Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-26

Mr. AeLane Rises to Explain.
when Marylsnder proposes 10 run for Con-
gress he very sensibly publishes his speech or
address in the advertising columns of the Sam,
and therefore when we find to-day in that pa
Per the "Speeeh Of Hon. Robert NJ. McLane,"
with the usual dagger-mark indicating that it
was paid for By the line, we are at once
assured that the Hon. Robert NJ. Mel. has
disposition to occupy one of Architect
Clark's remarkable back-breaking chairs in
the L. S. House Of Representatives. In other
words, MIR. MeLsne would like to take the
place Low held by Mr.. Swami as representa-
tive from the 4th Congressional District of
Maryland. We hope, for the credit of that dis
trlct, that Mr. McLsne, like the ex- Hon. Ben.
Harms of the St. Msry's district, underesti.
mates tie 10y atty Of his proposed constituents,
for his ''sI eech' is little more tina lsbored
attempt 70 show how sincerely he was devoted TO
the rebel cause, and that he is yet unrepentant.
1t seems that the charge has been put forth that
he made yalorCus secession speeches and then
ran away. So he essays to show the reverse by
the documents; and that he demanded that the
Northern troops should be met az the Susque
hanna, ard said "Let that river run with
blood rather than the coercionists should
invade the Old Dominion and thu othar
Southern ststes;' that he afterwards took
the ground "that they should prevent the
passage through the city of federal troops, and
need be 90 to the Susquehanna, and certainly
destroy the intermediate bridges, to prevent
the passage the troops" Next, that after his
speech, he ''was commissioned as aid de-camp
to the citizen that was to burn the bridges to
the Susquehanns," and performed that duty.
which sis lis reply to those calumniators who
said he ran away" Further. "when Marshal
Kane was arrested, and when the police COM
missioneIs were taken In July, he went to the
fort to Offer his professional and personal SER
vices" Moreover, that IN the election of 1861
ne "deposited his vote over the bayonets of
the federal soldiers" and so on. All this ought
to establish the fact to the voters of the Fourth
District that Mr.. McLane Is "soundp and I'M
reconstructed.
But Mr.. Swami proposes to make fight,
also, for reelection, and he, too, has a card,
with dagger mark, in the San to show his
Claims upon the fourth district suffragists.
These arc: that he has made good representa-
tive; has dispensed Maryland hospitality in
Washington, giving him "those social rela-
tons with the members OF the dominant
party, without which, at the present time, a
Representative would be powerless in advsnc-
rig the interests of our city in Congress"
and that nis position as one of the mos. infiuen-
tial ard and useful members of the House has
been publicly recognized by Its presiding officer
by placing him on the Committee of Foreign
Affairs, and Committee on Appropriations, en>,t
abling bin to efficiently serve his state IN >o-
tanning appropriations for the public b-AdDgs
and haTbor OF Baltimore.
The cheated term, has Suck Cincinnati
pretty heavily, and the Co~rercidi, not apt to
yield TO the soporifc ins<ence, gives itself over
to pon6erOus three ssfumn editorials. We clip
this agrsyh Sswever, from the tail of one of
these eIephaydne productions, as Supplying a
reason Wy Congress fixed upon the low rate OF
3.G5 sp~cur ffty-yes bonds:
s-AIother consideration uggested by the Com
~Glttee OF Investigation, in their answer to the |
frtsdent, "a, that il would be unwise 70 set an !
example CT issuing ffty-year bonds bearing any
higher rate Of interest than 3C5. Time ard ex-
perieDce viii determine as TO the wisdom OF this !
experiment, considered simply in a financial
aspect; As the District of Columbia has here |
tofOre been the thester on which Congress mas |
mt tiSd sundry political experiments so also |
ut Is destined 10 be the theater for irving the |
new FINANCIAL experiment. of the market value |
OF hond bearing interest considerably below |
anything heretofore issued by the Government. |
Capitstsis and the country can well afford to |
await the result"
A FATAL SILsScE--A telegram elsewhere |
states that Henry Ward Beecher declares lin re-
gard to the just published statement of Theo-
dore Tiltop) that he will not break the silence
he has hitherto observed. Very well, that is
Mr.. Bsechers own look out. In view of the hu.
IL
ton, quoted by the latter, there can be but one
construction put upon his silence. That letter
reads as follows:
BROOKLYN, January I, 1871.
ask THEODORE TIlton's forgiveness, and hum
bic myself before him as do before my God.
stances than have been. i can ask nothing ex-
cept that he will remember all the other breasts
that would ache. will not plead for myself. 1
even wish that were dead.
HI. W. BRRCHRR.
1t seems doubtful, now, If any one of the
three gentlemen confirmed as District Com
missicners will "stick." They are all capable
men, and the people Of the District would be
glad to have them accept the position; but in
case they do rot, and others are to be selected,
the hope lie expressed thar one or more should be
citizens of the District, familiar with affairs
here. and able therefore to take up the tangled
thread with q surer hand. A board composed
entirely OF outsiders, aud having everything to
learn, would scarcely qualify itself to act with
any decision before the meeting Of Congress.
mn
Representative Dawes has occasionally made
misfre In the House, but for all that the
country viii be sorry to hear that he declines q
denomination. His experience, knowledge Of
public affairs, and capacity to bring Congress
sionai business clearly before the House for
intelligent action, make him q valuable MEM
Der, and he can be badly spared. 1t is to be
hoped he will reconsider his purpose.
1t has been suggested that in the position the
Civil Rights bill was left the Speakers table
1t can be brought up again early next session.
However this may be, the Springfield Repubh-
can fears that there was as much truth as bold
nese In the last clause Of Mr.. Eldredge's little
speech: "It is the deadest corpse you ever saw"
he said to the republican Congressman, "a.d
yoN are all Sledef IL"
rs THE WASHINGTON SENTINEL
0e( Contains this week scre interestinE articles,
Decided MI W. W. Corcorsn," " The e IN that
Did Not Go On ," Poem, ETC. It.
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