The Lincoln County herald., 1872-10-09
The SpOtlrss jeremiah.

nected how great u rogue he was until he
ran for office then every incident OF his
life was at once made pnbic, and every
little meanusss of which he haa been
guilty was parsjed before the people,
macnj fed into the highest crime. Such,
doubtless, is the exI erience Of every man
who has had the tcmeri'y to offer hlmse
a candidate for places Of public trust for
the gres, weapon now used in poitca
waristei the open showing Of personal
conducts ltis well it should be so, for
no one has q right to so'ici, the suffrascs
of the people who is not willing 10 air
himself thoroughly, and who cannot
show clean hands and candidate con-
not complain if the secrets Of his career
are diligently hunted out and exposed to
view by his political opponents.
We wish to devote little space to day
to review Of Mr.. Henry Wilson, who IS
now cul'ivating popularity as the tail.
piece to the grand Radical kite.
The earliest charges brought against
Mr.. Wilson after his nomination vas,
that he was an original Know Nothing.
Now, this was no disgrace to him if ne
honestly ard conscicntiously belitcd the
doctrines Of that society to be true and
right; there were many great and good
men in that party-men who have held
high Offices Of trust, and who personally
enjoyed the confidence aud esteem Of the
people. But this charge against Wilson,
iftrue, would lose him great number of
votes among our foreign born citizens
and he knew that; still, he might have
frankly owned that he had been con-
vlnced Of his error, and now sincerely
regretted his former association with
that party. Such a course would to say
the east, have been honorable. Instead
Of this, however. letter addressed to
certain German citizens in New York,
over his signature, appeared in the Rid
ical papers, denying that hs had ever
by thought, word, or deed, been asso
ca'cd with the order. This letter was
copied into all the journals Of the land,
and extensively read On the strength
of it, the Radical organs jubilant'y cried,
Another lie nailed T. Tbs letter as
printed, must have come dsr Mr.. viii
sons eye, and by his silence he endorsed
it and made it his own But when Mr.
Albert Pike and other distinguished
lights Of the Know Nothing order, whose
veracl'y and honesty were unassaibabe,
proved the falsty Of the Wilson letter,
and sustained the original charge by con.
elusive evidence. then the honorable Sen
ator from Masachutts rushed into print,
declaring hat hihr forgery When
the lie to which, if not coined by him. he
gave currency was brought homo to him,
he crineingIy swallowed it, and left the
original charge still unrefu'ed.
Again he sought to creep out Of the
accusation made against him by Rev.
Mr. Dennison, viz : that he had privately
SPOKEN with painful solicitude aLou,
Grants intemperance, by alleging tina,
he did not use the croct language quoted
by Dennison A Four Courts lawyer
may be able TO distinguish the difference,
but to the reading public their siguili
canoe is the same
And now we have a more scrou,
charge to bring against the honorable
Senator which blackencs his characte,
and stamps him with infamy. The SUI,
Of Henry s McComb against the Credit
Mobiler brings to light s,upendoas ras-
cal,y, as does almost every judicial in
ves,ication Of grand scheme set on foo
by favorites Of the administration, anc
tos'ered by government patronage, I,
leaks out pow that whrn the Uuinn Pa
ci6c railroad company had failed to NEE
the interests duo on the Londs issued il
its favor by the government, the Treasur,
had been obig d to advance several mil
Ions to meet it On account of this Sec
,, retary Boutwell, retained all the none,
duo that road for transportation Of mails
etc which act Of bis brought the road t.
tho verge OF bankrup cy, In this strai,
, the road begged Congress to enact la,
directing the Secretary to pay the roa
the amount due for such transportation
despite the fact that it was still SO heavil
indebted to the government, This la,
was enacted, but only after the most Gun
ming and vigilant lobbying. and after tn
stock Of the Credit NJ boiler had bee
= freely lavished among the members @
. Congress, who were thus voting til
;, msney Of the people into their ow
= pockets. Mr. McComb has list Of tn
;. persons who received this stock as the r,
ward of their shame, together with tn
;, amount given to each, and in the list "
. see the name Of Henry wilson, of Masst
. chusstts, down for 1000 shares!
Il Now, by the laws of the United State
!. 40 stat. Ill., any member of the Senat
!. or Hsuse Of Representatives who shs
Il accept or receive a bribe, present {
q reward which has been ten dsred him Wit
IF intent to influence his vote or decisio
l. on any question brought before him
% his official capacity. shall be liable ,
W indictment as for high crimes and misd
It meanors, and shall, upon convictio
r, thereof, be fined net exceeding thr,
IF time the amount so received by him, an
9, imprisonment in the peni'entiary not q:
I'M L.