Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-01-07
Vashinaton CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON. ID. c., I
Dec. 80, 1878. (

I HNN'Nh oEfNaie'N N''-'s NhN
Blaine resolutions. Democrats laughed
in their sleeves at what looked Ut one
tiu.e like On insurmountabe ubsinclr in
the prosecution of the inquiry, which
confronted the Committee at the very first
step il took in that direction. Bu' after
delay OF more than a week the Acting
Apy Gsn' has made ruling which rem
ders the $50 900 appropriated for the nee
OF the Serate by act OF June 10, 1873. for
inveslig cation purposes. available for the
expenses OF Mr.. Teller's Committee.
There has never been any doubt ex-
pressed, so far as / have been able to
learn, that such disposition of the
money would be substantially in accord
with the spirit OF the intent OF the act /;
but The substitution of the word said
in the enrolled copy for the word "such"
in the original draft OF the act. so far linn
tied the use OF the money as to make the
sc' ouniing officers somewhat doubtful as
to the technical right to give it to the
Committee in question. Now that this
difficulty has been overcome we may hope
that il will at once get actively at work !;
and in view of the official proof OF the
wide spread acts of terrorism and fraud
ulent voting resorted TO in several States
of tho South. the Democratic party has
ample reason TO dread the revelations
of its law-dcGying and bloody rule in the
States wresied by such means from the
Republican majority.
The Acklen scandal which was hushed
up for lille while has broken out atresh
and threatens him with & notoriety that
any one sohcitous for the preservation OF
their good name would naturally shrink
from The publication Of the evidence
taken BY Committee Of the most prom
inenl Democrats of Louisiana fixes Il
stigma on Acklen's reputation that may
well make hiu coUr. sCc.usion and desIst
from the opspicaous role hes has essaye d
/ in The House on several occasions since
Congress convened anonth ago. II WAS
The A,mo,, uniform feeling that The Re
/ publican Committee which gave this dis
Iinsuish,l VI C. clean bi.i (morallJ) oil
health " su, long distance ont OF its
way; ard unless they can dIsprovo the
alegauul,,ot EX-Gov. Penn and associ-
a,cs who Investigated AcAlcn, It's several
memO,.s have laid themselves open 10 a
much mp.y serious charge by their course
10 deliberately refusing to take cogniz-
auce 81 Too -hameless acts alleged again 81
him, or ~ ignoring them in their endol ST.
men, OF taa mans character. In this
connection may just say lha, toe course
OF Foderui officials al New Orleans in Ia.
boring to defeat Republican nominees. is
according 10 rumor, likely to cost them
doar-no,hiBg less than their official
heads; and the feeling has grown 80 de-
clded against this suicidal method of con-
ciliation, even at the White House, that
the Collector at Charleston, S. c.. who is
alleged to be only an instrument of Mas
saCTe Butler. is said 10 be in peril from
bis many chenses in dismissing Repubi-
cans from The Custom House and filling
I tho vacancies thus created with the bench.
men Of that eminent shotgun statesman,
whose lame chiefly rests on his exploits
1t Hamburg on well remembered occa-
sion. Therea are also so many complaints
Of tho inefliciency OF Fitzimmous and
other Democratic sppointees OF the con-
Citation era, that their enforced retire
ment is among the rumors OF the hour.
The truth appears to be- that lawlessness
was rarely, II ever, more rampant in
their jurisdiction than il has been under
.heir Administration, the assurance OF
Gordon " Co. OF faithful execution Of
the laws under the men they induced the
President TO appoint, TO the contrary not.
wi.hstanding.
The dis strous results TO our shipping
aad commercial interests from the policy
OF the Government during the past
twenty years in absolutely refusing the
slightest aid 10 either, has been made too
eviden, to be successfully disputed by re-
cont investigation of the matter which
tie President and his Cabinet were in.
duced TO undertake. They were made
more apparent when contrasted with the
fruits OF the reverse policy pursued by
The Governments OF Great Britain, France
and those OF other commercial powers Of
Europe. While our euterprising mer-
chants and manufacturers have been left
unaided in their efforts to hold tho mar.
kets they already mad and 10 occupy new
ones. their rivals were backed up by the
moral support OF th4r respective govern
ments, special privileges were negotiated
for them, heavy subsidies were given to
stimulate the establishment of new steam
ship lines, and every other assistance was
extended 10 insure their success. OF
course our rivals triamphed. But the
Administration and many OF the most
prominent men OF both parties are said to
have become converts to reversal OF
, our policy, within the past few. months.
Already Shufeldt has been dispatched to