Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-01-28
Call for Honest aen.

Speaking Of the scandllous scenes OF Congress
now, the New York World says:
How can we obtain something better-how Sc
cure rs keen personal interest against jobs as
We now have for The answer to this is not sc
difficult as may be supposed Ii Is 10 remove all
existing disabilities and urge the South 10 send
her old leaders TO Washington. Let Davis Ste
phens, TOombs, Chestnnt, Wigfall, aud the resi-
OF them be not only allowed but encouraged 10
return to Congress, and then tell them ii will be
consideced IS a very special favor If they will de-
tect and expose the rogues and jobs therein. II
Is charming to contemplate the alacrity with
which they would enter upon that task. 1t is hu-
man nature 10 hit back and how glorious an op.
poTtunity for poor, beaten, dcspised rebels and
traitors 10 prove one afer another of their conquer
ors and rcvtlers an immcasurable hypocTite and
theft. For years these old leaders have been
ground into the dirt, spit upon, branded, put
upon record as compeers of Benedict Arnold and
Judas. As matter of course they resent all this
with concentrated fury, and so much raw material
should not be thrown away. Let us utilize the
waste hate-pit the rebel against the robbeT, and
let the combat wage.
Our very able contemporary may make as many
Of such calls as he pleases. The men who now
control the Congress Of the United States Will
never allow those whose names are mentioned
above to enter those halls again so long as the
majority is able exclude them. The Radicals will
not ermit the exposures that these keen sighted
quick wiIted and out-spoken men, would surely
make. II any one supposes the bribery and the
corruption that has been at work in Washington
is confined TO the Credit Mobilier and Pacific
railroad schemes alone, We think they are greatly
mistaken. There are other matters in which the
services of COngressmen were immensely valua-
ble. And it would be good thing If committee
could be got mp to summon all those who have
had claims against the government, and take
their sworn testimony as to the mode in which
they secured payments.
COngressmen complain that Il cir pay Is insu-
1acient, and yet 1t appears from what We read in
the newspapers that those who 60 there soon
make great fortunes.
Whence come those splendid entertainments
we read Of Dinners.co from two to five thou
sand dollars, and wine suppers costing $500 to
S25O0P What are these fine entertainments for
Are they not q part Of the programme of the lob
byst and The purchaser Of votes for measures.-
Only those who can't be bought with suppers and
wine parties are secured with hard cash. Who
PAySlOr these costly suppers given by the party
leaderu, might form very interesting inquiry. To
read the accounts Of the bAlls parties and dinners
In Washington, one might suppose that many
COngEsssmen fancied it was their duty, while IN
the Fedaral City, 10 join the throng of dissipated
ChAractsrh whose ehiefest pleasure is in the mid
Aightrsvel; instead of devOting their time exclu-
Svey to the study Of legslAtion and to correcting
the abuses that constantly creeping in to dis
turb the harmony of the affairs Of the nation and
to squander the money Of the people Washing
ton society appears to be getting more corrupt
every year, and the greater the pay tie worse it
seems are the receivers.