, 1873-04-14

vncd Su1inat It ropoafcdiy AMI whenoyor thoy wcro
o o xoo W sa ,oy aoro 'ha nase ~ ss q e ill.,
to nso my obt cass upon lcir position by the article
from tho 1imes.
Now, for tho monoy. Who has got It? Tho
two Congressman or Treasurer Spinner.
Tho fuukeyB Of tho Admtnissration send
thla brlol-bat III Washington Chronicle wrap
per: |
II A1r. George William Curtis supposed whonhe bo-
came Chairman Of tho Civil RorVico Board, that te
Unitol States had been ropcacd md tat ho mud Ills
board wero cl9thc Will lonary power to control y & ar,
much Influence on public opinion. |
And this from tho milwaukee, Sentinel:
11r. Ourtla is undoubtedly excollcnt man In hia
way, but tho President ts probably under tho In
machine no to speak, This Ia circumstance con-
ccrning which Mr.. ourtia may havo been mialod.
Those organs {aud they aro many moat do
pendent on Feloral patronage, aro beginning to
excuHe or openly defcnd tho salary stoa1. Tho
Lincoln (Nob.) Herald, wholly subject to party
control and support, says:
congrcas has performed eommol,.sense 70 act IN IN
crenslng sanrcs to figures proportonsto to thcr eor-
vices and necessary expenses.
Tho Detroit Free Press calls attention to M
other foaturo Of 1t, saying:
Of tho Adntniatratlon orans thero IL no mention Of
thu connection Of tho Senate With It. Tho ateal could
never have boon eomnittoa without tho conncity OF
currcnco Of tic President Why waato ammunition
small game whe beaaes tho rrs;1sn wo a,9s
courac tie Rtrongcst mon In tho party In tho 8onato
wcro cnnlprona for m 1ncrcaHo oE phy7
-Juat at present, our duty in to form and oon-
ing a. political convention when, II tho e1een-
TONER'S NJ tocs not fall OIL those who have
voted thomHeyes "hack nay aa asnGloa M IN
Credit Mobilier and landgrabbing iegi'lat'oWR W" we
tilat stage of political cadence arlsos, revolution
Ia at the door, and the emergency must be tts
own promptor.- Woodstock (fH.) Sentinel.
-Wo confesp with dcep modification ttat tho
bio for tho salary steal. Tho 1nil1ionH Of Nepub
licans who sent them to Washington had faith
to boliovo that they would guard against ouch
acts OF wrong-Huch mean thoftB They expoct-
cd that thoY would protect tho pnrtyB honor.
Instead, they huye disgraccd themselves, hu1nil.
lated tho milton, and ahamefu1ly miarepreaontod
d party, tho great mass Of whose monDors love
purity In oil things, and scorn corruption and
wrong, wherever # exists. II tho party would
voted to stoal 81 600 COO from tho Troasury muRt
bo rebukod- must DO defeated II q recollection is
asked for,-Fo1id dit Lac !Pis.) Commonwealth
The power Of tho monopolists las had near ~
~ half q century OF organized growth In tho
land. Tint power neither Courts nor Loglsla-
tlroa nor Congress hayo been ablo to Withstand.
1t has awaycd tho people as the wind the reed.
It las owned legal advocateB and editorial adyo-
for what parson in tho land would preach from
tho sanctifed platform Of his church against the
manufacturer or the man who pays him half his
aalary7 In tho great manufacturing towns tho
mill owns tho pulpit aud tho press; and in the
great railroad contros the owners OF those vaBt
and valuable lines Of traffic own almost every
thing also.-- Cincinnati Enquirer.
Tho American people arc undoubtedly
alarmed over tho e1posnros which havo been
boou moro or loas Of m outcry about political
corruption, and that the party In opposition hnvo
often asteeked tho ruling pnrty on thia ground
potea pod ea%a 81 ero M '1 never @
aprcad feong which now o1ista Oil tho subject
among honeat mon Of all parties. Whethor it bo
tho public conscience is moro Bcnaitivo about It;
or that circumstances have placed It whore 1t ig
not more point Of party dspntntion We need s,sa
taSen tx ' ho1d Of tho public heart there il not
shadow Of doubt.-tincin,.ati Commercial.
-Rascality, like misory, loVes company, and,
as It is right to tako lessons from IN enemy, tho
| opponenta tactics. It does 10 good to groan
over the OWLS Of tho situation, and take nctive
means to check thom. If tho really responsiblo
and we'll moaning classes Of society should for
once unto and donand Of the politicians .
recognition of thois rights, n worry marked
change in the condition Of things would spoodily
be seon.-0incinaat; Gazetie.
| Tho people have ropudiatel the old pnrty
rings that have corrupted public morals, Dis
| domestic Atrifo md blrdonsomo taxes, Tho
maBacs havo SPOKEN. Thoy havo declared thoir
| own emancipation from party tyranny, and ox-
pressed in unmistakablo terms their firm de-
Termination to carry out thorough aud praeti-
cal reform in tho ovornment.-NadisoH INs.)
| Democrat.
| Tho railway monopoliea, existing By will Of
| tho people whose representatives broathed into
them the bronth Of lffo, have boon for yoars do
| flying thoir creator. Tho time has arrived when
it must DO t1ecldea whether the railroad corpora
tious will control the people, or be controlled by
them and while lir. Frederick uookor's proph-
improbabity, tho fact that 1t is seriously dis
ouBsed, and eyoles popular applause, plainly re-
yaels tho drift of tho public nind.-Asn1phis
Tho farmere OF the Vest must boware OF
brokon down politicians, il shoy want to win in u
fight with monopoly, for the moment thoir causo
is contided to such Keeping, it will bo sold OUT
Harrisburg (Pa.) State Journal,
-Tloro must 10 retreuchment in public ex.
pondituroB anu, nboyo all, there must be honnnt
and unHelflsh men choaon to alminiator tho af-
fairB Of tho people. Tho nations life depends
attempts to miaeai the people, ho should 30 put
down at onco aud forever. Every mnn iB inter
osted iu this question-it cnlbracea all-~and our
plain duty IL to labor until 1t is accomplished
and that publication and regeneration 30 mitch
doarod and so necessary is secured to tho nation
-LoganspoW {ind,) Phar0s.
1t will hardly do to assert TINT tho bent gov.
srnmont is that which auHwera to tilt. average
Of community, in practice for nearly all people
look for something bottor, it there is to 30 roa
progress. And so wo demand, or at least dosfre
that our Representatives ahall stand above in
| atoad of below or on the level with tho naBaot
pte to DO IN the acalo Of human worth ant
progresH.-G Grand Rapids (lfich.) Eagle.
--Wo do not belIevo there arc dozen farmort
who indorac tho robbery ind pillage Of tho Pub
lio Treasury By tue lato Congress and tho grea