St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09
Three Years of Democratic Rule.

The report of the Covodc 1nvesti,
eating Committee has laid bare the
most stupcndous and systematic Sc
ries of corruptions, frauds and false
pretcnscs, ever brought to light in the
history of any modern government
The ears of every true American must
! Jingle at the recital of these crimes
committed by the very head of the
national head which was elevated
to power by corruption as base as by
that which he had attempted to force
the doctrine that Slavery is national
and freedom sectional, on an unwil-
ling people. James Buchanan gained
his Office by fraud, perjury and cor
ruption, and he has shown his dcvo.
ton to the means employed to cleo,
him by a constant use Of the same APP
plianccs to carry forward his meas
urcs. How glaringly the old mans
hypocrisy and villainy stand out, when
we think of his Forte DuQucsnc let.
ter, wherein he "assumcs the privi-
Icgc of declining years " to preach
against the employment Of corrupt
means to obtain office.
But this is not to be charged on
James Buchanan alone. 1t is the do
ings of the Democratic party. 1t
was the leaders of the party who
forged six thousand naturalization
papers to elect Buchanan. Every
Democratic paper (unless it be a
few Anti-Lccompton hcretics) by its
silence gives its sanction to the cor
ruption. The whole South, with all
their boosted chivalry and honor, sane
ton the vilainy and grasp eagerly at
the rewards they reap in consequence.
What have the various committees
resulted in j.? They have proved
The use of 100000 or $4,000 to
carry the Lccompton and En- lish
bills through Congress.
The stealing of that money from
the United States Treasury, under the
prctcnscs of paying for printing.
The offer of $4,000 of the same
kind of stealings, to Col. John W.
Forncy, if he would support the Bu'
chanan Administration.
The most stupendous frauds in
olive Oak" contracts for the navy.
for the purpose of enriching political
favoritcs and corrupting elections.
The fraudulent appointment Of po-
litical favoritcs to the Office of Coal
Agents, which the House has declared
void.
That the Utah army was raised to
force Slavery into Kansas against the
wishes of the people.
The existence of corrupt combina
tions of federal Office holders to carry
local elections.
The use of public money to corrupt
the ballot box and to defeat the will
of the people especially in the Phila
dclphia Custom House and Navy
Yard that Mr. Baker, the Collector
and his brother, were directly guilty
of thus using the public money, the
entire intimacy existing between Blu
chanan and the Bakers, and his knowl.
edge of and completely with their cor,
ruptions.
The donation of SIC, 900 to the Penn
sylvanian and like sum to the Eve.
ming Argus from the stealings Of the
printing fund.
The paying Of large sums of money
to men, who performed no duties, be.
cause they were political favorites.
That $780, per annum was given
to political favoritcs under the pre-
tense of Executive Binding" and
this amount was in excess of the rea
cost of the work done.
The forging of six thousand natural
ization papers to carry the election il
Pennsylvania in 1856, and the frank
ing of them to various parties by
Democratic members of Congress
The expanding of large sums o
money to organize third party (likt