The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-04
Il NEWLEADER FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE EFFECT OF THE SPEECH OF MR.. DAWES
Something About the Situation.
The Washington correspondent Of the Balti.
more Gazette. writing on Monday SAYS:

The Washington correspondent of the Balti-
more Gazette, writing on Monday, says:
The Importance of the patriotic stand taken
by Mr.. Dawes can scarcely be exaggerated. 1t
is sufficient. perhaps. to state that he has COM
bincd majority In the House OF Representa-
tlvcs against the pretensions to craftsmanship
of this administration. That the President
and his Cabinet fully appreciate their critical
position, is manifest from their hasty retreat
from the line of attack to that Of hnmiliatng
cntreaty. Mr.. Dawes was first tiercey as
saulted for daring to expose the charlatanry
of our rulers. Among other modes of at
tack, orders were issued to discharge large
body of men from the navy yards, accompanied
with instructions to inSinllate to the country
that these orders resulted from necessity, the
offspring of his speech. This ruse, contempti-
BILE in itself, recoiled upon Its authors, and lett
Mr.. Dawes master of the field. He was there
by enabled to kill the inlquitous League Island
Job. The strategy OF the administration has
therefore been reversed. The discharged men
viii be reinsated at once. and the hounds
have been !'whistled back" who were previous
ly set on upon the heels of the plucky Massa-
chusctts member. General Grant has placed
the fortunes OF his administration in the hands
of Sumner, in the Senate. and Butler, in the
House. He will find himself in the minority
upon the Tenure-ototfice bill In the former,
and upon his whole financial humbuggery In
the latter in short, his administration Is al
ready total failure, and will, In affer-tmes,
be classed rs the weakest that ever attempted
to guide the policy OF this nation.
Viewed from this standpoint, 1.-THE situation"
is hopeful in many respects. The "hnancial
plan" of Boutwell, is as dead as last years
herring Any increase of the taxes, internal
or external, will probably be defeated, and
enormous jobs and other spcculations upon
the treasury have received their quietus for
the present session at least But, above all,
the power to further humillate the States as
such has been eflcctualIy broken For the
time being, doubtless, the Fifteenth amend
ment will be declared to have been ratified,
and insisted to be binding upon oil the States,
but I think may safely affirm that beyond
strict compliance with its single require
ment, the present House, under the
lead of Mr.. Dawes, will not permit the gov
ernmcnt to stretch its hand. So, the States
will be left to regulate suffrage upon any
basis applicable 10 all its citizens (real or
apochryphal.) Until the evil can be wholly
remeded, a iudicious exercise Of this power
will be sufficient for the salvation OF the States,
whose integrity has been mainly aimed at.
And for this condition of things we ;arc indebt-
ed to Mr.. Dawes. He has given the extremists
blow from which they can never recover
Let those who have sought refuge beyond the
lines of the Democratic party, and have hung
rpon the skirts OF Judge Chase, take another
look! five are to drop our valued leaders,
let us seek for live man, one who has shown
himself to be personally honest, indomitably;
pcrsevcring, politically plucky, and, beyond
all, Of approved efficiency
Hitherto Democratic writers have had little
else ito go upon' than to ridicule the bungc
linz. iIliteratc and prcsumptuous tyrants OF
their country, argument or invective being
useless against those who arc all powerful and
unscrupnlolls Under such circumstances It
was the best, ifnot the only available weapon.
of this great republic will cUndescend to listen
to reason, and when Democratic Journals may
resume q serious discussion Of the condition
of their distracted country. For all Of this we
| will be indebted to Mr. Dawes. Hurrah 1or
him 1