Year: 1874

-. THE NEXT CONGRESS-.


There is 4 great running together Of Repub-
ticen politicians at Washington to tell each
other what they must do to make the Democrats
kill themselves before they get into office, and
Of Democratic politicians to inquire what they
must do in order not to be Killed. One scheme OF
the Republicans is to provide for the assembling
of the new Congress on the 4th of March next,
60 that the Democrats may hare ample time to
begin to kill themselves It is thought that 1t
they have nine months to be born in they may
conclude to live; but il they are forced to as
semble in March, instead Of December, they Will
never be born at all. The possibility that the
new Congress may take alarm at the sight Of
their crave-clothes and forthwith adjourn till
December does not seem to have entered into
the calculations Of the Republican undertakers.


This brilliant suggestion of means to destroy
the Democracy is supplemented by another
which looks to the offering Of resolution this
winter pledging the next Congress to pass all
needfu1 appropriations to sustain the public
credit and carry On tho Government. It ia, OF
course, assumed By the wiseacres that
the first thing Democratic Congress will at
tempt will be reputation Of the National debt,
payment Of the Rebel debt. and stopping of the
wheels of Government for want of apptop1ia-
tions, To get them on the record as aoon as
possible is held to be grand political maneuvre
But il the traitors who we're elected
last Tuesday should vote for the sapient
resolution proposed, what then? Would not
tie record be made up the wrong Way in that
case? Will it not be harder to convince the
people in 1876 that the Democracy intend to re-
pudlate the National debt and pay the Rebel debt
il they vote for the embarrassing resolution
than il they Are not required to vote upon it at
sll?


Democracy are divided On the currency
question. The Eastern Democrats are
for specie-payments,-the Western ones for
shinplasters. They will surely "disintegrate :"
will have the advantage OF them in that regard
is not apparent. The strife in Congress and
between Congress and the President is not so
remote in point of time that VIC can picture the
Democrats as having Ru exclusive enjoyment Of
the internecine war which the currency question
breeds. Nor will the next Congress be held
responsible for solution Of the currency ques-
tion while the Executive branch Of the Govern
nent is in the hands Of the Republicans


It will become apparent in due time to the
kf.n
to be overthrown or dispersed By contrivances.
Small traps and pitfalls may answer the pur-
poses Of comedy, il the enemy gets caught in
them, but they will never carry the next Presi-
dency. The Republicans arc still respon-
aible for the Government. They hold
the Executive and Judicial branches ex-
clusive!y, snd one-half Of the Legislative. They
must show capacity for something other than
atratagem il they expect to recover the ground
they have lost. Nor will it be safe to rely On the
stupidity of the next Congress to help them out.
The Republicans are the abler politicians Of the
two, but they must expect that there will be de-
sertions from their side to the apparently win
ming party Among the deserters will be captains,
and engineers, and drill-sergeants. Tho enemy
will not suffer Tor want Of instruction in tue
manual Of arms. They already have leaders who
know whAt the party lacks, and who will see that
it is supplied The Republican leaders must do
some positive good for the country while they
have the powe1,-that il, during the coming


session Of Congrcss,-else all their cunning de-
vices to trip the next Congress will prove fruit
less, and serve only to brighten the contempt
heaped upon them by the people (by their Own


party no lehs than By their opponents) in the
racent election.