Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
PourscAL PURITY.

PoaITacAL PURITY.
 Ozr Raskaz and Cornwall correspond &neM ar& RsSk1ng to Clncinnatti for the Rzxss-1asz1 Sf politics Let us glance at rh.. u~uaEkrI7ssex Oar Cornwall fnend VII md SA1zm th&&a pure platform will uakea Ezre party. Any party can talk vsrsususRy szSzgA, but the real question a uA&shex sh~ new SRefOEmeEs" are to be uurx< uusa than the old Republicans. If sAm puurSs2 uszz Of bO<h partiescOuld unite and EArm a tAir3, SlO1ghing of the CMmezszx. WsSaz. W2rmOuths, Caldwells, BaEs<r<. Twe~az. CGzytons and Fentons, sAem SzG3e%1 we $AsaA have q party that azAz@ess E@n wU4h inStinctively run to; kz. ME Gze<sey shows 10 such backing as tAM& A@Szg hls supporters are to be Szzz3 every DsMOczatic rascal in the sszzkzy. and a s2zrt spunkliRg of Repub- Smm sru~z3re1s be<ideS Prominent szzag the FrupAets of Reform we notice sA@ ~SAAzFSOa- Carpet Bagger War uszA. SE L1a9ls4H@, Gen John Cochrane SR tAH EEA. hand and Senator Fenton on tAe kA Of ME Greeley in New York, while A&eR @ Ca9zecG1c@t are ex-pOstmaster J. J Iwgwe&. who writes widows letters es1 WaEzrAzEy b the Hartford Times, 9z4 HE T. M Clark of Winsted Herald and Efm<ke3 ROzE1ssce nOtoriety,-men of usEe e kz< shSlSty. but not quite the stzE reSoE@ezs arc usually made of The pr~s~ASf Of tAe new party, if it is sue cesEkzl VII De szt least nineteen twen- tszkha Demozxtic. while the small Re Pnhkczn fr7c4l0n cannot be reasonably ex- psrse3 ta bs above the average of Repub- Emn virsuE If then the new party, when a pawsr, sAeaA turn ont purer than the s14. a mx<t be becanse the present Dem o<zzEas party ls pzrer than the present k9pzhfemn party. Does our Cornwall tsEz9 beksexe that to be the case?
 B14 say Rep1hlieans whose faces are tuxzsi Ciz<1nnzti-w4rd, we propose to s1hzkiaRte pure administration fora cor raEt eaes ve kRow that Horace Greeley eza ha relied on for that Just here let us ehserve th4t 10 corruption can be fair ty SAzzgsd either upon our president or Ais e@hsnets but many of the subordinate 0sfzi&As wA0 wsEe appointed for political Fs&zaa$-1okzbly those of the New York Cazso@ Ho4se-hAye been proved incom- PEs<za and Ia some cases even corrupt. Na~ what reason have xe for supposing tAaA Pseslaeat Greeley would be less easi- ly eAs4ksd by the members of Congress, ~As aS1iaAte most of the subordinate S&eeES. thAa President Grant? Has Mir. Gzssley ever shown any of that rare sa- ezHz9x that wO1M enable him to select the t4rsz fro@ the wheat in his heterogeneous crsPr He Is reported chock full of hon. s<ey. sneEgy and prejudice: has he no rep zs~aS0a also for being easily duped? Did Est his qaArrel with Grant arise from his s1 kzng ss3ss with Senator Fenton, re- F11ed t.s be a corrupt man, against MT. Caakhn. the presidents favorite, against wAa1 sA@k eA1zEge has never been made 1? Are oazlAas appointments suggested by the TM@many sAeAems. Mir. Wood, and Mir Fsat0a. likely to bs any great i'm ResSeze2t sSea a Tom Murphy? Casey Ss& bad sasagh but whO would not trust kl2 so~a<r than -@refOrmer~ Yarmouth SAa Ero&e<sed to bring Louisiana in his cszp~Ahaw to Czneinnzais
 He sSlPae truth Is that So long as Con- SEs@<@ea substantially nominate the off, S<Es the Pss=sasns appoints. and so long s< pokEseAl services are the chief recom- l@azl4ssO@ tor prefernent, the shrewdest ~z& Aa@ssSc<A executlxe will he teFrificallv SAzaes3 Sn z.any instances, and improper SFpsEzaEaRzss wln be constantly made. The ~zy SGa OG tAls dlGzzcsalsy lies in change e< eA< &RPsszkSng system rather than in a SAAzNe 0f Press3entS. This can only he ssIsre<2 thr0GgA th0EOaga Civil Service keSsx@ The TrSbane and the Democra. ~ are z2eA la the kahit of sneering at fsxzlAAez&is szoEs< m this direction. and tA< sS~au1@et and aecaaratsons of many of Als Prusesse1 frses&l< in Congress certain Y sAs~ sAeSr su<5hcxzity. Nevertheless ~S sAaR Se grevSosz<iy disappointed if a s'rosa4 tex2 Sf President Grant should pot e< HAMEkel by determined effort for Civ "A Sewvnee ReSaKsa- He will meet with ssahk.aza exposition from Congress, with s~a@z-a sapE4szs fEOm the people, and suc- S~~A wamiA seem tO he within his reach.
 NIT Gss~A<x. if elected. would be so sAAzzazaea wsah . r~arssoDarx Hone. < eA'@s1A@ ssnAae. and a dezperaseav hun,rv takaaula@. that ue douhs uhasl.... -, Czxd Ssrxsss Reforn could be reasonably expected af hSs administration.
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