Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-05-25
POLITICAL NOTES.

| POLITICAL NOTES.
Fred Douglass attributes the attacks made
on him to Democratic conspiracy to remove
him from his Office. \ large proportion of
the persons active in opposition belong to
the ex-rebel slaveholding element of the Dis
trict The report of the lecture, he claims,
was prejudieed and garbled, and only very
small portion was printed. The lecture, as
whole, he says, was eulogy on the Na
tional Capital, but all eulogistic references
were omitted, while isolated sentences from
the darker side were reported as forming the
substance of the lecture.
Sunset Cox is grumbling about Nephew
Pelton's interference. lie says: /" lie is
again in the field to organize the new
House, writing letters to members for Mr..
Randall. Why he does it you may guess;
can not. 1t was not Mr. Randall's rulings
which put Tilden in. They helped in Hayes.
What the devil Col. PeltOn means, unless he
is preparing for the next Presidential cam
rilden would call halt on him. The mem
bers had little help on the count, little ad-
vice was opportune in our emergency, from
that quarter.
Gail Hamilton is attending to some of tie
cases of tall campaign lying. of which the
"independent' papers were guilty. Having
disposed of the Nation and Springfield Re-
publican, she has now hung the Chicago 1nib-
une in the Rogues' Gallery. Her last letter
concludes as follows :. A great point will
be gained when revenue theft is prevented /;
but greater will be gained when the organs
shall have risen to the level of thieves
honor, and cease their busy ISLANDERS of the
party whose banner they borrow only to be-
foul. and of the faith which they profess
only TO prOfane."
Mr.. Redfeld writes to the Cincinnati
Commercial that the Democrats are formin,
rifle clubs again all over South Carolina for
the undoubted purpose of keeping their own
party in power. They mean to have the
clubs in readiness in the next campaign il the
Republican party shows any signs of life. lie
says: Il do not believe there will be ten
blacks in the Legislature after the next
election. And this, too, in State having
$4,000 majority of black voters. But they
will be suppressed sufficiently to keep them
from carrying more than TWO counties.
use plain language, for | see well enough
what is coming, The Democrats will carry
the next election here by thirty or forty
thousand majority. Indeed, there Is To
limit to the majorities they will roll up, ex-
cept the limit of voting population. At the
next election the Republicans may carry
Charleston and Beauford counties, but don't
believe they will carry any other If tbs
he SO, then the party is dead, you will say
Yes, it is dead. With all the clamor to TIE
contrary. there is to-day really no Repub-
lican party in South Carolina. 1t has been
discovered By sad experience that one race
or the other has to he on top here, and
the whites have determined to occupy
that place themselves hereafter. and their
preparations are to that end. The mate
rial interests of the State are improved and
quickened and revived by white supremacy
There is absolutely no question Of this. The
present Legislature, called together in extra
session by Gov. Hampton, Is the first decent
one that has assembled since the recon
struetiOn era 1t Is as great an improvr-
ment over the black concern that has heret'-
fore made laws as day is to night, They
set abOu. the work of retrenchment AMI re-
form in earnest, thing that the Repuh-
licans never did. The exposure Of bribery
made no impression upon the average Arr
can lawmaker or upon those who elected
him. The quality of reform is not in this
class of population. The present Legisla
ture has taken hold of the needful work nt
retrenehmcnt in i manner winch shows them
to be in earnest. They have cut down their
own pay to $500 per annum, and reduced
mileage one-half- Their every act shows
them to be in sympathy with the financially
distressed taxpayers, ard to do all in tht'F
power to tighten the burdens.
The election of Judge Willard. a Repuh
lican. as Chiet Justice of the Supreme COurt
of South Carolina, Tuesday, by vote al
eighty-six To foIly-twc, Is called great
victory for Governor Hampton and Hayes
policy of Cancellation
Washington dispatches say that the rcnr-
ganization of the Consular Service will im-
med ately begin. Secretary Evarts will en-
dGavOr to fill all the important commercial
consulates with men OF commercial expert
euce second, in selecting consuis where
judicial duties are to be performed only cdu-
Gated lawyers will be appointed third, it
will be considered an essential qualification
that consuls speak the language of the cuur-
try in which they are stationed. In add
ton to this, Secretary Eyarts will endeavUr
TO apply those general principles ol civil
service reform which are to be recognized IN
all Governmental Departments.
A Washington special SAYS Senator Blaine
has strongly urged upon the interior depart
ment that Portland should be made the
laying centre of the new pension district.
composed eff Maine, New Hampshire ard
Vermont, claiming that Maine has a. many
if not more names on the pension rolls than
New Hampshire and Vermont together, and
that it is really further from Port.ani t.
the eastern side of the consolidated district
than to the western side, the St. CrolN and
Aroostous being more remote than Lake
Champlain As compared with Cons1rd. he
thinks Portland Is at least one fall dy
nearer on an average to the p'rsi ,ncrS ot
the consolidated district.
The supply bill passed ly the New
York Legislature, contained ths following
item
For the promotion of agriculture TIE s4m
of five thousand dollars.
Across this item the Governor draw hi
pen with this endorsement; "lc"d l..
Robinson.
The supply bill also contains the fol-, wing
item;
For the support and maintcnlucr ct
juvenile delinauentS at the New York
Catholic Protectory the sum of S-5,0lo.
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