Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-16
Crossed Bayopets.

doubt ii thc people all realize 10 the full
Mr.. Hayes il reticcnt and so far has not
opened his oraculsr lips to declare what he
will do--whethcr he will sign nj refuse
20 sign fhe appropriation bills. Whatever
may be- the. result the contest presents
souie singular examples of Regeneration.
Garfield in l-G7 was on. of the RADICAL
majority that declared that they
would not vut, dollar to carry On the
( government unless the president signed
! the army appropriation hill with the bay
unrt law attached. To-day Garfield is on
with Garfield in i.67, and he and party
declared that "a president who would veto
! the legislation "i a majority IA Congress
should br itnpcachrd for tr, a-on To such
men it is easy to hr Inconsistent. But all
! parties ar" now taking position, from
! which they cannot rrccdc. The following
arilclc from the Washington Capital will
bc read with Interest:
! IL is sAid that IN actual war this crussing
I of baynnct- seldom OF uCNrT occurs. A.
| nu OLD Uilicrr once remarked, "Whrn We
are ordered to ehargr hayoHc;-, If the
enemy don't run away before we reach
; them We do
! Ionhing upon the dead. lock uf our Gov
| crnm,ut threatened II lib, Is to occur
: from this knowledge of the bayonrt prac-
/ tlc- We were disposed tn laugh at the two
parties rs lndulsin. III mote bounce than
| business, AZ they commonly do. Of late
/ however, We are inclined Ia change our
7 opinion. The affair il getting serious.
I Every hour tn, Republicans and Drmo-
Gratis more aud more commit Themselves Ia
positions from which retreat means puliti-
cal humiliation.
The fact i cropping ont that there is
more III the contest than "" ut first sup
I t,ns,'d We now learn that the Rrpubli-
/ cans will CUi-rut Ia a sudden arrest ut all
( the functions of t'ovrrururut, and fetch uu
chaos that may prove fatal {" our pnItl-
cal structure, rather than agree to the
/ repeal of three or four laws apparently 81
significant that heretofore ihry have Is
capped notice.
\ careful investigation of these few
statutes however, develops the fact th.t
they Z" 10 make Hp ih, marhiHery Of tl,',-
tinn, through Which the parry ia power
may pcrpctuitc til, official existence re-
gaidlcs, e the will and vote of the people.
! Througi :, am Administration. under Tho.
ur,trns,. of vuarliur th, rurity of th,.
! ballot -hnX. may hire nm army nf mon Ia
coax ny ,nrrurt bull ar oltsr ~ the cDs,
may ,.....ir, III der TN, u,.au.st firm of
I ,lrctir. .,riur known Ia III, politi,ol
arena. when to thu, army of paid mrr-
! CCuHrles We add the army-the uhc of
which is also authorized aud the host Of
| Trcnsurx eater. kunvu os officials ~.
| readily prrc,iy, the u,f,ir and uuiust
! ,n,,,r ,,iy,u th, AIu,i,,is,r,,i,,
/ II il nj. ,unrhiu,,v nf ,I.,..,u =, NOR.
f,ctrj AZ tlr south hy the r ,nb,;,nps -.
10 tortlf, ami hold th,ir uulnly ,r,.u ,f
/ nnv,r in that mart of an, countrv tL,,
now enables the prmnrro,,y +, rrr.,.nt an
/ uubrok.u front Ia their ,I,r,ui,, Aud il
was the drr,l tina, tlrss,ur,. snrt of ,
| machine lui,,Lt Ia. turu,d Hp,in., tL,,n by
th,ir n,liti,,l nurn,ru,s tLn, ir,,,f,.I
rho INF, at t,,, St,t,. il, th,. lat. ,.,,,,,,
of the. electoral vote.
We A..,in tn t..,li,. that uu.l4f na cir
cu,uSt,u,,,, Will th, or.,uuilrL di.h,r,.s,y
kuuvu A. M, Ernuhl. cam many i,r,,It
the r,n,l, ia vr,>t nm. ,,,,,rl,,n,ut ion,
n. t'..,,'l WI. tf...t +. A., ,r,if,,',i,,
Er,,i.. stud,ir,. ,I,..,n,i.,ns Nm. tl,f 1,.
may H.. h.tt.r titt.d +, ,,rti,.,,,. am. I..r,
the army !, T., H.. ,,,iiuurd al. a vnr inn.
iu, ,rI H.. .tu.,.,,,f st,,u,,. ,t,.,, an.
th"ril"N il political ~" kept nnrrpcalrd;
aud Ia an amy of officials is To be- added
an army of ruughS ou the day of election,
aud the infamous practice continued uf
l"NN'nr contributions uu officials tn swell
III" corruption fund.
III" revolution - N"ritrr"u~ly drnnnnr-
cl hy Galirld. Frye AVID other. really
hogan som" sixteen years since. and til
efforts ri the Democracy arc aimed tn IL
not" that The Democracy has largely the
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