The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-05-07


port received from q private source,
Vbich SAYS another battle las been
fought a Queu,are. resulting IN the
defeat a tie demotaliz0d lmperialists
and the death II Mraman Mammalian
cannot b. found anywhere, aud Il is
supposed that be has secretly fed tao
country This confirms che report that
DiaN bad defeated Marquee The Inn.
pefiahs,s at Qucrciafc aud the Liberals
are complete masters Of the situation.
Corruption Of the New Nork Leg
stature.
The charges II bribery and corrup-
ton brought against the last \ \ Leg
islaiuro have been SO aeinato aud nu.
maous as 90 excite general attention
Throughout the country. Mr. Thurlow
Weed Who probably knows what cor
mption II as well us any body, says the
traffic ia VOTES during the last and pres
ent sion VAS "a open a. the traffic ia
the cattle market The n. y Tribune
has published the most direct and un-
mistokablc charges Of bribery and cor
rupuon, naming the guilty parties, stat
ing the measures ~ which they were
brlbed and the sums Of money paid
The n y TINES says "Ne assert that
whenever bills arc brought forward in
yotiag money bills which it is for The
ptcuamy atrca II tudtrtdHais o. cor
pg,uioas r. hare iassed, that are @orts
u members IA both houses irh0 dtrcctgor
indirectly demand money az he price of'
their r0t,s for those bills They will vote
for them if paid forthem they will vote
against them, II not " Haipcgs Ncesjy
SAYS the ain is thick with this talk Of
,onality ia tLe Legislature, and il is OK
pectod The Constitutional Convention
VIII supply some remedy Nobody,
probably, VIII deny that the most out
logeous jobs arc constantly presented
in the form Of bills, aud that they arc
passed or defeated only by tho most en-
ormus expenditure Of money These
are undenlablc facts
Mr. George Wilkes, in his paper, the
Spi,H Of III Times, relates how com
pany, OF which BE is the Secretary, own
ing large tract Of land IN Lower Cali
iornin, desired charter from the n Y
Legislature; how The Albany jobbers dc
mauded 100000 IN stock Of the com
pauy, TO deyde round, and told him the
bill couldn't pass till they gave the
word, be found il couldn't and promis-
ed them the stock Finally, when the
session Was yerging 70 It's close they
demanded an additional bonus Of So
600 in cash, assuring him that lis bill
could not pass unless il was paid, He
then outwlttcd them by suddenly seeur-
ing u Smarter in the Same words llom
the Legislature Of New Jersey, when the
N. Y. Legislature at once took up the
bill aud published it through both
houses, passing in few hours, under
the fear that tIleir plender would slip
Though their fingers, measure which
ion ninety days previous had not, with
Oh efforts, made an inch Of leadway
Such q state OF things III the Lega-
laturo Of the great State Of New York,
ID an alarming Sign OF tho ax!ty Of Of
! iiclalmOlals, which is becoming so wide
spread as to bo well nigh national
Honest men everywhere must hold up
such practices for reprobatioD must use
cyoGy means ITO stimulate the public
conscience; must encourage good men
10 hold Office and select all public ser
wants with more sciupulous care; must
boldly expose and relentlessIy follow
up every known case OF such corrup-
tlon or SIC shall indeed as a people
make good the terrible picture depicted
by tho Gatary which III some recent
comments on tie " Y Custom House
case said, "Ihe public service is demon
ahzed and degraded year by year There
IS no lnduccment, not even that Of Sc
Guilty 10 the performance Of duty.
The temptation is all towards difhon-
esly Make hay while the sun shines.
Let us cat and drink for TO morrow
we die, these arc the moxims Of oAiee
holders. AZ cur present rate Of deeent
along the broad read 10 destruction. II.
wili not be long before We reach The
point, az which the most important u.
ilcos VIII be held by men who will re-
gard an official charge Of ycnaliiy and
corruption as only ono Of the ordina-
~ ineonyenionccs Of oiiiccP Then we
shall descend no lower, because we
have got to the bottom.