New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-04-16
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IL -Tne AppoEte9
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] The London Nwe is very hard upon this
poor countsy, md thisks that there 10 no
2lce eepAe q hovor among our public men.
The London Ne,cs, tho organ Of the Man
chester school, is very much afraid that re-
fpublYGln insti1utions have prov0n failure.
The 1sohdon Standard, the synonym of
l9Vkn2listic stpp&ity. thaaks heaven TIT
tnere are very Wv governments under
whlch such official corruption q il preva-
lent hare could. have secured. All this sad
o9eNever1 condemnation of this csVntEy
arises from the fact that Sectef ary of war
has been turned out Of Office Ar selling 81
post tradevship. For that ofense 90
! Qnitm3 Stateesis to be wiped off the map Of
tee world, Americans are to dig their own
| graves and commit suicide in them, and re-,
publicanism, as . form Of government, 10.
1t muse strike the impartial observer that!
such punishment is mopstro1sly dispro-l
portioned T. the offense, and that the area
didSs il justified, under the circumstanees. |
d ealing uDop Tho country to brace up aad
io2 the facts squarelg in the face First of
ALL, it occurs to us that the time when ma
ton IL IN danger of death from CORRUPTION
1sonOt the period Ohen the corruptionc ia.
being discovered and removed. Boils are.
not pleasant. a Job h. informed Mankind,
but they ore healthy: because through them
the system throws off its dangerous humore.
Belknap is only - boil: Before We get
through with the ipvestiepSDns at Wash
ington there may be general eruption of
boils but they mean health. and will lead to
health Exposure is not onl Athe evidence Of
crime, but its remedy. If official corruptionil
were prevalent at Washington with the con
sent OF both parties and the majority Of our
people, then there might be some excuse for |
I'll this fine writing about the failArapf 70
publican institutions; but just now, when
the whole country is bounding down he fewjl
rascais who have disgraced us. foreign cri-
sharp eyes upon their own domestic affairs,
Th&e is more official corruption to-day in
England than in America, but it is quiet.
deep seated, and, therefore, deadly. Their
rats and mice have nibbled into the very
heart of the national cheese, where nobody
discovers or disturbs them. Our rats and,
mice aresnibbling at che outside rind, and
them away. Of course there is Q great
deal Of noisa here-the rats squeal, the
terriers bark, The traps click, things aSel
upset and nervous ped$1e scream-and, Of
oOu16e, thore il . remarkable contrast bel
tween our hubbub and confusion and the
calm and order; but we ore. getting
fM- 'od1 <efmin and the English are pro-
'on8 0"on1. LUIS 70 Ino truth 9O1 Sno r
oontraDf. l-kra' 6. .1s si!-,
-. French crisss ha~,seen very guarded in
heir 0ampe1se spqa the Warrington Ncm-,
ials, = well they may be, partly because r.
mont. and partly became the cSfFuptidS of
pteGiallAm hasAheen SO recently. and tar
aHy dee49strated a. r render compari- II
6ns awf1lly odious, The Rpssiah press
avs netle, 'and very Wisely, sfac6 the ink is
cay Dry npon tha nk.se 1hich pm
ss's 9ns ls %9 f' sss s9%
ors' accounts ddring tie Crimean war are
ot difficult of access. Prussia. also, Is
cry reticent--not only because Bismarck
pews.hetter than to suppose that one cor
upt official means national ruin, but be-f
ause there are official reasons why too !
'uch discessien about war departments !
not pleasant. 1t is reserved for Eng q
ind, the Pecksniff of .eovernments,
BE- most notoriously, viciously and =
corrupt country il A-the Q
'orld, to throw the first stone, and q
hole heap of stooes, at America Butthe ,
lines. the Ne,cs and Standard forget that y
Though Americans may be an abandoned t
eople, they are q reading people. We have
q ex-S Secretary Of War who sold post q
but We have not yet produced v
10 Fho sacrificed an entire army BY his .
'rrupt cOntractA Our Secretary of the e.
avy is being. Investigated, but not upon o
lch charges as building iron clads which
'emptly sink, drowning inpocentpleasure- -
ekers with the Queens yacht, and send.
6 sailors to- IN cofin-ships to get the
surance money. A congressional COM
ittse has summoned our Secretary Of the IN
'easury. but nobody accuses him of hay v
G paid 10000 900 to maintain such anil d,
ltrageous hahd as the KhetliveAtf egypt. lii
n OF. paying theeRoth6ChiAs five per cont hi
mah for advancing such & sum of q,
3hey. There is ., real estate, pool at Il
sehington, bqt We do notsmakA Boss p
'ePherd duke nor does .Cdngreis' pay fa
4 M. Hunt one per oentiupo6 me cost W
81 hlio building si1es. 1t H. pot noes Of
y. 70. ransack history and go back to tn
I'd Bacon IN order to prove the assertion | wi
1t the English government is tho host 90
rrupt in existeucU. Pecksnif was q con. til
ons swind3en butaAe gave stern rebnke eli
Martin, and upon the same principle the du
1orican affairs. m
We must beg to remind or foreign crit CO
th9t,they are themselves respOnsible-[or la,
most Of the corruption with which thew tt
lrge this country. They breed criminals I VI
Q maggots. and send them Over here to HI
10Y America. Whenever oar refofmers th
hold OF 2 ring, and break it up, they de
upon it the English trade mark. This h,
rue of all grades of Offenders. from the de
knfy, pickpocket Tagged" on Broadway
the big swindler who takes refuge IL
lada. Where did the parent of Peter
sweeney come 'front.' Hoh dong ago is it ia
t the ancestors of 'Dick" COnnolle first On
dec. Ct sweet Castle Garden3 When i ne
. the Tweeds and Genets stuck upon me-
10 xaI~, ..x, @oJcnSvo never rot
!. = foi7e- .SSi Al New 10fk We know of
toL ;uo No. snc NOBODY ever THINKS OF fire.
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