The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-03
OFFICIAL Honest "


fancied sense or security, because the
form OF our government is republican.
There are growing evils gradually
gaining a strong hold upon the once
pure institutions Of this country, that
must (unless corrected) throw the gov
efnrnent into anarchy and confusion
IF not an open war Of bayonets, for
"spoilsT Not the least I apparent
evils Is tobe found, III the want Of
| official honesty and integrity Of office
holders. @No manf as tho True
delta very correetly remarks !:
Il IN IS man, Il would appear, enters
l.ndis. is.adaya5apon tlle dMeba1s5 oEiahy
Epubiic trust iffpresqas with sall.y JUS
itea of his ihdividdal lesponsihihty,
losaliectea lH any. apr'ehsakion 81
puiiishmsnt should he pr'iss udfaitha
thl III the dizelprge. of hiss duty. On
Che oountrafu be expects. no Rhiaiter
! what his personal aurpit'ide, neglect,
or incapaplts MAY ebe, 10 havps the
whole pow5f ofthe party 70 vllidl.lie
ostensibly belgtigs exercised in his
Favor should thsvigilancs Of his, ene-
FmleA o. The probity Of 4 superior official
likshimselt expose His deficiencies or
proclaim his guilt.
allow true this i, We ieel only to
look aboutaE to see, ~ it not well
Understood that The farti4an aspirant
fwhep he gets into place, Shall use
asvefy. dollar Of tho Mlblie treasure,
fuporf which he can place his dishonest
hands, il order to help up the gamb-
ling land rats, from whose ranks he
comes Does not this hold good
frotii The President of Che Republic
himself, TO The very lowest s'ibaltarll il,
the Mayors Court of Pompeii9 Do
not the "Cankers of Il long peaee' in
country towns, chuck their heads to-
gether in dark corners to coneoet plans
whereby each may be elevated TO solnt
post at which each shall lave author.
! ity to steala This is even so, and i
| is "a picture from which we turn witt
tears III our eyes, for the pernananes
of our institutions.
! Look about YOU my eountrymen.7-
Ii there is any Patriotism, apart from
a pilferiug propensity, II should com,
at ence to the rescue; for though I'll,
sovernignty Of the State is vested il
king people, there is no security, TN
less there is some moral and politica
| honesty, to steer clear of the dsil
clouds which gather in'fhe distance
| What our text imports, has no ex
istence in the 10th Century. Their
| is no such thing as Official Honesty.
And is it not robbing the people them
selves, when government function
ary, puts his hands without authorit,
into the money bagsa
What are bonds and security to tn
Government? Nothing. Inohe cas-
out ofa thousand there will be prose
cution, when a change takes place O.
the political chess board, to throw th
opposition into authority ; but thi
can be silenced BY the universal pas
ificator.
The True Delta quotes as an illus
tration from correspondent Of tn
New York Evening Post.
BY way of illustration | wish to re
fer you to the signal case of lat
collector at San Francisco. In Janr
airy or February last, just before th
late administration surrendered thei
keys Of office, there were scored u
against this collector DEFICIENCIES to til
amount between eight and nine hur
Q dred thousand dollars. The delir
: quint was good whig," and afte
the fashion Of many of his official sup,
riors. had ."only helped himself a,