Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-04
HOAR's Testimony.
The Radical Party Convicted out OF the
Mouth OF Ons Of the Most Gifted and
Respectable Of Hts Leaders.
Extract from a speech OF Hon George
+. HOar. of Massachusetts, I'm she
Belknap ImPeachmens trial.

The following are the closing SEN
fences of Mr.. George F. Hoar's speech On the
Bslknap ttnpesch hhent trial. delivered before
the senate, Nay 7th:
MY own public life has been very brief
and insignificant one, eXte ndIL g little beyond
tue duration OF a single term of senatorial Of
hcs; but in that brief period have Seen five
Judges OF high court OF The United States
driven from ottice by threats of Impeachment
for CORFU ption or maladmi inis ratio. 1 have
heard the taunJ from friendliest lips. that
when the United States presented herself in
tie east TO take OaTt with tie civilized world
ia generous competition in the art, OF i1ie, the
OCly product o. her institutions in which she
surpasss all others beyond question was her
cOrrup ion. l have seen in the stat In The
UGlOn foremost t. power and wealth four
udges OF her c urts impesched for cOrIup-
on, and the political administration of her
chief city become disg ace aud a by wOru
throughout the World. 1 have seen the chair
mau of the committee II military a. Il .lrs in
tue house, now distinguished member OF
tn cour', rise in his place ami demand tue
exclusion of four of his associates for maxi <
le OF t.. cir official pri ilege of seectiUg the
youths to he educated at our great military
choOl. When the greatest railroad OF the
worlO, binding together The continent ana
Iutt1ng tue two great seas which wash ouI
shOret, was fin sheu, have seen oar national
trlump1 anJ ex Italiou tuned TO bitterness
and sh Ime by the unanimous reports OF three
commit ees OF congress, tHo of the mouse and
one here, hat ev-Ty step OF that mighty tn
terprse had been taken In fraud 1 have
Oeard in highest PLACES the shameless doc
dee that the true way b, which power
should be aine In the republic is 10 bribe
the people with the ouces created for
their service, ami the tru3 end for
which it should be us when gained is the
promotion of selfsu amb tion and the graft
tcsliOn OF PERSONAL Ieveuge. l have heard
mat suspicion hauIts the foots cps of the
trusted companions of toe President. These
hiug have assed into history. The Hallam,
or the I citus, the SiSmondi, or the Ma
cauisy who writes the annals of our time Will
record them W th his in, xoTablo pen; and
now, when high csuinet officer, the cons l.
III tnal a0vIser of the executive, fees ( ON
once before charges of co ruption, snail the
b storiau aod that the senate ire ated the de-
Hand o the people for It's ia igment of con
demnaIiOu as a farce, and iaid down its h1g1
Iunvtious before The sOphistr es and jrers Oi
the criminal lawyer? hall he specula
ab ut the petty tOlitical "a culaIions as to
the effect on one party or the other which H.
duced mis- judges to cUnnIve at the escape of
the great puO1c criminal; or, on the Otner
hand, slail he close the cnapter by narrating
how these hings weIe detectsd, reformed
and pu ished by Constitutional processes
Ehich the wisdom OF, our tstlsers detiseI for
US, ana tie VlrHe.an purity of the people
odnd hetr y1nd1catlon IN tba justice OF the
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