Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-04-09
PRESIDENTIAL CORRUPTION.

The statements contained in the
following article. which we take from
that highly respectable and reliable
paper, the Boston Post, show an
amount of corruption on the part oi
, the President that is almost incredi-
J BILE. Indeed AS little claim as General
Grant has to the consideration or TO
the respect of good men, we yet would
! in Difference to the high Office he fills
in our country, be unwilling to publish
| statements SO damaging to his reputa-
ton did we not find them boldly made
in ths editorial columns of public
Journal that is without a superior in
all the land for responsibility, integ-
rity and truthfulness.
The Past sa S:
It is good thing to be brotherly,
but a suspicious virtue when practised
at the public expense. A President
has right to a brother, and even to
brother-lu-iew, but he has no right To
compel the country to pay for the lux
ury. OF brother-ln-law Casey every
body has heard; it Is now brother Or
viIle's turn. He originally came to
vIew in Chicago, In connection With
Cole cior Mclean, and after wards with
Ipternal Revenue Collector Jussen
Tie public explanation by the latter
of lis peremprory re noval from Office
Is fresh IN the popular memory. Ii
was about a certain dlstliery whose
management, while lucrative to the
r,Du: ed owner, would not swell sii,9
tax rec. iots 30 anv embarrassing ex-
t-at. Brother Orvli!e's habIt has
since then b. u II, grove his infu-
eEca with tie President. Il KS
the part Of the capital be agreed
to furnish III entering upou his
partnerships, and it is natural to <-';n-
Glude that they were TO be had without
so much a. t2@ asking It was bnt y
step from Chicago t., n: LOUIS for him,
and in til, latter city be has been
principally engrossed with his bu4i-
meas schemes for some time Of late.
Tue gift OF tiI- sole right TO trade WITH
the Indians al the posts along the ii;s
sour river b"csme his not a very g5eA5
shllr ago. T. i vastly productive
monopoly, capable of coming on It
fortune tor ii person at ali Addicted -
traffic in a surprisingly short tim
Other traders on the Missouri i;a,n
their ticeLlsr5 revoked without the least
Warning. They lad lald in heavy
arock~ OF goods at large cost. whtn
tHfy s1lGdolty I, una themHss:v-H fac. d
- sell t. the favored i,r,ltIser on such
terms az they cor get, with ,ho al
te'ruat.:e Of being left III an isolate q
lon helpless. hopelessiy hurIen"d
AID d. TakiUg in a partner wifn |
the needed capital IRON Pniip del pi1ia, |
tnn new firm proceeded up the Mis- |
sOuri and penetrated into the int, riOr !
to prospect the opportunity. fhe cash |
partner Of the trading firm hurried on !
TO Springfield, Ill. lat the time the Pre- !
s!deHt was there, and represented to |
him that thaTe were C rtaiD parties
still engaged IN business ut stations
by him. At once the President |
sent Oh TO the Secretary Of the lutte !
nor tc cancel ali the licenses at the
posts named TIE result was, of |
course. the disposal of the large stocks .
Of goods IN more than one instance to !
the firm
But the most absolute act was 10
follow. On the iith OF January II t
he President assumed the authority
to issue proclamation ccding back to
Lhe Sioux indians the territory east {
the Missouri river between 43 degrees
30 minutes lat tude and As degrees
and the 99th parallel. without regard
10 the rights OF the settlers who have
been taking up honcsteads there for ,
he past TWO year.. Al the piaus of
zeal eat.ta companies and other corpo-
cations which invariably follow closely
overturned and brought to naIlQlt by
/ efrca,, Of the Exe cutive pen He la,
simply done with the county what he
would. LIZ Is SAID tue sons one nun
tred and thirty families that occnri4d
)uDllc lands III the territory, and III
naay cases have paid for II. and have
homes there. viii, nuder
his arbitrary proclamation, made III
ue Interest or the Presidents brother. +
lot TO say his own also, be driven
ORTIZ and compelled to lose their i'm
'toVement, together with the time aud
aOor which they have cost. Many Of
hese families vii! be rendered desti-
ute, and can-ot move if they would;
hey nave nowhere to go, and are !
trIpped OF their al before starting J
Is believed that their removal ;
tn be effected only by force.
'he amoaut of wrong anu mi. II
ring i produced only that tue i Id Il
orviiio $ tradng privileges may O
e enlarged and mude wholly secur+. ,
ne tact Of land which the Presidep, "
AZ THUS set apart for his brothers L
ereht, has for over SIX years bec,. n
ltVtyed and opened to homestead II
10 pte-eEptlon settlers. Two estab- !,
shed counties are comprised in 1t. "
rule CITY, with its iuha oltau is, shops. 81
~ dwellings,, together with hundreds K
settlers WHO nave taken honest. ads At
/ presumption lights within It's linn y
J, Is sacrificed 10y the terms OF this -
ociamatlon; and numbers Of settlers -
no have pad for their farms and re- CT
wed their p.tents are within tie 9.
frltory that IS now given up to the 9
. OF the indIans for 10 other reIsou ~
aG that tie President SO wishes II. Kf
the same kind of authority he Cal hi
into STATE and dispossess any one or
hIs home, set of counties to the ass :
ownership Of other persons than 10
ar 'nhabifauts, depopulate ties NV vi
2c'amatlon, AID drive away FAM OF
5 from The homestead farms 10 bo
'ch they have an ind;aputable title. ~
the President eau TINS seize farms
"fich thor occupants la e paid b5'
Government, rs Can do alont wli..t
chooses, and laws are aItogethtc tn.
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