The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-11

The history of these political investiga-
tons are all to this effect. The Covode in
vestiga'ion, during Buchanan's day, show
ing that the Kansas policy Of the president
was enforced ny 'money, patronage and
other improper means !" that the presl
dent forcibly, fraudulently and Illegally in
terfered in the elections there that money
had been used to influence congressional
legislation, etc, ended in making political
capital. The committees report was used
as a campaign document, but not a single
wrongdoer was removed from office, not
single criminal prosecution was commenced
against either the bride giver or bride taker.
Under the same administration, eight hun
bred and seventy thousand dollars of trust
bonds were fraudulently distracted from
the treasury department; and the secretary
of war was proven guilty of open, willful
violations of law but not single removal
from office resulted, not single conviction
was had.
Coming down later to the first admins
tration of General Grant, we find Cakes
| Ames, James Brooks and others of the ma
| tiona house of representatives James W.
Patterson, senator from New Hampshire |;
| and Schuyler Coltax, yice-president of the
United States charged with improper con-
nection with the Credit Mobilier, one OF
them with violation of his oath of Office,
and two with perjury. Theproof was rea-
sonably certain-an ordinary man would
have been convicted upon the evidence adj
duced-yet neither of them was dealt with,
all were allowed quietly to remain in office
until the expiration of their respective
terms, and no criminal prosecutions were
entered
So it is now. Belknaps baseness has
been exposed and the president permits
him to resign. The farce of impeachine
and indiclng him is gone through with
but the sole witness against him is allowed
to make his way to Canada, 80 that
although his guilt is conceded, Belknap'
escape is made certain. The end aimed a
political capiial--however is gained
but only TO be lost again by the blunder o
carelessness of letting Marsh go. Ant
now the two great parties in the country
IS represented by their great ani learne,
men in congress, are engaged in an unseen
ly strife to see which shall make the mos
political capital for immediate consumI
ton in New Hampshire--the democrac
| al kaen,nap fl.a n
Q cans by Clymer's culpable carelessnesl
And that is all there is of thisin yestiga
This las been SO oft repeated, that Ii
cause has become obvious. The investig
tons fail, become farces, because men al
alike. The Investigation explodes bomi
shell, and neither party is unscathe,
:. They begin with determination, they al
prosecuted with energy until prominel
y men of both parties are involved in Il
meshes, then the ardor begins to cool an,
finally, the work is abandoned. so lor
a as republicans only were hit, Clymer
a committee worked with will but wht
Pendleton was singed, Marsh is packed o
to Canada. Robson, secretary of IL
navy, was being investigated, but wht
II the immaculate skirts of Sam Randall ar
Il other democratic magnates were found
be soied, it was discovered that RobesC
was not 50 bad a man after all, and we a
h told that nothing will be discovered.
Tildens canal investigation, the Mass
e chusetts state house investigation, ar
g others that may readily be recalled, resul
II ed in the same way. Men who conspirc
y rob the government are no fools. The
understand human nature, especially IL
|. human nature of the average politician
and so purchase democrats and republican
i alike, knowing full well that if dsclosul
comes it will be buried for the sake of Il
: party. Democratic politicians cann'
u afford to expose republican rascality,
they must, at the same time, bring to lig
q democratic defrauders. Neither will +
1 publican politicians consent to bury repu
u licans and democrats in common grave
e far sooner will they bury all knowledge
e their wrong doing. On this account all
Il these investigations fail of practical !
u suits. And because Secretary Bristow,
l. his pursuit of whisky thieves, knew Meth
IL republicans or democrats and had no pc
tical capital to make or lose, he succee
e ed. And it is because he knew no par
NJ or men, only his country and his dut
10 that he stands, to-day, foremost in the &C
At fidence Of the people