The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-08-03
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putation of a violation of public. faith
expressly pledged before the world. !,
s. This act besides prevented any de-
Termination favorable to the tax-pay-
er by the Supreme Court, had the
United States allowed suit TO be.
brought to test the construction of a.
$40 bond, because the, act, although
not in terms declaratory one, did
/ give the previous, act legislative
Construction. ..5,+.@t.7-; -;
T., There had been no, desire on the
part of the. party to repudiate the debt,
but to, pay it honestly and according
| to the law and the contract and if the
decisions of the Supreme Court had
been allowed to stand, holding the 1e-.
gal tender act unconstitutional, there
would have. been little more disturb
ance on this question in the West, and
people might have reconciled' them
selves to the necessity of submitting
to an injnstice which they could not
avoid d4aI fl15yr ..;Ta ssN q53aa
s. You have already read from other
persons serving in Congress- and are
necessarily more familiar than can
] be with the expenses of Congress, and
/ the several departments, the enormous
sums which are expendedy but as I
bwish to shorten as much as can my
remarks to-day, I shall LsayDnothing as
to their details. They are enormous
enough TO sfartle any one who, will
tlset himself to an exaininations of the
accounts. III BatI would be wanting IN
duty to you if I did not refer toa the
fact that nearly all the Cabinet officers
are habitually absent from. Washing
ton, when under former admfnistra-
tions, with far less labor to perform,
1.-THE President was att his post and
large majority of the Cabinet officers.
Public affairs go to. rack without the
eye of the Master, just, as your for
tunes would go to-day if you failed to
Oversee and watch your business and
| your FARMS The Government is al
lowed to manage itself, and the peo-
pie in charge are at their pleasures or
their private affairs. !. -
tb There is another public question
demanding attention because the Pres
ident is connected with, it, no matter.
how high his Office, and indeed be-
cause it is so high. I only alluded to
Sahto Domingo when / spoke of the
Congress, and I speak of it now at
greater length, because the initiation
cane from the President himself, and
to him comes home the responsibility
for this business. Il say nothing of
| the private jobs which are said to
cling to it like barnacles, because that
do not know that the charge is true,
and there are enormities eho1gh about.
] it to require no such added shame,
/,
ithep victims of the atrocity-the SenIia--.
ator Schurz whom they .would have,
matter what we may think of the
opinions of the Senator from ,Massa-
tchusetts, of his bearing as arrogant.
strength, and, assured of the fuIlness.
of his knowledge Of the subject how.
could he but feel equal to his task and
conscious that those who were assail-,
ing him knew nothing of the matter.
His peers on the floor in intellect,
though none approached him in the
detailed knowledge of the affair, ali
sy1npathized with him, and it was on
| lyI tie partisan politicians and those
who looked to the other end of the
avenue who Joined in the attack, up,
on him. But they fell on him in, the
Senate and struck him down from his
!, high place by blows as ruthless and
icoWardly as ever fell in that chamber
befores -. e4eI. z.a.rf,ak .a.tll
II Their excuse was that he! was not in :
accord with the Administrator
noble conception indeed of the duty
and Office Of a Senator not in accord
with the President who, had told us
before, and who told us again. W hen
this scheme, was turning to ashes on
his lips that he, had g no opiRions of
his own syln in opposition to the opinion
of the people" When every one con-
necfed with the administration, was
doing his utmost to disparage Mr.. 4
Sumner then, and are, now filling the /
mails with the speeches of man fa-
nous for his administration Of de-
partment, and who are endeayoring
to bring to bear the power of q great
church on this question, and which
fortunately is meeting from the relig-
ious organs Of the denomination the
fate which it deserves. And all this
Santo Domingo question, the. pur-
chase of a part of an island distant
from our coasts, inhabited the larger
part of it by hostile nation, with
whom we would be instantly at war,
had never been known of or noted by
sour people, except few spectators,
who, careless of any patriotic view,
hoped to win money by it when the
waters. were troubled. shall only
say of his appointment of the last two
Judges of the Supreme Court, that it
has made the judicions grieve, and if
the prevailing motive was to change
to his will the decision of that great
tribunal on question affecting the
whole country, it brings reproach up
on the court, which it has never borne
before, assuming, as do, that the
judges appointed had no connection
with their promotion, their views on
the Legal Tender act being enough.TTil j
iIregretnto call attention to another
matter, his exercise of the pardoning
power. But it shows either that the
Presidents careless in his great Office,
or that he trusts. himself to the con-
trol5of men who betray his confidence.
A wretch by the name of Bowen was
beaten by a colored man for Congress
by the electioneering management
taught by the white men who went to |
civilize them. Bowen was about tof
obtain his seat; he was friend of a |
Senator who was friend of the Pres |
ident, and an enemy of .a,Senator who |
was unfriendly to the President
Bowen was convicted of bigamy, and |
ON the trial, in order to procure his I
acq Initial, produced the record of q di-
,vorce from New, York, in which the |
parties bore the name of Bowen, and
the husband was the plaintiff By
the striking, out the first names of the
parties and substituting that of him-
selfiand his wifeiin the proper places,
he made it appear a record of divorce
in his favor. In the same proceed |
,ings it became necessary for him to |
verify it by his oath. Q He was con.
,victed, the record was found to be a !
forgery, and the President, because
some of the parties engaged in the
nrosecution were political lonnonents |