Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-24
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
A Adjournment of C0ngress-A Feeling Of Dis
gust-itebeis In Power-A Shameful specta-
Glen oihing Like IL in the w 0rld's History =
IL May Result In Go0d-What Hill, ct al
blight have done-Repnblicans All Right.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 10 1876.
DAER HERALD:-On Tuesday, Cot
ober 18Th. the House of Congress ad-
journed after being in session three.
fourths Of year What has been
dono and what left undone by our
National Legislature has already be.
come d subject + critical comment
to tho country at large. There is no
hesitation in asserting that such COM
ment is highly untavorgbe. A feel
ing OF disgust has ovorshadowod the
people, under the conviction that a
pure spirit of demagoguoism held
sway in the House OF Repre- senta.
ti7es.
The Republicans in that body
were powerless, and the responsible
ty Of such u state OF affairs rests
with the Democracy exclusively.
Upon assembling in December last
1t was soon TINT only those of the
Democracy coming from the South,
were particularly exultant. Although
chiefly from the Confederate army.
with their hands hardly yet dry from
shedding the blood Of Union settlers
they imperiously assumed direction,
and dictated forms as of yore The
singular and anomalous spectacle
was presented, of rampant rebels
who should have been hung years
ago for their treason, now conduct
ing the popular branch OF Congress.
The friends of the Union bowed their
heads in shame, and deplorod the ex-
tent OF the magnanimity which pro-
ducod such result, before much OF it
had elapsed. The utterancos on tho
floor, showing the implacable hate of
our Government and flag, lily con.
cealod, always and often overlapping
| prudential bounds made many an
honest heart regret that strict and
impartial justice had not taken its
course Especially was this so when
the country was Obliged to listen to a
culogy on Jefferson Davis, and de-
fence OF the atrocities at Anderson
vile, delivered, strange as it may
seem, in the same House which, only
few years ago, Thaddcus Stephens
led, by an impassioncd orator from
Georgia, whose people were made
the especial objects of Union clemen-
cy during the war. In the history
of ali governments since tho
creation OF the world, nothing
like this has ever been known. The
Congress which saw its first century
Of national existence out and the sec
ond one fairly installed, will present
undisputed evidence OF the American
people tolorating, under the influence
OF law, those who had Indignantly
stricken at the throat Of tho Govern
mont and trampled upon an honorod
flag, as u power IN the land.
Perchancr, ali this may be correct
and is intended as an example for
our benefit. But 10 those who
have b0rno the burden and
boa. If the day in maintaining the
integrity of the Government, it is
very CALLING to have rebels in high
places armed with the power to die
tato the policy of the country. 1t
may be that the very excuses in
dnlged in by those unrepentant trait
ors will have a reaction, and in this
way, through the instrumentvlity Of
an aroused feeling, the reins of the
Govern ment will not be permitted to
pass away from the party now ID
power.
Indeed, Indications of this state of
fooling are plentiful, so much as to
create the remark that, had we no.
such u II ,use of Representative Re
pubIicanism might have been beaten
at tho coming Presidential election.
This, no doubt is comfortable re-
Election TO some, but somehow there
is disgrace, stigma resting upon
our free country, in permitting lot
of rcd-handod rebols from the South
and their oopperhead allies from the
North to dictate for single moment
let alone for two years, our lcgisla.
| ton Of national character. The
record is Infamous, oven though good
may come OF il in the end
Had Hill. Lamar aad Tucker, the
three really dangerous men of the
South counscled with their c0nfreres
Of the North, and their AFFECT slaves
as well, and consented to remain
studiously in the back ground dur
ing the session of Congress just
closed had nothing but the velvety
paw Of the cat been felt, the claw
nover-the admission is freely made
that the present condition of Repub-
licanism might have been more peril
Gus. In other words the disposition
to change rulers would have been
improperly INDUCED, because of no
apparent danger, and all the crying
aloud might have been of no avail.
As matters stand the people do not
seem the least disposed to put in
power those who will advocate the
blotting out Of recent constitutional
amendments, the payment of robel
indebtedness and the establishment
of rebel pension roll. If overthrow
ing Republicanism means this, the
people are not ready for it in the
year 1876.
BADGER
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No Moro Examination or Rebel Ar
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