The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-26
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
April 10th, 1871.


of hours considering the last Radical
deviltry-the Ku-klux bill of the
House. The bill will be reported to-
day in the Senate and most probably
will be amended so as to make it
more stringent than at present.
Great surprise is manifested at Sena-
tor Trumbull's supporting this bill
when he has heretofore opposed such
extreme partisan legislation. After
the action of the supposed-to-be mod
crate Radicals in passing such an in
famous bill in the House, after all
their vaporing against it. lam not
surprised at the action of any Rad
ical The general impression is that
the bill be passed by the Senate with
out modification.
Congress will, it is thought, adj
journ about the Goth of this month:
but it is pretty we'll known that the
Senate will be convened in May fol
Executive business in relation to the
labors of the joint-high commission
which the GRANTEES claim, are going
along quite smoothly. I am anxious
to see how much we will gain ovel
the terms of the Johnson Clarendon
treaty, which was SO Indignantly re-
|jected, under the influence of Senator
Summers speech.
That the Radical party is very sick
is beyond question. A consultation
was held at the White House on Sat
urday between Ulysses and Senator
Morton and Cameron and "cussin'
Ben Wade. The troubles, which ex
list in the Radical party in Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and New York, were
looked into, and all sorts of remedie.
suggested. The President received
a rap over the knuckles from Senator
Morton, who, intimated that a few
more such removals as were made il
New York, recently, would place Ra
dicalism in the past tense. Thu
President yesterday received cop.
of the resolutions passed by the cen
trail Republican Executive committee
of New York city, which condemn
his removal of Messrs Grinnell ant
Palmer and highly endorse them
These resolutions were light ant
pleasing Sunday reading, that is
Ulysses is not too pious to read any
thing but the bible on the Sabbath
Mr.. Grinnell who, until jolly Ton
Murphy stole into the Presidential
stomach, I mean affections, was
sort of Pythias to the White House
Damon thinks that after all his heav
cash subscriptions to the New Yorl
Grant fund, and to all kinds and sort
of subscriptions looking to the bene
fit of the great receivist, he has beel
scurvely treated, and he SO writes t,
the bloodless creature, in the Execu
tive chair, and asa sort of a cap ston
to his ingratitude. he recounts tina
three days before his official hea'
rolled into the basket, he had con
tributed one thousand dollars to car
ry the Connecticut elections. TIL
Radical party is in such danger G
immediate dissolution that Gerre
Smith, principal midwife of the mon
ster, and wet nurse to it's father, tn
abolition party, has been called in t
"nuss" it through this last bad spell
He has called on Grant and he ha
called on Sumner, but these chief
have cast away their scabbards
There is not much chance of re
Cancellation, so these modern Mon
tagues and Capulets will bite thei
thumbs at each other, if they do n
worse, until one or the other of ther
is carted from the scene of so muc
strife and bitterness, unable longe
to bite thumb.
The place in which to hold tn
next National Democratic conventio
has lately been the subject of cor
siderable discussion among member
of Congress. The discussion seem
to be confined to a statement of til
claims of the Western members, VIII
point to st. Louis, as the proper spo
and a ready acquiesence on the PAL
of the members from other sections
especially from the South. It seem
to be settled matter that we mus
look to the West for the .necessar
strength to elect our President
1872, and there is every dispositio
to strengthen her hands. It
claimed, and very truly, that s
Louis is a very pleasant, healthy cit,