The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-26
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MONDAY MORNING., April. 2e, 1869.
A Ploa for tho southern Radicals


vertised to take place in Boston, Mass, ir
July next, would do a noble work if il
could establish concord between the warrina
Radicals In Congress, and harmonic into
one. grand whole the wall of the disap
pointed place hunter and the 10 triunphe
which welcomes the return to TIE Hub q
the successful candidate for Office. The
baton which can direct the mingled bleat
Ing, 'braying and roaring Of hundreds O
sopranos, tenors and basses, should be able
to control refractory politician; and tn,
genius which suggested the performance o.
"the national air Of our country sympho
''nied by salvos Of artillery, discharged by
"electricity the waive Of the accomplished
"conoeiHer of this wonderful spectacle, u
ought not to find any difficulty in the way Of
hushing the great guns of debate, or at
least Of converting their sullen roar into a
symbol OF approval of President Grant and
his administr alton. This would, indeed,
be great national work, emitting the sue
cessful operator to the same reward which
is, bestowed by the new President on blood
relations, marital connections and personal
friends, as well as donors Of houses, lands
and richly embroidered boots.
1t was not to be expected that the lion of
Rhode Island would always lie down in
peace by the lamb Of North Carolina, NOR
was it expected that, every senator would
be satisfied with the, division Of Official
spoils. D'Alembert once complained that
men so exhausted their industry in obtain
| ing place that they had none left for the
discharge Of their duties This, however,
is not the case with the Senate of the Uni
ted States, at least in discharging their
duty of obtaining as much profit as possible
for themselves and their friends Senator
Tfumbull says that the ahte.rooms Of the
departments are crowded with members Of
Congress seeking little appointments, which
Senator Fessenden calls "a matter of taste,
'snot principle" And certain it is that
Of the 45, 900 Offices in the gift of the Pres
ident, there is not one for which there has
not been long list of applicants. Unfor-
tunately there can be but one incumbent for
each place. For every man made happy q
SCORE are mads miserable; and the ways OF
the defeated are not those Of pleasantness ss
and peace. AS the Offices are filed the
hubbub increases and the excitement grows
more intense. An escape valve was neces-
sary, and it has been found in the long de-
bate which took place in tho Senate on We'd
nesday, upon motion made for the prepar-
alton Of report showing the way in which
the Federal offices were distributed among
the several States. VIZ
This resolution was stcutly supported by
Senator Abbott, Of North Oar olina, who said
that the distribution Of official patronage
should be made as nearly as practicable ac-
cording to representation and population,
| and that to confine patronage to any par
ticular portion Of the States, or sections,
either wholly or partly, was injurious and
unjust. Senator Fessenden admitted that
there was perfect scramble to see how
many persons could get into office, and that
the modern principle was that the office was
made for the individual andnot for the good
Of the State. or course, And who should
know this better than . Radical senat or like
the bellicose ABBOTT. But Senator Fessen-
den still thought that expefienosd and sdu,
GATED men should not be turned out in order
that ignorant and inexperienced men might
be appointed in their stead. Senator Cam
eron growled at the way ID which the ap.
nointments were made, Senator Wilson fol-
lowed in the same vein, and Senator Abbott
again declared Chat none Of the States ought
t. be ignored. This brought up Senator
Sawyer, Of South Carolina, whose words
went straight 10 the mark. What his views
were may be summed up thus: The good Of
the public service should bss considered
frsts but claims Of +he reconstructed States
had not been recognized, and they want q
national !d one policy welcoming them back with
open arms, 50 That they lnai ght. reserve eve.
rything in the way Of patronage whioh
they can reasonably demand. sour enc
'smies tell us in the South, J" said Mr.. Saw.
yer, 'that we represent nobody, and when
''we come here we are told the charges
(Which the rebels make are. true, namely
"You represent nobody, and must, there.
'fors, expect tc be ignored. Ana ii had;
sheen said by persons IN high position,
''You must recolleot that the white vote in
''youra States was q small affair. Had it
s'oome to this that any nnembers OF the Re-
'spublicon party which had deolerea for the
.'politieal equality Of ell mon, without re-
"gard TO race or previous condition Of ser..
'svitude, should speak to him in this man
''ner shout the white vote Of the South
"Ali these States gave . majority Of votes
''in favor Of the administration; ana were
''they to-be told they should have less pst-
s:ronage that the Democratic State OF Ken
"tuekyi" ..,sa, u.
This 10 plain talking, and it expresses tho
ideas Of the Radioal party Of South Ca.o-