The Osceola times., 1876-08-26

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resistance OF the govefnmental-cohs,l
in Washington and in Chicago TO meas
ures looking TO reduction of the scale
of governmental consumption. II ap-
pears, too, in the iIl-natured comments
of the organs of the governmental-de-
voures upon Mr.. Tilden's letter. 1t is
plain that Mr.. 1'ilden understands the
nature of the public tax-eater thor
oughly.-Chicago Times.
AGAINST the Hayes, Oliver, Schurz,
the Tilden people present the Roland,
Adams, an "accession" which throws
the balance largely on the side of the re-
form candidate--for il must be conceded
that the coming over Of Adams 10 Tilden
means more than the going back of
Schurz from the middle ground of inde-
pendence 10 close affiliation with his old
party, under the very same leadership
and in worse condition than when he
cursed and left it. Schurz has been, he
yond everything else, a partisan in his
time, and always an ofliceholder; Adams
has been partisan, but rarely an Office
holder. He was minister TO England
during the war, and left flavor of Ca
pacity, decent methods, and good breed
ing behind him which have not been
conspicuous in the occupants of the post
since, save during Motley's brief tenure
OF Office. More than that, Adams in ~
was the choice of great following Of
both parties for the presidency, and,
could he have been selected at Cincin-
natl, il is claimed, we should have been
spared Grants humiliating second term,
with the possibility of third under
Chicago Times.
The Nation says of Boutwell's villain
ous Mississippi report: ave confess that
we find it difficult to speak with modcr-
alton OF recommendation at once rs
wicked and imbecile as these. On the
LIST of January, 1874, the entire govern
mcnt of Mississippi was republican, with
Ames at its head, and IL is now nearly
two years since the Vicksburg riot took
place. In that case Amcs applied fol
and Grant gave him troops, and a con
gressional committee investigated the
subject, and reported they were both jus
tilted in what they did. After this there
was an interval Of profound quiet, bu,
before the November elections of last
year an attempt was made TO get more
troops, to which the president refused tC
yield. The result was that the state, a.
everybody expected, went democratic
and now the president, who last year
after all the previous riots, thought
troops were not needed, sits down ant
writes letter ION July 26, before tn,
appearance of this report) TO governor
Chamberlain, confiding to him that Mis-
sissippi is governed to-day by officials
chosen through fraud and violence, sucl
as would scarcely be accredited 10 savages
much less to civilized and christian
people If he knows this now, he mus
have apprehended it then, and his re
fusal TO interfere must be characterized
as an act which would scarcely be &C
credited to savages, much less to tn,
president of civilized and christian peo
ple.' And now comes this second con
gressional report, and declares that thu
state is in condition of anarchy (it ha
been, judged by all external signs, In I
condition of profound peace ever since)
and that we may have to make it ter
ritory and begin reconstruction at th,
point it had reached in 1865. In othcl
words, we have Mr.. Boutwell, assuring
us now, on the eve of an exciting presi
dental election, that state which Gen
Grant last year treated as being in the
same condition as Massachusetts, or New
York, is, and has for long time been il
a condition of anarchy; and we have
the extraordinary impudent PROPOSE
that after the experiment of reconstruc
tion has, according to Mr.. Boutwell,
completely failed, after a ten years trial
and the state is in the condition of Mex
leo through the incompetency of himsel
and mis- party in pacifying it, we shal
now intrust him and his party with th'
task OF doing it all over again"