The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-02-15
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
February 9Th, 1871. }

the least observant spectator that
wonderful change has, OF late, come
over the spirit of the Radical dream
Heretofore the successful Radical col
umn, in the insolence of their power,
were the attacking party, to be met by
the spartan band Of Democrats in de-
fence of those principles which for a
time in the excitement of war, passion
and sectional interest were obscured
but to-day the Radicals have their
hands full in parrying the s.edge ham
mer blows dealt to their rotten, effete,
corrupt and fast disintegrating party
by the now attacking Democracy. On
Saturday Mr. S. S. Cox paid his res
poets to their pretended revenue re-
form, aud to the Secretary of the Treas
ury, in his usual sharp and incissive
manner. Mr.. Meyhem's speech OH the
Presidents interfering in the elections
with Federal troops was as bold and
unanswerable an argument as need be
delivered in defence of the peoples
rights. Mr.. Calkin attacked the ad-
ministration for their dilly -dallying
with the Alabama claims, and charged
that they were purposely delaying the
settlement. Mr.. Bird pitched into the
bill, which Mr.. Honr, of Massachusetts,,
| was advocating, favoring the establish
ing successor to the Freedmen's Blu
= reau under the title of a system of Ma
e tional Education, which was only to be
. established in the interest of Radical
| ism, that the country might be tionded
n with Yankee school books and Yankee
ideas, and to furnish a means OF plum
t dering the Treasury in the interest of
:. Yankee book publishers and Radical
politicians. Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana,
;. one of the boldest and ablest of
q statesmen, presented the resolutions OF
the Indiana Legislature to the effect
$ that every soldier and sailor (tleir
widows and orphans) who served nine
n ty days or longer in the army or navy
i in the war of the great rebellion at
: 1861 shall be entitled to 16O acres OF
!, land, subject to sale. Mr.. Voorhees,
n spoke in his usual pleasing and elo-
: quent manner. and referred very point
j. eddy to Ben. Butler, who, remember
). ing the dressing which he received at
). the hands of Mr.. Voorhees, last week
O said nothing. With the Democracy
: acting entirely on the attack and the
Is venenous viper, Butler, completely
t. cowed, the result cannot possibly Ut
Is doubted.
If The Southern Pacific Railroad bill
e which passed the Senate last session
a almost unanimously, only four (Radi
e cals) voting against it, will be brough
" up in the House this, or next, week
ID and passed by large majority. Thi
y act Of justice to the South will give al
;. impetus to the material interests of tn,
m Southern States and the Territorie
Y. through which it passes. That will g
ID far to raise the South to that position
,e of prosperity which the war so great,
If retarded.
v The Committee appoioted to inves
ID tigate the Southern outrages did no
le progress very lively, only such as tn
~ son of the notorious Governor Holder
ar of North Carolina, and the "Butche,
en- Cirk, who carried out Holdcn's blood
nv orders, were before the Committee
of but when Congress appropriated $40
It's 600 to pay expenses, the greater POI
nd ton of the scalawags and carpet-bas
it. gers in the South, whole families ha,
at ing applied, desire to he summoned {
ch witnesses. their expenses, of cours
his being paid.
Mr.. McCrary, of Iowa, will shortl
re. introduce a bill in the Honse to pr,
mt vent Members Of Congress from takir
an brides to secure their vote on ar
d; measure. The bill makes it pen
Gle offence to either give or receive at
she bride. l suggest that the bill be
he, amended as to include all Governme
ing officials who have the distribution
rds offices, and that presents and brides
nat considered the same thing. But N
sx- McCrary and his Radical frierds wou
IA hardly be mean enough to cut off Il
tn Presidents perquisites in the shape
for brides. l beg pardon, l mean pre-
EN- ents. The introduction of such re
,rs, olution is a most insulting ief1ecti'
Mt; on the. Radical majority. To be Sill
the every week or so some Radical mel
the Der is charged with some crime or ct
err, such as selling cadetships, fOrgi
ted the names of soldiers widows to pc
en, sion papers, bigamy, ETC., but they q
ave sure to he whitewashed, while no De-
an ocrat has been even suspected of a
tn such corruption, so the bill must
mes aimed at his loil and moral friends
face "Let the CALLED jade vince, our With
act. are unwrung"
rid 1t is rumored that Deputy Comm
pir- sioner Douglass, of the Internal RI
ct a enue Department, now on visit to
,rrv home in Penns, lvania, will not ret,