Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-09-06

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Tsr0 LoynE Opinions.
To fully demonstrate to our readers
tho fact that tho Radical family Is not
a unit on 'thc government we need
but quote from two organs ofgthat
party Tho Ratmans Jonradi, Of
last week, in setting forth The bldss'
ings showcrcd upon the country by
Gen Grant, said; \ Y
"Tho country was never before
blessed with ruler moro conspicuous
for justice and wisdom, and tho pcoplc
will gladly hail his denomination to an
office whose high duties no has so well
and faithfully discharged. With Grant
as standard bearer of the great Re. =.
publican party in 1872, victory will be
secure and certain. No other leader
can so well carry the popular vote
and no other would dare interpose to
prevent his election, for disastrous de-.
feat would follow tho efforts of any
who would step in between the peo.
Pile and their choice. Grants admin
isiraton has been no failure. He has
shown the world how strong is our
nationj ho has discharged a great
portion flhe public debt by stringent
collection laws, whereby not dollar
due the Treasury is permitted to slip
into other channels; he has been wise
and prudent in all things, 10 his ap.
pointments at homo and abroad, in
his official and public acts, in lis per-
sonal and private conductand behavior,
as man, citizen and President. Such
n leader the party of progress can ut
all times follow. Despite all opposi.
tion, como from what quarter it may,
Grant IL now seems will be the next
President oisthc United Statcs.p 9ai
Thcrc, reader, you have a Clcarfeld
opinion. Now we will give you New
York opinion, taken from the Sun,
whose editor was Assistant Secretary
of War during tho reign of o1the late
lamented," and like the editor Of the
Joarndl, knows something, too. In
writing about "oiiicial dishonesty he
says; 5tu efd .se asv lHe
y "Wo publish in another part Of. this
paper card and we believe an accu.
rate account of the occurrences in tho
Post Office at Hartford which have
excited the expectation that General
Whitaker, the Postmaster there, would
be dismissed. l3 He.ff !
at now seems indisputablc that
Whitaker, although he was brave
ard energetic officer in the war does
not possess that nice sense of pecuni. |
AIRY honor or that delicate conscience
without which no important public
trust can be safely administered
When appointed to the charge of the
Post Office at Hartford, his first act |
in imitation of Gen Grant, was to in. |
troduce two ofhis own brothers among
his official subordiiiates and it is in |
connection with these brothers that his
pccuninry malvcrsatiops have occur.
red. 1t has been proved by his own
confession, rs well as by other evidence
that he has made out false payrolls,
representing his two brothers as re.
ceiving less pay than was really given
TO them, and other clerks as receiving
more. 1t appears, however, that tho
two brothers received moro money
than is thus accounted for, and that
this excess was paid to them either by
some accidental inaccuracy in the
fraud, or by an open act Of plunder
which ii has not been thought neccs.
sary to conceal. Whom these pay.rolls
were sent forward to Washington
they were, as we understand, sworn to
by Gen. Whitaker as true and accu,
ate; so that the crime of perjury was
added to the other crime Of official
fraud. 9t tiA aH
"Thoso facts were fully asccrtaincd
by the authorities OF the Post Office
Department more than month ago
but no action has been taken by them, |.
aud Gen. Whitaker is still In Office. -
1t seems that Gen. Grant does not
regard Whitaker's transactions as OF
kind to disqualify him from holding
an important trust under his Admin
istralion.
"Can il be true tha. President Grant
owns $50, 900 inthe stock of the Seneca
Sandstone Company in Washington?
"Can il be true that this stock was a
present to him, and that he never paid
one cent for the $4,000 worth
"Can IL be true that this $50 900 Of
stock in the Seneca Sandstone Com
pany was presented to President Grant
by the owners of the Seneca quarry
through the Hon. IL. d. Cook OF WASH
ington?
Scan il be true that after this hand
some present President Grantappoint.
ed the Hon. Henry d. Cook Governor
Of the District of Columbian
"Can it be true that the Seneca
Company is making a great
deal of money through various official
relations in Washington
ave trust all those questions can be
in the negative President
Grant has SO many political misJccds
10 answer for that VIC should hope
that this particular case of present
taking may bc kept off his ACCOUNT
But wo have received a statement of
The facts here intimatod from such
source that we dare not withhold them
from the public
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