, 1874-04-18
Or rotor tho Hermit without improving
II thoy woro kept III nj,
EhntN0 rOL1Tfu1ANa' HOME

Of potor tho Heruit wl,hort 1mnroyiSf "A
II thoy woro kent In MI
Eun,No roiIr1orAns' HOME
return. '@'S'' p'''''"' ''s'"0 "o"lo noVof
Az On offset to tho ofrortH of rotoruor. +ho
apotlcrs themselves ofton raiao tho cry for 70.
form, md !. their pathetic srpsain ier ',o'iosty a,
of hired mourors. Xd tic k enIf,s,on ~ eno w., fa
ai,arn ,non k1,ny wcro In striho tIa ,vao1s tno
and nyo n,attors tboir own way suc;, nrn apin, s,
results OF m attempt to rofor1n party eorrunt.
oI hy coneroaalon natronaro. II a,;It' ~ =,
oSrorta thn asrnrnjn j,ocomns nfmnlv = scronIn
for sno,la. '' "'0"'o
Il Ia hard to convince nooplo TINT tlo remolv
for this Ia tlo doing away witt, Conurcsnionai
patronage. Onco war larao nasaes If noonln
aro colloctod torother far ito nl,rnnso of itnlan
ing to tho franlio spooclos Of Fourth. .of-July
orators. Grant orow,lg stnnI awo-atricken IA thn
epoakers tloncart nm lilo wisdom Of t]1o Fntbnya
who founded tho Rcpublic. Tic orators gostic-
ulpto from tho northnngt to Tho aouti,west. nni1
baok again, M thov toii hov tho Fathers viii,
transcondant political saracity. lail down tho
principle TINT tho I,onieintiyo ExoentIyo. and
ujoIai hr"mc,oa an y, ~ nnvoronp shonid 'I ho
lsopt sonnrnto: Int hardly ono of ll,s noopla
dreams that thia nrnns tbnt n Gonrrcea,nar
SHOULD NOT CONTROL
the nppointmotlt OF pogtmostor. scaroo]v nnv
ono thinks that the sad condition Of pollticai
matters Ia fo Ia tho fnct Tint ,nnn1a ,vnit r;vht
over tho principles laid down by the Fatl,ora.
rio Fathers hnti HEALTHY SUSPICION NJ Of human
nature, and know tint. If {he Yorisativo hrancI,
Of Government could interfere WITH Tia Working
fornor and vieo ycraa. u T II copgrossmap ] ~. o
points tho oi(lcers In his iiintriot' and nowar
comes to him thoroty. he ia tuluoncod to 80
logialato as to inoroaao tho number and yaluo OF
aeen IN the. laws. Whoever looks caro-
fully over the rovonuo laws will observe
TINT tlloy havo great many neat littlo swinllca
snugly tucked away. Some Of thoso aro seon to
DO repealed IN subsequent royonuo 1a~s, but
clause undor which tho sanborn contracts were
mnde. TheHo laws camo into being because mo,u-
bers Of Congress have creatures TO provide for,
and aro allowed to control appointments. The
imagination can harlly conco{yo Of the thousand
villainous caperA OF tue creatures provided for By
Congressmet,. Some years ago q gentleman aBplred
to Congressional hoi1ors, III defiance Of tho pro-
tests Of Collectors. Assessors, and postn,astar8
and was aBtoniyhcd to find that the people really
believed that ho lad boon guilty Of Btealine
sheep. In tho rural districtH, tho person who
| steals sl1oep is Homewhnt injured In his social
stardingi
The sentiment In favor Of reform is very
Tho poople cannot bo certain that any reform
proposed is what they need, and arc, therefore,
not enthusiastic over my particular measure.
Tho strength Of tho movement for
oty1L-sEny1oE REFORM
| Is pretty we'll indicated by tho effect It Ind on
| tho mind of the President, Presidont Grant ia
remarkable for his ability to ittdre of force. This
il ono Of tho qualities which made him q great
Gonoral. liz enpreciatej Tho foolInr In favor OF
Oiyil.Seryico reform and partially Welded to It
but tho sentiment Of tic Dooplo In It's favor was
not strong enough to oyer-balanco tho contrary
| influence people refused to sneak encouraging
words for IT, and it cao to nothInr. It fs some.
times astonisliue to observe how rnuch nooplo
viii talk in favor of abstract rxadness, without
allowing their Bontiments to tnko practical
I form. Hoaon Blnolow sava TINT wrong in the
abstract is "allora unpoplar:n hut il is hard
! to Bhow clearly tne nnrtlo1 iar influence
which austaina tho cloyon foot. Il people could
SEQ that their income dimjnishcd directly becauso
be- brol1pht nbo1,t within twen,y-four honrg, But.
when It Ia ncceaanry to explain lint. by moaus Of
this patronage. Conerossmen nro induced to
nass rnynnmo lnwa wI;ch nliow hlaokmniljnr. and
30 ralao the coat Of imnortinc goods tint pcople
-. ..a.e -. .t.s4 49,, 80 r. -.,r II 80,