Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-03
The Forthwith Congress.

The Washington correspondent OF TIC Ncii-
mond transcript says :-"Your Virginia dele
CATION need wedding out, especially for failing
to push the tobacco lax reduction, and make
it party q1estion. The time was SO sharply
defined between the interests and rights Of the
people against the capital mcnopol'sts OF the
East, that it is inexcnsabc not to have forced
the issue. If any NJ. G. can demonstrate
when aud where he did his duty on this ques-
ton let him say. There was some oratory and
jaw, but no party action such AZ tho great dis,
trcts Of country interested liz that matter we're
entitled to. "
The L7nchburg News says 1t does not
take wise man to discover that tho people
arc li;quictcd-that they are not satisfied with
the management OF public affairs; that they
feel that those who ought to be their officials,
their representatives 10 all the Departments OF
State ard Federal Government with occasional
honorable exceptions) arc got 10 sympathy with
them and their wants
The Washington Capital sayes :-"}obcrt
Emmct's dying words we're Let no man write
my epiaph, CT to that effect.
"The present session OF the Forty fifth Con-
gress should pass resolution begging the uui
verse to do the same negative thing by it., i0r
if its epitaph were written. unless all scDse Of
propricty be dead, it would lu>h 10 q body TO
hide itself under the tombstone.
Roberts, the we'll Known correspondent OF
the Capital says Congress is going to ad'
iourn on the 18th of this mouth We are sorry
to part with our statesmen, but what can we
do? They do less BARN staying here, even if
we pay them fifteen dollars day for 1t, than
let loose over the country. | am getting sad
and discouraged. The last Congress started
out well; for the first time 10 fifteen years the
party had come to the 'front.' What good did
it do They quarreled among themselves, and
were beaten on every side by the republicans,
who were 10 the minority, simply because the
latter stood by one another and were solid,
where the democrats were split up in factions.
So 10 the present Congress the democratic ma
jority has decreased, but it is there still; yet,
what have they gained 10 almost every im
portaDt measure they have been ioied by The
republicans, and unless they are careful the
next election will send them back to where
they we're ten years ago. The democrats gave
themselves away when they agreed to the cleo
toral count. 1t was fraud, but it is one We
must stand by. The presidential chair is one
that we must stand by, and whatever flaws are
to be picked cut OF it must be done beforehand.
The democrats gave themselves away when
they agreed to the electoral count. That was
trap set by many republicans. and We fell
into it, aod now We must abide by the conse
quenccs. The democrats have done nothing
but quarrel, and have lost every chance. l
hear it on every side no| Oh the democrats
are laundering their ship DOW; they will all 60
to the bottom in o little while, and We will be
at the helm again. all Of which is true. When
Lincoln was elected there were moro people
voted against him than for him; but the repub'
licans were solid, while the democrats split up
in Two or three parties. So with Grant s sec
ond cection-one party stood solid aud firm,
while the democrats quarrclcd Now they
have chance; but what are they doing? They
are fighting among themselves, and will found.
CT the party if kept on.