The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-12-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
" ARLINGTON, D. c., Nov. q. Il

pearance at the Capital of tho nation for
the winters work. Ur tritling. Shall it
be judicious and popular work that
will commend Republican hodg aud
shame, by contrast, the Democratic
House that is to come altcrl or will it
be fate that the Democracy by pursuit
of their favorite tactics of obstruction
and flibusiei ing, will cause the shoIt
session TO be spent to little profit to
the country, or glory TO the Republican
party. The country knows to well the
nature and mean instinct of the Demo-
cracy for all works Of obstruction to
hope that they will refrain from it the
coming winter, when to practice ii
will throw obloquy on The Republican
party, allowing little or nothing TO b,
done, and so leave the country, as thg
fondly hope, clamorous for "reform"
And it is altogether likely that whit
ever is done in the way of progress,
and of good to the country, mustbe
done by the Republicans, as it has leen
done in the past for the last quartz of
a country, in the face of the opposition
of the Democratic party.
BLESSINGS brighten as tbeg take
their flight" When the country Once
sees Republican House about to 70,
and Democratic one about to cone
In, with a strong hint likewise ola
p' obable Dem ocratic Administration to
follow 1t, with all that the word i'm
plies, the people will begin TO open
their eyes to the blessing they have
received from the two bright decades
of Republican rule and progress and
national improvement. TwiceRepubli-
canism, by smashing slavery and dis
inthralling labor, has made or system
Of government and our system of IN
dustry harmonious. We only need to
go forward in the road the party's
principles and policies have marked
out To hive our national prosperity and
happiness assured. Our three hundred
millions of annual expenses are col.
lected and met and the people do not. feel
the hand of the government. Our debt
is being steadily and rapidly paid, and
our pensioners are being paid, and still
we have greater individual and national
prosperity than we have ever known,
and too much revenue coming into the
Treasury! But what would the Dem.
ocrats do? They promise as much to
the people as the devil did to Jesus
when he wanted him to worship him
But what will they do? Will they de
stroy the internal revenue system ant
ruin the tariff? viii they pension
more soldiers than the Republican
have-those of the Mexican war, rebel
and all, and some rebels of the lat
war, and fail to provide for payip!
any? Without tariff and without in
ternal revenues we cannot pay off tn
debt, pay our pensions and make tn
other necessary appropriations for cal
rying on the government. When tn
Democrats had the House recently, al
tariff or disturb the revenue much
they gave the government little fore
taste of the "starving" process, in refus
ing to make appropriations necessar
to run the departments. Reflect hoy
little we have felt the hand of govern
ment under the rule of the Republica
party from Lincoln down to Arthur
Think of our free domain only one-fift
smaller than all Europe, with he
struggling republics-her standin
armies and her expressions of taxatio
and hardship, and answer whether tn
, mission of Republicanism is ended-an
Democracy ought to have "restors
ton"
The "Jeannettc investigation" is sti
in search of the "frozen truth" abou
the sad fate of belong, and his mar
agement OF the expedition to hunt 70
the open North seas and to advertis
the New York Herald. -..
President Arthur meditates over tn
recommendation of his forthcomin
message, about the bright lawns of tn
Soldiers Home. Bnt whether this is
managing Administration" an
whether he "meditates" on matrimon
Gas we'll as the Vicc-PresidenD whe
the 100000 repairs are made to "hi
house in town" or not, is something
that ono fellow can find out" Tn
Washington gossips have been off tn
scent for some time. In the meantim
the President is ~ serene as the goldel
autumn weather OH the blue Potomac.
The sensation of the hour is the Gar
field Memorial Fair, which is now at
tracing thousands to its beautiful an,
novel sights in its novel temple, tn
Capitol of the nation. 1t was certainl,
a graceful act on the part of the direc
ton to invite specially, along with tn,
coolest Inhabitants" the Mexican wa
veterans, etc, those old soldiers OF tn,
army of the Cumberland, who compos
ed the GARFIELD Guard of Honor,
while the dead President lay in stat,
for two days and nights in the rotunda
and mntely, and particularly and ten
derby plloted the streams of humanit,
in and outlthrough the Capitol, in orde
and decorum, as they came from nea
and far TO see the last of Garfield il
the city of his triumph and his fall
This great fair of tho artistic and th
curious will no doubt prove a sourc
of great satisfaction to thousands, an
add to the Monumental Fund of tn
Society of the rmv nftha Cn,nherlan