The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-10-20

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Is there any csssaa our history more
strongly .nsHstrattse, of the. power of
politics than that? a,. ...,,. -, ,t...
" The contractor for the government |
goes to the bnss Of New Yoak' City, MI.
Tweed; and has him give - of1ce, Aut
IT. All necessary to! 6e mads, too yoHsS
man whom the ,contfscior had known
when he was Furnishing these hats TO
thS Stste6f New Y ofk tiofibg lhs wst.
Ttss' Chtef5 5QdArtetma.ter!o OF tho Stdte
WAS this same 0es,eral 81 Atthus. O0e
good turu-is0dR 0dRdiesoeSesk-aAother. Hav-
ing fo's1eaiek9 ;Ar4hus NpoaRthe ClaylI
Government of New York, he was
transferred from Mr.. TWsed's, saevtce
to Gensral CRAFTS, service A. Collector
of the Port.
-, Now, there was nothingl unworthy,
Ia a superficial point of view, about
having made General. Arthur counsel
to the Tax Commissioners. He had
been d reputable Young man, whom
old Governor Morgan, the war G0veg.
Dar Of New Yoxk, Thought vary highly
ot. He had married, the, danRhter OIL
an officer OF the United States Navy,
who had Tiled at 'his post Swing kts
passengers On sinking strip, aud re-
lusine to be saved himself. Left TO
himself, Arthur would have been .
handsome, q delightful, and an honor
able gentleman. He was the son OF q
Baptist minister, who was . native Of
Ireland, and 'ttse young ,nan was b0tn
In Vermont. Every, Ahing' .conctsred,
down TO, the last chapter ,ot Arthur's
life, to make him man, OF the best
Intentions and the best precedents.
What corrupted the matter was our
municipal politics 10 thei United States.
There wass no good, reaeOD why the
Quartermas:er OF Governor Morgan
should have been willing TO take q
siuecure office under Bill Tweed. Bat
that ss - the wsy with our municipal
poiitics,; IT. lays Out on! every, side to
hnd men y to corrupt, = and probably
This is the case with all politics every
where In the world. II we read tue
history of France under the monarchy,
aud of England down to very recent
times, we find this Mv0ritisl0 going on
every where. We ,tind a woman who
will demean herself enough to become
the unmarried mistress OF q King, viii
20 and ask the King TO make her
little brother an officer In tho army,
and this, officer. thus appoiuted, In the
course of time becomes the great Duke
OF Marlborough. '''''' '''..''
3" When Mr.iA went to the Gus.
tom House he found In It persons who
had been there = .good while, and
among them was, q Mr., Lydecker, who
was the Deputy Collector, or soon be.
came Sd. He was a pleasant man, ol
old New York. Datch EXTRACTION, born
soneW here on the Hudson river. Ar
thur himself knew little about the Gas.
tom House and was of indolent habits,
which became moro lpdolent BY his
immediate addiciion to politics as \
profession; uot American politics la It's
scientific bearing, but New York mu.
nlcipal politics. He had been taught
In the school Of Tweed and Murphy
that 70 orgsuize ana carry the city of
New York was the key to the Amerl-
can situation in politics and that who.
ever could masler that city would be
able To make the President OF the Unit
ted States, and might some day become
Prestd"nt himself. So General Arthur
at oace began to organizs the RepubiI-
Can Party, out Of all the lower materials
he could find ia New York, such rs he
could extract from the Democratic po.
iiticsi machinery. His aim was to dis.
place the Democratic party, and, by the
patronage of the Government. be able
TO- coptrol the, State at New York
through accessions from the dependent
classes, such az had never been Ia the
habit OF voting the Republican ticket.
This was his science, and It made him
President He was out nearly all night
among his young Irish leaders. looking
up the situation. Mr.. Lydecker, his
Deputy at the Custom House, was a
sentlemanly man, quite effective, al.
most as polite as Arthur himself, and
he and a few others ran the Custom
House proper, which was furnishing
this Government about seveu-eig,hs oi
slt its support. ,.. ..... 1000.
In the course Of time Came charges
that Mr.. Lydecker was making rul.
ings as Collector which affected the
equal rights of merchants in different
parts OF the country. An investigation
took place, and Lydecker resigned oil
was removed.
In the course OF time the Collector
became Nice-President of the United
States, through the necessity Of carry
ing the State, aud, therefore, the City
OF New York, for his party. A delegate
from the Stale OF West Virginia got VI
and asked the convention to he very
c,reful how they made selection o