Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-30
BLACK TO GARFIELD.
'sThe Rottenest Government This
Side of Constal,tin opIe.o

DbhOA LII
y ''The Rottenest Government This
Side of Constahtin ople.''
[From Hon. Jere S. Blacks Open Letter to
General Garfield
You have consequently made ours the corrupt
est government this side OF Censtantinople.
/ Perhaps you will say this is a mere general as
sertlon But am ready 70 maintain the truth
of 1t against all opposers You may take the rot
ienest monarchy in Europe, go over its history
lor 4 hundred years, ami produce. the worst u.t
| you can lind OF fraudulent spoiation upon its
people, and if L do not show something worss
committed here under the auspices CT the party
now III power, 1 will give up the case.
, ain speakin. OF the government-of the Of
| hcials VINO rule us for their pleasure and punder
us for their personal proft-and it Is no answer
TO TO quote Mr. Lords speech before the senute on
tue and intelligence of the people, and he argued
i, rom that the duty OF their servants TO behave
whiewash the administration Ii he had meant
10 do so he could not have succeeded, Tor there
wa. WAS not wash enough in his bucket to go over
the twenty thousanuth part OF his job.
While you were hunting for certificates of
character among the speeches of the ImpeaclI-
Mr.. Hoar? He said in effect (for cite him from
memory that the one production in which our
country exces all others in the world is the cor
| ruption OF its government. There was the tes-
timony OF candid witness, belonging to Your
own own paffIy, VINO knew whereof he affirmed and
nnisb GI 'f,l III us . that the republican party will
port OF your speech says that this was erected |
| VIII laughter from the republican side of the |
house. Certainly it sounds like the broadest of |
what you found this claim of Impartial Justice
upon: You will hardly prove it by showing |
tr,a,i t. hrlsto" ana Wilson succeeded, with much
| " MatDuation. IN convictinS certain manufacturers
| OF crooked whisky, and thereby got themselves
turned out of Office II is vain to deny that there
| Is, ana mas been, general system OF dishonesty
pcrvadlng III ranks of the civil service which so
aal lar from being punished. sproected, encour-
! aged and rewarded by the highest authorities
lou have set your faces like Hint against all in
| ss.tgatlons lending to expose ruscaity. Proof
| OF that, II proof We're waning would be found in
your own dcnunciufon of the present congress
| i0r pushing lts inquiries INTO those regions
have dwelt in safety.
In III! your southern measures you have shown
positive abhorrence of honest government
| lou forced into all places OF power, men whose
Characters were notOriOusIy bad, and maintain-
eh ,a them while they perpetrated the most shame
oppressed people to throw them oil, and when
those efforts We're successful in some OF the
states. you mourned the fall OF the fclons with
sincere lamentatIon. Just look at the crew of
s0diess wretches by whom Louisiana has been
almost desolated! In the lace of u constitution
III lhterdict, your II administration at Washington
L. repeatedly interfered to shield them from JUSTICE
and to uphold them in the possession OF power ,
which they had no manner of legal claim At
this moment they are preying upon the prostrate
people of the state, under the protection OF fed
erar nn pay yonets Is that what you call Furnishing
You may answer that the white people of ,
1ni LOUISIANA being conquered, rightfuliy en-
5iaVed, according to the principles planted ut l
iym0uth and therefore it is not for The ike of
mem to nvoke the protection of law and Justice.
Case to which the Dahomeian rule does not an '
ply, and in which the failure OF the republican '
sianyy, 10 PUNISH M ITS own rascals has be equally
s's,ii; mean the frauds Of the Union Pacific
railway company and the Credit Moblier e
r., HH ,Hil VIII pardon me- am sure, Tor referring
Mouiu make u personal point, aud could not II
40 1t here if would try; for the conviction | O
nave nave Gien expressed remains unchanged, that
your integrity was not stained by such connec-
lion as you had with that business. But we both o
SisiN mat it is the most gigantic fraud that the
tude OF the iniquity almost exceeds belief. The l.
ehtire amount of the booty already taken from
cannot be less than one hundred %
mill OF dollars, and every six months they
treasury by an additional payment 1 am told
mat u late attorney y.general counts one HUNDRED
nmm IImit,e eighty millions as the sum which the
nlted States will lose IN solid cash, directly
.aLen out OF the treasury. l am not sure thai
ms ms, calculation cal is accurate but it cannot he ~
he whole steal for it does not include the vain
II the ROAD itself. the land grants. nor tho -,
proceeds OF the bonds to which the lien OF thu r
Jnlteo >tateS was postponed, nor the equipment u:
Ionds As this swinule was the largest. SO n | m
Vas one OF the most inexcusably buse. It was -, ~
wamped with debt, when the eope Were osas @as in
d with taxes, and when the most rigid economy ~
circumstances |
well as the direct evidence, show that If was at
20 sudden act of thoughtless imprudenue but ei
RANGED anS ee1Gafly and sGrrupy
litSate II; you cannot defend it even by way Sa
How did the republican party .'punish its own er
ascas'' in ihls case? Not u hair on the head nr ne
ere WAS touched On the contrary, they de
lost guilty OF them are new as thew War Inc at
IRE, the very darlings of the party Even t6at
icn1y not te Worst oit These swndlers are peri ALI
er CRIME by taking out OF the treasury add; ar ar
omai ona @,tons W which they claim the pre Co
ave no better title TO them than n wolf bas ~ De
e e mutton he slaughers by moonlight The le o r 10
:, at remedy against these eXactons plain in
, "a. lSGoranSe alone could hardly miss It, But n K
,ur oicers have found out the way not to do it. Mei
ey H permit the government to lie down and be M,s
poeu eni-ahnually, by corporation which NJ! NJ
iden would long ago nave disarmrd of III Mis-
WV wei l anu whose criminal abettors he would Nc,
We swept INTO the penitentiary by scores Sol
ou would have us believe thar HsY.s Sc New
ssted, will reform abuses and give us pure Ul ore
er Your statement and that OF Tes
~ Mr; hayes bears an irreprouchable charac MI
IN an ms private relations. | do not donbt "e'
a disgrace to want ne ,c.oed honesty ones which it
usehold virtues which entItle him tn the ra
rGi W oi ms ms nelghbors and the confidence OF his Cole
0nt ne can no more stem the current of Obi
.rD,toi.n r;I coTrfuptnn than he can swim against
Il rhpiSs h on, of Niagara His whole history Shows
~ mas Is, been most happily called ia man or
cu SuDServIency.'' 'i ,lro
\ reiormer In these times must he m,da or w
rn material He must have M y. cnna r...,e Oh one
,I anu oe under no obligation to- Il author NIT
ngs, he must NOT h.vn meeu reform Above all will
l,lledly to the commission OF the mnS1r OF five
onSi r,. e. which his duty reforner would re- no
ckedness in high pIces ne me CONES TO- Oppose lies
! he himself is IN part dciict0 viii make lica
II Il strols man as nerveess rs infancy do,
% snow how hard it would be for a man like oe"
rs 70 resist the worst orders of his own LfQt
,si,i, VIII ;, Ii.e CASE directly in point, and the
lie; - "ei as wan
a the case of Mllllgan. you made an eloouent pose
those free prneinles s'Ure we the supreme thus
Z, Supported IN my weaker way You show hlStt
ne ne, 'he ndestructible right of every citizen to
s;l triai: you proved that Magma Chnrt, diT rr,
perish on the battlefield; YOU Jennn.tr,dnI m II
irresistible logic that the constitution was Yor
RENE alter one war rs ii was brinre 49, and
rhed with lofty contempt the Iutal ueu T. ~ Gil"
&c vas ALL, ,eNtnsuished by the victory OF the ocr't
, ,ha, nu'eu @ o9t to deIend 1t; and you closed pres
.rty, which. if snotan on on, me Goddess of Mr.
% OF her "iierce democracy - would have cOnV
ooh lhc arsenal and iulminat,d 60 min.
, ,oc, lhrse were not the words of :, maid ~
ocate for had volunteered in the ci,a nu upon
rna5 1un'en @ emotions of neophyle Tor YOU by e.
e the dcberate concIns s ansJect Well. You tions
mere Is no doubt that in your heart of hrnr on I'll
t wien the % r.con",rr.i 80 ne .rne thiS day to ha
suffered your elf to be whInncG Tns m PROPOSED in Ok
nsi vonr .co 10 your party. voted repu
that nnlified every proys;nn G ,@r h =. inea- open
;' ;;,oh' whereby ten millions of people wer,.
i'e,i OF rights which you knew TO be s,cr.I | Ne
nalienable. " " oe sacred We
his was your case. what suhs.r,,;o repul
co,H connected from Mr. Hayes. when the party the p
coiiics 10 be laid on his back? Ynu are h;S and
I, Iinr IN every quality that holds !. man trme
PIC , 1uty. You have been careiull:. scbnni from
the morality of the New Tesiamcn, "nn name
h'eu ali your life in the full blaze of ,b ..>
Il, You are gifted with logical scmp,.n eACre
u ieW can boast, and with moral cnnrn | logo
Joye the average. If you iell down hefnsEe Stoto
ioioca OF abolltionism. ami gave mn Iii '''''I
PIE at once, what act OF worship will H.. M ready
TO that grim idol? "'ii hafes Goa :,
ACCUSATIONS Of treason Aan n, seeing your ed vol
@ you are sure that You yourself and vonr
Ii.s, iates qua not commit that crime ' A I
Union was supremr :.Ii Iiot,ns sung government Louis
very We N state had separate government of i. riches
VI e .'iililhlstriit ION OF its domestic co. wnrct
ihat government WIS entitled tIen ir y, ''
:r was to the universal obedience em' o, m !, the pr
US ana you. Its officers had taken snrciai forme
u n'iellty TO IT. Nevertheless, Won m.Ja II ,,I ~.
@M rate @M arrangement, not only to wlth,Ir,w anu w
nP5dt % from IT, but TO overthrow it totaI,~ ready
hat