The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-08-22


good is embraced in the opportunity for
official power, and the guaranteed right
to name. after single term, Mr.. Greeley's
successor :?
There is no need Of further evidence
than what we see and hear, and know as
going on daily in our very presence. If
there were, it is abundantly furnished by
Mr.. Greeley's own avowals.
What is his promise and programme of
civil service reform 2 It consists of two
particulars:
1. That in making appointments to
office, he will make no discrimination
among his supporters on account of their
anteceaent politics. That is, he will not
regard it as an objection to any applicant
that he has been a Democrat, provided he
has supported Mr.. Greeley
2. That he will not be candidate
for reelection.
And this last is gravely put forth as if
we were mere children, as q pansGea for
all theeVils al our politics
1t is, in fact, but cunning piece Of
strategy, and an implied promise to whet
the eegerness of Democratic support, that
If he shall be elected once, Democrats
shall have their proportion of offices from
the first, and that way, possession of the
patronage to assist in the election of a
Democratic successor.
And This is the feast to which we are
invited in !he name OF civil service re
form And this is to be the issue Of the
hopes and dreams Of Liberal and reform
Republicans For one, / shall not sit
down at that banquet, nor be guest in
that company. ..
The disastrous result of diPappsint-
ment of all hopes Of a true civil service
reform involved in the election of Gree
ley is not, as view it, merely an incident
to the situation. If it were that alone it
would be enough to condemn it. But, in
my opinion, it is, something more and
worse. 1t IS the set purpose for qollcb thu
situation aoGS brought about My belief is
that Greeley and Brown were nominated
by the Cincinnati Convention, and that
nomination ratified and republished at
Baltimore by the Democratic party, be-
cause 1t had been ascertained and was
known that they could be used for the
purpose which [ have specified. The Gin
cinati Convention, called and ratified In
the interest of q republican reform, had
before it that ideal statesman, so magnif
Gently described by the chairman, Senator
Schur8, and which evoked without 8
name, the Image, present to the mind of
every delegate, and for months previously
I'M ha hLo Of I,aF r1E
piration for an elevated, and lofty, and
statesmanlike public life, of the only man
who appropriated its stand&rd His
name was Charles Francis Adams He
was not nominated. Why? There is
some evidence Of an antGcedent intrigue
to which Mr.. Greeley was personally a
party. / know not whether it is true or
not. It is morally certain that to the ut
ter defeat Of every just expectation, based
upon the aims and principles Of that con.
Ventlon, o bargain was consummatsd
which insured the nominations made,
proclaimed substantially, though not in
terms, when the next morning Gratz
Brown, IN violation of the rules Of the
convention, under the pretext of with
drawing his name from the list of Presi.
0ChOAIL SdlAAINnCIGJ G3bNC 'bhC
signal that the bargain had been made
and would be carried out, by which he
had purchased for himself the second
place upon the ticket. .a-.
The very object of areform OF the civil
service is to make party conventions free
and responsible, and deliver them from
the corrupt manipulations of politicians
and political combinations formed with
reference to the distribution Of the pablo
patronage. How is it possible fer such a
reform 20 emanate from q convention so
handled and managed, and as the result
of nominations so produced? A good
tree can not bring forth corrupt fruit,
neither can corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit By their fruit ye shall know
them.
At q meeting of the British Association
on Friday, Stanley gave an account Of
LiVingstone's travels and discoveries for
the past six years. Capt. James A. Grant.
whip explored the sources of the Nile with
the late Capt Spoke, from 1863 to 1866
called in question the correctness of Liv.
ingstone's observations and conclusions
Stanley replied, defending the Doctor, and
was loudly cheered. Sir Henry Rawlin.
son followed. and cordially acknowledged
SANKEY'S services. At a meeting on the
same day Stanley was introduced to Ma
peleon, Eugene and the Prince Imperial.
PENSIONS The Pension Bureau is now
exacting night work from quite a force off
clerks, IN preparing the certificates for
increased pensions. Under the new law
OF the last Congress, all certificates re.
ceiyed prior to the goth instant, will be