Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-04-24
,,>ciu, HG, APRIL -, 1881.
.oyrRNMENT CORRUPTION.

,tDNE Il y MN 1ohh loN.
,s if certain that tie goeernment, speaking
.all, within few years past, has plunged
,he slough of corruptlon-wtnesS lis sys-
,..u,rls 10 mere partlzans, with nothing 10 re-
,I Them but their zeal IN behalf ofthe powers
J The alarming extent to which the outco-
5,ha Treasury have been swellcd but lis CHIEF
ocrSopaHg. 10 longer occupy that moral Gle
f.ho,,cter which, in the purer DAYS of the
a. sbed lusrre on, rather than derived consd-
f.om their high stations Nay, some of them
,..s;ve,, and not without reason, believed to
,,led themselves OF their official knowledge
;aapence TO put money into their own purses,
Ill a. TO enrich their fayorltcs and kinsmen
hII mn more ste our Presidents and Secrcta-
..r;nc from office impoverished by the neglect of
,,ersoual fortunes IN their disIntercsted zeal for
,,hIic welfare 4: \ code OF ethics now prevails a.
M, fine " li,rned lacqurys" OF Office which
,,.. the self-de. wing patriotism OF our fathers, by
,,a the pro,pcrii, Of their country beng the pa,-
,a,n feeling eliec regarded only as the means
nyomotlns this end and not as the "spoll," west
4 t,,, :, conQ lered foe, to be distributed as IL
ards, 10 The Dugal Dal2 hcltys Of the camp--thc
,o,rse,nly followers Of Any flag which promises the
most certain and a9ar'e supply OF :, pro,enicr.@
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