The Lincoln County herald., 1871-09-28
Who Is Responsible +?


tool who gives them place, aad attempts
to shield the criminals from the punsh-
Tneut they 50 justly merit. Is Graut
responsible He certainly is. The iaty
Of the Presideot is most sssuredly q
higher one than hob nobbing over the
couatry, appointing inefici0st aud dis.
hopsst men to o&ce for gift or kin con
sidesstions, aud receiving sslsry for the
work that be, while smoking snd drinking
At Long Branch, leaves to irresponsible
parties. But slongsids Of THE. when coy
violstion Of honor, duty or Low by his
appointed of6cisls comes 70 bic ears, he
deliberately refuses 60 believe, or rather
to take any coguizance of the matter,
which makes it appear that the men so
violating have been appointed BY him for
some selfish consideration, and in making
their Offices matter Of gain to themselves,
they are only doing what Grant knew they
would do; they bought their positions
from him, and with the "honor that exists
among thieves" he permits them to do
as they please.
No case of this character stssds out
more prominently than his action, or
rather his refusing to act, in the matter
Of the late New Orleans Republican con.
vention. 1t is fresh 10 the minds of our
readers how his brother. in law and other
officials, contrary to all usages and law,
took possession Of the custom house in
which to hold their convention, and en-
ployed troops to drive away those dele.
gates who were not known 10 be 10 favor
Of Grants denomination tho Warmoth
faction Of the Republican party. The
leaders in this transaction said "they had
the highest authority" for their actions,
thus placing the whole responsibility upon
the President. A committee was ap-
pointed to wait upon him and ask the
removal Of the Federal officials 10
New Orleans. They did SO, and oh.
taiued audience of him at Long Branch
No satisfaction was given them, (and
some Of the committee have since stated
that he was inebriated) } Nor has he yet
taken any action in the matter, but the
violators of law aud liberty still hold
their offices by the grace of President
Grant, upon whom the whole RESPONSE
bility rests, and upon whom it must
remain.
1t was at one time believed that Dem
ocrats would be the only ones against
whom such tyranical measures would be
taken, and that, too, in the South but
here We ha,. ~.ii---- .'-- - -."---y
VIII be used against any and all who op-
pose the nomination and re election Of
the tyrant who hold, the reins of govern
ment, and who sets price upon himself
for all the Offices at his disposal
Is Grant responsible for tho dcfalca.
tions that are of daily occurrence among
bis appointecs If he believed they
we're honest men before be appointed
them, and if they paid him nothing for
their Offices, it cannot be laid to his
charge that the act of appointing them
makes him responsible for their crimes.
But he has made himself responsible,
nevertheless. Thirty Thousand dollars
has been cmbczzled by Georgia post.
master. Nothing has been done to pun.
ish him. A money order clerk in the
New York pos'office few days ago be,
came defaulter to the amount Of Sis,
900. Nothing has been done in his case,
save to tako measures to get the money
out of his bondsmen the rascal goes
unpunished. Hodge, the army pay master,
defaulted to the tune Of over million.
His property will probably be taken, and
his boudsmen have a large sum to pay
for him, but will he be punished as a
criminal a? Postmaster Whitaker Of Hart.
ford, Connecticut, has been making out
false pay rolls and swearing to them, in
which tho pay of his own brother was
steted at one sum while ho was paying
him another. Postmaster. G eneral Cres-
we'll after three hours consideration Of
the matter, came to the conclusion that
mo fraud was intended" Grant will
decide upon the matter, and keep him in
Office, no doubt. Since Grant. or some
OF his subordinatss, appoints these men
to Office, and takes no measures to punish
thom, is he not responsible for their
crimes, aud does he not encourage theft
In this connection the Hartford Even.
ing Post says:
"Here in Hartford few months age