The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-23
ADJoURNMENT OF CONGRESS-
OF iNpIANA

ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS- /.
Ga Tuesday night Congress adjourned.
after the longest session, with one exception.
known to the civil history Of the country.
Perhaps during the war there may have
been longer session. The present, if a
long one. has been most important one !;
important inasmuch as il was test Of the
Hiclity to those principles which The Demo-
cratic party had maintained in q minority /;
Of principles upon which they had demand
ed the control Of the government; Of prin-
ciplss with the execution Of which the poo
pic had concluded to trust at least Deu>
osratic House. Farther they were not
able to go. For the Senate was still hos,
tile, and the Executive and the Depart
uleuts all arfaycd sOlidsy against the army
Of reform. -3a4
The work As far as it could Do done BY
one branch 81 Congress is before the coun-
try. No one viii deny that il has been
well done, no one viii insinuato that the
Democratic party he's falsiicd in the mcrest
tittIc the scope Of its promises. Beginning
with the door Of every Department OF the
Administration shut re~olateIy in its face !,
yet with the full consciousness that an ap-
palling accumulation q corruption WAS CO.
vered BY the protection Of those doors. the
Democratic House. with equal resolution,
assaulted the barriers, broke them down.
and then tie country for the first time
knew automatically the secret but tremen-
dous sources Of the shame, the disaster. and
the poverty Of the country. Investigations
brought out fraud. corruption, peculation
robbery in cse-y Department in which the
use Of the public monies Was concerned.
IL found collision and conniyanee between
the highest officials Of the Government and
the basest tools Of power, b. which the
public revenue was diverted from its course
TO be used for The purposes Of party ascen-
deney, or for the baser uses Of private gain.
Ii went father. 1t invaded the hitherto
sacred precincts Of the Departments and
dragged forth IS } criminal, and punished
him q such. Que whose prestige 81 position
might, and had, under the previous Con-
gress, shielded from assault. and showed
that IN its pursuit alter crime. station nor
the glorics Of Official destination we're pro-
tcctiOns. Il vent On, and laid bare 70
The world, il il ilas not brought to punish
mcnt. astounding and s,upqndOas waste.
inisInauagcmen., extrayagaaee. End dishO-
nesty in every single department which was
the subjocl Of tits searching and releBtness
Investigation.
And as ono If the results u Ills is the
immediate sakeniug II tie country 70 the
necessity Of reform Is tie road to lis sal
va.iou. Bat for the investigations Of this
Democratic House. and but f.. the defen-
live attitude tie Administration has been
compelled ID f4kc. il would still have gone
% in is reckless career. tquandering tho
public money, eOrrupting the public mind
sappiBg the public virtue, until virtue. re-
sources, hope. all gone. the country would
have fallen helpless victim 70 system 80
iBgeniously framed for tic destruction Or lis
Liberties.
We might speak Of the gallant fight for
rctrcnshmont. Of the victory won over Pre-
sident and Senate ~ which forty millions
have been saved already in the annual APP
preparations without impairing the public
service We Nigh, speak Of the publication
il hls enforced in the civil services, We
might speak Of the stimulation Of reform and
Of an honest future Il has compelled the
Republicrn party 70 assume, but our arti-
Gle Las already run u lis length.
God bless the Democratic llOuse for il
good works. We .ay 10 ali lLankfulness aud
sincerity.
s.s-s-s.ssssss..ssst.
sAlsbafna has gone Democratic BY such
sn-oyerwhclmihg insjori.y. aid with such
apparent facility of cxertion. that i would
be shame Il North Carolina with much
larger white majority shoeld lay Lenelf
even under the suspicion Of being doubt.
fal Stats. Tho example 4 il gaoi one. but
Il rcproach 70 sbis State that 4 should
be cited a. IN example. Alabsma has ju.t
done what North Carolina once did-frced
benelfffom The rigors Of radical dominance.
Alabana has bad more % contend against,
hss had ! longer eight, tut las achieved .