The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-12
Why the Republican Party Must be
Destroyed.
prom lie New York Sun. /

prom the New York sun.
II seems almost impossible 10 lind sound
spot la Grants Administration. In every
department aud branch ~ the public service
rottenness j. found whenever the searching
probe 81 investigation L. applied; and Yet
the discoveries thus far made are ia great
measure due 20 accident and 10 the reckless
habits ~ officials, who, from long immunity
and consciousness 81 power exposed them
selves 10 detection.
The late Secretary 81 War j. mpeached;
the Secretary 81 the Navy l. likely 70 expe-
Renee the same infiiciiOn; the Interior De-
partment j. honeycnmbed with IObbery ia
the Indian Bureau, the Land Office. the PEN
sion Office, and the Patent Ofiice; TIE Post
Office Department j. stuffed with straw bids
and cOllusyc contracts; the Treasury under
Boutwell, and Richardson was mass OF
false entries, forced balances, OVerissucs.
and deceptive bookkeeping: the Department
81 Justice has been a political machine for
prosecuting opponents Of 6rantism, swind
ling the Treasury, and enriching tie worst
class ~ scoundrels that ever disgraced the
American name; and the state Department
has been used 10 beiray American policy
and 10 furnish enormous fees for the >ecre-
tary'- sOn-in law.
II was quite natural with a President who
wOrShips the golden calf. and with a Cabi
net made up Of sutseryient clerks, who
were glad to register his edicts, that rings
ruoAiu nave tttN organizer 10 fDnliol the
political power Of the Administration. The
BabcDcks, Shepherds, kilbOnrns, MELON
alds. JOyce-, and that crew. formed the
kitchen Cabinet. surrounded Grant socially
and almost captured the Government.
They had access 10 all the secrets, suppress
ed what they pleased and crushed out oppo-
sitiOn. In Congress the voice 81 the minor
ity was stified by Blaine, who a Speaker
was a despot. He had two motives 20 guide
him, first hi~ own success. and secondly the
success Of the party. Though the two were
combined, he made the second always sub
serVient TO the first. The senate was gov
erned by few leaders, whose rule OF action
was 10 give "A clean bill Of health 10 every
infected partisan like Pomeroy. and 10
whitewash every subject OF investigation
like the sale of arms 10 France, or the Leet
and Stocking monopoly.
Thus the Government has been run a. a
close corporation, in the exclusive interest
Of ofliceholders, rings. contractors. and
rascals. The greater the thief, the more
recognized his position. Grant has set the
example Of being guest ~ Boss Shepherd.
and drove through the streets OF the capital
with Mcdonald by his side, who Is now
phiO-OphlZing over human Yanitles in the
cell Of peniieniiary. Grant knew him 10
be thief, for his friend Ford had told him
30: but that fact made no difference. A.
Mcdonald said, the goose hung alfiiuGlem.
The chiefs who were highest in favor with
bINiL ana ll- senate ~ " - Lin-lnn Ilannru
the conspiracy by which the Freedman
Bank was plundered OF nearly all H. de-
posit-. and the poor negroes Were cheated
out Of their hard earnings. Henry ID.
Cooke. Gen. .. -. Howard. Iiallet Kill
bourn. John .. Evans. Lewis Clcphane,
Boss Shephe I'd, W. :. Huntington. George
". Stickney. y. W. Alyortl. and other IA
miliar Ring names. stripped this institution
~ millions. and left a. - securities Seneca
stone scrip and other Trash. IN which Grant
was a large stakeholder without having paid
dime for his shares. The conspiracy 10
rob the bank by these knayes, fully illumi
mated by the SIN years ago. l. now plain
TO every eve. and every one concerned in II
ought 70 be indicted. The books are mu-
tilated. the accounts are purp0>ely confused.
and there T. every token 81 a deliberate plan
10 steal the money. in which the officers and
trustees % the bank were implicated. Ii L.
wholly impossible that there could have
been any honest supervision or any desire
TO protect the unfortunate depo-itors. in
presence 81 the debris which j. left a. the
proof OF organized robbery.
The Government prining-ofiice has
turned out 10 be nothing but the same ennr-
nous fraud which the .Suu has exposed re-
peatcdly during the lastthree or four years.
Fraudulent books. suppressed entries II
sales. diversions OF public money. and steal
ing on all sides, are but part IL the system
which has 20 long made that Office scandal
and a shame. ard cost the country millions
Of dollars. Ii has been maintained BY cor
ruption in Congress. and would have con-
tinued undisiurbed but for the change in the
House OF Representatives.
Yet with all these developments and 9TH
erS which are SIRE 20 come. the surface has
been barely scratched. The bottom facts
can not possibly be reached and the whole
truth known until this Administration j.
driven root and branch out 81 power aud tie
Republican party j. crushed INTO powder.
The two are inseparably connected together.
in spite Of any personal antagonisms which
may exist. or the individual purity ~ some
leaders and many followers. Corruption has
50 spread through the whole machinery Of
Government that reform j. mpracticahle
without new heads and new hands. The
ReDnblicdR party must De dnnihHdfed. /
There Is no other safety.