, 1873-03-10
IL NOTES AND OPINION.

We, the people, have reason to boast Of the to-
but We have been shocked that 1t should DO carri
into Congress- corTupttng the fountains Of Legislation
.nd lowering the standards Of personal action,
gross used their public positions mainly for their priva
gain We do not only refer to those who accuse
to widespread belief thst there ase se0e9 othe uu
more guilty than they who have been johbing at til
public expense We make no tndiscrimioate a:.ack o
Congress- II has many good and noble mell,-we tru.
the majority are above any corruption. But, when
speech 50 utterly low In tone, wanting cornmo
political morality that Of Mr. Butler in defense
Mr. Amea, can be made in the House. and not mafe Al
earthquake Of disgust in II, the House must not b
~ neoe e c1nt at 1akes st at It's % own estimate
quite tired Of the exhibition OF ae-soekng and lob
berry, Of the dominion Of gEaspjug corporations ose
cal morality.
It is due to Gen: Haw1ey to state that, in th.
house, he stoutly resisted the lame and impotent
conclusion on tho Credit Mobilier scandal
though voting for the resolution Of censure
when only that remained.
The Utica N. ~ Herald, Of which Con.
gressman Roberts is editor, says OF the increase
| Of salaries:
So far as there Is anything wrong shout this. On.
party ia as deep In the mud the other ia in the re
No one but Congressman will believe-cau
beliove-but this WIS 4 high~handed raid on the
Treasury for spoils to be divided among the out
going Congressmen-Dubuque Herald
| 1t was an outrageous act, and shows the de-
| moralizatlon Of the day Indianapolis Ne.cs.
| Public opinion ig outraged By this little less
than robbery Of the Peoples Treasury. SPRING.
field (IN,) Register.
| There is 8 pretty definite feeling existing
| that We are being ruled by set Of men who
ought to be serving their country in the capacity
OF laborers in the various Peniteutiaries OF the
laud.-Loporte (Iad) argus.
We should not have believed that the present
Congress was any worao than it's predecessors,
we're it not for the crowning act,-the biz eteal''
Monmouth (IR.) atlas.
by what decent or indecent pretext Congress-
could bring itself to make the increase Of salary
Retrospective, it will confound theayeragely hon
est mind to attempt to imagine.-Keok7ik( (lo,ra>
The day Of final reckoning will come Tor eli
who have had hand ia cheating the Govern
ment out OF millions Of money and tarnishine
the fair fame Of the Republic. There is no
party question involved in the Mobilier business:
Democrats and Republicans are concerned: and
both parties will finish the investigation, which
Was go well begun. There is this good in it the
people have. the facts, md their verdict is
Republic.
The people must arouse themselves, and
take up tho contest against corruption where
Congress leaves it, or their Government viii fail
South Bend (lad) Union.
The action Of Congress- in increasing the pay |
OF members to 81, 500 per vear-gajd pay to data !
from the beginning OF the present Congress-
indicates q disposition on tho part OF the very |
honorable gentlemen to divide Tho effects ct the
Republican party among themselves prior to it's
final dissolution (Ind) Journal
administration.
Tho ensuing year will be a bad one for poll
ticians: It looks now as though the chances
were all against them, and in favor Of honest
men Ii the people will preserve their inue-
pendence, and resist the strong appeals in be- !
nalf Of party success, much good may be accom-
1foines (lo,ea] Leader.
-Congress has failed Of its duty in puuiahine
'rime within itself, but the people viii remem-
Der it, and, though its effect may not be imme-
lately apparent, the awakening will come some
lay, and that day not far distant, when the
.ogues and acoundrels will be- cast out, as 40
many devils, and the nation purided.-Sagina,o
Nich.) Courier.
Let lustration be applied to the balls Of
congress, defiled BY their presence; and, If
heir q successors DO like unto thela, We hope our |
National Capitol may fall down before tLev have !
y opportunity to po1qte it again.-Foud d14
.nc p1s.) Commonwealth.
-Ihls dlsreputablo salary business ne hope
iit prove the bludgeon with which the people
i1 knock the last political aspiration ont Of fha
roasts Of those who thus scandallzed Congress-
nd the Nation !; and We say this in full con-
cionsne=s Of where the blow will fa1l.-lfudi-
nj lEis.) Democrat.
Ike whole public conscience has been reused .
. the importance of more rigid standards Of :
representative fidelity nnd honesty, and ma shall
ave 3 higher public morality-Aibany (N. p !
'rening journal,
The country has never met another such an !
1ch q bringing to light Of corrupt practices: J.
sch an exposure of political and personal sins.
Gcneseo (IA.) Republic,
BY no previous Congress has 30 lamentable
absence OF moral sonse been manifested,
Id, for the permanence Of our institutions. Il |
to be hoped that, in this respect, the Forty
cend Congress- will stand out in history unan- =
cached and unrirale9.- Philadelphia Herald.
The times betoken good Ths honest men
. asserting their rights, and the dishonest men
u haye to take back Seats Cedar Falls (Io1ra1 s.
asscc:.ta. n
4st come to the people, in soma form, against t
pxactloas OF monopoies, which they have y
:ated only for the purpose OF promoting the | ~
b4s ss"3ti good:-JaneseiAe (Wis) Gazette, = =
Everything in the business aud financial 81
'r.d points in another direction than TINT Of d
ntinued imitation End speculation. There ia a =.
aspect that retrenchmeat aud economy viii ! -
IN be enforced by the stern elicts Of businega p
cessity, And how will these salaries be borne II
?-qrdnd Rapids (Mich.) Eagle. N
Is il not degrading to every sense Of pride :
the purity md r1atltude Of our Governments y
It the men whom wo have PLACED :Qost hiph 81
p4olle esteem, have TINS proven to bo faiso 2,
utterly unworthy Of any official station In ao
3 view, the political notions of men ara insig- Of
[cant. The patriot can 11ise abcye party: NJ
ere ere men, whoever they may be, should b p,11
nst from power.-G2en1pood (Io,aa) Journal, tn
we believe there is Jet virtue enough in the sa
'pls to care the Republic, and that We shall ca
eprate our hnndredth National anniversary
90 grand victory 60 eha1 make the fact 50
dent to all tho world--Hudson (1Tis.) Demo- TO
1. do
Steal! stealI! steal!!l From the East and Il
u the Vest, from the North to the South, ~
is thundered in our ears the to
Of Steal! There are Legislative and judicial TT
lis: great 1nonopolias aud corporations steal ai ai
u the people, and the agents Of the same to
nopolies and corporations steal from then, IS
! the lesser thieves steal from whom they
:; and 50 the work OF stealing goes on
omington (lu) Repu6licaa. -:
Political corruption and oppression spring tig
n the same fountains tie world over Be-
enever and wherever "the world is governed ct