The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-30
In Whose Hands Shall the DestInies o.
" the lUHiRn be PIaeedg

a party - known ny lS aELS, Ile
Democratic party made 4 damaging,
not TO say infamous, WAL record. That
is a part of its history. But it might
have redeemed itself, al Least in meas
ure. This il has not done. 1t has hon
ored, and 50 far as 1t had the power,
protected, encouraged and supported
the treason that sought TO destroy us by
rebellion. There is the New York city
Government, Democratic to a degree
that it has no fear of disturbance. For
titled in power by mistaken majorities
of thousands, it has been, as it is now,
a frail exemplar of the party. Indeed,
it is to-day, the only reliance Of the
Democratic leaders in the State for sue
cess, the only hope of Tilden to carry
New York and c victory in the
Presidential campaign.
What of this party in New York city?
Its prodigious stealings, its in
crease of the debt of the city from s1O,-
600, 900 TO $3.50, 000, 900 in ten years, its
monstrous maladministration which
to-day imperils not only the prosperity
and progress, but the tradeand business
supremacy of the metropolis, and noto-
rious TO all who have eyes to see and in
tellects to reason. Not only this, but
the Democratic party, as it has mani
tested its sympathies and bestowed its
patronage where its power is undisputed
and its supremacy assured, exposes its
animus so distinctly and boldly that
there isno installing its motives and
inspirations. On this point we present
suuue evidence that requires no argu-
ment to give it logical force and legiti-
mate effect.
Burton N. Harrison was the private
Secretary and trusted confident of jeff
erson Davis while the latter, the execu-
tive head of the rebellion, was Presi-
dent of the so-called sConfederacy.''
Burton n. Harrison is now, as he has
been since the beginning of his admins
t~ration, the private Secretary of the
Democratic Mayor of New York, Mr..
Wickham.
General Smith, who had been educat-
ed by the Government at West Point,
was Street Commissioner of New York
in 1861. Upon the outbreak of the re-
bellion General Smith abandoned his
lucrative municipal Office, Joined the reb-
el army, was promoted to a major gen.
eralship, and fought for the "Confed-
eracy" and against the Union to the
close of the war. General Smith now
holds the lucrative office of the City
Surveyor under the Democratic munich
pal government of New York City.
General Lowell who was Smiths Dep
uty Commissioner in 1861, and who ran
away with his chief and fought with
him under the flag of treason through
out the war, is now installed by the
Democratic municipal government of
the metropolis as Deputy City Surveyor
under his old chief, General Smith.
These men abandoned their offices to
join the rebel army Immediately after
Fort Sumter was fired upon, but we
are informed upon good Democratic
authority that they drew their
salaries from the treasury of New York
City for months after they had taken
up arms against the Union.
Mr.. Mclaughlin is the deputy of the
County Clerk of New York, Mr.. Walsh
an office of responsibility and profit.
MIR. McLaughlin's highest claim upon
this Democratic patronage, SO far rs we
are advised, is the fact that he was a
Colonel in the rebel army and fought to
the ''last ditch'' for the Confederate
cause.
Major Quincy holds the Chief Deputy
ship under Democratic Sheriff Conner
of New York. Next to that of the
Chief, it is the largest paying place in
connection with the Sheriffalty, the
compensation in fees running rs high
as $4,000 to 100000 a year. Major
Quincy's office is technically known as
the Order-of-Arrest Deputy, and to him
is entrusted all orders of arrest made
by the courts of the city of New York,
a most responsible trust. And there is
agood deal of money in it when only le-
Ultimate fees are received, with oppor-
tunities to add Immensely to receipts
by secret arrangements and ways that
are dark. Who is Major Quincy that
he should be thus favored with the rich
est Democratic patronagep This Major
Quincy was a rebel Deputy in service
under the torturer Wirz having charge
Of that den of rebel cruelty and murder,
Libby Prison, during the war.
Wirz, it will be remembered, was
tried by a court martial at Washington
at the conclusion of the war, and con-
victed and hanged for barbarous cruel
ties toward Union prisoners that were
placed under his charge. His deputy,
Major Quincy, by Democratic favor,
enjoys the honors and emoluments of an
office yielding a larger income than that
Of the President of the United States!
What do the boys in blue say Of this?
This is but a brief chapter. But it
points u%nerringly to conclusions that
cannot be ignored. They elucidate
more clearly than a volume of mere ar
gument could show, the prevailing
spirit, the controlling sympathies and
the a~ll-pervading animus that have pos
session of the Democratic party and
give direction to its leadership. We
do not BELIEVE the people of this coun-
try are prepared to surrender the I'm
ion to the possession of treason when
armed rebellion sought to destroy the
Republic. TROY Times.