The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-02-04
Our Country Exchanges.


ALABAMA.
The Washington correspondent Of tho
Jacksonville Republican gives the follow
ing account Of Alabama's delegation in
Congress
Last night ] took stroll down 18th
street and soon found myself snugly en- +
sconced In the elegant quarters Of
Messrs. Bradford and Forney. Mr.. b.
| found busily engaged in mailing doctl-
ments to his constituents; Gen. Fornev
was getting ready togo with Gen. Banks
to pay his respects to the Spanish Min
Foreign Affairs much Of the duty OF
doing the courtesies to foreign embas-
sadors devolves upon Gen. Forney, who. !
by the way, Is peculiarly qualified in
every respect for maintaining the Dig
nifty OF the great and glorious Govern
ment he represents.
After short stay, / left these distin-
guished gentlemen and went to the
equally elegant quarters Of Messrs.
surrounded by generals, colonels and
other officers OF the Marine Corps.
which surprised me- until remembered
he had been appointed the chairman Of
a subcommittee OF the Committee on
Naval Affairs, to inquire into the neces-
slty OF the Marine Corps as branch or S
part OF the naval service, and whether
duct, and what changes In regard
thereto are demanded by the exigenciea
and economy OF the public service. He de- Z
clined to be interviewed as to the result
Of his labors thus far, but stated that he
had been diligently at work. He was sere.
naded the other night by the Marine
band, and is now by far the most popu-
lar man IN Washington with the Marine
Corps. Mr.. Hewitte Is chairman OF q
valid Pensions, and the applications Of
soldiers OF the war with Mexico for PEN
sions come under his supervision. He
informed me that he was In favor OF
granting pensions to all the survivors of
the Mexican war, and In all probability
q bill to that effect would be reported
from his committee. The number Of
these soldiers Is estimated TO be about
1890, the majority OF them living in the
Southern States. Mr.. Hewitte is hard
worker.
SPENCER.
The investigation OF Spencer by the
Alabama Legislature, and the opposition
thereto from the Republican minority
OF the Legislature, is commented upon
at length by the press OF our sister
State. What good the Republican party
Of Alabama hopes to reap from said OPP
position is more than problematical.
The Montgomery Erening Bulletin, after
reviewing the case, closes It's comments
on the subject with the following sensi-
BILE remarks:
How any Republican who has any
hope for the resurrection OF his party in
this State can expect to effect any good
by identifying the cause with Spencer's
prehension and yet this is what the
whole party in the General Assembly
has done, with the exception OF DIR.
Harris In the Senate, and Gen. Coon
and Mr.. Mitchell In the House, all OF
whom voted In favor Of the report. We
say unhesitatingly, that no party can
live, or ought to live, with such . fusion
OF elements as, would sanction the
means by which he has attained and
smallest concern what party brings out
or proves these charges on Spencer. Is
he guilty? is the only. question which
any honest man ought to ask, no matter
what his politics. If guilty, Republi-
cans ought to be the first to renounce
him and place themselves right before
the pnblic. The party. will sink to the
UDbJOI1ItSS Blb Ill YuDllC s1StiIl0tlOA NY
attempting the Infamous business Of
carrying Spencer and his load.
The mischief Is, II Spencer Is unload.
ed, the question will naturally arise,
Whose turn next? That Is the trouble,
friend Bulletin.
The Dallas Daily Herald contains the
following severe fling at United States
District Attorney Boyle: @
Boyle, United States District Attor-
ney, after obtaining judgment against
the Greenwall Brothers In Galveston,
under the provisions OF the infamous
Civil Rights bill, was such fool that
he entered up the decree Of the court
and omitted to aver that execution
his Judgment, but the court could not
see 1t and Boyle's pet case, over which
George Flournoy slapped him In the
the face, has been dismissed by Judge
Morrill, so much for having ignorant
shysters for district attorneys. ~
The following neat and well deserved
little lecture to our Centennial friends Of
Philadelphia Is also from the Dallas
Herald:
We suppose Philadelphia isout OF her
travail now tnat Congress mas paSseu
her little appropriation Of ~ 800 900.
They were terribly exercised In Phila-
delphia over Blaine's speech and the
prospective damage it might do the Cen
| tennial, but Southerners are far above
petty spite and with their accustomed
courtesy passed the bill, az they should
have done. The atmosphere has cleared
OF smoke and clouds, and all Pennsyl-
vania Is serene again.
| The Bryan appeal comes out openly
and squarely in support OF the Demo
cratic State ticket, with the following
plain and energetic and uncompromis-
ing language:
! It may be called "brass-c collarism, =
or any other opprobrious epithet, but
we intend to support the Democratic
nominees In every single instance where
we can vote; and we say, further, that
we would support the meanest Demo-
crat we ever saw, and there Is many q
mean one, in preference to the cleyerest
Radical that ever walked the earth.
After noticing the fact that some may
think that there are sometimes palliatfng
reasons for voting the Radical ticket.
thew would soon alter their mind
- +hav would only stop for a