Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-04
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uONl tHc guns Nouiu uoHt'Oy s"ss
first make mad" Ben. Butler, to
crown the infamy Of originating and
urging through the ~disgracefui salary
grab. aud as n supplement- and clinch
er 10 the apologies OF Carpenter. Bling.
ham and Others, for the ~disgracefui
robbery. IA about to publish an elabor
ate legal and historical defense Of the
steal. In reply to n letter from u OF
hls Essex county constituents. Every
point Il to DO fortified by numerous
precedents. and IL is said to be one OF
the able.t papers he has ever written.
.Thi. Is ncedful. II there Is sophi.try.
eloquence or blar,ry enough IN the
Congress Of the United States to-day
to reverse the settled opinion Of the
people, who naye already In nearly
every political convention which ha.
met since It adjourned. condemned IN
no gentle Language both the grab aud
its supporters. we have not judged
Alright the pulse beat OF tie nation. It
Is emiuently ht,lug that IL of the
most renowned aud successful criminal
lawyers Of the country should not only
plead his " case, hut that Of the 9TH
er criminals who. with him, have Viz
lated their most sacred pledges, be-
trayed the confidence Of the people,
and placed Themselves without the
pale Of deceney and the respect Of the
country. Ben. Butler Is a most famous
criminal defender. His greatest suc-
cesses have been achieved as al apollo
gilt for vcaality aud = paudercr to
immortality. As prosecutor he never
slione brightly In the galaxy OF lcga!
luminaries. His conduct in the great
impeachment case was not tirst-class.
nor his success rem irkable. But put
him on the defense, set him TO prove
that the most depraved criminal Is n
prosecuted saint. IN angel Of light.
ortliat the most .wanton tritlins
with public morals. or breach OF
public trust, Is a deed both COM
mendable and In the line Of duty.
aud his talents shine forth as the
sun. This Is his forte, aud /, Is char
acterlstic Of his history, aud indicative
OF his absence OF respect for public
decency or opinion, that the supreme
effort of hi, lite should be made In
apology for M act which has, from the
first. struck the public sense rs mon
strouS aud In violation Of all NOR. !
responsibility. We are anxious {"
peruse this highest effort Of the lead
ing corruptioni. t In American politics.
We want To see how far that sublim
egotism and Disregard for decchcy.
which has ever characterized Ben. But
Ter. will carry him In this last attempt.
We desire to read the reasons which
this most astute !~inancler TOR his own
pocketl will produce for robbias the
American people. We long. to See
this renegade Democrat, who has a.
surned to hunSelf the task Of guiding
q Congress aud representing the Re-
publican party. placed before the
American people once again. aud that
In the ]self.chosen attitude Of an apollo
gizer for corruption and untrustwortbi-
ness. II Is time tor the Republican,
party to r~epudiate these deserters from
Democracy. these spolls-hunsers, these
corrup,ers Of Congress and the people,
whose m%onarch,al and centraliziug
sympathles are but too apparent, and
whose Influence has proved so banefnl
IN public affairs. A sQuarc test should
be made. Let the people know II TIL.
class Of met are TO control the doml.
nant political power In Americas to-
day and hereafter, aud then let them
act accordingly. The question Is not
one of loyalty or Of di.Ioyalty. but oil
derency against l~ndecency. OF honesty
IN opposition to theft, to knavery, to
everything which debases hubble vir.
tus. and tinaiIy destroys popular gov
erumens. Let the case be plainly
stated aud the people choose.