, 1873-07-11
Nothing Of tho fact t}1at tlloy wore expectod to
know r.'-Mauoon (Th} Journal,

o. Or membefa OF Gon1roaa which ia loft in the
arlaon in tlloso words: "it romans = norrnotual
debt against the aovernmant unlosa tho 1nw r.
repealed. ."-Port,and (afe) Advertiser. '
II thoro is anybody fool enough to boovo
th"t tho nsq%n;o ",E n f%yG' Of tho aay
any Office, high or low, this fal and in the nrcs-
once Of the voters, or In anyway that voters nav
hear, apoak a fow words ~ support Of that mons-
uro. Nothing more will be necessary to provo
to his satisfaction that llo Is fo0l,-Cinctnnafi
Gazette.
-We deem It impossible that any man OF ay-
erago Intelligence who Ia not tho slave Of proiu-
dico, can calmly road Matt Carpenters apooch
without receiving tho impression that both our
Fond du Lao (Wis.) Commonwealth.
Among others Auasin Blair mado Fourth
Of July oratton. tho burden Of lis speech was
tho utter decay Of public virtue, 1anentation
tst a. tn Ill., going To- tho dog and ws
tics: :. AZ to the decay Of public virtue,
porhape he Inns special porsonal information.
Certainly 10 hnsnt got explained about hin Share
q nc 1osok;Pay grabi nor his 'advocacy Of tho
In hiH careor.-Dctroi& (aftch.) Post.
Tho theory with regard to tho peculiar Office
and purpose Of civil government which has OBJ
tainod IN this country for several yoarB IT, that
used as an ongine to aasiBt private parties and
corporations to mako money, mt .
ohango Is at hand. Tho time has arrived when
this cankcr on tho body polite shall 10 removed.
-Gaes6urg ({u.) Free Press.
--necklesa financiors, dishonest buainoas mon,
political advontnrcrs, the purso-proud and vain
shoddyitos Of all grades, throw up thor CABS
and shont in praiao Of Grant, Tie ,nasses Of
tho people look on IN sorrow. Grans was their
hero-ho came to them fresh from victorious
battle-aelds-but ho has failed to hold thor os-
teem or preserve tloir regard. Enthusiasm las
givon place to doubt, and tho President to-lny
Las lost the osteem Of tho good mon OF tho
country. The Salary bill is fatal to its eupport-
ora.-La,orence (Kan.) Standard.
-Thero ia one class OF men that we would
enjoy kicking above nil others, at present,
namely, tho mon who aro talking about Grants
being n candidate for third tornn.-f'orI lVayno
(Ind) GazeNe.
And this Credit A1obilior is but q part Of a
great Bystem Of frauds it is only the outcrop-
ping the surface indications Of vast Bystoln Of
fraud BY which there lavo beon turned into tho
| handa md pockets Of citkenB, private and
o1icial within tho last decade, the value Of 2oo,-
200 acres Of public lands andover eco 900, 600
IN cash. Tho value Of that land, according to
| tho statements Of land grant railroad comranioB
is today not loss than $1000, 100000. Ibis ii
tho most mammoth robbery over practisod on
Tho Fourth Of July celebrations in tho in-
terror Of Illinois and otler portions Of the Weat
woro nearly all converted into demonstrations
against tho rafroad and other monopolcs TINT
boon built up by grants Of lands stolen from tho
people, and that now use tho property md tho
power thus obtained to opproaH and rob tho
people Rochester a. ~ Union.
and feel that thoy pay the taxeH willie somebody
| steals tho prohta Of their labors, leaving them
without dino at tho ond Of tho yoar. They
see that and fool It, and though they may not
the Legislation Of tho country is in the hands Of
Jobbors, land-grabbors, and trading politicians,
! who arc the tools Of monopoly. But whether
thoy SEQ it or not, it is true that tho Republican
party plays into the hands Of monopolieB, and is
nothing more or less than tender to that power
that is crushing out tho very llfo Of al the Ia
boring. men Of the Nation.-Grand Rapids
| (Afich) Democrat.
The deinguoneles the tobbory. tho petty t1iev-
tion until it becomes burden too griovouB to bo
| borne. And this ia 10 In tho Republican AZ we'll
as tho Democratic communitios-and ollico-hold-
| ers elected On platforms Of rotrenchmont and
reform are sadly prone to learn and copy tho bad
| habits Of thor predecessors. 49,. We note these
facts to show that there il no hopo for reform
80 long as it is sought by simply turning out
men of ONO party to put in those Of an opposite
OF neutral political faith. It ia six OF one and
half-a-dozen Of tho other with all Of them. It
comos to this, then, at last Tho only hope for
tho permanent reformation Of official abuses ia
tho unrolonting exposure and punisl!nents Of all
betrayers of public truBts.-SL Louis Democrat.
Tho Register is in favor Of any nominations
made by any body Of mon, called Democrats or
by any other name. who are opposed to tho
salary-steal railroad oxtortion, corporation
monopoliea OF nil kinds, and in favor Of FREQ
iIeges to mono. This is our platform, mud tho
Register will only support candidates who stand
on it.-Illinois State Register.
The Republicans arc everywhere warning
| tho farmers against offlce-seekerH. IB there
greater horde Of offlco-seokers anywhere in
civilization than the Newspaper editors aud lead-
ers Of tue present Republican party. They arc
all bonding their energios in that direction.
They mover haye word to say upon any queB-
tion, until thoy Investigate tho opportunities Of
advancing. or tho liabilities OF endangoring thoir
chances for official preferncnt. It is these fell
lows, whose every breath is q longing for Office,
1t they have not ono already, that now with u,,-
| exaInp!ed effrontery are warning the farmers to
boware Of ofice-aeekers.-Pe0ria (IN.) Demo-
crat.
Our notion is that CAUCUS agurcrs and cau-
Gus suffers should understand that put-up tobs
arc out Of fashion. It should be understood
that tho whole machinery Of party is for no
| other purpose than to got good aud capable men
places Of public trust aud honor that it it bo
hold binding by tho 1naseos Of the party. II
this be realized there will DO loss ambition to
control caucuses and moro desire to moot the
Just appreciation and good favor Of tho electors
wronga and abuses OF nonopolios and tho
wrongs and abuses Of cnouB monopoliata do cry
ont loudly for red1esa.- City (Io'oa) Jour
| nal.
not tho offspring Of tlemagogism; it is the re.
suit Of q conviction that has been steadily grow
ing, and has at length become general. that thu
enormous power Of railway and other monopoliea
is, in more ways than one, seriously threatenng
'ssoyoreign people arc not to be estopped by a
few ancient precedonts, established IN the curly
hiHtory Of tho country, when tho conditions were
wholly Different, from taking effective measures
and defiant combinations Of oyer-grown corpor-
atons.-Chicago Adrdnce.
Tho appropriation Of e6,ooo,ooo by the City
tllat part OF tho country. The Taxpayers aro in-
quiring how it happened. OF courac they know,
for they sae that tho way to mako city pros
porous, il to borrow and collect mud aaaess vast
Of millions makes lively tines. It was 80 dur
jpg tho days of the war, when tho Homo Guards