Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-08-18
OUR WASHIN GTON LETTER,
WAsHrNGroS, d. G., Aug. u, 1876.
Danger Of Inactivity Congress and the Ex-
penses Of the District Government--
Charging the Debt Of the Nation to the
Ex.ravaganee Of the Republican Party.

penses Of the District Government--
Charging the Debt Of the Nation to the
Ex.ravaganee Of the Republican Party.
In less than four months the second and last
session Of the 4lth Congress will convene. In
that short perind, the people give answer. to the
most mOmentious inquiry ever presented III the
history Of this Government. The character OF
our institutions will he determined by the de-
cisiOu nf the people at the ballot box, and the
great question, whether the party Of coastitu-
tiOnal freedom or the parry of caste, Niu in
the future control, is now among the yet unde-
termined results Of the future.
The great need Of the day Is to awaken the
people to the danger of inactivity. The ma
iiunal candidates and the national platforms OF
principles are before the country. Every intel
ligeul citizen can study the one and the other,
aud decide rs to his duty to his country and to
posterity. lfhe would restore to power party
that att0m pted the disruption nf he Union and
the pcrpetuation Of human slavery lie will mar
| shall himself under the flag Of Tlden. Onthe
contra ry, il he would retain in the ascendency
that party which saved the Uninn and freed the
| slave, he will be found under the banner Of
| Hayes and Wheeler. lfany one doubts let that
doubt be dispelled by patient investigation.
| The time for inquiry is short it should be pro-
portionably earnest.
The exists in some parts Of the country n
| great misa pprehensinn Of the existing relations
between the general Government, md the Gov
ernment Of the District Of Columbia. We have
| been asked, time and again for what officers do
| the people of the District vote, and when told
that, since 1874, they have been deprived nf all
elective franchise, the Information has elected
no little surprise.
! The Senate proposes, as an amendment to the
House bill to defray the expenses of the Dis
triet, to appropriate s5O0,000 as the share Of
the United States Of the cost of governing the
District. When the pettRi General Governr1 1aks
werurrrxttr hr tfe Mine rates as private Itdbi
erty, the amount would far exceed that pro
posed to be appropriated, they will approve o
the amendment offered in the Senate.
1t is but just to the people Of the District that
the country shauld Know that appropriation.
made by Congress, in aid of the District are
not gratuities, but on the contrary, that they
are never fully up TO the fair share Of general
Government in contributing tp the public re.
qurements. Citizenship here is but in name
The people having no voice in the selection O
their municipal officers, are at the mercy ot
Congress. Let Cungress be, at least, equitable
il not generous.
"Nn common frog concocts long prntncnls
No fool so gross tn bolt Scotch collops hot
After waiting patiently six weeks for the an.
swer Of Gov. Tilden to the call CT the St. Loui.
Convention, We were greeted with three col
rmns, 0f crticisms, denunciations and prom
ses, with an IL" attached, that would dc
credit to The veriest special pleader at Grim
inal bar The long protocol" is 50 proil
that the majority OF bis following will ne rel
attemptils Ie' usal, while life is too short fol
any one who has paying occupation. Sug
Eesting no practical measure OF reform e keep
constitutional amendment, nroVIding for the
multiplication Of appropriation bills by limit
ing lhe Items in each separate bill 10 pariicu
lar department OF the Government cha rgnp
the debt Of the nation to tue e4iravagauce .
the Republican partv, rattle, Than the treasur
of his own; charging tine unsettled c0nditInI
or the South to the imprODe, conduct of its Re
publican rulers, rather than the declarations u
IFS own people. who unhesitatIngly saws DlacI
against white: twin and turn il AS YOU will that
the issue in this aud everyUtbe, southern State
cbarei"g that The fixing ol a date f'r resump
tion is dclusion and \ snare, vet not daring
to go Further than TO clnihe an old truism in Al
old garb. 1.-THE proper time for resnmL Ltinl
will be when wise preparations shall bav,
rineued into perfect ability to accomplish III,
object - lie Celebrates on empty and Valueles
promises. A free trader by every principle q
thought and Interest, when be diales on th'
taxes drawn frrW the people, il must be re
membered inat he refers 10 the duties lerieC
On imports, aud that he attributes the presen
stagnation in business to the operation IT tn
tariff laws, and clOses his message" will
the following civil service declaration. "NI
reform Of the civil service will be complete an,
permanent until its Chief Magistrate is cOnsti
IutiOntliy disqualified for re election" Bnt b,
dared not the language Of Gov. Hayes, that
was his "luhsxible purpose, il elected, not Il
be candidate Ter election second tenn.
The message uf Gov. Hay es is so emphatic an,
uuequivOeai thnt i is not capable Of being mis-
understood dat Of Gov. Tilden so pToliX, 81
full of phrAsiues that will bear a double con
strrcIiun, thai the a. hard ar "sOlt " can SCI
daylighli" ,be free or paruchisl schnol man .
ceives exactly lhe desired assufa nee the cred
! itor prayiRg for time, sees endless visions q
/ | o ln lta tVl
, plan for extingUisling the national debt by com
pounding one per cent. Of the inte rest, suggest
the economic theories Of the ITishman who
when impOru6ed to buy a stove that wOnl
"sNve half the wood" proposed to take tw
stoves and save il all As 10 the permane q
pacitcation Of the country, he contents hilnsel
With tamely saving The moral influence a
every good citizen ought to be exerted not alUn
to ma intain just equality before the law, bu
likewise IL establish a cordial fraternity an
good will" We fear he will hear his soul h
ern friends exclalming before next November
"a spirit of ioughness seems lingering ther,
You eau find nowhere else on the bill Of fare,
And our erring brethren may eonsolingIy tur
10 Mr.. Hendricks letter aud read The Tigl
ot local self-RJvurnment Is guaranteed by III
, Constitution OF the Union. aud must be ever
where restored and centralized" In sbaTt, I'll
dsn's letter proves him thnrough-going Dem
0erat, with record IT lreao heTouH ubstructi0
IN lhe crisis 0i nations destinies, aud OF wea
temporising with great questions Of public POI
: icy during the end of governmental rec0nslIu nc
tion and "an accurate type Of the Iesuitica
and time serving policy Of modern Dem0eraey
! His declaration regarding the currency, thi
the system should passingly allow the vol
} lume OF circulating credits 10 ebb and TOW &C
eordinR ~ the eVer-ohAnginR wants OF bus
! ness, syinees either The demSRogue or ignC
ramns. None but a lhOroug h paced Delmor
! could have suggested the language, aud plaus
ibls as Il may seem, the bulla aud hears 4
Wall street, protected by suoh stock shysteT
! as the author Of tbs letter have often prove
the weakness OF tho proposition. But the pee
I pie have been educated above this mark b
/ Fisk, Gould, rilden, and others OF that iik, an
over 10 them we can OOnhdentially turn tli
/ letteIwrllsra, satisfied that tho gOVeTpment thl
cost the blood Of half million Cf men, an
millions OF treasure. will not DO entrusted th
b fall to the waIeh-eaTe Of dsmagogues aud irai
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