Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-10
A Requisite for Office under Grant
that Will Exclude the Radical
Ileaderu A


that will Exclude the Radical
Leaders. E
Inc NeU York Sun, in a half column of
ourlesque advice to those who wish to hold |
office under GRANT, commences thus: "1st. |
Be Honest That is decided damper. 1t
viii cut off all the Radical leaders, the
CALLIcoTTs, now in the State Prison; the
GIBsoNs, now (thanks to friendly Attor-
ney General, who nollied the indictment,)
out of the Penitentiary. 1t will cut off all
the men whose thieving propensities caused
the celebrated declaration of Mr.. DAWES, a
leading Radical member of Congress from
Massachusetts, and member of an investi
eating committee, ordered by Congress
during the second year of the war, in his
place in Congress, when he said 1854
THE gentleman must remember that. in
the first year Of a Republican Administrations
| tohtch came into potcer upon professions of Re-
form and Retrenct1nent, there is indisputable1
evidence abroad in the land that somebody
has PLUNDERED THE PUBLIC
TREASURY WE'LL NIGH. IN THAT
! SINGLE YEAR, As MUCH AS THE
| CURRENT YEARLY EXPENSES OF
THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE
ADMINISTRATION [ [BUcHANAN'sl tohich
the people hurled from, potoer because OF as COR
| r1Lptton." go rUE re l41 tiua sd gnCl Ea.
And about the same date the declaration
of the Chicago Tribune, the leading Repub-
lican. organ of Illinois, and so much ia
vorite of LINcoLN's that his first phot :
graph was taken with the Tribune in his
hand. said: sia2iisb gaoi7ay s,sfA ls lsil.r
''Where one dollar is stolen By contractors,
fUe are stolen by public officers"
To advise the Radical Office seekers to be
honest, is to advise the Negro to be white
the leopard to change his spots-the Mag
gers not to have an itching for Southern
spoons, or any other impossible thing.
- Col. DOM PIArT, who has more brains
than any other Radical in Ohio, in his pa
per, the Mac a cheek Press, of June l, 1867
gave this evidence to prove that with Rad
icalism stealing was the rule, and not to
steal the exception: Ett
| 1--WE never could make out what the late
and lamented Mr.. Lincoln wanted with a
| detective system at all. From the hour of
his ttrSt inauguration up to that of his death,
| THE THIEVES WERE ALL IN OFFICE.
Excepting Messrs. Chase, Stanton and
Holt. IL toas impossible almost 10 lay hands on
an oficidl and not touch man not made rich
| throudh his position. This was especially the
case with the moneyed offices. Honest men
stood aghast at the inspnnity, WITH, WHICH
STEALING WENT ON. All cries of shame
and outrage seemed unduailihq. All opposI-
ton was thrown away. THIEVES WERE
| TURNED QUITO BE SUCCEE JED BY
THIEVES. AND COLOSSAL b FOR
TUNES WERE MADE IN AN HOUR.
| The amiable old President cracked jokes,
over the rascality, and said that in his app
| pointments he had to run his hand into a
sack Of fifty snakes to find one eel. Among
the later acts OF the Congress that prece-
ded his death aoas an Investigation of the cot
ton frauds and out of a great number of per
natts to steal, three fourths aoere signed by The
| President.
| I'VE know that any quantity of timid
men will demonstrate at this, as likely to
injure our party. We think differently,
and firmly believe that the only hope we
have to hold our Government in the hands
of loyal men, IS to expose the rdscdlity and
drtue out the thieves. To remain silent is to
connive at the frauds and protect the
rogues." -.- r-.----.tt o..
1t, then, GRANT should be elected Presi-
dent, and his requisite for Office should be
honesty, it would be a terrible blow to his
supporters to find him appointing SEYMOUR
and BLAIR men to place and power, be-
cause, among the leaders OF his own party,
like DIoGoNEs with his lighted candle, he
would fail in his attempts to find All honest
man.