The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-05-11
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 30th, 1870.
The Chroniclegof this city has
lament over the doleful prospect of
the tariff bill in this mornings issue,
and claims that the Republican par
ty is the party of protection, in the
following words eve find that the
cause of home labor is still the cause
of the Republicans, and can only
succeed by their votes" The cause
of home labor" means the protection
of few monopolists at the expense
of the millions. agree with Mr..
Forney, but what will the represen-
tatives of the States, West and South,
who are Radicals as well as he is,
say to this fact? which is fact,
cloud it and cover it up as you may.
The Radical party is the party of
Eastern ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and the
farmer and toiling poole are the vic
Tins. The Democratic members
have exposed the rottenness of the
different parts of the proposed bill
and have fought it at every step.
The Western and Southern Radicals
are beginning to open their eyes to
their interests and refuse to be used
as tools by these scheming protec-
tionists. The Western members also
begin to find out that their people at
home read the newspapers and things
political begin to assume rather
blue tinge. A member of a business
firm in Springfield wrote to the men,
Der of Congress from his district as
follows Defeat the funding bill,
reduce taxation, and give us more
currency, or the Democrats will car
ry this State next fall" This is an
indication of the feeling of distrust
that is fast gaining ground, and with
such large majority in both Houses
of Congress there will be no trouble
in fixing the responsibility on the
Radical party. The tariff bill will in
all probability be defeated-the pro-
tectionists are even now ready to give
it up as bad job. Kelley the "pig
iron hobbyist" and his associates from
Pennsylvania, hav forged the iron
necessary to nail up and secure the
coffin that is soon destined to hold
the corpse of Radicalism. Advices
have been received which confirm
beyond doubt that the Indians are
on the war path in Decotah. The
opinion here is that we shall have q
general Indian war. If our treaties
were kept in good faith and the In
dian rings broken up there would
be less trouble with the red men. 1t
will be remembered that some months
since General Howard had difficult
ty with Rev. DR.. Boynton because the
latter made a distinction between
blacks and whites at the communion
table; General Howard insisting that
all should be treated alike, and which
ended in the withdrawal of DR.. Boyn-
ton and friends from the first con-
gressional church. The friends of
Howard now try to make it appear
that the charges against Howard are
instigated by General Boynton, the
correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette, in the interest of the central
congregational church, but Hon.
Fernando Wood got his information
from an entirely different source and
this cry of conspiracy and church
squabbles will not brighten him from
a thorough investigation as to the
charges brought against General
Howard in his use and alleged abuse
of the funds of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau. General Boynton is the son of
the Rev. DR.. Boynton and how far
his sympathy for his father led him
to make damaging statements against
General Howard, / do not know or
care, but of this all newspaperdom is
assured when General Boynton
writes anything of that nature he can
prove it and his statements were very
damaging to General Howard. A
member of DR.. Boynton's church
writes this to the Republican "Let
General Howard stand or fall, not az
a congregationalist, but as man, a.,
army officer and serrant of the
people, who have right to investigate
the conduct of a public officer. II
Gen. Towards acts have been honest
and upright, what fear of full and
free investigation?" The fact that