Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-12-14

COuSb lluO Oli DONh oNNabnt N%AN'N'''S -
Alaska, and containing 10000. 900 Of
progressive people with relations of every
nature with almost every foreign country,
10 rest with such inadequate means of en-
forcing any foreign policy, either of pro-
lection or redress. Separated by the
ocean from the nations of the eastern con-
tinent, our navy is our only means of d.
rect protection to our citizens abroad, or
for the enforcement of any foreign policy.
.'." 2' CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
respectfully call your. attention to one
of the ltng-standing abuses which | would
like to see remedied by this Congress. 1t
is reform Of the civil service of the
country.
l would have it 90 beyond the mere
fixing of the tenure of Office, Of clerks
and employees, who do not require Z" the
advice and consent of the Senate" to make
their appointments complete would
have it govern, not the tenure, but the
manner of making all appointments. There
is no duty so embarrassing to the exec
utive and the heads Of departments as that
of appointments, nor is there any such ar
duous and thankless labor imposed on
senators and representatives as that Of
finding places for their constituents. The
present system does not secure the best
men, and often not even fit men for pub
lie place.
The reorganization and publication of
the civil service of the government will be
hailed with approval by the whole people
of the U. S.
REFORM IN INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Reform in the management of Indian
affairs has received the special attention
Of the administration from the Inaugural
ton to the present day. The experiment
IF making it a missionary work was tried
with a few agencies, which were given to
The denomination of Friends, and has
Deen found to work most adyantageously.
All agencies and supcrintendencics not so
disposed of were given to officers of the
army. The, act of Congress reducing the
army renders army officers ineligible for
,ivil positions. Indian agencies being civ
] Offices, determined to give all the agen-
lies to such religious denominations as had
heretofore established missionaries among
he Indians, and perhaps some other de-
who would undertake the work
IN the same terms, that is, as a missiona-
y work.
The societies selected are allowed to
lame their own agents, subject to the APP
,roval Of the executive department, and
ire expected to watch over them and aid
hem as missionaries, to Christianize and
,ivlize the Indian, and to train him in
he arts Of peace. The Government watch
IS the official acts Of these agents, and re-
lures of them as strict an accountability
IS if they we're appointed in any other
Manners
l entertain the confident hope that the
'olicy now pursued will, in few years,
ring all the Indians upon reservations,
where they will live in homes, have school
Houses and churches, and will lie pursuing
PEACEFUL and sclf-sustaing avocations, and
where they may be visited by the law
hiding whiteman with the same impunity
IS he now visits the white settlement
IN CONCLUSION a
would sum up the policy Of the adj
to be a thorough enforcement
IF every law, faithful collection of every
AK provided for, economy in the disburse-
nent OF the same, prompt payment Of
Every debt Of the nation, reduction of
axes as rapidly as the requirements Of
he country will admit, arcduction Of tax
alton and Of the tariff, to be 50 arranged
as to afford the greatest relief to the
greatest number, honest and fair dealings
with all other peoples, to the end that
war, with all its blighting consequences,
may be avoided, but without surrcndering
any right or obligation due to us, a re-
form in the treatment Of Indians and the
whole civil service of the country, and,
finally, the securing Of pure, untrammel-
led ballot, so that every man entitled to
cast a vote may do 50 just once at each
election, without fear of molestation or
prescription on account Of his political
faith, nativity or color
U. s. GRANT.
The groundwork of manly eharac-
ter is yeraeitv mr. tho habit NJ truth f,lnaes