Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-09-29


Heaven will this country land. il these
things are not checked, and if the hon
estly disposed people Of all parties dc
not combine TO arrest this onward
career of bad men who aIe cor
rupting the morals of the country and
are glaring examples to the rising gen
Grafton ofthe perfect safety with which
one can play the seOundrel and ras
calf
Truth is trampled into the mire, in
spite of its hallowed beauties. The
saeredness Of oath no more has its awe
inspiring and binding effect, and our
public men, as general thing, make
no seruple in violating an oath where
money can be gained thereby. and the
most solemn pledge is but a gOssamer
IN the sight of our public servants TO
be broken whenever the "thirty pieces
of silver" can be had! So demoral-
iEed have our public servants become,
that scarce a dollar of the peoples
monies can enter the Golfers of the gov
ernment, bot what some scoundrel, IN
place either by appointment or by
the suffrages Of the people, stands
ready waiting for an opportunity to
steal it, or draw il from the treasury
by some fraudulent or dishonest
scheme
We behold millions upon millions
of dollars thus yearly going into the
pockets of unfaithful public servants
without a single scoundrel being pun
ished for his plunderings; yea, the
people read of it daily and seem to be
satisfied it should be thus Collectors
alone, according to statement Of Sec
retary Boutwell,, have stolen over
twenty millions. Millions upon mil |
lions have been taken from the treasury
by fraudulent claims with the conni-
vance of the agents Of the government,
and every species Of public property is
laid hold of by these thieves and ap- |
propriated to themselves. The public
lands have not escaped, as the readers
of the REPORTER are we'll aware that
millions Of acres have been donated to
spectators and soulless corporations,
and men who heretofore were Too poor
to pay for a meal and too lazy to earn
one honestly, are now rich almost as
the Rothchilds and travel the land in
splendor eclipsing princes, all from
these stealings.
But enough ofthis, our readers know
it all. We say il is high time the
people become alarmed. The remedy |
is in their power, and it is simply this !:
Elect no men to office who spend mon
ey to get into place, for yOn can be GER
tain such expect TO get it all back
again by plunder schemes. Elect no
men to Office who you have reason to be-
lieve belong to the plumber rings and
use every trick and device to obtain a
nomination, such as falsehood corrup-
ton, bribery. deceit fraud at primary
elections, or by being good clever
fellow" and full Of treats until they ac-
cOmplish their selfish ends. These
play upon honest people only 10 ac-
complish a selfish purpose.
The most of rascality that is now
practiced is by radical Office holders
and leaders, for they are in power, and
we appeal to honest republicans 10 look
at the corruption that is now being
practieed by their party, and sound
the alarm for reform ere it is too late.
But this advice we also intend for
Democrats and as an honest journalist
we deem it our duty to say that all
the men in our party are not saints,
and it is as important that the dishon'
est, scheming politician in our ranks
be put down, as it is that similar
cases in the radical ranks be driven
from place. We say this to demo
crats regardless Of the few who may
be offended, and who are willing to
wink at the dishonesty Of democrat
and even threaten 10 stop the REPoR
TER because it fearlessly sounds the
alarm and does its duty in attempting
to keep the democratic organizaticE
pure. as we'll us to expose the misrule
and gigantic plunderings Of radical
Office holders. We repeat, it is as
much our duty to expose dishonest,
trickiDg democrat, as il is To deDounce
q radical plunderer but 1t pains us
TO admit that there are some who
would quiet the REPORTER by threats
TO stop it, for performing this duty.
We shall not quarrel with such. not
even stop to apply to them the epithet
of marrow minded block-heads, rs
Greeley did to those republicans in
New York who censured him for
bailing JEFF. Davis. Greeley gained
in respect while the marrow minded
are to-day ashamed of their doiDgs.
We go in for pure democracy, and
for pure men, and he who does not may
have his way of thinking unmolested.
We repeat, it is high time the cor
ruption that is now practiced be stop
ped if the country shall be saved from
final ruin. At the ballot box is the
place for honest republicans and hon
est democrats TO rebuke all political
scamps. We think that the plumber
ings that have been practiced under
the last ten years Of radical rule, cry
up for change in rulers, and an at
empt to better things by giving dem
ocrats the rein. and as this liz what |