, 1874-01-04

The advantages which Republican form Of
government possesses over monarchy are
strikingly shown by an equine comparison.
Richard H., with all his wealth and his power,
accustomed as he WAS to have everything bis
own way, lost his crown because he couldn't get
Lorse,-if no may believe Shakespeare. He not
only wanted horse, and demanded horse, and
cried and screamed for Il horse, but he offered
bis whole Kingdom for q horse, aud
the-e was not seller in the market
even at that price. Consequently, after killing
five Richmonds, upon the authority Of Richard
himself, he was obliged to give up crown and
sceptre and so down under the battle-a1e OF the
SIKH Richmond, because he couldn't get
horse.
While Richard couldn't get a horse for
kingdom, our Republican soyereigns in every
Department Of the National Government get
horses for nothing. The Attorney-Goneral got
\ horso, but it was an unfortunate Rosinante,
which be has not been ablo to drive into the
Supreme Court Tho Sectetary OF tue Treasury
having got horse, the Auditors followed
the example, and, the Auditors being booted'
mounted, and spurred, OF course the clerks must
have horses. Tho House OF Representatives,
not to be behind the Departments. has kept q
stud Of nine horses during the year. for which
the people have paid $500, in order that the
| doorkeopers might have horses to aid them in
| their arduous duties. 4 doorkeeper on foot IL
not a very imposing creature, but doo'keeper
| on horseback must be tho very impcreonatlon
OF dignity and terror to all iuterlopera. The
doorkeepers having horses, it is now in order
| for the pages to have ponies. 60 that they
can make their trips from the Speaker to
| the members with more Dispatch. 1t now
also trauspires that the drawers OF the freed
| mems Bureau are full OF horses. Gen. Howard
has not only had hosee, but all the clerks have
had torses. and the ladies even have not been
obliged to 60 shopping on foot. There Is no
evidence yet to show that the Secretary OF State
| correspondcd with the Spanish Minister On
| horseback, nor that the Secretary of the Navy
contemplatcs going to tho Dry TcrtuGas IN
buggy to look af1er his horse-marines; but It Is
not out OF TIC lnitS OF possibility tASss WILL "
| them have caught the horse-discaae.
It is fast growing to be an important question
when aud where this procession Of draTs, ex-
press wagons, buggies, 1andaulets, phnetooF'
coupes, horses, mares colts, ponies, silver and
rold mounted harness, aud black-walnut Sta
bles is going to end. Although the horse is by
nature a beast Of burden, The burden ia growing
to be an onerous one upon the people. who have
to pay for it, aud who have no voice in the se-
lection of the animals or the expenses OF their
keeping. In addition to this, there is a painful
prospect that the horse ia going to have de-
moraliziug influence in Washington. Al
though the session Of the House has hardly
commenced, there has already been great
deal OF stable-talk in the debates, and many Of
tho members have comported themselves Like
horse-jockeys.
It il about time that this horse business
stopped. II it keepJ on much longer. the scrub
women will ride to their daily labors in side
saddles. As saving must be effected in some
direction, why not commence with the horses,
and limit the equestrian advantages to the
heads OF Departments, until President Grant
goes out of Office, and his pernicious horse
example ceases? The people who so on foot are
t;rod ~ mn rinr for hnrsea