National Republican., 1878-12-02
MORE OF THE pLUNDEnERs.

historic fact, presented 10 its innocent mind,
tho following admission:
As near as wc eau get at 1t. tho Washington
REPUBLICAN Is able TO demonstrate that the
Democratic party has done more stealing than
its rival. for the simple reason that II has car
red on business at the old stand for greater
period. We hope TO secure from the records Ia
he Treasury In few days the evidence that
the Republican party, during Its seventeen
years Of power. has stolen all that Il was ablc
To get its hands on. More than this could not
bo expected. We hope also TO demonstrate that
| a vile SANDER was promulgated when " was
charged that the ofice.holdcrs under GEosoE
WASHINGTON not only stole better, but hid
better, than those Of GRANTS time.
Our contemporary cannot dive too deeply
into the records Of the Government In pur-
suit Of correct history relating TO the
ihievings and plundcrngs that have been
perpetrnted against its Treasury TO suit us.
We hope IT will provide itself with an
armor, will dive deep and stay under long.
thus making its explorations for the truth
most thorough and searching Let the
"worst be known: speaking may relieve
"you." FIVE have been guilty of misrep-
resenting GEORGE WASHINGTON, or any
other man, we desire to be convinced of It,
for we like to apologize when betrayed into
error. We hope the archives-not the
money vaults-of the Treasury will
be thrown open wide 10 our CO.
temporary, ior we think the
farther and deeper he goes in search Of his
tory to light up the reputation of the DEM
ocntic party for honesty the more he will
share the fate OF GLOVER In his pursuit OF
Republican frauds-when fraud, or thcft,
or cmbezzlcment, or defalcation of magni-
tude is discovered il will have Democratic
attachment TO its history. This fact, how
ever, should not discourage our cotempo-
rary. Let the investigation be thorough
until the world can be properly informed
who the gigantic plunderers Of the Govern
ment have been throughout its history,
This will tend to disarm much defamation
that has been uniustly suffered.
While the Gazette Is engaged in its explo-
rations of the mine OF history for plunde III
and plunderers, We propose to exhibit few
more rich nuggets that VIC have gathered to
reward our efforts in that direction. There
was JESSE HoYT, who succeeded SAN
SwARTwoUT, the chief Of Democratic plum
derers, rs Collector Of the Port Of New
York, position which he held from 1888 "a
1871. He had but three years against
SwARTwouT's nine or ten, but he became n
very successful rival of SwARTwouTs pred.
atory abilities. In those three years he de.
iaultcd for S2is, ISL Sc. As this is n some
what ancient case, we will now turn our at
tention to more modern Democratic history
and pick up here and there nugget from
the last Democratic administration know
to the history OF this country, and in al
probability the last that will be recorded.
We will now proceed to pile up the bowl
ders Of plundcr that we gather from BU
CHANAN's administration. The first tina
War Department in 1853 aud 1850, $l16,'
S5s06; JACOB THOMPSON, Secretary of In
terror Department 1857 to 1851, SS7l 900
J. V. FOWLER, postmaster, New York, from
i lsj3 TO 1SGO, Sl7O,9I767; +. S. MARKS
D postmaster at New Orleans, 1853 TO 1850
u $l1,3iG 50; !. NJ KENNEDY, United State
i Marshal. Louisiana 1853 to lSGO, ~ ,55l. .Gj
= f. W. LATHAM. collector Mt Brownsville
e Texas, ISIS to 1851. $l5.2Gilj; MCCALL 4
t Co, navy agents. 1857 TO 1S60, S5?,G7l. II
Y And these are not all the recorded plund,r
i crs under BUCHANAN, but they are sui
IL iiccnt to administer rs n single dose 10 on
= Baltimore co,cmporary, and all, we think
Q that he will care to take at one time. II
C this conncnl,r'n we desire to express til
:, hope that he OF the Gazette will compar
IS these with the records of the Treasury Dc
ii partmcnt for their vcriiication.
Put ALEX. II. STEPHENS on THE sTANI
N We have said some good-natured thing
&c of the abilities character, and present pc
y Iitical attitude Of the Hon. ALEXANDE
It II. STEPHENS, bnt that in no degree deter
le rs from arraiGnins any act of his life whic
s. seems TO be inconsistent with sound loyalt
II to the Union, the Constitution, and til
II Federal Government. There are chapter
Of in his history, however, that We must, as
K, loyal Republican journal, criticise and cor
I'd denim For instance, If some curious Nortl
l. ern Representative in the House will tax
Is the trouble TO examine STEPHENS lIistor
of of the United States, a common text-boO
Sc now IN use in the schools-pubic and pr
al vate-in the Southern States, he will fin
lt meat enough in it to point a telling spcec
ID regarding Southern affairs. The auth
i'll of this standard work, tho Hon. ALE!
th AMBER II. STEPHENS, would, of cours
nj reply to such speech and gladly embra
4. the opportunity thereby afforded to him
ID explain why, in all its pages, he persistent
tn aliudes to the Unionists, or anti-SeccssiO
is lists, OF the North ast' agitators y also WI
III he rs rersstently maintains that in all
-, the battles Of our late civil wal the Corle
nl crates were victorious over the Fedora
ii. No man, woman, or child can read this boz
H. and accept Us truthful the lessons it Is
he tended to teach, without imbibng I
of strongest kind of a sectional prejudice, ak
ITS to bitter hatred toward the North and t
cir General Government And yet Nr. ST
zen PHENs is held up rs au honorable gent
,us man, a conservative Southern Democrat, 4
m. liberal in all4hngs Tracing the orig