Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-02-10
A Chat with the Editor. :.
NUnBEE 1--WE.


NUMBER rivE.
keep stiff upper lip" trilc saying. ard
appropos of the bristling across the water Just
now over the wrongs which our government
lays at the door Of John Bull, & are opening
before the Geneva arbitration Queen Vic's sub
iects seem to be just awakening 10 the en- 1rmi-
| y Of their deseGctiOns during our struggle
with, The rebellion. They were told then that
II day of reckoning would come; and ever
since they have moeked at our calamity. Now
we are told that if the American government
insists upon full rcparation, they will give no
tice to recede from the treaty Of Washington
at once. Indeed, a good deal more that is
buster, Is sIid, among which that dispatches
are already sent Ia this government. with
drawing from IDS agreement u suLiait the Al
ALBANIA cluims TO arbitrament. John Bull
talks ever with glistening bayonets at its back,
but Uncle Samuel does not need to get in "A
worry-our rights will be mair tanned and in
peace or waB, we propose TO dcBand fulh re-
paralion. So let us keep stiff upper lip"
DO not the Metropolitan developments con
sttute this an era Of untold corruption IN high
places, bank irregularities" and swiDdlingin
gencralY
Have you noticed, dear Editor, the trepida-
lion OF Democratic orators wheneyer the cen
sus Is appealed TO for sabstantiation of exist
ing fhcls-hOw they will lhxow the weight of
their dklrust upon every thing pertaining to
the census and its revelations This was prac-
iically observed the other day when the Edu
cationnl Bill was being discussed in Congress
The bill had been assailed by the Democracy
as entrenching upon State rights &c, but 1t
was soon demonstrated that urgent necessity
existed for the passage of the bill to protect
educational interests in the South, and to pro-
vide against the numerous Ku Klux raids. an
organization greatly depending upon prcsery-
ing an equilibrium" panderbg to ignorance,
crime and disorder Was Il any wonder that
in Tennessee where only tweniy-three out Of
ninety one counties had any schools. uAnt the
State should be confirmed Democraiicg or
that the Ku KlIx should hold undlspuled
sway!
And again, that, for the want OF just such
facilities ms this bill affords, disorder and crime
hold full sway in South Carolina where the
Two ablest attorneys in the land abandoned
their Ku Klux clients aud left the court room
in shame So tosS in Kentucky, whare Legis-
ators are bought 10 secure II railroad charter
through the State. and where Democracy
reigns supreme, moBo than one-thrd of the
white population are practically illiterate. Is
II any wonder then, that this party should
turn its batteries against any system which cl-
ievates and ennobles many 1t Is such men,
and the organs that represents them, who are
$50 loudmouthed against Republican rule and
iwho go through all the expletives and slang
phrases Of the dny to belttle every measure
calculated 10 protect our manhood and renden
the Republic truly lhnd Of freemen.
Hence die seqael to the Democratic clamor
for general amnesty-the restoration of rights
To the men whole garments are drenched With
the blood of the fallen In the war Of the re-
belion-man. who should have expiated for
their crimes, and the memory of their exist
ence oblitcrated from the annals Of free gov
ernment.
With what delight the Democracy IN Con
grsss the other day, recorded their votes in Ia
vor Of the full recognition OF the 18th. hth
and i5lh, amendments rs valid parts VI the
Constitution only twenty-five found to vote
In the negative on,a. resolution which was
adopted yhere's all the vchemence that has
been hurled against these amendments for the
past two years
J., our former chats, the investigation about
the New York Custom ILoase formed topic
for discussion. Are not the developments
startling, and 10 they not reNeaha reckless
ness little snort Of the TammanN iNauGls D
What an incentive for Congress TO reioriR all
these abuses, aud place the Customs upon q
business basis like all other nlviGaniiie trans
actions. And the President has nOw an OPP
portunity 10 RAi an end TO the cOrrupt prac'
tice OF enforcing the Civil Service system. H.
deed the telegraph brings us the joyful intel
ligcnee that Sen. Giant has expressed de-
termination 10 wipe out the whole neat Of vi.
pers who have so long pllndeued the Govern
ment saa tho business'of the country through
the articles or Custom House leech,s.
Talking about the proposed Conslitsiional
Conversion, brings a reminder that the recent
canvass scttes'the question thai the voters OF
Ohio decided by lew thousand majority TO
call Convention. There are indeed, sad de-
fecis In many provisions of the Constitution
butts there not fear that the Instrument may
Us tinkered unwiselyt Under II. our States
have made wonderful nrogress aud growth,
and gDest wisdom Is needed in the selection Of
men aAe eau offer us something superior 10
.he present Constitution. Looking over the
debates In the Legislature ou this question
some days ago, the conclusion was reached
that The proposed amendments concerned on.
ly the Law profession, and even our worthy
Representative Is reported Is desiring a posi-
ponemenl Of ths question until he ceAld cor,