Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-22

can he appointed merely TO strengthen, the
party" There is large class Of persons
who arc Suatied 70 office on many grounds,
such as service In the late war, nddlhy 70 Re
publican principles, and so forth; but in nd
dltion 10 these qualifications, they must Be- up
to a certain standard Of efficiency before In
the future they can be appointed. When
they are tins qualified in an educational
point, which ls not to be decided or deter
mined on the competitive plan, then they are
in all eases to get ths preference. II The
Government has favors to give, they should,
In the opinion Of the President, go to tho person
who has stood by the Government, provided
he IA fitted for the position be may seek.
In regard to tho Philadelphia postmaster
ship. to which our contemporary so foellDgly
Nlludes, tho promises upon which II bases its
criticism are slightly Inaccurate. 1tls true
that tho gentlemen whose names are given
did ask the appointment Of certain per
son, who had never bson, so far as we know,
in post office 10 his life, on the ground that
be had been a good party man, and that his
selection would strengthen the party" In
Philadelphia; but then, 1t was in ovhiehce
that Mr.. FAlrmRn was quite as good Re-
publican as Mr. Truman, and that, In add
ton, he was possessed Of the peculiar cHps-
rlenco and qualifications that eminenly ntted
him for the place. That Is all there Is to that,
and the country and the Republican party
will we are certain, sustain the President
In his action therein. Gen. Grant means to
stand by civil service reform, and to enforce
II upon each and every OCCASION. u o. ..T
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"a AlhnHARLAN, the candidate Of the Mount
Pleasant Cowa) Journal for the Presidency,
the candidate for the office Of Secretary Of
War, Secretary Of State, Secretary of the
Interior, Postmaster General, &C.. So, and
whose term in the Senate will expire on the
4th Of next March, says that the style Of jour
nallsm OF the REPUBLICAN ls not that Of his
paper, the Chronicle. This is no news to the
people OF Washington, or, indeed, 10 The
people OF tho entire country. Our cotempO-
rary has a style peculiarly It's owu-a style
resembling that Of Rob Roy without Rob
Roy's boldness or courage style that
occasionally provOkes the interference of Con-
gress investigating committees . style that
compels Congress committee clerks 10 divide
their salaries with the chairman to the same
q style upon which a certain Department
of the Government was run before the
era Of purity and reform had set In; a style
that swinded State to support swndllng
concern; a style that trades and trafflcs upon
the necessities Of the Republican party, and
when brought TO judgment liss about 1t; q
style that bullieS aud threatens Departments
Of the Government to subserve Its own inter-
ests. Mr.. Ilarlan's paper Is correct when II
says that this Is not our style.
A word about personal journalism, as IL
Is called. We believe In personal Journalism,
because, In the nrst place, II Is the only kind
Of Journalism known 10 this country, and be-
cause, in the second, 1t Is the genius Of rspub-
llcanlsm to be personsl. Tho man who can
not stand the test In journalism had better
leave Ii. We have always noticed that =
certain elass Of so-called Journalists neVerraise
an objection so long as they are mentioned
in complimentary way by their cOtempora.
hes; but the moment an adverse criticism
is made, we have this overcoming howl
about personal journalism. We have been
personal, and We mean to continue to be per-