Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1864-04-21
7He Corruptton of the North Groscing

THe Corruption Of the North Groactag
out of the War.-The people "f the North
seem TO he at last awakening to the fraud
and corruption shat has oeen loug growing
up lin the Government under the cloak OF
the war, and been CLOSED over or husl,ec
up under the plea of "military necessity
Ye, some of The bold press will occasion
aliy speak ont and expose the system Of
fraud and pIundering that is being carried
on. TIE Albany Argus. speaking of the
circles, says:
During the past four weeks the public
have peen made acquainted With revela
tion of frauds, surprising anything ever
known in our history, aud almost rasslng
belief. The developments show that eve
ry department OF the government Is feek-
ing with corruption. Millions OF dollars
are stolen. which the people must be tax
ed to pay, and yet no effort Of reform is
made by the Administration. Officials
who show themselves unworthy ct greal
trusts by careless management are not re-
moved, neither are .he culprlts whose
kuaveries are exposed. brought before the
criminal courts for trial. Not an instance
has vet occurred, among all the @rubberies
that have been reported, where the guilty
parties have been handed over 10 the Grim
inal courts for Il public trial!
Every thing is hushed up under the ples
of military necessity II a poor soldier
deserts, he is tried according tn the laws
OF var, and summarily condemned to be
shot by the side of the rude cntfin that j,
to cover his remains. But the Govern
nlent official, who divides millions Will
his fasuries, or who leads thousands q
men to certain death, and Il g"eat army Il
as certain defeat, is either honored or pet
ted by the Administration, or spirited Il
way to military prison, iii order that th'
people may never know the extent of hi
crimes or the character # his accuinpli
ces.
If any of these parties are tried at all, i
is by court martial, where the proceed
ings are strictly private, aud from which
the reporters of the press are rigid'y ex
cluded, resulting iii a mysterious mnddl
that tie people cannot understand. In'
fair Inference from this is, that it is tn
policy OF the men IN power To- prnlong tn
war for the sake of the plunder it aff,rds
Let the Palmer, The Swalleys, the Cor
wells, and Il host OF other similar sWind
lers, have such public trial rs is. award
ed to ordinary cnlpriis, followed by sucl
q sentence from the COURT as their crime
deserve, with a tull publication OF the ev-
idence. Nothing short ot this will sa'isf
an outraged pe"pe. Let the prelininar,
examinations and the trials of the rogue
who deal i'll millions, be as pu ,lc as f,
those who steal by hundreds, or who com
mir petty larcenies and burglaries, all
lei the people have what they have rigll
to den,and-the evidence against tt,ei
equally guilty abett"rs and acc,,nplices! |!
The Albany Salesman, tho most nltr
OF the R.pub' ican p, ess, admits even ,Eor
than this. In All article on the salIie sub
ject it says: i. - - zg.ss ge
4 Every branch OF government seems I
be reeking withco.ruption,s and what
still worse, praying hypoeriles are preach
ing against exposing these rascai'ies les
It may ''hurt the war; That joke is ais
played out. :. ~
A pack of sharks hungry, yillainnu
and incorrigible, have fastened npnn tn
public treasury y and depleted it at the rat
OF tnlilinns monthly 5 flat the patronag
of the federal Government has been be
slowed upon those with whom the cleo
tors, If allowed an exercise eof choice
would have absol lutely refused all dealing