The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-05-14

tssss u thss paper Of tie 2a,h alt,
dsvosss nearly three quarters n .
colsmn 10 an attack upon Gsn.
Bosghton. Tho pretsxt Of .his dia-
tribe Of vulgar abass, 10 a paragraph
which appeared In the Texas Rspsb.
lieaa Of . recent dsts, IN which "
took occasion to ray that tho removal
Of such men a. Gen. Doughtop and
Judge Evans, AID filing their places
with extrsne men, exhibits clearly
what We may expect from Gen,
Grant and the radical Congress.
The pro tenn Of the Index alleges,
In substance, that Gen. Boughion was
remavsd, not on account Of his polit.
iosl opisions, bu. for his dishonesty.
He thus defines how he managed to
swindls the government:
"Whea Gen. Boughton saw how
be cesld make good thing by run,
uipg Illicit distilleries ia his district.
be made haste to Asnd an agent 10
arrange matters with officers Of the
U. 8. District Court, SO said this
agent, and when satisfied no prosecu.
ton could be bad ia tbst Court against
him aud his confedcrates, he imucdi.
a.sly sent his ngen, around to bribs
all tho Assistant Assessors Of his dis
. 'n.h. Anu ."ose ~n." ne eoala mot
Ji,nlaeino them u,,,.e ,he nr...r,
that il was necessary to econom;so,
by reducing the luu'bsr Of divisions,
'"us making |" necessary iyr Them to
n,.,..;., 49,. c.nsJ w. s..,,'"s P, II
b. mskiar . iadi,aou. selection in
his own interest. He arranged with
dlstiI'ers that /. certain part OF their
~. ss''"sea 70 nun ano
ah,,n, ,hs conn,,v ~ ~g.n, ~. 49,
In this scheme Of speculstion Gan.
Boughion probably made a net gain
o'swsn'y '"o@sa"a do'iars'
docs '"' "'"'' o. INC lott so'sE
cx'racs '"'e"o ~nat nc mas hcrs as
se''ea 20 DC 'A.e" AZ '''efA.y "se :
IL no. T" oof'a'ns a more s'o'ent a.
'aok "P'" 'a' 'onu'ne 'so'ea' ounce
no'ae's !" has'er" iex"s' 'han the
ieAss "'F a"'''aa oI s"y o'ner Dem
oofa'ic Ps2er OF q" Of 'hsm con-
o'"e"' nave ever "aae' ana presents
eve" . more 'ofrup' STATE OIL sHs'rs
than we supposed exists First, Gen.
"ous"''n sent ." AGENT VINO OF
course "" P"r'''sP' e''"'""' or
po'ehf up TO bribc the ofticcrs OF tho
L. ). District Court, which W. pro.
sumo includes the Judge, District
Attorney, Clerk, and Grand Jury,
aud ia which II seems he succeeded
without difficulty. Having done
thn, he next proceeded 10 bride his
Assistant Assessors, who. If they re-
it.cd to aid him in his scheme Of
rseu's'ion, kept remarkably quiet,
ia this is the FIRST intimation that has
ever been given to tho public Of disc
honesty in this Office. Tho Collcc.
tor Of the District, the various radi.
cal Oh GERS 10 tho different counties,
were remarkably ob,aAc, not to have
noticed this gigantic swindlinp
scheme, which must have been going
on for the last three years to have
been 80 profitable as i: is represented
:. A.-. t..-. rA-. .-a;.-' -S--."
may have conived at such yillainy
in one Of their own number, is quite
probable but that they would have
been so lenicnt with a Dsmacrat, ia
scarcely TO DO credi.ed.* Il il not
extraordinary that, II these state
ments are true, thai this writer, in
stend Of publishing them to the
world, should not have gone. bsfors
the late Grand Jury and have ob.
tanned . hill or yra;.,m.,, ...;,u.
~ IN ~
''"' '''"s "''" " "o' more eA'
traordinary that Gen. Bougtcn
should hayo been simnlv r.movsa
~.
w''no"' any eH"fs ats criminal pros
ecusiony
II ...u. IN r H., IL. -
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the tnds. endsavors 10 establish too
mush far hi. o~r yooa ..A N. -coA
Ut MS parry and party friends, Who are
corrupt enough in all conscience.
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"Ao'' sP'''s f" " '"s@
worse.
That o.. no,~h,,, ala ma.
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,o'''"'os 0''''-''0" '"' treasury
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