South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-03-23
Letter from Washington.

Letter from Washington.
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WAsnrNeroS, u. c.. March 90.
MR. HARPER Some ono tells ths
story OF Yankee Coroner who. bax;ny
sei.su = mummy in travelling show,
ana ne!d an Inquest on e male out iiis
OIL OF expenses against the county,
adding compound interest from the time
OF Moses. William Lloyd Garrison
seems to have made up a similar ..biIl''
against the South, and to insist on col.
iecting IT.; and he would withhold from
her the simplest and plainest, yet most
vital OF constitutional rights, until pay.
ment 10 made. His resent letter ts, 70.
uator Blaine has a sickening Significance
to those Who know that !, most 'novprf,,I
faction or tie Republican party embra.
cling It's trusted and able leaders have Il.
their hearts the same bitterness and mn.
tred towards the South as ani,pates him
In his oil age. Blaine may not AZ once
pursue the hght he commenced against
Hayes, Morton may swallow the Offices
amt profess TO support the arm that dis.
tributes them. and many may he silent
ana hesitate TO condemn because they
believe that after all Hayes will he ,,riy.
Ell osck into ratticalism. but Whenever
The occasion comes the spirit that ami.
mates them will be found to he tho. shirt
Of Gsrrison. They are the true pour.
bons they neither learn anything nor
forget anything. sroqso1
II o!oodshcd in the South is necessary
to Keep The rank and file up 10 the point
Oh supporting these men, does any one
believe that bioodshed will not follow
the removal oil troops from Louisiana
ana south Carolina. Or that the Extra
session Of Congress. necessarily to he
called as early as June. will meet and
WORK d adjourn in the midst Of national
harmony. IL these men find the mass or
the people inclined to support Mr.. HAYES
IN his policy of non-intcriercnce i'm the
South. If there is any such deludcd
man, South or North, he should be sen,
here for treatment by DR.. Nichols. atl
Much Is always said about the fact
that members of the House Of Represen.
tatives coming fresh from the people,
know their wishes, and no doubt The act.
ing President has glowing reports OF
support for his "policy" from MANY OF
these men. and from the army OF office
seekers. But the three or four thousand
radical clerks in the Departments here.
who pass month or two in the Con
gressional Districts OF the Whole North.
and who arc in constant correspondence
with every section, and who are TO the
Congressman as many to one. are a far
safer guide il we wish to get Mt the dom.
inant sentiment in the Republican party.
intercourse with them. and with the new
office seeking Republicans WHO came
here to rejoice over the defeat OF Tilden
not the elevation of IIayes-will con.
vince the most hopeful of conservative
men, II he be open to conviction, that
the same spirit that planned 'reconstruc-
ticn" for the South is still dominant i'm
the Republican organization. The Sc
nate adjourned on Saturday. having sub.
stantially confirmed all the appointments
OF the acting President, including that
OF Frederick Douglass. The intention
is now said to lie to appoint Prof Iaao.
ston another colored man, Commissioners
of Agriculture. think Langston knows
rs much Of Agriculture as Douglass does
oflaw. Mr.. Hayes did a wise and ac.
eeptable thing in giving Office to two
educated colorcd men, but there are no
two Offices in his gift for which The two
meh are less fitted. Y" H tlsd st
Speculation is lively as to the Justice
IN laf,
Court The failure to appoint Bristow
while the Senate was in session is not
taken rs n proof that lie will not get the
place. lfappointed Their, lie would most
likely have heon rejected by the Senate.
1t is known that Hayes would like TO ND.
point him. and lie may do 40 now. hon.
ing for favorable action by the Senate
ut the Extra session. That Extra sess.
ion will probably make us all wiser than
we are now. Secretary Sclnrz. who is
nothing If not visionary. promises tn
make the Interior Department the light
Of the world. The educated and peace.
loving Indian shall cultivate hops and
barley OH all the lands of the Depart
ment, the good inventions shall I've pa
tented without the purchase Of Commits
sloners or Examiners, and tic deserving
soldier shall receive his pension in q
reasonable time. We shall see. Wise
and more practical men have attempted
the same task. and have not only failed
but have themselves yielded
to temptation. Bishop Colenso was
sent TO South Africa 10 convert the hea.
then; but the heather converted Bish.
OPP Colenso. MEMO.
The INDIAN CANPAIGN.--Is is learn
ed at army headquarters that the spring
against the hostile Indians
will soon commence and be prosecuted
with unusual vigor. 1t is said that what
has been known as the peace policy IN
Indian affairs, and which has been main
v inspired by representatives ofcertain
of the evangelical denominations is now
20 come TO an end. and that tie exte--