, 1874-11-06
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Oossaok Oivil-Sorvioo-- Dullnoss Of
Wasllington---Third Term.
JOHN ", Garrett and tho baltimore
s. Ohio Railroad.
Report Of tho Commissioner Of Eduoa-
tion--.Gilts for Educational
Purpores.
From Our Ole,l Correspondent.

From 0Hr 0nn Correspondent.
WARRINGTON, D, g., Now 2 as'as
It fH not often that thu Capital City WoaFa 80
drab md wan color aB now, fow WoeEs pt'or
TO tho aasomblago Of Congress. Iao eleo'1on'
haVo had their influence to detain THO nono-po1-
itelanB nnd empty tho buroaax OF ch'e's antl
clerks and tho notification to 10 hoho nnd
yoto is given With that atunc1copsiohapio efeaash
t4at shuws how absolutely partisan our ESocn'
tive Government Inns Dooomo. 1aoro ID no
olcck nor balanco Iii tho fornidaole applying
nowor; tllera might uot 10 uouoF my cue heaas
Europe may bcootuo all Cossack Of oil Republic
m !; bt,t tho United states, nj Civil Service,
Gnu bo
ONLY cossAoK.
A Young uaau said to mo last n{ghts
"Ilayc you any message for Philadelphia
baYc rocoiyod, unsolicited Bix days' leave Of
absenco to so homo aud soto.'
"That moana you mtst Co."
"Yos; but really do not know whom to vote
for. Tor yoara hayo lived hero in the Depart
meuts. nm Republican. But I do not liko
to cast my ballot for people mover saw. Still,
il fail to do 90, my Congressman may spot mo,
and report that 1.-Two under miHstatomont Of
facts, and nm not hts constituent"
"Dou't tho Civll-soryico rules protect your"
"Thoy do III part, but only as an old timc-table
guido insuros you tho train. If thcy woro ina-
mutnhlo, imperial, wo should not be running
home ouco or twice yoar, like strangers in a
strange land, voting like Sheep"
Hero is whero tho discouraged multitude got
their increasing bins for some respectable pre-
rogaAse,-somotAing organ!casly staadfast,-to
w1oHo foot tho outer politicians may
storm III vain. Horace Greeley approhonded
the failing cuthuaiasm for tho Republic when
he settled upon Ono Term us tho corrective Of
tho monarohical teudaucy. He was defeated In
it. Ihroo Torms IL now au issue.
the AMESpMENTs.
but therois q larys bulk Of poorlo, made up Of
importntions, BkcpticB, dyEpepsicB, and weary
lcuds, which looks beyond IArco Torms. not for
Glant, not for anybody in PARTICULAR but for nny-
body in general. It is vain to dfspo this fact By
any burst OF indignation. when one hears, my
whore hctweon Wall street mud Eis breakfast"ta-
bio, tho remark: "Ropublics aro humbugs.'
Another element Of this manB holds that tho re-
public il tue most rational form Of government
but all forms arc dishonest; hence thcy neither
vote nor oxclnim against corruption.
II is TO be noted that thcso roactions from Re-
pubcanism como in on tho hocls Of the most
Radical Administrations. In 1808-'0, ". II.
Crawford, tue historic figure Of GoorYia. intro
duced a resolution, and advocated 1t with such
effect TINT it paBaed both branches Of tho Goor-
gia Legislature demanding Mr.. JofTorson to take
three terms. Jefferson, whoso boast was that ho
had decentsalizcd the Republic! To-day,
ToombB and Stephens re-echo that Georgia vote
So also, in 1872, Wilinm Writ wrote to John
T. Lomax: II SEQ that ono Of tho Northern
papere has already pominnted Gen. Jackson for
a third term. It Is my opinion TINT he can DO
elected for life, if ho wants to-" jackson, who
had demolished tho banlk-ariatocraoyt
And now, 1t uo hear the CRY Of three torms,
however obscure, after d period Of emancipation
aud wholesale enfranchisoment, which 10 eithsr
the high-wutcr mark Of libcrty or dcluge. it ia
becauso cyory extension Of liborty is attended
with m Increase Of tho political constabulary,
with Increased sonsibility for liberty ttsolf With
attendant foars for property, and with the insen'
siblo monarchizatiou Of tho ot1icoholding class
Dlctasorships spring from the very ecstaoy Of d
victorious Democracy.
Tho throo historical sensations of a third torn
havo all followed wllful exercise of the puwer
Of the patronage. Jefferson turned out the
Fodctalists without other cause. jackson
turned out everybody without any cause
Tho Republican party has boon pro.
sc1ptiye in evory burcau, and iu Amer
ica tho oflccholling class Is tho standing army
Tia decipliuo aud oyolutiops eoual tho home
aar,1niona ~ +ho Frcnc1, armv IN timo or ncaco
1.N 80 .t..'s.
Aud tnast DC 90 ~ tenG as nsosetanson ssseaas
on pontlca. ina Gsa oGts.co; atS , re1oancs
n'la maoo stnplo' IL the LOT tneso pelloa
lcal ofios o. clesatls,a' auu sno neas Go1gIes
might welt tase H. np 4 thY nu,,anus r. na lu.so
nmcnumoht, VIII .no h@1pso!teut @ ~! la1Nee au.iu y.
mone tor dlsoasston; tao ness s"o maze IT, ~
President non-oslE'olo becono .iulo, anu ~
second extonoa tno ,eln tne w., tht1u aae s
nethof SENATOR not 1'iaessnsssAsn M ~, ~
tue FresluencY r. unI1 IVY svatn a4.es nls tolu y,
haa oxplrao Ae noas Mi Gsom'tnaps .- t sn
lattor and OF tnlh ConhIpes-".l! pasa 'ue oua' ~
ner alnondmens IN tne nouao, pefnap8 WIN u
Potter addition. anu lre5en,s ~ W tno peonse,
tue Senate aoncuFs; thl'k tne amehanol!
will DO resisted III the nooaee: II passSa, !
ought to- result IN respo'sso'o eupo1o'na1
Civil Service.
President Grant alleges that = tllo che1 ovll =
has found in administering TUG uoFein ~ tl'
aegressivauesa OF Congressman TO control q
their local patronage, and, tnoldontails, al1 tn
general patronage they eau got. q slnslo roy
mastersllip will milf nomber Tor Whole AZ
miuietration; whereas. 1t lo makes tue appost
ment, 1t often results, US IN the case or H. I
Parsons, in hiH own discomlitare.
THE CITY ONLY FOE GOVERNMENT.
Hntv hxtn