The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-01
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON. July %. 1S

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| am reminded by recent speech OF
Gen. Sherman at the commencement OF
the Michigan Military Academy, at Or
chard Lake, Oakland Co., Mich, that
something should be said in response to
numerous demands for places in the u.
5. Military Academy :at West Point.
There are hundreds of applicants TO one
place, and members of congress are
greatly annoyed by the inability to re-
spond. The Michigan Academy was
established to supply the needed facili-
ties in measure, and in accordance
! with an act of congress the president
appointed Col. j. S. Rogers of the army
TO supcrintend il, and the secretary of
war has furnished it the necessary out
| lit for military instruction. Gen. Sher-
mans speech showed that he had great
confidence in that institution, and other
army officers have commended Col.
Rogers school as second only to that at
West Point. In fact that school may
be regarded as au attatshment of and a
stepping stone to West Point, and this
information will answer many letters
of inquiry received in Washington.
The promises of Democratic states
men last winter and spring touching the
rights of Republicans at the south are
being violated with their old spirit of
illiberality. The persecution of Swalis
in South Carolina is but sample. In
North Carolina already the repressive
work has begun, and in fact it is under
way wherever the Republicans show a
disposition to take part in public affairs.
All is peaceful and freedom prevails so
long as nobody asserts his Republican
ism, but the moment equal ri9ht begin
to be asserted then the bulldozers put
their old system IN operation. The pro-
fessions of the Confederate leaders go
for nothing against the facts reported
from the south daily. The south is to
be kept solid by fraud and violence, and
the north cannot forget this.
Sec. Sherman's speeches are the best
presentations of the national financial
policy yet put forth, and will have a
wide influence in behalf of Republican
management. 1t is not to be wondered
at, therefore, that the Democrats howl
very sorely over the fact that the Sec.
is utilizing his spare time in spreading
this information. The plain truth hurts
the reenback-democrats worse than as
though it were vanished up for cam
paign purposes, and it is getting to be
an axiom that Sec. Sherman's regular
monthly reports and letters of fresponse
to inquiries are valid chunks of cam
paign thunder. The Republican party
is growing strong under his sturdy
system.
One by one the armless and legless
soldiers are kicked out of the congress
sional offices. Not satisfied with the |
expulsion of Wilson from the Sergeant |
alarms office, the Confederates have |
dropped cripple in the house to give
place to a rebel. This malicious per-
secution of Union soldiers has given
rise to feeling among Republicans that
the Democrats holding comfortable
places in the department ought to be
displaced. Why shouldn't they be
forced to give their place to the soldiers
who are turned out of the capital.
The yellow fever again is having its |
effect in Washington, since its terrors
have increased in the Southwest. Ibe-
lieve there is little cause for fear, for
Washington Is very healthy now.
Gen. Walker, superintendent of the
census, expresses his opinion that the |
coming enumeration of the population
will show an increase of 10000, 900
within the last decade, or a total of
4s,000,000. The largest increase will
be found in Kansas, Missouri, Texas,
Minnesota and Nebraska, and some OF
the territories. Gen. Walker saws, with
the reported preparation of Southern
Democratic leaders to falsify the re-
turns for the sake of receiving poliii-
cal advantage for that section, that such
a scheme could only be successful
through a conspiracy between very
large number of agents of the census
bureau. OF that he en:crtains no fears
The most complete aud comprehensive
preparations are being made to secure
accuracy in the statistics to be taken
with regard to the various industries of
the country. LOGAN.