The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-04-12
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., !
March ~, 1871. I

1ereQ reSOluClOu dlIectiHS Iue oec-
rotary of the Navy, to inform the
Senate as to the amount of expendi-
ture incurred in the support of the
fleet of twelve vessels now employed
on the coast of San Domingo; after
some amendments were offered, Mr..
Chandler objected to this business,
as it would interfere with legislation
for the South, where thousands and
tens of thousands were being scourg-
ed and murdered. The conjuring up
of this immense Ku-klux spectre was
enough and the resolution went over
When Sumner opens on Grant and
his San Domingo policy and the adj
ministration generally he will make
the fur fly.
No doubt the Radicals on the COM
mittee of pine, appointed in the
House to frame bill in relation to
the alleged outrages in the South,
will agree on one. It will not be as
strong as Buffers Ku-klux bill. The
Democrats do not agree as to the
necessity for legislation, and will op-
pose to the bitter end any attempt
to give Grant power to use the mill
tary, further than he now possesses
The ''new party" just started in
Cincinnati, of which Ex-senator Cox
is one of the organizers, has already,
beingsbut few days old, assumed a
terrible shape in the eyes of Horace
Greeley and he lamenteth greatly
thereat. Horace says: "Do these
gentlemen propose to run their ma
chine on the free trade track, and
beat Republican candidates who are
protectionists as General Schenck
was beaten last Fall? They certain
ly cannot doubt that this involves the
utter disintegration and destruction
of the Republican party. Of course
they know it, and they further known
that to longer remain in the Radical
party protection to monopolies and
plunderers would be to lose their self
respect, and hence their effort to
build up ''new party" The Demo-
cratic party offers them all which is
proposed in their platform, and the
quickest way of crushing the mon
ster, Radicalism, would be to march
in the ranks of the Democratic Army.
I know how men dislike to change
their politics, and as rule, are
forced to do so. This opportunity
for Disguised Radicals whose strong
prejudices would not permit their
going over to Democracy, will be
gladly hailed by hundreds oflthou-
sands of them, and the result will be
that it will, as Greeley says, cause
the utter destruction Of the Radical
party. Horace knows what a party
split in twain means, and he don't
want to see it occur in his own dear
ly beloved party of protection and
moral ideas.
The Tribune says that Senator
Conkling in trying to below Senator
Sumer down, converted himself into
q sort Of human caliope, and that he
ought to know that any Jackass can
surpass him in that kind of perform
ance.
The rogues who have for sometime
past had full swing in "raising .
checks, drafts, ETC., from smaller to
larger amounts and also in altering
the names and numbers, in lost OF
stolen bonds, have been brought to
Il full stop by new invention called
the ''Check Puncturer." Mr.. George
W. Holmes, Jr., General United
States Agent, for the ''Check Punct.
uring company" was before Treasu.
rer Spinner and the officials, of his
department, and SO completely was
the efficacy of the mechine demon.
strated, that Mr.. Spinner determined
to use them in his department, and
in the strongest terms advised the
public to use them on all government
bonds and securities. This is an in
vention of the greatest public impor.
lance.
Governor Lindsay, of Alabama, and
Judge Dick Busted, of the Federal
Court in that State, have most EN-.
phatically declared that there is nc
more disorder or opposition to the
enforcement of the laws there, than
there is in any State North. I think
this rather good s'loil' evidence
though just now it is treason to the
GRANTEES to saySso. In the face o.
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