The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-02-08
Worse than Tammany.

has been held up BY Jealous Radicals al
the great bng,bear to brighten the homes
people of the country. Tweed, Swcene,
4 Co, who had been prominent Democrat
ic politicians, were hunted down with re
markable yigor for their enormous pecula
tons upon the City Treasury. The at
tempt was made to brand the Democrat,
party of New York and the country witt
the infamy of their swindling transactions
The country rang with the charges o.
fraud that Tammany had committed, and
he was bold man who cssayed any de
fence Of that ancient society The ire
mendous current of popular indignation
swept from paHer and hurried into exile
all the pets Of that institution who hat
lined their own pockets at the expense Of
the people. Carrying the enormous load
which Tammany thus imposed, the Dem
ocratic party ofthe State Of New York wen
into battle and suffered an overwhelming
defeat.
II mattered not that few Republican
politicians were in league with Tammany
and shared with its chiefs in a division o.
the spoils. There was no account kept Of
them. The principal actors being Demo
Gratis and the City government being under
Democratic control, the people, perhaps
naturally, held the Democratic party re.
sponsible for the misconduct and crimes Of
its leaders, aud defeated its candidates nj
the polls. So terrible was the veneeanc,
executed upon it that good men have en-
tertained serious doubts whether or moi
the new Tammany, purged of these old
leaders, recognized under the Leadership
OF the ablest and purest men of the City
will be able TO establish itself upon q
stable footing SO as to draw to itself the
confidence of the masses.
We are not complaining of the judg
ment which has been thus rendered against
Tammany. 1t may be admitted, for the
sake of argument, that it deserved all the
punishment that il has received.
But how stands the case with the Re
publican party? What of the condition
in which it is shown to be? Let the re
cords of the investigating committee AT
Washington with reference to the Credit
Mobilier stock answer. The men whc
have been held up to the country as para
CONS of excellence and virtue have been
exposed rs takers Of brides. They stant
before the people to-day, stripped of theil
cloak Of seli.rightcousness, condemned b,
testimony which seems to be incontrover
tible.
Wilson, Vice President elect, Colfax
the present Vice President, Patterson. III,
pious Senator from New Hampshire, Gar
field Of Ohio, Kelley of Philadelphia
Scholield, Congressman at Large from the
Keystone State, Dawes of Massachusetts
all shining lights in the Republican par
ty--arc implicated beyond question, By thu
developments which have been made, t,
such an extent that no trust can be an
longer rcposed in their integrity No
only is the fact shown that they were pur
chasers of stock at very suspicious rates
but they have added to their own disgrac,
in this connection by uttering and publish
Ing the most explicit denials of any con
neetion with the Credit Mobilier stock
These dcnials are shown to have beer
made in utter disregard of the truth a.
made manifest by the memoranda of tn
agents of the Company, the payment /,
them Of dividends and the examination o
their private bank accounts.
VIII the people hold them to that SAINT
rigid accountability to which they he'll
the chiefs of Tammauy? II must be re
membered TOO, that Mr. Ames, the chic
actor in the work of bribing these men, i
also II Republican heretofore in good stand
ing in the Republican party.
But one member of the Democratic par
~ is implicated in these corrupt transac
tons. The party in power is clearl,
chargeable with this ubiquitous business
Let the people remember that it is thei
duty to fix the responsibility of this enor
nous fraud where it justly belongs.
There is another noticeable fact in thi
matter which must be particularly crafty
ing to u certain portion of the citizens o
the country. During the recent campaign
tlN 'Hbtidi i'tpuDiiCdHsi WIN stepped OH
of the ranks of the regular Republican or
ganization, charged this corruption upol
the Administration party, but their charge
were met, as We have said before, witt
sweeping and explicit denials.
The investigation has substantiated tn,
truth Of their charges beyond the possibil
ity of successful reiutation. But not thi
alone. Among the parties implicated il
these charges, not one gentleman has beer
named who was idnetiiied with the Liber
al Republican party No stain of thi
kind rests upon Sumner, SEIZURE, Trum
bull, Fentoh, or Upton, of the Senate, o
Banks and his Liberal Republican associ
ates in the House The purity of III,
motives Of these gentlemen is thus estab
lished and due credit should be accorded
to them on this account.
On the forehead of the Republican par
ty should forever be branded the infamy
which attaches to the use of the Credi
Mobilier stock in Congress for purposes o
bribery and corruption, The iniquity o
Tammany is dwarfed into almost utter in
Significance in the presence of this mon
strous fraud