Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-05-14

icasancc in office and breach Of
trust take the place Of thief and
stealing. Now 10 make q lew
points in the case. The Right
Reverend General o. q. Howard,
Chief of the Frecdmcus Bureau.
it is discovered has quietly slowed
away in his pocket in the shape
OF bonds and deeds 70 valuable
real estate, several hundred thou.
sand dollars OF Government
money which be- does not intend
TO account for nor restore unless
forced TO do 50. 1t is true that
his case is under investigation but
it is being investigated by a yenal,
purchasable, Radical, Congress
whose action can be bought by 4
sum which will leave the General
Preacher Howard, with his char
acter thoroughly Whitewashed and
plenty Of money in his pocket.
Collector Bailey, Of New York,
simply followed the example set
him by the many other shining
lights Of his party and instead
Of honestly accounting for what
money came into his possession
quietly placed it to his own creli;
in the bank. He, If course, was
not L thief, lie was simply dclaul.
ter. There IS . vast difference br.
tween u thief AID dclau!,or. 4
thicn, in the majority instances,
is Sunc poor half baked, hungry.
hoiiow.cycd wretch, who. driven
desperate by his ccnd,lioA. pluaks
. Loaf ofbrcail,um shop window,
and for ihis il punished in the
most vigorous manner. aal is de-.
serving o. and received the exc
Grafton oi mankind. but q lciaui,er
is gentleman OF tie Radioa.
school Of politics who Is not salts.
lied with less than halt n million.
with hall Of which he bugs up hi
jury, goes clear, and lives in aliiu
ence, honorcd aud respected the
balance OF his days. L. rs see if
We cannot enun.crate . 'gw more
Of these honorable thieves. First.
then, is Thomas Fletcher, who.
while Governor Of Missouri, came
near stealing every railroad in the
State. besides becoming defaultcr
or 4 vast amount Of money.
Then there comes Susisky, the
Treasurer OF 81. Louis, who only
stole some two or three hundred
thousand dollars, and who com.
plains that he is treated with ex.
ceeding harshness and severity
because he is not allowed his wine
and cigars in prison at the expense
Of the State, the luxurious dog.
Then we have but time b. refer to
the fact that Fletcher, the Treasu.
rer of Tennessee, admits that he
has stolen something like one hun.
dred thousand dollars since he has
been in office, and yet thinks that
he should be continued in office.
Governor Bullock, OF Georgia.
stole about balf q million dollars
in that State, and finding Jha: he
was about to be forced TO disgorge,
hurried away to Washington and
by a judicious use Of a portion of
hls stealings had the State re.
stored to military rule, during
which time he will legalizo in
some manner his little indiscre.
ton and possibly steal q million
rso more. Harrison Reed, Gov. |
ernor of Florida, has stolen so
much in that State, and has so
flooded the markets of the coun.
try with Florida bonds, that if the /
State tomorrow was sold at auc.
ton enough could not be realized
to pay the indebtedness. Gov.
ernor Scott, Of South Caro-.
lima, has in very quiet and uu-
SOFT of manner sue.
seeded in stealing something like
two or three hundred thousand
dollars since he has been in office.
Governor Holden, of North Caro-.
.lna, simply chokes it out Of his
subjects. Estimates the amount
be wants and if iii is not fortheOm.
rs prepares to call out the mill
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