The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-07-15
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

licious colorine, and the river breezes
sweep the clean, wide streets, but with
al the people are hurrying off as far as
possible from the "maddening crowds
iguoble strife,'' taking along such tot
lets and equipages as circumstances,
which means pocket-books, warrant.
Thousands, of course, are satisfied with
modest cottages near home, while the
scan't-get-aways" content themselves
with occasional excursions on the broad
bosom of the Potomac, to the tomb of
Washington, at Mount Vernon, or to
the wild and picturesque surroundings
of Harper's Ferry, made famous by old
John Brown and the victories of Stone
wall Jackson.
A new paper established here, The
National Farmer, under the auspices
of our old friend, Lee Crandell, urges
the commemoration of the 4O0th an
hiversary of the discovery OF America
by grand national exhibition at
Washington. The scheme, in brief, is
to purchase the ground adjoining that
Of the Soldiers Home, between two
and three thousand acres, for national
park, to be cultivated, stocked with
fish, planted and pruned-both the lat
ter, however, as little as possible, for
nature has made the place and the
surroundings altogether lovely, with
out the aid of artistic additions-and
then to construct building after the
fashion of the Worlds Fair, to be held
ten years hence, equal to the require
ments of 100, 0O0, 900 of people.
The Star Route trials are still drag
ging their slow length along, but the
outcome, as before stated, gives abund
ant promise of being an abortion, and
the dreary farce should be dropped
without delay. The whole proceed
ings have been conducted with a plain
desire to find out how not to do it, and
1t is only a question of time when the
thieves will be allowed to 60 "scot
Free" so there should be no further de-
lay in coming to the point. No man
in his right senses ever believed that
those who enjoy the fruits of the vic
tory will ever permit the men who
stole it to be punished for their theft.
There is nothing in the history of the
Republican party to warrant such a be-
lief. "Dorsey carried Indiana,' and
his reward will not be the penitentiary
while Arthur is President-a fact OF
which the country may rest assured.
In n conversation the other evening
with Gen. Rosencrans, the Chairman
of the National Democratic Committee,
we found him quite hopeful of the fu-
ture. Indeed, he thought it never was
more hopeful of success than now. The
outlook is certainly, he said, very
cheering for electing majority of the
next House of Representatives and for
carrying several of the more important
Northern States. Despite the Repub-
licau assertions, there seems to be some
difficulty in making the grand old
Democratic party stay dead. 1t per-
sists in resurrecting itself as often as an
election, and the Republican party
may as we'll make up their minds that
the Democratic party will never die as
long as there is a man left. The pros
poets of the Republican party this year
are of gloomy character. 1t is split
hopelessly in Ohio and Pennsylvania,
two of the largest and most important
States in the Union; it is united and
harmonious in very few localities; it
IS hampered by Southern coalitions,
which are distasteful at the North; it
has been gravely damaged by the course
OF Its representatives in Congress; one
of its factions is at issue with the Adj
ministration; its Congressional Com
mittee spat in the face of the Civil
Service Reforrners, and the party Or
gans are engaged in emphasizing that
insult and defiance. In brief, the par
ty is approaching crisis in its career,
and it, therefore, behooves every Dem
ocrat to unite his efforts with those Of
his fellow Democrats in the coming
contest, and achieve victory tina,
shall place beyond cavil or doubt the
success of the presidential contest OF
1884, and once more restore the gov.
eminent to the purity of its days ante
6ell,G7s.
SanatOr Jonas and REPRESENTATIVES,