Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-02-12
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mentality in putting him down. The,
desired to create a party strength in Nev
York city sufficient to control the polite
of the State. As to the means they wer
not particular The object was control
to be obtained somehow. The best mel
in the Democratic party regarded Tweed
Political management with favor, throusl
his .killful manipulation any majority
from twenty thousands upward was pro
curable for any set of Democratic candi
dates. Yet Mr.. Tweeds power in poll
tics was founded in reckless corruption
and glaring frauds. The best of hi.
partisan friends knew that from the first
They did not scruple to employ him ant
his agents freely, nor die they close thu
doors Of their aristocratic organizations
against him. On the contrary they gave
him the right hand of fellowship, for the
cole reason that he was politically indis
pensable The countenance given him
by Democratic leaders made him a pow.
ca With the people, who willingly follow
ed his lead And it was only when po-
litical opponents publishedthe crimes c:
this powerful Democratic leader aud pre-.
seuted the proofs that his employees found
courage 10 join in the pursuit which wac
to end in his conviction and overthrow.
And it is well to remember that the lead
ing organs of Mr.. Tweed's party were
first to deny the astounding facts expos
ed, and the last TO wheel into line and
take up the pursuit.
Now the responsibility for the domin
alton of Tweed belongs to the leaders of
the Democratic party, who found him
useful and not afraid of dirt, in the first
place, and to the masses of that party.
who blindly followed where their leaders
indicated. BY this we are. or ought to
be, taugh: that vice never dominates any
where without the consent, and, as rule
not without the collusion of men who
make some pretence Of virtue and honor
Turn now, if yon please, to the condi
ton of affairs in Kansas. 1t begins to
look as if the venal scoundrelism set up
there by the dominant party in 1867
had bred an incurable distemper, affect
ing men Of all parties alike. 1t begins
to be questionable whether Kansas was
ever honestly represented in the Senate
Of the United States. The privilege, of
the honor, or whatever men may name it
Of representing Kansas in the Senate
would seem to be priceless. We are ask
ed to believe that a man has paid as
much as ninety thousand dollars for that
privilege, not to name higher figure
And we are publicly informed that anoth-
er man deemed it profitable to pay as
much as eight thousand dollars for sim
,le vote in the Kansas Legislature. Does
my man for a moment suppose such
Wholesale bribery on the one hand, and
'enality on the other, are confined to the
PARTIES Immediately concerned 1t is as
ertain as anything can well be that such
orruption exists there because it is toll
rated by the controlling men, and that
he people follow the lead of such men
'lindly. If everything alleged be true,
he conclusion is irresistible that the peo'
lie are also corrupt if not positively then
egatively. Bnt the responsibility rests
With the leaders fret, and then with the !.
blowers There must be men Of prom
nence in Kansas who abhor the corrup-
ion Of Legislatures. and who will de-
ounce the men who corrupt them in set
erms. But we cannot close our eyes to
he very probable fact that these men
new all about it years ago just as well
9 they know it now. Perhaps. like the
Democratic leaders in New York, they
,und it convenient to permit such out
ages without protest. Perhaps it SEEM
d necessary to maintain the ascendency
f clique No matter what induced
uch men to make no sign, they cannot
hirk the responsibility. They may not
ave incurred any penalty, but the peo
le of Kansas must now shake off their
,pine dependence upou leaders and Or
anize in the interest Of fair dealing in
olitics as in all things else.
The elimination and recriminition, car
ed on by men who seek to uncover the
lines of political opponents while they
reuse or cover up the crimes Of their
wn partisans, must 60 for nothing in
lis fight. The people. who, now that
cts are becoming plentiful, are to be
ED responsible under our system. can
,t be hoodwinked, nor can they afford
permit these betrayals of trust to pass
ithout meeting out condign punishment
the betrayers.
A dispatch from Phoebe, Nevada, says
alf the horses in that district are disa-
ed by the epizootic, and that 5000 bars
silver hullian have accumulated there
nee the stoppage of the Salt Lake
ages. The disease is abatins in local
les where it first appeared but is spread