The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-10
Democratic Investigations

Editor Rutland Globe of course you
are aware of the very great lack of correct
political information and great amount of
mis-information and mal-informaticn of the
crank and file" Of the present democratic
party, in regard 20 the acts powers and
duties of the several officers of the United
States Government. Many democrats as
sert and apparently believe that President
Grant without hindrance or molestaton,
at will and pleasure, goes into the treasury
of the United States and takes therefrom
chooses without vouchers or giving any re-
copt therefor and they think that every
republican office holder is a thief and that
at least full twenty-five per cent of all the
revenues Of the United States are stolen
by the office holders, whose duty 1t is to
collect, disburse or take care of the same.
And when told that they have over es-
tmated these rascsli;ies from fifty to one
hundred per cent. they stare, seem TO be
offended and astonished, and commence to
roll and scold. Now the suggestion that
l beg leave to make is, that the republican
newspapers at once show in sums and per-
centages all the delipquencies and rascal
tiles of republican office holders, past and
present, where the funds of the United
Statas have been lost or stolen by officials,
and then after this is done, challenge the
democratic newspapers to show that the
same is not correct, and suggest that if this
is not done, that the people pay no atten-
ton to their outrageous clamor in their eff
forts to deceive the people.
Let tho investigating committees with
which Washington swsrms, be put to some
good use in this matter. And while they
are about it, let them state how much
money the United States government has
lost in consequence of the sale of suffers
posts or post tradeships in the wesD, by
late secretary Belknap, or in any other
way. Let all the wrongs and short COM
ings of all officers of the United States be
investigated and made public, so that the
people can have the exact facts In anthem
tic form, that brazen faced effrontery or
ignorance can be speedily silenced or re-
buked.
This being done and well done, then turn
the same magnifying glasses on the sins o..
democratic administrations especially the
administrations of Van Buren,, and Bu-
chanan and behold the terrible crimes of
the office holders under those administra-
tons, compared with which republican mis-
feasance or malfeassnce will appear trifling
and insignificant. The democratic party
see that their antecedarts are repulsive,
monstrous, and disgusting, and will not
boar the light, so they propose to "let by
cones be bygones," and commence anew
having gone through a sort of political
bankruptcy they propose to set up anew,
'naked promise" of ''reform," and from
the Pronunciamento of Montgomery Blair,
all the way down, it is admitted that if they
cannot fight the Presidential canvass of
1876, on their promise of "Reform" there
is no hope in their case or canvass!
Now if this promise was based on any
thing real, it might do to invest little in
it, not putting call our eggs in one basket, "
and such basket as this But when this
promise is made by party who is part
and parcel with traitors and which is now
led by some seventy or eighty of this stamp
in Congress, il would be STOOL hardy" to
take such promise. man who is faith
less to his country will be faithless to every
thing else. Further, "a man is known by
the company he keeps and especially by
the company he loves (C A party with
'bold Ben Hip in front and JEFF Davis in
the rear
"Prove all things and hold fast to that
which ia good" is safe maxim; and when
you find man or party recreant untruth-
full and disloyal, withhold your confidence,
and you will not have to spend the balance
of your life in regrets for want of the ex-
ercise of common prudence. Let Presi-
dent Grant be investigated He appears to
have given mortal offence to the demo-
cratic party. He has treated the party
rudely.-He would not give Buckner time
for reflection; environed Pembeton with
difficulties which he could not overcome,
took the advantage of Gen. Lee, suppressed
the Ku Klux and White Leagues, took ex-
cellent care of the "Trooly loil" people OF
the South Cd Vetoed tho imitation bill,
and is willing to veto several other demo
cratic measures. Perhaps it is proper to
allow this pack to assail the president with
out protest, but do not see the wisdom OF
it. Treason unrepented of, is latent trea-
son still, and this is the true position and
condition of the democratic party; but to-
day, they carry the flag on which is inscribed
"reform," instead of the "stsrs and bars, u
Let the Investigations proceed and let us
know if the Democratic party has reformed
and when, it reformed and in what did il
reform2 1t claims to be like the laws of the
Medes and Persians and alters not. Let it
be investigated in these days of investga-
ton and report, be made.
A REPUBLICAN.
Castleton, April, 3, 1876.