Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-12-06
our WASHINGTON LETTEU,
wAsnrSorov, D. c., Nov. 20. 1878.

WAsHINoToN, D. c., Nov. 20, 1878.
Gen'l and Senator Gordon in the unpnr-
allelled magnanimity Of his great heart, is !
willing to concede that the average north
erner may have, after all, some commend
able traits of character, though Of course
they are not to be mentioned in the same
ing in the genus bull-dozer. He, this
whilom generalissimo Of the Georgia Ku
Klux, has been led to this charitable view
Of the Yankee nature from aid contributed
north of Mason and Dixons line for the
relief Of victims of the yellow fever scourga
that 80 recently decimated the towns and
country of the lower Mississippi Valley.
This amiable son OF Mars has almost con-
cluded TO forgive the North and West for
their past fnctious opposition to the pur-
poses Of National Democracy, and to draw
the mantle of charity over the uncolled for
interference of those sections with the pat
riotic programme which Democracy sought
to enforce between April 1861 and April
1865. But Blaine, the Chambers and a
few other stalwarts have tipped the fat all
In the fire by their ofFicious attempt to in
termeddle with "home rule" and to make
"lOcal government an exasperating mock
cry by depriving Senator Gurdon's Demo-
cratic constituency of its inherent right to
whip, chase with blood hounds, mutilate,
murder, and annihilate all dissenters, white
aud black, from the tenets Of tuffianly, cut
throat Democracy. 1t probably has never
occurred to this gentle Georgian that lie
and his cOpartners in the efforts made to
render the Union established in the blood
Of the fathers and doubly cemented in that
of their sons, stand in need of a vast
deal OF forgiveness for the 500 900 men who
were sent down into untiinely graves
through the colossal crime of secession
He seems to forget the mngn0nimity exer-
cised by the victorious stalwarts when they
spared every one of the thousands of lives
that had been forfeited underthe law, COM
pared with which, in point of generosity,
the aggregate of yellow fever contributions
is a mere bagatelle. And it might not be
amiss for him and other sentimental gush-
ers of his class to remember that under all
the stress Of the 60 months OF unprecedent-
ed distress and hard times, all directly
traceable to the Democratic rebellion, the
stalwarts for whom Mr.. Blaine and the 9TH
ers alluded to speak only demand that the
laws shall be respected in States under
Democratic control, precisely as they are
where Republicans shape legislation and
enforce it without respect OF politics or per-
sons. This is the sum total OF stalwart Of
fending-it is all they have ever demanded.
And Mr.. Gordon and others oil equal intel
ligence ought to understand that the ex-
cesses OF which Southern Democracy has
been guilty during the past six months
have sOlidified the reputable masses North
and West into an irresistible power that
will enforce respect for the laws and equal
human rights They are in deadly antag-
onisn to the satanic spirit of secession and
Ku Kluxism; aud the repetition of the
outrages OF the past campaign will only
make them more solid and impart addi-
tional momentum, in their mission to make
Republican Government living and vital
fact to every one all over this land having
a right to claim the protection implied by
American citizenship.
Members of Congress arrive by every
train. The Capital has been newl ly swept
and garnlshed. The request that members
OF important Committees meet prior to next
Monday to get their work we'll in hand,
has been without much effect. A few re-
sponded but it was usually found that no
quorum was present when they assembled
at their respective room. Hence little has
been done other than to perfect one or two
unimportant bills and to parcel out re.
manning work to sub Committees. Con-
tests are likely in the cases of portion of
the few Republicans elected to the Lower
House from the South and by defeated
Democrats in some Northern districts; and
the Colorado and other preccdents in the
same direction, afford little hope that par.
tizan advantage will be ignored by the ma
jorty in deciding them.
The challenge of Secretary Schurz TO
Gen. Sheridan will bring the Indian ques-
tion promptly before Congress. 1t seems
likely that the war OF which Mr.. Schurz
letter was a formal declaration, will rage
hotly, although the session, perhaps, be-
tween the adherents of the Army and the
Indian Bureau. But it is not generally
expected that the care OF the Indians will
be transferred to the latter at this session
1t is gratifying to lie able to state that
measures looking directly to the revival
OF our commercial supremacy on land and
water wi be urged by the Administration
Every symptom goes to show that the
| ffnancirl tnkers will take early advantage
OF the opportunity offered by the banks
proposed treatment of silver, to resume
their congenial work Of turning back the
tide of business confidence, by more fiman-
cia legislation.
There appears to have been the usual
number of drunken men sent TO the Station
houses on Thanksgiving day, and DR.. Ran
kin preached, as usual, stalwart sermon.
DEWITT.