The Indiana State sentinel., 1876-08-30
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY SO

going amiss. At the bidding OF Senator
pension AGENCY Of Indiana, a wounded soIdier
and faithful officer, and appoints in his place
Gen. Terrell, whose mor& unf1tness for the
place Is too well known to be characterized.
When Congress abolished the government of
the Distric OF Columbia in order TO get rid OF
Boss shepherd, who stood revealed asa dis
g aced public swindler. the president imme-
diately appointed him one of the commission
ers 0f the Dew District govern Dment. " hen the
chinery o the district attorney S ofice was en-
ployed In cheat public justice; and the presi-
dent, pending the trial made most remarka-
b Q oemOpstratiOn upon the jury by inviting
one OF the defendants to join c lmpany OF dis
tnguished guests in a feast al the White House.
3rantism, pure and simple. finds no better IL
He asked his brother to let him know when
anything under his control shou transpire
by which he (OrviIle) could make some
money. The president Thought it right to
CRAFTY him, and proceed, d 10 designate cer-
tain post-traderships which he might control,
not because the incumbents of the places were
Incompetent or unworthy, but that Orville
should have the profits, either by levying
olackmail upon them as the price o. their
retention, or by their removal, IL they should
refuse to be bled. The department OF justice
was disgraced by continu ng in office Attor-
~ Sa5 mem rosd Ian ana iste ns nef
the public revenue TO the private use OF him.
self and Instantly; and this same attorney
Of the supreme court of the United
States. The real WORKING of 1.-The Lest
civil service on the planet" and "the
purest and best administration this country
h s ever had" is ma ie beautifully manifest in
the conviction o the secretary of war on his
own confession, OF making merchandise Of
the post-traderships under his CONTROL while
the president, who had knowledge of his rim
inal acts four years ago, accepts his resigna-
ton with "regret" and with such surprising
prom ptness to prevent his legal con viction
OF high crimes aud misdemeanors by the
Senate. The president stood b, Secretary De-
iano In his dlsgraceful performances invoiy;
m
forced by public opinion to give him up, and
then Wind Gated" him by his customary
farewell letter OF approval. By one of those
accidents that have now and then checkeced
his administration, he appointed Eristow as
his secretary OF the treasury; and after the
WORK OF hunting down and bringing to justice
the whisky thieves had been resolved upon BY
the new secretary, and while the brave words,
Let no guilty man escape, were winning the
plaudits OF the people and finding their way
into the party platforms as the watchwords of
reform, the president himself was drawing
from the secretary and his subordin-
ates whatever Information bis high and trust
ed position could command relative to the
prosecution OF his friend BabcocK, and plac-
ing Ii in the hands of his attorneys, for no
other apparent purpose than that of securing
his acQuittsl and defeating the execution OF
the laws he was sworn to support. According
TO the sworn testimony o. men of high char
acter, he had no sooner discovered that Bis
tow was the enemy OF thieves than he resolved
upon his removal; and although his purpose
was emporarily delayed. it was not defeated.
He seems TO have demanded the head of Blu.
ord Wilson for ktndre reasons. The decapi.
alton of Yaryan was another sacrifice TO men
had to walk the plank because he spoke a
friendly word in behalf OF 1arysn,
and was believed to be honest man.
Dyer was obliged 10 bite the dust for no reas-
IN known to the public, W Gich Will naturally
infer that his sole offence YVES his refu al 10
prostitute his office TO the use OF the guilty.
Henderson was stricken down for no other
di coverabe reason than that the courageous
performance of his official duty threatened 10
nvoIve the White HUuse, or such lido. o.ized
friends of the president as Gen. Babcock. IL
Jewell was u dismissed from the cabiHet be-
cause he was the friend OF Br1stow and his CO.
worker In reform, then the cause OF his dis
Tyner as Jewel's successor naturally enters
into the warp and woOf OF the sam7 civil SER
vice fabric, he being the facile instrument of
delegation in the Cincinnati convention in
opposition TO Bristow, and claiming also the
glory OF having securei the nomination of
Gen. Hayes. When the nation was grOaning
under an enormous burden of debt and taxa
tion and the representatives OF The people v0 =
ed themselves salaries they had never earned, J,
sonally lobbied for the measure in both
| houses Of Congress, and promptly legaiized
me theft by his signature. he spPoin ted a a
England, and kept him there till public opin-
| ION on both sides Of the Atlantic compelled
his withdrawal, on account OF mis- disgraceful
| connection with the E NINA mine fraud. He
withdrew the custody OF government funds
| from the house of Barings, who believe ha
held 1t for generations, AID entrusted them to
Clews & Hatch, who have since become bank
rupt, as q reward for their partisan services,
and In spite OF warnings that this house was
untrustworthy. He defended the moiety sys-
| tenn, by which the revenues of the country
were farmed out to political scullions for the
H'RSo Ps fsSerites G sc whis Gsn. Babcocs wHo has
s.sn '%ssS .His9 y.ne me @slScds sss
his Pac9uittal OF a high crims, is still holding
his position of Chief of Engineers and Com
missioner ofPublic Buildings and Grounds.
arraignment of Grantism any farther. Let
me say, however. that by the term Grantism,
/ 1 mean Republicanism under Grant, and in
full cooperation with him. The par y unani-
mously endorsed him four ears ago, when
all intelligent men knew him and his evil ten
denotes almost as well as they know them to-
day. in all the state conventions of the party,
north and south, east and west, through ali
these seven years and a half OF misrule and
profiigacy, his administration has been un-
oeasii gIy endorsed ana leuded. Our state
convention or last February declared that
"the administration of General Grant COM
| mands our fullest conhdence.and appreciation
and that we especially commend him for
the example he will leave to his success
ors, OF removing from ofnce those OF bis
own appointment, whenever he has found
them TO be unfaithful; and of causing those
| who are proved dishonest to be 90 prosecuted
that % no guilty & man ss should escape e Asi to
canoe perfectly clear the convention fulsomely
eulogized Senator Morton, and L believe
| unanimously recommended his nomination
| for the presidency. The Cincinnati convention
broughG down the record still later, and de-
clared that "President Grant deserves the con-
| tinur and hearty gratitude of the American
people Ior his patriotism and his immense
| services in war and in peace" And General
| Hayes month later ays "ihe resolutions are
i In accord with my Views" The manifest
| truth is that the president and his party are
| inseparable. Their union Is unmistakably
| Slams The party clings to him as a dying
/ man clings to life. The Cincinnati endorse
/ ment OF Grant was after the exposure
Of the whisky rings, and the acce pt-
| ance of Beiknap's resignation, after
the trial of Babcock, and the shameful inter-
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