The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-04-25

I slider ti0n OF partisan ana personal lhtFttse
has risen above the consideration Of public
gaod. L means that partisan spirit, ioo-'ns
after selfish advantage strives u cover NJ
existing evils mi abuses, 10 discreslit and
crush the spirit Of thoreusago.nc reform
and 10 stiAe the popular conscience 1t
means that tise public service OF the country,
with all It's endless ramif atoms an! Inil1-
euces is becoming. nav, has bscome. 2 vast
and svst.matically org nized machinery oil
political power in the hands Of one man, to
Tai-ify and sabjug lie pubhc opinion, and TO
drag0or rhe polite ii action OF the masses.
IL means that through that organic d power
one viii governs and imPeis clique; that
CLIQUE rules the caucus, that Caucus rules
the convention: that convention the party.
aud that marty 80 controlled and directed az
to rula the American people. 1t means that
this sYsteIu az developed Under til" Impulse
sf low instincts, must be a school OF arrogant
tyranny on one side. and on the other OF
corruption. ilvproerl>y, slaTIsh spirit anu
general dem0r4Iizatiou- 1t means that M
I er this pressure many men IN poilticai lie
are already afraid 10 utter their honest con-
yicllons lest they blast their prospects and
fortunes; | know 1t, for many have told me
/ SO. 1t means that under q system like this,
| neither the Constitution, nor the laws, nor
! popula liberty, nor personal rights will be
I safe 1t means that a declaration Of indie
peuience from degrading and demoralizing
personal and partisan tyranny has become
= ---.-.-s.. = - ---a - u1t We Snail
have it.
the CINCINNATI MOVEMENT
When We deuounco abuses, when we de-
! mdnd reforms, when We arise up against the
arrogance OF personal and parts n RUE
when We address Il voice of warning to the
! people, We are met by those in power and
+ their hInlons, with the defiant cry: - What
/ are you gong u do about it That cry
4 has been n ard before. 1t was but recent,
I heard in this ueisdborhood and 1t has had
4 a fitting response. L. will have fitting re-
Spouse again. On the LIST of Ny the indie
pendent men Of the Republican pare viii
f.. meet Iii Convention at Cincinnati, aud unless
greatly uils tpprehend the signs of the times
that Convention will not be slow to tell those
defiant geatlemen " what Sc are going to do
aoou, IL"
" shall rally for a common effort those
whose convictions of duty are not at the
disposal a personal or party dictation
We shall insist and take good care, that
none Of tie logical and legitimate results Of
the war be imPcrIl.ed; that the settlement
OF past differences, as embodied in the Con
situation, be maintained; that the equality
OF human rights be held invio.abir tina
10 the utmost farthlng. But we shall III
sIst, also, whatever she behests of thOs.
VINO attempt to ruie Us, that those we huv,
overcome III the civil war shall be trcatc
with : po!icy Of impartial justice, appeal
ing to the best impulses of human nature
we snail insist upon the employment 0
| thoae legal and moral agencies which ar,
calculated to revive fraternal feeling anon.
ii! t e people, and II patriotic spirit Of IA
? tIunallty nroushoIt the lani; we shall in
! sst that the liag of this Republic way
, over ali It's citizens rs the symbol Of equa
rights and equal protection; we shall inSis
: that tie robbers be GIscOuntenanced VIII
r sack the marrow Of the Southern people
4 undcf whatever party name they may d
= t: we shall insist that corruption b
= crushed wherever it may appear; we sha
j. INSIST that the people be relieved Of unnecps
sary bGrdgns and all forms Of OiiOuS OF
l. preston; We shall insist that ours Is Il cor
Y etltutolal Government, whose funaamci
tai principles and established forms mas
y be sacregiy maintained at any cost, IN
whose laws, const.lutonally framed, al
y higher authority than the pleasure of an
II man or any party: we shall insist that I'll
se!t-goyCrIment of the people, the yer
;. iuun4dj.on of kepr Dlcan institutions, sha
h DC Kept lnyIolatc III its legitimate sphere
/ we shall insist that the insIious ana III
y constitutional intcrmcldling of the centr;
IL power with local concerns and inlIyiiu;
b rights shall be stopped; We shall insist tn;
lie the pubic service OF the country Is institute
" for lie common benefit Of all the pcOpl
e and nothing el.e, and that it must cease
"a BE s!;,yish machinery to partisan interc
IA or the aspirations Of personal government
i'll we shall insist t'iat the dangerous ana III
L.. l-.4l,-.-.
y We snail insist that every public scrv;n
: shall he held To Il strict account under RI
II Jaws @. the country; we shall insist in,
a there shall be no slavery nor inyoiuntaI
servltute IN this country, neither moral u,
, physical; that YOU, merchants Of New Yori
/ shaiI be able to express your political OBJ!
e IONS ana act upon them without fear of ri
y custom House, and that every man in ever
q part OF the country shall do the same witt
: out anXlou>ty LOOKING round, whether ther
e Is Government official or partisan nea
i who might hurt him.
y Tins we shall as Republican freemen ir
y slat upon; we shall see to it, that candidate
: Tor the high Offices Of the Government rer
I reSentins these demands be placed befor
I YOU and thus we shall appeal to the mora
sense, to the love of liberty and persona
rights, to the instincts of justice, to tn
virtue to the national spirit, AMI to tn
= patriotism OF tie American people Thi
Is gentlemen, what We are going to q,
about 1t
NeBLE - DIeArFuINTuENT"
Know we'll the accusations with whicl
: We are met, and the spirit which send
them forth shows clearly that the spokes
men 81 the powers thar be begin 70 fca,
what they affect to de>pisc. We are callr,
set OF disappointed men, who merely Civ,
vent to tteir personal grievances Yes ",
are disappointed men-not. indeed, disan
pointed II the sense in which unscranuIo,I.
e'ahlererS call us su-aS if We had not re-
cciFed ali The patronage We wanted: for Nd
man Who has Observed current event. ear
IAN to know that favor would not BE- want.
lng 10 Us, ha, we consented To wear the
livery ot the " hite House. Thus we ma
with prour consciousness of rectitu. r.
pass over the calumnioS of those who's,
p'uahie business is to belittle the motives
OF honest men when they cannot meet
Their arguments.
Bot am willing to accent the word
" e are disappointed men in a higher sense .
disappointed IN that whole-soIIed conf
dcnce with which We chung to the party
anu rallied around an Administrator
winch enjoyed such great opportunities.
disappointed in the fond hope that during
these four years the anmositics and resent
mentS OF the past would be rcconcled. and
that fruitful spirit OF mutual confidence
would be revived by policy of generous
/ wisdom; that an Administering which
owe. It's existence to no combined effort of
particular sets or cliques would exclude
iron It's cuun>elS the selfish and narrow
mudei spirit of faction: that under its
RUE h'gn tone Of parity and noble ,li,ip-
tercsteduesS wouk be infused into all The
relations Of political life subject to its in
h"ehce. that the corrupt tendencies of orr
times "oult be etcc;ualiy checked. that 4
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