The mountain Democrat., 1865-03-11
Ovv1crAL Commemorative reckless


no parallel 10 history. The public debt
e rolling up At fearful rate, and is to
continue crushing burden to the labor
ing men Of the country to the latest gen.
Grafton; taxes are eating up the sub
stance Of the people financial crash is
impending; bankruptcy stAres the coun-
try in the face; yet the Administration
IMAGES no euUrt to ecdnoufise or punish
the scoundrels who have swindled and
are swindling the Government Wash
ington Is swarming with loyalists de-
manding pay for supporting Lincoln at
the last election, and 70 quiet thSahsaVd
secure their services In the future, con-
tracts are given them, by the Navy and
War Departments, without stint. Mil.
lions Of dollars Of the peoples money are
thus squandered on party favorites for
party purposes and services. How long
will the people be deluded by the sham
patriotism Of these modern apostles Of
freedom2 What do these sleek, we'll
paid, pampercd minions Of power care for
the calAmities Of the countrys The war
gives them power, lucrative Offices and
fat contracts; it is to their interest to
denounce all propositions for peace and
keep up the war fever and as long as the
Administration employs such men and
the people sustain it, the war will con-
tinue and the Government be swindled
In letter to the New York Herald, Thur
low Weed thus exposes the villainy Of
these harpies
"0fiicial corruption is the rife and ruling
vice of our country. II is the vice that most
easily besets all governments involved in war;
but ours has been eminently its victim. And.
unhapply, amid the absorbing and intense
feeling Of solictude for national existence, the
public sensibilites have been so dulled that
official derelictions and rapacIly 60 unrebuked.
am informed, and believe, through reck-
lessness and dishonesty in the ComniSsary's
Department, the government has been recent
ly wrouged out of q million of dollars BY an
open contract for $4,000 bags Of coffee. Ia it
not time, then, ahat an example should be
made of dishonest government officials! The
peculiarly in our case is, that the most uD-
| ScrupulOuslv rapacious officials are those who
affect the highest sense of duty and patriotism
the "hoiler than thou" mea-ths very CEN
sors nf official integrity.
| Among the numerous letters ELECTED BY q
recent trial for libel in this city, was Onv from
u gentlemen as high in position us in integrity
and character, from which | submit an extract:
1T has long been my earnest conviction that
the country is il! greater danger from those
| cormorants who are tearing at itS vitals, than
from open and undisgused rebellion against
its authority. 1t has cost as much to satisfy
their rapacoIs appetites as to carry on the war.
| The country owes you a debt Of gratitude for
exposing the sham patriotism of these modern
apostles of gospel freedom, and for showing
that their virtue is based upon their profits"
mn
tbs Inaugural Of President Lincoln is
chsrac teristic of the man-frank. bold and
statesman lke.-Abolition Exchange
The Inaugural of President Lincoln
is charactt ristic Of the man'-weak, silly
and disgrAceful to the head of great ma
ton. 1t has not a redeeming feature. 1t
is pure, unmixed, insufFeTable stuff As
a State paper it sinks far below mediocre
~. We hope the Inaugural will be read
by all, and every reader will come to the
conclusion, as Sam Weller did after learn
ing the alphabet, that it was hardly worth
while to go through so much to learn so
little. Without reading it they can new
er properly appreciate the poverty of abil
ity and general information, the total
lack of craftsmanship and patriotism, the
shameless disregard Of common honesty.
the utter recklessness in regard to the
interests of the people, and the cold
blooded insensibiity to the public suffer
ings and the dictates Of common humani
ty, which so eminently characterize it,
1t is as dull, tame and barren of useful
information "a can be well conceived de-
cidedIy "stale, & It and improbable" Its
perusal can afford no satisfaction to any
truly humane or patriotic mind. II gives
positive assurance Of continual war for
Abolition which means utter national
and individual ruin, and the consequent
suffering, poverty and misery which must
inevitably result to the whole people,
1t smacks Of the pot.house poll and
the irreclaimable demagogue. and is GER
tainly Characteristic of its author.
SN -
! INsIpIoCs ATTACK UPON LINCOLN AND
JonNsoS. Our intensely loyal cotempo
rary, the Sacramento Union. with bitter
est invective, on Wednesday, much to our
surprise, insidiously pitched into Lincoln
and johnson. With admirable dexterity,
to, conceal its real design, it commented
upon an article in the Marysvile Express,
slightly derogatory to the amiable, toler.