The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-01-20
ISSUES OF THE NEXT CAMPAIGN

Efforts are being made to re-
duee the issues Of the next Pres:-
DENTAL campaign to . mere per-
sonal warfare. Did the President
rob a hen roost, and II he did how
many eggs did he steal2'. Can .
Republican Office holder be an
honest man, and it 90, 10 there one
in point of factY are the ques-1
tions which the Ku Klux and their
Northern friends and symp lthizers
are trying to force upon the ma
tion as the issues Of the day. Pre-
cisely as they vented their impo-
tent rage upon General Butler,
when he compelledlthe she rebels
Of New Orleans to respect the flag,
by screeching sspoons'' 90 are they
now engaged in traducing General
Grant, who has earned their eter-
nal hatred, by concerted cry Of
thieves thieves
The Republican party intends
to make up its owr issues. It will
give its own account of its politi-
cal stewardship, which has been
characterized by the utmost econ
omy, and by exemplary integrity
It is not denied that among the
hundaed thousand agents whom
the government employs there
have not been some dishonest
men, but considering the laxity
of public sentiment upon pecunia-
| ~ defaults, the smallness of the
saleries paid, and the insecurity of
official tenure, there have been as
few defalcations or maladminist-a-
tions as could have been rcasona-
bly, expected. The cure for Of
fetal and personal peculations
lies not within the range of po-
litical changes, but in q better pub.
lie opinion. which demands that
rascals shall be punished reg.fd-
less of their appar ent religious and
political zeal.
The real question which the ma
tion will be called upon 20 decide
is, shall the enemies Of the Uni
ted States, who since the war have
murdered by assassinati0ns thous-
ands of the friends of the govern
ment, both white and black. and
their Northern sympathizers he
installed as the rulers of loyal
men? Is the combination OF all
the reactionary and revolutionary
elements of the nation, for both of
these opposite parties have one
bond Of union, the overthrow Of
existing institutions, to be success
full in establishing violence and
disorder in the place of harmony
and the progressive development
OF the nation?
/ For more than two years the
Republicans have pointed out the
enormous robberies Of the Tam
many ring; but the World, the
Staatszeitung and every Demo
cratic journal defended it until
last summer, when tho exposures
| of the Times, showing that millions
were being stolen,nerved portion
Of the Democracy to resistance
And even last fall Tweed was elect
ed to the State Senate by some ter
thousand majority. It was only
| by a combination Of portion o.
the Democrats with the Republi-
cans that Tammsny was over
thrown, for counting out the
thirty>five Thousand Republicans
'Tammany, at the last election, hai
a clear majority in New York city
And yet many candidates elected
by their class Of voters would be
an Improvement of the civil ser
vice.
There will be but two parties il
the next campaign. Factions ma,
GO through the motion to putin,
up reform Republican or reform
Temperance, or Reform Labor can
didates, but all these diversion
will only be made in the interes
of the Democracy, and some week
before the November election.
these pseudo tickets will be with.
drawn and the nation will be aeail
divided into two hostile politica
camps-one represent ag constitu
tional progrcss-the other COM
bination OF all that is oppose
thereto. no matter for what rea
son.
In these circumstances it is th
duty of patriots, to stand with 10y
atty and devotion by the ia
which so safely carried the natio
through the late civil war, and
spurn with deserving contemr
the piLiful artifices Of the enemy
The Trojan horse with which th
Ku Kiux, Greeks of modern times
intend to enter the capital, is Civ
Service reform, but the disguis
is too transparent to deceive th
nation.
If the loyal men Of the natio
can no longer be trusted with II
destiny then it has to fall to pic ce1
for the dlsloyal elements that ha,
the Government, and regard it .
a tyranny will certainly net try
save it. But there is really q
danger. Never was the natio
more certain Of glorious, peac,
ful, yet'progressive future. In a
country and at no time did the il
dustrious worker receive SO man
chances pecuniary and education,
advantages; and nowhere have b
children SO many chances to bt
come wealthy even great men.
these circumstances it would