Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-17
Datlp argus.
friday, Nay II. IsTS.
Omen the Books.

The people of the United States desire 70
see the inside Of their account books ~
Warrington and the Radicals refuse TO eA-
hibia them. Daring LincOln's hrsa term
rs. Senator John P. Hale, Of New Hamp-
shire, said, in the Senate, that he regarded
An. country Ia more danger from the cor
ruD,iops in his own party than from the
ousn enemy in the field. Since that time
Democrats have been constant in their
efforts to get an examination ofthe books and
papers Of the Departments ~ Washington
10 order to expose this corruption and
secure honesty in office but they have been
thwartsd in every possible way BY the Grant
Radicals, and all sorts Of whtewashing re-
ports have been made to cover up the cor
rup.ious Of the military ring"
The recent diSappearance from the arc
hives Of the War Department Of . vita
portion Of the record In the court-martiSl
case Of General Buell. (which disappearance,
or, TO give il the right name, theft, has be
yond doubt arisen from the fact Of the re-
cord criminAsng some now in high OfhcA
POsitiOn) iusii6es the suspicion that there
has been like tampering 10 other cases
how great will only be known when The
Ring shall be driven from power. Into
the Rloomisst recesses Of the history OF thai
party during the war, light will never be
permitted to enter. The pirates will burr
their ships papers before surrendering sh'
craft.
The Cincinnati Commercial suggests tina
IL il be true that General BadeAu has ran
saoked the records of the Wsr Department
and carried of to London everything that b,
wanted, TO write his military history of Gen
eral Grant, q searching examination Of the
Isegraphio correspondence Of the President
Secretary Of War, aud GeuerAl.in Chief AnC
the officers in the field during the wa
should be made to verify the safety or con
firm the loss Of theSe historical reasu
The Chicago Tribune says iii is no. pre-
bAble that any such examination will
ordered until after the 4th of March mex
and, il it is deemed necessary to make on
then, the proper person TO superintsnd
will be Colonel Thomas 7. Eckert, no
Superintendent Of the Eastern Division
the Western Union Telegraph COmpsn!
who had charge Of this correspondence du
ing the greater part Of the war The Sc
vices Of Colonel Eokert were so high
esteemed by Secretary Stanton, that tn
latter made him Acting Assistant Secretar
Of War after the retirement Of Mr. Dana
The Boston Post, abiding TO the disal
peArance Of the Buell. court-mAr.ial recort
says
Wherever General Bsdesu's historical foo
steps are seen; there are found vacant piReoI
holes and empty chests, II may DO srae that Il
biography supplies ell omissions. bat not eve
the most unsuspicious mind can observe withol
diStrast that, where GeneIal Buell's Yindicatio
might interfere with the glorihoauon Of Generi
Grant, the documents necessary 90 establish
have disappeared utterly; and that the record
OF the court -msytial, which may De supposed Z
contradict the accusations againIt thai office
inside Ia General BadeAu's FIRST volume, ha,
been spirited away in spite 81 the precautions
the Department. nis al unusual advautaS
which this biOgrapher enjoyed, Of destroying h
bridges, aud thus effectively cuttingoT pursut
fine was 40 disposed; aud, although no one wi
wish 70 accuse General BadeGu Of de- berate IA
sihcatiOn, the temptation which must besst OF
writing history 20 order, with full power ov
contradictory testimony, offers ground for 81
poion.