The Republican journal., 1877-02-08
Scaudalous Business.

IiodCH W tat touutly dht uiitf DuoiHCSo
for all in any way engaged in it. But we
can thank Heaven that there are but three
short weeks more OF life remaining to
such an administration. 1t is q Consola
ton to know that the country cannot be
ruined i'll that time, nor can its honor re
ceive many more detacing smrches than
now cling to it, We entirely agree with
the st. Louis Republican. whose indigna-
ton is made warm hv neqrnes7 to the
principal scenes Of the scandal, that the
whskey ring was nothing less than Il
gigantic conspiracy 10 rob the govern
ment. The oonspiratora were men OF high
and low degree Some stood in intimate
personal relations with the President Of
the United States. and all OF them owed
the positions they betrayed to his patron
age, all OF them were his admiring friends
and enthusiastic champions, and all Of
them looked To him for eongratulaton in
prosperity and assistance i'll adversely.
They bought up politicians, they suhsi
died newspapers, they employed spies
and intormers, they established bureau
Of information under the very caves OF the
y hltr House and by An Ingenious system
country they conlriged to plumber the ma
tional treasury with perfect impnnity, and
were. complete masters ct the situation
\ ct the effects We're visible TO every eve.
Official, who. when they obtailed their
places. we've known to be hopelesslv bank
lupt, suddenly b!oomel out in al the luz
AIRY al abundant wealth. Fine horses, fine
diamonds, fine clothes, and Il tina assort-
ment Of fashionable vices proclaimed that
"loriouslv in Tia, DEVILS service Broken
Windrl politicians, destitute Of either
character or cash, suddenly displayed :.
large supply oi both and ilourished their
ueWly-yarnlshed regulations and ill-gotten
gains in the faces 81 honest people. I'M
pecunlous newspapers, which could bare
" keep Then heads above the waters OF
bankruptcy, suddenly pfospered without
patronage and grew rich without work.
! Obscure firms, whose credit would hardly
have been good lor u pair OF breecheS,
suddenly had i heavy balance at bank,
and sold more goods ANA At lower prices
than anybody in the market.
Al last strong, bold hand at Washing
ton flung a bomhshell into the den OF
thieves, and there was Il terrible explosion
and an astounding revelation. Every body
| now talked about what everybody had
only thought about before, and from all
| parts Of the country there came the cry,
"PuniSh the thieves" 50 emphatic and
general was the popular demand tor JUS
| tlce that even the President was compel
! led to mildly whisper. let no guilty man
| escape" After Il vast amount of mneces
9ary delay ani embarrassment -directly
| traceabI,- to he interference OF the nd.
lninistraton the machinery OF law wa,
set in motion Oue Guilty man earapeo
| by Influences needles IL mention, and the
rest received sentences very considerably
| lighter than would have been visited upor
a poor wretch who had stolen IN ovrrcoat
10 Keep him from freezing. The people
complained, the press protested. but there
wa no help for it The complaints and
protests were an9W2rcd by the assurance
that. though the puui7hment vas insult.
! cient, it would not he ahated bY executive
/ termned The men who had 'tahu4e, his
| contidenrpN should suffer to the utmost II
! purse and per son Those who I:nrw the
| President understood luat what this deter
minallon meant, and obey had not long to
wait iur tI,r lerinnino oi The fullmrnt
81 Their lnTurlpaElon-, ~ sooner did
| Er..,toN ytrate The treasury department
than til, r.rruiyr boot was applied to
every man who had IN amy way assisted
- tn detection tuh conviction Of The
WhtsEer thlrNaf Then tie pressure III 4
- 'i' 'lt'ti -Aii ~ y
| SION d operations; bnt no sooner was the
| campaign over than The prison dool3 he
gan to open. ana. one after another. every
thipT marched 90! VI hen Mcdonald and
Joyce throw a3ldt- lItrir pen.tentlaiy tni-
form, MOI a single prominent public rob
Der in HE whiSEey !rr win be where roE,
hers ought IT, be
Comment is useless The story carries
It's own moral. and Il djrlirr moral was
never thrnsL ,luotr the nose Of a civilized
nation Never was there such i broad
bulles4ne npon Justice; never was there
4 higher premium offered Ion rascalty, or
Il more deliberate insult offered to honesty.
There is one consolation left. and only one :.
Grant and the whiSkey ring will be pill
lorlcd together in history; and both to-
gether, united and indigisible, will he held
up as warning and an example for tature
generation, Us long As American nation
ality shall last
he President on Saturday sent to Con
gfess a message, stating that in his apn-
ION the time has come when specie pay
ments may be resumed He SAYS the bal
ance OF trade with foreign countries is
now IN our favor, that the current OF gold
SETS towards rs to the amount Of over six
millions year, and that il has accumu-
lated largely in the country and in the
treasury. lie thinks it only necessary
now to set the machinery Of resumption
in motion, and that it will soon 90 oi it.
Mrs. Hustled, in another column, in one
OF her sketches Of society events in Wash
hgton, says some very pleasant things of
Mrs Chambers party and of Mr. and Mrs.
Haze. These are matters in which politics