Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-04-25

rull;:it3 sid Efe:.>> ..i;s : IN ysa's isa'
hirt htist-is1 ofic;ol, vi 0ao approximations VeEe
discovered; applied the lancet to lis own 7elna'
and another similarly situatad hanged MIN
self Thera il no such sense o. shame here
Any roroner's jury in Washington would tlno
n ysrdici CT insanity for snch conduct, and tho
ceri:ct rnuld Do accepted in good faith
Tue Southerners, as class, bad very nlee
sarss OF hnnor SO far SO the public treasury
wss concerned When they held The po~sr
hers IL ,ru was cor paratiyelG itlls iheVing,
and whom any Was discovered il H'as promptly
exposed and denounced. Theirs has b'cn L
change dreadful change for Lhn TorSe.--
The frauds ard stterup, ell. frauds on thy treh-
sury, in one channel AMI another, como So fast
and from such unexpected quarters, that 2:'n
is hswdsred in contemplating :hen. 70!
nobot y,hs= hecn brought to justica, and 70
bodr 6esra' to think it possible that anj bod"
should bs brought 10 justice.
90 those Tascslly contractors" SAYS seine
homes, man in tho rural dis!ricm For every
dollar wronginiy taken bs coat-uc'nr, hVs
have beer taken by public servants. AM n
rhip mater Republicans ar, just % bad -
Oemocrala, and Democrats just az bad as re-
publcans. i'onsrcas nua ts due proportion
Of varanoad politicians, Tho think they Wal
never have another tslanc and who are oouao
10 have '';hc;r share" OF the golden, or rather
pspsr stream The hGnest fnen are III leaa
minority, powerless Ia stay tho tide OF oorrup'
lion, h,;. moi, 90 r'sI. wholly po Tcr!sss TO eH'
pose It.
Inc country on tho vursp Of bankruptcy
from the war; hi immense army ana hSVy
ne, f,,rt rt-T million
dollars psr 1nT; every nerve strained IN the
most gigantic ,-rngsls ever recorded, Nno yet
..!t out Of the nrEiy, from the presldt.:S CON
s.;tutional advisers down to tho dEess OF
Washington, think OF nothing also than 8" ~
ding the goeerEmant ead each other. Ms.
Lincoln cljthes herself in mourning one week
for tha death o. tqvorite son, and tbs next
lE,rusts sables aside for gaudy ballroom at
tire and futters and shippers for hours in her
parlcra on tho sTm Of some snobosh rkke, at
ball given hy herself at the White HOUSE
With such m example bef,rs Them, iG i -.
insrkahls that ar outspokea journalist si,Juld
soon DO forc:d Ia its confession that lhE IoTe
he hsd helped usher in Gsd sunk into po!it,
as! and moral corruption Ruct IS the world
never bafpTe Witnessed? Is il, Then, sirang'
that Grees, also, in his paper, should AK /!
Mrs Lincoln poss Tess not some Of tho qualities
to which GisopItrs was indebted for world
wide notarietv!
Ar .hito; of the IaosL i,""ic and rooat fit
ents! abolition journals u the greet West,
2ly eL not a Eton. unilirnG: 10 p!sSe his party
80 power, honestly confe2aes that, while under
Southern management for many years, every
species Of thieving was promptly exposed sHd
denounced" ns BOON as discovered, ADDITION
rule ha1 81 corrupted every department tia:
"tie frauds and attempted frauds on Tie tr1s-
aucy, in one channel sitter hnolbs-, CONS EG
t,s', and i!s,p suck unexpected euariFs, ;Eat
one !. b:wilnered Ia contemplating them -
Ard ell .hia in 0ne year.
Nsro HG!l,a: vale Rams + burning, h:-
Lincnin dancing acotlsch'a and ls,cl7ion
waI:zas teiocn the sldb hav- settled Oh the nG W
tnadn grssu Of he. son! ura'itly sickrr!ng
co,rup.inn f!nik'ag abroad aat 10 power hbls
to resls! III progress: II lhs - the hit5r.i o.
pna year, u'a; in jf=avan'i nanin, Is - to tt,!
record Of ,t:e rule ri tbun;onsn, al The =. vi
rst'nn Of its 6rs. term, AM! thi IL the gov e
erntuent, t:.rse sie irrrla, ~tan Sra e&eec,i."4
their m.l,nns per day 10 force S5nth5rrrrs
hack luin he iroiE:s Of this fs-;r:iEg c.'riIp.
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