Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-01-28
OUR WARRINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.
January -, 1876. i

members-Oi Congress, North and West,
aud they are so weak-backed that they do
their bidding as willingly as did their pre-
decessors before the war. Hon. Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, in bis speech against
the Centennial bill, sounded the keynote,
and two Pennsylvania Democrats, Messrs.
Cochrane and Stenger. took up the cry, and
in their chin music argued that il was un-
preparation in aid Of our Centennial cele-
bration. Their whole cry now is the Con-
stitution, and every Oue interprets that
wonderful Gocumen; TO suit his own views.
Because the Constitution does not say in
plain words that Congress has the power
TO appropriate one million five hundred
thousand dollars in aid of the Centennial ,
it Is unconstitutional; bu., on the other
side, if one of those fire-eaters kill N'gge:,
or wishes to deal in and own slaves, it is
constitutional, for the Constitution makes
no mention OF these facts, therefore 1t ls
the unwritten law, and the Constitution
allows it. This argument reminds one OF
story told by Mr.. Townsend, of New
York, in debate last week. An Irishman,
having made some money, concluded to
| buy a horse. After the purchase friend
said 20 him Pat, has your horse got the
CHAMBERS ?'' The glanders,' said Pat,
''what's that ?'' The friend replied, ''nev-
er mind what it is, has he got the gan-
ders 2" Pat, studying short time, re-
piled, "If the glanders will make the horse
any better, be sure he has them, but if il
makes him any worse, he hasn't got them
at all, at all" SO it is with these fellows,
! if it suits their purpose it is all right, il
| not, rice rerSd.
With all their outward show Of peace,
and their pretended desire for good will
&C., intended to deceive our good people,
and TO prove their fa!sity, | send you an
extract from letter TO friend in Wash
ington from q gentleman who listened to
the Centennial debate in the Virginia legis-
lature, which will give your readers pref
ty good idea Of the love the leaders feel for
Union
But Ben. Hills speech, whether the one
printed for the eye of the North or the one
for his Georgia constituency, is as mild
and pacifcatory as Christ's sermon on the
mount. compared to those made las: week
iu the House Of Delegates here on the Gen.
; tennial appropriation bill. The air reeked
with treason and hate, and was filed with
anathemas Of Grant, Congress, the Yam.
kee, the Radical, and Of the Government.
One could imagine the ghost OF the
SUPPOSED DEAD CoSFEDERACY
stalking abroad aud re-enacting scenes and
ut.ering sentiments that seemed like the
shadow OF scenes, and the echo Of utter
ances made within those same walls by
that Congress of traitcrs that sat there
from 1861 until driven out by loyal bayo-
nets in April, 1865; so many OF whom
have changed their base TO the Capitol at
Washington. These speeches, so intense
ly sectional, bitter. and disloyal, made
every lover Of his trhole country sick at
heart. They have no. ten published ; il
would never do for them TO reach the
Northern-ear. w. w. Rarry-a af BOd-
ford county. soadc truly loyal, patrio-
tic and eloquent speech in favor of the
bill the only on,. Of that kind made by a
Democrat. W. +. oaddings, carpet bag
ger from Ohio, nephew of u.o.. noble old
woman, Joshua Il. Giddings,l made a
splendid effort on the Republican side oi
the House.
The main and almost the only argu-
ment made by Judge Crump, who had the
bill in charge, and other Democrats who
favored it, was the capital to be made for
Democratic party in the coming Presiden-
tial campaign. You have not space for
more than Il few extracts. Judge Crump
said 1.-THE disgusting exhibition being
made in the halls of Congress, and the
venomous speech of Blaine has been for no
other purpose than to fire the Northern
heart in order TO ioist upon .hc country
for third term the man Of "a wooden
head, iron hand and marble heart, who
has SO loug trampled upon the liberties of
the South His pcrOration closed thus :;
"Rest assured, the day will come when
Constitutional principles, a. our fathers
understood them, will triumph and prevail
throughout the land"
Judge Cecil, OF Tazewcl county. said in
opposition TO ths bill that we should have
nothing to DO with it, because the Con-
federacy il not free, and we are Grants
slaves" Extra Bill Smith, who was 4
prominent candidate tor the United States
Senate before the legislature, 5oastcd that
he was an uurecOnstructed REBEL and
further said, ANY one who abuses and
SANDERS Jefferson Davis, abuses and SIAN
dcrs me, and every other man who followed
the Confederate flag" This utterance was
greeted with the widest applause by the
galleries, and was with difficulty suppress
ed by the Speaker. Smith further said that
he kept "a tablcau over the mantle in his
rARLOR AT HOME
composed OF the Confederate flag in the
centre, with its staff pointing towards
heaven, while on the right hung the por-
trait of that great Virginian hero whose
image is cnshrined in every heart in the
South, whose name will live in history as
one OF the grande5t characters as long as
time enGurrs, the immortal Robert L.
Lee, Applause, while on the left hung the
portrait of that other Christian warrior.
that brilliant cxemplar Of every Christian
virtus, whose bronze statue now graces the
Capitol square-that grand hero who stood
like stone wall in defence of constitution
al liberty, hurting back with an iron hand
the ruthless invaders Of the sacred soil of
mis- dear old mother, Nirgipia-Stonewal
Jackson! Iuimensc applause, hardly to
by the Speaker. y
There's Centennial gush for you, upon
which no comment is needed.
L. H. l. 4