, 1876-03-25

tIrn ~ hin nnttnt, no,tlA f,nve hail any
intluouco with tic poraons who busted thom.
selves in circulating tho falsohood about lotols
and oihoF public places. A. A. u.
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lHe uN1HA EfoI OeMoenAI'
onhh s.s ..t..a. uosaaNn.soNa. ,aI'a.
70 the E4stof q 1Ae G"'eauo 1r'oaN ......,
EAaT st. LOUIS ILL.,, Masoh 2l.-ls ia genofat-
IL supposed to 10 hopeless caHD to I'M jecs my
th,nr iIkc n sonso Of fairueas Into the ayo,aao
uouo..a.o "pTs' m,, NJ n..s..s" a - w.. ~, 49,
a'lileo98 iea'' tno oo'nqstao, ~ !uSt loN .oal-
Ing vpcifcrousiy over Republican corruption.
It's true since tue latter party came into power,
in saving tho Union, handling ar1nios Of mill
.nna ~ ~ Enon har3e,ng tona NJ hlltors =, ,nouor
1ons o. uen' na,lanns s,an " ptAono ~ auuos'
roconatruct1ng 'the lsooel otatcb, anu aamlnstot-
ing tho nffaira Of 10, 00O 600 people. among tho
toug of thousands OF nopublicnn officials ens-
,,1,vo, IN cn-rv forward t},osn nurnoaoa II In
pI,s,s plpu " sn,"s-.u -, - h.,.,
Foaaiolo tast ono ol1'oos III nuuu'oo Aae nuen
corrupt md unworthy. And. before proceeding
further, let mo say II Is tho sincere purpose OF
,,o 1,onublicap party at lar4o that oyory ono OF
a,,. ,,t,,sort,,s of,cora a,nll bo ,,,u ,o,,n ,nd
our un"otlhS ohsots el"'l W ~" oo"' "14
pun'shed.
Now for tho comparison. Belknap has fallen.
Agoinss tbts case wo got up the pertlly and
.1.mo =, aon,n ~ tho Do,nocratic f,ah,not sTin-
. ,ncn -. s..1s s.,. ..,,o ILL.,. 49,.
ie1o1B oi Ao"o' WIZ n.o'o oa' aip'a ''hPo u'u
money TO commonen tho Waf on. bn1 some OF
the Revenue Collectors OF tho present Aiminis-
tayoa Apeinst tbia fact m cal1 attention to tho
SaAon, As".uos s40 .to 4"~s . .,. III
s'4nluoeht aAct @na'r "aon sIo "Aa o'' ""',5
was % per gallon under JohnBonB ruiz Als
Democratic Collectors failed to collect ~ much
annual royanuo rs Crant'A ColIoctosa now re-
turn. although tAero Ia only 70 couts tax per gal
lon.
Now, for convenience, let us lump Tho Dom
oyerv Republican rascal within that period thoro
nro 600 Democratic political OF official
scanps and rascals. Thoro nre now in Congress
aome scoros Of Democrats whose tronehcry md
rondosod them subject to tho death penalty. had
tic Law boen executed againat thoHl. But this
neglect upon tue part Of tho Republican party Is
| one OF tho breaches OF tho law of which the
Democratic party iscarefulnot to complain. There
aro also some GOO or 800 Democratic loadors
which tho DemocrnoY hre worry anxious to bave
! rardonel. suppose no sano man will pretend
70 dony that individually tho most Of thoBo polls
ical miBcroants arc moro guilty md have damaged
tho country more with thoiE v',lsiuoua conduct
than what Secretary Be!kuap OF tho worst Whia-
| ky tilief has uone- II thore are 500 Democratic
lenders not yot pardonel, md Bay eighty iu Con-
gEcsa who escaped death BY pardon extended by
Tho Republican party, aud should say l2o other
loadera not In CongfeHs horo, thon. NO have
LOCO Democratic lnadort4 who. had they not
Joined tho Rebellion, could hhvo Bavod tho coun-
| try 81 900, 000, 600 tn War cxponditutce. Th|a
sum Ia at least 100 nmoa greater than oil
tho stealinas OF Republican officials put
| together in sixtoon yoasa. Honco our Demo
cratic friends etould not got tho foolish idea into
their beads TINT their party can DO trusted to
rule. And It is to DO hoped that, while tho
Government la running down and publishing tho
| otsicinl thieves. who arc guilty Of much less
of1enses than the several hundred Democratic
pardon-sebkora who conducted tho Rebellion,
tho great Democratic party will not howl too
vigorously to have these lattar mlscroants par-
doootl. / am NOS insisting that the whisky-
thieves Bhslf not bo punisaod, but only osklpg
the Democracy not to bring forward another
batch Of COO OF 900 OF their political leaders Just
at tblB tsmc for pardon, and WHO llav0 d amagod
I tho country with sheir past villainy hundred
I timoe moro than these later pcampa have, who
arc now toarnoytng to tho Pen!tonthtiea.
|, There is anothor weatSroundol complaint
agplnat tho chudor, consistency. and conrtaHy OF
tho Democratic party. ThoEe Is . certain cour-
tosy duo between PARTIES. But after tho Damo-
cratic pasty haa brought in its poltsca! and otn-
csat villains for years By tho thousands, mon
who vnuld hAvo Buffosod tho penalty of dohth
for theis crimes had It NOT been for the morcy
fof tho Republican party, and aekoa aud obtained
their pa1lop. it now returns this kindness Of
tho Republican, by charging tho party With tho
coxruptiop of few Of It's dlsgrhoed officials. A