The Hickman courier., 1874-01-17
ssiiI s.ranaspii. Ilse asadIoa,s

VIII Grant Spite iise aindIcals! !!
There are unmi-taksble symptom
tbs, President Grant con;e,apluies
breaking of from the extreme Repub
licans His course with rhe Texas
Governor. aud his pessiaency IN push
irE tle numiuatioa Of Williams for
Ch.si Justice Z -tl.e United States, and
..s......--zs..-z4ll.-s< aepsinaiinn Of Caiet
sstuItt "f he iatc cou>tt Hsf''b"i
amendments Eod recous,ruction "ci..
Is we'll known. all teud 10 encourage
the ,u>pieiou of disruption
The leading Republican papers are
beginning to give the Pre~ideu, au oe
cssional thrust. For instnuee, the
New York Times has furious ar'icic
seAius, Cusling's confirmation. "nd
derouuces Cushing as therauel'iy
unpriueiplcd msu. unf 60 be the Chief
Justice. ready 10 change his priTei-
ples whenever it would pay to do 50
The Times says that in she event oi
S,nfirma,iou a grca, danger will menace
Y nation. and lasting disgrace win
be altsehel TO President Grsut's seeoud
term.
The New York Tribune renews is
stack oo Cushiug's nomination as uu
g. to be made
The Boston A,'rertiscr aud Gi0be
aniie 10 opposition TO Cushing
ghera is open rebellion in the Re
publican ranks nsainst the nomination
The Indications are that all the Demo
ersis ir the Senate are for Cushing
We are told, ia addition, that lead
ing Democrais are now sometimes seen
st the White house, and that lead;e 2
Republicans are growing resIive under
the Presidents eour-e Gen Grant is
. military man. however, aud perhaps
knows what eyoiuiions TO order to bring
the broken columns back into rank
CrossIund aud tflc salary ksiti.
The Paducah koaUch,iaa raises the
point that Judge Grassland was plcdg
ed to vote for tLe repeal of the salary
t;il. which Tie Mas field Dcs,oeret de-
u;cs We eau I.ut these gentlemen
correct. ii they viii allow us. and viii
4.s.e rbefr readers, rho Bsaefs Of the
ssassa saal ne so~I yct r. i,.e se.
peal OF tue present law aud restoring
the salary which existed wheu he was
elected. II the Peopis wanted it done
his wonld i.clude the SJ.0@0 p.r
year. viii frankius privilege, mileage
stationery, etc, which he argues i a.
much or more 10 LIN thau he :. SEQ
as no~ received. l.. oil.er words .e
estimates that the old salary. with per
quIsiics. eests The people s2Ii0.0op
locre per auhum than the present sal
sriss. Ia tiIe recent move TO reduce
the salaries, the advocates Of the
nosemeot asserted their iateation Il,
r s'se The lrfsi1eyes Of Mileage, rraak
'ng' stationery. etc, shieh J Jaiye Crss,
and ID efee, believed to be prae,i
al ineasE-s instead of redcciiap a.
% evidenee al his sincerity. he ro,,6 4
~ 'be 'r}eeai ef ihe present law. hxin.,
a'a'ies at % .oo9 per annum. wiihon,
efq.iis',es. which from osiieini ti.rres
ppe-fs ~ be laireiy 6elvr What Tic
aisFy was wheu he was elee,cd Jndn.. .
'So-,isnd would feel rha, he was -, h
x nc ossnagogue. If in The iace of y
= co9yls'i''h ihsi The present ss,ar, .
lsa.'y tsss than tue ga. should T.. >l
''e 70 restore the old Tl,eeaa,.. :,
: aau6f Dos. If The bin sh,ll ca,.'' n
? t''f hres'orsiinn If Tho aid s.,.,;a y
-. p1Jq'''s''f-. etc that II wi1Ivo.s h,
'a.ssf the rspeak in ,hs shsencs -,
lo'ased ao-'raesiVos from The ,..o,ls
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