The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-12
Another Case OF VindicatiOn.

The country l. getting little impatient
to know what il TO be the result Of the
Sanborn inquiry. The Committee on
Ways and Means devoted great deal Of
valuable time to the matter. made many
curious discoveries, and presented report
in which the three principal officers of the
Treasury Department were censured In
very severe terms. But surely the case is
not TO stop here. Investigations are trou-
blesome and expensive things, and II moth
ing Is 10 come of them except the collec-
ton of materials for the history Of Gov
eminent they may as well be dispensed
with for the future. The work Of ferret
ing out obscure facts can be more appro-
priately performed by the newspapers than
by committees of Congress, unless the
Government means to use the facts for
some practical purpose. IL surely was not
necessary to spend weeks In the eXamina-
ton of witnesses In order TO find out that
the Sanborn contracts ought TO be rescind-
ed /; that much was evident from the start.
The purpose of the investigation was 10
discover whether any public officer was at
fault, and to open the way for such RENE
dies and such penalties rs the facts might
suggest.
The President, however, who might be
supposed 10 feel some concern in the con-
illusions Of the committee, pays no more
attention 10 the report than ii IL mad been
verdict in the Tichborne case. He Is
understood to declare that nothing has oc-
Cured to shake his confidence in Mr..
Richardson. and that MIR. Rich
ardson shall remain at the head of
the Treasury "a long as he chooses
to stay there. We do not know
that we ought 10 be surprised at
this. An official confidence that survived
the silver-resumption scheme is doubtless
proof against any disclosures OF ncapacity.
Gen. Grant looks upon Mr.. Richardson,
not as public functionary who has lost
the public confidence. but a "A personal
adherent. vino has a claim upon his pro-
lection Mr.. Richardson is an honest
man. who does as he is bid and makes
himself acceptable to his chief. land so
long as am satisfied" says the President,
Congress and the people have no right
10 complaint let them mind their own
business" At the bottom of this stub
born resistance to the unspoken demand
for Mr.. Richardson's removal. there is "A
chivalrous feeling which we cannot help
admiring. But every one, except the
President. sees that IL springs from false
and dangerous idea OF the personal nature
of our Government--an idea that the Pres
idency i not public trust but a private
dignity and privilege.
After all. Gen. Grants not to be blamed.
His party has encouraged him in these
mischievous tendencies, and applauded to
the echo some of their most remarkable
manifestations. Ii has gone quite as far
as he has in vindicating " leading states
men who happened 10 be found out. IL
the President vindicated Tom Murphy
with letter of recommendation and Boss
Shepherd with promotion, the Senate
promptly disposed of the Carpenter scan
DIAL by electing the picturesque Senator
from Wisconsin its temporary presiding
officer. And now that Messrs. Richard
son. Sawyer and Banfield have been ex-
amined by committee of Congress and
pronounced incompetent for the places
they fill, Gen. Grant only follows the es-
tablished precedents of his party when
he " vindicates " them by resolving that
they shall not be removed.-N. y. Tlib-
uns.