Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-24

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President should go andappoint a Post
master in Chicago, and these Collectors
and Assessors that you used to have
around here, without asking that Con.
gresham. Yet the Congressman. by
the Constitution, has no more to do with
1t than the child unborn, or the child
OF Frenchman, unless his advice be
asked. Still, Congress has practically
usurped this. Its a conflict between
the Legislative and Executive Depart
! nents of the Government-the Presi.
| dent on the one side and Congress on
| the other-whether it be Democratic or
Republican Congress; and that is one
reason Why we have not seen all Repub-
| licans right on the matter of civil sery-
ice reform. Is anything better to be
| expected by turning out Gen. Grant.
who has resolutely taken hold of this
matter and appointed an able Commis-
sion? You know Joseph Medill is an
honest man, if there is one to be found ::
and we think so away from here. /
know man is often abused in his own
locality, but we off on one side think he
is one Of the best men among them. l
say the Commission was composed of
such men.
Gen. Grant is in favor Of civil service
reform, and ask is it worth while to
turn out Gen. Grant and his Cabinet so
that Horace Greeley and John Cochrane
may rule the civil service? Applause.
These men say it is not right to turn
men out for political reasons. Are you
50 innocent as to suppose that should
Horace Greeley become President he
would not turn out any of these 10000
officers for political reasons? If he
should not, what an infinite howl of
disappointment and despair would 90
up from the Democratic party; YES,
and from, these Liberal Republicans.
Oh, letsus believe the simplicity that all
these Liberal Republicans, if they should
carry the election, would beg Greeley
not to appoint any of them to Office
Applause that they would hasten to
Washington to tell Greeley, :: Don't
turn out the Republican postmaster in
our town; he is capable man, and
know no reason for turning him out ex-
cept that he is a Republican, and
should feel sorry, under the circum.
stances, TO take his place. Is it likely
that they will talk in that way? Do
the Democrats expect there will be a
turning out of Office holders for their
sake? They have asked Greeley the
question good many times, and he re-
sponded II it when he said, I" Do YOU
think man woald invite his neighbors
to help him raise house, and then
kick them out after he had got The
house built = as much as to say, "Help
me to get the house built and will
give you good feed" is Horace Gree
ley the man to lnaugurate civil service
reform Go to New York, if you think
misreprent him spend a fortnight
there among those who have known
him all his life long, and they will tell
you that more credulous man does
not exist in that State-one more likely
to be imposed upon by bad men. Look
at the men who gather around him.
Tammany Republicans, among the rest
OF the men in that city, are among his
supporters and warmest friends, and he
IS the friend of them also. Everybody
knows this there. l have in my mind
specially man who could not borrow
$40 OF you tomorrow morning who has
been twice recommended by Horace
Greeley and been put into responsible
place in the Custom House, and that
man has cost him Sl4, 600 for breaches of
trust"
THE GOVERNOR THEN ALLUDED
to the sthick-headed obstinacy of the
Democratic party in seeking to over.
throw, by alliance with boiling Repub- |
Leans, that Government which had de- |
he'd the utmost efforts of the united |
rebel horde in the field. Their political |
and traitorous wire-pulI. |
ing would prove just as inefficient to de-
stroy the country. He dealt with some
Of Mr. Greeley's very absurd doctrines
r'telatlye 10 secession, and, speaking of
the philosophers advocacy of kindness
70 rebels, held that the Republican party
1ad been most generous in dealing with
these same rebels, and quoted Gen.
drant's words at Appomattox.
:" That was not the spirit of hate, but
u the most extreme kindness. Every
me OF tnem might have been hung, but
even the leaders were allowed tie escape,
although not allowed to vote for a few
7ears. There was not a rebel who by
aw was not permitted to vote, though
'bopt 300 rebels were deprived of the
privilege Of holding Office, and that was
What troubled Mr.. Greeley most of any
hin g. If that was what the South
wanted, that disability should be allow
ID to rest, for it would not be decent to
,ring Davis, Toombs, and the rest into
he United Senate before the grass had
airly overgrown the graves of the Union
oidiers. He was willing to shake hands
With the rebels if they had shaken hands
With the blacks and Union men at the
'outh. "ssiycw ebt $40 sheh ttNpo
Dealing with the question of local
elf-government, the speaker said -:
They said that local self government
vas sufficient to carry out the constitu.
ional amendments and protect the PEG. |
lie; but local self government Brought
bout the war, kept. 100000 of slaves
q bondage and destroyed the liberty of
peech in the South and the people
eclared that local enlightenment
hould not wrong the people. He would
,eep to the very letter of the Constitu-
ion as it is now,l which gave Congress
over to enforce the amendments. 1t
'as the duty of Congress to protect the
ights Of the people9 against local self
oVernment, if it sought to deprive
hem of their rights. If the Democrats
OF into power they would repeal the
Tvs passed under the amendments. for