The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-05-08
RndIcnIIsm the snme E,cryWhcre.

Radicalism the Same Everywhere.
Prohigacy, corruption. bribery and plum
der seem TO constitute the vital elements Of
all the Radical legislative aud municipal
bodies Of the country. Purge Radicalism
Of these and the party would rot, dry UP
aud die. Beginning at Washington, on the
larger scale, IL has cropped out in all inc
State capitals, where That party are In CON
trol-Abany. Harrisburg, Columbus, In
dianapolis. Springfield. Jefferson City, sc.
in each Of which it has made q like re-
. cord OF shameless dcbauchcry.
The country has been sufficiently dis
grsted, hearing Of the dismmtliag Of the
Presidential mansion of all its more yalua-
bic plate. furniture. carpets, curtains, &c,
on the eve of the rctiracy of the cNquis-
itely refined family of the "Sainted Abe"
from its portals so, that stigmatizing
chapter IN the History Of American Iadi-
calism should, Ia all charity, be- suffered to
pass for q while.
The Radical organs thcmscly es-evcn the
imacuiatc B~EEcuER-are holding up the
New York Legislature a. "a very paragon
of vice and infamy; charging that not one
OF the members hut has his price, which he
obstiuatcly dcmands-so mucl. for q speech
so much more for a speech and n vote
according to the moncycd importance of
the measure before them.
That Of Pennsylvania Is different in no
essential, base proiliGacy, bribery, perjury,
ana every species of moral aud political
~turpitude holding uninterrupted sway and
scorning any public exposure that is
threatened or made.
The custodiaus Of the several State de-
partments, probably catching the iuspira-
ton from the white House example,
seem to operate their peculiar g%rab-gamc.
only ON a lower plane. a letter from lInr-
risburg thus opens it up:
"All the nice rugs, mats and other port
able accessories IN aud around the lrgisla-
tive halls, have already disappeared. This,
we are told, is the regular order of things
after every adjournment of the Legislature
At the next meeting the halls. committee
rooms, &c, will require TO be completely
refurniShcd, In these respects, at acost Oi
many thousand dollars. 1t q, u singular
fact that, since the Radicals came into
power, the public buildings and offices are
annually rciitted and rcfUruishcd, at ;
heavy cost To the State, and yet there ha,
never been Il sale-publiC or privatc-So IA
rs the audited reports show, of surplus fur
nishings. Hundreds Of desks, tables, chairs
&c, and thousands Of yards of costly ear.
pets, Oil-cloths, mating, drugget, to say
nothing Of thousands OF small portable
articles of many kinds, have thus di~ap
pcarcd and madcuO sign
Another letter, from % Republican, bu
who will not go RadicaliSm. runs into TN,
following personalities, showing the ute
unscrupulousncsS Of some of the Radica
loyalists, and the no better than thicying
devices to which they resort to plunde
their own people:
"Iu one instance, George DE Haven, IT,
Representative from Philadelphia. broUgh
his son hcre-a mere child-had him SwOrl
in rs an officer, and sent him Of to schoo
the text day. The boy was never on dut,
Il single day-iu truth, lac did not return
until the day previous to the adjournment
when he came TO draw nine hundred dollar
of the peoples money! senator GeorE
Council, rcputCd to be worth two hundred
and twenty thousand dollars, also brougll
his son here (as he has for four or tv'
sessions past, to be n recipient of some %
the ~Strltiugs. Young Council was sWOrl
.. Ne AlNA NNt llNb AlilN. WIS SUM VI ililll u
this vicinity was ut the GOldsborO' pril
fight, On the day Gcary was iuauguratct
until April 9th, when he. too, came iu to
his gobblc."
These are all "houorablc men '-l-y-y-a.
men-the safety Of the Union, against Coz
perheads, Butteruuts, Democrats, ETC., u
doubt they all So claim.
Even the Radical Legislature of Wiscor
sin, not TO be odd in this party fashion ,
theirs, to grab when they can, could II,
dissolve without passing Il resolution
provide each member with a small sli,
from the public loaf. already pretty We
reSuced; so they voted each other seCcRt
yfuc dollars IN postage Stdups-a total lite
of $3.50 for the body.
Great is Radicalism-aud Plumber of ii
People its ProdN