The sun., 1873-09-05

| children on the most sacred subjects, ana
to hold up his own experience as an inctn-
| tive to their cdifcation.
More than any other Of the fallen public
! men COLFAN l. to bc summed IL an exam
pie, unless perjury, vcnality, and knavcry
! are qualities to hc recommended to the
| rising generations OF ordinary capacity.
with limited education, destitute Of orIgi-
nal power. and having no comprehension
or grasp of large questions, this inferior
politician was able to rise above his bet
tcrs. and 10 attain even a certain so-called
distinction by low arts and a course of
methodizod deception.
His aim was to affect a moral tone in h.
walk and conversation. which, differing
from the regular politician, would attract
respect aud confidence. Having no ability
to lead, he was content to follow waiting
patiently for discord among suptriors To
furnish his opportunity to rise Indus
| trious, ploddihg. and selfish, hC was always
! active in the caucus. ."'ientive III the
/ House, an | uutiring as the correspondents
and ilattcrcr of leaders Temperate and
plausible upon calculation, without
generous weakness or manly impulse
in his nature, lac toilcd early and
late for himself, and for no one
else; for although he was Jealous in the
support Of regular candida IS, every hour
| of such labor was meas ured 10y its influence
on his own success.
He joined Young Mems Christian Asso-
! Siat,ons, odd Fellows aud other iniluen-
! thai bodies with the sole object OF securing
| their favor. lie courtcd the press of all
! Il. La. Ia
! lie ear by every sort OF protcstation; and
| when he reached the goal he unsclupu-
! lousy cast of the ladder upon which he
| had climbed TO power. without Il COM
! junction. Protesting friendship for all
! the chiefs in his party. he was really the
friend of none. Every current Of chang
| ing opinion and preference was followed,
| in the hope of being among the foremost
no matter who might be chosen.
| lie "stumpcd." lectured, wrote, and
worked necessarily to keep himself before
/ the public. No member of Congress taxed
the frankng privilege as he did, or scat
tered worthless documents over the coun-
try with the same prodignl profusion.
Gradually he gained ;he footing of use
! full and sober party man. and succeeded IN
imposing ON the public lay constant
parade Of religion aud morality, which he
used as the tools of "A trade. BY these
means he became speaker of the House OF
Representatives, and then Nice-President
of tho United states lie snatohed these
prizes from commanding minds, superior
merit, and elevated character.
And when he had attained this emf
nence, and was about closing his term,
] al. linn ,las
made, proving beyond all possibility Of
/ doubt that his whole career mad been
sham II lie, and Il fraud. Ills religion was
"A snare to cutrap the innocent, his morali-
| Is the trick If Veual trafilckcr, his TEN
/ pcrance an cNpedicnt 10 catch votes, and
his lectures artful contrivanccs to mislead
the uuwary. lie lived under mask
with a machinc-made smile, below which
hrcathed corrupt johber in legis-
lation, rogue by rule, and an I'M
po>tor Incapable of a noble emo
ton or "a dismtore-ted act. lie sold
his votes for money, not to one or two,
like the Credit Mohilier or the contractor
NEsBTT. but to many; and the proofs Of II
remain recorded in the police archives at
Washington, among the hundred thou
sand dollars of recovered stocks and bond,
that were stolen from his trunk when ne
was pleading poverty as a defence for his
crimes
And wien he was detected. ami his
guilt was made manifest 10y con-
temporaneous records, dates. items,
bank accounts, deposit tickets signed
with his own autograph, che ks from
the contractors who purehas his
influence, and other couclusiv e evidence,
independent ui oral testimony, how did H.
meet this crushing accnMulationi II,
strove 10 swear il down, appealed to dcaC
witnesses summoned hfs household VIII,
lamely supported Him under the solemnltN
of an oath and hnallg withdrew LOADED
down with disgrnce, apA branded as on'
who had added woTsc crimes than thos-
upon witch he had h"cn arraigncd in
desperate but vain eJ'ort to save himscl
from their w"ll-desrrved penalties.
when the lnvc>tieat.on began he was
Il corrupt dcmagoGre who had hctrayc
= every trust, colluded with public pluuder
u erS and secretly eunsplrcd to swiudle IN
Il Government in the time Of its creates
= need. when ~ ended. falschood, per
v Jury and dri'ucTntc defamation of hi
= houcfa,toI, were joined to the gloom
-, catalogue. Not an honest voice Of III
many who tad aided too generously 10 III
him up vas raised to defend him. tn
" universal vordi,t was, guilty
' But Instead of retiring behind the dar
curtain which he himself had raised, an
" seeking a,clusion, this convicted cTimn,
= not only thrusts himself upon public notice
' but has asam the cGrontcry to pirate abou
l' morals a5Id to set up as AN instructor ,
u youth, deSccratng the Lords day wit
IS his gushing and cheap cant. shame upo
~ those who tolerate such an outrage o
's good morals, and allow their children t
. be contaminated by contact with braze
~ knavcry.
The California Election.
The election which took hlace in Califol