The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.

eral States SO far surpassed my anticipa-
tions, that cannot suppress my surprise,
nor withhold my congratulations on the
of Republican administration;
for such it was, in the broadest and most |
comprehensive sense. The Democrat party |
everywhere made the issue on what they !
called the defects and frauds of Republican
rule. In New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and the other States the National
administration was bitterly assailed-the |
general policy of government, as pursued
by the Republican party, was bitterly de-
nounced, corruption was charged, and every
species of innuendo and direct declarations
as to the wrongs of Republican rule hurled
against that party, and yet its victories are
more remarkable than those of three years
ago, and it has come out of the fight cover
ed with glory and reinvested with power,
which insures it the rule of nearly all the
Eastern, Western and Northern States for
the next four years, and without doubt
gives it the next President unless the Dem
ocratic party learns more wisdom than re-
cent victories have taught them. The Re-
publican party is again made invincible.
1t is received as the party of the country
the only party which the people can or dare
trust-the party which defeated treason
the party which stood by the country's
credit. and which has made freedom and
equality national. 1t has its faults, its de-
fects and it's dishonest adherents-it has
allowed itself to be debauched-but it has
recreant to its honor; never faithless to it's
glory and authority-and this it is which
has given it the victory. The world will
respect us for such devotion. 1t will do us
good at home and abroad.
Wherever the Democracy has secured
power, within the last four years, they have
used it to the glorification, or at least the
apology, for the shareholders rebellion-to
adverse criticism on the party that saved
the nation from q victory of treason, and
that recognition of ex-rebels which will
always be repugnant to the great mass of
the people in the old free States. The
Democratic party, like Cain of old, will
carry the stain of the fratricidal blood it
shed in war to perpetuate slavery on its
forehead as long as it lives, and it must
remain in political vagabondage until it
expires. No party as infamous as that
which encouraged the taking up of arms
to destroy the Union will ever be invested
with it's rule. Reason revolts against it,
and the sober judgment of the people will
always prevent it from reaching such
position. To sum up the matter and make
things plain, the Democrat party, like the
business end of wasp, cannot be trusted.
ALAS! POOR RoDERIcK.
Roderick Hanson Butler, formerly
member of Congress from Tennessee, has
been indicted by the grand jury of this
District for completely in the Sugg Fort
swindle. Sugg Fort is not defensive,
is miller of Robertson county, not by any
means as honest as the old whisky of that
locality, which is said to have neither head
ache nor heartache in it's composition. He
claimed that in 1923 the United States
laid its military hand on Q, 791 barrels of
flour, worth $3.50 per barrel; he filed his
bill before Congress, and Butler endeavored
to influence that body to refer the matter
to the Commissary General of Subsistence.
In this he failed, and after the adjourn
ment he presented the papers to that Off
Ger, pushed the demand through the vari-
Gus departments, succeeded in obtaining
warrant for $23, 723, payable to Sugg Fort,
who assigned the same to his patriotic and
disinterested representative and attorney.
Secretary Bristow, who is not only fortify-
ing the future, but redeeming the past,
sent Treasury agents to examine into the
suspicious circumstances which surrounded
the affair, and their inquiry resulted in the
discovery of gross fraud, and it looks as
though poor Roderick will be supported
another two years at the cost of the Gov
ernment, mileage to Albany being allowed.
Ex-Congressman Negley, Of Pittsburgh,
has also been indicted for completely in the
Julius Witowski claim, which has the same
fraudulent character as the Sugg Fort
scheme. Ex- Congressman are beginning
to appear in the light Of ticket-of-leave
men, who may be wanted again.
SOCIAL GOSSIP.
If we are to judge by the demand for
rooms in hotels and boarding houses, to
say nothing of the search for houses, we
are to have an unusually lively social time
in Washington this Winter. Why it should
be so is more than can answer. The hard
times get harder, and the currency neces-
| sary to such a season is scarcer than ever,