American citizen., 1876-09-30

the guinness OF lin SfOWt0. 1ucI
act was in its nature and character
ne, rly rs bad a. it cOnId be- /; but
only eight score of helpless people
suffered by it; the victims Of yOu'
trrachery are counted by millions
rHE CORR PTION Of THE PHARISEE
The Offencrs which you are DOW
engaged in committing upon the
public treasury are the natural
sequence of your crimes agains'
popular liberty. Universal expert
..nce proves that power usurpri
will always be dishonesty used
Seeing that the abulitiuniste wer,
led by men whom no oath cOu'H
lOld to the Constitution, and whom
o pledge could bind tO All Obsei
vance of it's principles. we b "i ns
right to expect u decent regard
for Justice in their admins ration
Of the national finances. do no
mean that the MASSES of your rarts
were, or are now, destitute of com
non integrity. But that was over
ruled by the political doctrines o!
their leaders. Having once Sc
,siLe the established law Of the land
they hal no standard by which
they could measure the m ,ral c.pm
.luct Of themselves or others, AMI
they became incapable Of seeing
the difference between right and
wrong in public affairs. Th'
.shighcr law" threw the reins lOuse
on the neck of all evil pasSiO ~.
Il not Ouly abrogated the ConsrItu
tiOn, but the DecalOgue as vel, and
the eighth commandment was nulli
fled with the rest.
You have consequently made
ours the cOrruptest government
on this side Of COustantinOpie
Perhaps yOu wi say this is mere
general assertion. But I am ready
to maintain the truth Of it against
all orposers. You may take the
rottenest monarchy in Europe, E.,
over it's history for q hundred years,
and produce the worst act you find
Of fraudulent sp0liatIon upon it's
people, AMI ii l do not show some
thing worse committed here under
the auspices Of the party now in
power 1 will give mp the Case.
l am speaking of the Govern
ment-of the officials who rule us
for their pleasure AMI pluDdrr us
for their personal prOfit-and it is
no answer to quote Mr.. Lords
speech before the Senate on the
trial of Bclknap. His eulogy WAS
ON the virture and intelligence OF
the reoplc, and he argued from the
duty of their servants to behave
with integrity. He certainly did
not mean tO whitewash the Admin
istration. II he had meant 10 do
80 he could not have succeeded, for
there was not wash enough in
his bucket to go over the twenty
I tbousandth part of the job.
While you were hunting for Ger
iificates of character Among the
speeches of the impeachment mana
gers, Why did you overlook that Oi
MIR. Hear He said in effect flor !
recite from memory that the one
production in which our country ex-
cells alI others in the world is cOr-
on'ofsits..government. 1t ia the
of a true witness belong
ing to yOur own party, who knew
whereof he affirmed and spoke di-
rectly to the point.
But it is useless to cite the evil
drnces of individuals upon great
public facts that IRE felt and seen
and known of all men. Nothing
ever VAS more notorious than the
general disregard of all s)und prin
ciple by this Administration. No
people on earth are now suffer ine
SO much from extravagant taxation.
and now here does 80 small a por
ton of the taxes go to legitimate
public purposes, or 80 much to the
rulers them.elves and the rings
they choose to favor. Industry II
~ 1t never was before.
Labor no l'nger works for itself,
since all and more than all of its
surplus profits are exacted and con-
snme,l by tue hangers on OF the
Now, although We
cAll ourselves freemen or freedmen.
We are, to all intents and purposes,
slaves, SAB long as you continue to
make us hand over to you the earn
lngs of our labor for the essence oil
slavery consists in compelling one
nan, or class Of men, to work for
another without equivalent. We
ire determined to relieve ourselves
rom this intOlerable bondage, as
ar ~ we can legally and praceably,
lud, if You do moi help us, YOU
must at least Cease to mock us by
,r, t..naliug 10 be All anti-slavery man
lpon principle.
A PuARfSEE'S BRAvADO.
You Tell us that the r publican
,arty "wiil punish its own rascals."
rhe newspaper report of your
peech says that this was greeted
vith laug hter from the R.pubiican
ide of the House. Certainly it
ounds like the broadcast of jokes.
f you meant it in earnest, please t.
ay what you found this claim of
impartial j'.stice upon. You will
ardly prUve 1t by showing that
sristOw and Wilson succeeded, with
1uch tribuIation, in convicting GER
ain manufacturers of crooked whis-
ey, aiAi thereby got themselves
nrned ont of Office. 1t is vain to
eny that there IL, and has been, "a
eneraI system Of dishonesty per.
aiding all ranks Of the civil service,
'hich, SO far from being punished,
protected, encouraged and re
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