Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-09
From the Washington Republic.

oulcry raised by the opposition presses against
removals from oflice, and the indecent vitu.
psroton Of General Taylor for his very mod.
crate use OF the removing power, mean more
than meets the ear. |, is The outcry Of the
bully and the cul prit. One motive is TO
shake the purposes Of the Administration
10 arrest removals-,o postpone scton.-
Another motive, sprinsing from the conscious.
ness OF guilt, II the fear that every removal
will lead to a new detection and exposure Of
official malversation.
The leading men Of the party which op.
posed Gen. Taylor as candidate belonged
TO the school Of politicians which fauened
on The spoils from 1880 10 1910. They
were the deiauers, plunderers, and speculs.
tors or that period when Levi Woodbury.
presided over the Treasury, and Amos Ken
dali over The Post Office OF the United States.
These men knew very well that here would
be no chance for them If an "honest old
soldier" should be seated in the Presidential
chair. They knew that General Taylor had
no sympathy with corruption. From Mr..
Van Buren, they might hope for something.
They had tried him once, and had carried
matters in their own wey with pretty high
hand. They had no, enormously multiplied
the public expenditures during his admins.
trstion, but they had been able 10 steal tho
public money by thousands OF dollars
From Lewis Cass they might hope for some
thing A public officer who managed to
multiple himself by four draw four salaries
at the same time-w,h lights 10 illuminate
aud fuel 10 keep warm in four different ca.
pacities a. the same moment-they knew
that they should find him easy enough in ovei>
looking their money m alters. All these old
de(auIlers and punderers therefore, opposed
General Taylor and went into the ranks Of
Mr.. Van Buren, or Mr.. Cass.
But the defaulters and pecustors re>estsb.
ished themselves in power 10 1914. They
went out with M. Van lIuren in disgrace
they returned with Mr.. Polk in fraud The
men who had robbed the Treasury would
not hesitate about cheating the people. Thoy
reestablished themselves with the cry Of Polk
Dallas, and the tariff Of 1872 The coun.
try discovered the fraud Pennsylvania re-
buked is-lor she had been the dupe and vic.
tim. The old peculating dynasty was bror
hen down in the election OF 1913. Mean.
while, they had been four years in power
| New materials Of public interest have been
accommodating during that period, There is a
new crop Of delalca,ions 10 be gathered -
| Men who robbed The public under Mr.. Van
| Buren, would rob it under Mt Polk. The
proposition requires no argument 10 enforce
it. But how are these drfalealons to bo
reached? Some have been made public 81.
ready; as in The case OF Eli Moore, who
was reached only by the use Of the remov.
| ing power OF the President. Others have
been discovered mot yet made public in the
same way, in spite Of impedments thrown ia
ihs way OF investigation by locofoco clerks
and subordirates, who will not reveal the
secrets Of their prison house. Others HAYS
been pretty strongly suspected, and every re>
moval facilitates The satisfaction OF suspicious.
The great effort Of these men has always
been 10 prevent an investigation into the de.
psrtnents, bureaus, and public Offices. They
have labored always to exclude light from
the people. We all remember the Difficult,
ties experienced by Mr.. Wise in pushing his
invesIig gallons in the House OF representatives.
and sl'erwards in getting the result Of them
published. In 1928 this party Of peculators
opposed violently the printing of a report
which had been prepared by the Secretary Of
The Treasury himself on the subject of pub.
lie deiauIiers. GIVE US light" said Mr..
WISE, in debate on a motion 10 prin, his
report mot the light Of my speeches, but
The Ugh! which is TO be found in your own
documents" 'Let the people have the facts"
said Mr.. Thompson; give them light-iet
them see that their funclionaIies have done
hns and thus, and my life on the result
But investigation, in spite Of Locofoco oppo-
siIion, produced results, and the results were
given 10 the people Hence followed The
overthrow Of the dynasty OF pccualors end
delaulters in 1870, and he election by en-
overwhelming majority, Of General Harrison
10 the Presidency.
This it is which makes every removal
sore thing 10 the opposition. This it is which
makes them groan in spirit when a Locoroco
officer is displaced. As long as The public
offices are filled with Locolocos, il is plain
enough that We shall never know the mall
practices that have prevailed in them. The