Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-12-06
The Rule Of U0sCais.

The EsuIe Of YsasCafs.
This picture of carpet bag rule in
South Carolina is from the Now York
Tribune, and every one who reads it
here will apply it's moral nearer home
The Tribune says;
"What a shameful exhibit II is BY
Juggling with figures and manipulat.
ing arliully contrived tables, "Ring'
of adventurers kept tho people of
South Carolina as completely in tho
dark about the finances of the State us
though their false returns had been
printed in Sanscrit. They prophesied
smooth things while the ship was
drifting into the whirlpool OF bank.
ruptcy. They lied about the condi'
ton OF the Treasury regularly, and at
fixed intervals, with all the system of
pracliced montebnnks. Bonds were
printed in New York by the ream,
and sold in Wall street for what they
would fetch. A so.callcd,Sta Agent,
street broker, handled millions of
these bonds, without giving shadow
of responsible security for the intcgri
ty of his dealings, The Governor.
Treasurer, and Controller General Wed
with each other in iahricaiing state
ments intended for the public eye,
while the real facts and figures in the
desperate case were kept in the secrc'
cy of their own offices. There seemed
to be no such thing as sounding bot.
tom in the wild stream which rushed
out of the State Treasury. An lnves
tigating Committee appointed by the
frightened Legislature, came up to
New York to look into the finances
OF the State, which had no apparent
existence outside OF Wall street and
these gentlemen turned their tour into
holiday trip and relaxed the stern
Justice of their intent into wild
Ijunketing at an uptown hotel.
"But the end has come at last.
The fabric of falsehood has collapsed /;
tho public credit is moribund. The
people have been deceived as long us
possible, and after such statements as
seven million debt in 1870, and nine
and half millions in September, 1871,
we grasp the astounding fact that on
the 20th November, 1871, South Caro-.
lima owed the enormous sum of Sl5,.
S06,9OS. Here is u State made finun.
cialIy bankrupt by mere spectators
in politics. What punishment shall
ovcrtake the plunderers who, within
"A very few days, have been white.
washing each other? Certain it is
that their guilt is aS clearly dctermin.
ed us that of our own municipal ban
ditti, whose audacity so much resem.
bles theirs. We are heartily sick oi
the sentimental attempts Of "parly
managers to cover up the corruption,
dishonesty, and extravaganza of the
carpet bag governments. The plea
that exposure of these frauds will in
juro the Republican party is as wicked
us it is silly. Better, thousand
times, that the party be rent asundcr
than that any crime for which it can
be Justly held responsible be covered
up in its own house. No party eau
'ong live with such cancer concealed
in its bosom, Bat the party is not
responsible for the criminal dishon
eSty Of n few officials who bear its
name though it would be justly held
to strict accOuut il IL should he acccs
sorry to any attempt at concealmonl
Of the oilcnses To which we have
called attention. We are glad that il
is too late to screen the rascalitics
which have been perpctrated in the
Caroinas. We have fully exposed
and denounced these cunning thefts
and leave the issue with the courts
and the public, more than evcr con.
vinced that this is specially time
for letting in the light into darl,
places and bringing rogucs everywhere
10 righteous punishmcnt-I Tribune
November 2S.