The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-08-24

II 10 . curious fact. deserving moro
notice than Il receives, that . very largo
proportion IL those lo~ud-smclling scan
dals which have made the Republican
party both odorons and odious. "
their exposure 10 Republican jealousies
and Quarrcis. Usually Il il the opposing
party hat does the exposing. but In this
instance the Democrats have been
spared the trouble. their antagonists
taking II upon themselves. and display
ing the soiIcd linen Of the family 20 an
astonishcd and Disguised public with -
much n~onchalancc As II Il were white as
the driven snow and sweet Is the bed Of
roses. All that Democrats have had
10 do has been TO hold their noses, open
their eyes and make the most Of the
political advantage thus g~ratuitousIy
bestowed. As far back IS 1861. when
the war had just begun, Secretary Cam
cron was suddenly invited TO leave no
Lincoln Cabinet, for reasons not then
specified. hut il soon leaked out that
the veteran Pennsylvania statesman had
been '.improving his opportunities"
rather more vigorously and exclusively
than other statesmen Of his party,
equally hungry for spoils, thought fair,
and that in his greed for contracts he
had omitted TO grease those who
needed greasing in order 70 stop
their mouths. So the Cameronian
scandal crept into the light 81 day.
the first Id q long line Of such. but
considerably smaller and less infamous
than the majority Of its notorious NC
cessors. The systematic stealing which
was a familiar feature in military and
naval affairs from 1861 to 1865 seldom
escaped the eternal vigilance Of Repub-
licans who failed 20 get their share, and
the would-be thieves. unless meanwhile
silenced BY q judicious application Of
hush-money, fastened 10 expose the
real thieves and demand their punish
mcnt. And SO II has been ever since.
Take the immortal whisky ring IS a
illustration. If the ringstcrs, who were
All Republicans, Of course, had not in
sisted upon making their conspiracy to
rob the Government a very close cor
poration, il might have remained unre-
vealed much longer than it did. But
Republican outsiders, no more honest
than the insiders. determined that Il
they could not have cash they would
have revenge, and 50 gave Bristow the
points he worked up-not IS they ought
to have been. but as well a. be could
with the combined forces Of the ring
| and a Republican Administration against
| him. Belknap's dealings in Indian agen-
cies and traderships. which hustled
him out Of Grants Cabinet, and
came near bringing his impeachment,
were first proclaimed by certain kepub-
licans who wanted agencies or trader
ships for themselves or their friends
and did not get them. therefore pro-
ceedcd to "gct even BY denouncing
the too monopolRing Belknap. "Lann-
delct'' Williams was slaughtered in the
same way and for the same reason. and
II Robson had been : generous in his
division Of the plumber as he was inn
pudent in acquiring II half his doings
might have gone down 10 p~osterlty IN
much better shape. The inctfable in
famies Of Republican reconstruction
would not have been fixed in history
half as firmly as they are il the white
and black Republican rogues in the
South had not Gu~arrelled over the pro-
cccds Of their roguery and told on each
other. II every carpet dagger could have
been 4 United States Senator, Governor.
or State Treasurer. and every negro
could have Ind ali the land and
mules he wanted, the Republican per-
formances in Southern States during
that dismal period would not be as well
and widely known a. they are. And 4
the Republican ''visiting statesmen"
and acknowledgements, who cheated the
American people out Of their fairly elect
"a President. had not been embittered BY
mutual jealousy and suspicion that
browning Republican crime would not
be A. clearly set forth ~ i y for the
exccration Of future ages. II there had
been enough Of the S~tar-routc :. slush X
to 90 round the circle Of Republican
politicians the Star-route swindle might
still be on its legs, and If Dorsey and
Brady had not been dragged into court
by disappointed Republicans we might
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