The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
HOW virtlIOuS.
From the Racine Journal.

FROM iHe RaclEe JOufnal'
1t Is amusing to see how virtuous he
democracy have become. Their spas
modio effort to fasten corruption upon
the republican party they TO doubt be-
lieve will blind the world to their own
manifold sins. 1t is unfortunate for the
democracy that their hopes in this last
great effort are built upon very sandy
foundation
In the fist place. all the crime that
can be attoched to the Credit Mobilier
transaction will not equal the stuffiug Of
single ballot-box, iii the palniy days OF
democracy, when they were stuffiug them
everywhere or one such transaction as
the Bridge Crech resn,us in our own
state,
That there are bad men in the repub-
lcan party no one will deny; and that
there are some good men in the demo
cratic party is equally true but the bad
men do not preponderale IN the republi-
can party. neither do the good men III
the democratic party. This difference
in the characteristic features Of the two
parties constitutes the great difficulty
the democracy has TO surmount in its ef
fort to fasten crime upon the republican
party.
Unlike the democracy, the republi
can yarty unearths its own rascals, and
drags them into public gaze whereas
the democratic party thrivcs upon the
secret villany of its villains, its re, eaters,
its ballot-box suffers. and overshadow-
ing all those, its ring Of thieves in the
city Of New York, and elsewhere.
This ring of thieves in New York for
years held the democratic party in the
hollow CT its hand, aud would to day, if
it had not been knocked out of its grasp
by the republican party. What demo
cratic paper ever gave tongue on that
prince of thieves Boss Twced). and his
repeating. ballot stu6ing horde of He'll
born imps? What one failed to defend
them as long as it was possible?
When Boss Tweed and his yillainy
was dragged to light, aud his power brok
en-, democracy weakened, and went un-
der in its last stronghold. IF every man
who is charged with having been dcfiIed
with this Credit MobiIler stock were to
be expelled from the republican party,
it could have 40 pereeptible effect upon
the party, because their transactions.
unlike those OF Boss Tweed, &c have
conferred no benefits upon the party
You might as we'll undertake to make
capital against the whole christian world
through the crimes of Judas. as to un
dertake to make capital against the re
publican party On account of the short
comings of any one of its members, for
the reason that the party has never
shown any disposition TO retain a mem
ber after he has been proved to be un-
worthy. But that they should east out
every member against whom the democ-
sracy should speak evil, would be a mon
strously wick ed proposition and, in our
opinion, the republican party should not
IN the least be Influenced in their decis-
ions concerning this Mobilier transaction.
on account of the great clamer the de-
moeraey are raising
The democracy on this Credit Mobilier
matter, occupy the position of the beasts
that were holding a meeting 10 ascertain
what crime had been committed that
had brought a terrible plague upon
them. In the course of the invesiiga-
tion before the committee, beast after
another confessed to having killed and
eaten men. women and children, but
nothing was elected that was deemed a
mlsdemeanor until very innocent and
unoffending animal took the stand, and
confessed that on a certain occasion,
while suffering the pangs Of hunger, he
had taken nip of the parsons grass
not larger than the tip Of his tongue
whereupon a howl was raised by The
whole convention. Eat she parsons
grass2 Horrible ~ aud they fell. upon
him, and dcvoured him.
Now. al he crime that san be att.ei :
ed to this Credit MobiIier transaction
ambpnts 10 about ts maih when com