, 1874-12-22

spain in tho bowels"; 1t is question
whcthor or not this nation hns my power to
protect itaeif aganst tho inportnenco md
riilhiny Of corrupt lobbics nnd professional
brbcrs.
so far NJ the Pacific Mail subsidy IL coll
corned, enough has atrondy been clioilol to
warrant The innceinto rcpenl Of Tho grant
nude by tho Forty .soooul Congress- It III
how apparent that tho Company, through its
officers and a:onts, yot aside t1lroc-quartc,a
OF a million Of tlol1nra-auiounting to tho sub
silly Of yenr and q hn1f--to gocure tie pas-
Eago Of M MT authorizing tic subsidy Of la1f
million year for twonty years. No other
evidence il needed TINT tho demand OIL the
country was absolutely without merit. Had
tue Company intended 20 t1se the subsidy for
tho promotion Of American commerce, for
tho advancement OF American interests, or
with Tho intention Of giving tho milton 7tsil
pro Quo in my shape, 1t could not hsro
afforded to spond $75o0o0 to sccuro tho
enactmont Of tho grant. Tic willingness
to pay out this amount of money for suoll a
purpose is p'T'na ,tiscia cvitlonco Of inisappro.
piiation Of ths subsidy itae1f, which wnrrnnty
its repeal. Aside from, this, 1t il fit TINT tho
man who consented to the uso of money ii.
tho purchase Of Government subsidy should
bo mat1e to suffer as punishment tho loss of
the personal benefits which it was intended
to procure for t1icin by corrupt means. Tho
only why to do this is to repeai tho subsidy :;
! mud it il lot necessary to await any further
revelations from Mr.. IRWIN for pretext.
There 10 sufficient warrant for tho notion in
tho established fnct t1,at S750,000 were used
to secure it, without waiting to find out how
it was used md who got it,
After having repealed tho subsidy thus pro-
Cured by fraud a,ld tho corrupt 11so Of money,
Congress may at its leisure follow MP any
track that may DO found. Perhaps bIr. KING
should first 10 investigated. It is charged
TINT S5oo+oo0 Of this money was paid over to
| him to be disbursed whcro it would do most
good. Tho st. Paul paper making this
starting~point for tho inquiry. If there is
any truth in the charge, it is the duty Of Con-
grcss to ferret it out; il there is not, it is in
the interest Of A1r. KING that thorough ill.,
| yestigatiou shall demonstrate its falsity. II
NIr. KING, Or any other ono person, received
| 55oo,ooo, Or any other large sum, it is unren-
sonable to suppose that it MI went to ono
mai. It was manifcst1y divided; SO that
such clew might lend to tho apprehension OF
those who sl,arcd the spoils.
Mr.. Inw1N EXCUSES limsclf from revealing
tho names Of The men to whom l,e paid money
OIL tho ground that it would not bo honouJle|
He might as well DO malo to understand at
tho very outset TINT there was nothing very
| honorable in the transaction from beginning
to end, and that it would simply DO inpossi.
bio for 1linl to do anything moro dahono,u5l<
tlan l,o has already admitted. II tl.cro is
| anybody who cnts sorricr figure in tho casc
tAan he does, it is tho men who received the
money whi1o they were holding places ot
public trust and if thcro IL any way in
which ho can be relieved of part of tho odium
Of the transaction, it is by dividing it up with
those he Eribcd,-thus making him respect.
nblo by comparison.