Show NOT reassuring REAS suring tangs political do not look very vry reassuring yet ono thing after another of a ory nature turns up oi or is suggested so that the election results look as much confused or at leasta uncertain as they have done since the election in addition to the uncertainty aa as to who ig is really elected president of the united states now comes the excitement about the concentration of troops at washington ready for the assembling of congress the count of the electoral votes and aud the inauguration of the president next march this assembling of gf troops appears to be done v ery very siy sly blyly slyly y in in as secret a manner aa as possible but this very secrecy causes the movement and the purpose to be regarded with alu alt the more suspicion and indeed to be viewed by many as almost bordering on treachery the administration appears to think that it will botlo not do for it to be caught napping and that wis lvis best to ba be prepared for emergencies this is a very good rule in a general way but it may or may not be good in this instance siance in one ono of the worst fea features turin in this to the regular military which seems to be getting very common in the united states is that the people get familiarized with it their early republican and democratic fears of a standing army and of its common use in civil affairs are gradually dispelled and aad the way is thus opened for the sudden direction of the army against the liberties of the people when a ii ruler sufficiently ambitious dictatorial and unscrupulous shall sit in the presidential chair |