The Osceola times., 1876-09-02


also reap."-CAristian Inteaigencer.
By their fruits We shall know them.
The republicans have had complete con-
troll for years of such states as Mississippi |
and South Carolina. The republican par
ty has first reconstructed these states |
TO suit itself, and then reconstructed its |
own reconstruction. What Is the result |
by the showing of the republican politi |
clans and the republican press? Almost |
every speech made by any of their public |
men, almost every leader in their papers,
has told the same story for weeks past.
The republicans insist that the south is
given up to disorder and anarchy, and
that the killing of negroes is an every
day matter, particularly in the states
which are absolutely under republican
control. Either the republicans lie or
they tell the truth. Our own belief is
that they lie. But if they tell the truth,
with what face can they ask the Ameri-
can people to grant them a new lease of
power on theevidence furnished bv them
selves, which shows them. absolutely un-
fit to hold power World.
The small reduction of governmental
consumption made by the present con-
gress involves reduction of internal
reven1e districts from one hundred and
sixty-six to one hundred aid thirty one,
and the dismissal of thirty-fve reventie
collectors, with an indefinite number of
lesser tax-eaters. Speaking of the re-
duction of governmental consumption,
which is the most imperative need of the
time, Mr.. Tildeu says: "This reform
will be resisted at every step, but it must
be pressed persistently." The truth of
this statement is just now receiving illus
tration in the opportunities of congress-
men TO save their henchmen in Office from
the economic pruning knife. Among the
devourers themselves there Is said TO be
displayed great activity in bringing in
fluences to bear against the dangers Of
excisiOn in which every tax-eater in that
branch of the consuming machine feels
that he stands Chicago Tim's.
THE order of secretary Cameron to
Gen. Sherman is worth the careful at.
tentiOn of every American citizen. 1t is
an order to hold all the troops not abso-
lutely required for Indian service in
readiness to move. Aseverybody knows
there is no war nor rumor of war, foreign
or domestic, in the country. There is
no legitimate use for troops anywhere in
the country. What this order means,
and all it can mean, is that the admins
tration mean to Use troops to prevent
free elections in the southern states. 1t
was a cowardly trick to hold back such
m nrJor ,ut;l tho aJ;n,,rnuant of .np.
gress, and then Use it. 1t will do the ad-
minstration no good and the republican
party no good. The execution Of IL
would do both great mischief. The mere
threat ought TO arouse the Indignation
of oil decent citizens, whatever their pol
itics.- World.
PRESIDENT GRANT having suddenly
acquired so matiy conscientious scruples
about "that outrageous river and harbor
bill, will find it interesting to tiirn back
and mark with what extraordinary unac-
countable obliauity he has heretofore
ignored the iniquities which now excite
his Indignation. He will do well to sat
isfy himself if there have not been some
millions of dollars ncedlessly expended on
the Fox and Wisconsin rivers during his
eight years of executive service. Per
haps when he is fully awakened to the
scandalous exttavagance TO which he has
been party all these years, he will con
clude that he had best cover all the
money appropriated to those duck
streams into the treasury at once. We
don't expect any refunding of conscience
money from him, for it would strain that
newly born part of his mental anatomy
entirely too much to put it TO such a
trial. Let him be vigorously just,
though for the rest of his term.-,S.
Louis Republican.
Political assessing, like the hope of re-
storing the franking privilege, has as
many lives as cat. The senate hates to
put quietus on either. The legislative,
executive and appropriation bill was sup
posed to have done this for the former
abuse, but it turns out that government
employees, though exempt from low dun
ming by their fellow-employes Or superior
officials, are left, no matter what their
faithfulness or their necessities, to
be insulted by political committees
who send them invitations" to con-
tribute to election funds which may be
spent for the party or for the benefit of
the collectors. As, by the adroit striking
out OF "other persons" from the sec
tion of the act, which was intended to
prevent politicians promiscuously from
doing what was forbidden te officials, the
latter are still left under this tyranny, it
would seem more merciful to leave them
-. oil tl.,,, q l,.at
their official lives should be in the hands
of outsiders.-Phitadeiphia Times.
Mr.. boutwell,, in his report on Mis-
sissippi affairs, declares that the last cleo
tion in that state was carried by violence
and fraud, that the legislature is not a
legal body, and that Ames is still, or
should be, the rightful governor of the
state. As consequence, of course, Mr..
Lamar has not been legally elected to the
United States senate and the members of
| the house chosen last fall are not entitled
to their seats. How happens it that Ames
acquiesced in all this outrage so calmly ?
| He issued the certificates of election to
| the members of congress chosen, and re-
cognized the Legislature, not only by sub
mitting his message and other communi.
cations to it, but by sending to it his res
gnation, in which he expressly ackn )w-
lodged the legality of the bsdy. II is
rather late in the day to undertake to
upset the results Of the Mississippi cleo
ton. There was a good deal of wrong
committed, but the votes which We're ac-
tualy cast established the result and we
do not see how we can get back of it now.
- Boston Globe.