The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-10-25

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would resent it and feel wronged IT the
President should 60 and appoint 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
it than the child unborn, or the child
OF Frenchman, unless his advice be
asked. Still, Congress has practically
usurped this. 1t is a conflict between
the Legislative and Executive Depart
ments 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-
leans right on the matter of civil serv-
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 Commits
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. |
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
co ~ IN haf ch
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, let us 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, A." 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 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
turning out of office holders for their
sake? They have asked Greeley the
question a good many times, and he re-
sponded ID it when he said, Z" Do you
think man would invite his neighbors
to help him raise a house, and then
kick them out after ne 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 inaugurate civil service
reform Go to New York, if you think
| misreprent him; spend 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. | have in my mind
specially man who could not borrow
SO 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 GOO for breaches Of
trust"
THE GOVERNOR THEN ALLUDED
to the thick.headed obstinacy of the
Democratic party in seeking to over
throw, by alliance with boiling Repub-
licans, that Government which had de-
fed the utmost efforts of the united
rebel horde in the field. Their political
Vaccinations and traitorous wire.pull.
ing would prove just as inefficient to de-
stroy the country. He dealt with some
of Mr.. Greeley's very absurd doctrines
relative to secession, and, speaking of
the philosophers advocacy Of kindness
to rebels, held that the Republican party
had been most generous in dealing with
these same rebels, and quoted Gen.
Grants words at Appomattox.
THAT was not the spirit of hate, but
of the most extreme kindness. Every
one OF them might have been hung, but
even the leaders We're allowed te escape,
although not allowed to vote for few
years. There was not rebel who by
law was not permitted to vote, though
about 800 rebels were deprived of the
privilege of holding Office, and that was
what troubled Mr.. Greeley most of any
thing. If that was what the South
wanted, that disability should be allow
ed to rest, for il would not be decent to
bring Davis, Toombs, and the rest into
the United Senate before the grass had
fairly overgrown the graves of the Union
soldiers. He was willing to shake hands
with the rebels if they had shaken hands
with the blacks and Union men at the
South"
Dealing with the question of local
government, the speaker said:
"They said that local self government
was sufficient to carry out the constitu-
tional amendments and protect the peo.
pie; but local self government brought
about the war, kept 100000 of slaves
in bondage and destroyed the liberty of
speech in the South; and the people
declared that local selfgovernment
should not wrong the people. He would
keep TO the very letter Of the Constitu.
ton as it is now, which gave Congress
power to enforce the amendments. 1t |
was the duty of Congress to protect the
rights of the people against local self
government, if it sought 10 deprive
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