National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-25


ralgu not Congress for carelessness, but the
Postmaster General for o1iclal rascality. lie
SAYS Of the latter, he "hal deliberately sane.
TONED an attempt 10 taSs from inc Treasury
ftjO. goo on clpip urged nv his former law mart
ner which The Wonss Of i,cnresnntatIyca hy n
nearly Unanimous vote. declared Fraudulent. !"
TIo pleads that, not only as 4 corTIpt act hui as
II not checEsd by son;s coneefteI AMI SnthorIta,
live measures. VI was aeon. wonld soon tiehauch
the new executive Government. and further de-
moraiivo lnn1 rcsa y MI ma rnuntrv
JIe ,,enonncos N AZ ths nmnat ems ,Icuous" nf
anumcrouI accompIIshed and st,emnie ,i tbefis.
robbefies. ,leialcations and swlndlIng trnnaac,
9ns &e AZ; ne then ch ar the party
twelve yrars. AMI 10 which no then beIonqed. in
preciseiy such term, as lie would eIni,loy in
describing the most abandoned community in
Now, what was this transaction which this
rlke, who PIRATES OF moral perceptions, calls The
most conspicuous example OF Republican theft
and robbery me mOst prominent feature OF il
il that Inc Government did moi lose dollar by
II. And as tho Government lost nothing by the
most conspicuous OF Its numerous robbcrles, we
the ieast conspieuous OF t6ein' Asaarpcr was
practising on the Government. For a time he
had plenty Of dupes in Congress. liz never
had an accompllce ANYWHERE In The Cove ninent.
Creswel was not hts accompllce, II he had
been he could have made him an allowance as
well before the act OF July as afterwards. Or II
he wanted the act for cover he could at least
have hurried his award up, so that Chorpcnning
coud rcrcal tho act. The nci was pa,sed in Univ
ans the award bears date ID ,cenibrr %, week.
e an Of Inc snPSS
would not have swept the act Of July from the
statute book so swiftly and Indignantly. 1t 1.
evident that not single member Of COngies'
was an sccompl,ce OF Chorpcnning: IL nc mad
found one man In either House willing In havt
aOettch his design, tho repeating act could have
| been delayed until the award was paid.
Congress was careless AID confused on the
last day Of tho session In July, aud so exposed
the Treasury to great peril. But IN January
Congress was vlglllnt, and every incmeer spfanl
| forward 70 snatch the Treasury from that peril
ia careless servant should leave tho gate "a
sone back yard ~ Calais nniastened, whereby
some tblei should enter 70 rob q clothes line
and upon the alarm being given the whole com
munlty should rush In and arrest the rascal pc
Tore he had p!fcrel single rag, would one bs
quite justined 70 calitg tn, people OF Callas al
thieves? Md u one should DO 50, wonli mol Al
| llguant knave than the clothes thief Mr.. IKE
can solve that conundrum NJ MS leisure. We
hasten TO PROFOUND another.
| lie say; congress Was prompt 70 stamp Mr
CresWels action rs INFAMOUS. Now,n Con
gress really dld 50 II was pretty bal for Cres
well. But u, on the contrary, Congress did M
sueh thing how Is y about plke'
| u not peasant 10 be compelled 10 point on
TO forty millions OF people that . man, who ]
| conspicuous IN literary circles, VINO wears INT
| gatD OF Teiormer, VINO talks ABOUT moral per
i hSPhoh't rays hot rue nhkht"st w the w
| legations OF yeracl.y. .-,,-
NevertheleS what Congress ectuslly Mid
recorded IN us Journals anu US laws. IhsI
Is no room LOT mistake; Anu We must tcli Mr
Plke there Is not the shadow OF trulh " MS as
| seruon. Congress salc nothlng ABOUT MI. Cres
wells action. Congress very promptly pro
| nounced lts own action In jay blunder, an'
repealed IL. That II what congress dlJ. VIVA
| Us msmoefs hail Is also feoorueu IN Tue btoof
rhere were more than three hundred mcinper
| "a that Congress-, We are now ulligently tAugn
| mat only Tue meanest men created were sent y
| Congress. The members OF mat Congress ha!
many Inducements 70 denounce Nj. Creswell'
| conduct. There were Democrats IN that Con
gresa very hungry for cause OF complaint Agains
| the Repnoncan party. Callow Liberals were AIS
there, not yet quite out o. their shelle, but be
ginning 70 peep, aud holding thelr mouths viii
| open A. Tue Iaintest note OF Iau!t ia GENERA
grants suOordlnates. Members OF all parties
would naturally nave been giah 10 snow that
| vas the tault OF Anothef, anu not OF themselves
mat the Tressnry had been 50 seriously upper
iled. but not ~ these personal and polit,eal IN
| tetests comoineu couIu spur sinKle menosf o.
that Congress up 70 the point OF denouncing MI
orsswsiIs condnct IS Infamous. AZ. ,.
| M; BECK, pemocrat, tnought NJ. Cieswel
| not say mat Congress mas facts enough before !
| 70 nnu mat ne nulst'nctly censurabe.' BuL MI
Dawes replied IKE man, Us ne Is, and not like
malignant, I'VE are not 10 position where W
| Gan very Wen censure the postmaster General
tor we oronght Az this upon Nun ourselves D.
our inconslIsIate legyauon mere;
| 30 10 tne senate; MI Tfunoull, then an EN-
oryotlc Liberal, thought No. Cfeswel was no
| compelled 70 consttue the act OF july, 1870, ns h