Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-04-06

pelent, because tney 90 not at
once settle q question which re-
publicans have been unable to in
years of effort. The Democrats
would do veil to follow the ex-
ample set them by the republicans
for so many years and for the pre-
sent ignore the finance question.
Their whole effort, should be to
restore honest and efficient govern.
ment when this is done it will be
time enough to discuss obstruse
questions Of finance. Success can
only be attained by perfect unity
and that cannot for the present be
had upon this money problem,
therefore it should be severely let
alone.
One of the house committees
has been investigating the man
agement Of the government insane
asylum and it has been shown that
while one body of republican pat
riots were speculating upon the
bones of dead soldiers, another
set have been making fortunes by
feeding the insane men and wo-
men upon rotten beefsnd mouldy
bread, clothing them in rags and
forcing them TO live in filth that
would turn the stomach Of
we'll bred hog. Such patriots
should be in the language of the
Cincinnati platform of 1872
"relegated" to private life.
General Custar has been before
the committee on war expenditures
and has testified to the corruption
of post traders and to the manner
in which they robbed officers and
soldiers to enable them TO make
money enough to pay Orville
Grant, Belknap and the other
black -mailers. Several Of the
post-traders have testified to their
having heen assessed and forced
to pay sums ranging from one to
tour hundred dollars for political
purposes. With the whiskey ring
busted and the post-traders freed
from this system of black mail, the
campaign fund of the Republicans
will not be so large as it was in
1872.
1t has come to light that Robe
son has been continuing the bank
rupt house Of Jay Cooke, McCul-
loch and Co, As the fiscal agents Of
the Navy in Europe, and 100000
Of the drafts Of pay-master Gener-
al Brudford who is kept In plans
violation of law in London have
lately come out as having been
paid out of funds intended for other
purposes. There has been more
"crookedness" in the navy, than in
any other department, but is hard
er to trace because Robeson has
covered up his tracks too well.
Whitthrone is on his track like q
Sleuth hound and will bag his
game before long.
Attorney General Pierrepont
seems to be on 1.-The ragged edge"
for not only is the committee dis
closing some very discreditable
facts as to bis department, but
there has arisen question Of ver-
acity between him and the Presi-
dent us to the letter written to the
District Attorneys in relation to
implicated witnesses and which
Babcock stole copy Of and pub
lished. The articles Of impeach-
ment against Secretary Belknap
have been prepared and reported.
The evidence is amply sufficient
to convict him and the trial will
commence next week. The House
is now holding night sessions to
consider the executive, Legislative
and judicial bill, some opposition
has been developed among the
democratic members, but there is
no doubt that the bill will pass
substantially as the committee
reportc4 it, and that six
millions of dollars viii be saved to
the government, by its becoming a
law. Should it be defeated the
responsibility must rest upon the