New-York tribune., 1874-09-10

mats employment thousands are peusoned on the pub
lie purse. The Government Is the fruitful parent Of
bertess PARISHES or the 1856 collection districts In the
United States In eight OF them, during the fiscal year
ending June TO- 1873 the collections were S51 b8 ana the
cost sS6S Of IN II OF them the receipts were s SO 40
and the cost 2o in IA Of thom the receipts Mere
was dollar collected, but s7S,25e IS was paid out
70 sinecursts, idlers and political vampires iS
six thousand six hundred and sixty federal oncehou
ers are the Government Their oommisariat Is M rae
at between sooOoo ana soVOOo ~ Q, rnS nv the
perQuises OF peculation and punder 20 unsolu y. a.,
nroner,y inanencnS popnlar elections enormously
multiplied The caucus and the C~onvenion ~ WI" nd "a
their ascrbed power their oosequous agents ana
the Government declines easy prey TO the yenai
horde. what wonder, then at the emDezslemehts ana
peculatons OF the public funds az the betray OF pubic
trusts at venalty public offices, or that public per-
fdy has expelled public virtue.
eaty and at each remove the dsSrecefu machinery Of
q corrupt government reyolves Hence, the primary
oficehoiers who made him. His service Is their ser
vice. aud disobedience unmakes him. The public en-
poTment through all its grades is distorted TO this
shape The tenure OF oice lie but the expedient OF
policy approved by the usefulness OF the
his principal From highest to lowest from the chief or
Republic TO the placeman OF yesterday regard Tor
self presides above the general welfare; Inc whole
tssued body of the public service cOheres by the power
Of plunder Hence come Jobs contracts private vaeS, &
wholesome adventurers SPIES infOrmers ana aeecuves
surreptOusly to criminal facilities Tor enrcnng tne-
selves aud robhnG the public.
Hence coucealmen.s suppressions and lies, frauds,
peTuries. and thefts From these have come the san
like dogs from the kennel they sank their fangs
body OF the national commerce, and Tapped ts
life currents. Within the limits OF decade,
ssSlsss is Of fines, penalties and forfeitures have
been wrung in New-YOrk and Boston a;0ne from
t6e moiety system' vciousiy worked with handouts,
enabled the operators 10 anass colossal fortunes jayne
xeSTs MSTs DIVIDED H2a dOta % TSp polite Collectors Of
the Port of NewYOrk divided sl73lsU 80; It's patent
and enduring naval officers divided sl5s7l g. ana ts
innocent and abstemious Surveyors divided ss
Thus within the single term Of an Administration there
have been seized and conhsaed Of goods OF citizens
and appropriated TO opulent Government officials,
s976,594 %. sum which, when considering the
pronounced corruption fund of formidable dimensions;
and when. considering the torture which extracea IL;
comes 1.-THE Mysterious Man. Sanoorn; ana y,ad Wdtn
taueeScs $4,000 from the pethOrc public within the
space As days, S23.3Oo or which drop INTO
s Sw PGfkG %hn the possDy 5000 or $500 ad
ditiona cases embraced In bis contract And all this
& %eh SpekSS Sni aSoDS nPSn With tpxOo in Of
generous. il not impossible burden.
which constitute annually the United Statesrevenue is
correctly computed oneseyenth part of the whole or
A70O0OO0 Her local taxation for the same object Is
s54OOOO that is slO 100000 OF taxes annually, 500
TO every adult male inhaoiant OF sound mind and ordi-
nary good health Her corresponding pr0porttonate
liability for the National debt s5 600 600 The amount
OF her local city and town Indebtedness Is
and her DEBT more $57Oo00O0 OF public
Indebtedness by the people OF the State OF or
than $500 for each adult male nhabitant OF sound
mind and ordinary good health When, therefore, upon
this combined burden OF 500 per man we come to I'M
and the Custom-house moiey millions, the problem Is
not how much more each adult male can bear, but
whether the load not even now too great 10 be porne
And here. perhaps. may be well TO bear in mind that
these not unusual occurrences They are hardly ex
70 the Republican party fresh from the deliberations.
and charged with the bOastfu guarantee Of the Phla
fully collected and honestly applied" But they by no
means complete the catalogue Of its ofenses
In 1872 this party pledged In Philadelphia to the world
Its past for it's future conduct But one year had gone,
before financial storm more dreadful than any pre-
IA
should be avoided" and want, tumut and starvation
vail throughout the land" "a wise policy toward the In
dians" was announced. The Indians have been armed
Government expense and are warning upon defense
less citizens beyond frontier 1t sOlemny
ated that he Republican party propose TO respect the
rights by tho people themselves carefully
the power delegated by them to the State and to the
Federal Government" II disapDrOyed "of the resort
TO unconstitutional laws for the purpose OF rem0v
ing evils by interference with rights not surrendered by
the people to either the State National Government"
Hardly had the snages OF the American people on the
faith OF this enunciaOD been counted for the Preslden
tal nominee OF the Convention, before ITS deuded vic
eDt State Of the UmoD invaded and the rights OF
Of The Port Of NeWorisans poticai adve6turer and
brotherinaw OF the President undertook the job OF
against the voice OF the people. A seryie Federal
Judge found vile enough TO support the usnrpation
efhges of the occasion abscOnding In a Federal
vessel United States troops and United States artillery
Castom-hOuse; and guns sbotted with Federal aInmu
milton menaced any VINO should offer TO resist this arb
Convention evolved, filthy for constituent element OF
Republican faith that any system OF the civ evii service
ment considered rewards for mere party zeal Is
fatally demOrazing; and therefore favor reform
OF the system by laws which shall abolish the evils Of
patronage. aud make honesty, efficiency, and hdelty
out practically creating life tenure office"
The negatiOn OF every member OF tins sonorous affirm
ave but feebly denounces its separate and shameless
violation Subordinate positions Of the Government are
enjoyed not otherwise than rewards for mere party
zeal" NOreform has been favored and least of all re-
form which "abOlshes the evils Of patronage" and
makes honesty, efficiency. and fidelity the essential
approach OF patronage TO these standard virtues is
poed by Boutwell,. Butler Carpenter, and Norton the
most vena and corrupt the world ever looked upon,
"the best civil service on the planet"
financial disasters likely 70 ensue upon the repeated
votes of Republican Congress against return TO
specie currency, and yet, with relish OF deception
habltual TO the party councils 1t was proclaimed In
Philadelphia that we confidently expect that our ex-
celent national currency Will be perfected by an early
resumption OF specie payments In compliance with
the RANKING privilege While tne recall Of the power
by Republican COngreSs-the XLIId-kept the word
snother-the xLIId-to restore IT, hope.
The question must unanswered how the persistent
long and hercd struggle Of the CubaDs for freedom
responds with the arrogance with which It's National
all people who strive for greater liberty"
Consider then, the customs and excise systems rotten
with moiees, infested with spies and whose bribery
bstered with bushes even the cheeks OF jayne.
hcaDs respectable mercantile firms stretched to the
torture their books and papers seized without
Of law and themselves dsmayed by terrorism dill
gently studied carefully applied Consider the vast
wrung into yena pockets out OF the merchants of
New-York Consider the financial distress engendered
by ignorance and preciptaed by crime Consider the
armed interference with the sovereign rights OF one
eate and the cupabe refusal 10 interpose constitu-
tiona protection of others Consider the demand for
purified civil service and its refusal the need OF Integ
rity in Office and It's want; the security required
for the public treasures and their abstracuOni
the faith expected In the public servants,
and its betrayal; the necessity OF the punish
ment Of the public pecuators and their pardon.