The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-01

Special Correspondence.
Our Washington Letter.
WAsHrxoroN, d. @ Jan. "a 1877

Possibly il has never occurred 10
q class Of Washington correspon-
deuts who have united 10 stig,n t,;ze
unpatriotic, every member of
ongress who cannot sec bis wav
lear to support the compromise
ieasure Of the Joint Committee.
tat other than partizan consiiera.
ops may have had some weight
I'd influence upon dissenters. Since
have all been reared in the fni,l,
.nst the superstructure Of orr Re
public is based upon tho individual
rights OF every American citizen
from least to greatest to the ball 4:
and that such right is abs lutte An |
inviolable and that any attempt tn
restrict or compromise IL is in their
view. essentially revolutionary. the
proposition on the part OF the Com
mittte for Congress to ignore the
verdict OF the 7th Of November. an 1
to DELEGATE its power in the premises
to q party unknown To the laws or
the constitution in such n ronnec-
tion. appears sufficiently startling TO
account for their besitancv and g.
shield them from the impn'ations Of
excessive partizauship This NAV
be said although there isa wids-
spread conviction--ip the case Of
some states amounting to certain.
ty-tbat the fear of personal vio-
lence deferred tens of thousands o;
Republicans from voting the nIti-
mate results reached tho electors If
the several states on the 9th of d..
cember was in strict conformity tn
law that however arbitrary the
methods Of Returning Boaris NAV
have appeared, their necessity was
recognized by both parties. AMI
they existed under laws which w.r.
passed by a union Of Republicans
and Democrats. The certilic,,ion
in the custody Of the President of
the Senate showd Hayes to have ls5
Of the 1863 electoral votes. bisouc
majority being Just as conclusive of
his election as one hundred would
have been. The failure Of the con.
stitution to explicitly designate Who
should count an declare the vote wa. th.
only loop-holc through which 1, wa.
sought To thrust Mr. Tilden into ID, pr,si
DENTAL chair Hut intsmuch ~ IL .X-
press'y provided that "ibe Prr.iJ.ui of
the senate shall. IN the prescnc. of tn.
senate and Ii"use.of Representatives, omen
All the certificates II IL submitted that Re
puhhctns havs not unrpasorahly main.
tained tba' the presnmptions are all ia G.,
vor OF the President oi the Senate ns ,he
parry intended by the trainers nf the CON.
stitu:ion TO count and declare the yot.
This position IN reinforced hy III. nr.ce.
oen's ana yet II is sought. app,renily, 90
drise dissenting Republicans irio tho AL.
Vocacy and support OF "comprnm -
whlcb they believe TO be eIncbu~Iifutinu,u
iheApedi'ni. unwise an At open v,ri,nc
WIN 'he spirit nnl latent OF ttr runi,
mental law. Hut IL IL generally cnncr,l, "a
thai ihe "Plan' will he Adopted md ,h.
PATRIOTISM AMI devotion of iis tcrubl can
fuppoilers VIII not be generally uupsiinn.
ed. Mr.. Morton hns spoken against II IN
the senate and in the II m~e IL /. certain
10 meet with determined opposition from
m active minority: hui no one look. for
It's failure. No other business of imp,r.
tanco need be expected until il h,ll have
been disposed OF which may he hy Friday
or Saturday. There appears q he no or
ganizei opposition. No such dispI,y n,
eN rehel.c"pperhenl arrogance snl vim
diciiveness has heen seen Tor years in .i,b.
or house of Congress as thai Inflicted upo,
his bearers by senator Bn,y on Prii,y.
WIN 'he soil OF Louisiana sill red with
tho blood OF Republicans. he lie ,l,rrd ,b,t
not m 'rier nor an outrage hni been
committed In that State in the lat, can.
yass, save by Republicans tipnn cnlnrr,l
Democrats. No one but hide. hounl
Bourbon Of ih- most hardened md mal,y
nant type could have listened unmny,I IA
the repioncbcs showered upon h,m hv Mr..
Sherman and Morton. Some of his pnl,,i
cal associates appeared 10 turn stocked
and amazed from the afruci ms sentiments :
which be could no longer restrnin ui,hi,
the bounds Of prudence. md frnm his
shameless etrroniery Secretary Chuniler
aud his associates OF the Republican Ma
tional COMMITTEE have not been mnl. /,
constitute very materially To relieve the
Oregon iniqnity Of ls many vill,incous
features. and NJ the last meeting of the
committee. Field appeared about discour
aged.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
has forfeited about all the esteem remain,
Ing to its officials among honorable men
Tor its cowardly surrender. after it's pomp.
Gus. prandiioquent announcement that il
was determined TO stand between its pa-
irons and the rnpacity of parti zsn
CONGRESSIONAL com nite,.. II 1, alIcl,l IN Al
fars ef nnfavor,ble l"Sisiition, inc tod ne lIs
graceful capitnla'iun. Poor Col P.It,,, ,l,,
challenged tho adm ration of the New Ynrs srS
10 such an exte 4 that its pirat. editor ia b,,r.,
ofehthuhia-n, dll b Il hin a nincnuip.,n. n 4.
hhpariy nngr.teful. Hs was 80 ind,-,r.,,t AS IA
pu' his FOOT into tue Of,goI bu.iu.s. so ,l,ril.
edIy that the snnding uf money q the cousnir,
tors was readily traced to hun, aud hut for "A il
a."ctive melnnry mlght have caused him tam.
PIE bl with the sunDuuirm.It OFT 10 uiirn ,,u
OF the telegraph company Ia deliver up to The EN-,
am, Ne ois aieh"s oI members nf the Diuucrut.
o N'ti"hai q hiIn tter, trriupr sriZri certain
promiheht Democrats, shaking then almost oui
oi tneir tops; aud a. I, t. sn 'ipAte the uu,rr-
thih'y OF damaging irlegratu-, the stat licut NJ.
~ once Iu ut that Prit n'bad sent se,e ,eruI a. o.
grams hhsuitoriy d, n Secretary of tho Gam.
IN ttn', shd hat his u" "T,Ilcu had thrrat.,.
.I IN ''Nd li aIriu iftue oH NEE was repeated
iu'I ~ 'N deui pu ppse tn east up,u MIN AL
We 'lhH an iniq1i'i'Sn Snf the party, a, vic ,ri
oaf 2, %, ilru ,.ld he, have prInp ~ boiinrl
al whom y may cuucern that they disavow al
Iessousitil.y
Mr. aud Mrs. Sterner. residing