The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-24

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there would cndanger the success az N,
measure. lie then makes anofhe
lwriggle by rldiculing the idea that N,
senate which rejected the treaty woul,
have dcposed Sumner for opposing IL
plssneaki ngly keeping back The fact Tia
summers magnificent fight against Il
coMi peiled recreant senate to abandon IL
II ne senator knows any fact connected
win American politics, he knows, az
laoes the public, that my statement as "a
me cause OF Mr.. Summers removal Il
'rue but he seems so charmingly inno-
cent Of conscience that he finds real
I pleasure In denying it, although he must
know the public will not believe him.
Equally remarkable are the senator's
|statements and denials respecting the
New York custom house investigations
20 1872, his wholesale defense Of pulit;cal
corruption in that institution. and the
transparent pettifogging by which ne
seeks 10 defend General Grants admin
'stration IN dealing with the Chorpen.
ning claims and the misdecds Of General
bahcock. ! need not dwell upon these
performances, nor can II be necessary
20 notice his statement that l deserted
me republican party on account OF INV
fcetrcment from congress. ANY poljti- |
nan IN Indiana Of moderate intelligepce!
;onld have told him he was bea ring false
Witness and that the prizes OF politics
w. "iinin my reach when nv con-
'ection with the party was severed.
fear the senator ia unhaprv. Not
his unchristian temper to-
wards the Greeley republicans hc has
limself become factionist and disor-
in his party. lie brands tho |,
PRESIDENT he helped 10 elect rs an usur-
YER, or else the accompicc Of one IN the
'rrrson OF Governor Nichols. He Law Ii
Shes upon Secretary Schnrz his SINGER
~ ana most heartfelt abuse and defa-
nstion. lie deals with such men as
hnner, Chase, Seward and Greeley a.
postaies and traitors, while defending
ne worst Of the thieves who held Office
nder General Grant: aud vet he 10 II
lares IN the close OF his article. win II
inc''monious whine, that ''criticisn. [
~ .a,""ny are two very different
gents ana that "the example Is evil II
nd the effort only pcrnicious when in Ii
ocent men are piIloricd in the perma- IL
ent literature Of the country as IL they 8
ere guilty His party scrvitude oflt
ghteen years In the senate has so 10
sis'cd his intellect aud pauperized his IL,
'ui that he coclly refers to the admins =
alton OF Grant in proof OF the honesty / n
ms party. And in the travail Of hjsl
''rit the senator complains that I talk y
Q much. lie Is not singular in this
,ini0n. II was entertained nv aII fhaI
aders or Grantism in 1872. and thcv
ere more fully confirmed IN Il IN 1875 ie
y NOT very common for criminals "a e'
Joy the exposure Of their crimes. q
. not expect the men impaled in the o
'gcs Of the North American would no d
lighted by the entertainment n i ol
obablc that Benedict Arnold. 70 whom p'
senator politely compares me. ana to
9 more sensitive class Of cr;m;nsIs ei
whom he alludes. who sslaid bo,d M &C
tneir own lives found as little COM - -
= IN the contemporary criticism of icc
nir exploits as the senator now finds In 81
l'mnlng Of the rogncs and merci- re
ries whose cause he champions. and W
%, unlike the sensitive" characters
erred 10, have lacked the deccncy 70 %
the world Of their presence. The ~
lator must excuse me. can not vo
sc talking while he and his party oe
'nds furnish me with SO fruitful 4 90
4: With all his celinqucncies / find vo
has sensibility left, or the memory GO
'ensi0ilIties; that he remembers. and sn =,
haps regrets. the time when he had ~.
'erous impulses, and gave loose rein 70 iol
m when nc had moral perceptions. or'
trusted them" l must, therefore vi
time TO labor for him in hope. not. As sec ,
lmagines, for the pleasure OF witness gus
the "contortionsv Of my "victim.r =
for his good. tri'
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