The sun., 1872-08-07
TRUMBULL'S GREAT SPEECH
ENPOSING THE CoRRUPTTON OF
GRANTS IDMINISTRATION.

| large meeting in Cambridge City, Md, on Friday,
| Aug. 2. The meeting was held In a beautiful
| grove called Capitol Hill, and was attended by
about 2COO of the better class of citizens OF Cam
bridge CITY and adjoining towns. Senator
| Trumbull was introduced by Mr.. Lafe Dcvclin,
and after speaking Of Grants msVovernment
| and abuse of the civil service. said
| CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
| This civil service system has become so cor
rupt that efforts have been made to correct 1t.
| Those efforts have been endorsed by all Of us Re-
| puhlicans. both at Cincinnati and philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Convention, which nominated
| President Grant, passed resolutions In favor OF
| civil service reform. President Grant has pro-
fessed to he In favor of IL for several years. lie
has the power In his hands, under an act Of Con-
| gress, to reform tie civil service. Now, why has
| publican friends, that | charge to-day, and be-
fore quit expect 70 make good the accusa.
| ton; that the hepibllc1n party has had control
| dorse what they have done az Washington. do
| not believe YOU agree with that line Of policy !
| do not believe there Ia "A Republican here to-day
| that agrees with what the Republican leaders
| are doing at Washington end II YOU do believe
| what they are doing, you arc not Republican,
| and cannot endorse eithcrthe Cincinnati or Phil
| adelphia platform. ask why II is that this
| reform has not been brought abqntf President
Grant has said hc was Tor IT, lie appointed
commission to devise the means Of correcting
abuses in the civil service system. That COM
dorscd that report and sent Il TO the Congress Of
| the United states In Decemhcrllst.
WHAT THr COMMISSION RrPoRIED
And now am about to state n fact which. II
y@mr Ht.enuon mas ha, zen Cai,.u ~ IT, HnUW LOW
been called to 1t. know you cannot Justify the
stv 81 ~ ,hn Ms. sit hn, n,nt
by him, after the most careful examination into
appointments being made At the dlciatiIn oi
| Senators and Representatives, ns a reward for
sSIN.''s TuUCtcu ,mc' ,jy,tcc Lnir,,
merely roi,icni b,init. cre and trick stcrs, who
| perhaps, control some primary election In favor
posed could aid him IN obtaining reelection,
| instead OF being man ~ intellect and nhliiy-
| I'm consequence - the system 9i apuuintnchtS
ana removals. and the nmccS hrins tle ten A.
sluil- oi me party used Tor the le~oht nDnrui
| ~ the individual serurnethe appointment this
commission reported. after the most careful cN-
animation 10y those most qualified TO judo, aAd
who had the best oprortul,tics of e 'etta,n'n-
| ~ tho country were annually lost in their coll
lection.
| NiSErY-IIyE MILLIONS ANSJA ALLY STOLEN.
| The entire revenue Of the country last wear
yr,s ,,ore ,h.n ,brea bundrcd md ei iyhfy.threr
than ninetv-ve millions Of dollars which IS said
| 80 10 lnst' cbien, In cursenuenre ~ this do
moroliiirs. c"rr,,nt' and infamous civil service
- ur, ~" nm, " "c,,,,',,Se8 8orJ Z, W, ia t,,
| inr,,S a sum To- coniorchcnI You have 10 make
| a 'alculatlon To- sec how much II amounts To- II
j. more money tnan II TOOK TO poia lhs ralrnod
| rom the Miss"Ir river 10 inc iaclnc U,H ~, ~.
liiat uiI U,f ulu nut COSY hilt,N-uNr hll,,'uS
II
| be LIST To- the Govcrrment by this miserable
| civil service systen we arc irving 70 correct .
| You could build every railroad YOU have in the
S.rfs ~ Indiana Fnd run thctn to eternity with
| uincty-f,y, millions ~ dollars Laughter and
| rhacrsl And Iet the senator from the state of
| Indiana, and tfe very gentleman | alluded To- a
| fcw moments ago said i'm his place in the senate
| If tho United stat. .at nir ,,il service -ys-
| f.,n was .Lc le.t In tho world Wen. hop, the
| -,11 Lord viii dsilyer Other countries II they
| lnkr A vors, .y-Ieu than ours
| 49,. ,,,-,,.,. .,.,,rr 49, ,rro,,,
| ~ Nh''''N Ni'LN'i - "'''""
| And the result uf this attempt To- correct the
| civil scrYite system has been utterly hhprtNr'
and tho CORE ctior amounts To nothing, h"ufh
| We have given the power To- the President -
| adopt such rlle- as would reform H. bat he
failed To- take any measures ia tLat dirreUun 'a-
| ccIt tu devise set r rules requiring Iriito an
| go be examined A. 90 their srhularShp A. soon
ns That wn~ pat in practice II WI. found I" he it
| the way II ,rrtaIn mcmb"I. ~ 'Yhtic-~ ,"r,
| pointing ihtIt iANu.itts 1" once ana th'y had
| t. Dee SUSPENDED.
NDW ttlNh 10 any r Fin' nf anything nrt'tr
| than we nave .ad' VIII ne h,c''upi-N' u 10y con
| iiuung ms Auunm-lrHluh ln H.Nc't IhS
| liN3delpmA platform nS-uulre 10 '' IN ihNof I
| the reform ui Tie ciNll service suppose say
| tu You that the power Il" reform " mas been IN
| the hands oi the president i"I thc i"sl thl"r
| year,, hut hr has accomplt>htd nothing, anu
| that central ring wh'ch rules thc Admins ra, ,
| ton Shouts the luca ol the reform ui ti' thl
| service, nu4 saws that ours II now the bc~l on