Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-06

says:
whether sc speak or forbear. :" il adds. 1.-The
crime. the shame. the danger remain. There is
| no blatant seeessiouist. no i~mpudent rebel. Who
o this day a more decided. more cnlpabIe unblic
enemy than the legislator Who markets bis vote.
the Lobbyist Who acts q hs brsker.o r the spccu-
lstor IN claims. cesiracts, public works or frsn-
cbises. Who IL the ultimate purchases. Not tiil
the brand Of Cam Il burned iuto the forehead OF
each Of these. ard anti they shall Oe haDted
through the streefs like mad dogs. oil there be
any adequate security for private property OF pub
lie morals.
I've are assured by those Who bad the means
Of knowing that at ieast two thirds Of the mem
bers OF our late assembly had votes 70 ssll-did
not wait nss psed 70 be tempted. bot were on the
look out Sc brides. IL . bill was brought to
their no,iee. shey .sted 4 there vas any money
couid afford 20 par to have il passed or defeated.
| IL there we're. the next question in order was
" Hov much ;" Then followed tho application
of q dlyisor And a. IS yeas are required W
pass a bill in that House, the cyuic viii be
amused. while the honest man must be grieved.
on noting how many bills OF consequence we're
passed by 65 to 10 votes"
Mr.. Williamson. a noted republican politician,
publishes in The New York Dispatch his opiu
ion. as follows:
The shades can not be blscker than It's reputa
ton. We have seen dcbAsed political bodies be
fore this; trucking assemblies. caucusses, drs
gooned committees; we have seen common coun-
Gil rings and bribed nominating conventions,
md half-and- halt uGcs split but we
have never seen any body Of wre;ched politicians
or graceles- ~psrtissns that ever came up To the
present Legislature in sheer, downright corrup-
ton. sordid knsvery. and unblushing barter and
bargain selling of influence.
We have sitnessed sssemblymen openly ex-
hibiting themselves as sha meless bidders for
brides; senators changing with every wind OF in.
husnce, lobbymen playing with notes as anglers
play with gudgeon-. which they can hook at ANY
time.
We bebeId q noninally republican msjorii,
held at the post, and NO. ked as the mere una
chine of thieving Office holders in your city OF
New York-sometimes without disguise, OF with
the q, msiess veil--bid off the voices and ballots
Of Legislators. ss black wenehes we're once Dough,
for like purposesin me cha mbics of southern
|, markets. sAAA
RI We have seen the mean, s%ervile, grasping
misrepresentatives OF union constituents OFFERING
their stale influence, az the close OF the session,
, at miserable prices. jus. as putrid FISH ia exposed
: and cried for sale in 5 ,turdsy night stalls OF our
lowest vendors Of spoiled articles.
And last, after pockesing their base brides and
: licking the feet OF grog shop politicians from
0 New York, in order to GET the wsshings OF theiI
rum-rlasse., they tried to sneak some seveut,
dollars per man out of the treasury under pre-
tense OF getting stationery at the end OF the ses
sion
wretched traitors, penny stealing knaves, anc
poor souled political paupers are bid enough
a anywhere. but tho specimens that have curseC
the capital durisg this last legislative term are
. 90 many degrees below comparison and beneath
{ contempt that all the stationery they did no
succeed in stealing could never do justice in de
scribing them.
. Let us speculate a. 20 how many such disgust
J ing carcasses tied to its neck will sufhce to drag
our union organic alton down
1 Deeper than p~lummet's line e'er sounded"