new Issues, it is neither
10 tnsnfrectlon rs in Cuba, nor the purchase of | !,
an Domingo nor the regulation Of tic Nor 4
IONS, nor the affairs Of Koumauia, any more :,
1an me t.t auceess Of ts of that party q Ten
tai Importance: And that all these are go y y
IS TO seem Of less Importance before they la =.
'em Of more, we may be quite suro. 1t is not - :.
Hs addresses to Spain nor on its negotiations :,
th Baez that the Republican party IS to live :. -
+ the uc1t fow years, but simply On it's fiuan. y
a policy. and, US yet, it has none; nor can ~ ~
% eaid 10 a1ate III it's ranks any Senator or ~
eIreseutativo who has given proof OF ability =.
shape one; Neither House has in it any one ~ ~
IL cialm to the title Of an expert in finance -
any branch OF political economy; and y; -
.et1er Or not either House has any promising y.
luents III more than now appeafs, but Il ~ ~
ero are any such, they have need to bestir =, 70
ior Mr. Boutwell, proposes to de- ~ ~
we y them OF their textbooks, and to make -, =,
e1r 1uttler study work Of Immense diffi- ~ ~
~. He is understood to intend securiugtLe u
]. cment OF hlt. Wells, and the President Is -
d to be at one with bin in this remarks u u
project. The next Congress TINT 1egis- 20 70
cs on PlE-Eon Il to got its facts in I;e ~,
evidence that it gets any facts in regard to =. A.
Iron, from tie gentlemen who make IT. VI
y information us to tho dividends Of the va y,
r iork salt-makers is to CONC from the cn
'ss pnbllc or private, as may seom a1visa- 40
Of the Ea!t-inakers themBclyes. In a ~
n, there are to be NO more American statia- va
), ALE Eontwel has decided; and when the Mo Mo
PIE are asked to give money to certain per- eul
8 who plead poverty aud demand govern o.
NJ aseistauce, there il to be no means Of o0t ,
covering low needy they are except tbs ~
q OF the applicants; and each ono Of those. N M
r. other one that "a ia a To- aaa =: atoat tha
'mmcn robber. cou
ere, it will be seen, ia no question Of pro-
Iou or free trade, and no opportunity for T
honest protectionist orifrse trader to disa.
J: 1t il SIMPLY that the sasts On which leg Z
!on mnst be based in order to be useful or yst
ne, arc to 20 taken away from the lecisla. | frie
unless. indeed, he sets about acquiring for
impartial mind, the power Of close ohser. Az,
Oh OF lnnnmerable details, and OF gener- one
hE upon them phllosophically-of making Div
sou over III short, into phiIosophio SCI I'M
st. ana then sits himself, when made over. Kio
;9a1fng vast mass OF special knowledge. fur
hich = no noW has nothing, and which III. The
= = mas: The fact would seem to be that Njc
seeletaty Of the Treasury has q hatred Of and
sst1cs, or, at least, a disbelief in them. hea
u mlgat be called very curious il it were l,ay
g common among the men who have been tLit
:. tuaaea.tal N the recent history OF the ban
". Mr Wells, for example, gathers TO- nor
u from AZ parts of the country, and. recf
!es arc tabulatcs, mass OF figures capa- war
III tile minds oil IN instructed s,atisticIan the,
loving with accurac, what is 10 be onr yicii
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