The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-28

xzED AND THAT.
tgAsa ~ ~Aisky riAg, and oshsu
bartiss sasassdia Z .ftssding the gov
sss9sas. esaposed largely u promi.
ssas nepablican cncsala Of 81. 10
sapA. snd elsewhere, wsra arrested,
pat nsdsf Bo&ds. tried swd eowvissed,
~ wAsIs deaecsstie prs.s anil poll
sistana, sspeeisllv 81 western Nilsson.
n, eostinuoasiy aud most stjustly,
hold them up ~ samples Of Republic
can howcsty, snsi - evidence Of tho
general cerraptioa a shs Republican
party. The .. JesspA Chronicle was
particularly cossracasus IN shis busi.
ncss, and q both ths %. Joseph Eng
iish papers wsrs e~onsIdsred by .
great many to.bs moro o. loss In
VOWED In tho ''rins." but whether
Justly " not, We do NJ know, II
made considerable eapitalby berating
ita neisabors, and by xealous war
nrs on eorrapsioe. end efforts TO fer
ret out the guilty. Indeed, these
thiWgS seemed 70 furnish the pap
that sustained It's infancy, and gave
the younrsser prestige towards OBJ
tsining recognition and support from
the pablo.
The Republicans though ehsgriNed
and mortified al suefs q state Of az.
fairs, held steedfas,ly to the doctrine
70 LET no guilty man escape" and
~ penalty after penalty was inflicted
on lie trusted members for violated
law, the general response Wa, Anne.
to the verdict They Justly believed
the best intcvvstsof the country ro-
quried this, aud also. that, eventual
~, Il would be sor the good Of tho
party.
These "erooked" cases arc hardly
kou& a sssset, before another batch Of
indictMsnts r found, for offences
very similar In character and having
the same psspose In view, to dcfraud
the government, growing out Of the
now famous fraudulent war claims.
Millioas Of dollars are involved iu
these claims. No Less than seven III
dictments have been found by tho u.
s. grand jury at Je6ersou, City thai
have become public. Nost Oe tissc
are also prominent men. but This time
Il happens they arc Of tho democrat
ic party, and II 10 believed that still
more indictments will be found. Ad.
Ijutant General (undcr Governor
woodson) John D.. Grafton and Son,
Waller Young, Sensser from tho
Second District, and two other citi.
seus fSt. Joseph, r among the
parties implicated and held TO an
swer.
Now. how docs the Chronicle (snd
other democratic pspers,) meet the
question Of "crookcdncss," a. in
volved In these transactions? dc
they now manifest the same solici'
tudc for the vindication Of justice Q,
all hazards, that 20 distinguished thei'
tactics when Republicans wore IN the
bsamc way called to answer at its bar!
HHavc they had the manlincss and
Eeouragc to sag. In respect to these ca
No, 'Let no guilty . escapc5" No
such utterance has escaped their
lips. They have denounced the whole
proceedings ~ being prompted BY
partixan malice anti political intrigue,
and atigmaiize It in unmcasured
terms! Aud all this, before the par
ties have had = trial and legal inves-
tigaiion, so that their guilt or inno-
cence could be established. aud when
the fact is beyond question that
thousands and thousands IN fraudu-
lent war claims have been manufact-
ured. to be paid from the US. Treas.
ury. The people will be slow to be-
lieve that y. 8. grand juries arc COM
posed Of such men q find indict-
mcnts to crafty mafiec or advance
political ends. But they will see in
this change Of front of democratic
journals aud leading men, another
signal evidence OF the shallowness
and worthlessness Of their "reform"
pretentions.
Of course, we know nothing ~ to
the guilt or innocencs Of the parties
Implicated; We hope for eharity's
sake they may Do innocent; but the
hands Of the Law has been laid on
them, and the interests VI the conn.
try aud Of society require that no un-
due influences should be brought ia
bear, on either side, to defeat the
ends Of justice, or smother truth
"I.et no guilty man escape" Repub
iican or Democrat.
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