The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-01
DAILY HERALD.
The Corruption OF the Times
IouFuAf.

The Csrrnptt., Of the Times The
journal.
The Democrats must 10 destroyed said the
Republican leaders. and the mobs went forth
% the work. JrTI,N must BE- destroyed said
the MoRro~ faction. and where l. he's In
tlmidafiop i a part q Republican politics, but
We cannot be bIuacl down by any amount q
newsp,per swagrefing. The Republican par
~. since n came into power, by disrcgariing
the Constitution and laws, by the most shame
les corr,,nflon. has debauched the public NOR
als. dcmornIlzci the nation, wasted the public
treasure. and By the most Ubiquitous, partial
leeislsticn. has, In effect. overthrown the Re
puhllc Of our fathers. Like the corrupt, law.
less pro-consul. Of the latter days Of the Ro-
mon commonwealth, the Republican leaders
plumber tie people 81 thtir money and then
use the money thus obtained. 20 maintain their
unjust power over the people. Now, the quos-
ton l.. h0w are the evils q the times % be
remedicds All admit the monstrous democrat
lrafion. the lawlessness q the times. and all
ought 10 ask. how are they 10 be rcmcdiedf
II must be done by exposing and denouneing
them on the part Of all good citizens, TIL they
are driven from the land.
Ast0 the state government Of Indiana, that
It has been law -, we have time and again
demonstrated; that there has been corruption
In n. we DO not, Of course, personally know,
bat that such l. the popular talk, the popular
conjecture, for some reason, all the time. every
man l. aware, and that there has been most
wastefui. injudicious and partisan adfninistra-
ton, i beyond cavil. In an article urging se-
trenchmcnt, economy and honesty, we asked
some questions touching matters Of public ru-
NOR. hoping they would open the way to some
explanations that would silence these rumors.
They were not limited 20 any one. The In
quiry, for instance, rs 20 palaces in IndianapO-
lis, had no reference 20 the Governor, notwith-
standing IL Is often repeated on the street, we
may remark that he Is the richest man in the
state, though the place Of investment Is not
named. That he T. a stakeholder i'm most Of
the banks and insurance companies In the city,
we presume. Thus we wrote, and we are sur
prised at the huttering, at the extrayagant ex-
element u produced. as appears by the column
article in the Journal. II turns upon the edi-
>or Of this paper with the ferocity Of tiger.
And here, we must say 10 the Journal. that
indisposlton or absence, can not be allowed 10
shield public man. In these degenerate days,
from public criticisms; II they can, farewell 10
any hope Of a reformation Of the Sodomish
times. We write from no personal III will; we
set down naught In malice; but we desire n
change, a reform In times, and mean 10 give
our humble efforts In aid Of Il. The public
disease Is bad; gangrene has, perhaps, already
attacked the body polite; the case Is almost
hopeless; caustic will have TO be applied, but
we will not apply IL Ia any instance, where,
upon the same facts. we would not resignedly
submit to its application.
We have said the Journal assailed the editor
Of this paper. This was all legitimate; all IN
the course Of business; but IL does not stoI
there. IL passes on 10 one Of the proprietors Of
the establishment, one Of the owners OF Ia,
types, aud makes a thrust at him; just a,
though II Methodist or Presbyterian sui
fered his property to be used for Universalisl
Church, he thereby became promulgator o.
the Universalian doctrine, the theology being
In the brick and mortar. But the attack upon
Colonel HALL j. unfortunate in this; il in
wolves a necessity ofpronouncing Mr.. LINCOLN
weak or a wicked President. The charges
against Mr.. HALL are:
I. That he was arrested by the military
This Is no evidence Of any guilt What hon
est, upright man has not been arrested within
the last five years. We ask for information
whether one Of the present proprietors Of tn,
Journal was arrested 10y order 81 Genera
sherman
>. That he was tried and convicted by
Military Commission. Does anybody pretend
that these facts arr any evidence Of guilt,
This is point that the already pronounced
public judgment renders il unnecessary for Us
TO argue. But we have another little piece OF
evidence that we hand up 70 the Journal ON
which we are willing 10 rest the ease. II is
the f,llovyln~.