Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-21
From the Mo. Republican,
The Reign Of Corruption.

Ane HASABn o. corruption. IN
The sixth plank ia the platform q the Rs
publican party, adopted az Chicago Ia 1860,
attic time Of the nomination. Of Mr. 1hndoIn
for the Presidency, was as follows:
THAT tho people justly view with alarm The
reckless extravaganza which pefyadas every
department of the Federal Government that
a return To rigid economy aud accountability
is indispensable to arrest the Systematic plum
der Of the public treasngy b sfevOrsd parti1
sans; while the recent. startling deveIopmehts
OF frauds and o~orruptions al the Federal me-
tropolis show that an entire chenge of admin
l~stration is imPorasively domandedN
MIhis ~arraigumeBto Of No. Buchanan sadmin.
i%straiion Ras unfortunately too Well ground
ed but if there we're any who imagined that
the trainers of the indictment would, on com.
ing into power themselves practice figid econ
omy and prevent systematic plumber Of the
treasury, the idea, We dare say, has long since
been abandoned. Never, in the entire history
Of the Government has corruption been so
universal in the public Offices. With a man
m the executive chair whose honesty wis ono
OF his chiefest recommendations, judging from
the perseverance, with which this quality was
kept before tho people, the country las wit
messed developments Of crime IN high places
which shock and outrage the moral sense of
tho whole civilized world. The Presidential
the principal members of the Cabinet still
MAINTAIN characters OF personal probity; yet
80 general has been the reign Of corruption at
the Federal Capital, We almost dread that the
next evidences of Official ~villaiIiy may in
volve even the most trusted Of our public ser.
wants. ..
The accounts would seem to show that
nm alYn0unharn nnw~,l.a NN.al.al H.
with temptations Of all descriptions, TO inhale
which is fatal to every virtuous and correct
impulse. Dishonesty seems TO have assumed
an epidemic form at the National Capital
and postilence itself is not more insidious in
its horrid and eorroding taints. This vieions
contlglon benut1bs the conscience and dead
ems all upright instincts Of the heart Kna,,
very rules triumphant, and whom through lis
boldness it Is Haunted in the very
eyes of the community, tits astonished at as
constituent, since rascRlity is all the fashion.
Almost every day exhumes some new felony,
and the shameless proligacy that saps the
at The Federal metropolis, is distill-.
ed through every ram ALLEGATION of the public
service. .l,... ..,.. .m.l. abb .,'.T' II
There are no words in which to ftly com
ment on the enormous statistics of official cor
that now runs riot through the land.
IS appalling that, to the heavy burdens i'm
upon the people at such a time asthis-
a time calling for the most frugal, ifhot close,
management--should be added the monstrous
'mpositions extorted from the patriotism of
the country by the hyenas who are paving u
riches from the grave of buried honor. There
must..be remedies for these heinous evils, and
hey ought to be applied in the most searching,
radical and efficient manner. IN 6.t. ...l a.
The Senate, in the person of Hale, the
House, the Treasury Department in all its bu1
reaus, and extending TO every custom,housS
and every special agency in the nation, all
stink of corruption and theft and very soon
question will be, not who is dishonest or
worthy of the penitentiary, but who Of them
al is honest 2l3 .niiHi .''. f-'- ff o"