The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-03-27
CONFEDERATEs AT WASHINGTON.
What Democrat Paper Thinks Of the
Situation.

relative positions OF the Northern and
Southern branches OF Democracy:
Both branches of the Congress of the
Confederate states have now been remov-
ed from Richmond ID Washington. Near
~ all the officers oil the Confederate states
government are members q, one house or
the other The Il shless skeleton oi Vice
President stephens, Suggesting re aui
mated tenant oi the old Bourbon grave
yard, is The most notable object i'm Tie rep
rcsenlaiiyes chamber Postmaster Gen
cral Reagan and one or two other mem
bcrs OF the Richmond cabinet are leading
memoirs If the right in the same chamber.
Seventy or eighty other members OF the
night we're members OF the Congress at
Richmond or brigadier generals oi the
Confederate army. The Congress OF the
Confederate states has been removed To
Washington, and nearly all the comman-
ders of the Confederate armies are coming
To Washington rs members thereof. JET
lerSon DaN Is Is the only conspicuous MEM
Der who has not rnhved TO ~ asl;ngton
But The COnic,legales vi Mississippi are
talking of sending him To the Senate IN
place oi Bruce, when his term expires
Unless Providence should interfere, there
Is mol The least reason 10 doubt that the
Presiden; at the Consederacy will alsp re
move To Washington and resume the robe
of public Office as Senator.
Considering that The legislative part OF
he Confederate establishment, together
18th the commanders ot lis armies. has
been removed from iiichmana To- Wash
iLgt0n, there appears manifest fitness in
the selection of subordinate officers i'm
both house irein the southern army rolls.
In both Houses this fitness bas been rec
ognized In the House Col Adams, of
Kentucky, is clerk; Gen. Field, of Geor
gia, is dO0rkeeper, and Col Thumpsul, "A
Bourbon, who rerained from entering the
Confederate service because his state Ohio,
did not assume 10 Secetlc, Is Sergeant at
arms. Below each at these is a long list
al sub officials and employees inaGe UP
in equally great proportion from The Con
iederle army. In the Senate the list ol
officers brought up from Richmond and
other parts OF the Canicdcracy is nO less
than in the House. There is none below
the rank of culenel The new secretary
OF the Senate is Col Burch, OF Tennessee.
The new chief clerk is Col Shober, Of
North Carolina The new executive clerk
is Col. Peytun, of Virginia, an officer of
Lees stall during the War. The sergeant
at arms is Col. Bright, of Indiana, nephew
of the senator who WAS expelled for dis
loyalty. The new chaplain is Virginia
preacher of the name of Bullock, an the
rank of colonel in the southern army oi
the cross, possessing the higher Qualitica
ton Tor doing the offi,ial praying for lie
Confederate Senate that consists in bein.
brnther-in- law 81 John G. Brccacnriige.
The new ASSISTANT docr keeper will be Col.
>cmbody, from the southern army. There
4, is no earthly use Tor any others 10 apply.
This arrangement causes great deal of
uniavoablc comment among northern
neil who style themselves Democrats.
They SAY il Is too much on the plan of the
| jug handle, and il Looks us IL the southern
ers wanted everything, and intended tn
have everything their own way. I'm
doubleday II has that appearance; but why
should not The southern briga,.icrs have
everything their own Nay. They are
! three fpurths OF thai which goes by the
name of dcm0cdr,ic party. Their title ia
/ the name, and all the name implies, is
Older aud better than any That the north
ern men can set up. They are the party
dog. The northern men called Democrats
are merely the party dogs tail. 1t is the
| plan ot nalLrc that the dog, not the tail
shall have the bone. Whatever nutrition
Is requisite tor The party tail should ia the
natural order pass To 1t through the diges
tive apparatus of the patty deg. The dis
iribuiiaD at the Senate and House Offices
has been made and properly made strictly
accounting 10 this plan of nature. True
considered rs party policy, ii is Il very
unwIse arrstnge:n mt. Instead of tending
to increase The gruwih ui the rather nt ccs-
sary party tail, il will tend - curtail H.
But 10y what right may the tail complain
oil the stupidity oi The head:
The same law of nature il pursued by
the party in higher matters. The House
caucus threw overheard the old, hard,
premier, Heisier Clymer, uf Pcnnsy'yania
and chose In his place a Confederate bIiga
der named House, OF Tennessee. Cymei
caused IL To be telcgraphed abroad and
puoli ,hed IN little prostitute party organ
at the capital. that he did not desire re.
election, positively refused To- serve, and
so on, bit all such statements aie con.
| irary To the facts. He did very much de
re aud expected to bc continued as chair
man ol The party caucus, and did not dream
| OF refusing Ia serve nor OF not being 4
| candidate until after he discovered 10 his
snrp lsc and disgust that the southern
b:igaCliers had dismissed him for uniitness
ON account III his being northern min
and Pennsylvania. and had put the
| tennessee brigadier at the head ot,tht
party Caucus in his stead Why should
be have been surprised? As matter oil
par policy the deposition of the north
efn man anu /; appointment of the con
iedcrate brgader To the party chairman
snip was, al course, very stupid and un
Wise, but have not the southern three
fourths of the party right To override tie
wishes and opinions OF the northern one
fourth:
I'VE have given the speakership to the
north" say the briyadicrs "With that
our allies in that detestable, puritaniC
country should be content. The south
must haye the rest But, practically, thI
confederate states have the spesi ership
also, as events will prove Already Ran
dali has declared himself for the revclu
ti0nary programme OF the Richmond Con
gress TO coerce the Washington executive
! When the committees are announced the
fact that he is the property, the nipple
mSnt OF convenience OF the confederate
states congressman, will be manifest t.
verybody. Joe Blackburn will probably
be at the head of the finance committee
at all events at the head of IA committee
which will give the Joe Blackburn policy
chance. Fernando Wood will be drop
ped from the ways and means committee
but Randolph Tucker, or Goode, or som,
other free tobacco. free whisky, and
northern income Tax confederate will bl
put in his place. In "a word. just us all tn.
public offices and employments within
reach OF the parts have been turned Over
To the southern yomit of the old Bourbon
graveyard, and just as all the offices and
functions Of the party organization have
been transferred To the southern brigadiers
SO all the chief legislative functions 10y
whose exercise the future political path.
OF the party will be worked out will soon
be assumed by the same men. The Con
gresssof the Confederate states which lett
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