The daily gazette., 1878-03-27

resentatives for a copy of the Iarin BILL
now before the House II
THE MODERN STATESMAN is the an ,
cisnt imp in almost every thing prohibit
ed in the decalogue. The primary vir- |
tues are the things he shuns, and instead {
of an exemplar in these to the masses OF ,
unlearned people he is found expound-
ing III every conceivable way how 1t is ,
impossible for him to be plain, unosten- !
tatious, and frugal, thereby inviting
happiness. health and the wherewithal
TO shield the gray hairs from gaunt want,
or lay up in store something to depend
upon in ga rainy day" He is the patron
of the modern club house; and not of the
church. God save the people, say we
for the day is coming if our rulers are
allowed to influence them for another
generation as they have done during the
mast. in which there will remain no states
worth saving. 1t is enough to drive
pure man mad to witness the cool and
audacious effronterv of this age of repub- |
Hcanism as illustrated by men in Con- |
gress Their whole department proves
that their aim is Capitalization. They
have lmbibed the idea of monarchy run
in the form of republic, and they are
espousing all the epowers of the House OF
Lords. and the Commons; and the ma
iority of the Senate to-day, we doubt not
would dare to attempt to abolish the pay
of theLower House and add that TO their
own unearned revenues and thus make
it conform to the English House, if there
was a sufficien force under old Sherman
to make the attempt successful To secure
his influence it would only be necessary
to double his pay and that of few sub
alterns.
Is it any wonder that the people feel
insecure and distrustful when Senator
like Conkhng prostitutes the whole
government to serve his reelection. He
dares to oppose every nomination of the
Executive and assert a doctrine foreign
to the constitution, that Senators shall
control the patronage of States; and the
fear is that by holding out this tempting
bait to the Democratic Senators, he has
drawn them into his way of thinking
too. How can the civil service be re
formed, if Senators are permitted to swal
off their votes to sustain reprobates il
office, because Senator is to be re-elect
ed? The people shall have reform. The
shall not be taxed to keep up the scanda
lous extravaganza in Washington; cit
where all the necessaries of life ar
abundant from an overfiowing surround
ing country, the products from which ar
added to by very excess of the fines
fish, wild fowl and other esculents fror
the adjacent rivers. We know whereo
we speak of this from residence in tn
Federal city that made us acquainte
with its markets and the then frug;
habits of its people; and while gener;
ton may have served to change the il
habitants of the city it has not diminisl
ed the resources whence the necessari'
of life are drawn. If we can obtain
change in no other way; the farmer
mechanics and laboring men will hay
to resort to clubs and unison of actio
and by some compromise proclaim eig
dollars day for Congressman and eig
hours day for labor. The people mu
not become "hewers of wood and dra'
ers of water" to pay such frauds as Hay
$4,000 year; and his Cabinet $500
and his foreign minister $4,000. "
had better men under the old Republ
tor S8 day, and we're served by su,
men as Webster, Louis McLane al
Everett, and James Buchanan for "a o
a year 1t will be well remembered tn
the latter was the most courteous al
finest gentleman at the Court of
James; and what a hubbub there "
created in English snobbery when
appeared, (the first that dared to do
at court in plain suit of black. T
devil was to pay-sage looks and wi
p4rings, winks and auxiliary signs a
motions were rapidly passed. But WI
Her Majesty singled out the Amerc
Minister, to whom to pay the IN
Difference, all was suddenly changed "a
the favored of royalty was the recip
of fullsome tiattery that was as dista
ful to has great republican heart as his
uon of that day which elevated
countrymen all over the world,
pleasant to every friend of the Union
free government at home. There
few such patriotic and elegant gentleI
in this day; plenty of elegance, but
the patriotism-iti is lacking. If a
appeals to the people now and Ill
them to take upon themselves the .
ernment of which they have been
prived, he is Immediately called a de
gogue, by the people who depend IL
he smal-beer oratory, that has bee
so fashionable in the club rooms an
houses of Congress, where the tricks
parliamentarian in Blaine is held
more worthy of laudatlon than the
and honest eloquence of SAULsBUI
aTILDEN.
The Gazette, in long and temp
article, defends the Governors coui
the matter of Chambers and Collin
unjustly accuses the HERALD of IN,
masked attacks on His Excellency.