The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-11-05
WAsiiiNGroN LETTER.
Correspondence of the standard.
WASHINGTON. Oct. t.

WASHINGTON. Oct. "a. 1873.
" IL there no balm in Gilead ?" The
thousands Of men still living, who per.
He'd life and limb in the pestilential
swamps and on score of battle fields
IN the soath dnring the eventful period
between April, 1860 aud April four
wears later. hay we'll be exonsed the
detection that is iDseperable from a
candid view Of the situation nd the
south. as forced on the attention of ev-
ery rcfieoting American citizen during
TIE past four week. And IL they take
into account the tenants whp lill thons-
auds of graves in the soldiers cemete-
ries scattered all over tie land the
vast debt eutailed by the war for the
Union the millions spent ia recon
struction aud the ensrgies seemir gly
wasted, and the patient perseverance
gone for naught n an attempt 10 mag
unanimously aud peacefully solve the
ugly problem, it is nothing wonderful
that their detection should deepen into
! absolute hOpelCssness. Tue inference
TO be drawn from the outrages Gov.
Hampton's militia have been permit
ted, II not encouraged, 10 perpetrate in
the last four weeks, is plainly that OF
Republicans who cannot be persuaded
by intimidation and terrorism to aban-
don every political right that is cor
strued as inimical to Palmetto Democ-
racy, not one is to be allowed to live
within tho limits of that State. The
tone Of its press leaves room for no
doubt; and not one prominent State
Official there is publicly known to have
disseuted from the inhuman programe.
There Is too much reason To fear that
the same line Of procedure has been
decided in other States as in South
Carolina. The President aud his ad.
visers are said 20 be fully aroused 10
the necessity for prompt action, and
are only awaiting official advises by
which TO shape their course. The ade.
quacy of the remedy they have left
themselves IL not likely 10 be tested at
all too soon IN the estimation of men
who have watched developments. not
as partlsaus but as patriots. There
was practically but Que voice in this
country as 10 the injustice Of the
- 300 OOO awarded by the Halifax
Fisheries Commission. We swallowed
our indignation, however and voted
the money from the belief we could
not afford 20 refuse payment, though
opinion was divided as % whether the
refusal Of the United States Commis-
sioner TO assent 20 tue award aud thus
make 1t unanimous, did not give US
ample ground upou which to base a
refusal TO pay. Interest in the matter
has recently been revived by "A state
ment gong the rounds that exclusive
of "cor structiye damages which were
declared inadmissible in the Alabama
Claims, 81 300 600 would cover every
item IN the British bill OF particulars
against us. This, il /, proves fact,
will not lessen our disinclination to pay
what was everywhere regarded as su
outrageous award.
One Of the matters OF the greatest
seeming interest among the attendants
on the next session who have already
reached here aud located for the win
ter. j. the alleged purpose of Hunting
ton 4 Co. to defeat any adverse action
against their monopoly, either positive
ly Dy enforcing legislation already en-.
acted, or negatively by acting favora-
bly, on propositions for the construc-
ton Of competing lines. The advance
guard Of their lobby is said 10 be al
ready on the gronud, engaged with the
preliminary work deemed essential 20
the success of their intrigues The
move here seems a part Of the very
elaborate plan which the New York
Times charges against the existing road
20 the Pacific " for the purpose OF Sc
curing the control Of the entire trade
in thls country between the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts Iudeed, the ulii-
mate design Of that enormously veal
thy concern. 10 so firmly fasten its
anaconda folds about the country as 10
shut out ali competition, has become
so patent as to alarm our fartherest-
sighted and most intelligent citizens
and Congress NAV be forced TO the aid
Il companies seeking 10 build compet-
ing lines, as n defensive measure against
It's encroschments.
To those familiar with the incapacity
of the Indians fer civilization that il
seemingly proven by the history of the
efforts ve have made TO christianize aud
civilize them, the report Of Conrad
White. Indian agent at the Winuebago
agency. Nebraska, will come like a rev
elation. He reports those under his
care as brought up from the average
condition Of savsgery aud degradation
iu eight years. 50 that from costing the
government almost S30. 600 for their IA.
lions alone the first full year they were
nuder his charge, they are now self
supporting with the exception Of three
pounds Oi hOur per week issued TO each
indiau scholar. chiefly as provocative
to punctual attendance at school. They
have $500 acres of land under cultiya-
tion. and work II or hire as laborers ON
lands adjoining their reservation. They
have erected above 100 brick and frame
houses, averaging cost Of above $3.50
each. All males above II years Of age
vote for the l2 chiefs chosen annually.
Individual wealth amounts to $3.50, 600,
and their number desiring the applica-
ton Of State laws are constantly in.
creasiBg as the advancement in the arts
aud usages 81 civilized life becomes
more marked aud the conviction is ir-
/ resistable that had We more agents as
I devoted as the results prove Mr.. White
/ 20 have been, more reports akin TO his
I would be possible. MiLTos.