, 1874-04-03


thing more. Ho always m paneth sterling btz,
and ho runs country-st ore. Thoso qualities
with domo poetry affixed, It ko fringe on Block
Bob Hon1p, concodc to 1nga fls the lending West
ern sonatorahtp. Wo utto, 1y apurn the euggcs-
tton that this leading Weste, n Senator was John
A. Logan. Ho ts too mode. It to claim it, Wo
rofuto, aud NO rofuto 1t bo Idly, that O. P. Nor.
ton was tho mani for ho Ia not leading senu-
tor, but lays bis Cur to Tho zephyr Of pub
llc opinion and votes according to tho
wind; Then y WAS mgal b, Or Hitchcock, or
Hipplo- Mitchell, or anybo II but Gon. Logan;
TOR, cortos, tho paper aay u leading Westorn
Senator.
Well, this atatesman saw Tho faoo Of his presl-
don't, and wept. p tle vi lows Of Babylon thoy
wopt .at such miBntorprt tation as to llayo af-
flrtned that tho President would stand by his
convictions and mesangee.. The deduction was
monRtrous, and would osta blisl, the imputatlon
TINT tho President novor 1ntlyed forward nor per-
formed my oVolutons. Al truo atatesmanBhp
is for tho presents.
Togetlor, then, this londihg Western Senator
who can be be 2--and oul: Ulysses shot an ar
row into Contraction. Tht Senator bent tho
bow aud drew tho arrow to the head tho pfosi-
don't told him to lot drive. Tho President says
"1F he WERE MEa1HE h OF CONGRESS,
he should regard an intlm alton OF a veto in i'd
vance Of legislation ae m y u}nbecoming throat by
tho Executive, and should rcsent it" So said
There now. The Proaid' !,nt, il mombor Of
Congress, would resent tho intimation OF veto
from tho other end Of tho Capital. 30 would
any President it memh'.r Of CongresB. 10
would you, or !, or my man:. Some bad presi-
dents have Unlimited as mt tch, rs Andrew Jacls-
aon but not our Presidon |. Again, he would
resent It. Tint means he ould voto tho wrong
way OH purpose. does 1t not 2 Or doos it moan
TINT, II he were nlombor & Congress, lo would
return upon himself and int lict q personal as-
sault with his legislative al: a upon His Exccu-
tive lloal2
iyas it q leading wostor II Senator who con-
voraed with his President? Wo arc much at
Bca. Nelthor Ingalls,, nor Hitchcock, nor Hip
plo-Miteholl would resent O moro intimation Of q
yoto; We hardly think Be- nator Logan would,
blood is up, his hair rises. When his dander is
riz, on finance particular 'ty, you may as well
bond tho hoavona and COT 'ao down. He would,
re fear, resent tho init nation OF O veto.
way in bohnlf Of that glort, uB currency which ii
founded On tho best blood y the country,
Aud here ITO 800 how earl est politicians never
tire. 1uRtead Of taking counsel from their
to wasto tho question they have preciptatoly
blundcred into, they go up and bully tho Presi-
don't to bully Congress md
HELP ALONG DOS KEy.uART
that hos atuck In sharp trl. The President i8 30
tired Of the currency queati on TINT ho will say
anything for q lending West ern Senator, i'll order
that such Dutchman Us Sd anrz ehall bo brought
low again. Ho has unde tstood TINT 8churz
other day, got hug b on. them, dou-
blod up, md drove 1.dom into caucus,
whero they rallied BY fa.lrs, like d num-
ber Of cats when terrier bounces at thom.
truths Of finance, we will !, ,sent them with all
our Executive patronage. Tho truths of finance
arc hereby forbidden to DO | tudiod In any Gus
tom-House or Reyonue-CoI lector'a office what
| soayer.
Tho safest course for LeuEan and Morton to
take, on Relflsb plano, is tupt what tloy havo
done. It would tako them i o reral years to pull
up to tho level Of logical Investigation aud
they may safely trust to tho existence Of large
percentage Of ignorance 81 ID crodulity IN tho
country, enough, conjoinod with tho prejudice
ct scctioualium, to keep tho1s leading sonntors
aud take tho sound course, ttl ny would generally
be second nddlos in tho Bcnaa q; and this sub
init, is asking too much Of I. sen who fout into
the ato War and already 500 their titles clear to
table, and 5omomhor what man In similar
situation aaid to his Mastor:
"Master," said ho, "what 1 lhall do to inherit
eternal truth?"
Tie Master looked at him, ind seen that no
Was full Of what was Of no CO usequsncc. So no
said: Go Holl oil that thou II sat, and give it to
tho poor, nnd como and follow Mo.'
But Logan aud Morton wont away sor1owfully,
Tor they had great proposseBBi 'n8
MORTON 1UTcIl15l TED.
Last Monday dropped into tho Office Of the
Clerk Of Printing Records on t: 1e 6onate side Of
tho Capitol. Senator Anthony was taking his
Gath, it is very funny to- d ay.in tue sonate.
ScEurz is after Morton ag d III, quoting his
speeches Of ono year ago, III Il Morton is very
mad.n
went into tho sonato and 'ound It interoet-
ing to eco. Morton Ind delfv orod ono Of lis
long harangues on hnance. 81 ting in his chair
in dull earnest, and with his 1at, plain voco
striking of inelogant sontence!s and building up
ut Carl Schurz WHO had lot hin |. run along until
ho pretended to quote from John Stlnrt 1lll,
when schurz cornered him VII !, donial that
there was any such paragraph in Mills works.
probation Of our currency a11 ;a1cd that wo Ind
too much OF it. lie said tho depreciation was
due altogether to tue fact th.a; tho groenbaels
were not legal.tonlor to p,.y tho public debt
mado the staplo Of the outiro atl droas. which was
heard without curiosity, aud al lowed potoring
out Of tho resources In misiufor1 nation and cul-
ming Of the lnfationiBts.
oaso md mischief. 10 ronaarkot Chat his formor
speech had put tho u,ountain in labor, mud that,
after somewhat painful process Of parturition,
tllroo full-grown elephants Aat: been brought
forth.-meaning tho spoechesof Ferry OF Miehi~
gan, Logau, md Morton.
OF these mon it may bo said Int thoy arc III
aationists for different roasons. Forry il com-
parativey- y-conBcioutiouH man, wll,o has beon pur-
az a business. man in need Of t:apital who haaa
construed the extremity Of his ,oighborhood to
Indicate national insut1lcioncy Of dollar-prom-
iscs I do not recall ANYTHING harsh, personal
Or acrimonious, whic. ho has sol !.
Logan. however, represents ut more than the
pride Of opinion aldmortifiod 30 lf-oAtcenl which
arise from tho sharp strokes Bet .urz has repeat
edly got in on him. 1Io takca III ) birthstone and
molassos harder than any nun it public life.
1Iortons course in tile 1nancfM.l debate is to be
directly traced to denlagoeery. Fl thought moro
greenbaoks would bo good cry I: carry Inlia1la
next year. Having tallon this oaltion, ho was
not upon by sohurz. abandoned u y Chandler and
| Sherman, and exhibited to tho oen7ntry as lin-
oompoop. Again and again no 'a;,s rushed into
this forlorn hope, only to got IN orc brimstone
| reinforced with spanning by va OF making 1t
| sotslo. It WAS sud day for hi ,rton WHOM ho
| touched finance, and tho further he goes on in
tho venture, tho more forlorn le .ppears.
| RoHunz STARTED ut
| with ono Of thoao neat paralelikl nB which have
more force thnn similo, bocaus thov can bo
malo, with slight detection, to answer throo