The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-23
4 Scene FROM DANTE.

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4 Scene FROM DANTE.
The President seems to think that
the Government can only DO upheld by
the bascyt aud most immoral aplH. ma
that thos,e whoynnture 10 make an ei'of'
To reform tile civil service and expose
lie corruption Of nufaitlifnl oilicials are
the worst enemies 81 The public good.
lie recently said with reference, ia the
Investigations instituted by thbD"mo-
crntie House nnI now progressing in
Washington, tho Investigations insii-
gated by those who sought to dissolve Tho
Union we're undertaken for the purpose
Of destroying tho Government. Wb do
not learn that the "Cuifctlotatc Btlgh
dierg," who. IN company with Northern
Democrg.tY, arc exposing tho mass 81
revolving corruption which Has long ex-
ist"d IN the departments and service oI
tho Government, MO lacked by IN
army hostile 10 the Union. we heal
from them no threats Of violence TO.
ward the Federal Uovcri,n,cnt. we hear
no reasonable sentiments uttered by
them; none Of them have declared the
constitution covenant with hell. On
the contrary, their expressions have
been loyal IN every sense. Even That
prince OF rebels, Ben Hill. in his great
speech declared thnt the South had
come back into the Union and
had come to stay. Tho inycs-
,igations instituted by the Confed
crate l,rigadiers and their Democratic
allies from the North have In no in
stance looked to n violation Of the Con
stitution. or IN armed revolution, or the
secession Of any of the States. IL must
be. then. that tho President regards tho
sale of post trndershlpa, the crooked
whisky ring. the Treasury ring, and
numbericss other corrupt, rotton nnt
scandalous jobberies. the Democrats mr.
investigating, rs the sum and substance
Of the Government. If such IL his idcu
Of the Government We can rcadily com
prchcnd his remark that the uvestiga
tors propose to destroy the Government
And tho President Is right. Instead
Of tho simple, beautiful and synmr
trical constitutional system Of govern
mcnt OF fifteen years ago, we hnve now
an institution Of low and dirty prostitu
ton. Dante tells us that hc saw IN hell
q terrible TRANSFORMATION scene.
bright spirit wandering there encomt
erod u hideous serpent. A dark cloud
surrounded the strange pair and ther
a wonderful mcthmorphoSis began
The serpent cutwined It's glitter.
ing folds about tho spirit. and
tho spirit claspod its arms
about the serpent Finally tho two
blended into one, and the monster Gid.
cd away kissing along the yale, Some.
thing like this has befallen the Ameri
can Government and tho Republican
party. In 1861 the Government fell into
the arms OF tho Republican party. Il A
great cloud gathered over the country
under Switch Il terrible metlmorphosia
has taken place. The American Gov.
eminent Is no longer q constitutional
government, and the Republican party
IL no longer n purity OF m honest
fahataclsm The two arc blended into
one, hidcous monsirosl'y Graut-
ism. .Ygr..4I. a.i-4d ."t#
Grantism. Credit Mohilior, Crooked
Whisky and all their kindred scandals
and iniquities, constitute about all That
the President hts ever known Of poll
ties or government, and it is, natural,
when he finds that the Confederate
Brigadicrs with the Northern Demo
Gratis arc pursuing q course TO break up
and destroy these ini1uities, that he
should be shaken with IL fear that tho
purpose isdo destroy the Government.
The country. however, will not partici-
pate in the Presidents patriotic
apprehcnsions. The power Of the
black artists, whose wicked net
erpmancy wrought the W horrible
mctamorphosis we have dcscril,cd is
broken. 4 better and pjircr spirit has
lifted It's wand in one branch of Con-
Aress, dispslled the weird shadows and
exposed tho Contemplate mnmmeries
or the actors IL this solemn infamny..
The bloody shirt, which, when Morton
shook its sacred folds IN the, Senate.
aroused the whole North to u furious
phrcnzy, turns out TO be nothing but a
dirty piece bf cotton, daubod with red
ochre. In the new light, the ghosts OF
Andcrsonvillc, which Blaine had con-
jured up to horrify the world, prove to
be merely magic lantern COLLINS
reflected on tho narrow SURFACE. Of his
mean and groveling soul.r In short,
the whole patriotic display OF the Re-
publican party rs now proved 70 have
been the mcanest sort Of q penny show,
run by "a band OF rascals and thieves to
divert public attention from their
schemes and plumbers. The President
may think the exposure Of this fact is
the destruction OF the Government. We
trust The country will think differently,
and we believe when Grantism shall
have been utterly swept away the Coy
eminent OF our fathers, the Government
of the Constitution, will reappenr in its
original symmetry.
Mr. Barlow, President OF the National
Rank nj ST lbnns VT and senior