The Grange advance., 1874-02-04

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"A recent issue, Of the 4 lsibbs,,,s
contains the loving articles upon,
Hon Matt Il !, Garpe ter: ....z.s5 .s
Presiding over the u s. Senate st,s
day is vindicated ma man own
blythe Senate itself to be morally aud
social q stencil, Il was Mr.. Matt
Carpenter. who; having achieved pre-
eminence Of notoriety in " Washington
and made 4 shameless exhibition Of his
vices. and its associations in the princii.
pal cities Of the Union. having swung
himself loose from all The forms and ap-.
Pearances of propriety when visiting
with committee il an official capacity
the city Of New Orleans having parads
ed himself il New York in company
and under circumstances so public as 20.
demand rebuke, and still SO shameful
as 70 escape comment; and having swag-,
gered into the company Of decent men.
and women on the Long Branch boat
and az the West End Hotel, Haunting
with his companion such signs Of lewd-
ness as published their shame, with no
sense Of its shamefulness; and having.
been expelled from the West End Ho-,
tel for this very reason, and publicly.
lebuked by the Tribune for his dis.
graceful conduct lit was this man
sneerer at public virtue and corrupter Of
the public conscience, who makes licen-
tiousness a pursuit and purity his quar-.
~, defender of Salary Grab and Mobi-
lier speculation, prodigate, .spendthrift,
and debauchee, publicly CLOSING over
the abstraction Of unearned money with
the spendthrift's plea Of lavishness on
his own vices and carelessness Of the
vices Of others, and finging himself,
greasy and foul, at the public's heads
this disgrace to his State and scandal to
the nation, who came to the Senate and
demanded to be vindicated. :: Vindica-
ted" indeed His place for vindication
was in court of law and before a jury
of his countrymen, to which the 7rib-
atae invited, and almost unanimous voice
Of bis own party press urged him.
But he went to the Senate, and
though the majority in that body stood
committed by all its party platforms to
hostility to the Salary Grab and Credit
Mobilier swindles, and had made capi.
tai out Of the nomination by the Demo
Gratis for Speaker Of the House Of a man
who drew pay under the act which
Matt. Carpenter voted for and publicly
defended, they. without 50 much as o.
Buckingham or q Frelinghuysen pro-
testing, 6 vindicated" him by electing
him to their highest Office. And what
sort Of vindication was it The Tribune
had rebuked him for public scandal.
It had held at arms length the whole,
affair, and in decent phrase expressed
the profound disgust Of respectable peo-
pie at . disgraceful spectacle which was
unfit for description and yet too brasen
to go unrebuked. The argument for
his election TO be President pro tenn. Of
the Senate was that he could in, no 9TH
er way beRipdicated from, the ,seanda-
lous charges which the press Of the
country had takepjpp and circulated.
Did the Senate ask if they were true ?
not hint Of it. The Tribune was
ready and is ready; to-day to prove by
scores of witnesses all and more than
was ever intimated as to his conduct on
the boat at Long Branch, and his be-
ing registered under a false name and
turned away from the West End Hotel.
But no inquiry was ever made. Not
even. the correspondent who was made
. scapegoat in the matter was asked .
question. s Mir. Carpsnteis g colleagues,
Senator Howe, who in the capacity Of
attorney, exhibited the talent of = pro.
curer obtained from cundurango quack,
and q carpet-bag Senator whose last
public act was an attempt to sneak into
the Senate with 9 crowd who were be-
ing sworn IN, but being discovered, vas
driven out certificates that Ir;b-
,.,e correspondent had confessed to them
that he had lied. To these were added
President Grants certificate that Car
.penter was sober, and one Of room
clerk that he was not turned away for,
the reason stated. Upon this array Of
certificates, the Senate vindicated Mr..