The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-05
tics 2rsnch injustice, forsooth, as thy

tice 27snch injnstiee, forsoeth, as thy
trnsty servant cannot brook as
He says it would have been an in
consistent and cowardlyl act on his
part to vote against the bill to avoid
criticism. Did he forget that one. of
the very reasons which he gave for
his pretended opposition to the bill
was that it would seicriticisme In
| his own words m3
mMuch has already oc, ra.- TO
throw discrsdit on the Mod Con
gress, and this lWoulfla q ll9 fsywu shade
TO the colors in VIII rqalt was. lbeing
painted"
From himself comes the assertion,
and himself has furnished the answer.
| Yes. it was inconsistent and coWardly
while pretending to oppose that swim
die, to ignore all considerations of
fiustace and of right, and base that OPP
positiou.oa what he admits that he
knew to. be base and cowardly
grounds. And what but inconsisten-
/ cy and cowardly has his whole course
! in this matter been? 1t was iucon-
sistent and cowardlv to say to his
constituents that he opposed the
whole scheme of increase of salaries,
when, he voted for and advocated the
! pas sage of that. law. 1t was incon-
sisient and cowal dly to insinuate that
the respomsibilitv for its passage rest
ed upon.those who voted against 1t.
because nv "flibusfering they could
have prevented a vote until the close
iof the session. 9 It was inconsistent
and cawaFillv to insinuate that the
coming Congress is not worthy of
trusf. for the purpose of eXcuslng his
vote; end while have no excuse to
offer for the President, who failed to
veto such a bill. yet itI was inconsist-
ent and cowardly for a member of
Congress to attempt to shield himself
from his wrong by trying to SHIFT the
responsibility upon and take refuge
behind him, iss 5ss "a
When the intelligence first reached
| us that Mr.. Garfield had voted for
this measure was surprised and dis
appointedsat his Vofe; but when we
were told ,that-he had a full and COM
plete defence to that charge, ear
! nestlv hoped that it was true. and de-
1 termined if so, that would not be
backward in acknowledging my ap-
DreciatiOn of the fact, and in uphold
| ing his. course. His statements re-
| specting the proceedings I have care
| fully read and re-read several times,
and / must say that fail to, ind any
thing which. appears to me to be any
| Justification. The only thing therein
which can bv any one be considered,
even if true, as making the least ap-
nr6ach thereto. was his assertion that
| the failure of the vote would cause
an extra session of Congress; but to
make that eUen a T1OOr ercUSe, we must
assume with him that it would render
an extra session of Congress ineVita-
shle, and that the incoming Congress
is TO be more corrupt than that which
| is Just ended-for neither of which
propositions can | see anv reason, nor
! to which can accede. Secondly, we
must find that his vote and acts are
| consistent with his excuse; which we
cannot doswhen we find him advoca-
ting the passage of. that law, and de-
elaring the increase is right and ought
to be made; .jeeringly saying 10 the
hohest opponents of the bill. It is
not plander, hnless gentlemen here
consider themselves not deserving.of
the proposed pay" ies flfs,s-tt4a1
The time has come when we want
no such Inconsistencies in Congress,
The proceedings of the last session
have developed the existence of such
corruption in onr. national legislature
as leaves us no alternative but to dis
approve of the actions Of servants
who have participated therein, al
though they may be men whom we
would still delegate to honor had they
proved faithful to their trust.
..f5 ONE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS.