Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-04-01
An Honest Administration.

Tue vigof With winch the administra-
tion is pursuing the .inyestigatl2ns tnto
the frauds and peculatio1is OF Collector
Bailev.,7of New York, is additional evi-
dence of the fact that the pledges of tpe
Republlcan nafty IN fcspect tohdnesty
and reformein The conduct of national
affairs areb beine faithfully honorulsly and
emphatically carried out. a.. ..,.. 81, 81.
When General Grant was inaug1rated
President, cofruptioh was the rule, hon
esty the exception, In The different depart
ments aud sbbReaaseTof the government,
The most thoughtful men OF the country
had for months well nigh ldespaired o. tthe
republic; the most intelligent friends OF
freedom and America in the Old World
had fearesi,that, though we had success
fully met and put down a,gigantic rebel
lion, the ship of state, rotten as it ap.
peared 20 nes might founder in q calm.
This despair and this fear were not the
mere creatures of imagination, or of, the
croaking spirit. The integrity Of the
body polite was not doubted. The sacri1
fees the people had just smade, the noble
patriotism, the men and women OF the
land had Just shown in ten. thousand
Ways, were proof positive as to the ele-
vated spirit and true nobility of the body
polite at, large., But the greatness and
honor Of The people were in marked con-
trast with the littleness and corruption
of the 0fFfce holding set. The nation. was
glorious; the government was a burning
shame.
EverS candid person must agree that
we do mob exaggerate the ills of govern
ment which prevailed dIduring the closing
months of A1tirew Johnson's ADMINISTERS
ton. From The Executive Mansion tC
the post-offices at CROSS roads there wal
fawling,r there was peculation fraud
bribeIryastealing, corruption reekng ey
crywhere. The raids on the Treasury
were perpetual, but this was not thewors
phase Sf the gloomy, situation, Corrup
ton was honored. Notoriously oorrup
women distributed the offices of the gov
ornment and the bribes of the fortunate
in broad day light, and men of reputation
so far from fscorning the lascivious favor
ties of the Chief Executiyeydld whst the
could to give them power and honor'
The most corrupt rings" were POLITICAL
omnipotent. They controlled ever
branch of government. Their ramifics
tions extended all over the country, an
their effect in demoralizing politics wa
great, and most unfortunately becomin
greater. 1t is not to be doubted that tn
government could not have endured tn
ills of the era o4 which we speak a yes
longer. 1t would have fallen to pieces
its own corruption.
How different the situation to.da
There are those who dispute the state
manship of President Grant, but these a
not among the most thoughtful men
the country. There are those who COZ
plain oyer the distribution of the publ
patronage, but these are mostly those WI
have personal grievance and bias
Judgment The integrity of the Preside
is beyond dispute except by those WI
would q dispute. against the sun. Eve
charge iof want of integrity against hi
has fallen to the. ground. The sshrewdt
men of. Wall street werssiAtsrested,i in
flaming him. q The most rigid scrutiny il
titles him, and vleaves them little If Al
better than felons in the popular bell
And this well.grounded cenfdence in {
Presidents honesty is notonly worth N
lions to the people of the country in t
prevention Of .stealings, but it is wor
even more in the trust in free institutio
that itirestores TO the minds of th0ught
men everywhere. If we think abe
what it3bas tlnne, is doing, and will SURE
do in the future, we cannot help conclr
ing that1thei unquestionabie integrity
President Grant is of no less value to t
country now than. was hissutpassing m
tarygehius, through whose comprehensi
plans and tenacious and sublime plut
the great rebellion went to pieces and I
republic wasssaved.--Ohica5s Post, Aa
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