The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-02
Our Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 1, 1877.

The "grcat event" of the present ses-
sion of Congress is 10 event at all. It's
still as IL was last week--a sublime ex-
hibition Of how not to do IL. This is the
history of the Forty-fifth Congress so far.
II is record of incapacity, not amount-
ing to so much rs the firing of blank
cartridges. There has not been even
any firing of blank cartridges. In 1861,
when Congress met in called session, il
provided the sincws for great war,
maturing and passing many measures
of the greatest importance in the time
that has been consumed by this Congress
in doing absolutely nothing. Had this
Congress shown equal capacity it would
have done the work required of it in
three days. This demonstration of the
incapacity of the Democracy to conduct
public affairs needs no further elabora-
ton.
But though the Congress has done
nothing, the political situation at WASH
ington is one of great and exceptional
interest. And this on account of the
animated conflict going on among the
Republicans touching the adminstra-
ton of President Hayes. have seen
the conflict which the Republicans had
with President Lincoln on account of
his border state policy and general slow
ness: the conflict between the party
and President johnson grew into an in
tense national issue; but this conflict
between the Republicans of the Senate
and House and President Hayes is the
prettiest quarrel as it stands of them all
1t is certainly true that there is more an
tagonism to the president now on the
l,'i, vi ,lic hcP'p,lca's oi congress than
.nulI WI wi.s W ! rcsiueh. Lincoln ana
'lu'', iiio'c .',"', 'l'o.e ever was 10 Johh-
son, oNc' 'o' eoi,'e UNIV a,'er MS famous
WlnsinS rcuiiu 'ic Circle mere Is,
,,,o si;tuo, ;n,s slvm , "ameie,cc "etWeeh
Tn,nross ,,.as NATURALIZATION, I NV lncn
,;' " IL, hot,, house, os "" Nm Mepuo-
IL, no,no ~ Il, 10 rio," =. - sa'1ne
y ,ho Senate ,hn, h,, t,,,'' CIV, ~ c'ose
n,,;,.od 70 ,ro a,,o, f'.n,', ,t DE- W air ~.
tn tho Democrot;c e;do 60 p pi' .,'n.
hodv Democrat;c Am o ~ ''' .,,, t,na,
u;,G Tho o' mros a.,o al OPem rupture
would noccesor;I,. throu, t,'o INV
mcnt into the hands of the Democ ,o,
We should have on aJ,n;,,;s,rat;o' 'i i
stontiallv Dcmocra,;c wha,hoy 1 A.,
JJavcs en- willed or not "''''' WI
| And This il fhp poril thot ,,n,,, th,oat
ons tIo country Re IL so ,r,.a, "a
bon odm;n;strot;on would ho 80 IL
irons to the hest intorosts of tho o onm.
trv. that I am looth m hnl;ova tho, ,bomr
viii no an ;,ronorobio hrooob 'i hat .nul.
tbc nrcsident md the Ranmhi;oo mee .,
Con1rcss think some nlam o Of od;,, ~
mcnf alike honorable to hdtb s;dos ~ t%;.
unfortunate oIorrel can ho dow;ood 4" o on,'
The country saved from tho ner;i amy amy
calamity of an odmin;strat;on proct;oai
Iy Bourbon and reactiomorv Snch !,
the hong. foo. of the hest man in IN.
party here. though If is confessed tha no,
thcrc is no, Of nrasant onw n,au s un"
thronob which The threateno %" asn~ 1,
NAV he avoided ""''s''
0f course this Renublican war 20 IN.
tonic of universal d;scnss;on horo VIZ .n'
hear little else on the streets az tho h W'
tels. if ;s evervyybare tollo5 o h1 u,,o no
nobody vet secs any l;ght ahead or o ~n,
has thc COURAGE n SUGGEST onv , W. rr W.,
Of tbc d;ff;cul1v Mne5wi,,Io ,h wa" Ho Um
ocrats looI, on and smile hon;mo a."
there can he No ad;nstmen, f TheSv ' a",
The only ones who get onv f,,n ort @l -
tho s;tmot;on r., anotbor vel .hou,