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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 25: epoch of public corruption (search)
xposure. Public opinion was becoming so aroused and inflamed that Congress felt compelled to intervene. The House of Representatives could no longer hold out against the whirlwind of indignation, and hence made haste to appoint a committee for the investigation of the Navy Department. Although this, as it turned out, was an effective step towards reform, it did not at once silence those who were thus brought to the bar of public opinion. They and their confederates, like the harpies of Tammany, thought the storm would soon blow over, and, instead of putting their houses in order, they set about organizing a campaign of hatred and resentment against Dana and the Sun. In this they invoked the aid of the federal courts to punish the editor for offences which, if offences at all, were offences against the laws of the State in which they were committed. It was on June 20, 1872, that the Sun published a letter containing a phrase that was everywhere hailed as the shibboleth of corru
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 26: Grant's second term (search)
an occasional paragraph in favor of the wholesome practice of turning out the federal officeholders from time to time and putting new men in their places, the Sun gave special attention to the affairs of New York City. While it was tolerant of Tammany as a charitable association, it was bitterly opposed to the rule of the bosses, and in the campaign of 1870 against their candidate for mayor it exerted a remarkable influence on the result by the use of the simple but picturesque refrain: opular refrain may exert in such a contest as this was. The public mind was greatly excited, many excellent speakers took part in the canvass, but it may well be doubted if any argument used was more effective than this in the final overthrow of Tammany. In personal and social matters the Sun was always quite as independent as it was in politics. This is well shown by its attitude in regard to the Beecher-Tilton scandal, which for a season was an absorbing topic of discussion in both religi
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
64, 165, 177. Sun, New York, 379-382, 384, 386, 388, 392, 393-395, 397-399, 404, 405, 408, 409, 414-417, 419, 423-425, 427, 428, 430, 431, 433, 438, 439, 443-446, 453, 458, 459, 461, 465, 466, 468-471, 475-478, 484, 490, 495, 511, 514, 515. Sunflower Bayou, 207. Swedenborg, 27, 28, 56, 451. Swift, Lindsay, 47. Swinton, John, 496. Swinton, William, Decisive Battles, 371. Sykes, General, 249. Symposium, 35. Syracuse, 138. T. Tallahatchee River, 207. Tallapoosa, 416. Tammany, 425, 427, 448, 449. Tax on bonds, 400. Taylor, Bayard, 123, 132, 133, 177. Taylor, General, 99, 236. Tennessee, 232. Tennessee River, 204, 233, 268,291. Terry, Judge, kills Senator Broderick, 153. Thiers, 66-68, 72. Thomas, General George H., 189, 256, 259, 261, 262, 264, 267,271, 275, 276, 279, 280-283, 285, 291, 292, 293, 297, 314, 339, 349,350, 351, 353, 367. Thompson, Jacob, 358. Thucydides, 56. Tilden, Samuel J., 442, 443, 445, 460, 462, 470. Times, New York, 1