National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-13

eide the Spanish policy, under the new regime,
on this important point. Later dispatches
show that the Cortes is loslng no time In ar
raylng the Government in its new habilimcnts.
Tho speech Of the president Of the Council il
marked by great libcrality Of sentiment, and
shows that the public peace has been pre-
served
This endeavor Of Spain for republican
form OF government, II succcssful, will be pro-
ductive Of great good to the popular cause In
Europe; and should 1t fail, which Ia not i'm.
probable, much, for the present. will he lost
to Spain herself and to all Europe.
THE ATTACKS UPON TIE DISTRICT.
Was there ever q community 80 abused and
mlsrepreseuted a. our own Closing their
eyes to the most convincing facts and figures,
public journals In various parts Of the coun-
try speak and write Of us with the most un.
blushing mendacity. The New York Herald,
which Is usually fair and independent, Joins
In the cry against our authorities and bases q
false and unjust assault upon the unfoundcd as.
sertions Of our!opponcnts. Taking Mr.. Roose.
vclts ignorant speech as the law and the gos.
pei, II prints nearly q column Of misrcpre.
scntatlon and falsehood, and compares the
Board Of Public Works to second Tammany
The New York san, following In its wake,
reprints all the old ISLANDERS that have been
90 often refutcd, and solemnly asserts that We
are on the verge Of bankruptcy.
In the face Of oil this, what announcement
Is there for us to make the capital Of the
nation what II should be, the equal II not tho
superior OF any city In the Unlon2 Our peo.
pie have generously done all that In them lay
to beautlfy our avenues and streets. Wash.
lngton Is falrcr and more beautiful to-day
than she has been In all her history. She has
come ont OF the mud and miro In which Con.
grcss had so long and so hopclessly plunged
her. And yet when we went TO Congress, and
asked II to pay lts proportion Of the cost oi
the Improvements around the public build.
lngs and grounds, we encountered q storm oi
opposition, and obtained that to which We
were 30 justly entitled only after the seyeresi
struggle. The whole conduct Of Congress
toward the capital ls simply disgusting. A.
every one can see, great changes and i'm.
provemcnts have been made here during the
last twelve months. Washington IL to-day
one Of the most beautiful, and In every re.
spcct commodIous, cities In the Union. Great
advancement has been made In almost every
respect. Real estate has advanced In value,
new houses have been erected In every
direction, streets and avenues, which only a
few years ago were so many wlldcrnesses,
have sprung into beauty and bloom tina.
Is the admiration of every stranger All
that VIC want Is far play, and In very short
time no American need blush for the capital
Of his country. We look to Congress for
assistance In this good work, because upon
every consideration we arc Justly entitled tc
II. Treat US with the same generosity as
other portions of the Union are tire ated Put
US on level with New Mexico and Arizona
and even the Indian country, and Washing
ton will soon be to the United States what
Paris Is to France. So far as the charges OF
fraud and corruption are concerned, the re.
ports of investigating committees have again
and again shown them to be utterly without
foundation. It is mere waste Of time to
answer what has been so often answered.