The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-12

BOB FOB WHALES.


" Some bait their hooks with mites Of cheese,
And cit on kennel to bob for feas;
Others bal their hooks with tigers tails,
And cit on rock'and bob for whalee."
The gentlemen on the other side might pursue
their flea-catching il they p eased, but the Dem.
ocrats would drag from their turbid waters oil
pollution the whales; would supplement it, per-
haps, by dragging out the Leviathan himself.
and exposing him to the indignation OF an out
ragged country =
So said Mr.. Beebe in the National Mouse
Of Representatives the other day, and ii his
remarks were not possessed OF that dignity
which should be characteristic of Con.
gressional speech, yet the idea broached OF
dragging out the great criminals from the
places they have Sc long de6led is one which
will co mmend itself to the American people,
Republicanism, fraud and corruption have
become synonymous terms in the politics OF
our country. There is hardly an officer OF
the Presidents Cabinet on whom suspicion
does not rest, and who could stand the ordeal
of investigation, for if actual crime could not
be proved, yet their conduct has been totally
at variance with that high order Of action
which sh ould have been their rule and guide.
No man can hold himself guiltless who makes
position of honor and trust subservient to
his own private interests and ends; and he
who uses the time, labor or materials Of the
governme mt without paying for the same is
guilty of theft, and az much so as if he ab-
stracted money itself from the Treasury, for
these have to be paid for out of the govern
ment funds.
Never in the history Of any civilized gov
eminent have criminals in Office been 80
shielded a. they have been by the Republican
party in this country. To be . Republican
was all that was necessary to insure i'm
munity from punishment and the means
adopted by Republicans to shield one another
from blame have been disgracefuL The Presi-
dent himself is amenable to this charge. Will
any intelligent man pretend to say the trial of
Babcock for completely in the whisky frauds
was Just and fair? We're not witnesses in
undated from appearing against him in q
90 urt Of justice. for fear Of being themselves
punished? Was not this done by the Depart
ment of Justice at Washington and at the
instigation Of the President? Did not the
President order Marsh to be indicted in order
to compel him to leave the country, SO that
he cou Id not appear against his friend, with
much regret" Bslknap?
Not only has the President done all this,
but supported, by the tayonets at his COM
mand, the most infamous judicial decree
ever issued urelrs midnight order-and
also thrust out from their places the legisla-
tors who were elected in 1874 by the people of
and substituted his will for that
Of the people of State.
Let the work of investigation go on, fear.
lessly and steadily. until the iniquities Of the
government at Washington are exposed fully.
And if our humble voice could reach the
halls Of Congress, we might ask, if Louisiana
has friend in Congress, that he urge upon
the Representatives to investigate the con.
duct Of Federal officials in relation to the
events which have transpired, growing out of
the elections of 1872 and 1874, in Louisiana.
to see if new light can not be thrown upon
the subject.
The previous investigations in Louisiana
matters, to use phrase Of Mr.. Beebe, have
been "f1ea catching" Let Durell, Grant,
williams ct al. be called upon to testify as to
what they know in regard to Louisiana mat
ters. That there has been foul conspiracy
and wrong no one can doubt.
There can be no doubt that the infamous
Durell order was instigated, and the various
schemes Of plumber throughout the nation,
were aided and allotted by the Washington
authorities. Had those high in authority
been honest and capable they would have ex-
acted honesty and capability from those
beneath them.
The fountain head must be purified. That
done, the work Of Kidding the country Of the
petty thieves in Office will be compar-
atively easy. The Democratic party have
high ard holy mission to perform, that of
the government to it's pristine in
tegrity and purity, and in this work they must
not falter. "Let no guilty man escape"
Previous services to the country should not
protect any one from punishment for crimes
against it, else the greatest public malefactors
in all countries would have escaped the penal
ties for their misdeeds. The work of reforma-
lion must 60 on until our country shall be-
come, as it once was, of oil governments the
best
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