Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-02-28
OUR wAsmINGTONLETTER.


WAsuINoTON. d. c., Feb. 81, 1870.
Either the disapprovol with which the
FIX. .Coniederates vote in favor Of the pen
sion arrears bill was received at home, or
the chronic feeling Of resentment still
cherished towards the union defender, in
duced Southern Democrats to 60 square'y
back on the friendly sentiments implied
towards him in the vote first mentioned.
Whatever the constioining motive-per-
haps il was a little Of bolh--the South vo-
ted almost solidly against the bill reported
by the Committee to appropriate S27, ,000,-
900 to partially satisfy the provisions Of
tho bill for which it had with similar IMAM
unity, voted a few days previously. II was
very apparent when it went through that
the leaders counted confidently on making
a good deal of party capital out OF their
affirmative vote. Could they have induced
their Southern brother to help give practi.
cal effect to the bill passed by voting an
appropria ion, possibly their dreams had
not be DONE The &C negative voices re-
corded against the proposition to 173 in
its tavor lost them all chance Of ingratiat.
ing BIurbonism wi h the soldier himself
and the copper-head sta esnan is now
forced to admit to himself that he swal.
lowed dose that he secretly loathed, all
to no purpose. "And the last state of that
man is worse than his first"
II Gen'l Francis Barlow was not guilty
of downright treachery while in Florida
in Nov. 1876, his own Interpretation before
his ex raordinary course was 40 unpleas.
anly suggestive of il that he can only es
cape such a verdict from the public by al
lowing him the benefit OF whatever doubts
his previous reputation raises in contrnlic-
tion of his confessions. Tie relation, vol.
UNFAIRLY assumed by Mr.. Barlow at that
time towards the Republican party were
subs nntially those OF counsel to client
The code Of morals governing him when
he perverted that trust to aid the enemy
was of the sort promulgated by the Ma
Ftioa newspaper just prior to the meeting OF
the Massachusetts, Electoral College in 1876
whereby to justify the rumored betrayal
of his charge and vote for Tilden by one OF
the Hayes electors Of that State. The Ma.
ton forfeited the confidence of its more rep
utable readers by the baseness of its advice
and General Barlow irreparably damaged
himself in the estimation of honorable men
by what seemed at the time double dealing
and -duplicity and later revelations all
show that his alledged change of convic.
tions had no better basis than the er part,
representations of INSCRIPTIONS, red-hot
partisans.
The facts ELECTED before the Potter Com.
mittee since last Monday have all been in
line 10 confirm the general belief of Til
den's responsibility Tor the criminal at
tempts to debauch Returning Boards and
individual electors. Did not all the other
circumstances unerringly point to him a.
the author of the plan that was unsuccess
fully tried to buy his way into the White
House, each and every one of its detail,
was in such perfect keeping and exact ac
cord with all that is publicly known Of il
methods, and are so different from those o
the instruments chosen to give it practica
effect, as almost to preclude their expIana
tion as mere cOnincidences.
On general principles opponents of mo-
nopoly here hope for the success of Senator
Jones Acknowledgment bill Just to til,
extent that it might, ii 1t became law
| practically operate to lessen the oppressiv,
burdens imposed on the public by corpo
rate greed and avarice. Their name is lie
| gion which have grown mp under the eye
| of Congress and without so much as a wur,
Of protest from many OF our law makers
| though every monopoly exists at publi
expense. At this very time hundreds o
poor people in the Atlantic States are snf
| tering for the corn that is being burned a
| fuel in the West, simply because the pric
| of transportation which railroad companie
are permi ted to extort are so onerous tha
| the producer cannot send his corn to tn
would-be consumer aud make livin
profit About the only hope of ultimat
! emancipation from the grasp oil these cor
| pora ions that trade on the necessities q
the public is in the election of men to Con
gress who cannot be swerved from thei
duty by the favors with which the,
are fairly overwhelmed as soon ms electe
by monopolies whose interests may be un
favorably affected by the legislators vot
unless he shall have been bought off. Saw
those personally interested, few appreclat
the extent and magnitude Of this source {
corruption. Commission of 9 persons
provided for-2 Senators, Represents
tives and citizens not members OF Con
gress-!o make thorough examination q
the matter involve in all its relations an
to report the results OF their labors at tn
next regular session OF Congress.