The New York herald., 1874-12-15
Uncle Dick in Congress.

Uncle Dick in Congress.
A careful correspondent informs US that
Uncle Dick announces his purpose to
vote for every railroad subsidy bill which
is brought into Congress. He thinks the
country ought to be restored to "a pros
porous condition" that "capital should be
able to employ labor" and that it would be
% good thing to expend eight hundred
million dollars" When the HERALD nomi-
mated and supported Uncle Dick for Con-
gress it was upon the express idea that ne
would represent the largest ideas OF legisla-
ton, that he would be the Colonel Mulberry
Sellers of Representatives, that he would lead
Congressman from the barren pastures Of
economy into the high, bracing atmosphere
of ''public improvement" American indus
try" and development Of the country"
For Uncle Dick, like Napoleon as described
by Lamartine, has mind ''every thought
of which is an empire" We are not betray-
ing any confidence when We say that the cam
paign that will open in the beginning of the
year under the command of Uncle Dick will
be the most remarkable ever known in the
annals Of legislation. His campaign will
embrace the most comprehensive system
OF public Improvement ever known. AS we
have no money now, and as money Is an
essential element in the campaigns of even
as great captain as Uncle Dick, We shall
begin by purchasing one hundred new print
ing presses and setting them to '.making
mOnovn Aftov, hou koI covoro1 fbon-
sand millions of beautifully engraved "cur-
rency" the work of ''encouraging Ameri-
can industry will begin. First comes the
Alaska, Honduras and Patagonian Rail-
way, with Brazil and Peru extensions. Then
comes the Allegheny. Rocky Mountains and
Sierra Nevada Canal Company, which is
to connect San Francisco and New York by
direct water route. Then comes the annexa-
tion Of Mexico and Cuba and South America,
which is to be accomplished by diplomacy,
the beginning Of which will be
vote Of one hundred millions dollars
to the secret service fund, in order
that the Secretary Of State may bribe the
Pope and the whole Order Of Jesuits. Then
we will have war with England, for the pur-
pose of encouraging our shipping industry
and the bunting manufacture and our gun
trade, and to collect the balance of
our indirect Alabama claims, amounting,
in round numbers, to three thousand
million dollars. The effect Of this war, it is
reasonable to suppose, will be the annexa-
ton of Ireland, India and the Pacific Islands,
and the election of General Grant as Presi-
dent for third term.
Uncle Dick is not alone in this campaign.
As Napoleon had his marshals-his Murat, his
Ney, his Massena, his Berthier--so Uncle
Dick has his gifted lieutenants. He has taken
possession of Welcker's famous restaurant.
That distinguished host has put under con-
tribution the vineyards of France, the moors
dacks and the oyster beds of the East River.
The finest brands of Chateau Margaux, Cham
bertin, Sauterne and Pommery, with rare and
exquisite cordials, whose golden glow repre-
sents the bottled sunshine of the Rhine val
leys, have been imported for the feasts.
Colonel Mulberry Sellers will be detained
by New York engagements from visiting
Washington until after New Years. He
will be there shortly after the holidays,
accompanied by his secretary and manager,
Hon. William Stuart. Those who know Uncle
Dick and Colonel Sellers and Mr.. Stuart
and who does not know them ?-will understand
the wit the flow Of soul, the merriment, the
classic taste, the remembrances Of high society,
that await the present Congress, while the
house formerly occupied by the British Lega-
ton has been taken by q distinguished New
York statesman and banker, who will not
play an obscure part in this canvass.
We congratulate our statesmen upon their
winter opportunities. Napoleon's Hundred
Days form a memorable epoch in the history Of
France; Uncle Dicks Hundred Days will
form memorable epoch in the history
of American legislation. But the parallel
will end here; for Napoleon found q
Waterloo-Uncle Dick will find an Auster.
litz. In this canvass there will be no
distinction Of race, politics, reputation or
color. Uncle Dick is too muchof statesman
to despise the swarthy Carolinian, only fresh
from the chains of slavery, or the needy
carpet-DaBger, VINO mas spent the proceeds OF
his last cadetship and is anxious about his
hotel bill All will be welcome to these fes-
tivities. Unless fate, which controls the
destinies Of the greatest men-C@sar, Hanni-
bal, Napoleon, and even Uncle Dick-should
fall cruelty upon these noble designs, the
Forty-third Congress will end its career by
giving to the country series Of schemes for
''the development of American industry"
for "the protection Of labor" 1.-THE revival Of
business and "the general prosperity Of the
masses" that will excite the establishment, if
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