Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-09
The Bamed Accuser..

The Bamed Accusers.
The conspiracy to accuse and calumniate the
administration, for political effect, does not sue
coed This contrvance of the assistant demo-
Gratis brings them more grief than Joy. The
French arms scandal shows that the only
scandaouS part of it is that with which its orig
inators are connected. The charges put forth
with such noise of defamation, are shown TO
be entirely baseless; there was no warrant for
them, and nothing 10 excuse or explain them
but the vile whsperings OF Chambrun and his
French ring The desperate attempts to prove
something have resulted in showing, that, in
this affair, from beginning to end, the hands of
Government officials were entirely clean. This
can not be pleasant to the men who have elabo-
rated the false charges in long speeches and cir
eulated them all over the country. 1t was 10
aid the Missouri-Cincinnati mass meeting that
the bad work was done. Honest men will be
HAeIs to shun movement that needs such aid.
Charles A. Dana's overwhelming defeat. in
his attack on Secretary Robson, furnishes a
topic for the New York papers His discomit
ure is so complete and so ignominious that
nobody, not even those most eager to assail the
administration for political effect, can afford to
overlook it. Dana had accused Secretary Robe
son Of series of the most criminal aud scan
: dalous robberies Of the treasury, by means of
his official position. Cases were specified with
dates, names, and particulars. These Specifca
tons were published in the New York sun; and
the publication was repeated many times, with
variations of expression, but with constant
rpppfffipn nf he
serted again and again that he was fully pre-
pared to prove his charges, and that he desired
an opportunity 10 do this. His assault was
made in the usual style of the New York sun;
and it is possible that the fellow did not sup
pose any body would deem it worth while to
demand his proofs.
The New York Sun has a reputation which
is generally understood. Nobody believed what
Dana said; but Secretary Robson demanded
investigation. Investigation was ordered; Dana
appeared before the committee, and sought to
escape inquiry by demanding to be heard by
counsel, an unusual demand which he supposed
would be denied The demand was granted,
however, and he was asked to prove his charges.
He has failed to prove anything. Being him
self brought TO the stand as a witness, he con-
tessed that had no knowledge that anything he
had said was true. Others had given him in.
formation on which his charges were based
He would not name his informants; but, when
pressed, be promised TO give the committee a
list OF witnesses whose testimony would sustain
everything he had said Instead of naming
these witnesses, he disappeared with his "coun-
sell land left the committee to itself. There
never was more conclusive confession of ras.
cally ialsehood.
The men who invent these charges against the
administration, and devise every kind of assault
upon it for political effect, talk of being ''poiti-
cal reformers" just as the devil might profess to
be a saipt. There is work which honest men
interested in the welfare of the country can IN
dertake; but it does not include the business of
inyentng villanous charges against the admin
lstration and asking to have them investigated.
The committee on the congressional districts
have before them a plan which seems to be in
most respects the best yet offered 1t resembles
IN its general features that of which we made
mention some time ago, but is improved by
some changes of boundary. The extreme west
ern district, which will be called the eleventh
includes all the towns west of the Connecticut
river, except Asawam, West Springfield and
Greenfield. The next district has for its border
towns on the east, Ashby, Fitchburg, Westmin-
ster, Hubbardston, Barre, Hardwick, Ware.
Warren, Brimield and Holland The Worces.
Ter district IS bounded on the west by some of
the towns last mentioned, and for its northern
and eastern border towns has Princeton, Ster.
ing, Clinton, Berlin, Marlborough, Westbor