, 1879-04-10
ora WAsHING3oE LETTER.

vitl the feNbI"'''''"'N
n.mocratic leaders and with the men
who shape the party programme III
coutemptuous doiianca Of the mod
o,.,o counseIs of such we'll meaning
n,t weak if not positively cowardly
..,on nc Bavard, the assurances ot the
Latter that they will oppose extreme
b partizan legislation at this session o.
CONGRESS 20 for very little, because
it is patent to all who will take thr
,roubIe to review the history of the
rolitical achievements since the res
,oration of BourbonIsm in 1879 that
,be course of tho Ship OF State has
heen steadily tending towards it's
ante. war mornings under the partial
control exercised over its movements
bv the House, despite the efforts of
that element Of Democracy that has
learned something by the events Of
the last two decades. In every in
stance those last mentioned have ul-
,imatsly succumbcd to the faction
that shaped the Government policy
for the 80 years prior to 1861. There
is no reasonable ground to hope they
will hereafter be more potential in
preventing a return to the old spirit
that dictated that policy; so Ihat.
crediting them with all they claim
in the way of good Intentions"
practically they might as well be
blo;ted out of existence. If Amer.
lean citizens generally, who rejoice
that the Government escaped the de-
struction plotted by tho secession
leaders, appreciate the purposes that
lod to this needless session Of Con
gress as fully as those do who have
heard them verbally discussed every
day fer the last four years and have
noted the manner of their authors at
short range, the distrust and appre-
hension now so general Y prevalent
would long ago have eliminated in
the permanent retirement from all
controlling participation in public Of
every man daring to announce that
his sympathies were with the fer.
mentcrS of rebellion, save, perhaps,
III tho states OF the ill-starred Con
federacy. There is no pretense even
that all needful Legislation might not
have been enacted prior to the 4th
inst. and all our material interests
have heen saved the brood of name
less evils that Congress in session
meuaces them with. To secure the
partisan advantages 10 Democracy
that would tlow from the throw ing
down of every bar agains. the hordes
Of illegal voters which that party is
always able to organize to do its bid
ding and to remove whatever of re
straint the election laws impose on
the bull.dozers and mobocracy, our
reviving business interests were sub.
Jacted to the depressing influences
Of an extra session. The millions
concerned must continue to starve,
and freeze, and go naked that little
handful Of professional politicians
may perpstuate their hold on the
spoils and make lle-positions for
them and their strikers. 1t seems
generally believed that the President
will approve Of the repeal of the
laws imposing the test oath on jurors
and that permitting the troops at the
polls, but that he will promptly veto
any attempt to nullify the election
laws may say, howevor, that there
have been limitations heard to the
effect that the President will be
found lacking in the vertebraI firm
hess to breast the tide of Democratic
domination in the matter last named.
According to these, Mr.. Hayes has
already shown a disposition to tenn
porlze and try the effect of concili-
alton" on certain Democratic Con-
Il