The Placer herald., 1872-10-19
DEFALcATIoNs OF MILLIONS.

| faulterS mas Deen punished Tor his crimes.
The civil service Commission, all Republi-
cans, reported to the President last Decem-
ber that ''it is calculated by those who have
made a careful study of the facts that one
fourth of the revenue of the United States is
annually lost in the collection, and for large
part of that loss system of the service
which is fatally unsound may reasonably be
held responsible" And yet nothing is done
to correct this vicious system
GOVERNMENT LOSES ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS
A YEAR.
IF the calculation of the Commissioners be
correct, the Government loses nearly one
+ hundred millions of dollars annually through
official dishonesty, and yet no effective step
is taken to put an end to this viainy.
And now, why is it that such things exist,
and that no honest, earnest effort is made to
correct them-nay, worse, that such efforts,
when made by the opponents of the Admin
tration, are discountenanced and suppressed
by the Radical leaders in and out of Con-
gress? The answer, my friends, is obvious
The President, ignoring his former advocacy
for denomination and reelection. TO effect
the former and secure the latter Immediately
became the great object of the Adminisra-
ton, and the instrument alties chiefly relied
on were the trained cohorts Of ofiice-holders,
equally interested in the perpetuation of his
power TO bring to light the delinquencies
of the guilty among these men would
be to destroy their influence and shock the
public mind by the exhibition of official tur-
pitude. TO effect thorough reform that
would remit officials to discharge of their
proper duties, and take from them the neces-
sty or the temptation to use their official
power TO influence conventions and elections,
would be to deprive the Administration of
its most reliable corps of political soldiers.
COMMITTEES or INVESTIGATION PACKED.
Hence, nothing effectual has been done to
reform abuses. On the contrary, when in
vestigations were inaugurated in Congress,
the country saw with amazement committees
packed in violation Of the plainest principles
of parliamentary law, and in such wise that
the verdict of acquittal was foretold before
single witness was sworn Indeed, 1t was
simply absurd for the partisans of the Ad-
ministraton to prate of civil service reform
while advocating the denomination and re-
election of Grant.
WHY DEMOCRATS SHOULD VOTE FOR HORACE
GREELEY.
And now, in conclusion, beg leave to
say few words to my fellowD Democrats
specially. There are, doubtless, some among
you who find it hard to vote for lifelong
opponent like Horace Greeley. Bat pray
YOU to consider that the chief issues upon
which he anl vo have differed in times past
have been faa'' settled and are issues no
longer Cons5 further, that upon nearly
all of the living issles he is fully in accord
with us. lie is in favor Of reconciliation be-
tween all the sections and all the races Of
the Republic. lie is in favor of good gov
ernment for all the people, South as well as
North. lie is the fast friend Of economy
and the determined enemy of all fraud and
pecuation He believes in the supremacy
of the civil over the military power, and is
opposed to all corrupt rings, military or civil.
He is opposed to squanderng the public
lands by giving them to corporations, and
insists that they shall be sacredy reserved
for acquisition by the cultivator. lie de-
mands that the right of local self-gov-
ernment shall not be infringed, that the
privilege of habeas corpus shall not be vio-
lated, aud that the individual citizen shall
enjoy the largest liberty consistent with the
public order. Then he stands committed to
civil service reform, and gives the highest
evidence of his sincerity by solemnly pledg-
ing himself to the one-lerm.prlncpe
And now, my fellowDemocrats consider
that our choice for President is limited to
two men-Grant and Greeley; for no other
man has the least chance of obtaining a sin
Gle electoral vote We must, therefore, vote
for one of these two, or do what an Amerl-
can citizen should scorn to do, throw our
votes away or refuse to vote. Under these
circumstances, where is there any dishonor
or Abandonment of principle in voting for
Greeley? Honor and principle both forbid
us to vote for Grant or throw our votes
away. What, then, can we do, as sensible
men, but vote for Greeley? Could we elect
whom we please we would take neither Of
them But, as we cannot do that, as we
are compelled to choose between the two,
every consideration of common sense and
patriotic duty calls upon us to choose him
whose election wonld be most advantageous
to the country. Elect Grant, or by throw
ing away your votes suffer him to be re-
elected, and you prolong Indefinitely the ami
mosties of the war, the hatred Of sections,
the antipathies of races, the misgovnerment
of the South, the violation of the Constitu-
ton, and misconduct and peculation in office.
Elect Greeley, and peace, harmony and
friendship will once more lift mp their heads,
the yoke of the oppressor will be removed
from the necks of the people, the impoverish-
ment of the South will begin to disappear
under the benign influence of good govern
ment, and the Constitution will no longer be
a mere piece Of waste paper
AMONG the Romans all men of full age
were obliged to marry, and it is even mod
ern law of England which indicts fine upon
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