The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-29
WASHINGTON.
A Lively War this Winter.

The Times Washington dispatch says there
are indications of a sharp attack ia Congress
on the civil service appointment machinery.
and adds that the election has rendered the
friends of the measure stronger than ever. and
they have the advantage OF an appeal to the
platform on which the party triumphed.
Peter Cooper has addressed congratulatory
letter TO President Grant, and asks Tor the en-
foremcnt of the civil service rule.
TRUMBULL BOWS BEFORE THE STORM,
Senator Trumbull has written aAotter drclin-
ing to continue Chairman the Judiciary Com
mittee. Senator Edmunds, OF Vermont Will
probably succeed him.
POWERFUL" PROMISES.
A Washington special to the Evening Post
saws: There is good reason for believing that
the President will i'll his forthcoming message,
recommend Congress to complete the work Of
amnesty by making it universal, and by restcr
inc those to citizenship who are now excluded
by the third section Of he Fourteenth Amend
ment to tie Constitution. Such a course has
been urged upon the President by several mem
bers of the Cabinet and one of them is the
authority for saying that he has decided to do
SO.
The United States Marshal at New Orleans
made application to the President by telegraph
Saturday last for troops to aid him in arrestng
certain persons who were conspiring against
the election laws and who manifested an nten-
ton to resist the Federal authorities. The
President promptly refused to comply with
this request, deeming such action entirely I'M
necessary, especially when there was no intor-
nation showing that the civil authorities were
powerlpss to execute the laws and punish those
who attempted to vialate them.
The action of the United States Marshal in
Alabama in arrestng Democratic members of
the Legislature tor alleged violation OF the cleo
ton laws and Carrying them TO Mobile to pre-
vent quorum of tie Legislature is severely
condemned by the Administration unwise
unnecessary and perhaps illegal. 1t the ac-
count of the affair telegraphed North is correct
the Marshal who made the arrests will receive
a severe reprimand, if not the greater punish
ment of being dismissed from office. Such is
the expressed view Of Attorney General Will
liams.
ANNEXATION SCHEMES OF THE ADMINISTRA-
TION.
Those who sit at the right hand of the Presi'
dent state that territorial extension will be the
keynote of the second term OF Grants admin
istration. 1t is said that the President points
to our present territorial aquisitions, especially
in a southern direction, as being SO valuable
that the people would not part with them at
the present time for = thousand times the
amount of the original purchase money. Sc
far as the Northern frontier is concerned, the
President is contelt to await the development
Of the annexation sentiment among the North.
ern people. Hethinks that Ben Butler, in his
| Canadian annexation resolutions, was simply
| few years ahead of the opinion of the North
ern people
SanoDomingo as separate scheme by itself
will not receive special mention i'll the forth
coming message of the Hresident. He thinks
this latter subject can be postponed for year,
or at least until new Congress has been cleo
ted. The authority for this latter statement is
in the representation made by those who are
engaged in the development ofthe material in
terests in the island alluded to-