The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-04-28


. certain slAss o. Pssple, IN individual
exposes himself % -contslnpt II he hap
peas % empress admiration and respect
for the character u Washington. Hap
PLY, however, this eAn - said OBly Of
a limited number. With the great
body Of Americans Washington is still
..hrst In peace, hnst in war, aud first In
the hearts Of his eountrymen." And
while ne ans worthy Of our revolution
AIRY ancestry this will remain a fact; for
not until Americans degenerate into
unworthy sons Of illustrious sires, -
will the teaching and example Of Wash
ington be disTegArded. One Of the most
valuable lessons taught by Washington
was the example o. political purity and
disinterestedness inculcAted by his adj
mihistrstioR. As president Of the Unit
ed States he was uninhuenced by per
sonAl or selfish circumstances. The
only lends he aimed At were his coun-
ty's, his Gods and truth" In no ne
spect was our country more fortunate
throughout its prosperous career than
In having that great man occupy the
executive chair during the earliest years
Of the republic. He set an example
worthy Of imitation, and In justice 10
his e we must say that In this
particular respect they have been true
10 the memory OF their Industrious PIE
decessor. The administration OF our
presidents, socially considered. has re-
1ected honor on the nation. To this
statement, however, one or two admin
istrations have proved marked excep-
tons, and none more SO than that pre-
ceding the present me-. Gen. Grants
administration did not reflect credit ON
the nation, nor did II rebound 10 his
own honor. II was by far the most dis
reputable In our history, and perhaps
the only one 10 which the term corrupt
could fairly be applied. We do not
mean 10 allege that Gen. Grant was n
personal participant In the spoils OF
Office, but he deliberately protected
men who had been implicated In dis
honest practices, whose guilt had been
proved to the satisfaction OF the mind
Of every man in the community as wsll
as his own. An old adage says: ''The
partaker Is as bad as the thief" We
do not alleQe that Gen. Grant actually
proGted by the spoils of the whisky
ring. bat In common with everybody
else. We do know hat he identified him
self with the criminals by throwing
around them his powerful protection,
and used the influence of the executive
TO shield them from merited punish.
ment.
The advocates OF Grants reelection
to n third term OF Office, cndeaver with
weak sarcasm to ridicuie any allusion
10 Washington. his example. or charac-
ter. They are too wise, too far adj
yanced To learn wisdom from the past.
or To nav any attention TO those old
fogy notiona. But were they n little
better acquainted with that which they
affect 10 desplse. they would know that
Gen. Grant wipked at. or encouraged.
what Gen. washington frowned down.
That Gen. Grants friends and advisers
onenlv -proposed To him what Gen.
Washineton,s advisors would not have
dared To mention in his presence. had
they been SO disposed. Gen. Grants
friends opeply practiced. under the
sanction of his name. that. which had
II transpired In Gen. washiuqton,s
time. would have resulted In the sum.
mary dismissal OF and disgrace OF its
p-erpetrators.
The paipab,e In;ustice Of sucb com.
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