The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-09-18
DEaEADRs AND DESTROYS.

I say danger MANAGES our free institu-
.tions with obstruction, for gen tlemen, no
matter how beautiful may be the frame
work of your Government; no matter how
solid and just may be the principles upon
which it is founded; no matter how 1t may
1besf the test of the strjctest Boratiny IN
feverS eneiof It's cohsti tu tiols u progibi ons,
,if you allow CORRUPTION to enter and in
habit it, it will be in vain for you to point
to itsvbesuty; twill be in vain for you 70
speak It's principles whole structure
will totter and fEffto fEtff to the ground. Or If
it.doss not twill bsopHeVerted INTO an
instrhmsnB o6bpprssGsn, tytshnys rapRci-
ty and evil which has scarcely been par
I fallsEed, or that can be exceeded by the
worst form Of government known 70 man
kind. 10 @27
Is It is7preeisely this 7eorugtion, this in
sidiouS and subtle poison IN the body
politio, that, to every rejecting man. to
every one well Versedin the history OF the
world, presents the greatest danger that
now exists to American institutions.l As
long as this Government was in the hands
of pure and upright men; as long as it was
in the hands of those who founded 1t and
those who obeYed their example, might
We Justly boast that we had the most
economical and the purest Government on
thelface of the whole globe TheR we
could very well compare the economy and
the frugahty Of our Government with their
opposites found m the Old World; but
that Contrast blush to say its now
wholly to our disadvantage; so much so
that every sensible man whose face now
see knows that the great vital question
with us, as people, Is, "Can We preserve
onr institutions by once more maintaining
public virtue, or shall our public places
become mere places of rottsnness? Shall
public trust be turned simply into private
adventure and gain 2 Shall the pnbllc
duties ofmembers Of Congress and other
stfeers be All the time, or nearly all the
time merely exercised for their oYn profit
or for the profit of rings whom they rep
resentP That, I say, is the great qEes-
,tieni And now, that there is some reason
for discuSsing the question at this time,
let me first refer to what are called the
fE9-- 3. zCREDIT MoBnIER FRAUDS - e.
= You viii excuse mef pronounce these
two words as the Frencnh do, Cred ReS
Mo.bee lea, for they are French words,
andI have been much amused at times to
hear the various ways IN which they are
pronounced. 0akes Ames, to the last,
prououneed them. Credit Mo- by- Ter.
LauR Rhter.
In order to understand the nature and
extent Of thess Credit Aobilier frauds il
will be necessary for me to go back to the
character of the Union Pacific Railroad,
because the Credit Mobiher and the IN
! ion Pacific Railroad were one and the same
thing: although they were two corpora
tions. the stockholders of the one were
the stockholders in the other, and the
men who managed the one were the men
who managed the other; and the Credit
M0biiieT MAS thing in the world but the
agency or instrument In the hands of &
certain ring In the Union Pacific Company
| to defraud the Government ia a manner
shall make apparent to you.
THE CHARTER OF THE UNION PAeIFIl
RAILROAD.
The Union Pacific kalIroad Compsn!
was chartered in July, 1862, by the Con
press of the United States, to construct
road from the Missouri River to = poin
in the Territory of Utah, where it was t.
be constructed by a company charteredb b
the State OF California; say from tn
Missouri River for although IN one sec
J ttion Of this charter il speaks of begihin
| at the one hundredth meridian west fror
Greenwicn, another description makes
y Sctna aIIYioomme6c at the western bound
I ary of Iowa, opposite the city Of iOmah hI
THE aEaHRosITx or THE aovERNMREl
New. what we're the privileges granite
by Congress to aid that company IN cor
/, structing that road ? Let me briefly ca
your attention to that and note, 1 pra
you, how enormous are these privilege
, how valuable are the subsidies that Cor
J greAs provided by that act. In the fin