The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-01-27

effect OF his utterances may be upon the
families and stirrers-up OF strife at the
North, we honor him for his defense Of
! the South. Ho were d craven had he
said less
IT Morton had not been afflicted with
o sore throat yesterday, superinduced
by his two-days' yolping ut the bloody
shirt, he might have finished his Mis-
sissippi argument. As It Is, another day
OF the Senator's time will be consumed
in that vicious folly, the purpose Of
which Is to demand The destruction and
reconstruction Of tho State government
In tho interests Of the carpet bagging
Of thereby securing Mississpp's cleo
toral vote for Morton. - Chicago Times
/ (hd.)
Monstrosities In tho shape Of jobs
never die In Congress. They may be
scotched, but can t be killed, and though
hacked into half dozen fragments ut
the close Of one session reappear Mt the
beginning Of the next with unabated
venom and Vitality. The postal tele-
graph scheme is u fair illustration Of tho
vital tenacity OF things Of this sort.
There is not u chance In % million, Of
course, that it con pass Mt this session,
but Mr.. Sargent its sponsor In the Sen
alto, Is determined that IL shall not be
forgotten. He devoutly believes in tho
poetic philosophy Of the progress of
vice First hated, then piti6d. then en-
braced; and Is determined to SEQ his
favorite monster through all the stngos.
II perseverance, will accomplish tn.
Y World (Dem.)
A regular piece Of swindling has been
detected IN the Treasury Department at
Washington. The gas bills have been
alarmingly large, and investigation was
recently ordered. The bureau of en-
craving and printing. occupies the third
and fourth floors Of the building. and
the gas used In that department Is pnid
for out OF % special fund. The printing
bureau bills were found to be yory
small, although gas is burned all night,
On taking up tho floor 1t was discovered
that the printing bureau had tapped
mcnt, and had been making tbat de.
partment pay It's gas bills. Swindling
u truly found I'm every branch OF the
Government. - Courier journal (Dem
The strength and dexterity Of n prize
fighter, whose skill Is exerted to break
the jaws OF his adversary and prevent
his coming to time In the last round
are not to be confounded with the mill
tary excellence OF u soldier fighting for
his country In q noble cause. Mr.. Blaine
has displayed the qualities of q mag
nltcent champion In the parliamentary
prize ring. He knocks his Opponents
! out Of breath every time and comes na
smiling amid the plaudits OF the spectn-
tors. But these are not the triumphs of
u statesman. statesman must be
Judged by the ends he purs,les. and not
merely by tho means he seloctg for
attaining them.-N Y. Hcrald (Ind.)
IT there Is any one thing for which the
heart OF the average Congressman
ycarns more than for any other thing. It
IL the privilege OF dead heading letters.
papers, long-winded speeches. ponder.
Gus and useless public documents. dirtv
linen and miscellaneous trnmnaryy unary
through the mails. It was ONLY In
obedienne to n universal and empbatic
demand that the privilege was rel,Ict.
antly surrendered, and there IL rcnaon
to believe that II will be resumed aa
soon as 1t can be done without calling
down storm dignantremonstrance.
Senator Dorsey, OF Arkansas, intro
duced u preliminary resolution for tnia
purpose on Tuesday. The resolution in
Postroads to inquire and report whether
the restoration Of tho frankling priyi-
lege would increase the cost of the majl
service, and whether IL would be ex-
pedlent TO restore tho same. The
resolution was agreed to, so TINT the
whole. question Of frankling will be re-
viewed at least by the Senate, and the
chances are that the privilege will be
restored unless the press and people
promptly enter their protest. Chicag0
Times (Ind.)
We can not dissent from the OBSERVE
ton OF tho DniLy Gazette that "Chris.
tian morality still forms the basis Of our
legislation," though it would not be ut
all difficult to show that Christianity IL
largely indebted to Roman laws for TINT
basis, Both Lockey and Amos, the best,
authorities we know off on the subject
show how greatly Is our indebtedness to
the jursts preceding and contemporary
with Justinian for the moral basis
OF legislation; and II Leckcy Is to be
credited, the Roman jurists did not
the Christian writings for their ideas.
When. however, the Gnzette asserts
that any religion Is ut the basis OF our
religion we are not ablo to coincide with
1t. a religion includes something more
than morals. AS Mathew Arnold says,
there .is no great difference between the
principles OF morality that underlie all
the great religious systems Of the world =
the differences between them are visible
only when VIC come to matters OF faith
and dogma. In respect to them, the
State gives no preference to one over the
other. As Bayard- quoted by the Gazett:
says OF the trainers Of the Constitution.
They were about TO surrender portion
OF their civil rights for the security Of
the remainder; but each retained his
religious freedom entire and untouched.
as u matter between himself and his
God, with which government could not
Interfere. '-Cfncinu,ati Commercial Re-
pa>ttican.J
Mrs. GOodwyn.