Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-13

Post, for which Carl Schurz has COM
menced to write within the pas. fss
DAYS, and he il thought to be the author
The Grand Jury that again meets to-
day to examine into the facts connected
with the whisky frauds which were POLO
IiOusly conducted and secreted, must
not, under any circumstances. overlook
one thing: the Washington kilograms
written in cipher. which are before them,
warning the distillers of this city OF their
imminent danger, are based upon and
derived from knowledge which at that
time but two persons possessed. Only
Bristow and Grant knew Of the steps
that we're to be taken, and as ws know
that those signals Of warning were not
given by Bri,tow, they could have only
come from Grant or one in his conf
dence. The whole country, therefore,
points already to the notorious Babcock.
Grants body villain, false measurer and
svindler In general. a. well as the head
OF all the corrupt seoundrels and news
papers in 1872. in particular Of whom
to use a familiar legal pbrase-such .
misdeed is to be expected
The Professional Foreigner As
Conkling called him and Prsgmatic
Dutchnan" a. he was dubbed by George
Wilkes, il not easily discouraged. If he
were. the fate Of his political pettifog
geries in the French arms case, the New
York bonded warehouse business, the
One Term orscry. the accusation o.
Nepotism against Grant, ,tcstera and so
forth. would have settled him and caused
him TO dssist from pursuing the thank
less task Of . defamer and detective.
How surprisingly does history repeat
itself. Impatient to vent their malignity,
Schurz. Sumner. Tilton and Trumbull
began their premeiitatsd onslaught
against Grants administration as long
in advance Of the Presidential election
Of 1917 as Schurz now anticipates the
effect of his malignant inuendoes upon
the campaign Of 1876. Mysterious and
dark hints were given out prior to the
meeting of Congress in December 1871,
that bombshsll was to be burst in the
Administration Camp, scattering ruin.
dismay and political damnation in its
course. In February this tremendous |
engine of destruction was thrown into |
the Senate Hall, and Summer, Schurz. !
Tilton and Trambull gave voice to its !
explosion. We sll remember the con- |
tents of this projectile. 1t held charges
against the New York Custom House |
and the Warehouse System in vogue
there: an accusation against the War
Department of selling arms to the
French in violation Of our Treaty with |
Germany-as, also. the misapp-opria-
ton of the proceeds arising from such |
sales, besides much windy declaration
against Second Term and good deal
Of Summers psdantry ansnt the subject
Of Nepotism. These matters and things
were discussed. warmed up. hashed over
and finally cast out a. the veriest rub
bisl idle, unworthy Of serious consid-
Grafton, and the mersst vaporines of .
malisnancy-inspired. over-an1ious Cabal
"a IOit1olOuAA 1AAlCOutcutb. We cell
to mind As cases parallel with this
trumpsd up charge of ex-senator
Schurz's, the accusation made by Beck
Of Kentucky against the War Office.
That furious reformer having ven-
tured the statement that the War
Department had expended 5000, 600 in
excess of appropriations and then sold
arms to the French to cover the def
cheney, depositing the proceeds in the
Treasury, simple statement from the
Secretary of War to Ir. Dawes exploded
the charges into thin air and showed
them to be utterly empty and groundless.
The Secretary's terss and conclusive
statement was, That there had been no
excess of disbursements over appropria-
tions; no sale Of arms to make good q
and no diversion Of moneys
arising from such sales from their right
full custodianship in the Ordnance De-
partment. Fernando Wood was candid
enough to rstract an accusation Of like
nature laid against General Dyer Of the
Ordnance Bureau upon receiving plain
statement Of facts from that officer.
Another instance Of the exposure Of
reckless accusation was the case Of Hen
bricks against Grant The Indiana ora