Year: 1878

From our SPECIAL Correspondent


WASHINGTON, d. c., July s. as.
The intimatious of the New York
Times Washington correspondent that it
is in accord with the programme Of the
sensational correspondent here 10 revive
rumors Of war with Mexico in order to
bridge over the dull season between
Congressional sessions, are not destitute
of foundation; and their expedients to
keep up the tagging interest of their
readers are not confined to our Mexican
relations, but extend to many other
matters which by careful manipulation
can be made to appear of national I'M
Dortance. 1t may be that the danger Of


ar now said to be imminent has been


iagniffed by ingenious writers in this


ay. But allowing the widest margin


n each exaggeration. the feeling here


lat war may grow out of existing com


lications is more general than at any
| time during the present Administration.
| Nor is it confined to those who rely
wholly on sensational sources for infor
nation, but is shared by many who from
their official positions are supposed to
have the very best opportunities for get
ting at the actual facts. Diaz appears to
be in an ugly position and may think
himself obliged to yield to popular
clamor to save himself. He is doubtless
suspected by more than q majority OF his
subjects of having made disgraceful con-
cessions in return for the recognition of
his Government. The promise to CO.
operate with us to suppress the raiders
of the Rio Grande border is regarded as
one of the most humiliating of these;
hence the halfhearted manner in which
he at first kept his promise and the
openly made threats to Mckenzie on his
recent expedition into Mexico, to drive
him across the border Several Cabinet
Meetings have been largely devoted to
the Rio Grande dispute. General Ord
has been newly instructed that our
citizens must be protected in accordance
with the orders issued months ago, and
it is difficult to see how this Government
can longer temporize with the bandits
across the line; and am confident that
intelligence of the Inauguration of hos
tilities against our troops would sur
prise Government officials here very
little, if at all.


All interest in the Potter investigation
and investigators seemed to go out with
Mrs jerks. There was an effort at
revival when Weber was put on the
stand; but the most hide bound Bourbon
could not repress his disgust with that
creatures subserviency and his craven
hearted laudations of the red handed
rulians who murdered his brother in
cold blood and had haunted him (Web-
er) his associates and friends with raw
hides, shot guns and blood hounds
through all the months Of the last Presi
idential campaign. Anderson in com
parison is reputable citizen; for in
addition TO his falsehoods and perjury,
Weber plead guilty to a degree of
treachery, tnat made him repulsive even
to Louisiana politicians. Democratic
organs, even as high authority as Ran
dali, claim they have proven their case
on the testimony of these two self con-
fessed liars and perjurers. With intelli
gent readers who have followed the sew
eral witnesses in their testimony, no
other evidence will be necessary to
convince them of the revolutionary
design of the originators of this whole
business. Though it is now sunk
fathoms deep beneath popular disappro
baton, no one appreciating the reckless
character of the men who have kept
his country in turmoil for the last
quarter of a century, fancies they will
be anything more than temporarily
deferred from their purpose, should they
succeed this Fall in retaining control, of
the House.


Since Buffers last bid for the leader
ship Of the Jewelers., the disorganizers
and the flannel-mouthed blatherskites,
the wish is often expressed here where
he is known as a rich man living in a
palace, that the treatment he prescribes
for others might be meted out to him.
1t is probably asking too much of an
arrant demagOgue always watching to
ingratiate himself with the lawless. to
to be consistent and square his own
course of life by the rule he is sp ready
to prescribe for the Government of
others His political eccentricities have
been regarded with u degree of toler
ance that was only observed towards
him by Republicans because Of his ser
vices to the Union cause during the war
But if he is as far sighted as hepretends
to be be, he ought to know that their
patience is about exhausted and that he
cannot reasonably count on their for
bearance to the extent Of allowing him
TO cut their throats. All the WAY
through the investigation he appeared
only too glad Of any stray opportunity
to crafty his feelings of malice towards
the President, at the expense Of the
party he has professed himself so anx
ious to serve and which has done good
deal more for him than he has for it.


The only thing that seems to be GER
tain about the Indian war is that the
feeling of discomfort is spreading and
that if the hostiles should succeed in
gaining a decisive victory the Indians
of the entire North West would soon he
in arms against the Governments
authority. Senator Window has pune
tured the pretensions Of our Reform
House. According to him its appropri
ations exceed those of its immediate
predecessor by almost s290OOOOO; and
that when the deficiencies are all paid
the TWO last Houses will be seen to have
been more extrayagant than anv House
prior to the advent Of Reform"


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