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July 15, 1878
The Daily Gazette
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Potter sub-committee exposes appalling corruption in Louisiana's Packard government, including theft, vote-selling, perjury, and murder; Northerners once urged Grant to support it militarily
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The Louisiana Exposures.
The disclosures of rascality made before the Potter sub-committee in Louisiana are absolutely appalling. The leading politicians seem to have been men with no fear of God or respect for the laws of man. Stealing thousands of dollars from their already impoverished State, offering their votes for sale, and committing perjury and sometimes murder to hide their crimes, seems to have been the regular mode of proceeding under the Packard government. And yet this was the government which many well-meaning men in the Northern States desired President Grant to sustain at the point of the bayonet. It is to be hoped that the exposures made by the Potter investigation will show the people at large the danger of trusting men who make politics a matter of dollars and cents.
The disclosures of rascality made before the Potter sub-committee in Louisiana are absolutely appalling. The leading politicians seem to have been men with no fear of God or respect for the laws of man. Stealing thousands of dollars from their already impoverished State, offering their votes for sale, and committing perjury and sometimes murder to hide their crimes, seems to have been the regular mode of proceeding under the Packard government. And yet this was the government which many well-meaning men in the Northern States desired President Grant to sustain at the point of the bayonet. It is to be hoped that the exposures made by the Potter investigation will show the people at large the danger of trusting men who make politics a matter of dollars and cents.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Louisiana Corruption
Packard Government
Potter Investigation
Political Rascality
Perjury
Murder
What entities or persons were involved?
Potter
Packard
President Grant
Where did it happen?
Louisiana
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Louisiana
Key Persons
Potter
Packard
President Grant
Outcome
exposures made by the potter investigation hoped to show the danger of trusting corrupt politicians
Event Details
Disclosures of rascality before the Potter sub-committee in Louisiana reveal leading politicians stealing thousands of dollars from the impoverished State, offering votes for sale, and committing perjury and sometimes murder to hide crimes under the Packard government