National Republican., 1876-03-07

in furthefing the interests Of his constituents.
Although strict party man, Mr.. Wallace
enjoys the esteem and confidence of all classes
OF citizens in his State. and the fact that he
Invariably runs ahead of his ticket In his Con-
gressional contests attests his popularity at
home. He is now serving his fourth term In
Congress, with a fair prospect of being re-
elected as often as he chooses to become q
candidate. Mr.. Wallace was instrumental in
having all OF the misguided Ku- -Klux pardoned
from the Albany penitentiary, and even that
class respect him for teaching them the power
and clemency Of the Government.
Democratic success means the erection of
monument to commemorate ''the -prowess of
Wilkes Booth" With the Democracy In power
Confederate flags would become as plenty as
pins, and would frequently haunt in the faces
Of weakened Republicans. Men will boast
of their treason, and Southern orators will in
suit the people by recounting the valor of the
"boys in grey" at Manassas and other san
culinary fields; and loYalists generally will have
cause to hang their heads and retire into hiding
places. Then would the long looked-for occa-
sion arrive, and to carry out his prophetic
pOUs 1OOLuUo WOulu Cdll TOll Oh MS
slaves at Bunker Hill. There are many worse
things that could befall the Republic than the
ingratitude of Belknap.
Verify, has the Republic fallen into yirtu-
GUS ~ hands. The class Of men who applauded
the assassination of Mr. Lincoln; who en-.
deayored to spread arson throughout the
North; who furnished q Wurtz to hunt our
brave boys down with hounds, when they had
successfully escaped the dead lines at Auder-
sonviile; and who inaugurated hellish Ku-
klux conspiracy in the South to murder, mutt
late, main Cuionists, are now legislating for
it. And because these men have unearthed
the villainy of one individual, they are vain
enough to think that the public will overlook
their past corruption and intrigue, and restore
the Democratic party to power. Belknap, cov-
cred over as he is with infamy, is as wool when
contrasted with the scarlet antecedents of such
men as Hill, Gordon, Floyd, Toucey, and their
companions who inaugurated q useless war.
filling the land with mourning, and robbing
the Republic of its best blood. Who would
not rather be Belknap than the brutal Brooksi
Thirty days ago the facts Of Belknap's guilt
came into the hands of the Democratic COM
nittee, but they held them until within ten
days Of the New Hampshire election, and then
for political capital diyulged them to the
world. Immediately upon the development
and exposure of the recreant acts of the fallen
Secretary Mr.. Hester CIymer hurriedly Sc
cured the pay for the witness Marsh, and told
him that he was at liberty to leave Messrs.
Bass and Danfor:h, both of the Republican
members of the committee, protested against
the release Of Marsh. They assured the Dem
ocrat;c members that the witness would be
necessary to secure the Impeachment of Bel
knap. To these protestations Clymer and his
colleagues turned a deaf ear. 1t was within
their power, if they had so desired, to retain
Marsh for the prosecution, and had they been
honest and faithful to the interests of the
country they would have taken measures to
obtain his detention. There is an undercur-
rent to this great case which will soon burst
forth upon the public, carrying with It an as
tonishment and amazement at the duplicity
and insincerity of the Democratic investigat-
ors little dreamed of in the present rush of
confused excitement.