The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-02
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AB0k4ETE1NLSTS JUDGED BY
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TkaFa ia no nae1 to hurl up other evi.
lace to show the misdeels Of the party in
power -fhau the bitter examinations which
Lave been made by its own friends and sup.
T,o:tets., Below will be found extracts from
is2aing Republican papers, leading military
ana political men all now Republicans, in
reference to the extravagance, recklessness,
sut corruption Of tho Administration in
power. The charges are not overlrawn.
and they we're al made at times when no
elections were pending, and there were no
motives to conceal the truth Let honest
men read, aud say if they are prepared to
give their vote to prelong for four years this
corrupt state Of things, The extracts one
and all, speak for themselves: +.
From, the Aibaay Erenia2 Journal
Contractors have fatteued on fat Jobs ad-
Ven.pers found the war a source of private
ealns, moral dcspegad3es have focked about
:Aa national capital and lain in wait for prey.
The scum Of the land has gathered about
the source Of power, and deiled them by its
Ecek and offensive oior.
From the " T. Times.
Ty5 mighty Interests of the nation have
been made subordinate to the greedy avarioe
oe sEindling contractors The War De-
p2rt5aent has been virtually in the hands and
u the mercy of men who care nothing for
me s2fefings Of the people, except as they
earga their own ends AMI give them
chauaa to enrich themselves out Of the Ca
jaali:ies OF the country.
Hon. Joha p H11e, Senator from Nv,o
Htmpshlre,
at0r, that the liberties of the country are in
greater danger to-day from the corruptions
and From the prohigacy practiced in various
a4part,n nts Of the Government than they
ara from the enemy in the open field.
Brtgddier General Wilcor.
C3a]ractors have carried on this war
Tla b!o33 of our men, the groans of our
woand3l, the tears Of the orphan, the wall
If the widow have been coined into money.
fleQ without patriotism and wisdom have
urged military plans which have not accom-
plshed anything. ....... ...-....
F'ons the Nets Hrpes Courier.
Contractors have carried Gu this war. -
The blood of our mon. the groans of the
wounded, the tears Of the orphan, the wall
Of the widow, have been coined into money.
This is true, Contractors have
carried on this war. They have swindled
the Government out Of hundreds of millions
I'n2y have piled fortunes upon fortunes.
= Corruption runs riot in Washing
ION Even Senators acknowledge taking
bribs OF half hundred thousand, while
ioade-S who have tasted the spoils are louug-
jlg about the door Of every government Of
E3a, AMI by threats and bribcs compelling
the qualification Of their wishes.
Political purposes and selfish schemes
have ruled geHeralship and conducted our
armies to rain instead of victory Newspa-
pegs and cliqucs have directed and changed
from month to month the policy of the gov
crnment and unsettled even the Cabinet it.
self, 50 that no one rises on New Year $
morn (lS64l with the confidence that any
stable and existent course OF action will di-
rect the administration Of affairs through
the first quarter OF the year.
From the D1Wes Investigating Comm3ttes
The e'lafoenies pfaetised ander the Admin
Sstaation have exceeded the entire expendi-
tures~aalder the Administration Of James
buchanan. a
ft0m tie Chicago Tribaee's Wushiagton
an --t C0rrespoHdeRf.
The tone Of morality Is con3I1er1bly low
or Shan itevef has been before. 4hi5 is ad
mitted on all hands, and can be proved. Or
rather neePs no needs no proof, for the air
is heavy with public and private guilt.
The Southerners, as class, had a very nice
sence Of homer, SO far as the public treasury
was concerned When they-held the power
here there was comparatively little thieving,
and when any was discovered, it was prompt
" exposed and denounced. There has been
change, dreadful change, for the worse.
- Oh! those raseally. contrac-
tors, says some honest man in the rural dis
tgios. For every dollar wrongfully taken
by aconsFactor, five have been taken byplo.
lie servants. .l .rt t~t u.~
From, the Chase R6n,eroy Circular
|. That, even were the reelection of Mr..
Lnsosn desirable, it is practically impossi-
bic against the union OF influences that will
be- opposed to him.
2. That, should he be reelected, his man
ifest tendency toward compromises and tenn
zorary expedients of policy will become
stronger, during second term than it has
been 10 the first, and the cause Of human
liberty and the dignity and honor of the ma
ton suffer proportionally. 69E~whie the.
var may administration, tilfthe public debi
shall become burden too great to be
borne. eGsa
8. That the patronage Of the Govern
ment through the necessities Of the war, has
been so rapidly increased, and to such an
enormous extent and so loosely placed, as
to render the application OF the one-term
principle absolutely essential to the certain
safety Of our republican institutions.
From the. Strnqfeaf Republican.
II Is a sad, shocking picture of life at
Wilmington, which our correspondents arc
giving us. A bureau of the Treasury De-
partmeDt made house Of seduction and
prostitutior Tho necessities of poor and
pretty woman made the means Of their de-
tauchery, bye,high- Government officials. -
Members OF Congress putting their inistres-
ses'into clerkships in the departments. An
honorable Senator knocked down in the
street by d woman whom he had outraged.
Whisky drinking al ltbitam. The Govern
,nerit 'clieated In contracts, and openly rob-
bed bv ity employees. .ll
Writes our most careful correspondent "a
long rssidept of the capital Washington
VIA never 30 yillainously corrupt as at the
.uresent time In the palihy days of South
Urn rule there was not,haf the corruption
shars i now. We do not doubt that this
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