The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-11
DALLAS. TEX AS.
BELKNAP'S ESCAPE.

In the result Of the impeachment
trial Of our late Secretary Of War, We
see the latest cxempliiication Of the
operation and the effect of Grantism,
and the most recent specimen Of the
manner in which the Republican party
deals with the subject Belknap ac.
knowledged himself guilty Of the crimes
for which he was tried upon his own
confession was the investigation or .
dcred, With the full knowledge W
this avowal the President permits him
10 resign his Office; the man who could
say no word of commentator to Bris
tow, TO Jewell, or to Blutord Wilson, ac
copts Belknap's resignation with re-
gret." Not for the injury that had been
wrought to the country not for the poor
Indians who had been plundcred, that
this perimer might put money in his
pockets; not for the crimes that had dis
lraced his Cabinet, did this model Pres.
idont express regret No--he regretted
that the man had been such fool as to
acknowledge his vilainios; he deplorcd
the exposure, which would be likely to
open the peoples eyes to the enormitie3
of himself and all whom he had about
him; he lamented that opportunities for
outrage and depreciation might thus be
lcsscned, and that.onc of his most al
ject and useful CONDUCTORS in crime
would be removed rom his service.
And what did the Senato--the high
est representative Of the Republican
pNrty-undcr the circumstances Did
its members come forward like men,
and condemn the proceeding rs an out
ragcous defiance of public opinion ?
Did they declare that the culprit should
not be allowed to take advantage Of the
petty trick, and escape the consequences
Of his misdeedsY
Oh, no; like beings who felt the full
force of the counscl's insolent asset ZION
that his client differed from them only
in degree, they made their cause his
own, and gladly seized upon the loop
hole through which they themselves
might mt any time be glad to crawl, In
the face of the decision that their body
had authority to investigate the case,
they felt that it comported with their
duty to give, at its conclusion, expires.
sion to their own individual desires.
With all their disnclnation to throw
blame upon their unfortunate copartner
in iniquity, they however felt the strong
restraint Of the public mind upon them
Such has been the progress Of sentiment
among the people, that these worthy
twenty-five, who but short time since
sat upon a rock so high that the waters
could not reach them, felt the current
of the nations thought running unfa.
vorable to the advance of their rascality
and were compelled to abate somewhat
the progress they were making They
saved the criminal from the punishment
he had earned, but they took care to
say that they considered the case as
proved against him This shows that
they ARE cogni1ant of the turn Of the
tide. 1t is well that they take more to
heart the warning thus given them, or
they will before long find themselves
without preparation, engulfed in the
waters of sea in which it is impossible
for such as them to breathe and live
IT they and their master have not pro
ceoded so far in human knowledge that
they can receive no further instruction
let them learn n lesson now. The davs
of them and their foul deeds are mum
bered In short time they will b,
swept from the face of the earth which
they have so long contaminated.