The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-04-11
WASHINGTON Letter.
QunrreIiing Democrats in the
House KILLING the E'arfy-NOn On.
VI. Blair still Esursuin. Hayes
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WASHINGTON, April 9Th. 1878.
Edtfor Broohharen Ledger
Yesterday Rhode Island followed New
Hampshire in selecting u Republican
Governor and Legislature. The Dem
cratic majority in the House of Repre-
sentotives was at the same time quarrel
ing over the Doorkeeper, or q Page, or
a Messenger, or something else. Sent
here to reform m official corruption that
WAS destroying private morals aud to
reduce official expenditures that were
destroying private property, the
Democratic House yesterday, as often
before, was engaged in petty squabbles
as to little matters not OF interest to
ten men in the whole country. And
New Hampshire and Rhode Island
showed their appreciation Of the fact.
Gentlemen of the Democratic party in
the House Of Representatives, you are
making that victory impossible which
only six mouths ago seemed inevitable.
There is much to admire in Hon.
Montgomery Blair, and his manner of
attacking Mr.. Hayes through the Mary
land Legislature; and the ~persstency
with which he is following up, ~xats
tack, prove the ingenuity, courage and
honesty of the man. Bat they do not
equally prove the soundness of his
judgment. The course to be pursued
in u~nseating Mr.. Hayes and seating
Mr.. Tilden was, as has been repeatedly
urged in this correspondence, to com.
n operations in Congress-to make
the foundation of the attempt as broad
as the c~ountry-and to exclude from it
every appearance OF partisavshIp. Mr..
Blair fails to do this. He commences
his attack from Annapolis and he asao-
ciates with himself only partisans, who
are excellent men and able lawyers, to
be sure, but whose reputation as patti
sans will infallibly drive from his sup
port the men whose efforts are essential
to its success He can never get through
Congress his bill under which the Su-
preme Court is to try the question of
title to the Presidency. Mich as we
may regret the fact, it is almost GER
tainly true that Mr.. Blair, by commenc-
ing in an uni udieious manner, has not
only defeated himsex but has done
what will defeat any other effort to
right what was wrong,in the result of the
Presidential contest, of 1876, 1t is IN.
necessary to say .l.st Mr. Blair is san
guine of surceI De would not be
Montgomery tHar ne were not SAN
guine
Eew public men, even in the prime of
healtEful life. are so Industrious or.keep
themselves so we'll posted in political
events. and IL scientific and literary
matters, as Hon. Alexander II. bteoh-
ems. When not at the House, or asleep.
he is constantly employed IN listening
to the reading of what it seems desira-
BILE to know, and in debating answers
to numerous correspondents. His mar,
v~ellous memory retains all that is i'm
portant.. Hewds curiouslye1ctrmizcu
a few days since. Some friend in whom
he had great confidence sent him fol
presentation in the House, q bill in re-
lation to the metric SYSTEM Mr..
Stephens received it after taking his
seat, and presented it without reading.
1t turned out to be one of those not
uncommon productions of a mat able
on all other subjects, but mEsound OF
mind on that one point. TWAS full of
vhims and vagaries, as different from
what Mr.. Stephens supposed it to be as
light from darkness. Mr.. Stephens
will read all the bills be presents here
after.