Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-26
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET.
CONGRESS.

III the cIrcumlOcutlOn Oh All prectuihS
Congresses we're combined, the gross
amount would not exceed the how not
to do it" Of the Radical Congress which
has assumed to itself almost all the
powers of Government, and appears 10
glory and take comfort in its usurpa-
tons. Nor is il more free from corrup-
ton than the most corrupt supreme
authority that ever existed IN
ancient or in modern times. The record
is blurred on every page by some petty
stealing or monstrous swindle. While
claiming to be the exclusive friend of the
poor man, and gaining aecessions of
political strength by promises of Land
for the landless. and forty acres and
a mule" TO the Fifteenth Amendments,
what has been the prsetice2 As the
Pittsburg Post observes: " Since
the Radical party came into power. II
has stolen and given to corporations MP
wards of s2,000,000 acres of this public
domain Il was so anxious to preserve.
A nice way Of securing farms for the
"landless. At the present time there
are pending in Congress bills giving to
railroad companies 400,0Oe.0QQ acres
more OF these lands, thus throwing inis
the hands of land sharks and specula-
tors at least two.thirds of the public do
main susceptible of being converted into
homesteads.
A careful summing up Of FIVE months
work shows what Congress, which may
be said to exercise unlimited power, has
not done 1t has not passed or amended
the Tariff, and scarcely attempted to
rescue the poor man from the burden of
taxation he is doomed to bear on all the
necessaries Of life. II has not passed
or amended the Revenue Laws; has
done nothing for the commerce, shipping
or labor of the country. although there
has been much talk Of subsidies for
American bottoms to European Perts
II has not disposed of our Indian trou-
bles that still loom up in the Northwest,
and never will be settled while the abo-
rhymes are devoted to the Rapacity Of the
minions of Radicalism II has not
passed the Funding. Bill. or amended the
Currency Acts, although ons might well
imagine that vast labor had been per-
formed relative to lettering our financial
condition, but there is nothing conelu-
sive as yet. II has done nothing looking
to a possible resumption Of specie pay
ments, notwithstanding the appreciation
Of greenbaeks or the depreciation Of
gold has brought the currency nearer an |
equality than any one thought could be
accomplished in the next decade CON
summation not derivable from Govern
ment, but springing from the industry of
the people and the productions of the
soil
On the other hand Congress has per-
formed a herculean labor Il has ousted
half a dozen or more Democratic mem
bers who were duly elected by the people
Of their respective districts the amount
of the majority not making the slightest
difference II has kept up duties on i'm
ports and internal (infernal some think
mere appropriated taxes to a war stan
dard. q has readmitted the States Of
Mississippi and Texas, which, according
10 the old Radical bible aud testament
were never out of the Union, to secure
the votes Of their sealawag and carpet
bagger representatives; and yet with I'M
blushing effrontery has put GeorgiSont
10 get rid Of her two Senators who
we're bona fde citizens Of that State.
and could not be bribed, bought, coaxed
or driven to do the. dirty jobs which
are constantly being required at the
hords Of the grand oligarchy which lords
It over its once coordinate departments
Under the leadership Of such as SIMMER
and Schenck. not tomention Butler, Hho
is the superior Of either, what is to be ex-
pecfed from such q set Of corrupt vui-
lures hattening,on the pablo spoilsy
The country may well be inspired With
hope ihsi longevity Is not among the