The sun., 1873-01-31
ing farewell TO public life in the following
beautiful Language:

ing farewell 10 public life in the following
beautiful language:
"of this outrage done to the fair fame of
men who have lived without reproach for
of the. public with scourge OF epithets which
should be laid upon the lowest criminal with
caution; of the torture inflicted upon men seii-
sitive of their good names by subiectnR them
90 legislative inqusiton without sufficient rea-
son, may take occasion to speak elsewhere;
hut here 1close, siinplyrcmarliing II such thin n
are to continue, all decent men viii leave public
life, as do, with pleasure and not with regret
The Rev. MIR. HARLAN, before pronounce
ing the benediction, will hold up to public
scorn and reprobation two checks Of DIR.
DuRANT for 5000 each, with the following
pertinent discourse;
"Thc expenditure of money at elections Is
growing evil The apology for doing Il on one
eide Is that IL is done on the other, and the peril
grows out Of the fact that IL is Often handled by
tlnscrupulous agents. who make use Of 1t not
contemplated by those who furnish II. public
sentiment that will make II perilous to a candi-
date t. allow the expenditure OF money to iniiu-
cncc elections without restricting its uses within
clearly pre- ,ribed limits is one that needs
strengthening by all the arguments our best
mon and purcst journals can adduCe.
The Hon. SAMUEL G. PoMERoY, known 70
the general public Ms "The Christian states
mnn and TO the lobby as Subsidy POM"
will follow Brother HARLAN, bearing on his
manly shoulders II transparency having
one side inscribed with the following GER
tiicate of character, eulogy. and obituary,
from the pen of the eminent saint who
prccedes him:
1--WE are utterly az loss TO account for such
n representation Of Mr.. POMEROY. Those who
know him intimately and well believe him to be
one Of the truest and purest " our public men,
as they know him to he one Of the most gene
rous. His bcncfactions have made hundreds
of worthy families rejoice. Those who ought to
know him thoroughly regard him as singularly
unsclnsh, caring only for money as he can use
It. not to aggrandize himself, but to accomplish
some good"
On the opposite side OF the transparency
q representation of the truest and purest
and most generous OF our public men"
Offering in his singularly unselnsh way"
$1,000 in grcenbacks to State Senator YORK
Of Kansas, mot to aggrandize himself, but
TO accomplish some good" and make
"hundreds of worthy families rejoice"
The dastardly conduct of York in turning
over the whole sum to the Speaker of the
Kansas Legislature and thus obstructing
ana defeating a benefaction which might
have made hundreds of worthy families
rejoice will be only remotely referred TO in
the inscription. Mans inhumanity TO
man makes countless thousands mourn"
Old ANEs may or may not make some
fcInaIkS. lie Is man OF intermittent
memory and spasmodic utterance. He
will be accompanied by an army wagon
containing vouchers and memoranda.
JIM NYE would like TO accompany the
procession, but being a man OF profane
discourse and having threatened TO lead
Prof. PATTERSON over TO the Patent Office
and deposit him as "model of damned
fool, he has been barred out
Aside from the gentlemen named. no
wind instruments will be allowed in the
line. Senator PoMERoY. being an earnest
advocate Of liquor prohibition, insists that
no one even in the band shall take a horn
on the occasion.
The flags on the Capitol would be placed
at half staG on the occasion Of the de-
parture of so much virtue am frugality,
were 1t not that, with CALDWELL, CLAY
TON, CAMERON, aud CHANDLER already in
the Senate, and PATTERSON of South Caro-
lima, JONES of Nevada, and ALLISON OF
Iowa coming in, the outgoing saints will
not he missed much.