Daily Republican., 1879-03-22
That Rebel Congress.

such a perversion of the truth in letter
and spirit that We can only wonder
that any gentleman who desires hi
family to understand properly the DO
iitical issues before the country, anG
that they should not be entirely misleG
As to the rights OF the people and tn,
principles upon which the government
is founded, will allow such paper t,
come into bis dwelling"
The above We clip from yesterday,
''Gazstte," but it does not attempt tc
show where the Misrepresentation
comes in at, or where We perverted ths
truth. 1t is very easy for our neighbor
to make assertions, but it is more
difficult matter to prove them. We
must confess that we are gratif.d a,
the great popularity Of the REPUBLICAN
and the fact that it has 4 circulation Of
5000, compared with 1000 for the
'Gazette," is an evidencs not only Of
the loyalty of the people but of Their
sOund sense and good taste. We cannot
help it il the people do not want to
understand the political issues of the
day as they are taught by our anti
quatrd neighbor up town. Such mis-
repr-s .ntations as are made in the ar
ticle cannot mislead many, especially
such assertions as this
"The recent sessions of the Demo
cratic House of Representatives. have
endeavored TO cut down expenses and
the Senate and the Executive have
both opposed this economical policy
and the Senate has gone so far as to de-
feat all bills sent to it with this view !"
Every intelligent rea Ter in the country
Knows how the Democrats have tried
10 cut down expenses while all the
time the debt was increasing and the
wheels of the Government were being
clogged and brought TO stand still for
want OF the appropriations necessary to
carry on the Government Even this.
present session of Congress with all the
expenses attendant upon is it attribu.a-
BILE to the mi'government Of the Demo
cratic party. The money saved by
holding the necessary appropria
tions have been spent by perambulating
Investigating committees started out
with no other purpose than to make
party capital, and when the time came
for adjournment, the appropriation
bills were so heavily loaded with poll
ticaI riders that they could not in hon
or be accepted by the Republicans or
sign"h by the President, even had they
passed.
The Gazette" alludes to the fact
that the Democrats have been sust lin
ed by an appeal to the people. 1t calls
the last appeal victory. Another such
victory will blot it from existence so far
as the North is concerned. The pre-
sent makes the third Democratic House
an succession all gained by Southern
ull-dozing. The first had 70 Demo-
cratic majority, the second 20 and the
last has about 3. This is what the
"Gazette" calls being sustained by the
people. As piece of amusing litera-
tnre we publish further from the edi-
torial Of the "Ga1ette" to show what
the Democrats propose to do, and if our
readers feel like it they can shed few
tears of sympathy over the poor, perse-
cuted Democrats:
"They propose. to make the country
richer by reducing expenses that taxa
tion may be made to bear more lightly
upon the industry of the people, and
there is no othec way, under our Con-
ftltutlon, by which the people can re-
form abuses and Ietrench their expen-
ses, than that pursued by the Demo.
cratic Congress. Why then call it a
. hetel Congress :" The people unit
ed with the Democrats and voted tn.
Democratic ticket. They did this al
though opposed by & hundred thous- .
and office holders, and threatened with
arrest and Imprisonment by thousands {
upon thousands of Z. S. Marshals and
Deputy Marshals assisted by thousands ,
1f soIdiers with arms in their hands,
They did it Notwithstanding the purse d
and the sword wele used against them, +
and in some places great corruption
'unds were raised to bride ard pay q
such th@t could be brbed and paid to i.
'ote for their exravagant Republican
'ulers. The people triumphed over o
Ill opposition and elected Congress
avorablyto economy, and yet it is call ID
"Rebel Congress-" Every Democrat
hould rebuke such scandalous falls
caton of the history of his party an k
Is progress to power over arrogance Il
md outrage" -,
We have always bean led to believe q
hat 1t was The Republicans who were -
out of their votes in the h
0uthern States, but now it seems that >,
was the poor despised suffering ~
democrats, who, in spite Of bribps, and q,
n the face of swords had to go 70 the 4,
oils through blood to vote their senti. Al
lents. The triumph of the people al II
1dsd to is, where in the south some g,
Oxen old Democratic bulldozers have =.