Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-16
Re,ssuea but not RetIred.

should Secretary Usher resign without vacating
his place, Is IL explained bY the fact that be :
using the interval Of bis dubious Official existence
10 displace subordinate officers and put IN his Own
and bic frisnds favoritesf
IL might be supposed that AZ Mr.. Usher has
resigned. he would leave the matter Of removals
and new appointments to the one who will be re
responsible for the conduct of the department.
Bot IL appears 10 be one Of the advantages OF
THIS modern Improvement ofresigniDg and holding
on. that the secretary may use the REMAINDER OF
the term in deraHging The official force oil the DC
psrtmenf. and that be may carry out removal
Of subordinafe officers, and revsrding Of IA
voritcs. and then slip Of the odium Of il, and
shift the disturbances upon Sis successor.
The foregoing thrust nt NJ Secretary UsHER.
Is from the editorial colamns Of The Cincinnati |
Gazette. what will Mrs. GRuxDS of the Journal |
do about il, II similar criticism or cen
sure of the Official conduct of the seere-
tary Of the interior had appeared originally in
a democratic print. the Journal man world have
pronounced it vile attack upon "friend OF the
government" This is the refuge OF the court
organ -bsBever any shortcomings of its political
friends are developed. 1t ever attempts 10 hide
official imbecility, rascality corruption under
the cover Of "loyalty" The plea for the delin-
quent Is that be Is friend of the government"
or loyal man" hence bis misdeeds must be
under that color. either palliated or justified
We know no; whether the charges of The Ga
zette against Mr. UsHER have foundation, but
certainly man who would thus abuse the high
trust confded to him cannot be regarded as .
friend of the government" But the accusations
against Mr.. UsHEk have not a feathers weight
when compared with the infamous swim
dlings Of tens Of thousands Of repnb-
lcan patriots who have put their hands
deep into the public treasury through the means
Of fraudulent contracts and partizan fsvoritsm,
or. to use more forcble Language, have robbed
the people, under the false guise of being the
special friends OF the government Ia every
community will be found men. who, protesting
to be intensely "loyal," demanding that the "last
man" and the "last dollar should be contributed
for the suppression Of the wicked rebellion,
have enriched themselves OF the troubles, yes,
the very miseries of the country. These pat
riots" do no fghting they bear of the
burdens that the war occasions; but they
found at war meetings" and at sanitary
meetings" and upon the departure or reception
of the gallant soldiers who risk health, life and
all the perils of war in the service Of their coun
try, urging upon others the duties which they
should assume equally with those who bear the
heat and burden of the day
This class in expression are the most fierce for
the /" vigorous prosecution of the war" but prac-
ticAlly they are the most intense peace men.
Professedly they are friends of the govern
ment because it puts money in their purses
They care not how long the is procrastinated.
or the suffering which arisea from it, il they only
have free access to the public treasury. And If
q man has the honesty and courage to denOunce
ex.ravagance and expose frau DIS and corruptions
in the public expenditures. then they set upon
him with the howl that he is "disloyal," that he
"sympathizes with the rebellion"
The truth Is, and the fact will yet be appre-
ciated by those who have been and are yet i'm
posed upon by the most infamous yet artful ap-
peals to their patriotic impulses, that the war
would have ended long ago and re union estab-
lished upon just and honorable basis, pat
rio,ism and craftsmanship had guided the men
who have had control of the government
Economy has not been considered in the prose
cution Of the war. nor has it been conducted with
an eye single to the restoration Of the national
authority over the states or people in rebellion
against the government. The war is not yet
ended. bat reckless extravagance has already sc-
cumulated an immense Indebtedness which will
be an incubus upon the industry of the nation for
go l.
leaders o. the party in power has been to perpet-
uate their hold upon the administration of the
government Personal sggrandzement. either
to secure official position and preferment or
wealth, has been with them the moving impulse
In the terrible struggle in which the nation has
been engaged the country has been Disguised or
should have beer, with the cold calculations as
to the effect certain public measures or indivd-
ual acts would have upon the fortunes or success
of men or parties. Can men who have been in
auenced and controlled by such selfish and sor
did considerations be regarded as the friends
are Justly assailed the court organs of the
party in power set up the cry that 1.-The
friends o. the government" are assaulted by
those whom they term the E" enemies of the gov
eminent Government is not an abstract idea
under-which dishonest and selfish aspiring men
can hide their crimes or shield themselves or
their acts from the just scrutiny and condemna
ton of the people. The government" is
composed Of " We. the people of the United
States" and those who happen 10 be in Official
position are equally subject to the laws. and the
obligations they impose. as the humblest private
citizen. Popular rights and civil liberty would
be only as the sounding brass or the tinkling
cymbsl IL the party in power and its representa-
tive assume. or are permitted by the people to
assume, that they are higher than the constitu-
tion and the laws-that they the masters, not
the servants. of the people. But did not in
tend to make The Gazette article the text for
any extended comments We quoted II onlv to
illustrate the hypocrisy and humbuggery OF the
cant expression friend OF the government"
which is upon the lips of those who are ready TO
excuse corruption in officials, and their unusti6-
able and arbitrary acts. to fAsten their party or
themselves in p, wer, regardless OF it eonse-
qaence upon the well being and happiness of the