Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-04-07
our WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Correspondent. Of Courier.
WASHINGTON. D. c..
Mtrch Is. 1876,


use il know nothln, Of its meaning. Sax
on has his own views on that worI, and
they do not coincide with those of ''fhe
generality OF ma kind in &c eral !" Men
talk about heing conservative" and think
they have arr"ga'ed to themselves some
thing grand when they do this. When
in fact tn y simply mean to say that
therefor no decid' opinions" on anv
subject they may De discussing. Con
servalive according to Webster means,
lone who wishes to maintain an lnstitu-
ton or form OF government IN its present
state. !" According to this it is fair to
suppose that all citizens of tn. United
States are ICONS rvative'' in regard to our
form Of COVER ment and wish 10 retain in
Its present Io,m. But in politics as il
M diclne and everything else these que k
VINO seize upon par icnlar word or idea
and cnde.v"r TO make capital out Of it.
U-e il for clan trap. Now | ert tina
he Radical, I DC not use the word in it
restricted sense as commonly applied I"
extreme Republicans. but in its broadcast
sense as III opposite OF cOnservatlvr,) is
your only true man u, d true reform r.
There was rot single conservative in the
Continental Conc ress which on the fourth
I"f July. 1776. declared that the p oplt' Of
Ithes. American colonies, .are and of right
fought to be FREE" and that all seen are
r.. - ~ ~, 1,n,l
conservative in that body lie would have
moved to strike out the words ought TO
be-" and would have made the Deciaration
of Independence a batch of nnrrranng
platitudes. But they were all Radicals OF
the deepest dye in tia! body End pledged
their lives. fortunes AID sacred honors =
to sustain III. ir radical I'd AS. 4, II reform
ers of every kind c"me from just such rat
lca S, men whc are wiling 10 risk tn If
all TO carry on: t'eir opinions. Nothing
disguts me quicker than to hear man
or tie of his tOas ervatism. Such man is
wror e ;bout nincty-nine times out OF a
hundred. One, or the other. OF the men
who are radical aud differ, is always righ'.
will illustrate Two men are disputlng;
one SAYS. "two and Two make four" the
other says 1.-Two and two mike six" the
conservative steps between them; pirates OF
the .Jus,a Ni.tcI." - The golden me II.
says HE is conservative. declares that
DO II ere wrong and with tie wise took Of
an owl, declares that Two and two make
five" Such is your conservative. Out
upon such, they DISGUST very MAJ that
has ideas or principles. Yet just now the
word is most ropul r catch werd. A
bait to catch fools. And it catches q
great many. because there are more If
that class, than there are of sensible
h,tn.
There | have moralized enough over the
word cons rva,lve. That ard Belknap
are all the talk now. If III tn lies that
have been lelegraphed from here about The
Belknap matter could he collected and
Mritten on go>samer paper, the weight If
tn paper would sink he Crest Ease n
and the ink needed to write them ou
would make pond large 4 de- p enough
to float her. ',ow the scandal nonyers
glnat. d over the ial! Of The Secretary and
his fashionable wife Everything about
I our. conc. I've, mas bten saIu. ire size
Of her foot AMI hand and tn fincness Of
the lace on her cheme >ette have been
madr the subjcc' Of dispatches % ..the
great dallles and yet the scan!al mon
gers "are not happy" 1t Is said that
other men will be dragged down in the
fall Of the Secretary. q d that & Troml-
nent Democratic cand date for Prcsiden,
will be smurched. and that Mrs. Bc'k, ap
will have to testify before the Committee
10 the facts that will duplicate HIM.
Robbins, of North Carolina, one of the
Committee, has obtained prominent and
unpleasant notorirty from his connectio
with this matter. His acknowledgement
to having received twenty dollar br,be.
while State Sc, atOr. has b en- ubiished,
and Blackburn another member OF The
Committee has hid to hear himself de
nounced as confederate guerilla and his
brother is worse i;;,,::n Wilkes Booth. All
this proves. # true. that he INN ittee
are like some preachers are said to be. !
'ting'r boards to point the way they d.
not travel and does not rcliey. BelknapI
from The odium be has So justly merited
The New Hampshire election has aston
shed every one. Since the returns camel
q | have had my tightening calculator a,
work on problem. He reports that
here are ~ Investigations now going IN
md that ore cabinet officer has been cor
lered and prof ssed. and that the Repub
Cans hive gained %. 900 votes in New
Hampshire on this. He ias NOV. d at m. /
conclusion. after using up all the Lngar.
moths in Bowditch's navigator, that i'll
hey were as many more committees -
work, aud they could prove. Of which ,
here is no doubt. thai Grant ears Dem
cratic baby every mornin. for brraksas, !
nd washes it down with gallon Of !
rocked whisky-and that Secret ry Fish {
anCe> The balcro 10 the music oi dnlc,.
lers every eay It pr els " high noon II
hen the Republic ans would carry the !
onnerticut election. Gamhetta In his ID
'yons speech is btginnin to shell The Is
D servatiye skin and red Republican q. q
'e DANNY rouge" order of SANS Eu- i.
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