Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-02
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IS, '72.
the Editor of the REPUBLICAN

| If you or any of your friends who visited
the Capital of the Nation ten years ago,
should revisit it now, you would scarcely
know 1t for the same place. In fact, tile
last ten years have wrought wonders in
the general aspect of this city. The prin-
| cipal streets and avenues are now all
paved with wood or concrete, and their
great width has enabled the Board of
Public Works to give up portion of
many of the streets to green sod and
rows of shade trees. When these trees
are well grown this city will have many
of the finest drives in the world. No
city in the country is more beautifully To-
Gated than Washington; and, as its foun
der interded, it should be made the finest
city on the continent.
Since the war many enterprising North
ern men have located here, prominent
among whom are Gov Henry D. Cook
and A. R. Shepherd, Esq. The business
energy of these men is marvellous; and
during the last ten years, they have lent
all their driving capacity to the commend
able work of improving and beautifying
the Nations Capital. They have sue
ceeded admirably. They have removed
the ragged, bedraggled and filthy gar
rnents i'll which Washington was clad so
long, and have substituted garments that
are comely and beautiful in the highest
degree But you and all the rest of the
people will do well to come and see ii.
1t will pay you better than to read a de
scription however lengthy. You will
find much to interest you, much that is
ancient and muc% that is modern, much
that Is historical an3 of permanent inter
est, because associated with our early his
tory You will find much that is beauti
full. both in nature and art animate and
inanimate, from the gay human butterfly
that fits along the avenue to the Goddess
that crowns the stately dome of the Capt.
tol
Congress has accomplished more than
is usually done prior to the holiday re-
cess. Among other Bills it has passed
the one which abolishes all Internal
Revenue Assessors and assistant Asses
sors. The spirit of economy is abroad
Not words, but action, is what ii demands.
Words may be LETT to fhe opposition
the Republican party acts; and in the in
terest of a wise economy it strikes away
the offices with the fervor of an icono-
clast Some of the officers who are
doomed to find their occupation gone, y
may sing, Pity the sorrows of a poor
old man." but the people will approve, as
will most of the office holders themselves.
The President is thoroughly in earnest
in the work of retrenchment and reform
a in his own quiet way, the work goes
on, results being aimed at, and not fine
spun theories, or high-sounding phrases.
The papers just now are filled with re-
ports from New Orleans, and the asso-
ciated Press dispatches in referring to
the legal returning Board Of Elections
use the term Custom House returning
Board" The expression conveys a SIAN
der. The Custom House at New Or
leans, has not interered in any way what
i ever, with either of the Boards OF Can
!, vasseTs. Its officers have had nothing to
do with the matter, nor has the Admins
! tration, though the villainles Of War
; moth and his tools have become wholly
uncomfortable by the people OF Louisiana
:: -. T
Alabama is most lamentable, and it arise:
s wholly from the fact that the men who
' preached peace and reconciliation durin.
!. the campaign, in utter and. open violation
e OF law, now seek to trample down tn
d will of the people. and count out" th
! legally elected members of the Legisla
l. ture. For the last ten years Gov. War
v moth has welded autocratic powers
p boasting that he had more complete swa
d over the people of Louisiana, than til
= Gar of Russia had over his subjects An
now seeks to elect himself to the Unite
re States Senate But the people have a
y, last found a champion IN Judge Durel
es who seems determined that the law shal
~ be maintained. With the downfall G
o, Warmoth and his gang, there will b
B. peace in Louisiana
yh 1t is fact worth noting that the zeal
= pet baggers," whose acts have br6ugl
ey disgrace on the name, who have hereto
at fore been denounced by the enemies {
gh the Republican party, as the cause OF a
- the troubles in the South, are now til
cir champions of the opposition. Both
he Louisiana and Alabama, the strife is b,
tween Northern carpet baggers" VIII
'w are Democrats, and native. Southern me
10 who are Republicans. The Republic,
he party having exposed the rascalities
,g- those men and driven them out OF i
ranks, they betake themselves to tt
Democracy, where they are welcome
with open arms, their new friends boy
ing down to them, and declaring that Il
term carpet t-baggers," has become ho