Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-21
From the N. Y. WOrld,
loEa'aossO"n9ea eetho Republican


Senator Morton, in sounding ,ho u.o.o -,
the Ohio campaign, took the bull bv tSc bovnS "
anu anu was Wi!lng to have his party tried bv ths
test o. public morality. He boldly aSsertei that
30 lar from the public morals having basn a.
~ ana 0eterioFated during the twelve years
.n ~ NeP P11hcAn rule, Notwithstanding the war
with all its consequences and demoraIiSa,;ons'
Iney nave been greatly elevated and imnroved :
Ihese words show Mr.. Morton to be a man hr"~.
ss Danton, whose motto was "L'audacs to,,;o,,rS
Idnaace, but they show him also to be q s6rewd
pohtielan. The Radical party IL nothing n not a
party OF "hgh moral ideas !" and n can orIv az 90
itseit from dislntegration by refusing TO abandon
that pretension. Nothing can save Il no1 ns
nothnE has saved It in previous contests from the
consequences Of the invidiousness, the incompe-
teheV' ana the lniqulty of its measures but ihe
persuasion which has dwelt in the minds NJ con
siderable number Of the American people that its
loeas were pure and elevated and its intantioCs
norai ana humane. We do not think Mr. Nor
.On snGwed equal Judgment in giving practical H.
that, 'as general rule the public men are 81 ron
tSsentatives OF the people, and represent the peo
pie, espec'dty in their morals and 0aanncrs y To
say 90 much was perhaps necessary for person
~ nj. Mortons position, but he must have felt that
ne was nOeiilng the people of Indiana in calling
Coliax their it representative. and the nsonia ~
n hhaneas and Wisconsin in claiming that sSnbsidv
Pom" and ''MAtt" Carpenter were exDonenfs ~
public morals and public manners in those com
This, however, is q mere matter of tasts The
man lIct Is That MI Morton is willing to have his
party brought to the test Of its. inauepees upon
puDhc morality, and the Democratic party il anx.
lous Is eager, in New York as in Ohio 10 20 to the
people upon that very issue
we denounce the Tretenee that the Radical plr-
" Is party OF superior morality We DENY that
Il Is party OF even average morality. We insist
mat "tne war and its consequences and demoral.
izat'ons entirely apart, the Radical party during
M S we've years rule has wrought more political,
social nnancial, and moral corruption than was
| esor ahected Dy any party during the same lease
OF power. We assert, we are ready with nroof
tnAt It's Leaders have studied new modes of corrun
uon under the cloak of this pretended moralitv.
ana nave assumed broader phyIactcries for the ex.
pIes' purpose OF communicating more atrocious
ueSighs. We m0k the issue with Seuator Nor
ton as broad possible and we elect 10 trv n bv
tests toe purely Radical composition Of which viii
not DC dlsputed-because they cannot
we WIN eliminate every element in regard to
winch the taInt OF war can be claimed we " III not
49, Sument just now upon the Credit Nc
quler scandal; nor upon the back pay lob We
VIII say nothing now Of the barbarism Of Protec-
ton ana the piracy perpetrated under 1he Ruise OF
tue Tariff We will equally avoid founding anv
c9atges upon the financial aud political condition
We have shown on a previous occasion that il
Ofeneral y. U. Howard be guilty Of fraud in con
neeuOn with the management Of the Freedmen's
Bureau he is guilty with the knowledge and es.
elPts the consequences of his guilt through the
connlvance OF the Radical party. But whv
should party Of such high moral ideas Rnd 4
necessary to collOgue with suspected criminal 10
| prevent his acts from being investigated. and
screen him from thsir cOOsequences until the
law, by its technical limitations should afford him
sufficient protection The answer to this
must be sought in the constitution nf the Fresd.
| mems Bureau.
1t is for this reason that a Radical Coneres,
/ did not dare to suffer General Howard's MANAGE
ment OF the Freedmen's Bureau to be Looked into
IL was understood between him and them that hi,
| accounts were not to be examined because the
would not bear examination. The corrupt mis-
chieVous, partisan object could only be accom-
plshed by tho employment OF corrupt means, AM
the honor which Is among thieves, il nothing else
sunced TO prevent Towards case from cominf
before the tribunals SO long as Howard was crimi
naly liable for his acts Nevertheless, as we mesI
to show, the proofs ofGeneFal Howard's gallt can
not be hid any longer, nor can the Radical part,
any longer prevent the people from knowing tha
tls General HoUard's aecOmplice and accessory
| both before and after ths facts. TO the euormO1
trands perPstrated by the Freednien'a Bureau an,
its Commissioner