Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-01-20
A Chat with the Editor.

ry of bro. Brigham of Utah. with the proba-
bility that the process instituted will under
mine the system of polygamy which has so
long given that fnr-oif territory such notorety.
Intelligent investigation and a stern applca-
ton and rigid enforcement of laws as they now
exist furnishes solution to the problem which
has so perpleXcd our law makers, and this
without any special legislation. So the chief
of polygamsts-th husband of n score of bux-
ON wives, becomes prisoner in his own
house, TO answer for crimes gyowing out of his
false teaelling-cf murders committed, for
which the country ought, long since to have
held him amcnablc.
Hardly less acceptable are the reports waite d
to us upon southern breczes, where the gov
ernmcnt has been testing the orthodoxy OF the
ku Klux organization-an organisation your
democratic friends have heretofore represent
ed 10 be myth. A great dcalof papt Y has been
wasted and valuable lungs severely tested in
ridiculc Of the suspension of the hubeas cor
pus and over the very careful report of the
congressional committees who were driven
from the South for daring to show the work
ings of that delightful institution. Wouldnt
| it be well, friend Reed to- call off the admins
| traitors of justice in that ancient ally of demo-
| cracy lest there be not left sufficient number
for respectable party caucus2
| Coupling these items with the rise and fall
of Tammany and Boss. Tweed, they serve to
put your democratic contemporaries into a very
bad and unwholesome hmour, savoring of a
dissolution Of that once powerful organization
Hence the reports which come to YOUR table
of the alliances sought with dsaiIectcd replb-
| licans, and the willingness to throw down the
democratic flag and trail il in fields of new nd
venture. Was ever Generalization more evil
dent than which now characteriz 8 the ex-
travagant overtures of she leaders of that par
ty?
But Tammany and its blind adhcrenls are
not alone attracting attention. For long years
metropolitan journals have characterized the
Pcustom house of N. York, as q cess-pool for
corruption, and a refuge for hundreds of polit
ical hangcrs-on under what party, the outs and
| ins bear alike the odiousness which that fes
tering spot breeds. AT last congressional
| committee has set TO work, and the first proofs
| OF its mission Is that power behind the Pre-.
sident controls the custom house and that the
| employees are open to bribes for passing bag
gage uneXnmined and in fact corruption seems
to be the rule. The committee are uncarthiug
the frauds in several of the dpartmtnts. The
lap2oinling power is not alone responsible. COR
these developments, but they grow out of tue
mode OF pressing fayorites Of political hueks.
Unquesionably one-third OF the force in the
n. Y. custom house are fortified with nOnina-
tions from members of congress, govcrDOrs, &c.
and this tIyortism takes the place of fitness
Close scrutiny into 'thoa0ts of official employ.
ees, is-a cardinal republican doctrine and the
Eopening to the gaze of the people these nves-
legations will serve To strengthen the common
bonds of the party and correct the evils which
may pervade this important department of our
government. An appropriate opening tor the
civil service law.
With pride-friend Rned-the republicans of
Ohio aru to be congratulated over the happy
| termination Of the senatorial contest-that we
are not 10 lose the services of John Sherman
from the Senate Of the U. S. We need mora
men OF his calibre and experience in the coun-
ellis OF the naiicn, and 1t would have been very
unwise at this juncture in our national affairs
10 have overlooked the services of that eminen
senator merely to satisfy the ambition of aspi
rants 10 that high position.
But now Mr., Editor, lay aside your per
while we chat a few moments over the Fisk
Stokes, alias Mansfield, tragedy. 1t is n sad
| omen indeed when the press pnnders to crime
so far as 10 siczc upon the idle gossip of tina
incestuous nest and spread 1t broOd.cns tC
IrapI "A sIilI lnthpgnunn n m I
is n result growing out of the lax sentiment
cultivated in densely populated communities
and the attentive reader will scarcely err in
placing Much Of the responsibility for the fire.
qucnt and bold sacritc es of life, TO the lcncnc,
OF the courts of justice. 1t Is true, MS you say
that they only reflect the public sentiment
Yet Is IL not the part of wisdom, Oi patriotism
of Justice that more siernncss Is ncedcd-mUrt
OF the old Puritan application OF law be de-
vslodcd by those who hold the scales of ju,.
ticeY Fisk, aliyc had NO claims upon the pco
plea protiigate in the fullest sense-a patron
oi dcmoraizcd virtue and II proper represent
alive OF vice IN all iis hidiousncss Dead, hC
stinketh In the nosIrils of the people But o.
Stokes-a disciple at the same unioly shrine
n progeny of Flsks own bcgeting-we ncet
Ronly express regEct over the tragedy which
Eexempides in his person The teaching of tn,
master and the unerring iaie of the pupil. d
the other member of the trie,-weak, defence
less, erring woman, let us 'lraw the mantle o.
charity, foe 1t cOyers multitude of sins.
Speaking Of Alexis, | am ready to ask-whC
wouldn't be q DukeY Think of II ni0men
Mr. Editor-of the delightful, rich, alnlos
prneely tlounces aud the sweet, bewithinl
smiles that have gEeeted him since landing
from the Russian corvette And then III,
scale of magnhcenco with which he is regaleC
on Buffalo hunt SheEidan and Spotte,
Tail and the Duke will be enough to eaptlyat
and subdue the plains. HundEeds OF Indian
reported for duty and 1t is said that arrang
ments have been satisfactorily made with tn
Buffalo 20 come within range Ofr5yal powder
How kind uoRACE.
LETTEAs FROM ABROAD.
\ VERONA, ITALY, Oct II.
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