Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-11-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
[srrorAI CORRESPONDENCE OF THE nosrron.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. %, 1879.

WASHINGTON, Oct. %, 1879.
The people of Washington are enjoy
ing holiday as | write. The depart
ments are closed, the school children are
all free, the trades people are in process
sion, and all are participating in the
Inauguration of the great national fair,
which promises to be permanent insti-
tuition, to attract crowds annually. and
to promote the industrial interests Of the
people at large. The fair will last nine
days, and it will give US rest from
politics for short time.
The interview of newspaper reporter
with Congressman Burrows of Michigan.
in which he declares that his preference
for candidate for President is Blaine"
has caused a good deal Of comment here.
1t is significant from the fact that he
seems to think that General Grant will
not be candidate, and that if he is,
Mr.. Blaine still stands the best chance.
Speaking of the republicans of Michigan
he says ''a large majority of them have
preference for Mr.. Blaine" unless
Senator Chandler should be a candidate,
in which case he would have of course a
complimentary vote. Mr.. Burrows is a
very decided man as we'll as a warm
stalwart, and he says that Mr.. Blaine's
popularity is rapidly growing everywhere
He is one of those republicans also who
next year, whoever he may be, will b.
elected by sweeping majority.
Secretary Evarts denies that he has
been offered the British Mission, anc
Mr.. Grow of Pennsylvania, says hi
doesn't want the Russian Mission. Boil
have senatorial aspirations.
The southern democrats begin to lool
upon their northern allies as they die
during the war, as men who encouraged
them into fight and then left them tt
their fate. 1t is a fact that sets on
strongly that the democrats of the North
ern States have not dared to maintain
their state rights ground before northern
constituencies, as they did in Congress
and as the southern democrats do. Oh
this subject the Washington correspond
ent of the New Orleans Picayasne take
the "sectionalism" of the Ohio democrat
in the recent canvass as striking exam
pie. They evaded, he says, the issue
used with the greatest effect by the re
publican party, and still further signal
lied their cowardice by keeping souther
speakers out of the field. He denounce
this conduct as rendered the more repre-
hensible by the fact that the issues whic
are made the basis of new agitation
and are charged to the southern account
were in reality originated by Ohio dem
ocrats. The demand for the repeal {
the election laws came from Ohio, ''gc
too" he says. 'as to the repeal of th
laws prohibiting the employment {
troops at the polls" and the correspond
ent fairly remarks that "the manly caus
; for northern democrats would be to tax
the whole brunt of the fight on then
selves, !" instead of allowing tho polio
to be regarded as the southern polio,
and withholding from southerners I'll
opportunity of stating their case in the
own way. The curt criticism passe
upon these tactics of the Ohio democrat
managers is, that whenever the part
"gets so that prominent democrat fro
any part of the country, the rationale
of the party has received serious if n
| a fatal injury" This is just criticism
But unfortunately for the confedera
/ democratic party, the cause of the crit
cism cannot be helped During the WI
. the northern democrats could not ri;
! their necks by recklessly espousing tt
| southern rebellion so now, they cam
be expected to risk their political no
, entirely to crafty their ex-rebel friend
LOGAN.