The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-02
TREASURER BURDEEls RE-
NOV Al.

As was to have been expected, our
ueighbor, the HsteHigencer, has com
lncnced thus early in efforts to make po-
litical capital out of the removal of
Treasurer BURDETT. Not, indeed, IN
the manner 1t doubtless hoped and in.
tended, for 1t is most reasonable TO sup
pose that all the Republican papers of
the State were anNiously hoping that
this scntlemAn's off,S.e would have been
overlooked by Democratic Senate, SO
they could raise the awful cry OF "white-
wash The unexpected and undeslred
conviction Of the Treasurer, however, so
completely dumbfounded our neighbor,
that although the removal took place on
Saturday, the intervention OF Sunday
did not afford sufficient time for the
formation of plan for sudden new
departure from the already well-con-
cocted programme, and enable the points
desired to be made to be given to the
public on Monday But another day
sufficed for the preparation of a feeble
blast, and the L,teiiiyeHcer of yesterday
proceeds to make two points;
First-In reply to q position in our
article of Monday to the effect that the
Treasurer had done only what has be-
come customary throughout the land
Since the Republicans came into power
viz: used public Office as means OF
private gam and
Sccond-To strive for political capital
for the Radical party by claiming that
had the solid Republican vote of the
House not been cast for impeachment,
the articles against the Auditor and
Treasurer would never have been sent on
10 the Senate.
Now regarding the first we have only
TO reterate the assertion, and we do so
without fear of successful contradiction,
for We have the history of the Govern
ment and of the several States thereof
who have been subject to Radical dom
ination to prove the truth of what we
say. In the National Government we
have the old repeated and oft mentioned
Credit Mobilier and Moiety frauds
the SANRORH-JAYNE contracts; the
huge subsidies such Us those granted to
the Pacific Mail Co. for a consideration;
the Indian swindlcs; the immense whisky
ring, and numerous others, cal encourag,
ed and nurscd right in the halls of the
national Congress itself, and many of
them receiving virtual, ii not actual sup
port from the Executive himself. These
are some instances in which the swindles
contemplated involved millions, while in
subordinate positions-those occupied by
The army of office holders-thc defalca-
tons and perversions of office to cor
rupt ends, have been 50 com
mon that the recital of them
has long since become monotonou''
In almost every case the rule has been TO
hold the office in order to make the most
money from it. In the State govern
meuts we have seen whole States given
over US a prey TO Radical carpet bagSers
and thieves. We have seen taxpayers
ground down to the earth in order that
these Radical officials might iatten and
flourish at the expense of the toll of hard
working citizens. And, as if all this were
not enough, we have seen those same
theying officers kept in power in direct
violation of the Constitution, by the
united aid of the army and navy of the
United States, while the nisnamed
department of Justice itself was ever
willing to lend itself to the accomplish
ment of the same nefarious designs.
Truly whenever the record of the Re-
publican party is brought against 1t, an
array of fraud and corruption is present
ei sufficient to cause shame to blush, and
honesty to take to itself wings and fly
away to seek some spot where it might
weep in secret. And on a review of these
things who can deny that fraud and cor