The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-06-28
The Sa0ver Fraud",
Under this head, the Sentinel Of the 9th
instant contains fha followinn.

Under this head. the Sentinel Of the 9th
instant. contains the following:
I'VE direct attention to the article we
copy from the New York Herald this morn
ing, on the subject Of the gigantic swindle
in Indiana bonds. The censure ofihe Her
aid upon the conduct of State officials in
their management of the matter may be ex-
treme but it is not altogether undeserved.
Their intentions may have been good, but
their action in the matter exhibits, 10 say
the least, an indiscrstion which viii weaken
public confidence in their ability to proper
ly administer the affairs Of The Stale. The
fair fame of the State has been tarnished by
the weakness they exhibited In permitting
the State by implication to become a party
to the fraud. The case presents another
illustration Of the folly of con6ding the d-
rection of public affairs to the men now in
power"
The article from the New York Herald
referred to in the foregoing, was copied in
more than a labored effort at the ruin of the
character of the State of Indiana. How
the publisher Of q newspaper in Indiana
for only upon the the hypothesis that the
erful than his love for the State.
The Sentinel's article would lead one to
believe that the IIerald's article was moth
ing more than an expose OF some foul deeds
of the present estate officials" But the
article from the Herald goes back and
charges "the greatest possible looseness in
the issuing of the bonds,' and 1.-THE fraud
grew out Of the loose manner in which the
business was done at the State agents Of
flee New York" This is perhaps true but
not very complimentary TO the good sense
of the editor of the Sentimel in selecting the
men who were guilty of 1.-The ,ooseness in
issuing the bonds" and also aided in select
ing the men who perpetrated the fraud in
New York. The present State officials had
nothing; directly or indirectly. to do with
the matter. except to save the State, and
bring the Sentinel's officer to justice.
The Sentinel says "This case presents an
other illustration Of the folly OF confding
the direction of public affairs TO the men
now in power Who does Mr.. Sentinel
want in power? The man of his own par
ty. who perpetrated the fraud, and the men
who were guilty of looseness in issuing the
bonds which led TO the fraud. The Sen
tiuel endorses the Herald article. and its po-
i,ical bedfellows were Mr.. Stover. and all
the other State officials when the frauds and
forgeries we're committed. Every Depart
ment of State, at that time, and for two
years thereafter, was fill-d. and filled only
by the Seminole own political associates
officers Of his own making. Is tdi. the par
yfhe Sentinel ,cants restored TO poWey! II
80, W hat are its claims in this particular
,asel The perpetration of the fraud, the
of it. or stupidity in not finding
/ out for t~ years. To claim all three as
merits, (Which it does by the endorsement
If the Herald article. is evident duplicily.
md Justice requires that the sage Sentinel
EDITOR should elect upon what be bases his
.laims for the promotion fthe Slower party
o power. If kaarery, out with it. and it
tupidsiy, out with it Don't punish your
eaders longer by keeping them in doubt.
A careless reader Of the Sentinel article
night suppose that the writer's "angry pas
ions" were because Gov. Morton, or some
,ody else, did not at once, as soon as the
orged bonds were discovered. prosecute
md send Mr.. Stover to Sing Sing. There
$ a mistake in that No one ever gets mad
It another for leniency to a friend; it is un-
natural, never will occur until the waters
f all The rivers in America run up stream.
Iov. Morton, as soon as a knowledge of
he facts came to him, promptly informed
he proper officer of the proper county aud
State where the offence was committed,
md urged immediate and decisive action.
That officer. for reasons known to himself,
md doubtless good ones. refused to prose-
ute them thinking that by little delay
,her guilty ones might be caught: a prac
ice commendable and common all over the
Journal.