American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-01-17
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The success of the Independents in
California seals the doom of the Repub-
lican party in that State and on the Pacific
coast; and similar triumphs in the West
have rendered its dissolution complete.
The people have risen in rebellion against
Administration dictators.-Atbany Argus.
1t is not surprising that the people,
IN every portion of the country, irrespec-
tive OF party, seeing that the expenditures
OF the Government have been more than
doubled in eight years, are dissatisfied
with the Administration, and are ready
Tor new deal that shall install honest and
economical men in officc.-GrdHd Rapids
tHichl Democrat
The people have lost confidence in
the Administration. The revelations of
the winter of 1878, at Washington, set be-
fore the country in a clear light the cor
ruptIons and the despoti>m of the leaders
OF The party so triumphant a year ago
This confidence can never be restored and
the leaders involved in those humilating
disclosures cannot avert popular condem-
nation And yet the Republican party Is
now proceeding under the same leader
snip, sitting further exposures of it. in
famies and perpetrating new Outrages
upon the people.-4t5any Argus.
- The verdict of the country against
the Republican party is: "Cnclean-un
II UoGS not luuCu WIFI
one touches about it. the sensation of de-
Element is paramount. When honest men
look over the fearful arraignment, and re-
fleet that every hour is adding fresh
counts to the Indictment in the way of
frauds of all kinds, it is not SO wonderful
that virtuous humanity grows respondent,
and the wise and good tremble for their
country Nothing but clean sweep
can avail to roll back the flood of cor
run
Pioneer.
Tho people who are struggling to
get thrC Il the winter without suffering
and III people who are already reduced
to al destitution, and the people who
are trying to find means of relieving the
destitute, will all be rejoiced to know
that THE New Years day reception held
at the White House was the most bril-
liant for years" We are highly pleased to
know that the President and his family
and friends enjoy all the good things
which $4,000 salary and 100000 annual
perquisites can procure. 1t would be
quite disappointment to the people to
know that after being ground to death by
taxation the proceeds were not enjoyed
by Observation-Disclosures State Register.
Each month before the election, the
people were treated t. laudation of the
Republican party for its economy, be-
cause the public debt was gradually, but
steadily, decreasing. But the moment
the elections were over, the statements
began to show an increase, and this month
it is $S,453,272. In three months it has
been $2O51S426 Republicans
will say that it was all owing to the Span
ish war prospects, and to the decrease of
revenues The people will say ii is to be
found n Credit-Mobilier swindles, Salary
Grabs, Government Stables for overpaid
of ciuIs nd tn dc fha
which Congress not only does not stop,
but actually joins. To public thieves
the people shout, Halt. About face. Gire
us q restl-Adrian (Hich) Press.
There is something pathetic in ex-
Senator Harlans appeal in his Chronicle
to Congressman not to investigate the use
OF carriages and horses by our civil ser
wants at The expense of Government, lest
g gentlemen of refined sensbilities" shall
be driven from the public service" We
really think that MIR. Harlan overestimates
the danger There may be an investiga-
ton, there may be an exposure of the use
of public horses, mules and wagons, and
contingent funds" for private purposes:
but that the shrinking sensibilities of De
partment servants who do thus use pub
lie property, will be so disturbed as to
cause them to resign, we cannot believe.
Perhaps it would be well to have the in
vestIgation, in order to bring TO light the
latent refined sensibilities" in Washing
ton, so that we can all do their possessors
public honor. Let us have "a look at the
"sensibilities "-Hdrtford Courant.
In reading the remarks and criti-
cism on General Grants appointments
and condemnation of his Cabinet and
of Congress in the leading Republican
journals, one is led TO ask what is the
matter? Quite a large number of the
most influential papers talk now just as
the New York Tribune, Springfield Re
publican, Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati
Commercial did previous to the Cincinnati
Convention. In fact, many of the strong
est Administration papers can now be
called Liberal Republican" or Independ-
ent. During the Presidential campaign
they defended General Grant and his AID
ministration from the attacks of the
Liberals" and declared that the accuse
tions made by the Tribune and supported
by SchurZ, Trumbull and Fenton were
false; but now they reassert these same
charges, with many additional accuse
tlons of bad faith, reckless management,
incompetency, and even dishonesty in the
administration OF our national affairs 1t
looks very much as though there would
be large addition to the number of hide
pendent Republican journals-Sc7tenec-
tody IN. ~ Eoening Star.