The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-12-27
This calls for Civil Service Reform.

Public Pretert Whatever acho has not
Been First Elected By The People Of
the District TOR Which he has Been
Elected.
Nor should there be any officers
such as Pimps, Spies, Detectives or
other financial smeller or sponge al
lowed TO hold any place not created
by law, or be quartered upon the
people to suck their block as vam-
pires. This is civil service which
Will cut off the Executive patronage
to such an extent that the peoples
money cannot be used TO thwart their
own wishes in the public elections,
in the interest of their opressors.
The entire judicial system OF the
United States involving the lives,
liberties and property of forty millions
OF people, derives its entire poser
from the appointment of one man, the
President of the United States, who
is no, elected directly. by the people;
and not one OF these forty millions of
people have u voice in the selection
OF one single officer of all the Courts;
making the entire Judiciary OF the
country dependent upon the Presi-
dent aud the Senate, neither of whom
are elected directly by the people.
This calls for immediate Civil Ser
vice Reform. Let every Judge, Dis.
tric,, Circuit and Supreme be elected
by the people of their respective Ju-
dicial Circuits and Districts.
IT. , 4
ant Marshal, Erery 4. 5. District
-1norney and his assistant attorney
be Elected by tie PeopLe Of Their Re
spectre Districts, under laws made by
Congress. This will take from the
President the immense patronage of
the interior branch of the Treasury
Department, and the Judiciary from
his dictation, besides making every as
pirant look 10 the people as the
source OF power, instead of making
sale OF their manhood TO the Presi-
dent for place and power.
1t may he urged that the people are
not iniallible. This is unfortunately
true, but the power of correction re-
main in the power OF impeachment
and removal Of the House and the
Senate.
The influence of such reform would
be felt in every part of the country
and would give TO the people OF the
country the control OF their own do
mestic affairs in each locality of the
Union. This i'll the perfection OF Tree
government.
After remaining the powers Of gov
ernmeut to the people, the source OF
| all just power-to be exercised where
| it is always safest. Then let every
unnecessary Office, ever sinecure be
! abolished that every department oil
/ the government be administered by
! the directly elected agents Of the pco-
pie.
We must carry out the great doc
trine Of Ar. Jefferson, Equal and ex-
act Justice To all men, aud special
! privileges TO none"
There can be no good reason in con.
formity with this principle, why the
| government OF the United States
should educate and give employment
to privileged der OF men and keep
them IN military Office because they
were educated at West Point at the
goycrnmcnt expense. The officers OF
the army with their military educa-
tion should be left 10 that grea. stim.
ulant of American progress - that
great key TO American succcss-indi-
vidual enterprise. With schools in
every part OF the land to teach every
thing taught in the u. 5. Military
Academy, it is unjust and invidions
to place the patronage of great mil.
itary institution att the disposal of the
President and members of Congress
who have used it tor the lowest mer.
cenary purposes, or employed it for
the promotion of their own families
to place and position. Is that just p
Is that fair! Is that Republican ?
Let the West Point Military Acade
my be employed by the government
for other purposes Il is the right ot
every American citizen to prepare
himself for the highest duties of mill
tary service, and when the promotion:
in the army are open to the individual
competition of every citizen who may
qualify himself for the performance o
its duties then will the country be rid
of the expenses of the military nui
sance and be freed from the patron
age and corruptions of its CadetshiI
sales-a nursery OF upstart aristocrac,
remarkable only for its insolence.
The bonds of the government o
the United States must submit to tax
alton for every purpose for whicl
property owners of every other kline
are taxed The special privilege
given to bondholders-given to IDLE
capital and taken from active industr,
taken from the West and given t
the East-taken from free govern
ment and given to an oligarchy-
, taken from honest intelligence
and given to yIllains-rings forme'
by the government to rob its owl
citizens for the aggrandizement OF it
rulers.
Let every form of American his
tory be placed upon the same footinl
, demanding protection for its lega
rights.
AN AMBITIOUS YOUNG MAN.
An ambitious youth in Charleston
Mass, who has little money of hi
own, but wealthy father, recent
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