The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-02-12
Washington, Letter.


years as their only savior, do not eX-1
hibit much elation over the result.
They argue, however, that upanimity
is not essential upon the question of
instructions, as bare working major
ity suffices to show that the people are
for Grant, first and last If Grantism |
in the States is akin to the unwashed, |
unkempt, swarms of ignorant, vicious |
white and colored politicians who rep
resent it in this District, it is fortunate |
for the country that we are not to have
q third term, with all its frauds and de- |
linquencies. That Grantism is dead,
save as Bourbonism in France is alive,
no one now doubts who reads Alright
the action of the Pennsylvania Radi-
cal convention, and If there be Demo-
Gratis here who now fear the infiictiOn
of third term upon the country, we
are unable to hear of them in or out of
Congress. There Is now no apprehen-
sion that the Radicals can elect any
other candidate than Grant, hence the
confidence in our ability to put Thur-
man or any other statesman, into the
White House is becoming fixed CON-
viction in the minds of many who
last summer were on the anxious seat.
The amount of work done by the
two Houses is not surprisingly large,
and "dull day yesterday" appears
throughout the pages of each issue of
the Congressional Record. In this,
however, we except the lower House,
for it, as usual. hammers away daily
at its proposed: Revision of the Rules.
Every body is hurt by them, and eve
rybody fights them, consequently,
when fully revised, the Committee on
Rules will not be able to recognize its
bantling, SO battered and bruised. will
be its precious physiognomy. The
standing committees are hard at work,
and we doubt whether general legisla-
ton was ever more forward at this
stage of the session than it is at pres
ent in the committee rooms. The Sen
ate committee inv estigating the Freed
mems Bank continues to unearth
frauds and peculations to an astonish-
ing degree. One theft after another
appears, and it does seem that, for rot
tenness and corruption, this particular
progeny of radicalism which was to
enrich and bless the freedmen, has
never been excelled in this country.
So loose was the management that one
of the bank book-keepers overdrew. his
account several hundred dollars, but SO
manipulated the books as to show him
self creditor, and, as such, he has
drawn dividends. The committee
finds that he or some other person has
torn out of the ledger the page which
contained his account, and finds, fur
ther, that he is much beloved young
man, whose patriotic services for his
country as an embezzler are rewarded
with fat clerkship in the Treasury
Department. It's all right, of course,
just as was Delano as Secretary of the
Interior, and Babcock as head of the
White House. But it will be q God
send to the country when there is an
entire riddance of all the patriots who
gallantly fought for Radicalism in the
Freedmen's Bank, or elsewhere, by the
people putting . Democratic Hercules
| in the White House..
Mr.. Parnell, the distinguished Irish
representative who comes to America
to solicit money, not food, for his suf-
fering constituents reached here on
the End inst. Our Irish gave him q
cordial reception, meeting him at the
depot, on his arrival, in an Immense
crowd, which shook his hand until he
seemed completely wearied out by the
labor imposed on him. He addressed
the House Of Representatives, under
its invitation, and full hall of inter-
ested hearers, who applaHded him en-
Enthusiastically at times. particularly SO,
when he boasted of having American
blood in him. There is little, indeed,
about him to impress one that he pos
sesses more than ordinary ability, for
he looks more like some of our prim,
dignified members of Congress, whose
mouths, like those of oysters, are never
opened save to take nourishment.
Rather tall and slender, attired in a
dress suit embellished with brass but
tons, of quiet, mild face, with no effort
whatever at oratorical graces when
speaking, he appears less member of
Parliament than a minister in uncler
ical cloth. He is speaking frequently
here, and is securing liberal contribu-
tions. No one objects to helping Ire
land in her distress, but many think
that Mr.. Parnell might be more dis
Greet in his utterances. His unwar-
ranted assumption that he has the
only proper mode of solving the Irish
problem, alienates many who other
wise would be enthusiastic over him.
Last week we referred to the issue
between General Sherman and ex-
Gen. Boynton, in which the latter pro-
poses to make the former substantiate
his allegations that Boynton is liar
and slanderer. The truth is that Gen.
Boynton's criticisms on Gen. Sher-
mans History of the War" are much
more than half true, and we are glad
that he will, if possible, force this fact
upon the country. He will, he says,
seek redress through the court mar
tial that he has asked under the
charges and specifications against Gen.
Sherman, which he has filed with the
Secretary of War. But if the General
shields himself under the protection of
his position as General of the Army,
that then legal means will be sought
to compel redress. Gen. Boynton is
one of the most prominent newspaper
correspondents here, and his word is
unquestioned among those who know
him. He had access to the official rec
ords when he reviewed General Sher-