The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-05-24

On the I'D mt, pensmg fezoIutiS ns
reported , eOmtAi.fee p ApIaopri-
ations arFaigning the Congressional Print
er for nsaifeasance in office, Mr.. Single
ton, efithat charlottesville ably aud at
length From his remarks, We have
copied the following extracts, regretting
that We have not space for more:
Ia view, then, OF die res possibility rest
inu upon me ia dealing with the ch tracter
of . EelloN-mau, standing in the forum Of
conscience, | am i'm pelled by sense OF du-
ty 10 prefer against a. NJ Cfapp, Congress
sional Printer, the following welt-coHsider-
ed charges, namely:
FTr.t-A want OF proper qualiiicat ions and
total inca paeity to ill the office OF CoHgrSs-
Slonal Printer.
Seeondly-Gross and objectionable NAL
feasaEee in the management of said office,
resulting in heavy Pecuniary loss TO the
Third En- bs zzement OF money of the
United States, as declared and defined by
the statutes thereof sf
Upon tle hypothesis that the evidence
prove. him 10 be guilty oftlrsr charges, as
sumo that for the first-namelv, incapacity. he
should BE- summ&riiy dismissed from Office;
for the second. namely, malfeasafce result
ing in damages TO the govcrnmcntiis Official
bond should be but in suit aud the Govern
meUt fndemni led for losses as far practI-
cable; tor the thirti, namely, eIHbezziement,
he should be i'm peached before the Senate.
il the proceeding Will lie. and indicted and
tried crimiually before a court having juris-
diction OF the case.
Corruption stalks brazan faced through
the land. Ii does not confine its lepr0us
tulch TO the inmate OF the hut of squalid
wretchednt 50, where cold and hunger plead
trun1pet-tongued for the victim who has
violated the decaiogue- Il has not confined
it, com panionShip co outeaStS from SDciety,
~ no know 40 check but human law, TO soul
less corporations. political cabals, aHd
money rings. lt has not eonsorted only
with petty officials who interposc the plea
of insufficient salaries To the charge OF fraud
and peculatiOn. IG has stalke1 boldly into
the halls of legislation and lett its Shiny
touch upon the statute DO DkS /; it has soiled
the judicial erlnine, by suborIin4ting the
opinion OF Judges to party politics; it has
entered into our reYenue service, breeding
perjury and robbing the Treasury of mill
iiOlIs; il has stolen thc ratiOnS of the soldier
and the Indian; it has followed our accred-
| tied ministers abroad, and brought odlum
upon the Am erican name 1t has entered
| the Cabinet, making merchandise of offices /;
aye, sir, it has gone to the very door of the
| presidential mansion and Vaunted itself as
| on most intimate terms with those who are
| the daily trusted companions of the Pres
| ident OF the nation.
What American citizen does not feel the
! Blush of shame upon his cheek as he reals
DAY by day, the developments OF official
| III Misconduct? What citizen travelling
abroad, when he reads the comments OF
/ foreign journals, morning after morning,
upon the venality and corruption of Amer
/ lean otfice-hOlderS, would not be tempted to
/ deny his nationality? Sir, this state OF
| things Is terribly appalling. l am not gift
ed with the power o. divination and shall
not undertake to play the seer; but if the
! lights of history which shine out from the
past are not delusiYe, we are travelling the
oEen broad p0ad marked by the footprints
| OF the republics of other days Tie hIarch
i of history Il strewn with their wrecks, and
/ the story OF one is the stoIy of all, as they
have risen, floIrished. aud passed away
Everywhere the people are clam oring for
reform. The cry comes up from every city
| town. and hamlet in the country "Overturr
the tables of the changers and kick
ont the dove sellers who p1llute our offices
| aud temples of Justice" Much has been ac-
| compiished and more can yet be done by
| this House to meet the just expectations OF
an outraged people. In the case before us the
pathway Is plain and open. Let us rem and
/ A. NJ. Clapp to the courts of the country
/ that he may be dealt with civily and Grim
| inally for his violations OF law; and if i'm
parchment will lie let Us send in articles to
! the Senate and demand that he he arraign-
ed aud tried in that forum. | trust the
| House vii concur in the recommendations
made by the committee.
| a series of resolutions were adopted
by the House pursuant to the line Of
action advocated by Mr.. Singleton, the
first of which reads as follows:
| Resolued, That the Speaker Of the House
be, and he is hereby, directed to certify to
| the proper authorities of the District ofCO-
| lumbia the testimony heretofore taken by
| duet of A. NJ Clapp as Congressional
Printer, to the end that he may be indicted
| am prosecuted.