North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03
A Racy Sketch from a Radical Pen,

Senator and ex-Secretary Harlan, who
lately made the outspoken comments Of
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
upon some of his official acts the occasion
of q two column spluttering upon the lax-
zaroni of the press, is again hauled over
the Goals by that journal, and in such
manner that he cannot we'll neglect to oc-
cupy the floor of the Senate in self-defense
What adds to the piquancy of the articles
of the Gazette is,that this journal, although
heightened and honorable, is quite as rad
ical in politics as Harlan himself. The
Gazette of the I'D says:
And since Mr.. Harlan has introduced
the classification of the members of a pro-
fession, in order to describe vile class
into which he can put journalists who
disturb his speculations, we have to say
that we know of no class of beings too
vile to include Secretary of the Interior,
or Senator, who uses his Office to rob
the country to enrich himself-who dis
graces his Government by cheating the
Indians out of their lands for private
speculation, when his Office makes him
their guardian; who amasses great wealth,
while his country is bleeding at every
pore who in his countrv's agony makes
the profession Of patriotism what the blunt
Samuel johnson once called it, "the last
refuge OF scoundrel y who in the Joy Of
rapid rise from poverty to riches, by the
improvement of official opportunities,
views the dstresses Of the people torn by
civil war with serene Indifference
At some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, sS
Sweis from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,
Though round its base its country's ruins spread,
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We have no criminal class too vile for
place for such Cabinet officers and SEMI.
tors Repeating Mr.. Harlan's expression,
we have to say that his associates may
Judge where he belongs, and the public
may assign him his proper place.
When Senator's, who in a few years,
and in the midst Of general distress, have
risen from poverty to enormous wealth,
assume to set up for their class a superior
honor over the Correspondents of the
press, they exhibit brazen effrontery and
cause the world to scott. Mr.. Harlan is
arraigned before the tribunal Of public
opinion for acts that should cast him out
of the society of reputable men. He can
not divert this by villifying the CORES
pendent of the Gazette, whose integrity all
the wealth that has stuck to Mr.. Harlan
fingers since he has been in public life
could not touch.
The time is coming when the shrinking
of paper values will reveal the burdens
upon the people in their real weight; and
then the sight of public officer who upon
a small salary has in a few years accumu-
lated great wealth will be popularity
odious; when the riches procured by
speculation will no longer have glitter
that hides the means by which they were
gained; when the official robbers of a
bleeding country-worse than the hyenas
of the battlefeld--will find themselves
and their ill-gotten riches subject to a
moral judgment that will force them to
seek seclusion, and make their pampered
children ashamed of their paternal name.
1t is the work our correspondent is doing
in reconstructing the moral sentiment OF
the country on these matters that has
aroused the hatred of such as Harlan and
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