Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-04

master workuien, az well a. All who will en-
gage In H. With shame, discontinue and con-
plote and utter ruin politically.
II there Is one characteristic Of tho Ameri-
can people which u prominent, distinct and
comprChenslyein itspurport aud slgnlhcanoo,
II Is the manifest confidence which II reposos
In Its tried and trusted public servants. The
American people may be deceived for a time
by some upon whom deVolves important
duties and trusts, but II cannot be Wheedled
to any considerable extent nor blinded By
the sophistry Of knaves, nor led and hood
winked by corruptlonists, sing they never %
charmlngly OF honor, patriotism, private and
public virtue All vicious instincts and
shams gu tho part Of public men have thslt
thin DISCUSSES, and the mantle OF an assumed
virtue cannot long cover the hldeous, moral
deformlty Of villains. Murder will out,
and yillalnOus conduct In high places Is sure
10 DO exposed To q reading, thinking people,
The men, however, who have been tried
for series Of years and not found wanting,
tho men who have been In the cruciblo Of
public life, exposed to ali la temptations, aud
have never faltered nor been found romlss 10
any emergency, nor seduced by any combi.
nations Of untoward circumstances, viii be
held In high esteem by the people,, II Is
silly as well as wicked effort for ofice-seek-
ing poltroons, whose only aim Is place and
emolumout which come Of posltion, TO hope
TO win from the people the coveted boon they
seek by meudacious and Infamous charges
against the tried and trusted men Of the na-
ton.
The Greeley party has undertaken thiA her
culcan task, but 1t will ind In the end that
such methods and modes Of operation do not
pay. Already their attempts Of this kind arc
signal failures, and their inventions are re-
turning to plague the inventors.
! When IL Is attempted TO substitute false
hood instead Of truthful statement as par
tisan mode Of wariaFe TO secure political sue
cess for party that has no principles, and Is
seeking alone the loayes and fishes OF Office,
the effort Is sure to be banked Of its aim
and Its purpose, and those who have taken
up such task will reap the bitter fruits Of
defeat, and cover themselves in the end with
shame and confusion, provided, always, thai
they arc not already too degraded TO feel the
sense OF shame. DO.
aWhen It Is asserted, without a shadow u
proof, by such irresponsible parties as Charles
A. Dana that such men as Schuyler ColiAx
Henry Wilson, James q. Blaine, George s
Boutwell,, VIM. D. Kelley, James A. GARFIELD
and other equally honorable and hlgh-mindeC
men, take brides and sell their votes fn
mOneyed considerations, and great party
through It's press, Its orators, and BY IN,
mouth Of It's candidate for the Presidency
take up the Infamous refrain and sound
throughout the land, they must make goo,
their charges or meet with Just rebuke ant
an almost universal condemnation at tn
hands of an Indignant people.
Such charges Of great crimes, II true, com
mitted by our leading men would shake III
republic to Its very foundation, and 20 ia
to weaken II not 10 utterly destroy all conf
dence among the people in our Democrat
Institutions. II American public life Ia
given us, thus early In our history, such
crop Of public men, II becomes O serious quel
ton whether, after all, we have not attalne
, most rapid and corrupt growth, and wi
not speedily decline and go down forever, an
blaclxness and darkness hide US as q natlo
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