The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-16
Current Opinion.

The whole country stands amazed
and in terror Cincinnati Star.
What must be thought of an ad-
ministration which allows such
things?-[Columbus Enquirer.
The moral we draw from all this
is. that the time has come when the
Democracy should be restored to
power.-[ Richmond Wing.
The great crime OF which poster
ity win accuse this president and
his party is the degradation of the
hitherto high standard of national
honor.-[ Chattanooga Times.
The exposure OF Bellnap' 5 infauny
is victory in behalf of reform and
honesty, and it makes up for the de-
fault of justice in the case OF Bah
cock. Let the ball roll on!-TP Pc
tersburg Index.
Babcoek may thank his stars that
he got out before the affair burst
upon the country. There are other
hearts to suffer, as Henry Ward
Beecher would say. The end is not
yet Memphis Ledger.
The Indianapolis News, an indie
pendent journal with Republican
prejudices, says of the Belknap mat
ter; cit is, perhaps, the most hu-
initiating aspect we have yet present
ed to the eyes of foreign nations.-
We have had our Fisks and our
Tweeds, our countless corruptions
and defalcations in public as well
as private life, our malfeasances and
bribe- taking by officers, our whisky
frauds and customs robberies; but
this is the crowning infamy."
1t is we'll nigh impossible to be-
lieye that the president of the Uni
ted States has accidentally surroun-
ded himself with such advisers
Let the investigation now proceed
with reference to any knowledge
the president may have had of all
these. disgraceful transactions-not
as a matter of party policy or
partisan vengeance, but as a duty to
the chief magistrate of a great peo-
pie who, to say the least of it, has
been so singularly unfortunate
[ Montgomery Advertiser.
So far as the administration, goes,
the Belknap affair merely killsGrant
ism deader than ever. It's effect on
Congress and party politics is less
clear. Nothing is so unlucky for
the Democrats as a piece of good
luck. On the other hand, the char
acter and manner of the offense
give it a personal and family air OF
which the Republicans will take al
vantage to deny its political slgnif-
icance. But it is a close call to
Secretary Robson, and a great en-
couragement to the investigating
spirit of the House Springfield
Republican.
The Knoxville Press and Herald
blames Grant in the Belknap bust
ness. 1t says: "That his resigna
tion should be accepted by President
Grant is more disgraceful than even
the act of Secretary Belknap for
which his impeachment is demanded
by the investigating committee. -
If Belknap is deserving of trial, how
much more the official who thus
tries to shield him from the punish
ment due for his crimes. The
American people will demand that
justice be meted out in this matter
without fear or favor to any one."
The Memphis Appeal on the last
''fall:" "This Is last of a series ot
damning infamies that have sunk
our country in the eyes of the world
cheapened our Government and
stamped us as nation of imbeciles
governed by thieves. We sink sec
tionalism and partisanship out ot
sight, and as citizens anxious fol
the good name of the country, de
plore the fall of Secretary BelknaT
as a national Disgrace disgrac,
that even his life could not atone
for-an infamy without parallel, anC
one that can not fail 70 lie
eide the whole country as to tn,
necessity of a change. Nothing
more can be asked for to prove tha
the Republican party is no longe
worthy of public confidence, and tina
we have just four years too mucl
of Grant and those who surroun,
him."