The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-08-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From cur SPECIAL Correspondent.
WASHINGTON ID. C. Auo ..

| 1HC OiSlhlcICSSCu pttIlOtS WIN Aisise
thus far laid Mr. Hewitt's Committee on
the State of Labor. and the country
under such load of obligation by their
invaluable suggestions and advice, are
not character to inspire much conf.
dence in the utility of anything to be
drawn from such source Citizen
Schwab" has presented some original
views; and a majority of all who have
been so far accorded a hearing occupy
similar relations to the several factions
that have gained an equivocal notoriety
by the peculiar social or labor doctrines
they advocate, as Schwab docs to the
communists proper. While the Demo
cratic politician of New York State and
City naturally looks to the clement rep
resented by Schwab and the leaders OF
their ruiiian classes generally for sup
port, there is no good reason why Gov
eminent should appropriate money tc
aid MIR Hewitt 10 effect the alliance the
Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer failed
/ CT accomplishing. 1t would be no more
ridiculous FIR Congress TO appoint a
Committee to ascertain the views ol
Cohen or any of the other vagabonds
prominently identified with the riotous
demonstrations here the other day, than
for Hewitt too call in such blatherskites
as Schwab and his fellow agitators to aid
in solving great social end economic
problems.
Notwithstanding hot weather the Re-
publican Congressional Committee has
been vigorously pushing the preliminary
work of the campaign for full month.
On the other hand the Bourbons have
only just began to make preparations,
everything seemingly waiting for
Thompson of Ohio to come and put the
machine in working order.
Congressman Fosters late speech in
accepting nomination in Ohio the
other day has attracted wide spread at
tention and created no little sensation.
1t is regarded significant chiefly because
of Fosters leading part in the adoption
of the Southern policy" and of his init
mate relations with the President, as
friend and conselor. According to the
report of the speech received here, he
repudiates all further adherence to q
course that has demonstrated the utter
lack of gratitude of the Southern poll
tician and that has encouraged the whole
South to hope and labor for a resurrec-
ton of the "lost cause" Some of its
fruits are seen in the solid south of To-
day, and Foster advises North equally
solid. In short it is what the ex rebel
and Bourbon dough face would stigma
tie as an intensely bloody shirt" ulti-
matum. Nothing known to the public
indicates that the President shares Fos-
ter's convictions in the premises. But
the speech is regarded as a notification
on the part of one of the joint origina-
tors of method of Cancellation that
effectually destroyed his party through
out the &C S A"-that he has more than
enough of it until the South shows some
sense of appreciation of what was done
for her ,abandons her purpose of despoil
ing the Treasury, and ceases TO cheer
the reasonable utterances of the un
shriven traitors who plunged her into
rebellion. Hampton's proclamation to
Ku-Klux murderers that they may come
out of their hiding places without fear
that the Government will molest them
for past crimes, is followed by report
that the President has amnestied the
whole ia:ch of illicit distillers in that
State. Y very ominous reticence has
been observed in Cabinet circles for the
past 72 hours relative 10 the imprisoned
revenue officials in Hampton's King
dom; in strange contrast with the assur
ances previously given that the suprem-
acy Of the Government should be vindi-
Gated and the bully Kershaw be made to
swallow his defiant boasts. But the
officials still remain in prison, subject at
any time TO a visitation from the mob,
which papers from that section tell may
happen in tany time five are not more
respectful to the great and good mar"
and his Courts of Justice"
Congressman Springer, one Of the
most hopeless Bourbons and subservient
dough-faces, openly says that Hayes will
be impeached next session On the tesh-
mony elected before Potter's Committee.
None know how slight a pretext Democ-
racy viii avail itself of 10 hurl Mr. Hayes
from the Presidential chair and precipi-
tate revolution, save those who have
observed the drift of the conspirators
here at headquarters.
The express companies are leaving no
stone unturned TO divert Government
from its purpose to transport coin by
mail and to extend the protection of
registration to third class mail matter.
But as the loss of the companies will be
the publics gain all opposed to these
grinding monopolies will rejoice to see
them defeated.
We participate to some extent in the
yellow fever panic; and continued hot
weather aggrayates our apprehensions
Maxwell.