Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-11-26
WashingtOn Letter.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., I
Nov. 10, 1873. {

OF gold after the resumption of specie
payment at the beginning OF the year,
the recommendation OF the Clearing
House Committee sent TO confer with
Sec'y Sherman, looking 10 the practical
qualification OF the RECOMMENDATION iegis-
latiou oil the last session, is very severely
criticised. 1t can only provoke retalis.
ton on the part OF Congress, and ignore
anything the President mig ht recommend
or the Secretary OF the Treasury do. to
avert anticipated evils that they deem
only themselves competent 10 deal with.
1t is an assumption that few will quietly
scquiesce in. The large majority OF the
voters OF this country who were behind
members OF Congress urging them last
winter to vote for the reconciliation OF
silver, will resent il as another OF the en-
croaehments of wealth concentrated in
the bands OF few men acting in IL cor
porate capacity that have become alto
gether too frequent. Public sentiment
has been running counter to corporations
of all descriptions for the past few years,
as the source of greatest danger 70 our
institutions and asiuherently antagonistic
to the real interests of labor, and that
feeling can but receive decided impetus
from this movement OF the banks TO make
themselves superior to Congress. IL can
but operate to check the return OF conf
dence which must underlio any general
business revival and return of prosperity.
Aud it offers precisely the pretext de-
sired by Congressional demagogues and
the financial eXperimenters to resump-
ton OF the financial tinkering of the last
two sessions. at the coming one. Not q
few go so tar as TO predict that it will
have the effec; 10 Ieyilaiize the rag baby
which has been counted dead since the
elections Ot the 9th inst. % the whole
it is regarded here as movement cslcu-
lated to exact injuriously upon about all
of our great interests, politically and
otherwise. 1t is hoped that the banks
may be moved by the storm already
aroused, to reliuquish all idea OF q con-
fiict in which. If provoked, they must
Intimately 10 TO the wall.
The valuable Senator OF the Wabash
furnishes another indication OF the grade
OF his craftsmanship. by declaration OF
his purpose to make that outlaw OF COM
merce-ths Trade Dollar legaltendcr.
The tull text OF Lord S4lisbury's reply
10 Sec'y Evarts' note. protesting against
the position virtually taken by the British
Foreign Ollce iha, it is competent for a
mob of Observation-Disclosures 10 pass upon and
settle international disputes, has been
published 1t must be regarded AS very
diplomatic inAsmuch a il takes several
columns Tor the noble Lord 10 express
Whist the average educated business man
could express quito as well, much more
clearly. indeed, in one-lourth the space
consumed. As Mr.. Evarts' note was re-
garded US u notification that the Halifax
award would not be paid Till England
should have receced from tie offensive
position 10 which Lord Salisbury COM
mitied her, and as we have made er-
arrangements 10 pas the award on or be-
fore the day stipulated, it is presumed
tina: our Sec'y of SAFE conslrues Sails
oury's reply IS concession OF the point
in dispute Bat very few having any
business OF their own 10 attend TO viii
undertake 10 wade through The mass ot
verbiage and the labYrinIhs Of circumlo-
culion of the letter, 10 get al tho few
points it contains. They will prefer 10
take the Secretarys word for ii, hoping
that his ingenuity can suggest some way
by which We may DO partially compeu-
stated for the payment of an award that
had no equitable foundation, but which
re could hardly avoid and retain our sell
respect. However the matter promises
tedious correspondence in order to hsr.
monize the wide divergence of views Gu
,ertained here and in England as TO priv
ileges and immunities conferred by the
Washington Treaty.
Official communications only confirm
the iarcIcal character OF The late election
10 many portions of the South. There
has never been greater burlesquo on
free suffrage land publicans every here
will approve the following from the Ma
ti0nal Republican of this morning;
1T is sincerely to be hoped that the
arrests now. being made 10 the South OF
murderers, assassins. aud bull-doze,s
will be conducted rs though these Grim
inals were despicable culpri,s, instead Of
political martyrs. We do hot intend 10
advise by this the persecution OF any one
or the infiction of any indignity upon
any one; bat when red handed murder
ers are TO be arrested they should not lie
treated like heroes and distinguished gen
t,emen, or dined and wined. as they have
often been in New Orleans, y ith the con-
sent OF The officers in whose custody they
were. In fact, such arrests have been
heretofore notable simply as an occasion
tor lioniziug this class of criminals, and
the officers who have made them have