The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
CURRENT OPINION.

ing Just now rom Il triple combination
of Observation-Disclosures, Grantism, and
Babcockypop,
WE should think the president would
get tired Of having his blunders defended
on the ground Of his ignorance. Yet
this II the staple Argument Of his apollo
gists,-A Hany Argm,
IT appears that the radical managers
spent $4,000 Of public money to elect
their candidates. in New York in 1872.
They call such IN election u "frce ex,
preston Of the popular will"
DESOUNCING the rotten secret service,
the New York Express declares that the
Democratic representative OF the people
owe 10 themselves and their constituents
the extirpation of this foul blot on the
good name Of the country.
NEW York TRIBUNE: Perhaps it will
not hurt Mr.. Blaine any, but there is a
growing suspicion that he is working a
little too hard for nomination. There
are a good many people who believe he
ought at least 10 allow the office to meet
him half way,
THE manner in which the notorious
Billings recently obtained his appoint.
mcnt rs United States district Judge Of
Louisiana is to be- investigated. 1t il
charged that he paid $4,000 for "inhu-
encc,' and Il goodIy portion Of the money
went into Babcock's pocket.
The beginning Of true reform is with
the people themselves, When they prac.
tirc rs Il rule the sale OF legislative and
judicial offices to the highest bidder
those rich enough and base enough to
pay the most they must reasonably cX-
pcct that their representatives will in
turn sell thcm,-S1H Fconcisco Past.
HAD Thomas jefferson or John Adams
applied thousands Of dollars Of Il secret
service fund, appropriated to aid the ad-
ministratiOn Of justice, to control cleo
lions in which they were candidates for
reelection to the presidency, they would
have been impcachcd, dcposcd, and gone
into history as Infamous 49, hiladcLDhta
TmcS.
WIHN Grantspcaksof salary of$5O,-
600 being little enough for the " rcspon-
and dignity Of the position of
president, he naturally proyokcs the re.
Election that his immediate predecessors
maintained the responsibility and dignity
Of the position much better than he has
done, although neither received but $25,-
coo a year in a time when the cost Of
was much higher than it has been
since.
THE snub administered by Grant to
republican senate, in his veto Of the
bill, must amusc that body very
much. lie tells the senator's, point blank,
yhat he knows better than they do the
and judgment Of the great major.
ty Of those who indirectly pay all the
and other expenses Of the gov
'mmcnt.' Perhaps he does; but he has
certainly given very few indications Of
,uch knowledge in the past.
UroN testimony which it is impossi-
bic to discrcdit, and which it would
,ccm to be equally impossible to impcach,
zen, Grant has been squarcIy convicted
If robbing the peoples treasury to cor
the people with their stolen money
1t hcinOuS OfIcnsc in morals and a high
against the laws, of which, as chief
magistrate of a great nation of people, he
took the highest Of human obligations to
obey, execute and defend. 49, Omoha
HnIuii.
HOWEVER the United States senate
may finally determine the question of its
jurisdiction in the BcIknap impcach-
mcnt trial, it was iiI-adviscd for Mr..
to plead Il lack Of jurisdiction.
lie is disgracCd before his own people
now, and, if innocent, the only Opportu
lity ail0rdc him for %yindication is in
very impeachment trial against
which he has 50 foolishIy Protested
Hicago Iribmc.
THE organs of the other side are in
igh gIcc ever the fact that seven of the
ppointecs Of the present house have
cen discharged for cause. This is taken
= Il sign of great corruption in the
cmocracy. 1t is the opposite. Under
cmOcratic authority bad men are made
. retire ~ fast as they are found out.
'nder republican sway they are kept in
flee in defiance of public sentiment and
ctted until the very last, and are then
ismisscd with friendly pats on their
houldcrs, with letters of yindiCation in
heir pockcts.-Tro Press.
Ir il Il c~ommcndablc caution that
irant displays when he speaks of those
who indirectly pay the salaries and
Ithcr expenses " the government" 1t
is " indirectly" that the people pay, and
t is fortunate for Grant and his admin
~stration they do. Had they been called
lpon to pay directly during the first
our years OF Grants administration they
would have had 50 clear Il conception Of
he extravaganza and corruption going
that there would have been quite as
iolcnt objection to Il second term as
herr has been to Il third.
Tue eX-attOrncy-gcncra is in n fair way
, come to grief in more ways than one.
violence Has been given before one of
Ic house committees that, while United
encouragement, Mr.. Williams
~ l''''''iS a. w w UP ''lllll'J
orth 10000 for II party who had stip-
to pay n former law partner of Mr..
Williams the sum of 81, 1000. Mr.. Will
ans appears to have been a party to the
D%ntract, and personally present when it
as made. The money was paid then in
art. In other words, the at~tOrney-gen-
raj of the United States helped to have
surveying contract awarded, not upon
but in consideration of the pay
rent of large sum of money to his per
nal fricnd.-COUr-,EOW
IN referring to the Davenport inward
c.s, the Hartford Times says: "If the
ADMINISTRATION was really DESTROYS to pre-
ent fraud, what an excellent opportuni-
|; was afforded nearer home. Philadel-
is VIGOROUSLY, the worst city in the
Mon in respect to intimidation, violence ,
nd fraud in elections. That city is vir-
ially under the rule of rowdies and bull