Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-25

reform nave htltdcltu NtIg NluV ulH'uFel'H
and comment, not only In this city hut all
over the Union. Tue substance of at least
one Of them has been telcgraphcd to several
Of the leading papers Of the country by their
Intelligent and fIilhiul correspondents aL the
capital. The sentiments enunclated In them
have been made the bases for editorial com
ments, the general tenor Of which Is that, II
they In any degree reflect the ideas aud views
OF General Grant on the subject, hU Is on the
right track, aud will, II he carries them out
do more toward reform than has ever been
accomplished by any President, and make
his Administration memorable In American
history. From large number Of articles on
this point we select the following from the
Richmond Wing:
The tone Of tho Washington RErUHLlCAN, II
II speaks General Grants sentiments, Implies
that he is earnest In bis purpose 10 push re.
form In the civil service That paper has heard
Of a determined effort on tho part Of certain
t'ongresgmen 10 repeal the law on the subject.
II doubts their ability to effect their object, and
II doubts still more tho honesty Of the move. |
n,ent. The Philadelphia convention, folloHing |
that Of Cincinnati solemnly pledged itself 10 |
this policy. The REFUBLiCAN says
"'NUW, We are assured the ideais to recall all
the profsssiOng that we havO mAdei to declare
our philadelphia platform a lie and a cheat,
made only to 10 broken, and TO write ourselves
down set Of hypocrites during tho last six
mi n I'm nSt SnIt mo RsSnbiIcan marty AMI
the Republican party could not, even II Il were
Inclined 70 do so, afford 10 mako so terrible an
idrinnSiS 100 y,ssks a,,s cr.st,i a ssntImcnt IN
favor Of the reform Of the civil service that can.
not be broken down, aud that no party can afford
"fho REPUBLICAN, proceeds to admonIsh the
ConEressmen who have been trslfeking upon
the public patronage. IL says
of rsr,aIn paiItlritns wbn SrS tTaSiny ami
trarlckIpg upon Ihe hubble ofiiees OF The coup.
trv-Ha Al mi IN san ,Te,iIng artuaI nnnav lar
tsetn' but using them 10 sss,rs tSsir own SoIiti.
cai pTefsTment Tho sVstem NAV. nossibIT am
barfass these persons; but II Is lust as we'll for
them 70 know once for all that they are not in
ShsS ssnUo5 siImb 10 hawai- Sssspt H an he
ladder of the FEDERAL patronage. they cannot
elImb Al All That h tbs mSanlng of The spirit
that IL abroah lust now, and the sooner they un.
derstand n lhs betteT
"II may be, as alleged by the REPUBLICAN,,
tbSt va Sobs AZ 10 M ,sttie1 Tor sisstien
eerinE purposes. and with the mental TessTya
ton, that II the hrst opportunity they would
Ton would ouietIy ignore The whole thinE' &e.
Rat the RHFuBLICAs EIyos them 10 uDderttanj
they are mistaken. Gen, Grant viii hold them
70 their pledges. The REPuBLloAN continues
sssnss dI,I nIn 10 Li'0fai O'E"n' "ou'u DO
"'Thero Is another point that It may DO no
naIm 20 menton rs q leading R2lnt N thi1 CON
yioe Win inevitably lead to the disrupliSu Of the
hspuehoAn party, " viii encounter, In me
strongest msa Who supported tho Republican
tlsEs. 10 ne late campaign, and will 1llenAis
NAV pisasS the poli,Ieian, hut n viii ineyitsbiS
drive away whatever Of virtue aud integrity
tSSt !abAoTpsI n,s:r, n S s at psiatiS
hght down the attempt, such as tho New York
q In0FuFunTuI
EpfHiaq Pof, the Ndfioa, and a hundred other
iournals n hslf a dozen men in ConEresI and
baIr = do,sn cnrrpnt cnnsaTnS Who thlnE more
Of plumber than they do OF principle, imagine
that they can thus outrage the moral sense OF
they have committed a very great mIscalcuia.
lion
GP.rhans this IL dictated BY the course Of the
f1,onieI. PSTSon UaTIan's bapeT. That Daper
nti.ys = thrsat R9ainst General 0raut 10 nc
effeel mai n he dIETeRATds the wishes OF the
ConSressmsn, who nave gained their seats hy
tbe nromlSe Of ofaceI he nust eXpect trouble
In ssVS,
at remains 10 he seen whether the prospect
Of having inc Herald as his champion Il sui
hcIent Inducement TO turn his back upon a
Rspnblican CopRTesG'
IThe REPuBLIcAN's reply Is that these peo.
pie arc not Indlsps nsable 70 tho GOvOTnment-l
g Grant can and will do without them"
We know very well that We do not err
when we say to our co,cmporary Of Rich
mupd that we e1prcss, impcr(ectly pcrhaps.
the sentiments not only Of General Grant,
but Of the best men in the Republican party.
IN far "a tho PrcsIlont nj least Is concerned.
civil ,erylce meant something more than
mar, clertIonccripg trick. A we under
STAND bIs nosItIop. he meaps Ia stand by re-
form and 10 enforce Il upon every occasion.
That In tbis conrse he will he summarized nv
the hest man in the marty we are entirely con-
yIuced The RonphlIcan marty ia committed
IN n. IL ia embodied In our national platform.
and in addition to all that IL Is in accordance
with the honest and sincere convictions Of
the party. A few men may stand In the
Wny and endeayor TO obstruct and hamper
its enforcement; but they will have to sue
rumb TO what Is so manlfosty for the best
inlsrests Of the country and for the great
partv that during tho last twelve years has
donc "a much to preserve and pcrpetuatc
republican institutions on ibis continent,