National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-30
SECRETARY DELAN0 AND HIS CALUM.
MAJORS.
from the st. 10, Mo-, Republican,

CFrom the st. 10, Mo-, Republican,
The furious onslaught made by the whole
opposition press against the Secretary of the
Interior has never been equaled In the history
of party warfare. Aided In this by few
newspapers that under the livery of independ-
ence serve the devil of Democracy, and by the
secret Vaccinations Of some prominent or in
fuential Republicans who hope for benefit
from the vacancies which the overthrow of
the Secretary would create, and by the des-
perate rage Of hundreds who have been prose-
ecuted for offences against the law by some one
of the under departments connected with the
Interior, all stimulated to liVeliest action by
the near approach o. the fall elections
the cry against the Secretary has assumed q
loudness and intensity Of bitterness that is Just
now astonishing. Democracy has been out of
Office so long that its rage for sustenance
makes II follow on the track Of It's object like
pack of bowling, lank and hungry wolves
Let not Republicans be deceived. Surely
those of Missouri, who temporarily abandoned
their party during the Liberal fiasco, and thus
gave their State to Democratic control for q
short time, need not be advised. The animus
Of the Democracy was shown with Impatient
speed as soon as 70 felt the Liberal vote 70 be
no longer necessary, by scornful neglect of
prominent Liberals who had aided them, BY
the most bold and shameless raid on the
United States Treasury In the matter of the
militia war claims, and BY the substitution Of
the obscure Cockerell for the brilliant, able,
world famous Schurz. " ..H-
IL any one can read the article In the 81.
Louis Republican ofJuly 29th, entitled "Grant
and Delano," without seeing that Q conspir-
sey has been made with the sole design Of CON-
polling Delano 10 resign, he must DO binder
than o mole. Assertions are made as though
they were automatic truths. Thus, hDolano ID
eorrup, and guilty Grant has become satisfied
Of this and VIII no longer keep company with
him, has actually demanded his resignation;
but Delsno has some hold on Grant and deties
him; Grant must suecumb II such ID the case"
Here are the upper and neither millstones DO.
tween which 70 grind the Secretary. The
slightest report 10 taken a. gospel truth, al.
though the writer knows that not ono In Q
thousand Of such flying reports are ever true;
while every man OF sense who reads tho news
10 aware that tho elaborate Telegraph reports
and ever carefully written letters of cores
pondents published to-day are Just as carefully
Now the truth 10 that the Department OF the
Interior which grew up under the administra-
tons Of Pierce and Buchanan is indebted for
all the frauds, corruptions and abuses that are
practiced In IL to the enginery then established
for managing 10. It was an inheritance left by
the old Democratic regime TO the newborn
Republican party under Mr.. Lincoln, with all
the abuses and malpractices pertaining to that
old party's management. The new officials
could have no knowledge or suspicion OF the
modes Of doing BY which their slbordinates
effect frauds. And Of all the departments of
this or any other government, that of the In
terror Is the one In which abuses soonest and
easiest grow up. We cannot stop here to ex-
plain why to those who do not know
enough TO assent to this. And further
more, any man with sense enough to vote,
hat haa II
such vast proportions and mighty population,
that the head Of the Interior Department can
have no knowledge whatever Of what Is doing
among his subordinates, unless It is literally
forced on his attention. And It has become 80
that were he twenty men and worked twelve
hours per diem, he cannot even put his own
signature TO the letters and papers TO which he
is supposed TO write his name. During Office
hours the pressure on the time and attention
of head Of department is enormous, from
the hundreds of people who daily claim
hearing. That vast and incredible abuses
existed in the workings of the Interior Depart
ment during Buchanan administration, such
as could not be now, one has only to turn to sn
article in the same number of the Republicans
to which we have referred, entitled the "Moun
tain Meadow Massacre to be convinced: In
that article It is truly declared "the
massacre Of one hundred and twenty-one,
women and children, peaceful, inoftensiye
travellers, who were murdered in cold blood.
September 10, 1857, and all the facts immedi-
ately known and puhlished all over the land,
before the bleached bones of the victims were
laid beneath the sod. Yet our government
allowed the ssaiI to pass unnoticed. Only a
few weeks amer It happened United States
army marched into Utah TO bring the Nor
mons info subsection TO the laws, but not a
thing was done nor word said about trans
action, compared with which all others are In
significant. Repeated attempts since to induce
until recently" The article, briefly distracted;