The New York herald., 1862-04-08
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surer for a set Of contract jobbers, receiving
half the profits upon contracts given out and
paying the respective shares of those politicians
who worked up the swindle. No wonder he
was called to Europe so suddenly when the
cry against shoddy began. By the machina-
tions Of its own officers the State is made
to pay more dearly for its uniforms
than the average bids put in by the
contractors. A State Inspector is loaded down
with presents from the contractors, and passes
goods which are afterwards rejected. Through
the influence of brotherin-law of the Com
missary General builder obtained contracts
for military accoutrements, and the State paid
over seventy thousand dollars above the mar
ket value for the goods. In some of these af-
fairs Mayor Opdyke figures largely; but we sup
pose that as Walter Bovine reported of the
Chevalier Webb's ffty-two thousand dollars OBJ
tanned from the United States Bank, his deal
ing with shoddy was only ga fair business
transaction" and we reserve its particular con-
sideration until rainy day gives US more lei
sure.
The army around which these shoddy politi-
clans gathered like vultures is moving to de-
fend the Union, but it leaves the Unions worst
enemies behind. We had hoped that such
war as this would breed patriotism; but it
breeds only corruption, outside of our soldiery
Instead of cleansing our political atmos-
phere, like a thunder storm, it appears
only to make politics and lobbying more
disgusting, as muddy pool is worse ia
vOred when it is stirred. The Union is in
greater danger now from scurvy politicians and
swindling lobbyists than from armed rebels;
and let us hope that the army which subdues
the latter may prove so prolific of honest, pa
triotc men as also to defeat the former, and
thus doubly save the Union and the country.
FAILURE OF THE MISSIONARIES AT PORr ROYAL
From our Port Royal correspondence, brought
by the Atlantic and published yesterday, we
have the following intelligence:-"The missiona-
ries are getting along rather unharmonously in
Beaufort. Several return to New York in the
Atlantic. The balance might as well CO."
This is the best comment that can be offered
upon an editorial article which appeared the
day before in an abolition journal of this city,
in which the structures we offered upon the Port
Royal missionary humbug are made the pretext
for long yarn about Christianity, morality,
philanthropy and religion.
We should like to know what is the amount
of the philanthropy of the abolitionists
1t is to ruin white men, North and
South, in order to advance the supposed
interests of blacks. We think that true
charity always begins at home, and seeks out
objects of commiseration that are near, instead
Of ignoring their existence and launching into
philanthropic expeditions in search Of the un-
fortunate and unhappy in foreign lands. For
instance, the wretehed free negro population
in this city, Philadelphia and Boston are in a
ten times worse condition, body and soul, than
any black slaves in South Carolina. Let some
thing be done for our own negroes before we
undertake the care of the negroes of the South.
But there is class of individuals, and they of
our own race, who have higher claim than any
negroes on the face of the EARTH and they are the
destitute wives and children of the brave SOL
diers who have gone to fight the battles Of the
Union and are pouring out their blood like water
in order to crush the rebellion. As this is not an
sympathy, we cannot expect them to take an
interest in the poor families of the defenders of
the Union. There is no room in their hearts
for any sympathy but that which is exclusively
lavshed on blacks.
What is the morality of the abolitionists
1t is to rob their fellow citizens of the Southern
States of the property guaranteed to them by
the constitution, and to plunder their own 60
vernment by swindling contracts and in every
conceivable way. What is the religion and the
Christianity of the abolitionists? 1t is to excite
the most deadly hatred between citizens Of the
same country, to kndle the flames of civil
war, while they touch not its burthens with one
of their fingers much less share its perils in the
field. 1t is still worse-it is to foment servile
insurrection and bloody massacres Of the white
race at the hands of negroes whom they are
laboring to turn into devils incarnate. They
all practically abrogate Christianity, while
many Of them openly avow their blasphemous
inidelity and denounce the Bible and its Divine
author. Their only religion is the worship Of
the nigger.
But we are glad to see that the mischievous
mission to Port Royal has proved failure,
that the hypocrites have quarrelled among
themselves, and several Of them have already
returned No doubt the arrival Of General
Hunter had something to do with their departure.
We hope he will not allow his operations to
be embarrassed by the noxious presence Of any
of these fools, fanatics and pious rogues but that
he will cause every man and woman of them now
lurking about the island to make a speedy exit,
while he puts the blacks to work on the aban-
doned plantations. All they require to make
them good and to keep them 50 is plenty Of
work.
THE PoT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.-The
London Times continues to persevere in y
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