Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-04-28
Our Washington Letter.
CORRESPONDENTS OF rHF
DEMOCRAT.
WAsHINGToN CRY, D. c.,
Anril Is. 1910

per OF this city Gays: "The SCUM
dest and most undoubted Repub-
papers are advocating
UNIVERSAL amnesty for all past po-
liticaf offenses, aud there does
not now seem to be any reason
why, by one act OF grace, all late
offenders should not be relieved
of their disabilities aud also
copy an article from the Phila
delphia Inquirer, Radical, in
which a strong appeal is made
to o~bliterate all cause for discon-
tent by universal amnesty. On
the contrary the Chronicle, For
kitchen cabinet and court
organ, advises a different treats
ment. He believes in the crush
ing system, and says "W hat Ge-
neral Grant declared in his iHau-
raj he meant, that the Union
men of the South can take care
of themselves, If only Congress
.OiH Sustain the President IN tax
ing a r of their enemies" OF
course the carpet baggers and
scallywags of the South can
their power and politi>
cal supremacy if Congress will
assist the President in keeping
in subsection the white men of
the South. Grant had no tho't
ofissuing an amnesty proclama,
ton at all. he has no desire to
relieve the Southron from the
contemplate penalty imposed
Inpon him. and ifhe had he would
not dare offend his masters, the
House and Senate of the United
States. The most he intended
doing was to send a special mes
sage to Congress recommending
the removal of all disabilities.
knowing full well that a bitter,
unrelenting spirit of low tricke-
Try, demagogueism mean parti.
isanship pervades both Houses.
and that his message would be
thoroughly understood aud moi
be acted on while he would gel
the credit of being chuck full o.
the tenderest feelings of human.
lity and running over with The
milk of human kindness. Mr.
John Caldwell, formerly Unitec
States Minister to Bolivia, hal
been sent here by the latter coun
try as its envoy but Secretary
Fish refuses to receive himAhe.
Icause he is an American citizen
The House committee on For
+efgr Affairs haNe-aecfded tina
they have no Jurisdiction in tn,
premises. The difference be
tween this case is thatMr. Bur
lingame was a special commits
sioner and Mr.. Caldwell cam
here as the regular minister res
ident of a foreign government
'ESo Mr.. Caldwell will be force,
Ito find another country in which
Ito air his diplomatic honors-
,EChief Justice Chase has writer
a letter IN response TO an invita-
ton to attend the ~ratifcatiol
eeIebration OF the negroes {
,ECincinnati in which the follow
ling occurs: "Nor does the q
amendment impair the real righi
rJof any State. It leaves the Who'll
J regulation of suffrage to tn
whole people of each State, sub
rLject only to the fundamental la
that the right OF no citizen
vote shall be denied on accour
!, of race, color, or previous cond
! ton of s~ervitude." The Radical
: in Congress do not seem to be I
the same opinion as the Chic
Justice as the laws they propos
to enact to carry out the 15t
amendment are arbitrary an
Oppressive to white voters an
giving the negroes special priv
: leges. Will our rulers pause j
their tyrannical legislation wit
, regard to the 10Th Amendmer
tlon account of the opinion e;
pressed by the head of the Jud
ciary? The committee on Edit
, cation and Labor began their il
: vestigation of the charges againl
General o. .. Howard, Commil
sioner of the Freedmen's Bureau
Walter S. Cox testified that L
9 received from General Balloc.
Treasurer of the Freedmen's b
t Ireau, one hundred and fourtee
Thousand dollars by a warral
drawn IN the United States Ire
sury, as one of the paymen.
made by General Howard for II
Hand on which Howard Univer
I ity is built. The contractor an
8 builder of the University ais
testify to receiving from Generi
Ballock a warrant of the Unite
. States Treasury for over or
! hundred thousand dollars. Th
: was done without authority
law in the Ereedmen's Burea
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