Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-02-13
Economy and Loyalty Dsnned.

II IS quite plain that there are Two
democrats 10 The Houss-Messrs
Potter, Of New York, and Rrscv. Of
Wisconslll-who do not undersfsnd
the meaning Of the word economy AZ
applied to the policy of their party IN
congress. They seem to think that
It IS not measure of economy to nav
the elaine which our Southern breth.
renonow completely reconciled TO
the government they lately sought to
upsst-present for damages suffered
during the war. Notwithstanding
the fact that the Democratic party e
in J majority 10 Congress, and our
Southern brethren. now reconc;lea
are . large majority of the party,
these two gentlemen have somewhere
lmbibed the notion that the Demo.
cratic policy Of economy was so gen.
eral III It's scope as to apply to South.
ern claims and Southern subsidies. Il
Is so gross blunder that it is no won
DER that MIR. Chalmers, of Mississippi,
ana Mr.. Ellis, of Louisiana, we're snr-
prised into warm, and we had almost
SAID incorporate language, at Mr..
| bragg's remarks in The House on
| wednesday. Nor is it at al. strange
that Mr.. Ellis, stung by the incrati.
tude OF the two Democrats above
named, should remind them that the
party owed everything to the South,
scd that although the Northern De-
mocracy deserted them at the begin.
nmg OF the war, no Southern Demo.
crat proposed to desert the Demo.
cratic party.
Manifestly Mr.. Ellis. and Mr.. Chal.
mers and the Southern Democrats
who struggled for the floor, and were
only hindered by Mr.. Eden's parlia.
msntary tactics, know more about the
mission OF the Democratic party, and
have clearer understanding Of the
policy OF economy, than either Mr..
Potter or Mr.. Bragg. Economy, ss
they understand it. and as accepted,
we believe, By sill Democrats in Con-
gross except Messrs. Potter. and
Bragg, is applicable only to the North,
and not at oil to the South. The rea-
son is plain. During the war aud for
some time af,erward, the North had
enjoyed oil the. advantages OF the
Government, aud the South nome
The North had pro1ted largely by
the era of imitation aud extravapance,
VII lie the South had only suffered by
the devastations of war. When, then,
the Democratic party, which is the
Solid South, came into power. there
was but one thing to do, aud that was
to make things even as soon as posi-
BILE. To do it hey must enforce coon
omY--at the North. This they have
been endeavoring to do in variety of
ways, as for stance in cutting down
Apr OPERATIONS for the postal service
on Northern routes, so that the only
sections OF the country which pay the
cost OF transporting their mails and
furnish q profit to the Department.
are abridged OF their facilities, in or.
der that greater surplus may be had
for furnishing postal accommodations
to the "star "routes" in the Southern
States, which are kept up at loss.
The policy OF economy in the postal
service is only enforced ct the North.
The Southern statesmen who have
become reconciled and have consented
to run the Government thew could
not ruin, have rigidly retrenched the
mail service OF those who pay for l..
in order to extend the facilities OF
their Southern constituents, who don't.
That is economy-Democratic econ.
omy But it does not apply to South
ern claims or Southern subsidy
schemes. That is horse of an alto.
gother different color.
1t must be very annoying to South
ern statesmen to find Democrats on
the floor of Congress who not only
fail to comprehend the policy OF coon
omy, bnt actually get up, in their
places aud oppose it. Mr.. Bragg had
the impotence to say that the South
ern claimants who demand the trifies
Of S35,000,000 from the Treasury
were disloyal to the Government dur.
ing the war, and TO assign that as a
reason for opposing the claims. This
kind OF talk is very exasDerating. It's
Gods mercy to Mr.. Bragg that some
of the high-spirited statesmen who
are now running Congress did not
blow the top of his head off, for they
are very impulsive creatures and can
not bear any allusion to the past. or
anything that looks like reyiving the
anlmosities of the war. Happily, they
restrained themselves only Mr.. Ellie
administered lofty rebuke to Bragg
and the other misguided men who
served in the Union Army, by inform
ing him and them that the Southern
men could only b. loyal by serving in
the Confederate Army. "They were
loyal" said Mr.. Ellis, "to their coun.
try, to their God, and to the noblest.
highest and manifest emotion ever
breathed by the human soul" So
that matter is settled for the present,
and probably until we have some
other than Democratic Congress.
We know now precisely what loyalty
means. That makes two definitions
that we derive from this debate.
Democratic economy consists in cut.
ting down appropriations for the
Norlh while voting payment of South
ern claims and for all Southern subsi.
dizing scher 9. Democratic Loyalty
consists m hsving served in the Con-
federate Arm {. That is the "noblest,
highest md manifest emotion ever
breathed by the human SOUL"
Really We are making progress.
Let US have few more such debates
and then revise our dictionaries.-N.
y. Tribune.