Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-12-06
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.

WHicH nds, according 10 the democratic
view, been effected recently in the case
of Judge Moses, of the Supreme Court
of South Carolina. In the past, for so
long time that the memory of man
hardly ranneth to the contrary, the
vocabulary Of Democratic abuse and
vituperation has been exhausted in the
search for terms that would fttingly
characterize the monstrosities of his
character. But since the collision be-
tween the Court and the members of
the Canvassing Board, he, with bis as
sociates, has been metamorphosed into
the "Just judge" seeking only to vim
dicate outraged law and to preserve
intact the liberties of the people against
the assaults of the usurpers constituting
the Canvassing Board. Of such Is
confederate copperhead Democracy.
The revolutionary programme of Mr..
Clarkson Potter, as enunciated through
the columns of the New York World
of the 23d inst, and the uttranccs of
the representatives of the Ohio De-
mocracy at late conyocation, have
attracted much attention here among
the thoughtful people. The heroic
remedy prescribed by DR.. Potter for a
defeat Cif it shall prove to be such)
which came simply through lack of
votes, is not generally approved be-
cause, among other reasons, it is totally
at variance in spirit with the founda-
tions upon which the fathers reared
the structure eff American Republican
Government; and it is particularly re-
pugnant to the secessionists of 1861,
who practlced what he preached in the
war that followed, because it is in eff.
feet precisely the remedy that was un-
successfully administered at that time
to cure an 'ailment very like the one
nov affecting the body polite. The
only perceivable difference is in the
method Of administration. It is gen
orally conceded that the mantle of
Vailandigham has fallen upon Mr.. Ew.
ing's shoulders; and the Southern ex-
confederate in Washington has more
than once given expression to the re.
Elections ..occasoned by Mr.. Ewing's
reported speech, to the effect tha,
uttrance Of similar sentiments on the
part Of Northern Democrats sixteen
years ago, hurried the South into 8
rebellion by which she was humiliated
and lost everything including her pet
institution-slavery; that had it not
been for the encouragement thus ten
dered them and the material aid prof.
Tered, they had never attempted the
substitution of slave empire for the
Republic Of l776; that the memories
of the cowardly desertion are still green
and fresh and that if Messrs. Potter,
Ewing & Co., desire the Inauguration
Of Mr.. Tilden by force of arms, they
are at liberty to proceed with the en-
terprise. The South has had quite
enough Of such rash undertakings for
the present generation at least.
The proceedings in South Carolina,
Louisiana and Florida are watched
with urfagging interest, but our city
is as devoid of any excitement as
though the Presidential election was
an event of two years ago; and were it
not for the mischevious efforts of intri.
Gated politicians to propagate the i'm
preston that those States are for Til
den, and that any other result will
have been arrived at through fraud,
there would be general feeling of &C.
quiescence in the decision to be here
after announced by the officers legally
qualified for that duty.
| Every one appears to feel relieved
that tho premature celebration of Til
den's election on the 29th inst. has
been abandoned. During the campaig On
We have had in our midst two rival
Democratic organizations-the Demo
cratic jackson Association and the
"Tilden and Hendricks Reform Club"
The former is rather an exclusive af-
fair, composed of old Bourbons-the
most of them --of whom the late Gar
rett Davis was the prototype. Men
who honestly and thorouohlv detest