The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-10
CAIRO. ILLINOIS,. SUNDAY. MARCH 10, 1872.

$4,000, 900 n day; and Of course when
such vast sums had TO be disbursed fire.
duently on occasions of great emergency,
aud at remote places, there wss no oppor-
Unity for securing that accountability
essential 20 the secure and faithful dis
bursement of such vast sums There was
necessarily a great waste Of money during
the war. rs there will be in all wars, and
the country has not yet recovered from
the decentralization which followed the get
ing r,ch IN n day as was often the case
while the war lasted This dcmorsiza-
ton has extended not only to govern
men, officials. but il exists to some extent
in private life. Many Of our merchants
have become gamblers in stocks; and
some o. our great railroad corporations
have lost thousands and tens OF thousands
Of dollars through dishonest officers
Official corruption seems 10 have cul-
minated in the city of New York last
autumn. A powerful party existed in
that city which had for years sustained
itself in power by the corrupt use Of pat
ronage and the plundrr OF the people
The mou.lrous Tammany frauds never
could hnye existed in such proportions
before the war, and never could havs been
pcrpetrrted except in the name OF party.
When first charged they were denied, and
an attempt was made by the party in
power to cover them up, to keep them ou,
/ Of sight; but the people Of the city of
| New York, without regard TO party, APP
| yointed reform committees of investiga-
| ton, and after great labor and many diff
| cuties, they succeeded in unearthing and
| exposing those terrible robberies and
! frauds which shocked the whole nation.
.I. .t,. ,l.
| party cry in order TO prevent invps,iga-
! ton Just Ms you will always hear 1t raised
| by d ,honest officials who's, acts it ia pro-
| posed to investigate.
Bm the Investigation went on. and the
| cry Of reform first started in New York
! has been heard throughout the country
| They have heard it 10 Chicago, and to. day
| two or three of the aldermen of that city
| are under convection and in prison for cor
rup,ion in Office. The same cry has
reached Flurdu, and within II few days
We have heard that its governor has beed
unanimously impcachod for theft and
other crimes. while the debt Of that stat
has been frslIulently swellea by millions
and million 1f dollars. The governor oi
another state whh hut few years ago was
| on thi. hoor influencing senators In be-
| half OF his corrupt schemes, is n fugitive
! from mis- state. and | know not but an
| exile in fnreigs lands, To- escape the punish
| ment his rohSery of the people and
| other crimes deserve; and hi. associate
N guilt, who came here claiming u seat in
this body with n, more right than if he
had been elected " fifty men upon PENN
| sylvania avenue, gas once sustained In his
claim BY the senator from Indiana. That
associate to-day, a. l am informed, holds
rs protection from the penitentisry II
pardon obtained from the governor.
shall not 20 ove- the history Of the
enormous frauds which have been per-
pctra,ed in nearly all of the recon
-irucied stat"s. have not had time to ex
anime the volumnou- report which ha'
lad npun the table; but l UNDERSTAND
that the debt of North Caroline has beer
currup,ly swelled by many millions since
1865: the debt of South Carolina nearly
or quite ss bad Louisiana worse.
Now, Sir. President, when such things a
,hsese are existing I'll .eefySce thf effS1ttrx
after defa cation is occurring, is II expect
ed that the people will not demand investi
pntior., require reform and II higher stanc
ard of utfical integrity? There is some
Thing wrong. The people demand
remedy ana when We propose to max
luauirv 20 as to know how - apply tn
remedy we are met with the cry OF dang
tu IN. partv. Your investigation is de
signed to throw mud upon The party,
excl inns the senator from Indiana. SI'
no d rt will be thrown upon party tina
j. pure by investigating its acts, but II u
be impure, the sooner its garments ar
cleansed by thorough investigation and re
form the better for 1t.
This cry of party upon all occasion:
To- prevent investigation and the exposure
of abuses, reminds me of what was said b.
Pa,rick Henry of one John Hook, VIII
brought suit to recover pay for coupl
of steers taken by the commlssary II tn
revolutionary army for fami-ning soldier
who were exposed to the wealth and har'
pressed, and whom any man with patrl
,,tic heart in his bosom would have Ieloic
ed al AN opportunity TO have fed an
cared for; but Hook followed up the arm!
demanding pay for his steers, and is dies
cribed by Henry as he appeared ut lorf
town when wallis with the last Bri
ish army marched out of his retrehcl
ments and surrendered 10 tue America
e forces On that occasion, says Henry
Triumph lighted or every patriot fac
ana Tue elluutr VI NiNN''r ""'
! Washington and liberty were heard
. thew rung au1 echoed through the An
eritan ranks, and were reverberated iro
the hills and shores Of the neighbnrir
y river But bark, what notes OF disco
= are these which disturb the general Jo
" and silence the acclamn,ioLs OF victory
. They are the notes of John Hook, hoarso
y bawlng through the American cam
;, Beef beef! beet
y Laughter
;, And So, sir, when tho country is rec
; ing with corruption, AID nm lnvestigati
j. proposed TO ascertain whether 1t eNi
s. among government officials, we nre II
i with the cry of "party party a
l. that is the speech heard from the senat
n from Indiana in opposition TO every u
!, quiry.
! The senator has wonderful knowled
- of partirs. lie tells us not only what /
-, Republican party will do-when u "
n, nominate ana what ia to happen to II, L
y. he tells Us al,o what the Literal Rel
~ blicans will dn, and then tells us what
Democrats will do. He says the l.lhe
er Republicans have called convention
~ Cincinnati in May, aud that they
NJ make nominations for president and VI
he president. How does the senator I'm
Se il? / have no such information.
NJ resolutions under which the convention
m called do not state it but the senator ir
us Indiana knows, and he says when u
ng have made their nominations the Den
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