Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-23
:" Put not Your Trust in Princes.


never man epake," and the admonitlon has beer
Aeld to be 40 wise that the eighteen hundred years
that have expired siuce has not suticed 10 lessen
its force in the least. On the contrary 1t has
grown In strength until it is now regarded as one
CT the great maxims that will last long as there
are Princes or men who arc disposed TO usurp the
place Of Princes over the people; and 1t matters
Tery little whether a man is born Prince, as the
world has It, or assumes that he is one by his ae-
tions when he succeeds by demagoguic efforts to
high office. That there are numberless persons OF
this class in the 43d Congress is quite evident
from their votes and speeches during the discus
sion Of the repeal OF the "Salary Grab" bill. In
our experience in reading the debates of Congress,
ana IL iS not very short, We have never witnessed
such en- exhibition of an utter want OF regard fer
the opinions of the people. Butlerism was the
most striking and prevailing sentiment. Every
time the "Beast" made the remarkable gesture and
showed Lis contempt for popular opinion, he was
cheered by the illmannered mass Of the House,
who eat Of the crumbs that fail from the tables
oi the people. The broad hackhand slaps in the
face of the voters was lauded with stamps, claPs,
and even cheers An almost unheard of thing on
the HJur VI the House. Ths gallery Was fairly
appalIed and among this number none seemed
more greatly elAted than the negro members.
They sniggered and grnned as though all the re-
marks of the Beast" were intended for the "low
vhits trash;" and doubtless they were. Buttr
remembers the spoons and the silver, TO say moth
ing Of the stolen oeitou he will never get over
these things, which cling to him as the shirt of
Nesis nor has he forgotten the timely " Bottle
Of Bermuda Hundred ;" nor the whipping Of wo-
men in New Orleans These things are memora-
bic, ana can never be effaced from the memory Of
the public 30 long as u newspaper is opposed to
Batter and Butlerism, which is only another name
for brutality and vulgarity.
Among the one hundred and thiuy-one who
were delighted with tbs exhibition of the Beast
was the Member from Deiawaro-he who cannot
even consult the wishes of the people in selecting
q Postmaster for Wilmington. The brilliant, the
dashing. the already " able and popular member"
trOn Delaware joined his laugh and his greeting
with those OF PinchbAck, an interloPer upon the
sSsAe. aud Ramsey and other braNen oppoOents
Of The wishes Of the tax-ridd. IN people. Every
man that raised his voice Ia behalf of the poor
bat honest and viTtuous voters who are toiling at
homs against untold difficulties, was hoOted and
sOoGed at a. q designing demagogue.
Anid all this mass OF jeeriRg, vulgar. insolent,
tOadsWclting efirOnteTy. blaekguardsm, drunk
eaness and sin. it cheering to note that there
was greatly increasing strength coming TO the
aid OF the people. and have no fears that virtue
VIII not triumph in the end
Marx the fact, after all the efforts Of Stephens,
Niblaek. Randall and the Beast, there was but
one majority on the vote that kept the ~saIary
steal" about where it was; and that one rcte may
Be charged to Mr.. LoRa'd, of DeIa,care.
This bill has to pass the Senate; and has 10 have
the signature of the President. We have no hopes
in the President But 1t cannot pass the Senate
without being exposed. The Delaware Senators
certainly cannot favor 1t. Mr.. Salisbury voted
against aAd properly characterized the 'SSalary
Grab" as bill of abomlnations before its passage
and has refused to touch the foul thing. And Mr.
Hayard returned the "back pay" The repeal Llii|
10 pronounced "Worse than the frs" They can
not favor it. 1t is impossible they should aud
SOOk their constituents in the face Let Lohand
and Butler and Ramsey and the mongrels vote as
they like, the Democratic voters Of Delaware have
too nueA tAith In their Senators to believe thsy
Will fOli0w In the wake OF the Beast"
Had Blggs been IN the House. this blll which ia
pronounced worse than the "SAlary Steal" by a
ssni-hepnbllean paper, would not have been pass-
ed; It took the vote OF LofAnd TO make IL As near
lag as 1t IA the vote OF Biggs was sure to 60 with
his people, If he knew their wishes, and il wouId
have defeated the aim OF the blear eyed bully and
given victory To the cause OF the people Like
ClymsT, his voice would have been found on the
aide OF patriotism. Mr.. Clymer is called dema.
Eogue Tor his remarks, by those would be. Prioces
10 order that our readers may sss what in the eves
Of these ''Salary Gnbbers It takes 10 make n
dsmAGogue, We here insert the report Of the excel.
liant and eommendable speech OF Hester C,IvmeY
Of Pa made just before the passage Of the repsal
hill:
Mr.. Clymer, Of PcnnSylvania argued in favor n,
reducing the salary of the present ExscutIye 10
Us original figure, but favored the proyisIon ot
me Oil (which maintained the salaries of ,Le
Judges OF the Supreme Court He said tbat the
lncrease OF salary had been the last straw vvbicb
brOke the camel's back. He would tell the Honss
Nhee public elamor was. II was the first eVideOcs
OF that coming storm Of public wrath which wos
rialag around and about Congress. Whoever Ar.
tempted 70 Withstand it or overcome n wonid 4.
overwhelmed and undone by il. Yestsrdov IT,
grand old States Of PENNSYLVANIA And C3coroi"
nAa rendered imposSibiO forever hsrealfer thSss
frauds and cOrruptions Ia legislation which hsd
heretofore cursed and outraged them.
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