The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-04-29
CURRENT POLITICS.

Mules, mines, moths, hogs and whis-
ky have been some of the afflictionso of the
present administration, and it is said it
has come very near seeing rats" too
Philadelphia Times.
1T is well enough for the radicals to
preach economy; but, if they are in
earnest, why do they oppose and contest
every inch of ground taken by the demo-
cratic house in the direction of economy ?
The senate stops it.-Hdrtord Times.
And still there is no sign from the
nine and thirty who united with Chand-
Ter in compromising Babcock for the ex-
pense he incurred in explaining those
kilograms. Were it not for the appear
ance of rejecting upon the liberal states
man from Michigan, We should be
tempted to remark that true benevolence
is ever thus silent.-DctroitF Free Press.
j. c. d. Harrison, prominent bank
er of indianapolis. and formerly a gov
eminent director on the Union Pacific
road, charges that Blaine fraudulently
received $64, 900 from the road. He de-
manded an investigation by the company
at the time, but the latter refused to
have one. Harrison is willing to go be-
fore congressional committee and sub
stantiate his charges.
Honest men are yet the rule and
thieves the exception in this country.
1t is true that for the past few year.
honest men have been the exception in
the various offices under the federal ad.
ministration, but that fact does not
justify the assumption that there are nc
honest men in the country. The people
must see that thieves in Office are made a
very rare exception.-Pittsbug Post.
What is the orthodox republican
faith Just now? Is it that sustained by
the head of the party, President Grant
with its post traderships, whisky frauds
safe 'burglaries, real-estate pools, Freed
mems bank plumbers, and Indian frauds
The republican state conventions everv.
where appear to be indorsing and sus.
tanning those who have upheld all Of
these infamies. As far as the public car
see, they form the cardinal principles
and the profits therefrom the cohesive
power, of the republican party World
Gen. Grant clings with lover-like
devotion to Gen. Schenck, who seems te
be drawing his pay as minister to En-
gland and indulging in the firm belle
that he will go back to London will
ministerial powers. 1t is said that the
president is awaiting the result of tn,
Emma mine investigation, and does no
propose to send in any name to the sen
ate for confirmation. The Emma mins
committee have not got through with
the investigation, however, but the testi
mony of Gen. Schenck himself would
seem sufficient to exhibit grossly impro
per conduct in United States minister
even if there was no intentional WRONG
in..his mining Couier-you,.
Grant, like Cassius, is weary. HI
has seen his best friends kicked headlone
down the public stairway. He has seer
his honest appointees bounded into dis.
grace. The men whom he lifted up from
the slums have betrayed him. Some OF
the puppets have gone away to prison
cells. Some are in exile; some wander
over the face of the earth like the man
without country. His department OF
justice has been Prostituted to base
schemes, and the men whom he sent to
other courts of the world have come
back to him with stripes of condemna-
ton and shame all'over them. The chiel
wearies, becomes detected, and wanders
hopelessly through his halls. And the
end is not yet.-ka"sas CITY Times.