Year: 1861

heading, but strange as it may seem to our Re
publican friend, it is even so. The CINCINNATI
Gazette, in its issue of last Wednesday, among
the editorials, may be found the remarkable ar
ticle which we publish below. Had such an
article appeared as editorial in any Democratic
paper in thy country, about Mr.. Lincoln, or Ell
ther member OF his Cabinet, this same Cincin-
natl Gazette down to the least Republican Whit
fet OF an editor in the country, would have
cried, "treason," "TREAsoS," TREASON"
until their whiskey burnt throats would have
become hoarse, and when their lungs had be-
come too weak to cry longer, they would have
been for hanging or choking" 5 author. But
such articles as the following can appear in the
Black Republican papers without one word be-
ing said. And sbout the only pap,r in the
country that will attempt to defend Secretary
Chase from the wholesale attack Of the Gazette
will be the Cin,innsti Commercial, and it would
not undertake the job If Gov. Chase was not
about two thirds owner of that es Establishment.
But is it not about time that this arrogance and
presumption on the part OF Republican editors
was stopped? They act as if they were the
only ones who had right to expose or condemn
the acts Of government officials. A democratic
editor must not open his mouth and would not,
il these whiskey. bloats could have the power.
How long will the people submit to such arro-
gance and impudence? The power is with
them.


We give the article from the Gazette in full,
as follows:-


Where the Publication should Be
giH.


| The Washington correspondent OF the World
has the following:


"rhe Congressional Investigating Committee,
OF which Mr.. Potter is chairman, has made i'm
portant discoveries, showing that traitors and
spies daily frequent the departments ofthe gov.
ernment, procuring information, which is reg
ularly transmitted TO the enemy.


"Jus ices are administering the oaths in the
various departments IN accordance with the
law Of the last essron."


| Washington correspondents report almost
daily that the Congressional Investigating Com
mittee is having great success in finding spies
and traitors in the departments, usually wind
ing up with the announcement that Justices
are buSily engaged administering the oath in
the various departments.


We should like to know what the value OF an
oath, administered to SecessioniSt, is in the
Washington market at this time; and TO know
how much stronger an official oath will bind
an understrapper Secessionist than it did jeff.
Davis and the other ringleaders of the gang.


The public would like to know also il this
rot fion rama into DnXppr Moor thSt il
cannot find loyal men to fill the Executive De-
partments. If that is the case it had better
give way to better men. The people have had
enough of this trihing with cumulative oaths.-
The Departments were stepped in treason when
this administration cslne into power, and any
official who can furnish no better evidence OF his
layally thin his oath ought to have been
promptly dismissed 1t is now about five
months since this swearing business began The
chief of the largest Department then refused to
have even this false test applied for fear it wod
interfere with the model working Of the treas
ury machine.


Now after five months have elapsed during
which traitors in the Departments have beer
constantly furnishing information to the enemy
and during which the people have continually
heard of the administering of the oath to the
traitors, they are now informed that the Con
gressional Committee has gone to work admin
istering the oath afresh. One more swear un
der Congressional authority is going to do the
business.


The people have but little disposition fol
nice distinctions in a matter of treason, anc
when they know that the Departments are
swarming with traitors who are retained montf
after month when the very existence OF thu
Government IS in peril from treason, they will
naturally conclude that the oath is quite as muc1
needed in the case of the chief Of the Department
as in that Of his snbmdinates.