Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1875 — Page 4

theundiana'state sentinel; thuesday novmeeri8;i 1875

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. . THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 18.

If th9 raw stuff does not kill Grant, surely tbe crooked Whisky of 8t. Iouis will render him politic!!. dead. It is new clear where the Republican stnpagri fund came from that -wen ent to this state to defaat ti Democratic party ta 1872. It came from St. Louis. Tbe govtiment pays prcmptty its witnesses In Iba whisky trials. The district ttorner bed twenty or tbirty herefrom Kvwnsville, tbe other day, anl planked oat therreehbacks to ach witness when disrnitsed. Grant's bovertv Is aiarmina to bis friends, od sonw feirs are exercised lest eomefcody shall stsrt 'a donation fund for him, fer I hey know tbat be could not refuse, nd!ooept would ipoil bis prospect of tShird term. Tbeiresent administration will bo known In tbe luturea the great Investigating dmlnitlratiotu It baa investigated moro rases la of its-own appointment than -ever were know In all tbe history of our government in tbe ninety years of Its former existente. ' Tbe readers of tbe Sentinel should not fat: to read tbe telegcph reports of tbe St. Louis wbfcky fraud 'trials. If anybody csn be made to believe that the?e rascalities went on-so long wifttout a knowledge of tbe government, be most be alarmingly stupid. Tell tbat to tbe Jew, Appellea. Tbe Journal copies n article from another i paper in which the defenders of the nation are denominated tbe "poor Lazarus soldiers." There baa ever been this sort of eleemosynary patronage ot the soldiers by ' tbe Republicans. Tbe poor soldier, and Morton tbeir good Samaritan friend! And now they want the soldiers to go to Morton's bosom snd rest 1 The captain ot tbe lost Pacific was a brother of Mrs. Jeff. Davis, and his name was 'Jefferson Davis Howell, baying been named in honor ot bis brother-in-law. Deceased was but tbirty years of age, was a native of Natchez, Mississippi, and served as a midshipman under Admiral Semmes daring tbe war. Since then he has continued to follow a sea-laring life, having been promoted two or three months ago for saving a ship wrecked crew. The theory of tbe prosecution of the crooked whisky delinquents that is most probably true la that the administration, after winking at frauds for years, now finds it necessary to make some sbow ol honesty, and has laid traps by appointing officials of doubtful character to places where they were likely to be tampered with, and now easily cobbles op the whole batch, and in effect eays to tbe country st large, "see how we .are exposing and punishing frauds upon the revenue.1' VV'lce-President Vllson was In great peril yesterday, having been suddenly stricken down with disease while in the capitol building. Ills critical condition ssems to have been brought on by overwork, both mental and pbjslcal. Tbe pbysiciana have hopes ot his recovery but he evidently baa but a frail tenure ot life a bis spine is effected and he Is now at an advanced age and his system is hardly strong enough to rally from so severe -avsbock as it has suffered. Tbe Journal, in an article on the electoral -vote, modestly claims Mississippi, New York,.TxuIsiana, Alabama and North Carolina .as -republican states Whether Kentucky waa Inadvertently overlooked or omitted because the organ of Morton and the bloody abirt did not want to seem to .monopolize things does not appear. Kenttuclryrhss one' Republican representative, and tbat is as many as several of tbe Journal'a Republican atates ctn claim, and more than oca of them is equal to. mil - i i i m I .Of tbe ; 3,500,00000 collected by tbe Republican administrations during the last ten years, nearly twice as much as the wboto national debt, an amount o amazinglr large as to make the .head swim An trying to com gtrebend.ite immensity. Nearly every dol Jar Las heea spent. This la tbe work of the party.in, power tbat 43 called the party of progress, the party .of liberty, tbe party of honesty, the party thai asks an extension of poster. If the people feel like paying tbat enormons amoant c;aia during tbe nett ten year, let these favor Republican laoa, andihelp .fetter tbe nation in utter fintnciaLrnln. A wary .sttsnge coincidence is reported iront Peklo. Illinois. Pief. John S. Full, principal of the aign schocl at Chandlers rille, an .exosptlxnably ace man, with a wife aid a .couple -ot well-oprings of pleasure, l. bis Aome oatenalvaly for Jackson ville to oaeetiiU. slater. Ju?out the same (time Mitf Amanda Erler a aweet brier so to speak -of fine family and attractive ap4earance. asked leave of tbe (acuity to take her trunk rain tbe school ther and visit her parents at ChandlersvCle. The request was graciously granted. Now both f the parties, are mysteriously mi sing, it baa been ascertained that they mit In Jacksonville, but cot by Chance and feral play Is 1 sared by the friends ol tooth, especially by Mrs. Jfull and tho UuxUy of Miss Erier. .A brace 4)f big Liether are on the trail. Tbe arnmlssioners who went forth to treat with the3ioux Indians for the purchase of the new JE1 Dorado are cow In Chicago. Chagrined .st tie notable resemblance of

tbeir expedition to tbatot tbe fatuous king cf Spalu, who msreted cp another bill, and then marched down again, they Botk to cover np their failure by venting their wrath upon th wretched biouz, whom they could cot persuade to bo cozened Out of possessions which Lad been guaranteed to theo and tbt!r children by tbe most eacred promises. Tbe commissioners have Just finished and sent on to Washington a C&cftäiTiVk-i.

report of tbeir fiasco. In this report, we are

ured by telegraph, they zeoommend "Im portant and radical changes in tbe treatment of these Indiana." We beg leave to recommend to. the moat worshipful com missioners that . they .turn to ' tbe 21st chapter of 1st Kings, and peruse the story of . Ahab and tbe vineyard of Naboth, tbe Jsre6lite. If, then, they continue to Bbk themselves if they do not govern the kingdom of Israel, let them have a care, lest, having killed and also taken posss&sion, there shall come a voice to them, too, as it came to Ahab, saying: "Thus aalth the Lord, in the place where dogi licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine." The Joarnal and other city papers are at loggerheads about tbe allowances made Mr. ftobert Kannlngton and Mr. Patrick OurTan, for wet-Trcea In tbe street cotnmn sloner'a department. For long time some of them have fonabt Mr. Kennlngton "foul" never neglecting to get la a lick ander tbe belt, when to do so wag possible When be was a member of tbe Council tbeir criticisms on bis public life amounted to persecution. Tbey never gave him credit for anything he did, but found fault vith all bis acts and criticised them unmercifully. They went so far as to accuse him of Job bing, to ridicule blra, and dubbed bin "The O'Ketinlogton." On the otber habd, some of them have ever had a partiality for Mr. Curran, a eon of the Curran whom tbe Jour nal belittles. They have spoken of the councilman from tbe Eighth Ward as "tbe honest Curran" "tbe independent Curran," etc Hence the allowance of 31 50 per week to Mr. Kennlngton is a terrible thing, and if persisted in, will bankrupt the city and cause ber effects to go into the hands of an assignee, whereas the f3? paid Mr. Curran is a proper thing to do. as It is the regular pay lor persons doing the work he performs. On the otber hand, the Jpurnal thinks Mr. Kennlogton baa more work to do, and assumes a greater responsi bilitythan Mr. Curran, and, although it disclaims any intention to defend Mr. Kennington from the assaults, it is evident tbat it considers them undeserved. Now, it is apparent to all unprejudiced persons that these papers are making quite a muss about a very small matter. Both Mr. Kennlngton and Mr. Curran are In the employment of the city, and ebould be paid lor tbeir services. It Is not charged that they are rein Us in performing their duties, or are paid more for tbeir labor than is received by others for similar services. Because the one is tbe father of a councilman and tbe otber an ex-member of that body, is no good reason why they sbould not be employed by the city if Commissioner Mattler so desires. If the Journal is ambitious to do tbe public a service, let it unearth and ventilate some of the rascalities that He covered np in the archives of the city government. Let it tell tbe people why the bondsmen ot a defaulting Republican official have not made good tbeir undertakings. When tbey do this they can, with some grace, comment on the allowances made Mr. Kennlngton and Mr. Curran for services performed for the city under the direction of her proper officer. w wva"s n Baskruptlnc tbe Government. The Indianapolis Journal has tbe reckless effrontery to say that when the Democratic party went out of power It lea the treasury empty and tbe nation bankrupt. What confidence can be placed in the utterances of tbat paper when such glsring and barefaced misrepresentations insult the intelligence of its readers. It la implied In the Journal's declaration that it was the policy of the government to have a full treasury in ordinary circumstances, and that tbe Democratic, party had depleted it. If the Journal was intelligent In tbe history of tbe country it would know, as Us lntelll gent readers must know, tbat tbe policy of keeping a largo surplus in tbe treasury has eer been disapproved by our best and wisest statesmen as inviting ex travagant appropriations and r.nnecessary Internal improvements. When, by exces sive custom tax, it was found tbat a surplus was being accumulated, it was dUlrlbuted among tbe states. It was found that it was Infinitely better to provide for tbe incon venience of deficiencies that might possibly occur, than to bave the temptation of a large pile, to excite expenditures that were well known to be pernicious and hurtful to the nation's prosperity. The representatives in congress could not well resist the lmpor tunllles of lobby lata, when asked, for what purpose this money was kept. To avoid this, and all otber kinds of extravagance, it became tbe settled policy of the government to levy only such tax as would meet theexpenses ot the government, and keep tbe treasury clear of a surplus. As a matter of course, with a .growing sen timent in the country against high custom duties, and the pursuance of the policy above indicated, there was no surplus in the .treasury when the Demooratlo party went oat of power. Cut did this emptiness make tbe nation bankrupt? Did anybody refuse a treasury note? Woald anybody take ninety-nine cents on the dollar ot a good government claim?. .Were not the .expenses oi tbe gov rnment always paid? What is bankruptcy but tbe loss of credit with inability to pay. This was never the condition of things until the Republican party earne into power. When the country was placged into a civil war by the aggressions of North ern fanaticism And the resistance of South ern folly, and thr was need of money to carry on the war for the suppression ot the rebellion of tbe Southern states, tbe credit of tbe government was good, and no difficulty waa encountered as long as a legitimate prosecution of the war was pursued. Hat when it wae sought to make the miefortuns of iatf r&al fttrifd a means of glorifying a political party, ind continuing it In power; when for verydollar legitimately expended another went Into tbe pockets ot the pets of the administration; when ihoddy con tracts gave the soldiers poor clothlog, and rascally quartermasters equestered half the supplies? when the legitimate purposes of tbe war were subser- i

vlect to party ends and .aims, when gallant

and efficient generals were hindered in tbeir marches to victory, because their success woald add no glory an3, furnish no candidate to the Republican party; then there was a season when bankruptcy stared the nation i tbe face, and ever since tbe extravagance, corruption," fraod, subsidy schemes jobs trad rascalities of the Republican party have kept the nation On the ragged edge of Involuntary repudiation. The talk about Democrata leaving the government la a bankrupt condition is the merest ' lmpertl nent Impudence, and the Joar nal knows It, Sixty millions cf dollars per year was all tbat was needed by the government to carry on its expenses, and everything was paid out In gold, when the Democracy ruled the nation. Now tu people pay thrice that amoant, besides tbe interest upon tbe war debt. They had no Jobs then Incubating in tbe lobby of the eapltol. Wall street had no telegraph lines entering the White House, and names like Babcock and Corbin bad no admittance near tbe throne, There were then no gift-taking presidents, no Credit Mobillers, no bribing of congress men, nor cadetshlp-selilng representatives. Why does not the Joornal wish for a return of those days of purity and peace? For ev ery unwise and foolteh vote in congress under Democratic rule, an hundred criminal oc jseanbe pointed oat now as tbe leglti mate result of Republican sway. For one defalcatlngofflclaltben.an hundred can now be named. What cabinet officer wai dismissed for dishonesty before Cameron's exit from the first Republican cabinet. What attorneygeneral under Damocratie administrations ever charged to the government his private expenses? What postmaster-general ever retired tor conniving at fraudulent claims before the withdrawal ot Creswell? What secretary of the Interior was suspected of taking tithes of the rations of Indians in the good Old days? Qo to, Journal. The Sen tlnel Invites a comparison of the true emptl nees ot the treasury then and now, of tbe danger of bankruptcy then and now, and of the general odor of honesty that lingered In the capital durlnor the last J ears ot Mr. Bucbausn's term with tbe congress tbat Republicans so like to abuse, with tbe taint ot corruption that has marked almost every congresi since, and it will be like the ottor of roses and the stench of a dung-bill. m im j . L-- .is Tbe Hon. XV tn H. 1loltnn at the Hen dricks lab. lion. Wm. P. Uolman addressed the liendrlck's Club last night, as announced a week sco, and a large gathering of the Democracy greeted him. After tbe organization of the Club President Neff Introduced Mr. Hoi man tho ordinary business being suspended for tbe purpose of hearing his address. Mr. Holman said in opening address that tbe interim between active campaigns was favorable to calm deliberation upon the political situation. Public opinion was created by deliberation and discussion, and produces results and decides lines of policy. Tbe state of the public mind on political subjects is indicated in the election last year, and this showed distinctly that the aim and desire of the people was to reform the government. It was not surprising tbat tbe close of the war should mark the commencement of an era of corruption. This corruption prevailed and bad finally become so obnoxious In tbe public opinion that tbe sentiment la favor of reform was stronger than party lines, and there was a large element of tbe masses who wonld seek through their Individual votes to teen re it. There waa a determination, after so long a time, to right up the government and redeem it from the consequences of the continued maladministration. Mr. Holman presented In a moat pointed manner the prevalence of venality among government officials, snd tbe subservience of tbe public interests and tbe subordin ation ot parties to individual ambition and pecuniary aggrsndlz9ment. Tbe policy ob. talned to an alarming extent of creating effleea and Increasing salaries, in federal and local legislation, for tbe benefit of individuals to tbe dolrlmoat of the public. In contrast with this policy ht exhibited the true theory tbat made tbe office subserve the public good, and said it would be a happy era when the administration of affairs should revert to the old channels. This must take place in the near future. As examples of tbe Impolicy of tbe Republican psrty that had resulted in tbe evils above alluded to, he referred to sudsldles and the extravagant appropriation of moneys for public purposes. This evil was not measured by tbe loss of the public money, but by the national dlsgracs that every honest man felt in beholding tbe working of a system tbat prostituted tbe public welfare in the Interest ot a few. He showed most olearly.the demoralizing effects of appropriations extravagantly made.that tbeir inevitable result was .corruption. Under no pretense should this opportunity or occasion for wronging the public or bringing dishonor upon the country, be continued. Parties long In power attract men who seek tbeir own instead of the public , good, and benoa tbe necessity of a change. No party should come into power that would not . secure reform. The Democratic party did not deserv success unless it showed now by Its acta fidelity to the will and voice of tbe people now demanding reform. Mr. Holman referred to the departments, and branches of the public service that demanded reform, and the hordes of stipendiaries that gathered around ooogrets, and the pernicious legislation tbat fostered and fed them, entailing upon tbe country tbe onerous taxes tbat are now collected. There was no path of safety now lut to compel retrenchment and economy. He then alluded to the fitness of tbe Democracy to carry out this reform, and that one or the questions tbat would arise and demand attention was tho subject of finance. He believed that the Demoeratlo party, though like the admlnistra tlon patty, divided in sentiment somewhat on the best methods ot dealing wltutbis subject, woald bsrmonlse in devising a plan whereby the management of the finances should not be the means of enriching the few and burdening the many. He demon

strated clearly the impossibility ot resum

ing specie payments with tbe .enor mous federal.-and local - taxation 1 of $625,000,600 ' per annum,' ander the reign of .! Republican . extravagance. He entered upon an elaborate discussion of the financial question, and tbe nature of the currency, and the cccsslon of its creation. Ue believed tbst the Democracy at tbe approaching session of congress would demonstrste their capacity and wisdom to deal with this and other questions of reform to the satisfaction of the people, and be, for one, was willing that the action of tbe Democratic House should be tbe test and pledge of what tbe party would . do for the country if fully invested with power to reform existing abuses. . For one be was willing to go before the -country with tbe record : tbat Congress should make, and he was sure that the people In tbe comlnsc presidential can vass would endorse the efforts of Congress tn tbat direction by a victory for the Demo cratic standard-bearer. In this connection, Mr. Holman closed his speech with an appropriate tribute to Governor Hendricks as the proper man to represent tbls pledge to the people of reform in government, as the Democratic candidate for president. He combined all tbe qualifications necessary to enlist public confidence, HIj past record, his eminent . ability, bis stainless reputation, and tbe high esteem with which be was regarded all over the land, pointed out clearly and distinctly tbat he was the man with whom the Democracy would secure trlumpb, and the country secure a certain pledge of the better government that the people everywhere desired. Mr. Holman was repeatedly Peered by the audience present, and recMvsd the warm congratulations of the members ot the club at its close. Shfrman on (be Bftompl lu act. A correspondent of tbe Cincinnati Commercial baa visited (Senator Sherman, and from the result it may be legitimately concluded that tho questions and answers of the interviewer aud the interviewed were deliberate, end exhibit bis true Inwardness on resumption. It will be remembered that when the act tbat passed in January lasi was pending, Carl Schurz plied Sherman very closely on the merits ot bis bill. Tbe aatute German did not, and could not be made to, comprehend tbe value of the Sherman bill as a means ot ridding the country of greenbacks, and day after day be patiently listened to arguments in favor ot tbe bill, and would, with bis penetrating questions, overturn every specious plea tbat was made in its behalf, believing and urging tbat there ebould be no half way work, and, with Horace Greeley, be thought tbe only way to resume was to resume, and be wanted to see tbe way by which tbe pending measure would produce the desired end. But, after all the questioning, he remained unsatisfied, believing tbat tbe bill would accomplish nothing, and offered an amendment that was calculated to test tbe reality of the pretenses therein. Of course, his amendment did not pass, and the pretense bill did pass, the inefficiency of which Senator . Sherman is now questioned about. Tbe Sentinel has waded through the two columns of the Commercial's interview in the hope of finding some exhibit of tbe merits ot the bill by its author, and nothing satisfactory is discovered to change the opinion formerly expressed in the Sentinel that it is a mere sham, and its only effect will be to continue to threaten monetary crises and do vast damage to buslnesa. In answer to tbe inquiry, bow and by what steps a fair administration of tbe reSumption act would bring about specie payment at the time Indicated, Senator Sherman said: I have: often said that the law could be eieeuted without serlona dUturbauce to buslnens and without further Initiation. lany way cou'd be pointed out nndtr the powers conferred upon tbe secretary to bring- this about. Some ot Uiewe 1 will name: First of all there most be a secretary sod an administration In harmony With him as to the purpose to be accomplished the purposo proposed by the law; second, he sbould secure as large a surplus revenue as poMlble not by new taxes, but by large reductions of expenwn, Tor whloh there Is rcmand verge enough. In this way, and by the sale of bonds, If necessary, he should secure before the time named one hundred millions ot dollars in gold, and as large a reserve in greenbacks as practicable. The inevitable etect of such preparations, with the power to sell all the bonds necesitary to maintain resumption, will be amply cufflclent for the purpose. And It Is the opinion of sagacious men that no very large redaction of the volume of creen backs will be made by specie resumption ; but even If It became necessary to redeem one hundred millions of greenbacks, and Issue in their stend one hundred million dollars of United Slates bonds a far greater amount than will be necevsary ander any polble condition of affairs the Iom In interest will be made np a hundreO-fold by the benefit of a specie standard. Observe that tbe power of the secretary enables him to cell bonds both to prepare for as well as to maintain resumption, and this power can be exeiclsed either by the accumulation of coin or greenbacks. To say tbat be esn't resume with all these powers at nls back Is simply preposterous. And when the power to resume aud tbe determination to resume becomes manifest, the problem is solved and resumption becomes an established fact, with far less difficulty than was feared. What does this mean. Schurz could not understand it, and tbe Sentinel does not discern any more light on tbe merits of tbe bill by deeply pondering it. Has not the secretary bad tho backing of tbe admintration in carrying out the purposes of the law? Then why baa he not done it? - Tbe senator says that he has power to prepare to redeem, and that preparation will back the secretary with such power that resumption will be an accomplished fact. Tbe power to resume and the willingness to resume will be resumption itself. It so, why has not resumption takon place without waiting for 1879? Bat Yjfat is meant by this preparation, tms purchasing a hundred millions of cjin, and the accumulation of as many greenbacks as possible? What power does it give the secretary In advancing resumption to have a hoarded batch of greenbacks in the treasury T How is be to get greenbacks but by paying for them? We thought that resumption meant getting greenbacks into the hands of the government In order to destroy them. We thought resumption meant to redeem greenbacks by paying out aold for tbem. But this far-seeing statesman and financier tells us the preparation necessary to redeem greenbacks, Is to get as many greenbacks as possible

to commence redeeming with. This Is like

the homeopathic theory, save In ljs attenuating feature, tor the treasurer la to get' as many greenbacks on hand as possible to prepare to get rid of the greenbacks. It is no wonder that no body in congress could comprehend how tbe resumption bill was to accomplish the end -' proposed. It has not accomplished it yet. There are no signs that each a consummation csn be reached through it; and now, when its ehlef fugleman, author and engineer 'cannot show that it has done what be claims it may do. and ought to do, it may well be scouted at as only a bill to bull and bear tbe money market, and of no practical valne to tbe government or the people. The Nation's Disgrace. Tbe case of McKee, of the Glooe-Dirao erat, who has been indicted for complicity with the whisky frauds at St. Louis, is thus presented by tbe Indianapolis Journal: The nature of the connection of McKee, of the 01obe-lerooert. with tbe Ht. Louis whlnfcy ring is said to be as follows: At the time the rlun was formed, the collector of internal revenue at KL Louis was Mr. Ford, a man whom the distillers and corrupt oflBclaia did not dura to approach with improper proposals. McKee was on very Intimate terms with Mr. Ford and had (treat influence with him. lie flsaliy undertook to remove bis opposition to their schemes, wblcb be did by representing that a large campaign fund was needed at Wash lue ton and thai the president and other prominent members of tue republican party demanded tbat It be raised. Ho such call for money bad been made, and the rlrjg having debauched the sol lector, pocaeied tDe proats. Tbe above presents a very sad picture. Take tbe statement just as tbe Journal has made it, and it is such a reflection upon tbe administration as is well calculated to call a blush to tbe face of any man who is allied by sympathy to the administration. It raises tbe suspicion at once tbat the ad ministration has been in the habit of raising corruption money In , tbls corrupt way, (hough it might be true, us tbe Journal eays, in this particular case, tbat no such call for money bad been made. It can not be de nied that there exists a well founded suepl cion in tbe whole country that the lead' era ot the Republican party have been preying upon tbe government and treasury, for the material aid to prolong its existence and continue its power. Tbat vast sums of money bave been used for controlling elec tions can not be doubted for a moment.. Nor does any sensible man believe it came from private sources. Mr. Ford, ot St. Louis, was a government officer. When told tbat the president demanded tbat be should yield to the solicitations of the whisky ring, he assented, though he had been thought unapproachable before. Has anything like this ever been done before in lbe history of tbe country? Has there ever been a man in the presidential office whom a subordinate could bave been made to believe would make such a demand. But Mr. Ford believed it ot Mr. Grant, and acted upon his belief. He doubtless had reason to believe this. He had heard of calls for money before. He knew that vast sums of money were used, and the natnral inquiry would arise in bis mind, where do tbey get it? He now sees the whole process, and contributes bis honor as a sacrifice to his party. Us must yield his honor or his office, and be gave up the former. Supposing an honest man under Grant's predecessor, Andrew Johnson, had been required to violate his oath, and defraud the government for tbe good of tbe party, what would he bave done? He wonld have told tbe man that approached him tbat it was impossible, or directly, that be lied. But Grant has established no such a reputation for integrity. On tbe contrary.bls reputation is tainted. He accepts gilts as an office bolder, and used bis power in conferring upon tbe giver places ot trust, responsibility and profit. Near to bis person be kept a Babcock and a Corbin. Out on the outskirts of civilizations, where corruption is rank with Indisn rings, is found bis brother Orvllle. When tbe nation seemed to be on tbe verge of financial ruin, and tbe shadowy clouds of Black Friday seemed to Bettle like a pall over the financial world, tbe speculators' banks placed to tbe credit of the president's brotber-ln-law ?20,OOOforno material value received. These and dozens of otber events that bave transpired have tainted the character of Mr. Grant, and are well calculated to Inspire in the breast of Mr. Ford, tbe .recreaut office holder, a belief tbat Mr. Grant did approve and demand of him that he shoold lend himself to swindle tbe government to advance tbe interest of tbe party. It is a sad and pitiable spectacle tbat is presented tor tbe American people to contemplate the exposure of government com plicity In tbe frauds discovered, and the fact that the government did not Initiate this investigation. It was represented to tbe government again and again that fraud was being perpetrated, and only after such plain and positive revelations as could not be ignored tbe investigations commenced. It makes tbe matter darker for tbe administration to be forced to proceed, and there is no wonder that now some ot the agents who are made to be tbe scapegoat ol those higher in power, should make known the process and methods and persons by which tbe frands bave been perpetrated. Theopen letter of the St. Louis Times to Secretary Brlstow foreshadows what is to be expected. If tbe truth and the whole truth is revealed, Mr. Grant, Instead of having a third term, may not be able to enjoy more than about one and three-quarters of a second term. Tbe American nation must lilt itself out Of this position of suspicion. A higher kind of patriotism and loyalty than hath been hitherto displayed is now imperatively demanded of the American people by tbe events now transpiring. National repu atlon abroad and honor and self respect at home calls for a cleaning out the dung from the stables. Every American patriot must constitute himself a Hercules to help on the good work, tbat at least after tire present presidential term we may have at the head of the nation a ruler that may be like Ctojar's wife, above suspicion. Can It Be? The Journal of thla city has not spoken öut definitely on tbe subject of the third term. It is not certain whether it Is satisfied to yield the claims of Morton to the

presidency Jj reason; of tbe fat pabulum of

government advertising that it lately received, but it seems, to be verging over slightly toward i the. Grant chute, in that the bloody shirt has been felded up and the Des Moines speech is cow the text. This makes the Sentinel a little sad on be half of Mr. Morton.' . Is it possible that so much martial spirit as might have been generated during the next campaign, with Morton in tbe lead, must lorever lie dormant. Must tbe harrowing tales . of Southern outraee remain untold, and tbe stock, of discussion turn from the wicked Southerner to tbe merits of Grant's, thierlng offlclals. Shall the song no longer be sung of tbe noble wsr governor, and such commonplace themes as the brace game of Lset and Stockins, the Sanborn contracts, the Cborpenninz claims, and tbe like, point the periods of our campaign orators. Have keynotes no longer a znellfluous sound, and shall we be forced to write campaign documents on whisky frauds, and custom frauds, and gold selling frauds ? Are we not to be permitted to rehearse how Morton never stays upon tbe fence, but gets over either side with all tbe facility and rapidity of a hurdle racer, and tbat he lacks tbe stability necessary for a nation's ruler, and Instead, repeat to the people tbe story of gift taking and construction briberj? Enough could be said about Grant to defeat him for the presidency more, Indeed than could be said of Morton. Morton has never been ausplcloned as being connected with the Wall street gamblers. It has never been said that he profited by the commotions ot Black Friday. We never beard ot his taking a gift, nor has he been accused of beastllnees with wine. In tact, it wonld appear an ungracious task to go over tbe period of eight years and recount all the disgraceful and criminal blunders of Mr. Grant. He has brsn president so long that American pride restrains from the thought of taking part in showing np his delinquencies as tbey should be, and the Sentinel confesses thst it would rather 1st the past rest in oblivion for tbe honor of the nation. The Sentinel confesses that it would ratker make the fight against tbe atrocious doctrines of Morton than the weaknesses and blunders and actual crimes of Grant against civilization and morality. It were much more cod genial to appeal for peace, for brotherly kindness and charity agslnst Morton's doctrines of malignancy and hate than ta follow np tbe rascalities of Mr. Grant's thieving office holders. The one will not effect the character of tbe cation; tbe otber will bring a reproach that will be written in history. Will cot our neighbor around the Circle come to our k relief, and help to eternally smash tbls third term movement, as it did a year or so ago? Barefaced Hypocrisy. We do cot believe the resumption act wll amount to anything but a preparatory distrust andterroi in monetary affairs, to be followed by it repeal after It has wrought vast evil tobuslness. Cincinnati Osteite. The Republican party Is unmasking itself. The above confession, apparently endorsed by tbe Journal of tbls city, is about as abject a confession as ever comes from tbe heart or total depravity. The Republican party has been charged with legislating in the interest of tbe money power. Here is the confession. It is open and idain, and as such must be good for tbe Republican soul. They pass a measure, devised In solemn and deliberate caucus, that pretends to be a pledge to tbe people of resuming specie payments, and relieve the country of the evil of a depreciated currency. They go before tbe country and claim a continuation of patronage upon this measure, proclaiming tbat they favor resumption and resist repudiation; and tbey scoff at the national currency as a rag baby, and vapor loud and long over honest money. That this was all mere hypocrisy they now admit. The resumption at, which was to give hard money in 1879, now becomes simply a lever by which the money power can terrify and bull the money market. Instead of being a pledge to tbe people of resumption, it is a prepsration by which money sharks can prey upon the creditor. The Gazette admits this, and Its admission is a confession ot infamy. Here is tbe financial altuaUon. We bave a currency tbat Is not redeemed on presentation In gold, because tbe government has not tbe coin to redeem it with. The Republicans have told the people, by this resumption act, that they provide for Its redemption, and hence claim to be, par excellence, hard money men to be In favor of honest money. The Democracy say tbat resumptiou is impossible, and that it la impolitic to decry the currency ; that we must do the bt we can under difficulties, and continue to receive tbe greenbacks until tbe government can pay gold for them. Ilence, in tbe elegsnt phrase of tbe Republicans, we are cursing tbe rag baby. That the whole matter, as presented by them, is a shallow sham, will be seen by a moment's reflection. Take away a day for resumption, as tbe Gszstte now claims will be done, and what is the merit oi their hard money boasting. . It dissolves into thin air. Hard money, when? When the government can pay coin? Well, who is not in favor of that? and how can the Republicans, upon the Gazette's programme, be any more in favor of hard money than the Democrata? Nobody opposes the government In paying coin tor its obligations when it can do so. Bat Democrats opposed maklag the necessities of tbe government an occasion for money sharks to create " distrust and terror in monetary affairs," as the Gazette ssys the resumption bill has done. In this Democrats bave been charged as in favor of dishonesty and repudiation. Out upon auch shallow and base hypocrUyl Tbls whole scheme ol the Republican party, playing into tbe hands of Wail street to effect a monetary crisis, is, as it reveals its cloven foot, becoming very disgusting, and it will be a great pity if there are found Democrats who shall divide the counsels of the party, called to battle against each an unscnpaloui foe, by chiming in with tbe senseless Republican cry of bard money; when It is nothing but the .echo ol a mere sham. In thO