The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-08-22
TIE Last Disgrace.

We ARE not in the midst of n hot campaign,
ard \, there is no reason for attacking pri-
. ,-at,. character or retailing political scandal
or seaside gossip, so there is no excuse for
suppresSing the truth when its publication
is needed, and no pretcXt for attributing il
10 pdrtisanship or prejudice. Distinguished
public men, representatives and senators in
congress, have had the effrcnteTy 10 stand
mp in congress and before their constituents
aud undertake. to defend rs shameless
breach OF Vublic trust as ever was ILIu u, ~
the face of decent people, and Ins'e"! ol
= hot OUthuTSt Of indignant utl.'I ~ L.'!1''i'
there has Eeen only 4. SORT o. - ~ = ~
; stomach turning away from 1IC ~
I .eif-yrrl,iug CauC-rascahtieS nave oecl nc
. ,.,,I.,,,,I =, Iii Iepartmeuts Of the govern
. n, M tII2t should Keep our prisons more than
. -,rI ,,-..rr Justice dcne-legis.atiOn has been
i.,,i,-Lt aud sold. and corporations have i'll
/ The most deliberate and unbluShinG manner
/ in,Tt,-bt seats in the senate for their retained
artGrurvs-thc legislature has become mar
ket place, and the polls an arena for violence
or Lriherv-and we settle down TO our lower
standards of morality, our debaSiHg tenden-
/ ri,.s aud constantly deteTiOrating moral sense
with coIupiacent calmness as II to the natu-
rsl and inevitable.
How far shall we let this numbness of
rercrption this utter deadneSs TO all sense
of shame. carry RS ? Granted that in the
fcrccueSS of OUr money getting passion we
NAV pllt conscience out OF court entirely. and
sacrifice everything TO the main chance
shall we Sop al tl;lL N)E are we ~ Dd We
sitting at OuT hearthS as household gods all
ShameS and crimes The last great scan
dal, touched lightly by the press but bruited
Z everywhere now, is not of averice and
greed, but of intemperance and lust. Open,
public. hraZen, Haunted IN the faces OF de-
cent wives and mothers, and Of pure daugh-
ters aud sisters a shame, foU-trOnted, sick
eniug, heastly. The sensual sOt, Of brilliant
. intellect hut vile associations and depr9ved
/ habits who 50 lately set himself and para
. ,,r,1.lif lilifinn this FltV and
at Long Brauch-betw"eu him and the pres
7 idencv Of the United States are Int two
4 lives and one of them of frRtest tenure. Is
. the nation drunken that il sees this large
disgrace paraded under its very eyes, and
! takes into its nOstrils the stencil of the Of
! fense, and makes no sign OF nausea? Has
dead and buried decency no resurrection?
I Who and where is the clear thinking states
! man-no. not statesman. COllmou man
/ every day man--hard-f rough and ready,
. hut honest way down, true to wife and fam
/ lily and his own manhood, Who WlII rOll
away the stone from the ScpulChre Of public
virtue The time calls ont for him. The
country waits his coming. y nation bowed
down with the shame brought on 1t by its
trusted servants, with its face in the dust
pra vs. in its anguish for some cOn|ulsiou
that shall reud the heavens and purify the
air.
And the United States sonate-what is its
duty? Has it any self-rcspect left?
The foregoing scathing article is
taken from late number of the New
York Tribune Although no mans
name Is mentioned, its allusions are
sufficiently pointed to indicate the Oh
/ iect of its wrath. His name is MAT
/ THEW H. CARPENTER. a Radical Uni
/ ted States Senator from Wisconsin,
/ who was elected President pro tenn of
/ the Senate just previous to the close
/ OF the last session. He is a married
man. but from newspaper accounts,
seems to have contracted more than q
/ Platouic love for another woman, and
has been SIoshing around with her at
/ New York, Long Branch, and other
public places. When Thaddeus Ste
/ Vens. q most competent judge, was in
/ Congress. and on more than one Occa-
sion found himself utterly powerless
to secure the attendance Of his political
friends in the House when p test vote
was to be taken, he said that a Con
gresham in these latter days was n
man who had wife at home and a
/ woman in WashingtOn-Or a wife at
I Washington and a woman at home.
Although Matt Carpenter, as he is
called, is not "Christian statesman -
like Harlan. PoIneroy, and ColfaX, he
yet sits in the front pew of the Radi-
ca, synagogue. He is man Of bril-
liant parts. addicted somewhat to the
( Elijah Pogram style of oratory, and
. has rendered himself famous, or infa-
nous. or perhaps both, by making
. public speeches in his own State in
defence Of the salary grab. In his
case at least there would seem to he
but one step from the infamy Of the
back paw steal to the still lower depth
Of open. unblushing cOniugal infdeli-
ty. And vet this man Carpenter
one Of the foremost representatives OF
the God and morality" party-will
go back to Washington at the next
session. his offence against public NOR.
ais will be condoned by Il Radical
Senate. and, if Vice President Wilson
is unable to take his seat, will preside
over the deliberations of that once
( august and dignifed body. Such is
the rapid and fearful decline Of public
virtue in this progressive and demOr-
alized country. What will be its end?
Rome was once q republic, but she fell
through the vices and cOrruptions OF
her rulers ard her public men. Can
we, in view ofthe present state of aE
fairs, hope to escape like fate?
,
THE terms Of the following United
! State Senators expire on the 4th O
. March, 1915: Eugene Casserly, Dem
Ocrat, California William A. Buck
= iHgham, Republican, Connecticut
Thomas 7. Bayard, Democrat, Della
ware; AhJah Gilbert, Republican
, Florida Daniel H. Pratt, Republican
Indiana; Hannibal Hamlin, Rcpubli
, can. Maine; Charles Samuels, Repuh
! lean, Massachusetts VIM. T. Hamil
+ ton, Democrat, Maryland; ZachariaI
1 Chandler, Republican, Michigan; Al