Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-26
WHAT n THE REMEDY,

q DENNlOs
WHAT N THE REMEDYf
Corruption Of the character and ex-
tent which is daily being unearthed by
the Congressional Investigating Com
mittees lisa sure indication Of q loose
moral tone in the community. An
isolated Belknap or Babcock might
have existed and for . time flourished
in the purest days of our Republic, or
even in the Utopia OF fable; but the
coexistence Of Babcocks, Belknaps, Or
willie Grants, Marshes, Boss Shepherds,
Harringtons, Whitelys, Davenports,
and Pendletons; of, in short, an army
Of swindlers extending from the
threshold ofthe presidential chamber to
the back door of the San Francisco
Custom house, and from thence back
again to the Sergeant-at-Arms' room
in the opposition House Of Represen-
~tatives, and their existence for years,
enjoying the confidence and respect of
men high in social and political posi-
ton, while fattening on brides aud
thefts; this, we say, presurposes an
unhealthy and debased tone Of public
morality.
We arc led to these remarks by the
publication in the New York World Of
q letter from ex-Collector Ford, of st.
Louis; to Presidents Grant, wherein
he warns him against the notorious
Mcdonald, formerly Of the st. Louis
whisky ring, and now undergoing i'm
prisonment in the Missouri Peniten-
tiary; and after depicting McDonald's
true character strongly advises the
President to place no trust in him
The letter is Only of Importance taken
in connection with the fact of Grants
intimacy. with and esteem for Ford,
and the assertions made by the Presi-
dent that he was not aware of the
character of Mcdonald until he read
the evidence taken at his trial; and we
draw from this letter and from the va
rious facts surrounding the cases Of the
rogues we have mentioned and OF the
numberless others known and un-
known this conclusions: That not
upon the community alone devolves
the blame; but that such . state Of AZ
fairs could exist for such q length of
time only under an Executive who 10
either deficient in his judgment Of men
or almost criminally careless or cor
rupt himself. Of corruption, as should
every American. we desire to believe
the President innocent; but of lack Of
Judgment in selecting his subordinates,
and Of carelessness and indifference in
matters affecting the public welfare
and his own personal honor, he must,
even in the opinion of his friends,
stand convicted.
An administration always derives its
character from the individual charsc-
ter Of its chief. It does not require a
Jefferson nor q Jackson to impress his
individuality upon all public servants
within the scope of his authority. A
President Of the United States whose
whole interest ID that of the people,
whose sole thought is honestly, eco
nomically and efficiently to admins
ter the great trust devolving upon him;
who takes no time for money getting
or money spending; who holds in high
honor the dignity Of his position, but
IL not carried away by a vain fondness
for it, dignities; such q President will
sver find public servants like unto
himself. But when the Chief Magis-
trate 10 . lover Of pleasure, q seeker at
ter honors rather than honor, it follows
as Of course that his subordinates will
follow in the path Of not i~nelegant dis
sspatson whieiT he has marked out fer
them; and II their private mean fail to
support their extravagance, why, alas!
poor human nature u weak, social
prestige must be preserved, and be-
tween prssent-taking and bride taking
the boundary IL very 0imly marked.
AFTER HrM.-The Enterprise IL n
gagged / n the laudabls undertaking Of
the exposure Of the frauds alleged to
have been committed by DIR. Van
the County Physician Of
Storey, in the management o fthe hos
pital. The Medicine Man il support
cd by tho Chronicle and Gold Hill
Nesos, but the Enterprise appears to
have the best Of the fight. 1t makes
specific charges, which, II true, should
certainly entitle the Doctor to q cosy
berth ct thu Warm SPRING., II not to .
Of tar and feathers.
A Coon APPorNTMENT-FoR THE
RINa.-We do not think that
he appointment Of Coghlan, as United
states District Attorney for Californis,
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