The mountain Democrat., 1864-10-29
Of the AA-inistratIon.

Is It ID patept to the dullS and mosl pre-
adicsd, thst corruption sod knavery, i'm
bscility snd utter disregard for the Con.
stitutiOn, have characterized the rule of
IAs RSPablicaa party siOes it assumed the
control Of the Government nearly four
years agO-fOur years Of disaster, carnage
and desOlAtion. The picture is not an in.
viting one and It daily grows darker
Administration organs aud orators inform
us that the cheating and swindling prac.
tissd on the Government, by loyal agents,
amounts to hundreds of millions Of dol
klars. every cent Of which is forced from
the Aboring classes. It is estimated that
one-quarter OF every dollar paid by the
people to maintain the Government, is
bestowed on loyal favOrites aud politicians
Or party purposes. Newspapers have
been bought and speakers hired to stump
the States for the Administration, with
the money Of the people. So audacious
aud enormous have been the frauds and
cOruptious, that Republican Senators and
Republican members Of the House Of Rep
resentatives and Republican organs have.
out Of self.respect, been forced to de.
nounce them. John P. Hale declared, in
. speech in the Senate, that he "bslieved
the liberties Of the country were in great
or danger from fraud and prOfligacy than
from the rebels in the field" In the same
speech be stated that many OF the high
or officers of the Government are contain
mated with fraud and corruption" He
warned the Administration that "some.
thing must be done to purge the Govern
ment Of thieves and robbers on the Treas.
Jury, or else we shall have a rebellion in
the North )" and declared that the "ope.
rations Of these Government pirates are
blows more deadly than those struck by
the rebels" Has tho Administration
done anything to "purge the Government
of thieves and robbers on the Treasury!
w 9u AUOW tuHt " uNS 0Ot.
The Albany IN. " Evening Journal,
7 one Of the ablest Administration organs,
Indignantly says: Contractors have fat
tened on fat jobs, adventurers have found
the war source of private gain, moral
desperadoes have focked about the ma.
tional capital and lain in wait for pay
The scum Of the land has gathered about
the sources Of power, and deiled thereby
its reek and offensive odors."
The New York Times, edited by the
author of the Abolition platform, says:
"The mighty interests Of the nation have
been made subordinate 10 the greedy avarice
of swlndling contractors. The War Depart
meut has been Virtua Wy in the hands aud at
the mercy of men who care nothing fer the
suderingS of the people, except as they serve
their own ends, and give them q chance to en-
rich themselves out of the calamities Of the
country"
What humiiating confession, coming
from the personal and political friend Of
Mr.. Lincoln. Is sn Administration which
makes 1.-THE mighty interests of the nation
subservient to the greedy avarice Of swim
ding contractors" worthy Of the conf
dence Of the people Ought it to be
kept in power? Must it not be hopeless
ly corrupt when its own organs are CON-
PEELED to condemn iti
Brigadier General Wilcox, prominent
member of the Republican party, says :
"Contractors have carried on this war. The
blood of our men, the grOans of our wounded
the tears of the orphan, the wall of the widow,
have been coined into money. Men without
patriotism aud wisdom have urged military
plans which have not accomplished anything
Is II not time to dismiss the ''men with
out patriotism and wisdom" who are
plunging the country into ruin? Have
we not suffered enough from their mis-
rule AS long as the Administration i,
, kept in power, so long will contractor,
fatten on fat jobs" Says the New Haver
(Conn.) Courier:
, "Contractors have carried on this war;
: They have swindled the Government out o.
hundreds of millions. They have piled for
tunes on fortunes. Corruption runs riot il
|
: ing bribes of half q hundred thousand, while
. the leaders who have tasted the SpOils are
lounging about the doors of every Government
Ottioe, and by threats and bribes compelling
the qualification OF their wishes. Pnlitica
/ paupers aud selfish schemers have overrulet
Reneralship. and conducted our arm les to ruin
instead of victory"
Reader, recollect that the above quota
tions are from Administration organs. =
3 Is this the reform the Republicans PROM
. ised the people they would introduce p
How long is this enormous corruption t.
continue? How long will the organized
band Of thieves" be allowed to "plunder
the national treasury"e So long as Lin
coin is kept in Office. The remedy rests
! with tho people. 1t can be found only in
change Of policy, and change of men
Democratic honesty, ability, energy and
patriotism must take the place of Repub
lican proAigacy, imbecility and utter dis
regard of the public welfare. Let the
opponents Of corruption assist the Demo
Gratis to place honest, able and patriotic
men in power.
MAsOMc.-There will be stated commuui.
cation Of st. James Royal Arch Chapter, No
16, on Wednesday evening next. All Compan.
ions in good standing are invited to attend.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.-The next stated Assem-
bly, Of Ell Dorado COmmandery, No. 4, will be
held on Thursday evening next. A full at-
tendance 10 desired.
LADIEs' GEAR.-Our tair readers will find q