, 1876-01-23

will furnish the prete1t for the repeal OF the Re
sumption act. From present indications
uoud seem improbable that any bill PFC
v.ding for contraction Of the currency nil
pass. and no less improbable that an
bill ehectuaf to enable specie resumption to b
made 1t any tins Will bo passed. 1t il plail
that If the iasu> were forced it would hopelessl
divide the Democracy. nnu quite as plain tha
the leaders do DOT contemplate hazard.ng suct
j split By suffering tho question to be forced.
THE CHIEF END or THE DEMocnAT1o MAJORITY
! IN the Homo is to carry the approaching Presi
dental election. aud, with that object in view
the manifest purpose is to harmoD,ze both fac
tiona OF the party by adroitiy dodgiug tho cur
rencS issue, or fetching forward some measure
| susceptible Of double Interpretation. The Hol-
| man resolution WAS defeated BY minority ol
tho Democrats rho united With the great body
| Of the Republican members. because thov were
| not prepared to commit tho Democratic party Il
| the rag-baby heresy. But whon some plausible
| substitute for the Resumption act, that will
| mean nothing or everything, as it may be con-
| atfusd, is presented, tha chances are
| 0n Ill sides thers is manifest lamsntabIe
| lack OF courage to tase hold OF the question.
| which would indicate On the part Of members a
| 6rm confidence in the popular objection Il
paying honest debts aud in the popular adAesion
! to the greenback heresy.
EuNcoaBR.
The wearisomo busness OF the correspondent
here ia to listen to tho statesmen who taix whose
talk is meaningless aud signities simply Bun
combe who sklrmish for positiona, Whilo Utter
II incapable Of defining their own positions on
any iiTo question, and who are building Presi-
Dental platforms aud nominating Presidential
candidates to stand thereon, ID i way that, for
the most part. but denotes an abiding conviction
that the great Amer1can people is but conglom-
crate IDIOT sad tnat there IS 60 little of honesty
70 addreHe ooe'a self to it. It is to b derously
trusted tho architect and all others con-
csrned may be duly punished, that the
Hall OF the House seams to have been specially
contriYed a. an extioeuisher Of statesmen ssye
those gifted with leather lungs, And that may
hap many member endowed With uncommon
cozonoa-sense is never heard in the connciIs Of
the nation, but muat coutiue his efforts upon the
door, to speak, to silent prayer, Ill because he
lacks loather lungs
Perhnps it IL the statesmen Of the leather
lungs who give the prevailing tone to politics
here, ty which the man who talks is rated 80
much higher than toe man who does moi. This
il especially manlfent now in the remarks cur-
tho great business Of Presuont-making in which
the entire AbIe-bonied ms'e population OF the
Distric: appear to ba eDgrossed, some new-coner
MIL inquire
IS TO BR1sToN.
"Ob, what chance csn ho hsve?' will glibly
respond some patriotic member Of one Of tho
State associations, Organized 10 make sure
that his State gets tho utmost possible
patronage, and regulate It's dissTlput1on among
the memoers of his Association. "What can
he do without evsn the delegation in Congress
from his own State to support him "-as
though that settled the wnole matter. Then it
will be added on both Bides, BFistow il in such
perilous position. you SEQ; it's SO easy for him
to naka fatal mistake that ne eau sca1cs es-
cape ito which there is inevitably unanimous
assent all around Ono can hardly drop in Ut
ANY Of the leading hotn!s OF an evening without
hoaring such remarks. and very much more Of
the sanaa sort. After having heard . deal OF it,
It occurred to me several times to aak il Bria-
to0's grest peril WAS that he was in danger Of
being too houest; and the iucouic smils With
which the query was received filed me With IN
overwhemng seasc OF my verdancy IN assum-
Ing that that precisely could not be Bristow's
grent peril.
Among men hero he stands ont in refreshing
contrast to tho multitude Of takers, as doer,
Who amidat the almost infinite uosher about
honesty, rctrenchmeut, and reform. has quietly
accomplished aud Is accomplishing moro in The
way of exposing and bringing to punishment
in Office, in purifying tbs civil service,
and IN
STOPPING LEAKs IN THE TREASURY,
than has any act OF Congress NOT OF. He
comes Of one OF the old Kentucky families that
had none OF the old kentucky oousense about
it. In the hute-War days hla father, though a
slaveholuer, was an anti-slavery man, and was
completing arrangements for the emancipation OF
his slaves when the War broke out. The Secre-
earT himself. from bis earliest manhood Tas an |
outspoken anri-sayery man. and his record as
such, though he ia ret comparatively young. |
antedates that Of many prominent Repuh-
icans, and even reaches back to the era |
when some Of them now conspicuous were |
ienounclug tho Aboitloniats and Black Repub- |
lcans. At the outbreak OF the Rebellion, when |
il mas the fashion for Kentuclnana to talk about |
hs entered the army in one Of the !
irst Kentucky regiments recruited, and which |
ras raised largely through lis influence, and /
COMMANDED TEE EIGHTH KENTUCKY CAVALRY,
serving with distingulshed honors. In 1865 he |
VAS appointed United States Attorney for the
District o. Kentucky. While be hold this ofhce |
t MAS that soldie1s' convention was gotten up
20 indorse Johnson'5 policy, tho Federal Office
lud-batter By taking the lead. The affair was
engineered Hugely By ex-Gov. Bramlette, who
eporsed the resolutions ipdorsipg Andy. Bris-
ow then moved 10 amend by adding to the reso-
ution approving Andss policy the words, .'un-
it 70 be the fixed and cherished
lincoln" That bus meaning might not
70 misunderstood, Gen. Br1ssow, in moving
us amendment. said NO ona in this
country had more of my love, respect, and ven
ration. than Dir. Lincoln. It We are 10 have
Ir. Johnson'a mama in the resolrtlons, let US
lave Mr. Lincolu's too. II. as understand A1r.
obneou. he is carrying out the policy OF MT.
lincoln. I am for Mr. Johnson. With that ex-
re9a UNDERSTANDING lhdofae Jonusons Uut
ill nor indorse him in tho language of every
ebel meeting in kentucky, nor in the way OF
hose Who while indorsng him, raassert the
fundamental and originating principles Of the
miserable, apomiuable, and in
amoub resolutions Of 49," And that speech
I'd not leave it m opsn question whether Bris-
ow endorsed INV policy"
Gen. Bristow resigned tue District-Attorney-
hi on the 1st Of January. 1870. In October OF
ne same year he Uas appointed Solicitor OF the
reasu1y, which position he resigned in the
atumn OF 1872, returning to the practice OF
70 law at Loulaylle, where he remained
nti] his appointment as Secretary Of the Treas
~ in June, l874,-tho which, barring I brief .
,rm in the Kentucky Senate. completes tbs
,cord OF his official life. The whole Of it might ,
q summarized in the statement that. in every
os.t,on, be has discharged his official duties
i.h courageous houesty,-the force OF which
atement will BE- fully appreciated BY the peo-
e, who have sustained him in his
MOVEMENT UPON TIE wHIsk1-ElSo. !
Thu President said, "Let no guilty man
;cspe." Indicative OF the charaesos OF tho
xu, relate tho following Of B1isto1: In tho
tploration OF certain frauda 4 Treasury
hsiA became d1med st an1ins Tho