The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

Is before the people, whether the whisky
rings are able 10 manage the republican
party" Patrick Henry said that we
must judge the future by the past,
Combined with the other rings, they
have always managed it heretofore
st, Louis Times.
TnE orders Of President Grant forbid
ding the transfer Of original records from
the various departments 10 the %invcsti-
eating committees seems TO be n part Of
his old game to Obstruct inquiry. A
significant fact IL, that the order was
given Just previous to the arrangements
for an investigation into New Orleans
crookcdncss, in which Casey and his
friends may probably be involved.
TuE fact that the notorious frauds
upon the balIot-boI in Philadelphia were
not "puriGcd' by the Grant. Davenport
system with secret service money was due
to the other fact that Philadelphia vast
republican city and these two facts tx
tract all the 4" true inwarlncss" from the
claim Of Grants apologistS that the
Grant Davenport steal was a doing Of
'NI lHdl B"Dh IHIplt 'VIH''
THE Massachusetts, republican conycn.
ton not only failed to adopt the usual
regulation bcslobbcrinp the administra-
ton with praise, but the speakers were
careful to avoid saying anything which
could be tortured into an Endorsement Of
the administration, while some Of them
gave it very sharp thrCsts. Grantism is
completely "pIaycd out" in the old Bay
state.
TmEunbIushing impudcncc with which
the organs assume that the increased re-
publican vote in New York in 1872 il
evidence Of the merit Of johnny Daycn.
ports scheme and justiGcs the sacrifice Of
the secret service fund is almost sublime.
The fair presumption is when such II
change was wrought, bysuch hands that Il
fraud has been committed, and the facts
bear out the presumption. 1t WAS to
change the result in New York, not to
purify the election, that Grant unIaw-
fully furnished and Johnny unIawfully
used the secret service fund.
IT was Grant who stirred NJ, these as
Nlllll0 WI pllDll, ~ W. l'dIH HUN
the Cincinnati Times, and it is he who
deserves credit for such advantages ~
may accrue from them. who can doubt
it? Look at his decided action against
Sccor Robertson. Look how he fell
upon SchCnck, two or three years after
he found out all about the Emma mine
losses in London. Look at the remark.
able way in which he assisted in the cx-
posture and prosecution Of Babcock dur
ing the st.. Louis whisky trials. Look
at his high-tOncd course in the Bclknap
business, when he sent him n letter re-
GREETING his rcsignation.-N. Y. Sun.
TmE alleged frauds in the treasury de
partmcnt begin to loom up with startling
Significance not 50 much because of the
sums claimed to have been misappropri-
atcd, as 81 account Of the painful unccr-
tainty whether anybody really can tell
how much was misappropriatcd, If the
story of Prcndcr and Richardson Is trust
worthy there was quite rs much loose.
ness ~ fraud in the transactions by which
currency certified rs cancelled was saved
from destruction and put where it wonId
dn ,nnI ia LIiuurv rrruLJncou ,Oi,;,L,
II Gil lao ycrv oa,pnt to' In,,'
nny.iLIy nav wLon fl" wa,,or - T"r
Il",,LIn' .;moI |,h'n, H." ,,nIiurnI N.'i
L,nn' ,hnn Lns Loon ,""' "'"V "
Turr% 49," L,t t"rl ."t H,;;,.,
among electors. On the one hand, the
partisan3 Of the administration arr mr.
I%c:.ly Th".c nTc nnnnynJ on ~ atL,o,
LonI Lv n,trinty wrLn La,o viIoIw Iit
c.roJ IN ,bn no., hn, WIZ "'
mated NV tLr samc commnn nurn"yo mr
cG crtiuc , tLnrourh ,nJ rnIiaroI rrharrn
in iho conduct of thn CcJnrol sororn
mont We mood hrothorIy LinJnoy,
where now MI i. nrnocr;nti1r nnJ r;rm,
hotr W. mood rrrnaI LaLi,y whoro
now we have nroHioorv and thnuohiIo..
wostc We mood .r;rntiGc yt,toYmsnohim
instead Of crudr and chaotic nm"cLcryy'
-Alhnuv Arru.
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'h| cC'oI'u H'P9'i'or7 VINO holT l''tio
T"oHH W "'PoH'', "l"cic" 'rIt'Ii'a' \
i"',N' "J ~" "''m'v" py cA-i oSVh'"5-
W. '''.'C''' 'lo'"'' 'n"V 'I'y WI 'ca''
~ "Ic ,'' '''n'y 'o''n'i.'cu toVp' Keep
i'N VI 'l''' p''"S 'cpup'',o,i ''lc'"S INC
la'E' "'''o"nC VI lo,'y "ol''rS out OF
HN''y ""c n""r'o" "o''a'S ocPoSilcu'
! nr ro,1l'" Tao''ati m.Iy urv"ulIy WlsI
~ 'n''I,' 'n'' "Iac, n%n!"'c","ro S'NIy
no.,irS, W." T,' VI" money W.T., IN! Gc lIr.n-
'""'n,E', -" H''"t P"'Iy vi ''C''o"''
c'c', ",',cu r''''l'I toprlIca rK"l SAFETY
,or ',' Nlr'r'''' la p~a'lKrnPC'u 10 tnc cN'
'rht '1aV tIoc'ho' l"y put 'or'y percent
OF money 'oorroW'1' IT. Is the Israel
ilr' borrowing from inc EgyPllanS'
mere u no rcPaymehI'-'ourIcr-Jour-
mai
TERllAPSl IT. IS"nly natural mat eX-Goy.
y mes mould avail himself OF the chance
to get ever with ms late rcbelllous sub
IN Mississippi. After leading him
Il very uncomfortable life OF 1t for several
years, they have finished by fairly put
ting him out ct doors, 1t isn't in human
nature 10 rcllSh lhat sort OF treatment.