The Placer herald. [volume] (Auburn, Placer County, Calif.) 1855-1991, 1868-10-31
OLD RECORDS.

at that early day there was corrupticu and
wholesale swindlipg, what must it be- by
this time! 1t is a fact patent to every man,
woman and child in the country-black,
white aud copper colored, that the party in
power have since that time been growing no
better very fast. The record from such az.
thority it seems to me might be given to
your Pacific Coast readers with profit, and
repea .su from time to time until after the
November election.
These are robbers and thieves who during
the last six years have claimed all the 10y
atty and have hurled at the Democrats such
loving epithets as traitors, secesb, disloy-
aists, copperheads, rebels, etc.
Charges made by Republicans.
Below We give extracts from leading Re-
publican papers, leading military and politi'
cal men all now Republicans, in reference to
the extravaganza, recktessness and corrup-
ion of the Administration in power. The
charges are not overdrawn, and they were
all made at times when no elections were
pending, and there were no motives to con-
ceal tho truth Let honest men read, aud
say if they are called upon to give their vote
to proong four years this corrupt state Of
things. The extracts one and all, speak for
themselves:
[From the albany Evening Post, (Rep.)]
The mighty interests Of the nation have
been made subordinate to the greedy avarice
of swndling contractors. The War Depart
mant, has been virtually in the hands and at
the mercy OF men who care nothing for the
sullerings of The people, except as they serve
their own ends, and give them chance to
enrich themselves out of the calamites OF
| the country.
| [Hon Jno Hale, Senator from New Hampshire]
declare upon my res possibility as Sen
ator that the liberties of the country are in
greater danger to-day from the corrup'ions
and som the rrofiigacy practiced IN various
| departments of the government, than they
are from the enemy in the open field.
[Brig Gen Wilcox]
Contractors have carried on the war.
The blood of our men, the groans of our
wounded the tears of the orphan, the wall
Of the widow have been coined into money
Men without patriotism and wisdom have
urged military plans which have not accom-
plished anything.
[From the New Haven Courer]
| Contractors have carried on this war. The
blood Of our men, the groans of the wound'
! ed, the tears OF the orphan, the wall Of the
widow, have been coined into money. Il
This is true. Contractors have carried on
this war, They have swndIel the govern,
ment out of hundreds of millions. They
have piled fortunes upon fortunes
! Corruption runs riot in Washington. Even
| { ~ hctt of hnIC
hundred thousand, while leaders who have
tasted the spoils are |oungng about the door
of everv government Office, and by threats
and bribes compelling the qualification Of
their wishes.
Political purposes and selfish schemes
have ruled generalsbp, and conducted our
armies to ruin instead of victory. Ne~spa-
pers and cques have directed and changed
from moplh 10 month the policy of the gov
erDment, and unsettled even the Cabinet
itself. so that no one rises on this New Years
morn Q863) with the confidence that any
stable and efficient course Of action will di-
rect the administration Of affairs through the
first quslter of the year.
.[From the Dawes Investigating Committed
The Iarcenies practiced under the Admin.
istralion have exceeded the entire expendi-
lures under the administration Of James
Buchanan.
From the Chicago Trbuue's Washington Cor
respondence]
The tone of morality is considerable lower
than it ever has been before This is admit
ted on all hands. and can be proved, or rather
needs no proof, for the air is heavy with
public and private guilt. Il The South
erners, as class, had a very nice sense of
honor, SO far as the public treasury was con-
cerned When they held the power here,
there was comparatively little tbieving, and
when anv was discovered, it was promptly
exposed and denounced. There has been a
change, dreadful change, for the worse.
Oh! those rascaly contractors,
says some honest man in the rural districts.
For every dollar wrongfully taken by con-
tractor, five have been taken by public SER
wants.
[From the Chasc-Pomery Circular]
/. That even were the election of Mr..
Lincoln desirable, it is practically impossible
against the Union influences that will be
opposed TO him.
2. That, should be be reelected, his man.
fest tendency toward compromises and tenn
porarary expedients of policy will become
stronger during second term than it has
been in the first and the cause of human
liberty and the dignity and honor of the ma.
ton suffer proportionally, while the war
may continue to Ianguish during his whole
administration, till the public debt shall be-
come debt too great to be borne.
3. That the patronage of the Government,
through the necessities of the war, has been
so rapidly increased, and to such an enorm
Gus extent, and SO loosely placed as to rem
der the application of the one term principle
, absolutely essential to the certain safety o
our republican institutions.
From the Springfield Republican,
II ia a cod shockinn pictura Of life nj