The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-09-07

auspices, ~indisputabIy disclose the exist
cnCc Of a corruption in our affairs which,
il not arrested, must in the end, growing
upon what it feeds on, result in the utter
destruction Of public virtue and the dis
honor Of the republic. With some ac-
complighcd results Of these investigations
the people are familiar. Schcnck no
longer disgraces Us abroad. Bclknap de-
files no more a high seat in the republic,
babcock, the iayoritc lackcy Of the pres
idcnts antcchamber, ceases to abuse the
ear Of power in the defense sf corruption.
All possible danger il dispcIIcd that the
executive chair Of noble commonwealth,
now adorned by a Hendricks, will beds
graced by an Orth linn. d. X. TorbOl,
n M1ssachWsetis.
THE small reduction Of government tn
consumption made by the present CON
rrcss involves u reduction Of internal
revenue districts from one hundred and
siXty.SiX TO one hundred and thirty one,
and the dismissal Of th%irty-fyc revenue
collectors, with an indefinite number Of
lesser taX-catcrs. Speaking of the re-
duction Of governmental CONSUMPTION,
which is the most imperative need Of the
time, Mr., 1ildeu says; "This reform
will be resisted at every step, but it must
be pressed pcrsistcntly.' The truth Of
this statement is just now receiving illus
t~ration in the opportunities Of congress
men to save their hcnchmcn in office from
the economic pruning knife. Among the
dcyOurcrS themselves there is said to be
displayed great activity in bringing in
i]lucnccS to bear against the dangers of
c@xcision in which every taX-catcr in that
branch Of the consuming machine feels
that he stands Miougo Times.
BY their fruits yc shall know them.
The republicans have had complete con-
troll for years of such states rs Mississippi
and South Carolina, The republican par
ty has first e reconstructed" these states
to suit itself, and then reconstructed its
own reconstruction. What is the result
by the showing Of the republican politi-
clans and the republican press? Almost
every speech made by any of their public
men, almost every leader in their papers,
has told the same story for weeks past.
The republicans insist that the south is
given up to disorder and anarchy, and
that the killing Of negroes is an every
day matter, particularly in the states
which are absolutely under republican
control, Either the republicans lie or
they tell the truth. Our own belief is
that they lie. But if they tell the truth,
with what face can they ask the Ameri-
can people to grant them Il new lease OF
power ON thccvidcncc furnished bv them
selves, which shows them absolutely UNI
fit to hold power IorW,
PoLIrIcALasScSSing, like the hope OF re-
storing the franking privilege, has as
many lives as a cat. The senate hates to
put II quietuso N either. The legislative,
executive and appropriation bill was sup
posed to have done this for the former
abuse, but it turns out that government
employees, though exempt from low dun
ming by their fclIow-cmploycs orsupcrior
officials, are left, no matter what their
faithIulncss or their necessities, to
be insuItcd by political committees
who send them "inyitations" to con-
tribute to election funds which may be
spent for the pPrty or for the benefit Of
the collectors. As, by the adroit striking
out Of "othcr persons" from the sec
ton Of the act, which was intended to
prevent politicians promiscuously from
doing what was forbidden to officials, the
latter are still left under this tyranny, it
would seem more mcrcifmI to leave them
to exercise it over each other than that
their official lives should be in the hands
of outsiders. PhahieL0hio Times.
EVEN with the best of leaders, all the
public reforms must come from the awak-
cncd moral sense Of the nation, which
creates public sentiment and s~ustains
wcll-dircctcd efforts for the common
veal. ii the public conscience be right
it may lead the leaders and control the
at least 50 far as to secure rtspon-
And this is the hope of our
times for the solution Of thoscgrcat moral
which are involved in political re-
The ballot is more to us than the
rod OF office. Bad men may be summa-
thrust out Of places which they dis
grace, but the only sure remedy for pop
ular evils il the voters hand. Ifthe
wish reform it will come by their
fiat. If they are lukcwarm and silent,
evil men will SCourgc the state. Patriot
ism, and particularly christian patriot
ism, has n wide field before it now, and
neglect or fidelity will bring its reward
in kind. In politics as in other realms,
" Whatsoever II man SOwcth that shall he
also rcap."-G Christian MtcHiqcaccr.
Nix. boutwell,, in his report on Mis-
affairs, declares that the last cleo
ton in that state was carried by violence
and fraud, that the legislature is not Il
legal body, and that Amcs is still, or
be, the rightful governor of the
AS Il consequence, of course, Mr.. ,
.amar has not been legally elected to the
nlted States senate, and the members of $
he house chosen last fall are not entitled 7
o their seats. How happens it that Ames q
,cquicsced in all this outrage so calmly?
lie issued the certificates of election to Il
he members of congress chosen, and re- !
the Legislature, not only by sub
his message and other cOmmuni. q
'ations to it, but by sending to it his res
gnation, in which he expressly acknJw-
edged the legality of the body. 1t is I
late in the day to undertake to Il
upset the results of the Mississippi cleo I
ion. There was Il good deal OF wrong 5
committed, but the votes which were nc
.ually cast established the result ard we
la not see how we can get back of it now. y
-BOSion GkObe. f
PRESIDENT GRANT having suddenly u
cquired 80 many conscientious %Scruplcs I
'bout chat outrageous river and harbor i,
i'll, will find it interesting to turn back |
nd mark with what extraordinary unac- Il
ountabIe obliquity he has heretofore K
the %iniquities which now excite o
is Indignation. He will do well to sat %
,fy himself if there have not been some ri
.liIIions of dollars ncedlcssly cxpended on
he Fox and Wisconsin rivers during his
light years of executive service. Per-
APPS when he is fully awakened to the y
'andalous extravaganza to which he has Is
cen a party all these years, he will con. II
Jude that he had best cover all the "a