The sun., 1873-07-23
Drive them Outi

Drive them Outi
The exposures OF the past twelve months
have convinced rejecting men of all par
ties that unless we can put down corrup-
lion in the high places of power, our Gov
ernmcnt will soon become little better than
q great den OF thieves. This humiliatinG
fact being admitted, the people should
embrace every opportunity to administer
singing rebukes to the ofliccholders who
have betrayed their trusts by accepting
brides, by committing frauds, and by
using their places TO accumulate money in
dishonest modes.
The time is close at hand, and indeed has
already come, when the people will have
plenty OF opportunities TO give vent to
their Indignation against these unfaithful
servants. The political campaign has COM
mcnced in many States, and will soon be
in full activity in all the States which hold
elections this fall and OF course there will
DC vast amount of stump speaking all
over the country. Now il so happens that
the Senators aud Representatives who re-
ceived the Credit Mobilier and Pacific
Railway brides, or purchased their seats in
Congress with money, or voted for the
anu huNt HiiiNN PbNh'h'h NV
steal, have heretofore been among the con
spicuous stump speakers of their respec-
tive parties.
In the campai gns OF the last dozen years
how often has the smile of COLFAX cleaned
from the platform upon great throngs of
admirng Republicans. How many thou
sands upon thousands have listened to the
unctuous uttcrances of WILSON. How fire.
quently have the people of the enthusiastic
West, aud sometimes of the more critical
Fast, been puzzled to determine whether
BINGHAM was really al eloquent orator or
only "a loquacious blatherskite. And there
was the respectable DAWES, a son of the
Pilgrims, abounding in professions of ster-
ling honesty so fur rs he himself was con-
cerned, and displaying long tables of
figures which rcbuked our extravaganza
and proved the necessity of greater econ
omy in public expenditures. Whenever
the Republicans were hard pushed by
charges of prongaoy in anyi State
contest they would send for DAWES
10 rally the panic-strioken troops by dis
playing his puritauic visage and roll OF
statistics There, too, was heard the POM
pous diction of KELLEY, reminding one
both in tone and gesture of FoRREsr in
Macbeth; ana the sanctimonlous GAR
FIELD, fresh perhaps from n season of
eXhortation; and Professor PATTERSON.
covered all over with honorary degrees
from Dartmouth College; and SO on to the
end of the list OF the Credit Mobilicr
bribe-takcrs. An these for many years
have been the favoute stump orators OF
the Republican party.
In the same condition stand many of
those bold, bad men who are known 10
have purchased or tried 10 purchase those
seats in the senate which they have de
fled JONES OF Nevada, in that rough
region, Is stump speaker III his 60 lrsc
way. so PA rERSOS, who was trained in
Pennsylvania, passes for an orator among
the negroes of South Carolina. Then there
j. PoMERoY, familiarly called old subsidy,
and the saiutly HARLAN, disciple of
WESLEY, who, though ndroit IN the use of
money, delights 10 haranguc from the
platform,
The back-pay grabbcrs are counted by
the score, and are leader. in both parties,
and among their chief orators. BECK and
DAN VOORHEES, of the Democrats, and BEN
BUTLER and MATT CARPENTER of the Re
the whole crowd.
Now these mon according 10 their wont
will be likely to show their faces upon the
platform during the present campaign If
they do the people should let them know
on the spot that they will no more listen
10 them than they would to convicts who
had escaped from the penitontary, and
with cropped hair and striped shirts
should presume to lecture them on political
economy and public virtue An indignant
constituency should drown their voices by
shouts of Resign your ofices!' "Send
back the money" and thus hoot them
from the stand.
IN II word, the men of whom we are
speaking have so outraged public opinion
by Their fragrant offences that no tolera
ton should be shown them. They must
be- compelled to resign their offices, rcfunc
their stolen money, no more insult the
people by presuming to lecture them, ant
be thankful TO pass the rest of their lives
III meTCiiul ObsCurity.