Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-11-06
Iftom our regular correspondence
Washington Letter,
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one last desperate eiiolt 10 hoist th'
Radical flag that old lattered, tori
aud faded bloody shirt the emblem
that ~ times past reused the party Il
terrible deeds But Of late The en
sanguined garment has failed 10 In
fame tho passions Of the people III
power, like tho seeplre Of lts invent
or, has passed away, The rank and
file--lhe people-do not Tighten long
or at skull aud cross bones aud q
gauzy tale, Their minds are loo mosl'
occupied with tho serious concerns OF
life,
At tho ,ast moment the Republican
managers have bull'dozed poor old
Deyens into prostituting the Depart
ment Of justice 10 the vilest partisan
ends, aud driven him to the RESPONSE
bhity Tor acts of usurpaticn that were
familiar IN the days Of Laundulet WI
liams and Pappy TAFT, Democrats Ia
the South, aud 10 certain cities, ARE 10
DO lntimidaled by the arrogant as
sumplious of several hundred deputy
marshals aud supervisors Of elec-
ton" each Of whom receives n round
per diem Of tho Government, They
arc partisan tools with power to arrest
without warrant, aud their appoint
mcnt is not only swiudlc upon the
tax payers, but an outrage upon free
elections, Every good citizen desires
to see all proper safeguards thrown
around the ballot box, but the use Of
such machinery as this, not to protect
but to suppress aud pollu'c the ballot,
is disgrace that will not much long.
or be tolerated in this country. And
this action of the ADMINISTRATION adds
another to the many evidences OF its
fraudulent character and hypocri'ical
professions. Executive order No. !,
which forbid public officials taking
active part in politics under penalty OF
dismissal, il another fraud nearly as
palpable as the Executive himself To
zee Shulz, Evarts. and other members
OF the Cabinet perambnlaling about
the country delivering campaign
speeches in the face of this order, only
attracts attention TO the false pretenses
of the whole concern. OF an admin
istratiop begolten in shame and vii.
lany nothing could be expected but
that which we daily behold-=za career
of deceit, ostentatiouS psalm singing,
and lies.
Let no man sympathize with Ruth
ertord b. Hayes. He is not Presi.
dent of the United States and he
knows it. Above and beyond all his
weakness and medioeracy is his insin.
cerity and duplicity. Nc man can be
innocent of guile who takes n high
office that does not belong to him and
goes deliberately and systematically
to work rewarding every rascal who
helped to steal it for him. Hayes has
done but one thing out Of all his many
professions at and before his introduc.
ton into the Office, and that is to rec.
ognize tho legally elected State gov
prnments Of Louisiana and South Car
Dina. In doing that he constructive
y confessed his own official illegiti.
macy. He would not have done it
but for the close quarters in which he
vas held by those to whom pledges
we're made at the time OF the Electo-
'al Count. They had him where he
could not cheat them. am of those
who once believed in Rutherford's
good intentions, but / have since seen
90 much. There is a certain swarm
climate" where they would be rejected
Is not even tit for paving the ap-
breaches.
But | will not consume space that
nay be required for election matters
" returns. From all parts of the
country come reports Of remarkable
'ctivity, and in both Pennsylvania and
New York there are many complca.
ions. As the sounding of hew gags
md beating of tom-toms ceases, we
get ready to pick up the wounded,
Whatever the other results of the
contest, we here in Washington have
made up our minds to see a genuine
Democratic Congress. Not a Con-
,ress with one House pulling one way
md the other opposite, but one in
which both Houses will be agreed il
policy, and work together for eoonmy,
rec government, and the greatest
,ood of the greatest number. There
will be no legislation for the benefit
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