The daily gazette., 1877-02-17
From the Washington Union. 2 rrfT -rf-
AN ERAOFF FRAUD.

A1N 1NA ~ - AN<A SA(s
. After the battle is over O few stray
shots are heard. For eight years the
field has been held by cohorts OF cor
ruptionists; now, as the end OF GenerA
al Grant's administration aIsproaches,
the large body of official 'bapditti re.
tires and q few stragglers, bring up
the rear. The last Of these is q clerk
in the Office of the First Auditor, who
was yesterday arrested on the charge
Pof swindling registered bondholders
Of unclaimed interest. Certain geaeric
Grimes, like certain contagious diseases
seem TO have their times aud seasons.
and 10 .revell inG the luxury ;of unre.
strained, r., indulgence. r., The, human
| frailty which has been the scourge. OF
| this county since General Grant was
elected 1.-THE. Presidency IL aan sppe-
titej for frauddn By frahd we mean q
breach Of public trust and an inyasion
OF the public treasury. U boe ,,rano,ss.
We have had exhibitions Of, official
Edepravity running through q series Of
Years and enlistipg men of an degrees.
No o-departmept Vof, the Goyernment--
executive, judicial, or legislative57has
escaped the blight. Fraud has been
90 extensive In its nature that ii has
furnished baptismal andTdistinguish-
ing npmenclature., The, g Credit MGbi+
Her" whose dean was Oakes Ames,
and whose vicar was Schuyler Coifax;
the Pacific Mail" with the tempted
Shoemaker for its right bower audSthe
tempter King for its, left boweE;ct the
|TWhisky Ripg,"' with Joyce. for its
center and Mcdonald for it's circum.
ference. .gnagmo9 19lto inh iihI 'A'.
These, however = were bnt the seeds
Of . greater growth, the plophecies of
9 coming revelation. One by one, and
in union they sapped the principles Of
public honor and private virtue Jinti1.
having prayed upon the tangible goods
land !chattels of the people; they spro-
gresscd to the last degree of .Yillainy
when they had for the object OF their
insatiate and lunsatisfied appetites the
unbought and untransferrabie ii iehtso Of
the American citizen. a. Fraud on the
bench, fraud in Congress, fraud In the
executive departments, fraud in the
putpoets on the frontier, and fraud in
the navy-yards in the centers Of COM
merce, were fit prologues to the last at
tempt on the purity and integrity of
sel-g0vernment. 1t is needless to say
that the Republican party is fulfilling
its final mission in attempting to wrest
by fraud the Presidency of tho people
from the peoples, it is needless to say
that as heretofore there are a chosen
few blacker than the rest, who are the
active spirits in the nefarious scheme;
it is needless to say Garfield and Nor
ton divide between themselves thisun-
enviable leadership; it is needless to
say that they are receiving o silent
lsupport from kindred spirits of finer
mature, yet, who edo not care what be-
comes of the ship of State, SO that
they may save Themselves in the, cock
boat of their own fortunes;n it is
needless to say te-day the issue before
the Electoral Commission is entirely q
Iquestion of fraud; it is needless ,to, say
that all honest men are anxiously
waiting. to hear whether the Judges in
Israel will scourge the money changers
from the temple, or will placidiy say
"Ge, and sin some more ,,.,lvT o,rg-
= A