, 1873-08-25

oryshing wicked about them. toy will havo small IN
duesment to become honest n,efl nna womet nna VII
10 lkoy to fall In With what they understand 10 bo tho
And Sll jaat asy l,oro to t,oao whs .yc tho lea-
every Administrator the opposition tn that Aamns- I,
any that hn Ro11e before, md iii. lilo lorlo was ono
q gencr,l oelsl rroiHsey Which unlGss Il waa
checked ny urna % IT,, the rm oe1s r. e." S rarp mn "s te
cEtEEnrur. nuTIOoK.
A general rule, thu public ,npn III representa-
morals. @ A xnd, willis a'n ,'ot wnnne in yanoration
for tho memory md character Of our fathers am
Of tho roop!o Of tis eountry nt tho rcaent tay
thor auperiora in morals. education. and iute1Eenco.
T 1.y a.sa ts %sps e 'a*. % 81 s
p"cs @ viii tie'n belfova lilo worIa / growing vi
world in which wo llvo; that tito principles Of FREQ
government arc betor understood n t'fa country to-
them @ W and st tis saerl,ices for te preservation, Of
tho Union In tho War Of tho Rebellion woro, to say
n ' f s,9asE so n fo 1 a'f nn
rights bcttor understood ntd moro strictly enforced
than t,ofore and Whereas nt tho t,c OF THO
shor cotomporarioH ercolved tic gront wickoi1,esB
and dangers Of human pavory, tho Of tho nation
the Rsvolation sW @ ~oro waer an lie coonas 20 i o
generation Of to-day wiser and Dcttor tHn tho fathers.
BALAnY.anAn.
It might bo tho subject Of cosnn,e,t II failed to
mako aSmo reference 10 what is called tho back
pay" Dy AZ amendment to the Lcg!slaiyo AppropFi-
alton bill tho Hnlary OF nnnlberr Of Congress waH
raised to $3.50 year. nstoau Of 5,u0o, which WIN
sheir compensation undor tho old lazy. What was
allowances for newspapers and Rtationory. Tho law
was also made rettoaet,vo 40 ha to ay TIC !noroaaed
rate Tor tue Congress then expiring, dcluctln8 from
IT, hovevcl n pad for inileago, stationery, nnd
newspapers.
that is coneereu. Il may not 10 Improper 10 observe
that moro Democrats voted for 1t fn tho Two uoaAtn,
~ proportion to their numbers, hnn Republicans.
But 1t whs Ia no Honao 1Mrty measure.
hes demanding i spon i'd distance from Wilmington
Il has icon tho gonurai conviction Of t1e 1ne1nDors
Of tho senate since ave bccn III that body that tho
pay and allowances Of mc,bers ait things considered,
werc loo small and that aUunu an1 enlightened policy
dictated Al increase.
n,. ,ou.,,.,,,,.. The ,Is. rnEoEpEsTs: RICE :, .u..
tho power to doernlno tho measure Of tholr
peusaton. In this matter they nre lnndo their own
10 determine and III tho vauo Of toir own services,
bo lodged nowhere clio Sut IN oongress. Tic ply Of
menbofa Of Congress l,aa beon Increased hVU Diff
pay has been dated back to he beBinning of tho con
proaent WAS In 1866 md gavo backpay for tho pcriod
OF o'ghteon months. The principle involved i'll back
R u pet a or nov an .,S ws e st
tuatee TO say that members Of The Con-
ross who voted fos backpay have bocu guilty Of ntea
have takcn thu monoy received 1t according to sw
law they had AZ much power to enaet aa any chor.
pay In the last Cogrcsa Tho best and aest
In tho land OF both parcs md believed they wero but
o1aseng a n Lao a., a @ tag tho
sot by many Of tho uiost distinguished and patriotic
men who had gono beforo thnin In tho halla OF Con-
Bresa.
. DAoK-TAY wHosI0 AND pANoEnoUa.
But while thus doing justice to the motives Of the
Whnt CAlinu with tp hn
atood ~ approving The principle involved in it, TONG
Il srPeass to b plain principle that tho Increase ot
81 ias ns o1s to
q tbo psnepe. Yst tho'r" would 10 as as much pro
qty and jasti;e r. gytng bach.pay to the President
too ew to n n,obors aSa ct consress Tho oily dl
eneo betwoen the casea would bo that the nenlbers
Of have powor to Soo 1S thesely Iaekps
during tho Forty-scconl Congress expected to re-
ccive only tho compensation then fixed by Inv, and
derstood to 10 IN full aud Il now receive groatsr
sun for that service, to that It would 10
ms IN I'D nsq1s Il e. 0 apnoe is s ei e Ss co., s
eznnlent would be OF . dangerous character. Where
. salary which has boen definitely h1ed BY law,
In Increased, and such increase In made to oxtend
back two yeara 1t Is hard to distinguish such back ly
from q gift; and In ths case Ills regarded by tho
country money paid without considerations loing
gveu for services already paid for according to Aw.
LOulRtANt.
hcon bstariv saaain r.sn of thn cnrs n avnns
Ia the 6tate of LoniRiaua shall not go Into dis
cusalou OF tho political condition u TINT statu,
State croated in 1868, and about tho character and
rightfulue4a Of which there is dispute, bus In It
known Is tho Kellogg Government " III lonial.na,
g spa v t IL 60 j has 'q 1se be
satea in 1ou,aana aid repeatedly by tho President
Of the United States: an1 ! have no doubt from,
mi rft t}tH
that tho Kellogg Government receives the support and
tho synpahy Of l. Largo majority q the reoplo Of
mont" is criminal pro.enson, attempted to bc sot up
by force, md having no warrant iii tho aufrages of the
VINO Is nEsroNs1pLk ron SOUTHERN rnouDLEs7
The Democratic party has been tho evil genius Of
tho South and ID ciiofy Responsible for her misfor-
ballion by TINT tho Government would not
bo allowed to coerce thom 70 remain in tho union 1t
aspsy ] % for thef ea,ss a and md hoig hopes Of iatoTs
ference by chanEea through the elcetlons. It urged
then s hs v 59 e s h9 5V aoa aa
rebellion. It declared tho recolsstrucsion laws
e bo null and void, encouraged resistance to t
!op. 1oprasu he in o soa It s
done everything tn ita power sluee tho war to make tho
S % s sen md 1ssys s s
the south any good, Its influence hns been disastrous
Gennnay AMI 4 10 ny mot ~ TOO nsn s,rs to 1 Soy @ TINT o
worst cnemy OF the 1outh.
aoop TIME coM1sa.
Reconciliation between the North and so,.th MUS. ,,o
tho work of tno Of mutual intereata aud Of tho re-
publican party. Thu Republican party has Do
cered tho soi,th, and may spcak to her IN tcr1ns Of
kindness, aud present hopes and ancipatloua for the
| future that no otlDr political organization cat do.
While willing to go to the limit Of constitutional
power to establish tho authority Of the govern;
| mont In tho south,.. to give olual civil aud
political rights to I'LL without regard to race
| Or color, to suppress disorder aud pro-
necessary. UNI from my heart anxious Ter Tho com.
prosperity, aud tho reunion Of all tho statcs III Aenti-
nents Of love to each othor and devotion to our
mon country. Aud Without stopping to consider yllc
is to hlamo for thu nafortuneH Of tho civil aud
the evils which havo followed tp tia tEain wilt Nh
citizen and senator do n In my power for tho return
Of tho prosperity anl happiness Of tie South.
| AID SOuTtfEItN EDUCATION.
Tho cause Of education In the southern Htatea has
beon 70 mo subject Of anxious reflection Tho
| mon school syatem upon which tho educat0n Of tht
nsssos must uoronu, In several Of tho Southern States
scarcely aIihts and III otherH 1A IN very feohle
depressed condition. 1t ta u matter Of national i'm
porance that the children Of tile South, wh'te ant
| black. ahsl bo educated that tlloy may perform
intelligently and well those pnlilical and socn