Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-03-31
THE CAUSE.

IL tuciO noa aot OCtn nulDIUy AZ
the House Of party opposed to the
Administration the whisky frauds would
never have been uneartbed by the pre-.
sent Administration. RECORD.
OF course not. 1t was the terror in.
spired by the election Of that Confederate
House OF Representatives which caused
Secretary Bristow to move in the whisky
frauds. His desire to perform the duties
OF his Office, as he was by oath called
upon to do, had nothing to do with it.
Il was only the dread OF those pure men
who were TO come from their retirement
with the opening Of Congress that caused
the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 act
Virginia Enterprise.
On the 18Th inst, commenting on
some remarks published by the New
York Herald we said
II ia in testimony that for years before
any attempt was made to check the
whisky frauds and discover their authors,
their existence was known to the highest
officers of the Government, the President
included. But there, 40 in other cases,
the e1igencies Of party controlled, and
the frauds were permitted to go on,
though the country was annually losing
millions upon millions, and the fair
trader and manufacturer were being ru-
ined. 1t was only when the certainty Of
detection stared the great officers Of the
country In the face that they tardily
placed in motion the machinery of out
ragged justice. II there had not been a
minority In the House Of party opposed
to the administration, the whisky frauds
would never have been unearthed by the
present administration. The rotten sore
was there; that was known, and 80 pat
ent that it could not be hoped to escape
tho keen scented scrutiny of political
opponents. Az we said before, 1t was Of
no consequence as to the party bias OF
the criminals or the detectives. The ne.
cessity was that the latter had no political
affiliation with the former. Regarded in
this view, the fact that majority OF the
House is politically opposed to the ad-
ministration is q blessing to the country.
By inspection. it will be seen that
these observations were dictated by no
spirit Of party, simply OF rejoicingl that
out OF the evil influences of partisanship
good had arisen and the country was
being benefited. The extract from the
Enterprise shows the purely partisan
views entertained by that paper. I.
cares nothing about the people, bai
everything about the administration. II
is the task Of the Enterprise to defend
the latter under all circumstances and II Ia
that spirit which prompts the above at
tempt ct sarcasum. The truth of our state.
ments cannot be denied. It is in testi.
mony and undenied, that the Secretary
Of the Treasury and other high officers
did know of these frauds years before
any attempt was made to expose and
punish those VINO practiced them.
That the expose was postponed
at least twice for the purpose oil
avoiding the detrimental effect it might
have on certain elections. That is the
proof which If II were possible to deny
no doubt IL would have been ere this
Therefore there is no doubt but the pros.
ecutions were delayed solely for party
purposes, yet during that interval the
country was being daily robbed Of thou
sands and thousands OF dollars, and the
honest trader being ruined by the com
petition OF revenue thieves. No doub
that. in the estimation Of the Enterprise
is but trifle. Millions and Million
may be lost to the country, the cunning
rogue may prosper and honest simpliOit!
may starve, but what is that compared
to "the good Of the party" PARTY
is the god OF the Enterprise. "Party
Is the Moloch before whose affairs th,
revenues and the honor Of the countr,
have been deliberately sacrificed. ItwaI
to promote Party ends that long afte
the whisky frauds were discovered tina
the ring was allowed to steal, and th,
Government officers permitted to con
tinus their rascalities. Those are tn
reasons which induced us to say that the
whisky ring would never have been pros
ecuted until the certainty OF detection
became so absolute that,a virtue had to b
made of necessity. We defy the Enter
prise or any other partisan to success
fully controvert the position. We ar
not blaming this party or defending III
other, but we do say, as before. that 1t i
q blessing for the people that the severn
parties act as detective police on eacl
other. II it were not for that the coun
try would indeed be lost.