The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-12
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needed, that tho Republican party.
has net received an indefinite lease
Of power, with full llpormission to do
whatever its leaders, in Congress
or elsewhere, may please. In
tact, some very positive hints Of a
contrary import have been given.
For our part, VIC have never been
able 10 maintain the immaculate.
ness or infallibility of the Republi-
can Congress, Or OF Republican
officials. s..
We earnestly believe, and in this
We arc borne out by tho verdict Of
the people, that the aims OF the
Republican party have been just
and noble, its purposes patriotic,
and its record immeasurably supc.
rior to that Of the Democracy. The
Republican party saved the coun.
try when assailcd by armed rebel.
lion. 1t has solved the problem of
reconstruction in q manner that
will bc accepted as satisfactory
and final. AS u whole, it's work
has been sound and enduring. Of 1t
has not, however, been altogether
iaulLlcss, nor is its future to bo free
from care, or from the requirements
OF sklIItul craftsmanship. Itis not
TO regard itself rs now entering in
TO II sabbatic rest, in the enjoy.
mcnt OF tho fruits of victory. II is
assuming serious Iabors, on which
tho perpc,uity of its own powcr, if
not the highest welfare of tho coun.
try, will depend. .a... ..1..
Corruption stalks through all
avenues Oi tho national cupItal.-
Decentralization has invaded not
merely the Executive Mansion and
the Departments. bat also the Lcg.
lslatlve Chambers. Honesty, statos.
manship, patriotism, arc daily
stared At, with u sarcastic loer, by
debascd lobby agents and impor.
tunate advocates OF dishonest
schemes, The Republican party
most resolutoIy rid itself-prompt-
iy, emphatlcaIIy, in public and in
secret--ot tho parasitic growth of
rings and gangs OF every unwholo.
some sort whatsoever. u1The rot.
ten fungus, tho tenacious lichcn,
the moro seemly y but poisonous
mistlctoc, must al go togother.-
The necessity is imperative. The
occasion IS immediate. .tg us. aid .
Tho Republican Congress has
much TO do at the approaching
session. 1t must neither trihc nor
dawdlo-sitting an hour and a
half IL day for three or todr days in
a week, taking two weeks vaca-
ton ut tho holidays, and doing
nothing except in the hurry OF the
last twenty.lour hours II must
meet its responsibilities in a
prompt and manly way. 1t has
no end Of serious and pressing
work. r. .urp3 uili ... 0..,..J7
The financial condition of The
country must be fairly looked in
tho face, and treated in states.
manhke spirit. All that is need
lul 10 finish up tho work OF recon
struction ut the South must be
promptly aud firmly done, Our
system of taxation must bo rows,
cd, and especially the organization
for executing tho internal revenue
laws. A thoroughly rotten, inef
liciont, noedlossly expensive Indian
Department must be completely re
modelled and purified. Waslefu
leakages must be, stopped, and
worthless officials got rid Of = A
brave and persevering spirit of re
form must be awakened in every
branch OF tho GpvorHmento The
duties Of governing, in a word
can not any longer be safely shirk
cd, but must bo onergetically uu
dertakcn.
These, in our Judgment, sro the
lessons that should DO most deopIy
impressed upon tho minds Of tic
successful party, even in these