Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-01-30

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who are tho Corrupted
The New York Times thus candidly
admits that the members of Congress
who are guilty of bribery and corrur-
ton, are Republicans. =
We have very little doubt, it the IN
vestigations Of this committee are prop
erly pushed, and lead to the disclosure
OF any considerable amount of facts.
that members Of the Republican party
w'H he implicated in those disclosures.
We have had facts brought within our
knowledge, not bv what would b. tech
nically legal evidence, but hv such
proof ~ leaves upon our mind ia doubt
whatever Of the conclusion which they
warrant, namely; that members claim
ing to be Republicans, have been par
ties to transactions which, were To- make
them sharers in the pecun,arv profits
Of the bills they were to AID in passing.
We believe that among the witnesses
who. according to runor. have been
summoned before the committee. are
some who can establish this fact ly h.
gal evidence. And we triIs, that the
Republican members OF the committee
will feel it due to themselves, and to
tho party to which they are connected,
10 omit nothing whcl, can elicit from
such witnesses every fact which may
have sucl, bearing We take il for
granted they were not put upon that
committee 10y Mr. Speaker Banks for
the purpose OF screening ANYBODY from
mcritcd censurc. II they have any
special duty as Republicans to perform
on the committee. it is to protect the
party from any further communicating
connection with men, who may be gull
~ OF such offences rs are alleged to
have been commttcd.
II will be rccollected that the fusion
Journals were the lou,lcst and tiercest
IN denouncing the Democratic success
IN some Of the Northern States, as Sc
cured BY corruption, fraud. and all I'M
nameable wickedness which charges,
at the time, were reported as having
been made for the two-fold purpose Of
hiding Republican frauds, and account
ing for the defeat of the Republican
candidate. As the Black Republican
party was purely and only "spoils
organization" looking to official emol-
uments and official power, as the great
object, end, AID aim, If its success,
u was the natural consequence of its
successes, in some ofthc Cong ressional !
districts ofthe free States. that its elect
ed candidates should enter into all the
corrupt lobby schemes, that are now
being exposed, to the shame of the
nation. Spells, and not principles, be-
ing the platform, the Republicans of
tne House commenced in earnest, to
make the most OF their temporary tn
umph. 1t is not little remarkable.
that not until there was Republican
majority in the House OF Represents
tiveA was this foul blot of infamy fixed
upon the lower branch of Congress-
With u Speaker who was an avowed
disunionist, and packed committees, Of
the same stripe, the work Of corruption
has enabled Republican Representa-
sives to resp rich harvest, out oflob-
BY agents, and land and paten; spceu.
Iators. They have made the most Of
their time, no doubt thinking that the
election Of Fremont would end the
Union, and they thought they ought
to plander the treasury before the sep
aration took place, so that there would
b. less for the North and sout., to
quarrel over and divide, if dsunion
should occur. Other Republican Rep
rsssatativss saw that this Congress
was The last one, for some time, in
Which they would have = chance to
plumber Cnole Gam, and feather their
ewa assts. We1Lsvs boon snsiously
waiting 70 hear the pulpit thunder its
aaashsmas against Black Republican
Sealing and corruption, but these pi-
eus AyT ocritss have eye. so peculiarly
constituted, that they sec no sin, vice,
tmnerality o. corruption, except in the
Dsnsssaais party. TIE cry Of "blssd.
~ xaasas" was their gospel, and tho
sahjest 4 shlssding" Cnels Sam, il
- tAsn, ! nattsr Of great indifference.
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