The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-12-18
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Thus it will be seen that without carry
ing single State marked doubtful we can
place New York ON the Democratic side,
and still have majority in favor of the
| Republican candidate. Yet New York was
carried by near 1000, and is now under
Republican rule.
PRESIDENTIAL FIREWORKS.
1t has been more than two weeks sine
! stated in this correspondence that Their
was a concerted plan united in by Presie
/ dent-making Democrats and disgruniled Rec
publicans TO attack Grant and his adminis-
tration upon all sides, in the hope that the
number of pigmy blows, in the absence of
any real, substantial objections which he
or his friends could answer, would prove
faal, as is sometimes the case with the sting
of numerous bees.
For week past these puny assailants
in the Senate have been at their hottest
work, charging all manner of short-com-
ings upon the President. That they, or
some of them, are in collision with the
/ Democrats, is apparent from the fact that
the Washington correspondent of the New
York World gives in advance most of their
proceedings. Schurz and Trumbul do up
the heavy thunder claps out of clear sky,
while Upton puts in the blackguardism
and small wit, and all throw as much mud
as possible, knowing, or surprising that
some of it is most likely to stick, when it
is plastered all over the country through
Geographic dispatches and the Globe re-
/ ports, at the expense of the government.
These ambitious gentry think themselves
very shrewd, and their cunning and dema-
goguery are not disputed by those best
capable of correct judgement. Thus twas
! announced in the entire Democratic press
that Senator Trumbull was in favor of
Grant for the Republican candidate and this
Z tricky co1aa,d was nnocently believed in
and copied by the Grant papers very gene
rally, lust before Congress, assembled.
! When, therefore, Vrunhull poured forth
his walls of wrath on the President and
proposed rowing committee to report uni
versal corruption throughout the admins
tration, and was backed up by Schurz and
all the echoes in and oat OF the party,
some CONSERVATION was felt. His plausi-
BILE efforts were opposed at first, until it
was found that this, too, was anticipated
and the country was about to be flooded
with charges that Grant feared investiga-
ton. Then, after some sharp debate
among the friends with the spies of the
enemy watching every movement, the
Senate caucus sGuelched the stop thief
cry by adopting Trumbull's resolution and
throwing wide the doors to investigation.
What will be the next flight of the hor-
nets thus ruthlessly bereft of their cozy
self-made nest, remains to be seen. Mean
while the impregnable position, and serenity
of the President under petty haggelation is
barely approached in degree by that of the
Z husband, in the old story, who permitted
his wife to hammer him whenever and as
much as she desired, because, as he ex-
planned, "The hammering didn't hurt him,
and it was such powerful satisfaction to
Sally Ann"
There is a strong effort made to inaugu-
rate the new year 10y passing an amnesty
bill before the recess. Southern Republi-
q cans, and most Of the Northern ones are
anxious to accomplish this, if sufficient
time can be found for the purpose. M
\ The Treasury investigating committee
have discovered no further deficiencies i'll.
the cash accounts Of the bureau officers, and
4 nearly $ll 900 has already been paid over
to the Treasury as part of the speculation
| fund taken theretrom by Seth johnson, the
1 defaultng clerk. 10 .,t.a4ss
Numerous memorials are received, ask
ing repeal ofthe United States tax on saw
ings banks. The numerous frauds, perpe-
trated on the poor and industrious, by saw
ings banks, render it quite doubtful wheth-
er, instead of exempting these private in
situations from taxation, they ought not to
be taxed out of existence, and the example
of Europe followed, in the creation of post
office savings banks for the people, which
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sonable interest, will transfer deposits
without cost, by means of postofiice orders,
to any point in the United States.
Last evening number of leading Repub-
licans called on the newly appointed attor-
ney general, Williams, and made congrat-
llatory addresses, some OF which referred
TO omissions in prosecuting United States
dellnqueIss by the department of Justice.
In reply, he disclaimed all knowledge of the
truth of such claims, but promised, point
| edly,. that when he assumes the heard of
that department, no partisan considerations
Will have weight in cases of Federal deln-
quency, and no pains will be spared in
bringing the guilty to speedy and condign
! punishment. t.,r.i a .ll
Senator Boreman, of West Virginia, has
been proposed as the Republican candidate
for Vice-President. The Wheeling Iatelli-
gencer, having opposed both Grant and
Foreman, in reply to a query from DEM
ocratic contemporary, states that if both
or either of them are nominated, it will
cordially support them. That is the true
spirit of genuine Republicanism, for when
he promises this, its editor well knows that
the Republican party would not only be
safe in their hands, but that no more
worthy Observation-Disclosures can be found with
in the limits of the country. s,iai,nC. MI.