, 1873-02-12
WASHiN NGTON.
The New Abolition s~-:shall
Senators Be Elected by
the People P
An Account Of tho Senate as It Is..0nly
0ne.Third Of tho Soats hight
uonorably Filled.
Senatorial Expulsions-.-AP Parallel
Between Roman md Kan
sun Politics.

Between Roman md Kan
san Politics.
From Our 0cn Correspondent.
WARRINGTON Fob. 4, 1873.
The happicst accident since tho close Of the
War has boon the Credit Mobiiier exposure. It
haa tumblc1 Romo hollow ef11gies Of reputation,
and proved TINT ointment auccoes cannot euro q
lying tongue, nor ennoblo sinister character.
But, In tho moral ncoda Of 4 nation, tho tln-
worthy must go, and not the exposure, but the
conccnlmont, Of their crimes Is tho sign of dis
ehao 1t Ia butter to ace tho pur1oinor and tho
prato on tile glbbot Of public opinion, instead Of
binndly plying their craft In tho security of omi-
neuce.
About this porlod it would DO tfmo1y for some
OF those old-fashionod sermons on tho driving Of
peddlora ont of the Temple, tue
peddlers who sold doves, tho soft md cooling
kind of chaps, who disguised tile trade In tho In
noconce Of tho commodity: sleek and harmless
littlo orodit Mobilior.
The exposure OF thieveb ia
GOOD SION,
1t ih tho frat step to henlth, and It's oireeta
havo beon a1roady extraordinary. Tho franking
fraud has boon abolished; tho Steamslip-subBi-
dy bill to Australia "a nero grab in tho namo Of
trade which sailing ships only can do with
proht,--has failed; the Goat Island plum
der haa boon repudiated by tho very Congress-
which Ind previously passed. It; tho Cotton-Tax
Refunding bill has perialod; Pomeroy haH boon
pitched out Of the Senate; Caldwell, Clayton
Pinchback, Carolina Patterson, md some others
will go out, OF tho Senate itself will know tho
sentiment Of this country by other than nowspa-
por-leaaers. Finally Oliver r. Morton has nd
vocatcd tho abolition Of tho Electoral College
and-'nirabiie d,otui-Ji Harlan Inns proposed
tho election Of Senators by tho people, He knows
how 1t ia himself, since ho got $50, 900 railway
blaokmal to elect himself. Out of the fulnoss
OF tho conscience and the efficacy OF exposure
tho mouth speakothl
HERE Is THE BILL OF EXPLOITATION JIM"
In the Senate Of the United statcs Jnr 81, 1875 Mr.
was read twioo and ordered "a 10 printed: "1'~''
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o fs'igfa e. G Gy ;ss re sq 9 ama es
lied ,so1trs u eae Hoss t eo'easg M sSs sssfn essf
tures q tho several statoa as al amendment 70 tho
by Of said Legislatures shall be valid Is
part Of the Constitution. namely:
SECTION l. The Senate Of tho United States shall be
composed Of two Senators from each State chosen BY
electors in each State shall hare lie qualaca,ione re-
qutao for electors OF tho most numerous brauch Of
the State Legisaturo; and, il vacanciea happen by
on from any State, the Executive authority thcsoof
shall isauo wrts Of election to an such vacancies
It may appear impossible to aect1ro q two
thirds vote In the Senate for the proposition Of
an amendment which will burn tho ships behind
many Of the corsairs pud conquistadores thcre.
But thieves Blouch along In tho wake Of upright
people, eyon in the Senate, and vigorous agita-
tlon of tho subject, and itH espousal by the abor
mon Of that body, will silence the tongue Of him
whose unworthincsB will be admitted by tho act
Of opposition. Tho Senate Of tho United stutos
was originally designed to reflect tho Beloctod
sentiment Of tho wisost electors in each Stnte,-
the LcgialatureH. It was. supposed that the
honrty emulation Of tho States would keep high,
tary passion, tho exalted ohicoa Of these oenaors
upon more popular legislation; that tho length
OF the torn OF Senator would ordinarily survive
tho duration OF party; and that q body Of grayo
would bridge over Administrations and party
periods, and, never expiring, prolong an aris-
tocraoy Of intellect, experience and calm de-
nleanor. Such WAS tho beautiful conception Of
In tho course Of time. tho Senate has come to
DO tho chief object Of political conspiracy, and
in every State the Goyernorahip is proBtituted
to obtain it,-mon walking over their oaths and
sense Of Commonwealth duty to bound into tho
Senate, and stay there two years longer than tho
President Gun keep hiB Office.
The voting constituency Of State 1iko Penn-
Bylvania ia reduced from hundreds Of thousands
to hundreds, In ordor that a man may spond
lifetime in tho Senate who could never be
elected Governor, and against whose name
resolution Of cenHuro and Disgrace ia recorded
On tho journal Of tho House Of Representatives.
Tho Senate, in its present organization, ia
suggestive OF the steady decline Of its manhood
and conduct
THE PRECEDING OFFICER
Of the Senate, Schuyler Oolfnx, the Vice presi-
dent has solicited an inquiry into his character
waro CT refusca By e soaae On thp groand S4a that
impeachment was tile only method to reach him,
and 1t waB now too late to adopt that, because,
although tho presiding officer might have been
interosted IN jobbery for tue whole period Of his
doclinationB too numerous to mention. And
how could q man remember his Credit Mobillor
stock who had 80 often forgotten to retire at the
timo ho promised ?
MIGHT HAVE nEsN.
The predecessor OF Schuyler .Colfax in tho
Senate, B. T. Wade, had promised to divide the
raiment OF his country, had he been made ProBi-
don't, amongst such people as E. 3. Ward, John
Presidency by the votes Of Lyman Trumbull and
othora, and has alnco boon riding oxen, in q
eongonial way, through the tobbing pastures Of
Santo Domingo. .
NEXT PRESIDENT OF TIE SENATE.
The Successor OF Schuyler Colfa1, Horny Will
son, haB just escaped tho Credit Mobiller impli-
cation by such close shave that We hope 1t will
steady him up for the next four years, and that
cortain OF tho angels will have charge coucern-
ing hlm, leat at any time, while tutoring plati-
tudo, he dash hia foot against stone.
THE PRECEDENT OF TUE CAUCUS,
and Ylce-presiling of1cer, Horny b. Anthony, is
at prc.ont going about tho city saying that there
is nothing, IN Cadwell's case requiring tho Som
ate to tako any aetion,-thereby exonerating
bribery, Flo Is az unblunhing defender Of every
man who took tho Crodlt Mobilior stock.
THE EXECUTIVE oLEHK
Of tho Sonato Is a oarpet-bagger, formerly
city Of which the Washington Herald spoke as
follows lust woek, "How can NO expect hon
eaty in public life when sonator (1iarlan), the
Executive Clerk Of tho Senate (AIolrls), md the
t. ypa6s 5narne the q cseta ssnans