, 1873-02-10
Religious Zca1ots Shielding Pub
lie Corruption.

pions Of tho frankiug plindor. and, In ono COM !
mon sonso OF apprehension, they throw tholrpro-
rogativo to tho people, Haying:
''To c1a1nor throw my sigret-ring;
Tell them their squadron. not to bring. |
s!r Caldwell to Lord ord ren,eso}y q, co}, ,hie,-
Ny lifc-bool cfltlH since A1nes has h4uealcd; |
ii. q. MComI ii ali thata loft!
Btoor heads bridge A dcrncd lo,u bridge n |
We're tho last words Of tic Franking Privilege.
Yn ,FRANgEn.
The franliug privilege, like every OWL which
Inns become m Institution, had ts defenders, and
still retains them. So had Slavery, and worry
pious md philosophical ones. Tho human
mind can make itB dofor1nitios and diRonsos
philanthroplo, and MI tie EXCUSES for the frank
Ing privilege wore directed from tho contro.
Iu tho right light Of responsible business ind o
general economy, what was worso than to on
trust d chimp just olootcd for two yearn to Con-
gress with tho hroadcaBt prerogative to ride
down tho malls with all hiH household offoctB
effects for tho purpose Of franlting tlou,. Tho
wild exccssos Of public. printing-wlicll woro
rapidly assuming tho Development Of m o1leial
journal (eoriousiy {proposod BY Horny 3. An
oaitodly Congress-aroso upon tho wand Of tho
guiloloss I frankor, who saw ITO uso Of
putting gird1o round tho world ,lnlesB
T haa something, olao to TIC to. Tho "priv-
!eSO, bO CAilCut cuehp1ueQ Gl0 dignity OF C0N-
gresa mude mendicancy brazon, aild sot mp tho
public doadhoad as tho highest example to man,
The use of tho privilege mado tho Congressman
nero scrivonor, defrauding public b1lainoas Of
hia attention to write oil day meaningless itora-
tfona Of his prontitu!cd namo to compliment I'M
BophiaticRtod individuals who, for Patent Otitco
Report. would abdcato tho rights Of citizenship.
Tho class Of public man who ls tnlnbling now,
,a like feathor nth anbjecte to gravity d this m
namo, like 4 blind dcmngog1lo, till ho knows no
other ilutiful motion. uo has sought to mako
Ills nalno household word at tho public OK
ponne, mud, liko tho wretch condemned by
Jupiter to empty we'll with n, siovo, ho hopes
to accomplish tlio tasls Of subduing mankind
with. tho franking privilege. Hence 4 little
warrantablo forgery, mud half-a-dozon clerks and
slyHterB nre invited to take legsons in pon1nan-
oohp, to increase tho number of hsnd9 and oheat
tho Poat Oflco further. Finally, dragooniug
mechanism to carry on his deception, this Hon
orablo donsngoguo procn'cs to be maslo serios Of
stool-tlies, md, like countorfeltor, he and his
purtenanccn Of Il coi.ntcrfeiting- stamp
aud deapatch to d reckless constituency tons OF
stuff which il nothing clHo but an obligation 1n~
posed upon tho recipient, without cost to tho
Reutlor.
It IL by tho intlnitudo Of little obligations like
tla that the votor tsisappoarh In Ills nlanlinoaB,
n.,d tho dcmnBoguo porpotaRtes hiulholf. Whom
Of his subjects, clluc!led large percentage Of
the babies undor the chin, md addressed q half-
a-dozon Of tho orthodox aucotics, ilo has already
disarmed tho militia, But it go happens, in o,lr
bumnn nature Tint the exercise OF those gravel
| linz nrocosgot, wears ont tho dcpagoEuo boforo
ho Raa nndo tho ronud OF tho pooplo, Tho
frauking privilege ex1iroB, grudgcl by ita abash-
cd defenders, WHO have other charges to meet,
md, to escape detection, hayo thrown t,oir Mig
not.riugg into tic water. Az it expires, behold
dercond from tho public gazo theso gre2test Of
all the frankers Harlan, Colfax, Kclioy!
THE onLIdATIoSs OF pEApHEAD1su..
to provo TINT llo rccoiycd from Mr., Samuel
Shoemaker. OF Baltimore Citg. tho 81. zoo Which
ho dopouirod in bank two days after Amos sweara
to Aayo paid him tho sa1no. Tho efforts Of q
Fulton, at Baltimore, to affect opinion in tits
cosn. wouid seen, fo show thnt M. GoIfax Ind
hnnea In Tint Iroctiou. II Mr. Shoomaknr can
produce his .1n nama-0oGT @ WITH tho paoeae enooK
in t"S, tMre,s,, hotvo",, 14ncu' oott, ond d'F'.
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