Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-03-14
Our Washington Letter.

One-half the Oils presented
IN Congress are in direct viola
lion, either in letter or spirit, Of
The Constitution. These bills
are prepared by people with
.pecial interests 10 &c served,
BIZ PUBLIC Officers who wish for
extended powers, or who have
theories they wish to test, or by
an active lobby which sees a
possibility Ct plumber in every
deviation from simplicity in
Government Every public Of
ficer is watched by an officer,
who, in his turn, is watched;
every Court III some sections
Of The country is at once aided
and spied upon by officers, and
all jlese spies and aids are the
unnecessary and vicious crea-
lures Of system Of legislation
not thought of in this country
/ before 1861, and which, If ever
necessary, ceased to be years
ago. Every department Of the
Government has It's sccrctagenis
scattered through every State,
forming an irregular and ire
sponsiGle body Of men whose
very employment suggests to
them the corrupt use OF power.
It may be that most Of those
who read Ills letter, have in no
Improbable way except in the
amount OF their taxes, suffered
/ from this evil, but ali OF them
may at any moment suffer 1t
I is a wonder that Democrats In
the House and Senate content
] themselves with feeble opposi-
ton 10 new usurpations of a
Republican administration, and
do not attack existing wrongs.
Senator Thurman, or Senator
Bayard, or Senator Beck, or
Representatives Glover, Eden,
Stephens, Springer, Cox, Lynde,
Morrison, Potter, or any Of the
hundred other able men in Con-
grcss ould.ao no better work
/ for the country or their party,
than by Il thorough exposure OF
The changes that have been
made in the methods Of trans
acting The business Of the Fed
eral Government. Exposure in
.his matter would at once Icrcc
reformation. The Senate yes
terdag passed the bill authoriz-
ing the issue of long bond for
the investment of savings, which
provides that, in lieu OF the 4
per cent. bonds authorized by
the act Of July Il, 1870, the
Secretary Of The Treasury is
size 4. sum not exceeding $780,
100000 Of coupon bonds of the
denomination Of $50, $50 and
500, and Of equal sums of each
denomination, redeemable in
coin 50 years from date, and
leaving interest payable semi
annually in cois at the rate of
( per cent. per annum; said
bonds to be exempt from tax
alton. The Secretary shall
keep the bonds for sale at the
different sub-treasuries, Nation
al banks and money deposito-
ries OF the United States, and
shall dispose OF them at par
and accrued interest iii coin or
United States legal tender notes
at their nominal value. It il
Of course Impossible TO say
what action the House will take
on the measure, but it would
seem that favorable action
could Gon harm.
| ana indebted to plof. Hay
den, for several years past en-
gagged in surveying tie "Yel-
lowstone National Park" for
the following information con-
corning il; Il is the largest Ma
tional Park in the world. Ii was
set aside and dedicated as a
public park and pleasure ground
by act Of Congress OF March !,
1872. tits situated at the sour
ces Of the Yellowstone and
/ Missouri Rivers, in the Terrific
ries Of Wyoming and Montana,
and comprises a territory Of So
! by 60 mites (3.575 square miles,
and IFS general elevation is more
than G,000 feet above the level
Of the sea, and some of its
peaks rise to the height Of TO-
600 or 1900 feet. 1t derives
its interest not only from its
great elevation, but the volca-
MIC character Of the whole re-
gion aboutthe Yellowstone, and
especially from the two great
/ Geyser Basins within It's limits
all the various manifestations
of volcanic activity, except the
fre-volcano, can here be found
upon a grand scale. In addi-
ton to It's volcanic characters
tics, the natural beauty Of the
scenery Of the Park is unsur-
passed. Within this Park are
the sources of the Yellowstone,
the Missouri, Snake river, Green