Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-10-17

and terrorism that destroy the peace ham;
ness and security of half the population q
those States. He seeks to magnify int
dangerous importance the harmless societie
OF the colored people for the obvious purnos,
VI furnishing pretext and an excuse for tn,
existence OF the Ku-Klux and for the blood,
J disorders which all the world knows nv,
occurred IN those States. He alternately at
Iempts to persuade and threaten the coiored
people into the conviction that their future
safety depends upon cutting loose from the
republican party of the North, and throw.
ing themselves into the arms and under the
domination OF their enemies and oppressors
leaving cut few vague, formal expressions
OF regard for the rights of the colored peonIe
the speeches might have been made by
Naae Hampton or Gen. Forrest. He repre-
senks the people of the North who ha ve
gone to live in the South as carpet-baogers
adventurers and robbers; he EMPLOYS eyerv
exaggeration that can make the State COW.
ernment' of the South od;ous, coutemntible
anu PoWerless. In short, these speeches,
| Whlle pratIngo of reconciliation, and !" shak
ing hands across the bloody cha.m :" in
every part are calculated to beget violence.
passion and hatred to the Republicans Of IN
| south, and, as all candid men must admit
are lm-iull OF aspersions upon the Adm n
istration of Gen. Grant
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Mr.. Hendricks, in his speech at New AL
| bany few evenings SINCE had much to saw
| upon the subject of civil service reform. ana
manifested zeal all the more notable he
cause 1t Is entirely new. During the ten
years that Mr.. Hendricks was in Congress-
n had nothing to say or suggest upon that
! SUBJECT; ne was apparently well contented
with She existing civil service system His
sudden conversion and remarkable entbnsi-
osm nave led him into a number of state
! ments which eau in no way be sustained or
Justlhed. For example, he said
"A year ago last March Congress was COM
PEELED to pass law, in order 10 satisfy the
public demand, requiring the President to
appoint commission to investigate the sub
Ject OF frauds. Gen. Grant appointed seven
OF his personal and political friends. That
committee went to work. They had three
things; first, was there fraud ii the nnblic
service? secondly, what was the canse of
that fraud and, thirdly, what was the
remedy?" vac TIC
Now, ! regret to be compelled to state that
IN all this there Is not one word of truth.
gong ess passed no such law and made no
such requirements of the President. and The
Civil Service Commission made no such in
vestlgation, nor had they any authority to.
| IN regard to the Administration of Gen
Grant. Congress did pass law authorizing
the resident, in his discretion. to appoint
commission to examine and make recon-
mendstlons and advise with him in rag.rd
TO the subject of civil service. The question
tney were 70 CONSIDER was what reforms, if
any, could be effected in system which IA
been IN operation from the very hour when
the government was formed ia 1893 Thu
administration of Gen. Grant was not berora
that Commission for examination any moro
than the administrations of WASHINGTON or
jackson. No witnesses were examined.
and the whole question was as to the theory
1 OF civil administration.
Mr.. hendricks then read the following ex-
tract from the report of that Commission.
1t is not easy to compute in figures the
exact economical differe ce between a cood
and bad system Of the civil service. Z
But IL IS calculated by those who have nade
careful study of the facts that oue-fourtb
OF the revenue Of the United States is an
nually lost in the collection, and for largo
part OF that loss system of the service
whleh Is fatally uHsound may reasonably be
held responsible"
Mr.. Hendricks then assumed, upon the
authority of this extract, that 500 600 oOO
OF the revenues of the Government are actu-
ally squanderei and stolen, and dwelt upon
TINS TACT at great length, and with extreme
Indignation. The extract was rudelv torn
from the context, and the whole report shows
that 1t had no more reference TO the admin
lsIratlon OF Gen. Grant than to that of Mr..
Buchanan or Thomas Jefferson To complete
.ne evidence OF the monstrous perversion,
Mr.. George W. Curtis, the author of the re-
port, states that the calculation referred to
IN TIE extract was made in a report su omitted
10 congress during the administration OF An
grew johnson In 1868, at time when Mr..
hendricks, then in the Senate, was one of
DIS chlet advisers, and was remarkably we'll
satisfied with the civil service system.
Inc volume OF taxation during Johnson's
Administration was more than 5000, 900 900
greater than 1t IS now, and yet during the
last year of Grants Administration t85 0N0
600 more were paid into the treasury than
during the last year of Jobnsou's admins
tratlon. While less than $500 O,OOO of the
public debt were discharge dduring the Adj
minstration of Mr.. johnson. that of Gem
Grant has paid off in three and half wears
more than S34O,O00,O0O. In every direction
the Administration of Gen. Grant has accom-
plished great reforms, saving to the peonIa
hundreds of millions of dollars; and Cen.
Grant is the first in the line of Presidents to
inaugurate bensfcent reforms and chances
IN the system of civil administration.
GREELEY AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
Gov Brown, Carl Schurz, Senator Trum-
bull, Messrs. Hendricks, Voorhees,, 81 id
omne genus, bring multitudnous charges
against Gen. Grant and the Republican mar
ty on account OF the reconstruction poIicv
the Ku-Klux Bill, the suspension OF tie writ
OF habeas corpus in the disturbed districts |
of South Carolina, the prosecution of the |
ku-klux, and the general dealings of the |
government with the disturbing elements in |
the South, the election law, which they des- |
ignate the "Bayonet Bill" and all that |
class of legislation intended to protect the |
purity of the bailot-box and to give security |
to life, liberty and property in the Southern I
States; but their criticisms are all answer |
ed, and they are overwhelmed and stultify
themselves when they support Horace Gree
ley, who has been the advocate and defender
OF all these things which they condemn.
He has justified from time to time every act
OF Congress that has been passed in regard
to the South. He justified the election law,
the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
the prosecutions of the Ku-Klux. He de-
tended the amendments and denounced their
enemies; in short, he has furnished an ar
gument and an answer against everything
they say. How these things were right in
Horace Greeley and wrong in Gen. Grant, it
is Tor an honest man to understand. The
truth is, this coalition is the most democrat
lzlng event in American politics; it is, in
tact, declaration to the world that there is
no principle or integrity in politics, and is
IN substance an attempt to abolish all dis
tlnctlons between right and wrong II is an
assertion that the end justifies the means
that story Is valuable for what it will &C
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