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Show VAIN FLOUNDEBING. Tin; Chicago Thn publisher a dispatch dis-patch from Wa.-fiinton giving the information that the prU:oeding-S instituted in-stituted ag;uiL-t the L'nion l'acitic road by ni-olulion of Congress, haw alout fallen through; 'and that Attorney-' Attorney-' H'ncral Williams is to prepare a re- jort showing that hccannot ex. cute , the cMfiuni.-.-ion without special legis- ; lation; with the conf.-s.-ion added that "the road has beaten the government, ; congress, and the civil cotii-ts." This is aU.ut what was expected when the j huge inachinrry of the i-uiL waa s-t in ; motion. Ib-d ttip and the law's dc-j dc-j lays wntiM have worn out everyone's ' patience and have brought in a bill of expcu.-e Ut weighty to Iwar, even if no lull had come, as is now annouuc- I hI. And the t-nd would have undoubtedly un-doubtedly been but the more grievous in iu results, tne longer it w;w delayed. delay-ed. We have wallowed in the mire too deep and too far to attempt to shovel out the foul matter with a tooth-pick. Stealing has become eeond nature to our old political politi-cal hacks, and they never purpose pur-pose to punish themselves therefor. Members of Congress first stole millions mil-lions from the people by the Credit Mobilier chicanery, and then attempted attempt-ed to make them believe that the L'nion Pacific road would step up ami refund. There's little use whining over tiic past and attempting such remedies re-medies ns this suit. The very 'men who voted for the resolution ordering it, had pushed their hands elbow-deep in the National Treasury, and laughed within themselves, as they solemnly resolved. There is only one way to get out of the scrape, and throw oil" the load of sin and suffering that long years of official corruption have entailed en-tailed upon the country. The familiar fami-liar villains must be thrown overboard, over-board, neck and narrative, and a system of honesty, from the lowest round of the ladder to the Presidency, at the top, must be inaugurated, else the whole country goes to that very wicked gentleman who sports horns, split hoofs, and a cuneiform tail. There are multitudes who conscientiously conscien-tiously believe the load can't be thrown off. They think the country-is country-is too weak to renew its strength. This question lime must settle. At all events there is a strong inclination to make the ctlort. Until it is attempted, it is mere folly to look for rogul-s to refund. |