The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-07-20
WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Impeachment Trial Progras sing
Slowly.
The Campaign Opening Warmly.
Pure and Naked gsypOcrisy of
the Republicans.
The Thieves TO be Set Free to Help Hayes.

Especial Correspondent of the Ledger.
WAsHINGToN, d. G. July, 18th, rs.
The Senate yesterday received a mes
sage from the President iii answer to q
resolution Of that body, accompanied
by reports from Gen. Sherman and Brig.
Gen. Terry in relation to the condition
Of affairs with the Sioux. The Senate
then undertook to go on with the i'm
parchment trial but were stopped by
the absence of the witness John S.
Evans, the Post trader at Fort Sill, and
at 1885 adjourned as a Court Of I'm
parchment and resumed executive bus
mess. The disagreement of the Senate
and House on the Surdry appropriation
bill, occupied the remainder of the day.
Unless the House recedes from its po-
sition with reference to the repeal of
registration laws, now i'll force, the an
ticipated agreements on the various CIV
il bills is not at all likely.
The battle cry Of both parties is now
heard in every direction. Reforrn! Re
formi is the word that finds an echo in
the heart of every honest citizen. Can
anything be more inconsistent than
such a word escaping the lips Of a Re-
publican? 1t is u frank admission of
the errors or their party, and an &C
acknowledgements of its corrupt and dis
honest course. They are well aware
that the people demand O change and
are at once ready to run with the
hounds and hole with the hare" But
this can not save them. The Republi-
can organs and friends OF Mr.. Hayes
who claim to be in favor of reform
within the party, pretend to be in
d'gnant at the action of the President
in turning reformers like Jewell and
honest men like Yaryon, Dyer and Blu
ford Wilson out OF the public service.
This is pure and naked hypocrisy and
deceives no one. The journals and men
who talk in this strain and mildly cen
sure the President, are secretly delight
ed ut his course, because they know the
removals are made in the sole interest
Of their candidate, and hat unless the
whole power and influence Of the At>
ADMINISTRATION are put TO work he can not
be elected in November. While prat~
ing about reform aud honesty AMI the
purification Of The Civil service, they
quietly look on without n word OF hons
est sincere protest at the wholesale
slaughter of officials whose only crime
IS that they strove to do their duty and
save the Treasury from thieves who
were robhing it. 20 help Hayes the
thieves ere to be set free and probably
restored to their old places under the
Government, while the honest men who
brought them to punishment are driven
from public life into ~obscurity. There
is the most thorough agreement between
Grant and Hayes, and every move made
by the administration at the present
time is done with a view towards the
election next fall. Grant is managing
Hayes campaign-Grant and the Sen
atorial ring. Ii it had been deemed
advisable to keep Bristow in the Cahi-
net Bristow would have been retained.
But Grant aud Hayes knew that as long
as he remained at the head OF that de
partment there would be no chance to
organize whisky rings, levy contribu-
tions on the Treasury employees and
swinale the revenue service to raise
money for the campaign. Hayes is
completely in the hands of Grant and
the Senatorial cabaI and is as much re-
sponsible for what they do as they are
themselves, so long as he permits them
to be his active agents. HDRNANDo.