Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-09-15
FROM the Batter
The Dynasty Of REGULATORS.


GENERAL cAss, OR HONESTY WITH ZACH
AIRY TAYLOR?
The struggle now in progress is a struggle be-
/ tween the party Of REFORM and the very men
who disgraccd and cursed the country, by their
misrulc and corruption, ut that evcniful period.
We are battling not only against the same prin-
ciplcs, rather, the same want of principles,
but against tho very authors and doers Of oil the
\ i'll deeds which We condemned 30 heartily in
1893. Have they purified themselves in the in.
tcrvsl? Has the Ethiopian changed his skin, or
the leopard his spots
| What have Lewis Cas-, or Mr. Van Buren,
done since 1887 10 rc;ns,aie themselves in the
confidence OF the country Has either Of them
washed the "stains from his polluted hands p
| Where are the scores and hundreds Of default
ers and peculators who plundered the Treasury
during those saturnalia Of fraud and corruption
Have they brought down the morality Of the
People to their own standard? Have they 50
far debauchcd the public mind that the public
are prepared again to trust them with the Exec
utive Government?
The defaulters and peculators arc all ranged
in the ranks Of one or the other Of the Demo
cratic candidates for the Presidency They all
90 for Mr. Cass or Mr. Van Buren,. They find
no hope or home in the ranks of General Tay-
lor. They feel that there IS no sympathy with
them in the heart Of the stern and honest old
man, and that there is encouragement fsr
them in his elevation. 1t is only with creatures
well mired in the dirty ways Of corruption -
such men as both the Democratic candidates for
the Presidency arc known to bc--that your de-
faulters and peculators associate and fraternze.
I If either Of these men should be placed in the
. Presidency we should have the whole Of the old
pack unkcnneled, and let loose upon the public
spo.is " should 10 run down again with
! your Hoyss, BCyds, Herring, speneefS' hHr'
rises, and all the tribe that figure 80 conspieu-
ously in the speeches and reports OF henFy A
Wise, at the time when he was opposed TO cor
ruption, and carried bis hatred Of Il so far as to
tweak the nasal organ of q gentleman who wa,
: afterwards President Of the United States.
. We should like to know what the People
would have to expect with these men restored
to power under any one of their old Democratic
l. leaders? What could Mr. Cass say to then
when they should cover up their deficiencies OF
n the prctcnce Of reserying extra compensation
: for extra duties What, when they should pas
v their own accounts, and pay themselves from tn
I, moneys In their own hands? What, when the!
!, should present extra claims more than quadru
"a ping their regular salaries? Not word. Ill
# mouth is shut. Corruption must have full swim
during an administration whose chief is hiInsel
\, stepped in corruption to the very lips. An
- how could We prevent his corruption how eve
y know anything about il, till after the close OF hi
4 administration, If at any time There woul
be his friends in the House and Senate to vot
10 down investigation and inquiry, and to keep til
i knowledge OF all abuses as studiously as may b
= from the PEOPLE. No accounts 10 be seen, n
= = vouchers 10 be had, IN his days! Why, the pull
=, lie money will flow like water. Ills friends an
e bene6ciaries will fill their hands and their pocl
cts and ii the Kings oicn do not manage to al
K rest inquiry in Congress, General Cas- wi
* throw himself in the breach, like General Jacl
e- son, and order his Departments 10 attend I
he their own business, and not be diverted from
re to answer the impairment inerrogatories oil IL
Legislature.
Il is with reference to these aspects Of impo
m tant public questions that we have called the
cd tention of our readers to the proceedings of Il
ne Investigating Committee of 1887, and the test
Of Iuony given before that committee by Wis
as Peyton, White, and Bell. Put General Cas-
It'll power with his lax notions in regard TO the pn
in lie money put Mr. Van Buren, in power, wi
a what we know Of him and his associates in Jac
I'd sons Cabinet and his own; re-establish either
these uen in Executive position, with the Su
n. Treasury system in force, and with their ere
20 lures in Congress to rcpel tho investigation
a,, abuses and will any one pretend to get boun
~ to the sea Of corruption that would set in up'
80 our Institutions? Any attempt to stay It won
''' be as unavailing as that to dam the biississE
with bulrushes, or as the effort Of good N
the Darlington to mop up the Atlantic.
,ad The way in which General Cass would ma
or ducks and brakes Of the secret service mont
and of all the contingent funds, can be ye
and readily imagined by all. In the loose und.
standing which he has of Executive discreet
in money matters, scene would be exhiot
ION, during his administration, compared with VIII
lay, all that we know OF Jackson's and Van Burc
rvs would be purity itself. We viii not undert'
$ of to say how favorably il might compare with
pre- Folks; for We have not the materials before
for Judging of Mr. Folks disposition of the p
-, lie money. That will be the work of future
e .n vestieating committees. We can only say I
'he the appointment of SO many members OF
LOT Baltimore Convention Of 1874 to lucrative {
uea , ces, under the very peculiar circumstance
most attended their nomination, which was negota
in single night by Gideon j. Pillow, leads
,r.d to suppose that, even IN pecunaTy matters
nro. Polk Is as corrupt MS Mr. Van Buren,, tho
Il 10 perhaps less so than Lewis Cass. That Mr.
ices. buren, is mean man in his private affairs
proved by the letter published in the MckeI
correspondence, where he calls on his tri
lited Hoyt to dun this man for FIVE dollars, and an
uffs, err for ten dollars, he had loaned them, an
that H. s.,fandah cheat Ii