Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-11-07
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Our Washington Letter.

Our Washington Letter.
Saaecios Correspondence Of t&eonsznvrR
lNAsHrNGToN, ID. G., Nov. l, rs
In New York some time
since, combination was formed
70 defeat certain Democratic
nominees. Those Democrats
who wcnt into the combination
perhaps did 80 for what they
Thought good and sufficient rea-
sons, That they would be
dragged into opposition TO reg
ular and honorable Democratic
candidates for Congress, and IN
40 Indirect aid to Senator Conk-
ling ip..Lis .bloodY-sBirt cam
paign lofre-elcciion. they prob
fbfy Badaho idea. Day by day,
however, the truth is being
ma,ie plain, and before election,
il is to be hoped, manyaof them
Viii see the trap iBto WHICH
they are being drawn. There
is no proper. place Tor Demo
Gratis but in the Democratic par
~. In PENNSYLVANIA less plans-
ible schemes lhreatcnod for a.
whiIeto injase Democratic pros
poets The latest reports from
both, States are encouraging.
The wonderfully clear state
lneht OF rho paftics which are
neeessa4y iirdan2i elective. and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
a iewe Observation-Disclosures
TAgrmap, EeGe;ves fresh confil-
miii9n lnb tbs Congressional
nominlticns being made daily.
m NeN YORK; lor. Instance, tie
combined Imposition TO the
Democrats has dlNt in nomina-
tion someof the principal bank
cf5 Of the cbnntry. As Sena-
tor 1'hurman's Statement was at
once cIearand able, and fits par
liculanly he present condition.
OF affairs, ] giyeit in full:
"I,he Third Party contains
many good men, and not a few
ihisSuidrd men. The idea that
it can absorb the Democratic
party, or The Republican party,
or draw enough from them both
10 become the dominant party,
is falIacious. In country Of
Tree institutions there never has
been, iand there AVseF viii be,
lat two great l1Imancnt par
ties, the one party Of priyil-
EGGS created by law, and the
CHER a party OF equal rights.
ln our country the party Of e.
quail righs is the Democratic
party. The party Of privileges
created by law, has ever been,
'Fhd yet is, 4he party opposed TO
Democracy. I exclude from
the cmnpaiisontAhe slavery OF
The blacks thai formerly existed,
not only in the South but in the
North. That was forced upon
us. ibIH our English ahet,slOrs.
Excluding that, what siAtnte
was ever passed. by d beino-
claiie, lCpugress or a Democrat
10 Legislature TO confer spccial
privileges upon Democrats?
Kat one. Bds Oh The otlicr
hand, every public debt law, ev-
cry banking law, every tariff
lawyi every subsidy daw has
ceniePredF iaanlenseonpriviieges
upon OR opponents. Sin, the
democratic lsartyiiS the natural
parity OF free institutions. 1t is
indestruciiole so long as such
institutions exist.Pa ~ we sq
There has been aisudden coli
lapse of the Hate imposing
bloodyiishirt revival Every
body should remember, to the
discredit OF Senator Conkling,
that but for HAN we should have
had little references the pres
cnt campaign to the silly fc-
tipns Of s'outpges'i oim the
South. These STORIES are relics
of q tilnelw henI6ne. section was
williEg toi'beegpEegited by has
tired oflaaothen odG siHos hu-i
.The CommissionGtollinquife
into the advisabiijty sof trans
icrring5 the diHAian 1urean to the
War; Department has finished
its Investigation, and will now
commence the preparation of
its report. There is a rumorI
that it will advise against the
transfer. Honest and sexperi-
snced men differ ON this subject,
but no. Intelligent mam,doubts
the urgent necessity eoflreIaov-
ing from thes Interior Depart
ment some gifts Bureaus. Sec
rotary Schufz Isl wholly unable
to. give attentionsto all his dn-
ties, and The consequence is
that his Bureau officers practi-
cally manage the Department,
leaving him only the honor OF
being figure head and the
profit attaching TO that honor,
The Secretary within a week
used substantially this language /
in reference 10 one of the most /
important questions which has
.