National Republican., 1873-09-18
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him with sercnsdo WIN, we are certain, meet
the hearty approval Of oil who arc directly or
Indirectly Interested In the advancement and |
progress Of the city. Az an expression OF he |
policy OF the new Dlstrict goycrnmcuth u Is
extremely significant, and will inspire conf
dcncs In all classes Of the community. Dur
Ing the last two years the authorities OF this |
city have been a,,ackcd a no mon In the |
country have been attacked. Tho conncc-
ton Of the local with the General
Government presented q magnificent op- |
portunlty for assailing General Grant and |
his administration, and tho political
enemies Of the Republican party have made |
the most Of II. In the last campaign the |
editors and politicians Of tho Greeley move
ment strained every effort TO show that there |
was q worse corruption and worse tyranny |
In this city than ihcro was under Tammany
Hall In New York. To that end the cor |
respondents Of the opposltlon press at the
capital were Instructed To ferret out corrup-
tion In the local administration, and II they
failed In the effort not 10 hesitate 10 make
the charge that Il prevailed to an alarming
extent. The same liue Of tactics was pursued
In Congress. Violent assaults were made
upon the District government, and II was
again and again attempted 10 show that tho
Immediate personal friends Of the President
were directly interested In the fraud and cor
ruption that was alleged to exist. The last
Presidential campaign was, on the part Of the
opposition, u cold aud hcartless conspiracy to
slandcr aud dcfamo every Republican leader
| In the country and bring odlum upon the Ma
tioual Administration; and lnasmuch as the
District government was to certain extent u
portion Of the Administration, It was attacked
| In the villainous and ylndictlve style with
which our citizens are so thoroughly familiar.
But the effort failed In Congress, failed before
the courts, failed before the people, failed In
the Judgment Of every honest and unpreju-
diced person.
To-day We hear the echoes Of the last cam
paign, so far as tho District government Is
concerned, coming back to us In the vague
charges, the false statements and the wicked
innucndocs ofhalf dozen newspapers printed
at q distance from this city, and edited, some
Of them, by mon who have earned an In
famous notoristy as slandorcrs and libclers,
who In moro than ono State arc fugltivos
from Justice. The general public who read
all this Islander aud defamation forget the
changes that have taken place In tho per-
sonnei of these journals during the last few
years, and attach to them degree Of credit
and OF trustworthincss which they won In
other days and under other men. The average
reader docs not recollcct the fact that pre-
tender and an imposter sits to-day In tho
Tribune office In the chair Of Horace Gree
ley, and that the Herulfs great editor Is At
rest In Greenwood cemetery. Mr.. Greeley
was a bitter opponent, but while he lived
the Tribune never won victory over an
opponent at tho expense Of truth. Mr.. Ben
nett priced sensation, but 1t was never
founded In calumny and falsehood. II Is q
source Of regret, so far as journalism Is con-
ccrncd, that the same testimony cannot be
borne toward thoir successors. The answer
to their calumnics, SO far as the District gov
ernmcnt Is concerned, Is to DO found In III,
fact that to-day there Is not responsible
respectable property-holder In this city wht
Is willing to indorsc tho charges which the,
present. The effort was made to induce Mr.
Corcoran to head the little crowd Of strikers
and malcontcnts, hut he ut once repudi
atcd the falsehoods that were attributed Il
him. To-day these journals In their CORE
spondeucc tell us about the public indignation
Of the most substantial classes Of our citizens
In the face Of tho fact that the newspaper
of this city have printed the names o
upwards Of afty Of them, representing mil
lions Of dollars, offering public houors to
, gentleman who only yesterday was as fcreel
assailed s Mr.. Shepherd Is to-day. A lie ca
never be permanently successful, and the lie
e Of the gentlemen which are now so loudl
proclaimed in the loaded type Of leading jouI
mails will In the very nature of things 500
run their course. The duty OF each and ever
one who has tho advancement Of the city
heart is to rally to the support Of the new n
d ministration. We need capital and popul
ton. The scandalous reports that are beln
N daily telegraphcd from this city have the
M rect effect Of driving the one and tho 9th,
~ away from the city. II we stand togethe
shoulder TO shoulder, as Governor shcpher
~ asks us to do, we shall soon have cit
|" worthy to be the capital Of tho country.
|
% Tue DEMocRATIC rAPERs IN VIRGINIA ar
@ raising great hue and cry over the resolt
a tions Of the Massachusetts, Republicans ''d'
manding mon interference In State affairs b
the Federal Government" They have actual
argued themselves into the belief that the.
are suffering the agonies and dcprivations Q
: being governed by a military tyrant at Wash
5 ington. They forget oil the while that III
) Kempcr- r-Withcrs-Daniels combination wa
) the result OF Influences Of the most sordi
character; that Il was made at the beck an'
{ bidding OF Emperor Bill Mahoue, assisted b
= his friends Robinson and Barbour; and tha
II Il succeeds the cas- 900, 900 Of annua
State assets will continue to be squan
dercd or stolen by their masters Of tn
railroad clique. They forget also tina
the credit Of the Commonwealth, al
ready impaired to an alarming extent, vii
continue to decline, and that utter bank
ruptcy will certainly follow from that success
They further forget that the four years' tern
4 of Conservative rule now approaching II
8 end has been illustrated by the stagnation i
! everything pertaining to the material Inter
ests Of the State, and that Its record docs nc
embrace q single instance Of reasonabl
r effort to develop her internal resources. Bu
. II they remember what has occurred sine
the close Of the war they will be forced
C admit that under Governor Walkers ad
@ ministration the spirit Of opposition
), tho Federal Government" from whic
IS they expect benefits, cyon II they do not lik
y Its interference, has been warmed and 70
r tered until 1t has attained such strength tina
If next TO the prejudice Of race, 1t has becon
ID the leading tenet Of the Democratic faitl
y They know that this has been done In the II
Is tercst of a few capitalists, who fill offices
q trust In the canal company and similar o
ct ganizations. They know, further, that ,
8, long as these men remain In those Offices
y trust, and the opposition to the FEEDER
Is Government Us represented by the Nation
le Administration continues, their expcctatic
relative to those benefits Is simply farcici
On the other hand, the interference
"a which they complain has been nlustrat
a. by the exercise of executive and polite
9. clemcncy, and efforts to reconcile the d
"a ferences Of the war. Democrats have bet
NJ appointed to office for this latter purpos
or and under the ciyil-scrylce system inaug
Oh rated by the Republican party 1t Is reaso
Oh able to expect that they will remain In pc
oi session Of those offices so long as they /
he have themselves. All this has been accol
NC panied by the urgent recommendations
C the military tyrant" to devote millions