The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-03-22
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
February %, 1871.

states has won for itself an undying r.
stain of dishonor, for the indecent Il
md brutal disrespect of all the cour- h
sesies of public life, which character h
ised it's behavior on the occasion OF !,
the passage of the amendatory en- !
forcement act on Saturday morning
ut 1-35. It had been decreed III I
caucus. by the Radicals, that the
bill must be taken up and passed.
inst as it came from the House, no
amendments permitted and no reply
to be made to the speeches OF the
Democratic Senators. The impor-
tant appropriation bills were thrust
aside and the supercillous and empty
pated Conkling, started the business.
Senator Wicker very Justly charac-
te1ised the monstrons outrage as IAN
act to prevent the free and indepen-
d mt voters Of the country from exer-
cising the right of suffrage" The
little band of Democratic Senators
made most able arguments and earn
est protests against the purposed
outrage Oh the rights of the States
and the people, but they might as
we'll hare Numbered in the ears OF
Miss Winnie Ream's statue OF the late
lamented and expect to be heard and
answered with joke. But few Rad
icals remained in their seats; those
that did we're busy with their cor
respondence and heard not sylla-
BILE, others went to fro utterly uncon-
scious that Senator's were pleading
for liberty and the preservation OF
the country. Others gathered IN
knots and received the remarks OF
the speakers with smiling derision,
and uncomplimentary criticism ana
5 laughter in that buzy tone which was
both annoying and insulting. So
y disgraceful was this display OF dis
courtesy and i'll manners that the
: Vice President was forced to stop it,
;. only to be again renewed. Senator
Casserley also severely rebuked them
!, The contemptuous illusions and
- sneers were not only hurled ut Dem
IS tcrats, for Senator Trumbull de
nonnced one section of the bill Sc
verely and getting Disguised, pairef
IS off and left, his exit was the sigma
IS for a witty attempt on the part o
J. Conkling, the leader, in this dis
IS graceful business, and a laugh al
y around. am not surprised at tn
:. =, conceited coxcomb, the fop Conkling
as his insnfferable airs and Vulgar as
ne symptoms has sometime since let m
he set him down as an i'll bred perso
re, which airs, position and the tailo
ii fails to conceal, but there were 9th
ed ers whom I was fain 70 believe ger
KS tlemen by breeding, a sociation an
as nature, but without they can plea
'Se drunkenness, which would be 81 poo
~ excuse, I must class them with II
:. upstart Conkling, the President
,oh "skip" in the Senate, who lowert
to tie dignity of the United States Sc
lis ate to the character of a beer garde
~ by behavior not only ungentleman
ON but insulting to the minority Sen
ar tors. The Senate on Thursday I
lily rejected the bill providing for an
aI's ditional United States judge for Al
Tue ansas, since then the Senate b
'e'' changed it's mind, reasons not stptt
" and on Saturday reversed its acti
nm and by a majority of one, passed
w. bill. This paves the way for a Id
kins number of similar bills being pass
inc, as Ulysses desires to take care Of !
his wounded politicians of the last ]
'elet campaign in this manner
'mg' In the House the appropriat
~ bill was under discussion on Sal
e day. When the item of $167. 500
49,, the Freedmen's Bureau was r.
h,v Messrs. Eldridge and McNeely pi
ome- ed in and showed up the wrong
in his the tax payers of the country
II his these large appropriations to al
lbles, stitution which yet lives. after b
e has legislated out of existence over
'e 'r years ago. The result, was the
was preparation was shorn of 800
s's u which won't make General o.
,a,,, Howard laugh. e4I
III his Pennsylvania being in Radica
by a timation, doubtful State polite
means are being devised to secu
ming, to Ulysses in 1872. One meal
8 and to give their7sharpest politician
were W. Forney. a cabinet position,
mptly Grant don't like Forney and b
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