New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-08-10
DEALING NTH DELINQUENCY.
ILnnm ARMS SAYS

The albany Argus says;
0whor tho notorious venality OF tho Legislature ia
wear after wear exposed THE TRIBUNE charges 1t on the
minority and part Of the system OF corruption
and its main reliance that THE TRIBUNE shall mask ana
protect il, under this lying cover
PenIu I'm The TribuRe.-At the session of 1860,
several bills were passed over the vetoes of
Gov. Morgan which appeared to us corrupt.
We said so in very plain words, and printed
the names of all the members, of both parties,
who voted for those bills, holding them up to
public Reproduction. Certain Republican mem
bers, who had supported those bills, becoming
candidates for reelection that Fall, we were
asked whether we favored their reelection, and
we answered that we did not, but wished them
defeated, even though Democrats should be
chosen in their stead. (Nlind, that this was In
the earnest Presidential struggle of 1862 we
were sued for libed-nOt by Democrats-for
these uttCrances, and defended, but did not
retract.
In our view, corruption can only be extlr-
pated by reprobahng all who are Guilty OF II
without distinction Of party If Republican
journals are to nvegh only against Democratic
| vcnality while Democratic journals in like
| manner invcigh against Republican corruption,
| no good end is subservcd The masses are
msled and deceived, while partisan bigotry Is
aggravated by such a course.
The corruption whereby our Legislature has
for some years been tainted has had no respect
for party lines. 1t has bought and used in
stulments in either party indiiferently. We
Judge that the larger number OF Republican
| legislators IN this State have betrayed their
trust for filthy lucrc, while the larger proportion
of the Democrats in either House have thus sofa
| themselves to shame. And the latter have been
plainly impeled TO this course by The Argus
which has continually told them IN eject
"You are minority, therefore irresponsible (:
$50 sell your votes as often and rs shame
4" lcssly "a possible; for we Will tell your con
stitucnts that the Republicans, being ma
"iority. must bear all the blame Many oil
them would doubtless, have spurncd the lures
of the lobby had The Argus faithfully warned
them that they must bear the consequences OF
their own sins.
II is not true-it is the very reverse OF truth
that TIE TRIBUNE has charged the notorious
corruptions that has prevailed in our Lcgisla-
ture on the political minority. We have
charged it upon all the guilty, no matter OF
what party. We have exposed and rcprobated
the wrong doors, without fear or favor. We
have only protested against the basencss of
attributing to one party what was VIGOROUSLY
| common TO both.
! The argus asserts that we have suppressed
| the fact that Mr. Greeley was once found alb
sent on a call of the roll of the Convention.
| He certainly, never suppressed this nor any
other fact; as he has, thus far, exercised no
control, and no supervision, over the reports of
doings in the Convention which have appeared
in these columns. Hereafter however, he will
cndeavor to have the names of absentccs from
the daily sittings of the COnvention-his own
| includcd-recOrded each day on its journal, ana
duly transferred to these columns. Can any one
pretend that this is not impartially just to all
delegates and to both parties