Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-04-13
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Of the Bulletin .

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Carolina trouble, in such a way as to
quiet the anxieties and soothe the
passions that have long been excited,
has inclined the public mind here to
the belief that the Louisiana case
will be settled in the same way. III
the meantime, all hope for the best
from the Commission, and are at
least content to trust that the letter
of instructions from Mr.. Hayes,
backed up as it has been by the al
most parallel case of South Carolina,
will lead to satisfactory results
Thus the most cxasperating issue be.
tween the two parties, Is for the mo-
ment withdrawn from the attention
of the wearied news-reader, and the
great leaders have given US a rest
Usually the political tempest assails
the country for few months once
every four years, the interval being
occupied by peaceful interests, ma
tional industries, with an occasional
squirt of party enthusiasm, But the
contest has waged now for over q
year, so much so that q foreigner
would imagine that politics formed
the central pivot upon which revol-
yes the whole evil, social, CONNER
DIAL, and domestic circles In this
country, hinged, therefore after the
long strain of battle the people have
passed through, we, the correspond
ent and ..rehearsers of such events,
need, not less than the citizens at
large, to give our journalistic styles
a brief political reposo. 1t has been
said that the system and theory of
American citizenship, is vast mu-
tual admiration society. Yet this
time the adulation comes from abroad
and it is creditable indeed to our
countrymen, to review the history
of the past year and its temp crate re-
suits. During the fierce heats OF
last summer, came the conventions
and the long warlike session of Con.
gress, then came the hayoneting of
certain of the Southern States; then
the rapture of the strife in the oam,
paign; then the death-grapple of the
election; the short period of uncer-
tainty; the conflicting returning
board; the electoral-count contest;
the massing of troops in Washing
ton; the specter of civil war and the
coup a'etds, the Electoral Commis.
sion; the fihbusteringj the count;
the Inauguration; the wrangle over
the Cabinet, and the Southern poll.
cy with its doubts, and hopes, and
fears. All these followed each other
with swift step, and sometimes over
Tapped, giving two or more causes for
fierce excitement at the same time
Now nearly ali of these have passed
away, and our citizens, perhaps,
above all others, may venture to
hope that we are at last entering up.
on a period of political calm and
industrial activity. 1t is satisfactory
indeed to note that through tho
whole of the foregoing excitement,
the American citizen never lost his
control, and thus avoided by over
rash act, precipitating tho nation in
to another sanguinary conflict. AZ
ter all, the war taught the people
some good lessons. BY it the fire.
eaters were extinguished, while the
green grass on the sodden graves
Of our manly soldier dead, cried out
with widows weeds and orphans
toil-earned couches, against the echoes
of the cannon,the tortures and ruin OF
home, and the hard breathed mutter-
ings Of civil strife,
THE EXTRA SESSION.
As the army appropriation was
not passed, no lawful expedient for
maintaining the army seems possible.
Mr.. Hayes approaching we'll the dan.
ger of going outside OF strict law in
this matter, refuses to adopt any
other than the regular method. 1t ia
possible that this lull will be Of
short duration. In this case the old
wounds and sores may have chance
to bleed afresh. Should the settle
ment in Louisiana be like that OF
South Carolina, all trouble will be
ended, as the provlso against the use
of troops in the South, upon which
the House insisted, and which caus.
ed the failure of the passage of the
Bill in the Sc nate, will no longer be
needed. After the speaker is chosen
the supplies voted for the army, the
civil service sundry bill amended
and the few new appointments con.
firmed by the Senate, there will be
little or no work left for the extra
session, as it is scarcely probable
that Congress will care to legislate
upon any Of the several hundred un
touched bills, introduced during the
last session, or that they will trouble
themselves during the hot weather
to consider conscientiously the vast
fields of "Unfinished business" sur.
rounding them.
HAMPTONS RECEPTION.
All the South Carolinians that are
able to get away-though but a
small portion Of white men are rep.
resented among the Office holders
from that State-are fastening to
witness the evacuation of Columbia,
and the wild rejoicings consequen,
upon Gov. Hampton's return. SIMS
ter hints are thrown out by the dis.
consulate ousted politicians, but
amid the popular elation, but little
attention is paid to their mutterings.
Even Senator Patterson, the mos,
pronounced opponent of the Hamp.
ton regime, has made his peace with
the victorious governor, and promis.
ed to bury the tomahawk of war
Apart from his extreme views in pol.
itics. Johnny Patterson,as he is famil-
iarly called, is whole-souled, gen.
ial man, and through the session OF
Congress,l borrows much interest
from the ladies, being frequently fol-
lowed around by one of the bright.
est, prettiest, red-curly-haired, eight
year old specimen of any embrys
solon in Washington. Johnny J.