Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1872-11-02
SiberaI 9epub h Ollie ia II.
DALLAS, SATURDAY, NOV. 2

port, X. l. the whole foreign imports,
from 1871 to 1872, were S2,59l,
which would yield an average reve..-
of a little over $3.50. T. ee,reet this
revenue of 70; 70. $1,000 we kept and
,:s;Ga ,..a mine different officials whose added
salaries amounted 20 trife over oaly
$4,000 Is this Civil.service Reform,
hard vuking and industrious men of
tkis City And yet you are taxed for
This sweet boon Ciyil-seryicc Reform
Doctrine, preached by such men as
thesel You NAY as well expect
sermea on Total Abstinence from the
Alear-eyed drunkards who crowd the
silms OF the Rarbary Coast ) OF expect
so find human vofees put into the
na0nths, of gorging buzzards at their
carrioa Meal; and issue froua thelr
bsaks the words Of boly writ, "and
put knife TO thy throat il thOg be'est
> man given to appetite coald cite
example after example OF national sins
greater than this, sir, but time will not
permit. Turning from this point in
The picture, let me ask those Who are
yet Doubtful as to which banner they
will arrange themselves under 10 the
coming election, if they are satisfied as
30 the manner in which the President
and his Cabinet have absented them>
selves from their duties in the city vi
Washington. during the last two years !?
tsdge them by their predecessors !;
do you find a parallel case? Day
after day, week after week, the public
business has stood still with locked
Wheels, because the gentlemen Of the
Administration have been lettering at
fashionable seaside resorts, and securing
the country, intent on pleasure worship
or speaking pieces in their own behalf
blowing the trumpets for their own
reelection! Does this look we'll !?
DO the merchants and doctors and
Lawyers Of this bssy city fad time to
dawdle away their time in frivolous
pursuits and neglect their legitimate
affairs! What, then, ought we to
expect from those who have the
guardianship Of nation in their
bands
Sir, the time has come for the voice
Of the people to be heard; the time
has come when we must tear FROM US
the harness Sloth has buck led on, and
try with heart and brain to re generate,
to re>create the Republic. The Ro-
iaan athletic meyer reused himself in
the arena, simply playing with weaker
gladiators, until the foeman. worthy of
his steal, was ushered in. Then,
mighty were his strokes. as he rose up,
and in bis giant strength dealt death
20 his opposer. So it is with us; we
are awake in our majesty and strength
When the current of the popular mind
clearly acts ip opr direction, aud gath
ers flesh intensity rom exery step,
we may be sure 4 gyeat movement OF
ideus ID at the bottom of it. Though
time ana ehaRee happen to all, the
political world is not so much governed
by management and contrivacce
pa the papIpulators of wires are apt tc
suppose. Supreme over the machina
tops and petty devices and of rings anC
eliques, like an avenging Nemesis, sit
the sober second thought Of the people
This powe. Of public opinion ma.
sometimes be as latent in its energy q
as the air, when in equilibrium and
oftep as secret 10 the begipnings Of it
motion as the idle wind which blowetl
where it listeth, while as yet, no MAJ
can tell whence il -cometh, or whithe
it goeth. Bat goaded into fury by tn
abuses of power. it may become a
terrible to seaside loiterers at Lon!
Branch as ever was Euroclydon on thf
Whap Iva op1rit af
reform has once taken full possession o
the mind Of the nation, it Otter
transcends in It's effects the expecta
tions of its abettors, as it battles thu
calculations of those who oppose il
prevalence. All the signs of the time
portend that such a spirit is nov
moving with glorious strides over tn
chaotic elements of the politlca
situation. crushing all before it, let u
hope, as Leviathan crashes his wa,
through the willis of the forest, arne,
with the hundred eyes of Argus, t.
detect foul blots upon tffs Governmen,
and working with the kindred hands 0
Briareus to pluck them away, scattere
to the four winds of Heaven
And now, Mfr. Chairman, last IN tn
catalogue of evils-of which, were W
TO call the roll, it would be lik
calling that of reglmeat of soldiers oil
parade--of which we have to, complain
but yet BY no meaps the least; is tn
treatment that has been meted out t.
that bruised and broken section of on
country that seven years ago laid dow
their arms and we're entitled ono
more to the protection of that fla
drapipg your doors that section, t
conciliate which our President used hi
unforgotteD, but violated words, /" lie
US have peace" From all over tn
South comes yelling up great cry
cry Of agony, Of despair. From ever
city and village and hamlet we can Sc
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