Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-12-11
From our regular coHespondsnt,l
Washington Letter,
WaAinalon, ID. G., Dee. o, INC.

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which has the exciting work oi organ
izatioh before II, There were NJ
scenes and incidents worthy Of graphic
detail connected with the present as
sembliag, Speaker aud Clerk were
warm IL their places, aud the commit
tees were on hand ready 10 take VI
business just where they had LOTT Il
only u short time before, All business
holds the position IN which II stood al
the Adjournment last summer whereas
at The opening oi new Congress ey'
erythlng starts NJ the foundation, I'm
finished measures, originating Thu
session or last, fall entirely on tho 4ll
OF March aud must take fresh start
TO obtain further hearing, II was q
little interesting to tho locker on 10
Venice TO watch the greetings OF mem
bers with each other, congratulations
for those who have been 70 elected
aud coincidence Tor the less fortunate
who must step down and out when
this session closes, Butler luck next
time was the best word for then
among their colleagues
The bloody,shirt war which We
have been assured Is TO DO a promin
ent feature Of this session, was begun
10 sort Of ski'mla' along the out
post on the very first day. The act
Ing Presidents message was the sig
nal, What Mr. Hayes says on the
subject Of elections in the South Is
not all that tho shriekcrs desired, but
It is n good deal too much IN view Of
the fact that the whole thing is q par
tiSan cutlery raised to serve the baseSl
Of partisan ends Mr., Hayes Is I'M
doubleday somewhat out OF humor
with the South. In return Tor the dis.
cha:ge Ut his PLAIN duty IN withdraw
ing Federal interference with their 10
cal governments, and permitting them
to manage their own affairs ms the
other states do, he expected the South
to fall into line and sustain the Rerub.
lican party. But the Southern people
have not been guilty of the political
infdelity hoped Tor by trading politi-
clans Of the Hayes stripe. Removed
from the coercive influences Of bayon,
cts and corrupt returning boards, the
South Is Democratic. Hence these
Radical tears. A few years ago when
there we're only two Democratic mem
bers OF Congress from that entire sec.
ton. a "Solid South" had no terrors
for these Radical marplots. Then
had full swing, and re-
construction was working according
to Hoyle. Things we're booming and
the goose hung "al,itudelum." But
the gradual enfranchisement OF the
whites and the winning over of the
better class OF blacks has restored a nat.
ural condition Of things. Republicans
say that Mississippi, South Carolina,
etc, should be radical by 10000 ma
jority. The argument is that there
are so many thousand colored voters
and consequently so many Republi-
can votes should appear in the boxes.
That would be good logic if all the
blacks voted the Radical ticket; but
they don't. The fact that SIX colored
Democrats have just been elected to
the Legislature in South Carolina is
pretty conclusive evidence that a toll
erably lively springling Of blacks vote
and act with the whites. Your CORE.
spondent spent four months in the
South last year, and saw Oh every
hand ample, unmistakable evidences
that the more intelligent colored men
were earnest active Democrats.
Mr.. Blaine followed Hayes message
with a resolution to raise an "invesii-
cation committee to set the outrage
mill in motion There may have been
and unwarrantable acts
ia connection with the recent elections
in some parts of the South. Such
things have tanspired in Ohio, IN
P Pennsylvania, and even Massachusetts.
But the judicial remedy is everywhere
ample. Democrats North and South
unite IN demanding legal punishment
Tor every violation of the election laws,
but in Congress they will use every
endeavor to defeat the schemes of
these radical marplots. And the sub
finest exhibition OF cheek ever wit
1essed is the spectacle of Rutherford
B. Hayes talking about election frauds
to a Congress that is in possession of
the facts relative to his cwn rape of
the presidency. While holding an
Office to which he knows another was
overwhelmingly elected, common de-