Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-01-05
Our Washington Letter.

ADMINISTRATION no completely ignored
f politicians Of the Cameron stripe and
look to his bosom Sumner and others of
: that ilk, To-day Sumner Is being hunt
ed out hfhis position as chairmnua of
the committee on Foreign Affairs, sim
ply for opposing q vile and corrupt
: Speculation. Sch1rz is tabood for diff
ering on the question of amnesty, and
steffUrt was made TO crush Fenton on the
suspicion that he was Q rival for the
> Presidential nomination, while thedoors
of the White House are flung wide open
to such as Morton, Cameron, Butler,
lChandiel, Nye and the rest of that
brood Instead of Grant being the pet
, of New England as he was, he perse-I
-~lcutes her iavorite son, Sumner, and
pays court to the West and South, well
etkRowiug tina. the land of the Puritan
needs must follow in their wake. HIS
being in the hands of he most corrnpt
: men of his party is the result of his un
,quenchabled desire to own town lots. even
if away off IN San Domingo, whereby
. he was forced to bring to his ceT6dence
, land aid those who would stoop to any
trick TO win; and in his San Domingo in
: terest they have 20 captured him that he
slhas given his dear Yankee friends the
stgo-byesin orderto clutch the re nomina-
l tien Tor his present position, which is
tlgenerally conceded he viii get ldesrfte'
Summers efforts in that direction. Most
~sternous exertions are being made by
the friends ofGrant and Sumner to patch
up a peace between them. The Presi-
] dent has made a most huniliating back
: down n desires peace at any price
Sumner listens most cody to the terms
3 of peace offered by Secretary Fish, who
erecognizing the damage done to their
lparty ny this .b~reAch.has come from ont
his shell to make peace, aud merely re-
q ~iterates his determination to fight this
Job tooth and toe nail and TO carry the
{ war into Africa by insisting upon his
o call for all papers relating to the acqu1-
sition OF San Domingo. Should he sue
8 coed in having the documents, heretofore
5 durposely withheld, presented Il the
SENATE it will kill the job, notwithstanding
ing Grant claims that he has the necesl
q sary twothirds in the House. The
friends of the pet job in the House pnr
to rush the Morton ~resolution,
= (which passed the Senate, though just Is
soon as Congress re-assembles. So eer-
J tain is Grant of success thut the steamer
. Tennessee will be ready to sail january
:. 18th, for Saa Domingo with the commits
~sioners, of whom Caleb Cushing, white
lund Fred Douglass, black, are to be
two Of the three, the other is I } be q good
10 natured naval officer, To these. Is to. be
y Entrusted tine task of cooking up the re-
port on the condition Of the 1siand on
gfwhich legislation is to be based. o.
course General Grant would only have
honest. unbiased gentlemen selected fol
SO important q pubic matter, withoui
q reference to his views or wishes. o.
course. Should Simmer not be able L
d deprive the President of his San Domin
.atgo town lots and other pickinss, at leas
The will have the satisfaetion Of having
L besmeared his Presidential rival with tht
sislime of corruption and jobbing. Theri
is no doubt as to Summers aspirations
and We leave the public to 6etermin,
-ho& much that fact Influences his pres
ent course with ragard to the PresidenI
Stand San Domingo. There never wa
such Afxiug up Of things as at present
in This matter. Colfax, Fish, Boutwel
he and every prominent Radical is hard a
network TO once again join in Amity an.
!, eoneord the Massachusetts Peacock AMI
the 1llirei mule Grant is between tw'
e 6res. his love of town lots and his desir
to be his own successor, and hence h
- IL quite maliable in the hands of hi
& .1friends, while on the contrary Sumne
who gazes with wistful optics on III
lel White House andsmost admiringly OF
Otl utnsCtf- ia ut 6t8nQ W QC LULU.
Judged after having been threAtenc.
g,tby the fuglemen of his Highnightine s
oflin the Senate. However this qnarre
may terminate il will only hasten tn,
sure and rapid disentegration now goinl
on ia the Radical party. II Is quite
treat to behold the ~equnnimity witt
which the Democratic Senator'S witness
the fierce fight emoBg their Radica
k-lcompeers. Things will be lively in bot
. Houses after the holidays on this qnes
= tion, and as John @. Heenan said
-May the best man winn."PH bet-m
IS, cash on Ulysses as I know that patron
ce age, cash and town lots are all powerful
with the majority. A bill il proposes
to enable the Government to buy up In
v claims of our citizens against Eugian,
e. ARISING out of the Alabama depreda
altions. A number eff claimants are op
.dposedt to this methed Of settlement, pre-
ferring to effect . direct settlement wit
. Great Britain, which beyond question
~ they are entitled to. Either mode o
settlement by Governpent making clair
,vtfor the claimants or the claim bein
:, made direct by claimants on the BIRTHS
~ Government The question arises ha
the Government any right to force claim
Is ants to sell out to 1t as is suggested B
General Grant in his message2 Claim
SfantS lave nc latin IN our own OOYert
- ment and prefer trusting to the justIe
of those who winked at If they did nc
10 abet the outrages upon our commere'
20 A sad commentary on the. respect an
confidence in which his Administratio
is held by our people. The Democrat
success in Georgia las struck terro
~ into the Radicals and they cry ,alont
IN .tWhat shall we de2" and knowing of or
lilly one remedy they call ont for a httl
reconstruction aud they are e~ontempla
ling reconstruction for North Carolina
z-Their tool, Governor Holden, is
utltrouble and they desire 20 keep rim on
Il but ! fear they are powerless. Alas! poe
Holden. He only now finds put tia
the way of the tr~ansgressor is hard
III anc the political transgressor IS no e.
RS eeption to the rule. We had fond
!, hoped that last winter would be the lal
I: season of his Bovin Highness. Go
q Bullock, of Georgia, in this citys bs
ely elias no. He comes to get r~econstrul
{. tion or some other kind OF medicine
icremedy the defeat of bis party in Il
- late election. Ehave no ideA what l
proposes to do with the 10000 DEM
cratic majority against them, but he
on coming to fix things Oh, but herwi
ho bleed freely, he always does. He vi
n be a gold mine fog the Chronicle at 25c
D per hne. cash. B0AZ.