The Placer herald., 1872-10-05
THE WORK OF TODAY.

There Is work III this campaign that every
man can do, and as it is purely a contest
between the people and their plunderers,
every man should be wide awake and at
work without another days delay. There are
but two parties in the present Presidential
contest one is the people and tie other is
Grant and his official pluudercrs. Tile Latter
are as strictly organized as a band Of pirates,
with 100 900 ofiice-holders and their aids,
lobby lists, pimps and contractors, aided by
every monopoly in The United States, with
the treasury, The army and navy Of the
country 10 furnish them with the sinews Of
war in their nefarous onslaught on the rights,
liberties and property of the people. Dana,
President Lincoln's Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy, presents The following indictment
against Grant aud bis band Of theves, and
what is more he proves the truth Of every one
Of these changes:
| Il. He las treated his Official power as if it
! 9eGe his private property, to be used for the
! benefit Of his family and relatives without amy
] AhtN ~ tl4' ifAtNitft - tiit tittAN ~ wee.
II. lie has taken presents and appointed their
| gv ers to Office.
! III. Ilo has selected confirmed brbo-taker
| for q high ataten and has kept Aim there not
| withs;au8ing tie Unqueslonatle exposure Of his
| glit-a perpetual encOGra8 aent to brlke-tuAing
! everywhere.
IN. lio has sent Il Minister to London for the
| putting oa Gpon the British public shares in
| silver mining company, the Minister being paid
| or this stock oon.n5 service by gift OF large
! quantity of the same kind Of shares.
| " he las outraged dcccncy BY keeping his
| bgothcr-in-aw Casey in Office as Collector Of the
! Custom House at New Orleans notwithstanding
! il is proved by an investigating committee OF
/ Congress that he has been guilty Of offences
! which could not be tolerated for an instant hy
/ any President possessed Of ordinary judgment
| and conscience.
VI. III has appointed man Collector Of the
! port y Chicago Oh the express understanding
! jAlt BE- should divide bis official income With bis
| own brother, Oryil H. Grant and whom Oryl
4uarreled with this man the President got rid of
| HIM.
VII lie las allowed his brothcr-in-law Lewis
Dent to bargain with olliee-scekors and he has
appointed d man TO tho Office OF Consul at Cal!ao
la consideration OF S3, $50 il none y paid to Deut
VIII IL has complicated or relations with
| England ana has d.ayracCd MS before the world
/ by making tIoaty oi arb ratlon and then put
/ ting in undcr thHt treaty claims which he had
no lItt NNillb ever bt dilJNtp, ttlti Auil' ~
backing down hon th0t demand with view OF
milking il more easy fen a gong Of spectators to
make money oul Of other claims which they
hoped w1nld ba allowed tie more readily on ac-
count OF oar retreat.
tx. lie has empowered one Of his etaT Off
G1r5 George Il. Lcet, to levy enormous charges
upon the commerce Of this city through the
general order storage; and when the merchants
demonstrated and Mr.. A. r. Stewart personally
appealed TO him, he turned de0f car to tie en-
tr,aly ana LIT the p,under SO on
Y. He has pr-tended to bciu favor Of civil ser-
vice reform while encouraging and promoting
Cgcly form of abuse aud dishonesty which cond
punat the civil service and corrupt the moral
sense Of The people.
ri. lie has c6nniyed at the most gigantic rob
berries lV the c1rpet-bag alyenturgis Who have
can65cated the Southern States, and rlandered
thcn Of two mdtiity millions atdo4ia1a
Nil He has officially as5atodJ. A. }. NreSwel
in oxloatng the Infamous ChoWeuhing fraud 10
extact &tI3 eco from the treasulY nnd after th'
fraud Was detected he retained CtcsNou IN hls
Cabinet, and stil retains lin.
Mi. lie Knows that George N. R2heson,
Secretary Of the Navy has Inns paid tine Seeo.s
%93,U00 III direct voiulio IA of Il statute expressly
f11biddug such payment; and that he has com
mtted many other similar frauds and yet he
retains Robson in office, giving the opportunity
TO take more money out OF the people S treasury
Are here not reasons that should cause
every honest man in the country to go to
work. and go to work at once, for the honest
and statcsmanlike candidates, Greeley and
Brown? Gradually Grant and hisanaconda-
like tail Of thieving, tyrannical officials are
squeezing the liberty and property of the
American people out Of their possession, and
usurping it all by the ring. This is part Of
the record of the party that are now asking
for four years more lease of power to enable
them to complete the work of destruction Of
one of the flirest fabrics Of human govern
ments ever devised by man. Shall we fold
our arms, silence our tongues and let this
tyranny, robbery, oppression and usurpa-
ton Of our liberties 20 on? If we DO, then
indeed are we only ft lor slaves. General
Garfield, Congressman from Ohio and a sup
porter Of Grant, said at the last session on
the floor of Congress, that Grant and his
officials were stealing from the people $l05,
000, eco a year, and he had the evidence tc
prove it. Are the people ready to place
Grant and these thieves in position to stea
another 1920, 600, 600 in thenext four years;
This sum robs, on an average, every voter
in The United States of The sum Of $40
The onormity of these thcfts and tyrannies
should startle the the whole country and fl
the people with alarm, as does fire bell il
, tlto ,,i1Jio of tho n;ulif
: But let US turn 10 a brighter and more
t hopeful picture. These thefts, robberes, ty
rannes and usurpations have alarmed th'
{ honest and thinking portion of the people ant
that has united the Liberal Republicans ant
5 Democrats against this great who're of Baby
3 lon Grant and his tribe of thieves. Ihinl
, A moment. Why should the great leader