The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-16
Washington Letter.

III '"'' Po9''i"li' 10 ih'ii"S'IS Nv
cine 10 call Tor an investigation, III
ueh 5 slloailsrll' though Few III num-
Der, joined by Inc hotspurs ana maIig-
hails' VIII certainly embrace the eA-
lent opportunity offered to push them
serves 10 the 'front.' ana demand that
'ley DC recognized as Inc only true
opponents OF adulteratcd democracy ;
ana therc is every reason Tor believing
llc validity oil their pretentIons would
ne so S'haF"iiy admitted IN many
'""iD"h committees a'!o render Inc
rele9"t'oh 70 private Iiie Oh many Who
uafe SNOW lh'ii lack OF sympathy LOT
the movement a !oregoi'e ronctHsio
On the other nan" j. the inquiry Is
once set aioot, II Is hardly probable
they could conline II within SAFE limits.
They cont not with good grace refuse,
II demanded, to mcludc all the States
alleged TO nave been carried ny lhe
mississippi plan or metlo"s equally
diabollcal ana suDyersIyc OF every tle-
ment Of Government by the majority
Then the truth or iaisity OF the charges
OF murder, intimidation, terrorism, II
buliiozIhS must coine 10 Il%ht ana eN-
cry cne VIII know beyond the possible
NY OF caNll whether the "bioOcy ShlIt'
tales OF past years were louhdeu IN
truth or falsehood' Itlat Is where the
leaders are to-day ana mat Is the iof-
mldaDle problem confronting them Tor
solution. III appears not lmproDaDie
that the malcohtehts may succeed III
eSSihS iheh on 10 suiclue' Inc DEM
otratic members Oh me iiouse
COMMITTEE nave prepared Il long list oil
WhereaSes fccitllS aIleSed FRAUDS III
south carolina, tiofiod III" LOUISIANA,
and resolutions based on them, calling
for an investigation. These are to be
submitted to the House with the eNpec-
tatloh That II approve Iheh ana ehpo"-
er the committee 10 SEND lof persons
II papers. we are row WaillhS the
opening Oh the Dall IN tlat way
Although the representatives Oh Lofu
baeohiield Tory Government nave
good reason lor SuppoSliiS IlAU Ihi9
Government Will carefully observe It's
oDIlga'io'lS III case OF war et"eeh
Great britain ana RUSSIA, II mas no
power ana probably nc disposition TO
reverse the StfohS ti"e OF popular sym
ralhy Of the iaSC named power as be-
tween the Two; nor Is IL likely any NJ
reference WIN the lawful SAFE 10 her
Of Slips or any OF our other properly
would be approved. All through our
late war huSSia was friendly as Eng
land was meahly ana hypoc!ltlcally
hostile. Our shipping Interests have
never recovered from the bloW inlet
Ell by the plratlcal cruises Johh Bun
encouraged certain OF his subjects to
build, ami otherwise equip to prey ON
our commerce. The Geneva award
may have satisfied the letter Of the
openly violated law, but it did not cX-
tract the sting Of British hostility
whore we had every right to expect
friendship, nor of English inSolcnce
when II hands were so full that such
induIScnces were thought entirely
safe. We have not forgotten, either,
how Blackburn was harborca aud Ion
lied across the border; how nests OF
conspirators mcnaccd our frontier
towns from the Canadian side: low
the law was twisted and perverted to
save them from arrest and punishment
after returning there from their plum
dertng and numbering expeditions on
the lakes and against our unarmed
cities. For these ana hundreds of sim
liar reasons my Lord Bloomfield and
his Agents here are likely to find the
pro-Russian feeling exhibited at South
West llarbor, the prevailing sentiment
III communities that sympathized with
the Union cause; ana the seltshncss
manifested toward the Coniederacy
doht insure nm many friends South.
The Syndicate's demand for the 40
per cent. bonds has far exceeded the
expectations Of those most Sanguinc of