The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-08-13
BOOK AND JOB OFFICE

clearly shown that through the fraudulent practices
q Indian Agents and contradictory, large numbers II
Indians, whom the Government T. hound hy treaty
stipulatons TO support have lately been on the very
/ verge " starvation, aud the country thereby
MANAGED With the Indian war; l. II not m indis-
putabe fact that the appropriations for the Indians
aud the Indian Bureau are annually about three
millions more than they were In isd1, and that
through the frauds and speculations Of " Indian
rings In collusion with Government officials, mill
lions of this money are every year emlezzlei7
Have you not heard how fraud bribery and cor
rupiou existed In the l'osothce Department, under
the very nose 30 10 spoak of the
himsclf-frauls and onensss gross 10 ncce~iate
not only the dismissal of the detected officials, hut
sI,s scs their criminal prosecution :" Court of Jus
Have you moi read Of the frequent thefts In the
Treasury, from the abstraction u a trining sum ot
fractional currency 10 larceny Of over forty thou
sand dollars in lump Need do more than refer
to the long list " defauer. In almost every branch
Of the public service, and whose defalcatons In the
is-t lourien years amount, at the lowest commute
Must again remind you that not even the Depart
mcnt of Justice has t-cn free from taint and that,
under the late Attorney General, officers Whose duty
II TO prosecute the guilty greater criminals
than the men they prosecuted
These, my friends, Of the more notorious
and patent examples Of the corruption ths has been
under mining public and official virtue In the United
states Of late years, bat the full extent of that
ruptlon will never be known until the people, by
change Of rulers, shall make II Isible 10 fully and
completely investigate N. But We have enough
to verify the truth of the old maxim that long
continuance II any party Is to breed corruption,
and that change of rulers, irom time To time, is an
indispensable necessity Of good Government
A few remarks upsn another subject, and will
cease 10 tre-pa-- further upon your patience Under
cover Of false pretense that the public schools of
Ohio are in danger though they are amply, nsy
fully protected by her Constitution, and another
false pretense of clerical and dom nation,
the Rsdical leaders have seen ht to drag religion
into the mire of politics, and inaugurate q crusade
against a Christian Church. A m,re inexcusable,
dangerous and reprehensihle proceeding has never
In the history Of this oountrgleen seen since the
secret, sath-bnund ksow-Notbing lodges sprung
into being, aud, after a brief existence, almost ~
suddenly passed away. But, undeierred by the
signal fate Of that party, and driven by the ex-
tTcmty Of their condition to look for something
with which To divert the mind from a consideration
Of Radical misrue, the Republican leaders seek to
revive once more the now-kothing sentiment, and
TO plunge the various -ects and denominations Of
Christians into q fratricidal strife Twenty years
ago, sy Democratic friends, you crushed an attempt
Of this kind into the dust, and II you are true to
your principles true 10 the Constitution, true de
lenders Of the rights Of conscience and the peace and
well being Of society, you do 50 again
And here can not refrain from an observation
that seems to me mo st pertinent and well timed.
We harl-money men have been admonished again
and again that II the Democratic ticket shall he
elected this year in Ohio It will he taken as an in-
dorsement Of the currency planks in the platform,
and the disease Of initiation and rreieemahle paper
money will become epidemic and menace the country
with ruin and disgrace. For my Part, do not share
in this exaggerated terror for II the hard-money
Democrats do their duty, rs ] am sure they VIII VI
they stand faithfully and firmly by their principles,
and advocate them with manly independents when
necessary, such evil results will follow from
the election of our ticket.
Hut turn to the other side, and ask yourselves
what would he the result of triumph of the Radical
ticket upon the Know Nothing foundation on which
II stands. surely II requires no great foresight
10 see that such triumph would tend 70 drag re
gion into politics from one end Of the Republic TO
the other, 10 prostitute to the hasc purposes OF
partisan triumph, to create a union between the
dominant sscts and the ruling party In the state, as
detrimental In Its effects as union OF Church and
STATE ITSELF and society to It's very founda-
tions as II has been convul-ed In the United
states. Were there other consideration but this,
no other valid objection tn Radical success but this,
II would be amply, sufficient TO make IL the imper-
ative duty Of every Democrat to give his earnest
support 10 his ticket.
let u, then, grid up our loins, and inviting all
who opposed 10 Radical nisrule 10 Join US, make
y supreme and unialtering effort for victory, with
the full assurance that, whatever dangers may beset
our path, the triumph Of Democracy will to the end
be the triumph of the Constitution and insure res
toraton Of good government fratsrnal feelings, and
peace, prosperity and happiness.