The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-06-20

Correspondence OF Inc True Northerner.
The extra session OF Congress is rapidly APP
preaching the final scene Of the last act. The
d,amatis personae have posed before the
country and posterity for few brief months
They have Iecited their words with serio-
comical effect aud defect. Ont the 18th OF June
they will so home for summer vacation.
We have too many orators in Congress and
for some reason, or want Of reason, they spend
TOO much time in vindicatlon There is hardly
day that some Senator or member As not in a
vertical position before the country making
what is called personal explanation, or vlndi-
eating himself or his party from base asperslons,
hes, etc, that some other honorable senator or
member has foisred upon the public and his
/ tory. Yesterday Senator Hill defended him
self from covert and malign ATTACK upon his
record OF fifteen years ago; and Senator Nor
rIii Was also up to vIndicate the Republican
party. Our school books tell us that our sys-
tenn OF Government was originally composed
OF legislative, executive and judicial branches.
But the great progress that we have made in
the last hundred years seems to demand an
other great governmental necessity branch
for vndcation and vituperauon. For certainly
this work is becoming little too heavy for the
Legislative branch. II all the vindcation ard
vltuperation OF Congress could be turned over
to such a coordinate branch OF the govern
ment as l have suggested, which might be COM
posed Of ilI-tempered old women, there would
be great saving OF time and treasure. great
advertisement OF legislative business, and an
Improvement Of fraternal feeling. Who really
cares for Senator Hills record in the Confeder-
ale Senate, whether assailed by Senator Blaine
or indicated by himself? What has this to do
with public supplies and systems OF public /
policy" And why must Senator Morrill, vlndi-
cate the Republican party? There is its record
the world knows it by heart. All parties are
good enough in the abstract, and bad enough
IN their individual components viilainy aud
inconsistency Is not so much the fault OF a
party as Of the human nature that is mixed I'D
IN 1t. Why will we blind ourselves with can't
and grand prejudices and dance in PROFESSIONS
headed by demagogues? 1t is not my inten-
ton to be personal, but rather universal for
tie evil Is everywhere. Parties as seen in thor
representatives are not phalanxes of principles
but rabies OF plumber and strife.
Next week Congress will pull out from the
Capital, and political astronomers and micro (,
scopsts will turn their glasses upon Ohio where c
The preliminary skirmishes OF a national con- I
test have begun. Pardon the metaphor a5 /
aS'rd dd Thurman and Sherman, or is il Grant, l
sailing up from the underworld? Many astute ]
politicians Qhe many are always astute) think v
hat it will be Sherman instead of GRAFT but o
nose who stake their money on popular opn- :
on, twisted out OF all recognition by wise :,
workers. and polticai machnists, are not ready
put in on either. Name and New York n
ave favorite sons who will be heard from IN A
be next nominating convention. I
Perhaps no one rejoices more at the approach re
I the end of the congressional session than "
nc newspaper correspondent. Never before III
as he found the work OF making bricks with % -
raw alone so laborious as during this extra -
'ssion OF caucuses and vetoes. He had ex r.,
iusted his repertoire of anecdotes, about the sc
awe and interesting personality OF brilliant tit
iral lawyers, doctors, farmers, etc., ETC.. who Fl
impose our national legislative galaxy, during be
e regular session and If this extra, extraor- n
nary session had continued longer he would a.
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