The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-01-10
Republican fraud and Corruption,


When some of the officials connected with
he administration of Ex-PFesident Buchanan,
were discovered in the commission Of frauds up
on the Government, the chaste and virtuous
newspaper organs Of the immaculate "RePu5ii-
can" party, became exceedingly indignant and
paraded in the 5oltes kod Of display type, tae
.:snormitles" Of the buchanan dynasty.'' Then
it v as that Coyode did smell aud Haskns ex-
pose then 1t was that Forney fumed and fret
ted and famed with fiery wrath at the mizdeeds
of the unfortunate "J. n.;'' then the Tribune
wh!ned and moaned and shed its crocodile tears
over the malieasance of the "Buchaneers," and
lis Little phuretted satellite in this county and
s'our own JoTdan" went into mysteries over The
prospective ruin Of the country ere Abraham
Lincoln, the great benetactor Of the human race
iAficans incIuded) would be able to put The
seat of his blessed unment tionables securely in
yHe- PresIGerudT cnaT. Un now intense, how
fierce and savage, was their anger at 'the cor
rupt old dotaTd," as they :'layaly" and polite
" styled the President. How thorough and
conyulsirg as 20 their neral slomachs, was their
disgust at the "arivglhng folly and criminal
recklsssncsg" Of the cold Man Of the Sea, as
they roeticaIIy and very satirieaIy termed Mr.
Buchanan But where IS their stern, proscTip
tive, Purtanic love Of public honesty, now
Where is their hatred OF treasury thieves, de-
iaulting government agents, cheating coulrac-
~, tir,r~ naf
officers and peculating Generals Where is the
nasal appeudage of CJycde, the pen Of Forney,
dipped 10 gall? Whence have disappeared hose
S,anese twins Of Northern politics, Hickman
and Hashin, who lain would have cleansed the
Augean stable of the Government OF the filth
deposited therein by party asinInes and wind
CALLED presidential equines? All! they are heard
of no more. Fremont may buy damaged arms
10 impose them upon the Government at exor-
bilant rates, rent Palatial houses al aonstEous
prices, build ioru6catOns where they are not
needed, purchase provisions through corrupt ia
vorltes, and engage ia gigantic swndles gener-
ally, yet no! drop Of reProof have these Pious
agitators OF year ago to administer 10 this
grand WoolIy Horse humbug Of the Abolition
Republicans. Cameron may employ Cummings
and other parasites Of his, 10 clothe and victual
the army, giving them carte blanche for mil
lions, without bond or security OF any sort, and
II Is all right in the eyes OF the virtuous For
ney, the far-smelli0g Cogode and he resi- Of the
hypocritical traud-hunters whose eyes were
wont TO be red with weeping over the sins Of
Floyd and Co. Can any one give us reason
for this strange qulsscence on The part OF these
great and luminous moral retormers Is there
an nterdict from the White House upon their
tongues and their pens? Or are they too agree
a5ly employed in sucking government pap to
wag the former, and too busily engaged in sign
ing contracts for spawned horses and scabby-
backed mules to use the latter, against the har-
pies that hang around the Treasury? Can aay
OF our ''Repubhcan" friends who are fighting
brayely with red-tape and Uncle Sans money.
bags, en!ighten US on this subject! Will not the
! Tribune'S newspaper echo in this couaty, give
US some information in this regard II no ex,
panat,on can be given on his point, viii not
then, somebody inform US why SIMON CAMERON
/ is retained in the Cabinet, after the censnr,
passed upon hIm by the Van Wyck committee
portion of whose report we publish in TAI
iasueg Why IS it that The Republican jourua}
do not yelP and howl upon Camer0a's track a
they did when IN chase after the members 0
| Buchanan's Cabinet? When millions on mil
lions are squandered through the misconduct o
the Secretary Of War, and when Committed
Of leading members Of bis own party pablisE