Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1879-12-04
The Political Outlook.


On last Monday the XVII. Congress
assembled in Washington. 1t is to be
boped that the lessons Of the Fall
elections may not be lost upon our
statesmen in Congress assembled, but
that, profting by experience, (proba-
bly, sad experience in some cases., they
may cousign revolutionary measures
violent denunciation and calumny
to the grave of oblivion. The sentl-
meut Of the true rulers of this Country
the people, is not il accord with any
party, no matter what its name may
BE-, that tends to retard our prosper
ity as a nation by fomenting dlscord
in our midst. A new factor (the in.
dependent vote) is making itself felt
in our politics: and it requires some
thing more than party name or an
appeal to party prejudice to induce
mcnts to combine and vote as a unit
for the party. The" machine" is
wearing out. The Fall elections were
not Of nature to satisfy any political
party. TO the advocates of the Green
back they were disastrous; and those
gentlemen in Congress who were
clamoring for more greenbacks will
probably be able to devote their pow
ers Of oratory to subjects which may
be of some benefit to the people.
Resumption an accomplished fact the
various industrious Of the Country a
gain in full activity; a steady foreign
demand fer the abundance Of the pro-
ducts Of our soil; our mines yielding
largely Of the precious metals; every
thing in the full tide Of prosperity,
the Financial Question has settled
;tself and the Greenbs cker may well
saw my occupation gone. And 80
mote it be" say we. But the sign OF
the times are not only for tho adyo-
Gates of fiat money. Those statesmen
who proposed to make the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES the sole government
Of the Republic may also read IN
those signs that the citizens OF the
limited States will not countenance
anv revolutionary measures to attain
their object no matter how mer'tor'
ious that object may be. So, too,
those ardent patriots who have strlven
to array section against section by
flaming appeals to passion and pref
llics, may read that they cannot, by
any amount Of dust they can throw,
blind the ayes Of the people to their
true object; their own elevation, no
matter how it may injure the material
interests Of the Republic. Taking all
these facts into consideration, it may
safely be assumed that the average
Congressman will very likely do more
thinking and less talking, than has
been his custom in the past and that
the present session of Congress will
be less exciting than any previous
session for some years past, and that
ifany legislation is matured it will be
in the direction of the development OF
tho true interests of the whole coun-
try. The two great political parties
are so nearly balanced that blunder
on the part Of either in Congress may
result in the loss of the Presidency
with it's enormous patronage, to the
party making the bIunder, that 1t is
very probable no reckless move Will
be made on the political chess board
The lobby will no doubt muster IN
force, as usual, with prospects for sub
sides, private jobs &c, but the ap,
preaching Presidential election will
loom up, signal Of danger; therefore
the schemes Of the lobby will not be
likely to receive much aid from the
public treasury the present session.
The death OF Senator Zacharat