M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-05-11

asked Especially 90 @o conm -ad d,
! to ihu-- who g-,ee1lit ,aLir mission tJ
make -.,emmtut Al agsncy.ior bat-
ter Development an l,rteiiae Of
great moral ideas" rile ejnGilt
aud self importance of these Chad
bands, lay or clerical, may thereby b
disturbed somewhat; bnt it wont do
them any harm; in1eel the chan :es
are that they will rise from its perusal
humber and wiser than before:
-MdTetta Times.
AS the suppression Of the rebellion
ia plainly close at hand, and no long
er a matter Of doubt, it il time the
people were turning their attention 20
other evils which have crept into the
administration oi public Affairs.
The effect OF the pendency Of a great
question Of pubjic policy, is to with
draw public attention from secondary
and subordinate questions, and to al
low evils OF great mI5nituls to plss
unnOticed.
The idea WAS very fOrclblY ex press.
eG by a member OF Congress some
years ago. When he was rcmolstra,
red with and cautioned agains voting
for every corrupt measure that was
proposed, lest h) might b. cAllel TO
an account for it by his co l3;itu5ntS
he replied: AT / vote right on the
negro question my constituents don't
care q d-n how | vote on any thing
else." That a vast am m)unt of corrup
tion has cr5pt into the administration
of public affairs, since the commence
ment oftae var, AMI the consequent
increase ot expenditures is so notori
ors, that no man pretepds to deny it.
That a large amount OF this will
cease at the end OF the war, when the
armies are disban1ei, We have every
to expect. COmmi3aries anl Quarter.
masters will no longer have the dis
bursement oi fabulous amounts Of
public money, and this source of cor
ruption will be dried up to a very
considerable extent.
Bat the war will leave upon our
hands an immense pension roll, host
of claims for damages, Tor injury to
private propertp, an immense public
debt, the interest and principal Of
which must be provided far, and con.
sequently a horde OF offi1Ohold4rs in
the various departments OF tue public
service.
Clerks and employees in the depart
ments at Washington, in the Custom
houses, on the coast; Assessors aud
Collectors Of the Internal Revenue,
must be continued in numbers hereto
tore unknown in time Of peace.
The industrial interests of the
country must be subjected to heavy
taxation, the distribution of vii .ch
will be constant source of discoru.
controversy and corruption. Corrnp-
tiOn, in the administration VI gov
ernmet, is necessarily increased by
the increase OF it's expenditures.
The prospect before US, therefore,
is that unless the people take hold OF
rhis subject with a ixel and settled
determination to tolerate no dishon-
esty in public officers, we are over.
whelmeI, aud the Government de8~
troyed by the most hopeless, gigantic
and incurable CORFU uption The habit
which We have fallen into OF govarn~
ing the country. h'ough the agency
OF party conventions, vastly increases
the difficulty. In nine ca3,s ont oi
ten these conventions are under con.
troll OF the most corrupt All ScrupI.
lous demagogues 10 the country.-No
man who has any salf-respect, or
sense ofprOpriety, will resort to the
iDstrumentaltes necessary to secure
success in these conventions; hence
the adrninit. ration OF public affairs
naturally and necessarily falls into
the hands OF unscrupuIous pot hous.
politicians, who are wholly unfit for
the position they occupy. Under this
system; in this time OF peril and Ca
lamity. Congress has 50 far degener.-
ated that it no longer commands tn.
confidence or respect OF the natiyn. Po.
Utica adventures have usurp5 81 the
places from which the patriots and
statesman ofthe country are excluded
Bnt 80 far, it has seemed to be a sorI
of necessity, since the commence
ment OF the waf.-We have been con-
PEELED to choose between demagogue,
who supported the Government anl
the war, and traitors who nppas ID
both, and sympathz ID with the reb-
els, who were in arms for the over
throw OF the Government.
That time will soon be past. King
Caucus must be taught that his tom
nations are mere recommendations
and that if he does not put III nomina
tion man whose integrity is beyont
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