Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-09-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

AL good Republicans and patriots. vii
onleet to the onslaught which Mr.. Geo
William Curtis makes upon Gen. B. F. But.
ler' In saying that TIE nomination of the
latter Tor Congress, is the ''same kind of re.
publican blunder, although on different
scale, as the Democratic nomination Of
Wade Hampton in South Carolina, +" the re.
ally gifted editor of HaTper's Weekly, loses
his poise, and gives way to a purility, which
will cause him to blush with shame. The
utterance Of this improper and vicious SEN
timent will require all the genius of Mast,
to prevent the evidences of error being
made manifest financially. When we look
at the matter dispassionately, there is NO
man in this country more entitled to the
nations gratitude than General Butler.
! And, it may as well be said, the regret has
been universal among Republicans that he
was not in the House, during the last ses-
sion, to assist Mr.. Blaine in meeting and
repelling the audacity and effrontery of the
Southern rebels. Gen. Butler will be cleo
ted, and, upon taking his seat, will be, as
OF yore, terror to the secessionists and a
JOY to every lover of ourUnion. Mr.. Cur
It's ought to see this and with the great
body OF the people be glad, instead of fling
ing mud, most impotently, and we would
add, impertinently, from his New York
standpoint. Much as we delight in the ut
terances of Mr.. Curtis, and, as a general
rule, cherish them in our heart of hearts,
his want of magnanimity towards many
meritoriOus Republicans, we must con-
demn.
And now, IN referring to matters pollt1-
cal, the whole rank is afame with the good
news from Maine. This, following close
upon that from Vermont, makes every low
er OF his country feel that, despite some lit
tie political blundering, there is yet ga God |
in Israel, +" and that we are not to pass IN
der the yoke of Southern bondage, ''inside |
the lines" The determined vote of these
two States means that our noble and unsul-
lied candidates, Hayes and Wheeler, are to
be chosen in November, provided other To-
calItles do only tithe as well. Indiana and
Ohio are next to come along. In the first
and perhaps both, the conflict will be close,
but on the morning after election it will be
seen, as weverily believe, that the decision
arrived at will be the same as in the East.
And then let lis earnestly work for, and as
earnestly hope for, New York, and Connec-
lcut, and New Jersey and California, in
ne final election, abating nothing of exer-
ION to produce such grand consumation.
The work of the Centennial year will be
omplete and fully rounded out, if, with
celebrating the hundredth anniversary of
ur national existence, we supplement the !
natter in November, by saving the Repub- |
&c from the domination of those who =
Tould fain destroyit. a-s .Eslb.ea
Among the surprising things of these
snsational times the rapid advent of unde-
led ''reformers'' is not the least. In ''auld
ng syne, a long, lank, impecunious Vir-
lnlan, strolled very slowly along the ave- .
ue, and after many months of idleness +
ld lneessant chewing of toothpieks, found p
msself. .ensconced, during the johnson ad- s
" under the caves OF, the De-
lrtment Of Justice, where he was wont to 6
gn his name, and soon attached "Aet- I
g Assistant Attorney General thereto. ?
nckley sis himself again, with, all his +
tive modesty and diffidence to the opin-s \
rs OF others, and acting on Mr.. Tilden's
ggestlIon that the proper time for resump-
IN IS the time when preparations shall
We rlpened, he is now making speeches
owing how much money has been wasted =
I the present administration on account
corrupt practices. Binkley says his he
nnection with the Attorney Generals Of st
e enabled him to discover the evils which =,
now talks. about-he being employed ~
the direct purpose Of putting a stop to
'h conduct. VIII Mr.. B. pardon us if us
enquire, that finding there was extra n n
hnary extravaganza, aye, criminal waste, co
ng committed, by those entrusted with
management of affairs, what did he do so iOl
stop it2 Or did he store it away in his .
mory for a more convenient season. "A .
says: s1alr zaiu-a- :. -ss-. HE IT,.
Then Binekley was Republican sop
er Now he is Democratic sop-hunter. "
9sumably he was a corrupt scoundrel
n; otherwise he is falsifying dema-
yue now"