, 1876-03-24

nicely In ho1 bus'ness.
,-, 49,.
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sA'A 40 80. =. @t'EAts s.a IN ESo1A"p'
u...ux A.. 1..s4.s.s 41."uss s'a.ua1a.
.hn.a - ~ sa.. 40 ~ ~" "u''e ~ s'oss
o,.oe, " -. s,. 10 11ai!", use ~ nA'e 1uas osen
- W. 'o1 o.ates @ oes.e'a1S 1of
>, ~ "'Ia 1T..; W Puss.e' A. 'uo papne set'lce
o. 'ne United eta'es Is "otm'eatoa by corrup-
sldorations, nna Iso their powers to enrich
tl,emealvca and that nnt;tfr,. l;fc h. ,1.1.,.r.
.ted 1n,o - ,,,aro ocrs,,h. for .ha asa;," ~
49,. =" a., u ~. tno 0po,.s ~ '4c-
howescr, no Cabinet AIinls:or hss act
uaily been convicted Of bribe-takinc
thonch ans,frion ha. ,,i,.,, - .s.,asI,
~. H. ,,a.,.. Fa ~, 'o'e.a''
sSatem which gives to men occupying tho high
est otlccB ID tho country salaries 10 small that
they cannot 1ivo unon thnm. Amnnr onr.olroo
on,c,., ,;to t.t,s r.,,,,,, ~ -. - ea.oeus .s
o4Ae1"' 4tAo A"a4o """1'At ~ sAo Aot VI Meu Win
largo private fortunes. Tho sanity attached to
N Office is, therefore. In tho majority OF cases,
= matter Of indifference, But In n cnuntrv fiha
tl,o rrrItoa sto,o, .vh,-o .hor. ia -. ts,..'s
csaa no.ssa.sa -, sI as,,.' Ia ~ e.saso
r'ae8 possossco o1 hesoa''asy wealth. and Thcro
tho individuals possessed OF wealth abstain
from politics, It Is OF tho utmost Importance that
ba,asioe should be much AZ tn raiaa man ahova tI,o
road, ~ tomn,a,,or ~ ;,i,ait s.a,. n,.. s. ~
'..s.. -.,S ~ 4'a'e's eH'a' Aao sefy
cen'fa1s Poics' however, 10 pufoucd' and
tho consequence IL that corruption
is rapidly destroying Ell nuhlio spirit.
Tho Civil War uv iacrcasip1 thu
o,norat,ro ~ +ho f.,-or,,rs,t .nd aadt,. ~
u.ponu'1a5o ~. o. 'ne oo'esamen'' m a!u aoainG 80
'ta po"et' aas aggravated inc o'lI. ana tho
Tass growth Ut wealth during tho past half ccn-
tury by increasing tho cost OF living and tho
oxtraragauco Of tho well.to do haa made mat.
fnrn MI Nh hnI 4n3i itSnAE
idont Grant has very materially helped 10 lover
The morality Of the public seev1co. His appoint-
ments have. with but very few exceptions, been
SO bad rs tolshock public mot very Blueamsh
self following whoBo reputation is anything
but aweot-sayofcd. For tho credit of the Amer
lean Government, 1t is to be hoped that the Sec-
rotary will be able to show TINT To WAS not per-
Which his vito entorod. In such matters women
hnyo not tho sAme rigorous notions Of morality
AZ xo expect from nlan.
london 1flt0faph. .
charges varying in dcgtcos Of truth, but wit',
ono and tho same ugly and untoWard character,
have lstc1y aarkencd the commercial1 religious,
judicial, md administrative institutions Of tho
United ssasos. Some OF thom hayo proved falao,
otbcrs srle and moro await evidence; bas tho
general OBJECT, beyond all dcnta, has boen md is
to bring blush OF shame and anxiety into the
faces OF all honest Americans. aud to mako tho
couutless friends Of tho lsepublo In this country
silent aau sor1owful when its cnenes rejoico
ovor those recurring revelations 1t would bo
thankless task to enumoELto thsm from TINT
monstrous organization OF corruption laid bare
in tho proscedlnRs OF Ialumany Hall. 70 tho
stories Of tho Eric Ring tho Emma Nine the
whisky frauds, and the abuses in tho South. 10
catalogue completely ali tho clouds Of floating aua
plcou ano national defamation. ITO should have to
speak Of things as for apart as the Drcmorhaven
exploaion mud tho Plymouth Church scandal
IN ono OF which d criminal Of American cxtrao-