Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-13
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Extracts From the Great Dnliieu
cUsTom HOUSE OFFICIALS Is Politics.
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cusTom HOUSE OFFICIALS Is POLITICS.
From the y. Y. Times
The second great evil to which we have alluded
az made more public by this investigation is the
employment of Custom House officials in politics.
Ills, however, is not peculiar to the present Ad-
ministration; it was equally common under Mr..
Liucoln's and prevailed under every Democrat
ic President
In our view it is an absurd Illogical AMI in
furious practice. But is Is a part of the whole
internal political system Of tho country. Gen.
Grant is no more responsible for il than he is
for the existence OF political parties. Every
President knCe Jefferson has encouraged it,
Here, however, it should be borne in mild that
the hrst President who has struck blow at this
whole system, aud has proposed reform from
the toundatluu, Is Gen, Grant. IL his civil ser
vice recommendations be made law these Gus
tom House abuses viii lie corrected in their very
source.
INJURY EY THE oNE-IEE3I IDiIIAlIoN.
-lrom tie " Y. IuoesI
The consequences Tor example, Of the peo-
PIES inability To na' 'e roehUstu Mr. Lincoln III
1864, when lao other candidate could lave 80 uni
ted them, and when the election Of no other
man could huyo had such tremCndau. moral ef-
fectin crushing the rebellion would have out
weighed all tie evils produced Ly the Use Of pa
trouage for ambitious purposes since the Gov
ernment was founded. Ii the people ever found
themselves IN such juucture With prohibition
OF reelection III the Constitution. there would
be an overwhelming temptation, as was pointed
out by Gouverneur IOuls, ia tho Constitutional
Convention Of ltol to violate tue letter Of the
Constitution III order 70 save the Interests 1t was
framed to protect.
PHILADELPHIA AND TIE sATIuNAL CONTENTION
ttrCu The y. y. Harll1.l
Tie llandishuent Of the Brotherlv Iovites
with t1o Academy VI Music at their back bore
Oh tie lrlLe flum the other luCklCss cities
The Boston oner OF baked bean hosmtalit,
Wonldht 30 down. neither C.Lciuuatls lagel
beer nor centre all round the circumference
theory would waHh Nashugtous WigWam hal
no cham, and tLe vision of Nu-kMX rose besd,
Lousyilles Offer OF the kcltuuhy Cross Road al
place OF meeting ST. Louis, with its Brown
and SchurZot, stood 10 show and tie Quaker
had walk over.
THE POLICY or rRoTr cTloS.
lFrJn the y. y. Irlulel
Labor il meagerly rewarded in England, espe
cially when we consider that food must be deaie
there than here, or Ne could not send 30 muc
bacon, lard wheat Aour cheese, &c, to tina
country for sale. after paying the heavy cost q
transportation And tAe West way to bette
the con lition Of The British iloIars is to tram
plant diem SO some country ll;. ours, "wher
q" tic labor Vt Sis days is worth more lhan tw
- dollars aal Aal..' Let u- rine't our ow
iron, gro" u.f uNu wool, uae, WllloW-tea, an
other products Hlgl He H1w largely import al.
make oUr own -fe,.. uras and fabrics. and y,
can ind room auI 1,erD ioI Millions Of Europe
laboring poor. at fully double their preseI
Msges. whether estimated in money or the NJ
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