Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-09-28

The conspiracy failed. asd sthen Har-
nngtoa uss q tsial for his share IN 4.
President Grant, IN oder 10 sndoence
Tie jury, invited ~ iron lie criminal
docket TO : particularly select receptioa
q the white House. Gen. Babcock,
Grants coa6deniial Secretary, i now
under indictment for being eoacemed
IN the same conspiracy.
Enormous Defslesfiess.-The BUSH
ness Of the various Executive Depart
ments under Grants administration has
been 30 loosely conducted, and the an
Pointments to Office have been so badly
made, that the books Of the Treasury
oa-June -. 1876, showed defalcations
on the part Of Grants oi6ce-holders
which had accumulated since be va. in
augurated President, amounting in the
aggregate to eS.56O, Sos. The tax-pay-
ers must make this good
Tie W1isky Riags.-Since Grant has
been in Office various whisky rings have
been permitted p defraud the revenue
by selling untaxed whisky. II is mod
crate estimate 10 say that more than
One Hundred Millions Dollars have
thus been diverted from the Treasury
BY the whisky rings, al Of which must
be replaced by taxing the people. Mr..
Bristow was driven out Of Grants Cab
met for eadeavoring to break up these
rings and punish the thieves who COM
posed them.
The Disfvief Of Colxm5ia Ring
The history of this infamous association
OF swindlerr is familiar to the whole
country. A Ring formed for purpose.
Of plsnder has had absolute control of
the District of Columbia for years, and
by means Of false measurements and
fraudulent vouchers supplied by Bah
cock. while confidential Secretary of
the President, and by other devices, has
succeeded in pluhder,ng the Treasury
OF Millions Of Dollars which the tax
payers Of the different States will have
to make good. Boss Shepherd. the
leader Of the Ring, is one of the most
intimate personal friends of Grant, who
has aided him to the utmost extent of
has ability. in his designs against the
public funds.
Increased faraficn.-The expenses
Of the United States government under
Grant have been extravagant beyond
comparison. The late Democratic House
OF Representatives succeeded in getting
a reduction Of about $50, 000, 900 in
the appropriation bills; but they were
fought at every step by Grant and the
Republican Senate, who desired to have
more money voted than ever before.
Running tie .Niary.-The recent Con-
gressional investigation of the manage
ment of THE Navy Department by Sc
cor Rohe>on shows that under the pres
ent Administration, Tro Hundred MI
lion Dollars have been expended. but
that according to the testimony Of Ad-
miral Porter, We have not single first
class vessel, and that, "as a whole, the
navy Is worth nothing" II was also
proved that the most scandalous fraud.
corruption and larceny had character
lied the administration Of naval affairs
from the day that Robson entered Of
fce. This dishonest and incompetent
Secretary will. undoubtedly, be inn
Peached when Congress meets again:
but he is a great favorite with Grant,
and he is sustained by all the Republic
can leaders. Secor Robson is an en-
thusiastic supporter of Hayes.
Grants Reeonsfruefion Poiey.-This
has consisted Of depriving the people Of
the right Of self-government, interfer-
ing with troops to carry elections for
the Republican party and multiplying the
will of the people as expressed at the
polls when the verdict was unfavora-
bic to the rule of ignorance and corrup-
ton. The public debt Of nearly all the
reconstructed States was comparatively
small at the end OF the war; under car
pet-bag rule it was rolled to an aggre-
gate Of over One Hundred and Ninety
four Million Dollars, while the taxa
ton for local purposes has amounted
practically to eon6scation. An i'm
mense number OF farms, as we'll as large
tracks of improved lands, have been
seized and sold by Sheriffs to satisfy
the insatiate greed of the pIunderers
who have represented Grants admin
istration in the South, and who have
succeeded in impoverishing the owners
Of vast portions of the most productive
territory in America, thus running the
best market for Northern manufactures
that there Is in the world.
Creating on Ohigarchy of OEee-hold-
ers-When President Grant entered Of
fee in 1869, the ofiice-holders on the
civil list OF the United States num-
bered 54.267. In 1878 they aggrega-
ted 94.1l9, being an increase of about
forty thousand in six years only of
Grants administration. Many of these
render no service to the country, but
are merely political pensioners on the
Treasury, who, in return for the money
they draw, are expected to work for the
perpetuation inpower of the currupt Re-
publican organization. II is the Office
holders who constitute and manage all
Republican nominating conventions; it
is the ofice-holders who dictate the pol
icy Of the Administration; il is the Of
fce-holders who conduct political can
vases. and are relied upon to manipu-
late and, If necessary, to falsify election
returns. Mr.. Hayes, in opposition to
the old Democratic principle Of rotation
in Office, which has always been held to
be the only efIectual barrier to the
creation Of an Office holding aristoeracy,
proposes to give a life tenure of office
to these men, and thus render them en-