The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-27
stealing In Congress.

The telegraph the other day made
a sad revelation of the honesty Of
Congress. We are told that the
House Representatives IS substant-
tally at q deadlock in the transact
ton of business, by reason of the
threatening attitude assumed by the
land-jobbers. The Radical majorI-
ty dare not take up the most ncces-
sary bills for fear that powerful
and corrupt ring will log~roli their
precious schemes through Forty
eve important Senate bills are ly-
ing on the table awaiting action,
but, interspersed among Thorn on
the calendar, are twenty-threo
swinGlIng land bills which it is
feared will be passed by . combina-
ton of corrupt members, whose
sense of accountability lie entirely
lost In the TACT that they were not
reelected.
Another point: The corruption
lists are gathering IN force about the
Senate, and combining TO pass thro'
that bodSSa magnificent system Of
stealing and plumber, IN the shape
Of bills to subsidize steamship lines,
and 10 put in operation a mammoth
ship-yard, with rolling mills, foun>
dries, etc for the purpose OF ''re-
viving our foreign commerce" By
constructing iron steam Ships
There arc probably a dozen Of these
projects, and by dumping thum-
"you vote for my plumber and | Will
vote for yours"-it Is expected they
wall all go thponghllhe Senate anu
the House.
Congress dcyotes itsclf with in
dustry to two. great pusuits. The
main one is to crafty hatred and
fear Of the Southern States thia
with q view to the contingencies OF
1872. The other, in plain words, IS
stealing, and it is carried en- in ev-
cry shape under which legislative
larceny, petty and grand, can be
accomplished. From u San Domin-
20 job TO a dimInutiye land grab,
stealing is the grand aim and Oh
ject.
The hundred and odd carpet
baggers and scallawags from the
Southern States constitute the main
reliance Of the lobby. These fell
lows are al On the make. They
have no constituents, unless IN some
instances they find the ignorant
blacks, as in the Whittemore and
Tennessee Butler cases, 10 believe IN
them. They know web enough
:hey win never be tolerated at tho
North in any official position, when
they return from thelr raid with
well filled trunks instead of the
empty carpet-bag they took with
them South. Consequently they
are busy making hay while they
enjoy the sunshine Of political fav-
or and power.
All accounts agree that Wash
ington has never been 80 corrupt
in or out of Congress as it Is to-
day. In tho most reckless days of
the war, when millions wore vast
cd away on contracting favorites,
there uas TO such evidence AS now
exists of premedItatsd and whoie-
sale stealing.
While this Is going on, and to
withdraw tho attention Of the Nor
thern people, the eonspirators are
cooking up a now dish Of Southern
horrors. They have raised a CON-
mittee to report Southern outrages.
1t is an eisctioneering trick in two
senses. In the first place, it will
be used in the fall elections to fire
the Northern mind, and will also
serve the good purpose of keeping
down the discomfort of the faithful
as to swindling land jobs, steam
ship subsidies, tariff ro5beries, md
other phases of the Radical klepto-
mania.-Ohi0 Statesman, '21st inst.
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