The daily gazette., 1876-12-01
From the Baltimore News, Und.)
Useless Lying.

What is the sense of so much deliber-
alto lying?' We have had more of it since
the election than the most INSCRIPTIONS
partisan dfy smed of before that important
event, We have just had one more sam
pie to add to the list of shameless false
hoods which could not have been told, rs
we can see. for any sensible or practical
purpose in the world. This Is the repeat
ed assertion Of Judge Bond that he did
not go to South Carolina with any view,
intention or instruction to interfere with
the political struggle in that State. In
deed some of the organs of his party,
which do not receive telegraph despatch
es, are still repeating that all the charges
lately made against him have grown out
Of patriotic and noble desire on his part
to save the public treasury much useless
expense.
IL was reported, when lie made hissus-
picious trip to Columbia, that he had
gone there to advise and lend his official
assistance to the contumacious "Return-
ing Board. This brought out a letter from
him personally, in which this pious mar
tyr took the pains to say that each daily
session of the United States Circuit Court
incurred an expense TO the Government
of 81 900, and, with view to saving as
many thousand dollars to the treasury as
possible, he had gone to- South Carolina
to have the Courts business put into
such shape ms to enable him to dispose of
it In the bricfest time and at the least ex-
pensc when the regular session began
Ho was merely. oiling the engine before
she started, and here they have been ac-
cusing him OF fixing it for smash.
Was ever innocence and economy so
grossly misrepresented? Was ever virtue
so cruelty abused? He even went so far
as to assert that Chamberlain and his
Board would not attempt to speak with
him upon question which might could,
would or should come before him in his
official capacity. Thoughtful Chamber
lain Ncnerated Bond. He was not to
interfere with Returning Boards or State
Courts, oh, no! And yet the next day
after promising such stuff he turned
around issued n hobeds corpus, brought on
conflict between the State and Federal
Jurisdictions and released the Canvas
sers.
Again, Kellogg proclaimed that not
only was there to be u fair count in Loui-
siana. but he was just crazy to have some
body sent to witness his honesty. Some
body was sent, and he locked the doors,
asserted the law required secret count
and pretended to be insulted that anybody
should come there to watch him and his
friends.
A few DAYS ago the President ordered
troops to Washington, and they began to
arrive. 1t was charged that these troops
We're brought there for the purpose of
doing guard duty, and to see that only
General Grants choice was inaugrated in
March. The President pretended to be
surprised and it was authoritively given
out that the presence OF armed men had
no significance in the worldi in connection
with the Inauguration, the companies
were collected at the national capital on
their way from the points in the south to
which they had been temporarilyIassigne
and that their presence meant nothin,
more than that Washington was the hand
lest place for their rendezvous prepator,
to- being sent to their post again.
This was another lie, and the truth wa
only allowed to come ont some days after
wards when the President boastingly as
serted that buchanan is not Presiden
now" and the protection of the Capita
required the presence of u part of the ar
my. These troops are TO remain until at
ter he has seen his successor inauguratet
himself firmly seated.
Immediately after the election he utter
ed Il high-sounding proclamation and in
vited list of notables to proceed Soutl
to see to the proper counting of returns
This was a mockery, for had he know
that Kellogg had not been careful enough
10 have the returns in proper shape fol
exhibition he would never have inviteo
Il single soul to visit New Orleans. Thi.
is made clear by the fact that he has MOI
even requested that those who went OF
his own public invitation be admitted
To the examination and counting OF
the returns.