National Republican., 1880-03-31
TIE PROGRESS OF REVOLUTION.


TIE PROGRESS OF REVOLUTION.
The marked dilatoriness of Congress in
prosecuting the public business needs some
explanation, for there is no apparent good
reason for it. The people look on and wit
ness the remarkable delay and waste Of
time, and wonder why it is so. 1t is with
out precedent, so far as delay and inaction
are concerned. Nothing of any moment
doing, nor does there seem to be any dispo-
sition to do anything 1t is daily, daily,
daily, day after day-the appropriation
bills lingering, the public interest suffering,
and private interests waiting with i'm
patience for the wheels of legislation to
move on but it is no go. Congress meets
daily when it does not adjourn over. The
members attend roll-call, smoke their cigars
in the cloak-room, lounge about on the seats,
divans OF desks, gossip, wrangle or rise to
personal privileges, indulge dilatory mo-
tions, vent their personal spleen in i'll
natured sallies and retorts, and after having
thus worried through the day. for which
they receive pay at the rate of $4,000 per
annum, they adjourn and make a night of
it, preparatory to entering upon the next
day under similar routine.
The country begins to wonder at this
marvellous delay and waste of time, and to
ask what it all means. The first hint at q
solution reaches us through the columns of
the Kingston, N. Y, freeman That paper
says:
A gentleman from Washington, high in the
confidence of Democratic Congressional circles,
aud whose means of information are reliable,
explains the dilatoriness of Congress and its
anxiety to waste time and delay the neces-
sary work of the session as due to the inten-
tion of the majority to defer adjournment un-
til after the Chicago Convention. Then If
GRANT is nominated, they will adjourn and
give up the fight; if the convention puts in
nomination any other candidate, they will un-
| seat WAsHBURN, ORTIZ, and possibly KEEL.
LoGG, and perfect measures for throwing the
election into the House.
4here Is an ''rI Vr ---L~l,;liis' ~, thie ev-
PLANTATION, and it involves q deep-laid plot
and conspiracy against the public welfare
that in Nervousness is akin to secession and
rebellion, and which is not inconsistent
with the evident desperation of feeling and
purpose that seems to have seized upon the
majority in Congress. Plots and counter
plots appear to be the order of the day, but
they are slow of development and tardy
in execution. The whole matter, without
doubt centres in purpose and deep-laid
scheme to steal the Presidency and despoil
the people of their rights. Symptoms OF
this conspiracy have been constantly crop
ping out since and during tue extra session
of Congress last year. The cayortings OF
BLACKBURN and the plottings Of HILL were
part of the early stages of this conspiracy
The attempt to plunder Maine of her rights
1t crops out in the KELLOGG, WAsHBURN
ORTIZ and YocUM cases. These schemes oi
wrong they propose to consummate as soon
as they regard it safe toaccomplish to the work
They hesitate now, perhaps, for the reason
that they fear that early action may pre-
cipitate the nomination of General GRANT,
an event which they dread more than any
other that is likely to fall in their path
All this should teach the people ofthe dan
ger that now turks in Congress, and when
ever the Democracy have power to infiict
mischiefupo the public interest. The in
ceptive step in revolution has been
taken by the revolutionists, and here.
after, it is only question Of cour-
age and opportunity whether or not the
work of subverting this Government
shall bo accomplished. The people have
the power to avert it, Will they do it?