Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-03-11


Our neichbor of the Times, in his pa
per of last werk. gets offquite q honily
upon s.Public Corruption" lie asjust
found out that our rulers, or rather onr
servants, shave been influenced by COR
rupt moans,'' ani that spublic officers
have unblushin@ly committed perjury,
betrayed the interests of their consti-
taents, 65c. All tl.is is evidently news
to him. He never heard OF the School
Land Fraud, by which the State was
swindled ont of a25O,ooo! by public Of
ficers. He never heard Of the Lunatic
Asylum Fraud, by which the State was
to have been swindled out of $l5o,000.
He never heard Of the robbery of the
State Treasury Of $50, 0oo He never
heard of the Barstow election Frauds.
We may safely infer that he never
heard Of any OF these things, for, al
though they have all been proved, by
the most inconteSiible evidence, yet he
has never before raised a word OF CON
demnation. Ard how could the man
who has such holy horror of anything
like corruption--who says, "There IS
no crime like that OF 4 public officer,
who with the confidence of the people
in his honor and personal, integrity, not
only commits himself to infamy but
brings misfortune upon the whole pub
lie, know Of these things, for years
and never utter the first word of even
the most indulgcilt reproof?
1t is only the tate developments that
''indicate beyond chance of mistake, !"
that, at least one governor, &c. shave
BETRAYED the interests of their constitu-
ents," that our neighbor seems to be
eognizant of We are as ready to con
denim corruption in those occupying Of
fetal stations, and the betrayal of pub
lie trust, as our neighbor, but we love
to see at least show of consistency
It looks to much like the effusion of
party rancor, when an editor can see
corruption only in political opponents,
howeve r corrupt his ownpartizan friends
NAV he. We have no faith in the pro
fessions of such an editor. He may
condemn fraud and corruption in the
most solemn and apparently candidman-
ner, but we cannot bring ourselves to
believe it is not all sham.
All the frauds that have been, or will
be exposed blythe present Investigations,
are nothing when compared with the
Barstow frauds, and yet our neighbor
was never known to condemn the par
ties to those frauds. After they were
fully exposed AMI proved, the perpetra-
tors were upheld and defended by the
Democratic party and press, with livery
few exceptions, and our neighbor can
not claim the benefit OF the exceptions.
denounced them were read out of the
party. tt is different now. There is a
probability that Republican governor
has been guilty OF an improperly, or
derelict in duty, and Republican Leg
islature has voluntarily undertaken to
investigate the matter, with the deter
mination to bring the wrong to light,
and let the brand OF infamy rest on the
brow where it belongs, whether it be
that of friend or foe And there is no
disposition on the nart Of the Repub-
Iican Press to suppress any OF the facts
elected by the investigation, or to screen
any one found to be implicated, how
ever high he may have heretofore stood
III the confidence and respect of the
party. Was the same disposition ex-
hibited by our opponents in previous in
vestigations? Far from it. IF they did
not keep silent, they only spoke to con-
denim those engaged in the inyestiga-
ton.
Our neighbor can hardly find words
to express his horror Of the "man who
betrays his public trust" We would
suggest that he turn his attention to the
denomeing of his political friends. He
might easily find subjects even among
the Democracy that, if justice was done
them, would exhaust his entire lot of
explosives. We would suppose that ex-
perience might have taught him more
charity, and induced him, at least, to
let us bury our own dead.
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