The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-20

A REPUBLICAN meeting is called at
Richmond, Indiana, to be composed OF
those who are opposed to the 'continu-
ance of the Administration rendered
illustrious in the annals of our coun-
try
81. For its shameless nepotism.
40. For its corrupt military rings.
80. For its personal favoritism in re-
turn for pecuniary and other gifts to
the President.
II For its continuance in office o.
persons OF proved incapacity and Of
more than doubtful honesty.
rs For it's absence from the seat Of
government for months almost continu-
ouslv.
IS. For its decentralization of the civil
service, induced directly by the vicious
example Of the heal of the Adminlstra-
ton.
~. For it's reprehensible interference
with elections and conventions Of the
people, as illustrated in the cases Of
Missouri and Louisiana.
rs. For its opposition to the investl-
CATION of frauds and populations.
SO. For its repeated exercise OF doubt
full powers.
"iO. For its subserviency to and con-
troll by number Of graceless, corrupt
politicians, OF more than questionable
moral character
al. For its consorting with and con-
troll by persons unknown to the party
or to the couutry-the baser sort OF
political adventures ard bummers.
"And for many other unenumerated
evidences. proving it totally unworthy
the confidence or respect OF an enllght-
ened people"
And all Republicans are also invited.
who are in favor Of
II. A return to greater purity and
ability in officials.
90. A statesman President. who
having some acquaintance with the
principles Of Government, will not pros
iitute the high office to the advance
ment of his personal interest and the
fortunes Of his friends.
"3. A President who, by his example,
will give encouragement 10 the honest
discharge OF official duties in all his
subordinates.
Il. An executive, who, by the rigid
enforcement Of existing laws; AID by
the ample powers legtlmate'y inherent
in the office, will introduce and exact
all needed Civil Service reform.
10. A President, who, while urging
in words a faithful attention to official
duty in subordinate officials, will not,
by his own conduct encourage corrup-
ton.
&c. A President, who, unlike the
present incumbent. will preserve the
Office as purely civil one. totally dis
connected with the trappings Of mill
tary surroundings.
az. A President sufficiently CONVEX
SAINT with the proprieties OF lie and the
demands Of official independence, not
to insult all his sensible fellow citizens
by appointing all bis known, or indeed
any, relatives to office, but who follow,
in this respect, the universally approved
example of former Presidents.
"S. The President who will, in no
case, extend official preferment in di-
rect recognition of personal pecuniary
favors.
"9. A President who is fully capable
OF properly approaching the dignity,
tho duties, aud the requiremets OF the
honorable Office.
40. A President who will repel all
familiar intimacy with persons motor.
ious for their inebriate and otherwise
immoral habits.
al. And finally, a President who
will, under all circumstances, go far re.
spect his exalted position, the good
name OF his constituency, and the moral
sense of all better classes of society, as
never to appear 10 public under the in
huence OF inebriation." .a vs So
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