Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-09-30

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Place tho Dlame whore 10 he.
1ongs.
Amid the noise and clamor raised By in>
tsrssted psrtisans Of The eliqse, which hes
TOO long been suffered to rule THE country
under false prstenccs, who snswsr the just
complaints Of the victims Of their selfish
and narrow schenine merely By tho renew
81 Of vehement appeals 10 passions reused
By civil war. end Che perpetual refirbishng
Of worn and party asmor, which tho lapse
Of time has already rendered antiqua'ed and
should now b. thsswn aside ~ an saeun
bsanos 10 the onward march Of the nation.
Il 10 good omen 10 find steadily increasing
expression Of interest on the part Of electors
In matters Of finance. Readers Of ncwspa.
psss are being daily informed Of the pre-
mitigation Of new schemcs by al manner Of
snsn, Tor the management Of the debt or the
settlement Of The currency while frauds,
which would have passed unnosiced among
che gigantic sonuptions which 90 shame
fully characterized che yeais Of warfare
through which We have just passed. now
sIc,t, sttcation and attract the keenest
scrutiny. W. segasi this no most hope>
fol kigo, for surely. while the nation stag
gcss unlcs = moasro load of debt. and
our hsrd.working merchants, farmers and
mechanics are wslrn'eh crushed e. earth by
the pressure Of the most onssous taxation
ever endured by free people, il is we'll that
the angry 70 lings Il alienation ard hatred
invoked by civil strife should givs place 70
common interest 10 the future fnar cia
police Of The govern ucnt, aud that tho pues-
ton of shc future status Of .Sdmbos children
should BE-, ~ any rae temporarily post
poned to consideration Of the prospects Of
our orN.
PopuiAs attention hss been Of late direct
cd repeatedly (bu: M, once too of.en) to
frauds IN thc collection Of the internal rev.
enue, which, Il 10 alleged and undoubtedly
with truth, have assumed the most alarms
ing proportions. In suoh matter the tag
payers are indeed vitality interested. and
they will not DO SLOW to visit those proved
guilty Of these frauds-tithes o. psincipals
and acccssories-with their full need Of
popular indS nation.
1t . fortunate thing Tor III, country. in
this time when ths ,irsss c1,erienc, and
the most inc,rsap,iblc integrity are Of sl,h
essential importance in ire management Of
its tinsa .es, tina. its cxcaequsr is presided
over by 80 ahls and pure man NJ the pres>
Ont Secretary Of IN, Treasury. But with
what prospect Of success could even Herr
culcs commence "a cleanse the Augcau sta
BILE Of corruption, whore Radical steeds have
been pan'peecd for years At the national ex>
psnss. without On attempt ever having been
made to do more to disin,est the growing
mssa Of corruption, than the occasional
lattsring Of little powder on the thrssh
hold, when the stencil became too offensive
Tor even Radical nostrils! Besides. every
one knows the absurd restrictions imposed
by Radical majority upon executive &C
sion-impsscd with the sole purpose ofper.
pstuating ito own asosndanoy which rem
der the Secretary, in most cases, helpless
10 prevent che evils which, 10 common With
every honest citizen, he must greatly de-
plors. Let Il b borne in mind, ~ an in>
controvsssibls fact, that not subordinate
can b appointed BY him except subject to
the rejection Of the Radical majority in The
Senate, with whom no qualification ~ 10
csopstsaey and integrity can avail, but
solely IN unausssioning devotion to Radical
'idess" and measures. How utterly i'm
possible shis rsodsss anything like IN elect.
i've control Of bic own department to the
Secretary. il needs bet little common sense
to Gee. He 10 virtually deprived u the
power Of selecting d agents q Of fsosviog
Incompetent OF uafaithful ofieials. Yet,
with that mean dishonesty which long
psssistaacs in elsctionsesing trickssy and
nisrsyssssntation seems 10 have esndessd
chronic among Radical politicians, there
have been whispers -csrsfally guarded, Il
d true, for commitliag the whispersrs 70
any MISUNDERSTANDING that some por
ION Of The responsibility for the enormous
frauds and dsfalcations in the collection Of
internal revenue. rests upon the head Of the
departmsnt But the facts Of ne vsri,us
cases, ~ fact - they are developed BY in>
vestigation aud made public. all point un>
mistskeably to the real criminals. The
1eincipais are. with scarcely an ex.
ception, such men Callisott-appointed
on the Recommendation of Iead>
ing New York Republicans (among whom,
IL 10 curious 70 note. was the vissuous sdi>
tor.io,chisf Of the Tribune: and the ocecs>
SORES to the crime-both hefurs and after
the fact-are the Radicals in Congress.
~hose selfish and siilv legislation hes "a.
ken from the heads Of departments that
control over their subordinates, when everv
man u business experience knows l. indis>
psasabls V The successful transactieu Of
even commercial affairs.
Bot hampersd ~ he has been by fact; ,os
end pastieaA setion N the past SftAs Radi.
eal aajositiss in Senate and Hsuss, ana
hsoes seable to aeeemplish the fall msasuss
al that COED which sight have sssa secured
- ths nAtioa ftou biz ability, and sas,sa,
0assaip, re. MeOu!loeA. % far - hs be-
hssa lsls say ibsssg u action. has aaply