Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-04-06
TANMANY OUTDONEi
The Ncsc York Whiskey Ring RoJberies.
THE NATIONAL TREASURY ROB-
BED OF $1,000 10000.

The New York Standard of Monday,
contains an exposure of the wholesale rob-
berries of the National Treasury, committed
by tho whisky and Tobacco rings. The ex-
posure fill four columns and-a-half, fine
print, with promise of ''more hereafter. {"
The robberies were perpetrated by collu-
sion between the rings and corrupt en-
ployees of the government" The Secreta-
ry of the Treasury has instructed the Unit
ed States District Attorney to proceed
against the parties implicated, and sup to
the present time upwards of seven hundred
cases are filed and are being investigated by
! the grand iury' The exposure is too long
! for publication at present, but the editorial
comments of the Standard will give an idea
of the stupendous robbcres committed,
while they show, at the same time, the de-
termination of the Administration to bring
the guilty to trial and punishment. ITO
day'' (says the Standard our readers are
presented with the main facts bearing on
the iniamops frauds practtced on the gene
raj Government by the whisky and tobac-
co rings, which were so signally demoraliz-
ed upon the advent of President Grants
Administration. The astounding develop
ments of which the portion we print to-day
is but the opening chapter, will, no doubt,
send thrill of surprise and alarm through
the nation. and give our taX-burdened peo-
pie an insight into the enormltics of the sys-
TEN by which they have been robbed in the
past. 1t is not necessary to say that pub
lie sentiment will demand a thorough and
complete investigation of the magnitude of
the corrupt practices of men who have been
the trusted servants of the people, and who
have forfeited that generous trust by collu-
sion with dangerous alliance OF criminals
1o,, 1,1 Lao, 4l,,,1 g., 90
the nation. The Tammany frauds pale in
to insignilicance compared with the enOr-
nous amount which the National Govern
mcnt has been wronged out Of And al
though this is spccious Of fraud which
differs materially from that perpctrated by
the Tammany thieves, it is no less repre-
hensiblc. 1t is computed by the figures al
ready prepared that the national Treasury
has been cheated out of the stupendous sum
of ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.
Ever since Grant has occupied the Pre-
sidential chair he has manifested an earn
est disposition to cnaugurate a system of
departmental economy consistent with the
public serTice, with view of decreasing
the national debt In this he has been
guided by wisdom and good Judgment.
Aside from the anathamas which have been
hurled at his Administration he has stcadi-
" pursued this policy, trusting that time
would vndicate his sole purpose-tO sub
serve the interests of the nation-and rely
ing on the verdict of the people upon all
that he has undertaken. The President is
determined to ferret out and punish the
wrongs committed by all who are or haye
been III power.
president Grant, in the adoption Of this
course, is inspired with an honest desire to
eradicate the corruption and fraud which
existed in the Federal Government when
his Administration came into power and
when he retires from the Chief Magstracy,
he will do so with pure and unsulicd re-
cord, and with laures as nobly won as
when he led our armies to victory over
armed rebellion. Most emphatically he
says that all species of theft must come to
light, that the guilty may not be coniound-
ed with the innocent and with this object
in view, and with his hearty concurrence,
measures have been instituted, and are in
progress to detect and punish the crimes
under the Administrations of his predeces
sOrs.
"Through President Grants instrument
tality ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN INDICT-
EENTs have been found against parties who
stand high in this community, many of
whom are supporters of the Adminstra-
ton. Though this will sunder the ties of
friendship, and sever traternnl bonds Pre-
sident Grant will receive the universal
thanks and gratitude of the entire nation
for the noble CspOusal of the cause of hon
esty and right, and for the manly and
straightforward manner in which he meets
the question of "how 20 suppress fraud and
corruption" The startling disclosures we
print to-day will be followed with the
names of the parties indicted, and for
which warrants Of arrest have been issu.
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