Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-14

Daily exposures Of the most afrociou- frauds
in public oficss ard in connection with the publie
service are constantly attracting the attention OF
the people They come SO fast that the popular
mind = no longer shocked when they are heard
Of II seems 10 be taken for granted that men
Nill rob The public treasury, and that this Ad.
ministration. above ail others, must be expected
20 have thieves and plundefers in rs employment.
People laugh when a fraud TO light.
and look with sort Of amused suspicion az office
holders not vet detected IN the crime of stealing.
aud rather take IL for granted that their will
come next. There was never a time IN Ameri-
can history when the public mind was 80 thorough
" demorsIized in this respect. The simple fact
Is that the radicals have taught tie people TO look
leueuty on the crime OF appropriating other
mems pfopetty. Nay more. they have raised
stealing 10 be a virtue, and theft Is praised as
proof Of loyalty.
To the everlasting disgrace Of America and
American history. the dominant party took the
responsibility OF insisting that private property
should rot be protected from plumber. General
Mcclellan was denounced in the most violent
terms. in Congress. in the public prints, ia club
houses and in the streets. for protecting private
property along the line Of bis march The rad.
cal party boldly announced the doe,rine their
own that the Narthern man might rightfully
steal from the Southern man IL is impossible
for the radicals 70 escape this charge. They
made il the great point in their raii against Gen.
Mcclellan while he WAS on the Peninsula In
vain did high minded men in the Republican
party resist this horrible doctrine which radi-
cal vndicti veness invented and supported All
honor 10 those men VINO. Notwithstanding the
pressure of party affiiatOns. did faithfully and
earnestly protest against the disgracefu creed
They are free from responsibility. They see
with Us, to-day. the effect OH the morals Of the
radical men who given over to love OF
spoil. The effect is visible all over the country
We we're talking with Union mali from
North Carolina some time since and on asking
him what had become OF his house. he replied
that II had been cleaned out, and he and his
family had lost furniture. ornaments, library
clothing and everything he had taken the
f trouble to trace some articles, and knew the
/ Northern families ia which they now were
For instance" said he. my chandeliers are
I ia the house of -" The facts are too well
known 10 he denied doubted There i a
/ black record against Ia as a nation in thi;
matter. Silver plate. books furniture. ladies
/ dresses furs, the common articles of loo; >
are reatel by radicals as the proper subject:
| of plumber, and the stealing Is commended
| The result on the morals of radicals j. ~ i'm.
pOrtant the result national reputation
they are. o. course demoralzed and degraded
| The man who justites stealing from the house
of Southerner, would of course, as the yer,
next step. steal from his own Government
/ The radical politician Aho justfes pluuderine
/ Southern homes - not ht TO be trusted with
his neighbors purse These are not hard word.
for the subject. IL is subject which ought to
bring blush of shame To the cheek OF ever,
! American. IL : not surprising that the New York
| Custom House so often reveals secrets OF irauc
and corruption Ii has been the business of toe
many mel in II for two years past to enrich them
selves ON plumber. either by pretence of enforcing
law by conhScatons. or by fraud without color
of law. The place Il an Augean stable of wick
edness The merchants of New York will bea
Us out in this statement. liz is a burden upor
them terrible imposition ON the commercia
men o. the metropolis We earnestly direct tn.
attention of members of Congress to the secret,
which lie hidden in those stone walls Tn,
eselations vet to be made will surpass all tha
has been heard of StantonS, and Palmers ant
Others heretofore exposed. We are told that tn,
Administration are in something of quandar,
OF the subject Ii IS not vet quite certain wheth
er the New York Custom House belongs lin al
electicneernS point OF view TO Mr. Chase o
Mr. Lincoln As soon as this important question
Is definitely settled we hope To see a revelation
Of the iniqnties OF three years of greet wrong
The people will not care which branch of tn
party Is charged with the responsibility i n Y
Journal of Commerce.