The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-01-14
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thus .alluaes to the rejection Of SIR.
Hoar, one Of its pets, for position
on the Supreme bench THIS rcjec-
tioh the Nation says:
.Mcans precisely this: that he has
refused 10 degrade the Government
by rendering dishonest opinions; that
lie has refused to degrade the public
service by placing Incompetent men
in Office; that he has avoided both
extremes of partisan zeal, and not
allowed the whisperings of malice to
divert him from the path Which his
convictions pointed out; that be has
performed the duties Of his office
with a keen intelligence ard steady
integrity that ought to make him a
model for all his successors. And
this it is which has made him 'un-
popular with the time-scrvers who
seek to make political capital out of
what they choose to call the badness
Of Grants nominations. For six
months we have heard their virtuous
outcrics. and were at first inclined to
trust their-professions. But now we
have had an opportunity Of testing
the real value of their homilies, and
guaging the precise amount of their
interests in the public service. In
Hoars ease they had an excellent
nomination to act upon, and no pub
lie elamor to terrify them, yet they
have had the hardihood to reject the
nomination, and the only ground the
rejection can find to stand upon is
the unpopularity Of high character in
public man. Now let them confirm
Sicklcs, and nothing will be wanting
to complete the farce Of the reform
movement in the Senate
1.-The country cares nothing about
the individual Senator's A large
part Of them do not represent any
body" says ''Warrington," Clerk of
the Massachusetts, House of Repre-
sentativcs aud author of the last
Massachusetts Republican State Ad-
dress. He asks: "Who does Ross
represent. Does anybody suppose
30. Abbott, whilom editor of the
Boston Daily Bee, will maintain him.
self after his term is out? Or Saw
yer? Nay, what is likely to become
Of Roscoe Conkling: Again, WAR
rington" declares there is no hope
for the Republican party there until
some man shall arise who will take
its leadership, instil into it some de-
gree Of principle, aud manage it with
some method other than bribery"
As for Conkling. Edmunds and Car.
penter, ''Warlingtou' pronounces
them "ringleaders III dirty conspira-
cy.'
Tie foregoing choice excerpt fur
nishcs choice food for reflection. The
highest branch of Congress-thce en-
hodiment Of the great party of NOR,
al ideas-thc impeaching power Of
the nation-is thus portrayed by one
of the most influcntia! and intclli-
gent Republicans Of the country as
controlled by men void If personal
integrity, as men without sufi ism,
ability and honesty to merit the res
peet Of their constituents, and whose
modes Of mana cement are conspira-
cy and bribery!
This is the picture Of the United
States Senate crowned by the radical
party with more than regal powers
in the government Of the country;
VIC say government, because, in CON
neciion with the other branch of
Congress the Senate has usurpea all
power AMI arrogantly dictates to the
Executive and Judicial branches their
mctes and bounds
I'll The confessed result of nine years
ascendency of the Republican party
is imbeci!ity, bribery. conspiracy.
trcaehery; assumption Of authority
not conferred, violation of the con-
stitution, prolonged rupture of the
Union, refusal to redeem solemn
pledges and constitutional obligations
to the States. humiliation of national
dignity and burdening the people with
unprecedented taxation to meet ex-
traya CANT aud corrupt expenditures.
The people know them BY the bitter
fruits with which they have been in
duccd to fill their mouths. They
know them too by the partizan crimes
daily committed under the claim of
patriotic nteltion--of regard for
equal rights-of philanthropy-and
while treachery has prompted their
deeds, hypocrisy has guided their
acts, and tyranny Furnishes resist
ancc. It's despotism is seen through
out the land in justifying proscrip
tive order in denying public employ
TO one half the aboring men Of the
country for exer cising the freeman's
right of political opinion; and yet
moro boldly in debating the polite
alaction Of millions OF American cit
liens under threats Of punishment for
disobcdience-a dictation that rols
them of every attribute Of citizenship
under the pretence of enforcing the