St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-10-04
What is an Office Holder ?


''h' III H'tcit\ news >l'aper JhSI now.
an" S'' an MS lhl"iihall"l OF our poll
ti'> li"ill 'lai' W"illd learn that an Of
nee holder Is IN the most degrading
business thai man can engage i'll. and
',': an .'' Ir' ms "' lni'nI\ are summed
"p ~ INV nt' man Is called fed
'i' ;nI' f,', ,u, I,.i ii' N""'" certainty
Wv ~ F"l"'> 'hl' IL IL
d S'lH ",sSi''''iHI business l" mold
le'fi'i once ana lhai II" M"rd oi con
.'nII' ''.' '", '''it'ii''' 10 man equal
I" ,h"' "l "'ll'f-h"i"ef.
lie N"nl'i on "ld'i acquaintance with
ON Noii" ne p'l//Ird I" understand
no" ,i'> impression got abroad with
icG'iu L" "lii't-h"ider>. II" would see
ina, III "'hcf governments 1t l. r"n>Id-
clth h"nolahlc I" serve ones country
III puhilr raparIiN. even with Il salary
"ltachth t" the service. He would
learn that even III our own country the
trust implied III one VIII" receives IL re
>p"n>lhlc office Is :" grateful that men
are NliIlh@ l." tax" 1t often when It's
"hl"l!Iihth' l. less than they could oh
tam III some private station.
lie would learn. also. that the aver
~" "illrc-hnldcI III this country Is quite
ness man: that there i :r..tuall> less
cheating and dcf;,lcaIiou in puhli,' life
than la private IN pr"p"rtinm to the
men III each. lie would of course find
ra>ral> ana lncomprt"nt> III all "ccupa-
tl"n>. nut he would hr puzzled I" know
why the term "Tfirc-h"ldcr i OF itself
one ot daily rrpTUaCh IN the tIrrclrN
press.
His ptrpltNllN would. however he III
creased tth-iold Whcn he discovered
thai all IN" ''l"clr\ men are engaged
IN an attempt /" make Themselves "r
their friends "ntficc- holders He
would find tiIat while Il federal Office
h"ldcr j. Just now, cr-"hcjo. tfr most
corrupt person III existence. II federal
"ilicc->crkcr Is Il pune and sincere patli-
"t. lie will lcun I" read with II kind
of >hIdd"llng horror. that such Il mum
h''r "t the participants III ii Grant meet
III" are federal "ticc-holdcr>. This ii
sort of brand of di>monnr. But when il
comes to the report of the Greeley
meeting in the Greeley papers. none of
the ardent patriots who compose il will
hc characterized ;iS ''officc->eckcI>.
considering what an "tfic"-hnidcr Is
ana must he fi"hI thc constant asper-
N!nl "l MN III tiic ,rceit\ papers. ne
VIII not ne SUI Pll>th l" KNOW that II
aiI. ''i'cleH l. erected th"N are all To
nave thell htad> tut OH. hli ne VIII be
surprised I" know that their places are
a'l 10 ne snppllrd ny Hirrl'N men. WI"
nave s"'ll contempt l"r an "ihce-is
or.
We confess tiIat TINS l. one OF the
mysteries "i the present canvass even
t. us. II 1t Is 50 c"nirmptlbIt t" he Il
federal "fllrr-hnldcr and the Er"elc\
press apply II III contempt to Il man
VII" may nt eve, :" h"le>' an" 'in'iehi
WHY - 1t 'hI' MI "i'eitN pIoiiiiS,"
III MS vi 'i''"u >l'''.' III eie'', :, +" ni'hE
Il ne" ueal "i tnr lcdclal "ln'cH all
around fr"na"ii the federal "iiicr-
h"liti Seie'ied ny fehl'il anu '"iriihe
ana 'lceleN N"illd ne very dihcrchi
nting rom The present federal office
Holder H"'I"'" '""'""''
IN y Ti'Ni' ~ NH ~ l2 " ihN WIN
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Leone ol"' Nhl'Irf me American
WIS i"i'h ny ai a''i,'h'aI a'I IIaih'tllce
l"inh'u III " iaill"i" '"acil NilIt run
nlh@ from Ah'"hIa I" f"g%Ih- he
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in'%h-ln"hli" persons VIII" llllpreSSe"
MN WIN grave H">l l'l'l"il>' .Nl''r re-
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