The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-01
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., |
February 18, 1871.

Income tax are very slILu iioeco' "a Y
Boutwell, and his friends are masters
# the position. The conference COM /
mittee of the House and Senate, on s
the right of the Senate to originate a ]
with regard to reducing {
evenue each time that they meet, :
disagree more widely than ever. An
effort will be made next "Wednesday
to 90 into a committee of the whole
in order to take up the income tax
repeal. II successful the Western
members claim that they are strong
enough to so amend the bill, as to adj
nit c a and salt, free of daty. This
will kill the BIZ in the Senate and en-
sure the retention of the tax and the
triumph of Boutwell, over P~leasanton,
the President, and the military ring.
How many more victories will Bout
we'll be permitted to achieve over
the power which runs the President,
viz: The military ring? Not many
I take it; the end of Boutwell, as cab
met officer is near at hand.
The National Executive committee
of the Union League will meet in
Philadelphia next week. From what
has been given out we learn that its
action will be of a piece with the
conspiracy o going On here under
the auspices of the Senate Southern
outrage committee. They will pre-
sent in the meeting, petitions from
Arkansas, North Carolina, Georgia,
Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky,
setting forth a terrible condition of
affairs, and from this data, speeches
r will be made and resolutions lie pass
ed which are intended to fire the
Radical heart in Congress, in order
to pass laws again putting the South
virtually under the control of Grants
willing military tools for election
purposes. To show how fimsy their
pretext's are, the following statement
is made. In Maryland the farmers
have combined together and will en-
, ploy no one who is known to be a
member of the Union League. AS
desperate cases require desperate
u remedies the desperation of the dis
; heartened Radicals IL prompting
5 them to legislation even more vile
than that which they have already
j. resorted to-, in order to maintain
power.
> The case of DR.. Miller, United
States Senator-elect from Georgia
will come up in the Senate to-day
No fair-minded man can vote to keel
Dr.. Miller, longer from his seat, sine
his colleague, Mr.. Hill, was ADMITTED
D. Mr.. Edmunds for some reason
nt which seems to the public, to be Of
l. personal nature, very strenuously or
~ poses his admission. l trust that til
~ case may be acted Oh to-day, and thi
IL aside from a display of Radical hat
vindictiveness and spleen, the resu
l., may be favorable to DIR. Miller.
The safety of the Tennessee is IL
C. all absorbing question here just no
S; and the interest has been heightene
&C. by the recent attack Of Gener
to Banks in Congress on Admiral Pc
Ter ter, and the victory which he game
"a by Naval constructor, Hanscomb, I
M stored, despite Admiral Porte
. Should aught happen to the Tenne
see, it would be a sad commenta,
l., on Admiral Porter's control of Il
Navy. Some time time since the A
EN- n iral DESTROYS of making a reput
re- ton for economy, had a number
be steamers, the Tennessee, among t
number, changed and rugged wi
ter sails in order to save coal, speed ju
EN- now, not being an essential. The
,1h. steamers are long and narrow, a,
uo, built with an eye to speed und
steam, and ire not capable of carr
> ing the heavy press of sail which
usual for vessels with broader bear
S of being, in the absence of the nauti
I,t phrase, top-heavy. These chan!
If a were known to be unsafe by ev,
'ay- one in the Navy, but non dare
,"o monstrate against the decree of
ere fiery Admiral. This trip of the Z
nme nessee will most probably dem
IsM strate the economy which Adm
nses Porter has adopted, "of saving at
or spigot and losing at the bungho
.f,r The West Point outrage affair
leg come up for discussion to-morr
nses AS the President has protested
ons not endorsed the bad behavior of
,pon first class at West Point, in their
) III subordlnation during the past
lo:o sc onvp,1o