Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-07-14
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The Office Mania Of the Radical Party.

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The New York Times Of Wednesday,
under the caption of "Hints to Our City
Republicans" gives vent to its disgust OF
its party in the city Of New York, and says
Hoping we don't intrude, we venture to
suggest to our Republican brethren in the
city that they run some risk of making
very great fools of themselves. Their
action and speeches in their general and
district committees leave anything but q
pleasant impression on the public mind. II
is not merely that they wash their linen in
public, but there is so much of 1t, and it is
so uncommonly foul; and what is more,
they seem to have no linen which is clean,
or even clean enough for common every
day use. They hold meetings nightly in
one part OF the city or another ostensibly
to take measures to promote the welfare OF
the republican party; but the only subject
they ever discuss is that of Office, and the
burden OF their song is always the same
abuse and denunciation of the leading Off
cials for not giving them all the Offices they
want
cat one meeting, Collector Grinnel is
roundly scolded for not allowing q district
committee to make his custom-h0use ap-
pointments for him. At another, Postmas-
ter Jones is abused for being 'inaocessi-
BILE" that is to say, for wanting some time
to himself for his official duties, instead of
surrendering it all to the office-seekers.
But, on the whole, Marshal Barlow is the
most savagely belabored, for being naughty
insolent and disloyal to the republican par
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scheming ward politicians TO bully him ut
discretion; take what offices they want
themselves, and dictate to whom he shall
give the rest.
"The general impression made by these
proceedings upon tn Q public at large is,
that the Republican party in this city is
madeup ola miscellaneous pack! k!ofvery hun
cry ours, who regard the Offices of the Gov
ernment merely as bones to be growled
over and scrambled for and whose attach
ment to the party, and respect for its prin-
ciples and leading public men, depends
wholly on their success in running off with
official plunder.
''Thig impression is scarcely calculated to
increase respect for the party through the
country at large, or to promote its perma-
nent ascendency in public affairs"
The Times might, with truth and propri-
ETY., have headed this article, ''Hints to the
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have no evidence whatever that the Radi-
Gals of the city of New York are any worse
than they have shown themselves to be
everywhere else. Spoils, for struggling for
which the Times reprimands its city breth-
ren, has been the constant cry, night and
day, ever since President Grant came into
power. Every door of every official who
had anything to give us has been besieged
by strings of the most persistent hungry,
indecent, and beggarly beggars that ever
asked political reward for alleged services
rendered. They remind us more ofa crowd
of Italian lazzaroni or Chinese mendicants
dogging the steps Of every one whom they
think has copper to spare. Whining and
crying piteously for aims. Such an inde-
cent, disorderly mixed, multtudiunous
scramble for spoils was never before known,
The entire radical party seem to have given
themselves up to an indiscriminate scrim-
mage and raid upon the public treasury.
Now they are meek, upon their knees, beg
ging piteously; and now they are violent
treading over on, and down everything in
their way, forcing open, as it were, the
gates and doors, and demanding with bois-
ferrous insolence and open nav reward for
the not over reputable work they claim to
have done during the campaign and for the
success of the party. They will not allow a
man ofpatronage, from the President down,
to sleep, or take his meals, or retire for an
hours recreation, or to walk the streets,
without the whole herd being after him
with their jarring importunate demands.
This city, the fountain head whence flow
the refreshing streams that these political
mendicants are thirsting TO lap, while Con-
gress was in session and the Executive at
his post, was more like grand elecmosy-
nary institution, where the erowding poor
were fed, than the capital Of the nation.
Such exhibitions as were made at the exec
utive mansion, in the balls of Congress, i'll
the lobbies and reading rooms of the leading
hotels, at the corners of the streets, and,
indeed in all places, public and private,
were of the most disreputable and disgrace
full sort, and showed degree of shameless
ness and badgering in pursuit of Office al
most beyond belief, A stranger here would
would be likely to wonder and ask, What
does all this meanP And candid resident
be obliged to reply it means simply
that large portion Of tie American people
have turned beggars, and are running to
and fro holding their hands for political
aims. To such o sorry pass have the abom.
Unable and unbiushing raids of the Radical
party for spoils brought us National InteI-
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