The daily gazette., 1877-02-15
Our Washington Letter.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

From Our Regular Correspondent.
l.... WARRINGTON, Feb. 18th, 1877,
| Can it be possible, that any one cares to
hear anything from Washington that
does not relate to the presidential ques-
ion? But what is there to write? Ger
tainly nothing very encouraging to those
who hoped that the first year of the
second century would "ring out the old.
and ring in the new" The telegraph
may flash an agreeable surprise before
this reaches you. Ex-senator Matt
Carpenter seems to be confident of win
ming Louisiana for Tilden, but very few
Democrats believe there is any better
! fate for the country than a continuation
of Zach Chandler and Oliver p. Morton,
One of the Democratic counsel, whose
reputation is national, told your cores
pondent that he had no faith in the hon
esty of the umpire, Judge Bradley, and
that he had so poor an opinion Of his
character as Judge and man that he
was embarrassed in pleading before him.
And this was before his decision in the
House. AS for the Republicans they are
1serenely happy. Their pent up polite
TAu,of.oioh a""o oniy sno OhlhaA VI
Louisiana.
Well it is pihful A nation of
| 40, 900, bound and led by such men
as have led her for the last eight years
| by a supreme effort arose against and
overthrew her oppressors. Overthrew
them in the teeth Of the army, illegally
employed to stif1e her voice; in the
teeth of most monstrous and corrupt
civil service, illegally employed to thwart
her protest; in spite of the peoples reve-
nue. turned away in brides and hush
money. to compass corrupt ends; in the
face of the atroe.ous ISLANDERS of the New
York Times and the old wives fables OF
lime appeal is to be negotiated by tech
nicality and a fraud sanctioned in q
high place Is it not enough to make
men cry out ga pox on universal suf-
frage? What is the ballot worth if its
Judgment can be set aside by the insti-
| tutions it has established? Is there an
honest man in all the country, not fool,
| that does not know that Mr.. Tilden was
| elected? Is there wellinformed man
that does not know that his presidency,
] with all that it empies, was and is a
| national necessity? Some optionists
have been congratulating themselves
and the country. that this, at least, is the
end of Grant and Grantism; but the end
of the "i ism" is not yet. The supreme
I bench has been packed by him with. weak
characterless, cowardly partisans, and
there will be no end to Grantism until
benignant providence or an indignant
people removes them hence.
There are signs of change at the White
| House. The President has ceased to re-
ceive visitors in the forenoon, and de-
votes few hours each day to the az
rangementlof his papers, etc, preparatory
to leaving. 1t has been reported that
he would become President of the pro-
posed Interoceanic ship canal company
of the isthmus OF Darien, but it is now
denied, that there is any foundation FOR
the report. 1t is still his intention to
ing from the United States early in the
lsnmmer.
This Congress has been remarkable
for sensations, but yesterday we were
treated to one of the first magnitude.
Mr.. Purman Republican mem Der from
Florida, rose to speak upon the report of
the Florida Committee. Up to that time
no interest whatever had been taken in
the debate. the other speakers having
addres sed for most OF the part, vacant
seats; but, when it became evident that
Mr.. Purman favored the report of the
majority declaring the Tilden electors
duly ele cted the Democratic speakers
gathered around him, and frequently in
terrupted his speech with applause. He
denounced the action OF the Returning
Board and went into the whole subject
of the election in Florida showing con-
Eclusively that it was fair and peaceful
saying: it seemed, the peculiar privilege of
the Republicans to win under all these
advantageous circumstances, but it is
fact, sir, which 1 cannot stand upon this
floor and deny. and which every man
woman and child in the state knows, that
Florida was lost by the Republican party
in the late election, and that the Demo-
cratic Governor and the Tilden electors
acre truly elected. make this declara-
tion now under the most solemn sense
of public duty, and from an irresistible
feeling of obligation to the people of my
state, who have right to expect that
however partisan their Representative
may be in his political faith he should,
at least on questions of public fact, be
an honest man. cannot return to my
state and look my constituents in the
face if standing upon this floor, and in
tine presence of the whole American peo-
pie anxious and entitled to know the
truth concerning this dangerous pres
idential issue. [ should shrink from
the responsibility of doing justice to my
state and defending her honest political
victory against the willful perversion of
a bold, dishonest, unscrupulous state
canvassing board. CAS-.