The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-09-25
Brick POmeroy'S Lecture OH Rings, ETC.,
at Maryland Institute, Baltimore.

| stHuctlVe, pleasing OF dlSpleaSlng, and that
he might give his audience something of
which to think. lie then referred to his
taking the advice of Horace Greeley, ego
West before it was given, and his set
thing in Wisconsin just before the out
break of the war. Discoveries OF corrup-
ton had led him to crticise the Republican
administration. To do this was duty,
but he had been charged with being a
traitor and an enemy of the country. He
went South to ascertain the fact in relation
to reported corruptions in the army. He
found generals who, instead of being filled
with genuine patriotic sentiment, were
crosseyed, and while looking one way for
glory, they were looking the other for
spoons.
AT Carlo his first experience was seeing
the coffin of a supposed dead Lieutenant
accidentally broken open, and instead of
corpse, there was inside a heap of silver
ware, and on top a decomposing piece of
beef, So that the coffin might smell as if
there was a dead body in it. From Cairo
he went to Memphis and Helena. Every
where he found rings among the military
men, who expected to put down the rebel
lion by stealing. The Confederate cotton
that was seized was divided among generals
and army chaplains. One man, who at
home in Green bay would not get trusted
! for a No. 2 mackeral, in tw years accumu-
lated $97,0 There were steamboat rings
that bought old boats for $4,000 or $1,000
and sold them to the Government for $780,
600 or SAC, 900 EACH There were clothing
rings, furniture rings, cotton rings, corn
rings, mule rings, and if man said any
nounced as traitor. Subsequently he
found out that there were rings at Wash
ington, New York, and, indeed, in every
great city in the country. The Rothchilds
headed a ring who through Belmont invest
ed s27O, 900, 900 of gold in $3.50, 600, 900 of
the first issue of United States bonds. The
bonds thus cost this ring fifty cents on the
dollar. The ring then went to Washing
ton and had bill rushed through to pay
the principal at par and also to pay the
interest in gold. BY this operation Bel
mont, Manton Marble, of the New York
World, Jay Cooke, of the Syndicate, and
the other members of ring, bagged 500,
100000. With this they corrupted men,
bers of Congress and editors and suborned
leading newspapers in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and other cities. The national
banks combining at recent meeting at
Saratoga, where 1000 such bankers were
present, assessed $4,0O0,O 900 on national
banks, and it was openly stated that it
would be used during the coming Winter
to protect national bank interests. A large
portion of this money will be distributed
to editors of what are called advocates of
hard money-to prevent the issue of green
backs to the people and then force the peo-
pie through the national banks-compell-
ing people to have no currency except
what they buy of national banks at their
monopoly rates. The national banks are
opposed to having the Government receive
its own paper at par, but insist on having
all duties and all interest paid in gold.
| The owners of the national banks, through
themselves and their brokers supplying the
demand for gold, realize by brokerage,
commission, etc., over $50, 900, 900 year.
Mr.. Pomeroy next glanced at the Tam
many ring, which ignores every man who
is not willing to be selected as the big boss
of Tammany, whoever he may be. He
must have no mind of his own-no idea
beyond stealing and dividing. To get
position under Tammany it is not necessary
that man should have a reputation for
honesty, sobriety, or piety. The evidence
Of superior ability is the greatness of his
stealings. He must cater to the saloon
interest, and if he is known as man who
believes in cheap government and is in
favor of having none but honest men in
office he can no more hold a position under
Tammany than he can carry ice through
the Internal regions without it being melted.
The whole country is full of rings be-
longing to the moneyed power, and all are
directed against the integrity of legislation.
BY them industry is demoralized and in
tegrity sneered at. There is some hope
when we see rings of intelligent and honest
men formed to put an end to public abuses.
The speaker paid very fine compliment
to working men and justified reform move
ments. Referring to church taxation as
right Mr.. Pomeroy said no church should
ask exemption from taxation when it fur
nished large majority of those who fill
the poor houses, the work house, the hos
pitfalls and potters' field, yet the church
which has most property calls for most
taxes to support its poor. CHANGING at the
number of unnecessary offices in New York,
the speaker closed his lecture, which was
several times loudly applauded, by giving
a sketch of the Mozart organization, in
which out of 236 members there were 224
saloon keepers. Allusions to the fifteen
per cent ring at Annapolis, and appeals to
the audience to vote for the best men and
for the reform movement called forth loud
applause.
THE OBJECT IN VIEw.-Democracy is
struggling hard for place and power. 1t
wants place, to reward its friends; it wants
power, to punish its enemies. A Demo-
cratic triumph in the Presidential election,
means the restoration of Southern intlu-
ence in the Administration of the Govern
ment. To what is that influence pledged
Clearly to the payment of Southern losses
during the war. Cotton claims, amounting
to at least $4,000 900. Claims for prop
perty used or destroyed by our troops,
amounting to at least 5000, 100000. The
refunding of the cotton tax, SOS, 900, 900.
The shouldering of the rebel debt, amount
ing to 50, 800, 600, 000 by some legislative
or judicial construction of the constitu-
tional amendment which prevents it's pay
ment. The payment of at least $1,O0O,-
900 for slaves set free, as the. great
reconciliation sop between the North and
South. These are among the possibilities
to follow close upon the heels of Demo-
cratic restoration to power. The Demo-
Gratis of the South openly advocate these
measures as just and equitable. They hold
them out to their constituents as among
the first fruits to follow their ascendancy
to power. The Executive and Legislative
branches of the Government, once in the
hands of Democracy, the Judicial branch