The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-03
seDisfntegration of PARTIES .

To THE PUBLIC:
That was sad and dolorous lalnen
of the Democrat. in Its last weeks is
sue upon the degeneracy, mud eonse
quent disintegration of the Republi
can party, that party of purity ane
progress. Mr.. H, Iwould fain hope
that your gloomy fears arose iron
some morbid state of your digestion
and not from any ehangeableness o
The people. ! wondered greatly, wha
could have disturbed the Sc
renity OF your peaceful and gnileles,
mind. Have you seen any reason te
doubt tire effect of yenr able lef. nsivt
| article upon the bribery and pecula
ton -four great and good Represen.
tatiye i'm Congress = : Alasl alas =
Ilalsey, have yon yet to realize ''lhai
republics are nngratefBl r or, was il
forsoofIs some lingering twinges ol
conscience, that the fighteens indig.
nation of outraged Humanity, ought
1 to overwhelm you for fhe part you
bore in the removal OF Mrs. Z. F. Ey-
ans from her office? Was it the
retroactive results of the base and
dishonorable act of striking sick and
fallen antagonist, and that antagonist
q soldiers widow2 The party you
champion stands pledged in ten theu-
sand times ten thousand acts aud
words to befriend the soldiers wild
ow and his children. Your party
chief is a soldier, and his solemn de-
termination given at the outset of his
administration, thrilled with joy mil
lions. of patriotic souls, athat other
circumstances being equal, y will give
the nations gifts 10 those who suffer-
ed ii, its Defence which grand pur-
pose be carried out, much to the dis
gust of cheap stayratrheme patriots
in, the appointment of tens of thou
sands of the rank and file ofthe grand
army and thousands OF the widows
of those who were rich in nothing
save in the glory which gathered ON
the brows of husbands, who died on
the battle fields. It was not the Pres
ident. who strIlck down the -uncon-
scious victim, but a little clique who
claim the sole province to9direct and
control all political matters in this
County, men who blandIy smiled by
day and plotted by night. working
through slhe: moral cowafdice Of a
guilty!trembling Congressman, ho, is
conscious that he carries with him the!
price of the betrayal of his confiding'
constituent; b,ier9fa s4.t! tussf
astwelse- -sl4eatlss did this
man volunteer his assurance to Mrs.
E. that her office was SECURE to her,
Tipless there should be some great
mal-adpiuistiatiqn in the future. ~
- What were the facts in the case.a
Mr.. II. and Mr.. b., both Of the body
sof5the elect weregin Washington at the
beginning OF General Grants first ad-
ministration, representing and urging
the appointment of two different par
ties to the office of Postmaster in RAJ
VIENNA. While the respective claims
iOf'these two parties were see-sawing
in the mind of General Garfield, Mr..
Jesse r. Grant, the venerable parent.
of the President, who, in early years,
long before these rival parties, were
born, was the acquaintance and friend
of the parents of Mrs. Egappears and
!solicits a favor ofhis son, the appoint
mentto this office fthe daughter OF an
old friend, the widow of. Lit. T. p.
Evans, who fell in the assault at KEN
esaw mopiltain. All this was un-
known and unsolicited by Mrs. E.,
or any of her friends. All that the Pre-
sident asked, Is she capable !? is she,
trustwofthy?i Being satisfied on
these points, he sends her name TO the
Senate, where her nomination was
confirmed. The faithfulness with
which she discharged the duties OF
the Office, has never been questioned
here either by friend or foe, and not a
solitary word of ofseomplaiBt ut WASH
ingtOn as tOt The care, and correctness,
in which the duties Of the office were
performed. Mrs. E. expected TO have
been at The inaugurationand renewed
in person her application for reap
pointment, but was laid upon her bed,
by a severe and painful illness. While
thus confined, and resting i'm entire
unconcern upon the assurances of Mr..
i. r. Grant, made TO her by letter in.
January last-assprances made upon
the promise Of his son Ito use his own
words Ulysses said you should have
the Office if there was no complaint of
mal-administration lin that lie pur-
posed no change in ,otilcce except for
cause. 4l - III ~ 60
Resting in security also upon the
"A4-sin smile" of Rev: Garfield, That
she should haYe it continued, neither
that her chief clerk. who
was retained by her, because of his /
capable and faithful discharge of re-
sponsihihties intrusted to him, for
which (unsolicited) she gave from her
own salary four hundred dollars iii
addition to the governmental allow
aiIce OF one thousand, could so forget
maRltood, and honor, as to sting to
Tic 'dedzl, her that had taken him,
without bread, a comparative strap
ger, and warmed into life. Lulled
into security by all these pircumstan=
ees, how was she shocked, as she read
the nomination to the Senate of w. S.
krake as her successor! Why was
he selected aud urged upon Gen. Gar.
field !? A stranger, hence not a citi-
zcn to the manor born? Because that
he was Mrs. Els stock in reputation
say they. Mrs. Els Office was adj
nirably atluljuistered and Mr. X