Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-01
aovernment Corruptions.

Tho.. Of our reader. who can revert to the Sur
rim. times of 1870, when the whole country was
r,ovsd Inv an impulse which was expressed IN
determination to cleanse the AugeHn o'ap'e.
remember we'll how the corruptlons OF '"e u"
Buren dynasty furnished the chief top'c i'r news
paper writers and Wing stump orators
And they wore potential too They excited tue
people to the highest pitch. and long os''re '"'
event was rec r,ed at the polls, the nat haa eo"s
forth that the Democratic party had been weighed
in the balance and found wanting. And why did
the exposures of that administration e"oc' %
powerfully the American peoplef The answer
found in tho fact that the masses are honest a""
that the people. when convinced that their fa'ers
are corrupt will rise in their majesty ana '"'e"''
to hurl them for the places they have o''g'Ae'u
Ana how stands the case now. Has there ever
bcen n more shameless prostitution oi tho power
and patronage Of the Government than hn' char
ac,eri.ed the present Administrations aye "'''
did any President SO degrade his once 10 COT.
rupt the people and ssuandsr the pubic revenue
To make the ballotbox mere machine 'or to
cordina his WILL and the suifrascs OF the people
an empty. unmeaning form? With oil the hollow
heartedness and unredecmed Hypocrisy that mas
ever been characteristic of tho man, the fres'ue"'
in his pit.sbure letter could bewail the bare ide"
IF n.iug money in political elections; and yet
must we saw it, or ought not our respect Tor inc
Office he fills restrain us!-it is proven III e''uonee
tina, he has been PRIV to these TRANSACTIONS 'n"'
he has actually directed his Secretary OF 'n'
Navy to buy up "Old Whig votes Mt the Navy
Yards: to give his patronage te 'rrespons'oie
candidates for Congress, 10 be used by 'h'n' pr
uarily to secure thoir election and secondly J"
insure willing tools, owing their election 10 INC
Presidents favor and aid.
We think that there is 4 passage somewhere III
the Bible to the effect that when the wicked RUE
the country mourns;" and it cannet be doubted
that We are expiating some great "nuo"a' 81"
whil.t enduring the rule Of the most corrupt 'ho
most proAigate, and the IN 5. utterly Abandoned
administration that ever cursed any country.
We published yesterday. some evidences OF the
rottenness and debauchery of the present Ad-
ADMINISTRATION; which, We regret to find, our imme-
diate representative engaged IN futile attempt
to palliate
It was an uugracious task to devolve upon him
as party man, and yet we cannot but bei'eve
that be would moro perfectly have reflected the
sentiments Of his own constituents had he madea
clean breast of it, and washed his hands of all
sympathy with such TRANSACTIONS, by separating
himself from the Administration.
We thank him. however. for the report he has
made and think that the people have Intelligence
enough to determine whether "illeness, insubor'
dination, lepying Of contributions hy the master
uorkmen on tie men, and he appointment and re-
tention Of incompetent porkmen for political ends
is consistent with good government Whether
the power Of appointment was properly conferred
on members Of Congress, to enable them to bride
the sufragans with public money, and thus to At
tain their seats in Congress. Whether a man.
Who they admit, knew nothing about coal was n
proper person to select rs the agent of the Gov
eminent for the purchase u this article; and
whether, after such an agent was appointed and
handed over his orders to other parties, for which
he received screen Measg1 dollars his share Of
the plunder, he should be continued in Office!
They can determine whether man who would
abuse his representative trust, as the once Rever
end, but now Honorable u j. Clancy Jones did,
by charging bonue Of 5 per cent upon contracts
and jobs secured for his constituents from the
Government, is worthy to represent the Amsri-
can people abroad!
The people can determine whether the President
was ''clear in his great Office" when, at the in.
stance of Col Patterson. Of Philadelphia who
wrote that Messrs. Merrick 4 Suns would employ
large number Of old Wings, favorable to the
reelection Of Col Florence, and that this result
would pla,e his election beyond doubt" the
President endorsed" said letter. indicating his
wishes to the Secretary, who conferred the con
tract upon these partial
The people know whether or'not II was right te
pension eleven hundred men in one case, by tn,
Government, when they could not be employed
advsntageoasly, and were dismissed immediatel
after they had served the purpose for which they
were employed, by voting for Democratic Con
gressmen The public will form their own con-
illusions. we say,upon these subjects, and will hold
the Democratic party Of Virginia and the whole
country responsible for such outrageous malfea-
sance and corruption.
God help the country, for we believe that it IL
in worse hands than it has ever been before.
Richmond Wing.
THIS valued exchange comes to ms in n br.n
new dress, and makes Q fine appearance. It pro.
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