Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-05-26
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR.
WASHINGTON, May 20, 1879.
Mr.. Blaine yesterday made another
assault upon the Democratic works, and
many Confederate Senators who felt his
steel have suffered from its keenness.
The appointment was good one. An
cient Bourbons like Eaton of Connecticut,
Bayard and Salisbury of Delaware, and !
rebel chiefs like Hill of Georgia, Butler
and Hampton of South Carolina, and
Morgan of Alabama had made speeches
in which they had magni6ed their patrl-
otism, until, as Mr.. Blaine remarked, it
seemed as if the poor unfortunates had
all been forced into false positions by
their companions, and were in mourning
for what they had done unwillingly.
Then he read passages from the records
of these patriots. He proved that Ben.
Hill, instead of having held back and
mourned over secession and refused to
light HE house and rejoice, as he claim
ed, had in reality voted for the Georgia
secession ordinance. He showed that
the Bayard and Salisbury families, rul-
ing the little State of Delaware, had
voted and spoken against the war for the
Union, and had in every possible way
short of open rebellion, encouraged the
rebel states III their course. He showed
that Butler, and Hampton, and Morgan,
had uttered sentiments that did not COM
port with loyalty. All these men sprang
forward to explain the record, but they
did not help themselves. They foundered
and fell into worse sloughs than they
climbed out of. Mr.. Blaine came at
them with new facts every time they
denied, until they hadn't place left to
stand upon-a place as loyal men which
they claimed to be. He reviewed the
literature of the South, proving that it
was filed with disloyal sentiment, placed
there with uupatriotic purpose. He
showed that even the school books were
inspired by seditious spirit in order
deliberately to mislead the young mind.
In fact, no speech so far in this contro-
versy has contained such a mass of facts
to convict the ruling Southerns in Con-
gress and out of studied purpose to
subvert the nation into Confederacy
and to destroy all respect for the
Republic.
Of course the general appropriation
bill with all its political legislation will
pass in spite of the Republican protest,
and the President will promptly veto it..
What next? 1t remains for the Demo
Gratis to say whether they will continue
this contest which has cost them so dear
ly. 1t is impossible to think that some
will do it. But are the Bourbon leaders
sane? that is fair question. Mr.. Lin
coin has good many disciples who hold
his motto sacred, that it is always safe
to rely upon the stupidity of the Demo-
cratic party for laundering at crisis.
1t has blundered so fearfully already as
to ensure the next President and the
next Congress to loyal men. But ii
seems to me that there is a chance that
they even may see the handwriting on
the wall and hesitate to 90 further tow.
ards revolution. There is some hope
that they will pass the appropriation
bills clear of politics and soon go home.
The Democrats mean business in de-
laying action upon promotions in the
Army; in fact they mean to prevent
promotions so that, in the remote even
of electing President, he may provide
for some rebel military heroes in the ma
tional army. Thus they mean to ge
possession of all the Government machin
cry if the people will stand tamely By
and see them snatch it. Fortunately
the prospect is not so discouraging Their,
is no danger of that eonsummation, ant
their present action can only work harm
temporarily to gallant Union soldier
who deserve promotion, but can afford t
await it at the hands of the Republican
Senate Of the future. LOGAN.