Year: 1879

for doing good, and none have 10 ruth
lessly thrown away such opportunities.
Scarcely an Act passed BY it but IT,
csived the desecration OF a majority Of
the people, and its sins OF omission
were no less glaring than its sins Of
commission. II is the first Democratic
Congress that sat since 1860, or before
the rebellion, and If the people Of this
great nation were left untrammeled to
vote for whom they chose without mo.
lestation or intimidation, il would be
the last that would meet for at least
twenty years t. come. We look upon
the record to search for something
which this Congress has done, to rem
der it worthy OF a name in the niche
OF history, but our search is fruitl.ss.
The Silver bill stands TO its credit, but
whether 1t Is u curse or Q blessing to
the nation is yet undecided, but whe,h
or good or bad the people at thu polls at
the last November election condemned
1t smphatically. II Congress had
meant to he honest in the passage Of
the Silver bill It would not have al.
lowed itself to expire without relieving
the country OF the silver trade dollar,
an illegal coin bearing the stamp OF the
government, and yet disowned BY the
power that created II. We cannot shut
our eyes to the fact that this Congress
frittsr-d away a large portion Of its
time in an effort to repeal the Rssump-
ton Act. It was also this Congress
that gave the nation the Potter Com
mitts-, which has been the plaything
Of lying men and women, the laughing
stock OF the country and q marvel Of
imbecility without parallel. Amongst
other things which this Congress has
left upon record is its passage Of
the Anti-Chipo.- bill, q measure wLirh
trampled upon fundamental American
principle, tore up solemn treaty, and
dsfied the moral sentiment of ths entire
country for the purpose Of oonciliating
to the Democratic party the sand lot ore
ators and hoodluns OF California. But
looming up above all the dishonorabls
acts OF this Congress, it itattempted to ar
sist Democratic frauds in New York and
in the south by breaking down the
system of Federal supervision Of cleo
tions; it has for nearly two years been
threatening q reduction Of the tobacco
and whisky tax, with the effect TO in
jure those trades by suspense, and
while il has been taking of taxes that
tho country willingly pays, 1t has besn
making deficiencies by squandering on
so-called public improvement. millions
which have accomplished little or moth
ing for anybody but few Congress-
men and contractors: it has turned
from their seats in til. Hous. and Sen.
ate Republicans who were fairly elected
and admitted Democrats who We're re-
j-c,ed at the polls by the people; and
besides these things, it has accompa-
MED its reckless waste Of tn. public
money with boasts OF economy which
wore not only absolutely without foun-
da,ion but which we're especial, i'm
pudent because they were given color
OF fact by the process Of with holding
from the departments needed appro-
priations which had eventually to be
supplied. We might overlook these
shortcomings were it not that this Con-
gress came into power as reform body;
an economical body with q special mis-
sion to root out the corruptions OF
Republicanisn and to give the coun--
try wise, honest and cheap government,
but az its dying wall yet fingers in .hs
congressional halls We find nothing in
its record to excite either commsnda-
ton or sympathy. 1t goes ont with
record as congress that wasted mil
lions upon jobs and upon pension bills
that were the offspring Of demagogue-
ism, that defied the verdict of the peo-
pl" at the polls in the case OF certain
representatives ; that shirked legisla-
ton that Was inperatively demanded
by a Just regard for the peace and safe
ty OF the nation that legalized frauds
upon creditors that sanctioned the
outrages against the Southern blacks
and that flung an insult at friendly
whose trade is of high
value to US, and whose treaty with us
was made at an earnest solicitation, and
We may add that one Of its browning
characteristic acts was its efforts 10
place jeff. Davis upon the pension list
of the nation. 1t is unfortunate to the
country that the same kind Of Con-
gress, holding its majority by fraud,
murder and intimidation, will control
the legislation of the nation two years
longer, at the end Of which the Repub |
leans will once more come into power. /





NRwS FROM DOVER do not look very
favorable tor the Court House removal,