The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-08-01

and skillful traliickcrs in delegates TO nom
mating conventions.
He would thus transform the civil scr
vice Of the country from party machine
into a business establishment No longer
an aspirant 10 please, the President will
naturally aim to merit aud secure the ap-
proba ton of the entire people, but especial
ly of the cnnnently wise and good.
As to the machinery OF the boards Of
examiners, etc, whereby the details OF
civil service reform are to be maturel and
perfected, ! defer to the Judgment of a
congress, unimpaircd by the adulterous
commerce in legislation and appointments,
which have already exposed and repro
hcs3ed. Up to this time, our experience of
the doings of board, in this direction, has
not been encouraging, and this am conf
dent, is not the fault of the gentlemen who
have tried TO serve the public as commits
sioners. So far as they may have failed,
the causes of their i'll success must be ex-
field, | am sure they would have wrought to
better purpose. \ thinker has observed
that 1.-THE spirit IN which we work is
| thief matter, and we can never achieve
civil service reform until the interests
which demand it shall be more potent ii,
our public counscls than those which resist
it, even while seeming to favor it, That
! this consummation is not distant fcrycnt-
| IS trust. Meanwhile, thanking you for Your
| earnest and effective cndcayors to this end,
/ ! remain yours,
(SigncD HORACE GREELEY.
! This declaration the senator accepted as
/ a pra ctical reform of civil service and adds:
But the man who knows that he was not
my tavcritc choice az candidate, and
( that nothing attaches me to his fortunes
but my belief in his honest desires and his
great ability and opportunities 10 10 good,
may be assured that in the effort II carry
,ut the Programme here laii down, a.
we'd a> the many ADLER men who thiuk a
DO, viii stand faithfully ana rcsolutrly by
his side with active corporation.
After speaking Of the need of embracing
every opportunity to take any raactlcaI
step in the direction of reform, TIE senator
discussed at length The need of rcconclia-
ton between the north and south the
reconstruction of state and self govern
mcnt, also the development Of highest and
nohlcst aspirations among Southern pco-
pie RreGariing party relations he said Re
pullicans ask me, shall we not be swallow
cd up by the old Democratic party? SO,
yoD- recognize the old Democratic party?
suspect it docs not recognize itself, 10
you fear to be swallowed by that old Dem
ocratc party W hy, the Democratic party
has been swallowed up itself by the new
cHa. Nobody need fear that. | would not
lead from the Republican into the Demo
crat party, for | DO not intend to 20 there
myself, and unless | g,catly mistake the
tendency f thc il ci the day is net lar Fl
when there will hc lut little of an old Re
publican camp 20 70 from, and but
little Of an old Democratic camp to 20 to.
This period is pregnant with new forma
trpns w!lcn nccd bu5 the electric spark ui
opportunity to srrng into :h'rc. This j.
the time FOR independent action and those
whJ think as do will not, after having
shaken off the shackics of one old party,
take upon their limbs the shacklcs of am
othor. No party can do what the Demo
cratic party has done without dropping its
historic identity, and honor the patriotic
spirit Of the men vino achieved SO trcmcn-
dotls Il revolution and III The great work
before Us, hail with joy and cordalitv
their alliance. But the party that has done
this cannot return to its old grooves. 1t is
impossible, the first attempt would shi.cr
it into atoms.
The meeting was very largely attended,
the Temple being crammcd full, and hun
| drcds went away unable to get in. Mr..
Schurzs speech elected frequent and vocif
crous applause, and the audience was en-
| thusiastic.