The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-08
GRANT.

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accompany such declaration of
manliness. honestly, ana inspired
Justice; when the land WAS full Of
thieves, scoandreis, plundeTers, and
public desiseradoes when nation
vas stirred from center 10 circum-
ference; when the earth had just
ceased to queneh It's thirst with hu>
man blood and quake .ad tfemble
upon it's axis Under the heavy tread
Of contending armies, when all the
departments at Washington, and
their various branches and ramif-
cations through the country were
infested and filed with political YER
min and the NEST degraded and des>
perate elements C Northern and
Southern society when the very
air in and around Washington and
the great west was filed Gnd i'm
pregnated with corruption. fraud,
imbexzelment theft and every species
of meanness and yiIlainy OF which
man is capable, and ct time, above
all other times in the history of this
country, when it was needful that the
law should be rigidly enforced end
criminals brou ght to the shrine OF
Justice, Grant commanded his su-
preme law officer to put down
ali yiolators Of the revenue laws and
let no guilty man escape. His pure
! spotless Attorney General who was
unsophisticated enough to believe his
master meant business and honestly
purposed to purify the public service
and punish the thieves and scoun~
drels who lad regardless Of the
law and without respect for man
anl without the fear of God
before their eyes, and moved
by the spirit Of the devil and
instigated by the tends out Of sheol
at once put the machinery Of the
: government to work to ferret out the
frauds, corruptions, wrongs, outra-
> ges and villsnies perpetrated and
and committed against the laws and
the people, to track up the individual
rascals and scouudreis who bad com
mitted these great wrongs and out
RACES. His grand efforts were soon
crowned with complete success. He
soon laid the Judicial Arm of the
, Government upon Joyce, Jones, Bah
cock and others. He traced the chief o.
the whiskey ring steal Grants owr
home, the White House. The grea
western whiskey conspiracy tina
4 robbed the government Of UNTOLD
millions OF revenue had it's origin
and growth fross the door sill Of thu
Whitehoase. and general Babcock
Grant private secretary was its au'
thor. As soon as this vas mad
known to BrisJow, the Attorney Gen
eral, he ordered his arrest and indict
1 ment for conspiracy to rob the gov
eminent.
He began his work of civil servic
reform in earnest, like an homes
faithful, able public servant, expect
ing his master to sustain him in TIN
{ faithful discharge Of his official Gu
ties and in obeying the command is
sued by the president Of the United
States and the commander OF tn
Amy and Navy of the United States
No success however. He va
doomed to sad disappointment. A
= soon as Grant found that his persona
and political friends were the guilt,
parties, he gave Bristow to under
stand that it depended upon viii
were the guilty parties as to whethe
they were to be allowed to escape O
not.
From this Mr.. Bristow dissente,
and said the law was no respecter q
persons. That he had taken an oat
:, to faithfully discharge the. duties O
his Office.
Mr.. Grant at once relieved him O
the duties Of his Office, the oblig g
tons of his oath by demanding hi
= resignation which was promptly hand
ed in aud more promptly arcepte'
than Cleveland accepted the sainte
Eaton's resignation.
The result, q not pros was enter
g ed and the guilty went unwhipped Q
/, Justice
The same is true of Belknap, hi
, secretary Of war. The lower hous
\ had arranged him before the bar O
y the highest tribunal in the world
under bill Of indie tment for hig
crimes and misdemeanors against tn
. American people and was proceeding
!, to try and convict him when this sam
man Grant stepped in between til,