Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-03-04

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WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. %, 1870
! Dear Journal Senator Morrill,. of Yer.
mont, by his amendment to the appropria.
tIon bill to continue the work in the navv
yards OF the United States, so as TO. in ef.
feet, annnl the provisions of the eight
hour law has stirred up the mechanics
associations over the country, and letters to
the national eight hour law executive com.
mlttee are daily increasing in number
The cowardly duplicity of the Yankee Sen
ators is shown in this putting forward of
the vermont Senator. The interests of
the white slave owners of New England
are opposed to the eight hour system. but
their attorneys and agents on the Senate
floor for policy sake dare not oppose the
bill giving to the laboring man eight hours
as days work, and depute one of their
Kind from an agricultural country. who
would not lose popularity by advocating a
measure that is in direct conflict with the
interest of the tailor, to say what should
have been said by tho Senators from Mas
Sachusetts, who are the nero tools of q
monied aristocracy They will find that
the laboring masses have awaked to O pro-
per sense of what is due to honest toll and
trick and subterfugo such as Just mention
ed will no longer suffice to cloak the mani
fold sins of Radicalism against the rights
of the people i'll to interest of capital and
monopoly.
The committee who are investigating
the selling of cadctships by members of
Congress have created considerable of O
sensation. Some six or seven carpet-bae-
gers have had the charge brought home to
them. Whittemore, of South Carolina.
parson, shad merchant, soldier, politician.
negro-trainer and Congressman, has been
Gd1udged by the military committee guilty,
and deserving OF expulsion, by vote of 8
to l. Can the House in their great love
for the 'carpet-bagger" shield him from
expulsion. as is recommended by
committee composed of Radical
majority l think not. III they expel
him at least six more will follow, and the
public, who are of ''great moral ideas,''
Will have proof beyond cavil. IF they do
not, the fact that Radical committee
recommended it and partisan House did
not dare act on their recommendation,
having oil the facts before them, proves
beyond question the charge made, of the
utter dishonesty and disregard of RIGHT
and contempt for the least semblance of
justice or decency by tho party who rule us.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency debated the resolution directing
them to report bill increasing the vol
ume OF currency not less than fifty mil
lions. The committee are opposed to the
increase, but as the resolution was per-
emptory they proceeded to the work
ordered. This bill will paso by large
majority and is a severe blow to Secretary
Boutwell,, who is terribly opposed to the
increase of the volume of tie
~ngt
That the country is in deplorable con-
dltlon is evinced by the remark of one of
the ablest Senators of the Radical party.
who lately has shown signs Of Conserve
ism, who, when asked by an old friend,
formerly member of Congress, "What
ire you doing to relieve the country up
here ?" (pointing to the CapitoD an
wered, ''The condition of the country is
beyond Legislation" To this state of de.
pair, even of the thinking men of
Is, and we are told confdentially that
he evil is beyond legislative remedy.
do verify believe from all the signs
hat can be read that we are on the eve of
grand fnancial crash, and the repudia-
ion brought about by circumstances be-
ond ordinary control, personally may be
racticed by the Government to the extent
AOb OAAJ AOb pdJ4uB Lu0 NaClOual O6DL
! greenbacks but of not paying them at
II. John w. FOrney, who has been snub-
ed by Ulysses ever since the present adj.
Illustration took possession of the Gov
rnment has by some hocus pocus got his
hooks in" and las got Grant in his in
crest, or rather he has formed Kitchen
abinet" and the power behind the throne
the over reliable Forney, "the dead
lck." At kForney's reception the other
lrnxN
9grOos who lowered around his Highness
though they owned him and was afraid
} would get away. TO receive negroes in
our house with your wife and daughter,
Vt, drink, converse and dance with them,is
10 test of Republicanism in Washington.
re the people, the Radicals even, will
ng to accept this state of things? Are
ot these things enough to disgust the
Conservative portion of the Radical party?
lese things are OF common occurrence
Id it is determined by the high priests of
adicalism to make it the rule universal.
In view of the terribly severe remarks of
r. MuDgen on Senator Sumner in
eech that he never delivered but printed
the Globe there will be resolution
opted disseminating the printing of
eeches never delivered. General Nun
ms attack on Sumner was fearful, and
day he justified his attack by saving
d he had a right to, and what he said
IS true. General Mungen is bold man,
d although Ideprecate personalities have
pity for the hound Sumner The day
r Democrats to await assaults and feebly
pei them is past, their tactics to-day is
at of the assailant and vigorously they
rry ont their plan of campaign. go
Medina county, Ohio, has nine cheese
,tories, each averaging 500 COWS. The
gest factory made 10000 pounds OF
eese last year. Numerous new cheese
tories are going up in the Western Be
We, and EngIish dairymen are emigra-
g there.
An association has been inaugurated at
'mphis, Tennessee, to raise funds to
ct monument to Stonewall Jackson at
xington, Va. Committees have been
pointed to collect money in all the wards
that city.