The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-03-07
NEWS AND GOSSIP By MAIL.

VIEWS and GOSSIP BY MAIT.
The Traffic in Cadetships-The Conn
mittee Slackening in their Zeal
Fears lest the Investigations should
Finally Extend to other Quarters-Im-
plfcated Members MutterinS Omi-
nous1y.
A Washington letter, of the 4th instant, to
the Baltimore Gazette, says:
It lis feared the Military Committeehaye been
tampered with-that the evidence duplicating
eX-members will be suppressed-and that some
of those who are now members Will be sQIier-
ed to slip through unscathed by justice. Hon-
est John Covode has been permitted to select
for himself two members OF the committee TO
proceed to Philadelphia to investigate his case.
The subcommittee have proceeded 10 that
CITY, and contemplate the examination OF Hon.
VIM. Millward, well known in political circles,
who saws he ''sgot the appointment OF cadet
from Mr.. Covode, and sold 1t for $1,000" VI
co.lcke it will be proved beyond question tnat
WMr. CoyodG was totally ignorant and inno-
cent OF the passing, between these outside par
ties, of any :'flthy lucre." AS well might
reader CT lie Sage charge Gil Bias with ''touch-
inc" any of the subsidies brought in by hs con-
fdential friend, Scipio. l am of opinion that
even Butler, of Tennessee, will be "let up" IL
the appointment of young Tyler. The "en-
larced" powers given the committee by sub
seolent resolution of the House were con-
ferred in the interest of the House delinquents.
The committee understand perfectly the pur-
pose of this resolution. 1t said, IN SO many
words, stop your current exposure, Oh m. mem n
bers of this House, or prepare to take the re-
sponsibity of attacking the very heads OF tue
Radical organization in the Executive Depart
ment of the government.
The implicated members have within day or
two spoken in unmistakable language. They
boldly avow that the nomination OF Stewart, OF
New York, for Secretary of the Treasury, the
appointments of Borie and Hoar to other posi-
tons in the Cabinet, and OF Pierrepont and
Butterfeld to the most lucrative posts IN New
York, besides hosts OF others, We're the same
thing as issuing a carte-otanche to every otice-
holder and Congressman in America (wno nave
the legal power to appoint) to sell all the Offices
within their Gift to the highest bidder. The
adoption broadly of the principle of reward
ing men who had in open day advanced
money, in contemplation Of undoubted pro-
spective ability to confer such honors anu
emoluments, was direct announcement
that offices in the United States had un-
der Radical rule become private and not
public property. If this doctrine is to
be admitted, the sale Of cadetshlp Is no
sale, or transfer of authority TO sell, IS
matter between the member and his con-
stituents alone. Congress has norlsht 10 dis
trlrb q member in the exercise of his vested
priyaue rights Nor, indeed, (upon the general
principle Of the Presidents appointments
have the people of their ''deestrictS" any right
to complain. Wherein, fOrsooth, have the peo-
pie of the. United States, at large, dissented
from the propriety in General Grant OF search
ing out and appointing from the four quarters
of the earth every man, woman ana cniia IN
any way related to or connected with MN, or
any one of his extensive kith or clan The
people seem to acknowledge that he owns all
these offices. and could as well sell them to
the subscribers to the Grant fund as to give
them away to his poor relations. why, then,
kick ND such fuss about poor Whittemores
little speculation Such views US these, press
ed upon the committee by the smal-fry pecu-
lators, have squelched the last spark OF spunk
out of their bodies. They dare not strike ut
the root of the evil.
The time has come when spade should be
called spade. The wretched condition OF the
country has been to q great extent brought
about by sQueamishness when speaking OF the
miserable nepotism and the unparalleled se!-
flshness. avarice and wholesale graSping OF the
public franchises by this administration. am
glad, therefore. that members (no matter with
what motiye) have determined that the COM
mittee shall either take the bull by the horus,
or cease with their contemplate dras-net to
haul in the small fish. Go into deep water,
gentlemen, or you will catch no popularity,
how many so ever minnowS you may expose
to the public view Dropping this metaphor,
1t is only necessary, to be assured, to apply the
spark to set the country on fire. The lnuiSna-
tion and contempt of the masses only awaits
the official exposure OF their .unscrupulous
rulers
The North Carolina Vacancy-Dewcesc
to be Succeeded by Colored Repre-
sentative.
A Washington telegram of Thursday to the
New York Herald says:
dispatch was received to-day from Gov
ernor Holden, by the North Carolina senators,
relative to the vacancy in the fourth district, oc-
casioned by the resignation Of DeweeSe. the car
net.ba@oer, who sold his cadetships. Holden
asks for advice about the propriety OF holding
an election to fill the vacancy for the present
Congress. 1t is the opinion OIL senators Aoo9te
and Pool that the Republicans can carry the
district, though it was close when Deweese
was elected. This is attributed to the fact
that Deweese was unpopular ana was re-
garded altogether as an unsntaoie seieC-
lion. 1t is thought that the RepuDil-
cans will nominate Jim Harris, negro, wno l:o
is said to be very popular not only Win uis
own race, but with the whites. If he is noml-
mated Senator Abbott thinks he will carry the
district. He was prominent candidate when
DeWeese was nominated, and would have
beaten him had he made an effort. At that
time it was not considered good policy on the
mart @ of the Republicans Of the South to push
negroes forward for Congress; and Harris. who
is reported as sensible fellow. didnot wish ,t to to
make himself prominent. NOW that tue ice
has been fairly broken by the election OF the
negro @ Senator Revels, the Southern Repnb-
cans, especially the black wing OF the party,
t"el ' no further delicacy about sending
NEGROES to Congress 1t is probable mat
hofh Dewccse and Whittemore Will De sue
cceded in the House by negroes.
The white laborers on The Pacific Railroad, a.
,-.,o hsva iIrivrn OF the Chinese, destroying