Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
A QUESTION OF vER RAUlTY.

fumwa Democrat Of this date:
ct. j. collars, of this city, havin!
stated ON the street that Lewis Cas-
stole $4,000 while he was Cabine
o&aer, we hereby challenge said Zol
lars 70 the proof We pointedly ant
empa,atically deny the truth Of hi
assertion and if the proofs not forth
coming we shall expect Mr.. Collar
to correct his statement"
In confirmation of my statement
which was made In a casual manner
to citizen, and without intending tc
provoke newspaper notoriety, 1 here.
with submit an editorial taken from
the Buffalo (New York; Eapress
which is well known to be one of the
most truthful, able and conservative
Republican papers in the Empire
State:
"Let two Democratic statements be
borne in mind:
Mr.. Clymer said Belknap's act '.has
no parallel in our own history, or in
any other country"
Mr.. Blackburn of the same investi-
eating committee, declared there has
been no want Of alacrity on the part
of Republican members of the com
mittee in investigating the conduct OF
the late Secretary of War.
"We "hereby take our pen in hand
to show that there are abundant cases
parallel to, and many exceeding, Bel
knap's crime; while there are no par
allels to the alacrity and earnestness
with which it is here conceded. Bel
KNAPP has been pursued by the polite
al party he betrayed.
THE SAMPLE MAN.
Belknap, Secretary of War. allowed
his wife to receive presents from a
man who held suttleI ship by his
appointment. Call the act and the
actor all the bad names you please,
and we'll endorse it ALL That's just
what he did.
1.-THE PARALLELS, AND HOW THEY
WERE TREATED.
First ParaNel-Edmund Randolph,
Washington's Secretary of State,
when the Pennsylvania "whisky war
broke out, supposed civil war and
breakup of the Union had began,
and made proposals in writing, to the
French Government proposing to sell
his party's support to France for mon
ey. The correspondence was captur-
ed from French vessel by an English
cruiser, and sent to Washington.
FIRST n0n-pdrdllei.- How was this
corruption and treason of one fine old
Virginia gentleman, treated by the
other fine old Virginia gentleman
President Washington? He was ac.
cused of it in Cabinet meeting, de
MED it, the correspondence was pro
duced, he "caved" aud rendered hi,
resignation, and allagreea to keep til,
matter secret. 1T never would have
come out if Randolph had net subse
quently abused the President villain
onsly. (See Hamilton's History 9th,
Republic, vol. 6, p. 246, and pdssim)
Randolph seems never to have los
the respect Of the pure and homes
men of "them good old days though
Washington declared him to be til,
- scoundrel God Almighty eve
permitted to disgrace humanity.
The father of his country, by the way
damned Randolph for his ingratitud,
to him, and not for his "crime with
out q parallel"
Second parallel. - General Eaton
Jackson's Secretary of War,preferret
charges publicly against Mr.. Ins ham
his Secretary of the Treasury, fol
frauds.
Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wa
done about it,
| Third parGllel-General Cass, Bel
knap's predecessor under Jackson
speculated without parallel on hi
position. He organized a land-grai
ring, q company for speculation il
western lands. He collected from tn,
! government an extra salary, withou
q shadow of law, $6S,OO0. He go
very rich while Secretary of War.
Third noa,-paralyel.-No "alacrit,
in investigation" by Democrats Oh
the contrary, Cass staid in Jackson
cabinet until promoted to be minister
to France. The party endorsed hi
"unparalled crimes by first electins
him United States Senator, and thel
trying to elect him President of th'
United States. Imagine the Republi
can party nominating Belknap TO
President! Yet Belknap is "a white
robed angel with stunning wing
and a harp of gold compared will
Cass.
Fos1,tA pdyaile2- - Richard M. John
son was d Democratic Vice President
While he held ,that office he lobbie,
through claim for one Captain
Bnckner, tor removing 4le Chicka
saw Indians, and obtained an aware
Of $l46,OOO, which was $36, 900 more
according to the report OF the com
mittee, than he was properly entitled
to. johnson got $4,000 of this.
Fourth n-pdTdNel.-The Demo
Gratis ran him for Vice Presiden
again in l840, and got beaten. Year
after the Democrats of Kentucky ea
dOrsed him by an election to the Leg
islature. 6'pose the next Republican
administration will restore Belknal
to his old position?
| Fifth parallel the report of TIN
committee Of the XIV Congress, 1889
will be found q report of al
investigation into the Swartwou
swindles. SwartwOut was Demo
cratic cnllector Of tb, mort of Nov
YorE and h;s stoa,;nns amonnted !,
/ Il o95 7nS "a This ascord;n~ to m
amomnt nf business done and m
i charees - aafrond IL oraa.er than nj
I the lnssas az oil shs Rsnnhliean "a;
c;a,s ava, Il ossca Tho rannyt lor
the resnos;h;lir ;e not ,he peeessar =
crime thareor - do f;rst Auditor =
thc casmry consro,Iar Of ha Yrea.
nrv. and Sccretory If the Treasury
/ F;f,b non. .,,ornUey No stcns wa,.
ever taken IN recover tho nlunder q
nnn;sh Swartwnnt or his nff;c;al a.
cnmnl;ces and mono of tbem res;gna
in cnnsen,,ence nf th;s eynosnre m
Democracv wcrc not so hprror.stricl
on at frama ne thew orc now
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