Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-11-15


in high political life, seem % have been blunt
ed, and they have reveled, while this official
depravity has been hfbNak, speeding and
becoming worse lf MeclelIan and Buell.
deserve the censure Of retirement for their
management Of the armies under their com
mand In the name Of Heaven what should be
the punishment Of Cabinet that would per-
init the Republic to be mercilessly robbed,
while struggling for its very existence
We have no respect for Floyd, the thief yet
we must honor him, traitor as he is, more than
he who, while member Of the Cabinet, per
mitted relative, in Que transaction, 10 rob the
Government Of one hundred thousand dollars
There is very little decency about Floyd, yet
il must be said Of him that he refused TO serve
his country after he had robbed il The same
cannot be said of Secretary who holds his
position after Committee Of Congress re-
ported that his relatives ought toibe made to
disgorge money which they had made through
Unprecedented transactions by his order. The
report had about as much effect on the Sec
retary, still a member Of the Cabinet, as a
trickling stream Of water on the back Of q
duck" IIIl ~
There is considerable more truth than
poetry in this The swindling and cor
ruptions of the present Administration are
without parallel in the history OF the
country. Enough money has been stolen
from the Government by the thieving cor
morants who hang about the Treasury like
buzzards around the carcass of dead an
imal, to have paid half the expenses of
the war, including the Government pur-
chase of Negroes. When the people are
called upon to pay the enormous debt that
is piling up, they will enquire of their
rulers chow much Of this has gone into the
pockets Of Government officials and
swindlng contractors ?" In thunder
tones they will demand an answer; and
when they fail--as fail they must-to give
good account of their stewardship, deep
and damning will be the condemnation
visited upon them by deceived, outraged,
and swindled people. 8as.la
The Times concludes as follows:
"There is too much corruption, too mucf
dishonesty at Washington, aud the removal o
do.nothing generals, or more vigorous con
duct OF the war, cannot hide it. The country
wants faithful civil as well as military lead
ers; statesmen to save the treasury as well o.
generals to save the army; men in the cabine
who will sustain the honor and integrity o
the government, while her veterans are up
holding her flag. Mr.. Lincoln has not such
cabinet; he cannot make such a cabinet ou
OF his present seer etaries, and be will not sat
isty the couRtry until he executes radica
change
True, Mr. LINCOLN has not Cabinet t.
suit the crisis, or the present wants of th'
country and Mr.. LINCOLN is not the maj
to select such Cabinet. AS far as brains
are concerned Mr. LINCOLN is entirell
eclipsed by the men he has drawn aromC
him. AS to administrative ability, neithe
himself or Cabinet have displayed sui
ficiency to entitle them to the superintend
ence of a district school. They lack judg
ment and foresight, the power to fully real
ize and comprehend the magnitude Of
events as they are forced upon the country
they look too much to self-aggrandize
ment, and too little to the interests of tn
people. They are one idea men. Tn
principles of the Chicago Platform fill
the scope of their contracted vision. Ii
their mad and fanatical efforts to give free
dom to the negro, they have periled tn
liberties of white men. A change i
needed from ABRAHAM down. 1t will b
made in 1864. ...