The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-17

than seat in the House Of Representa-.
tives; but this branch Is. nevertheless,
under our matchless system Of Govern
ment, the cornerstone Of our fabric vf
liberty, because II is the only depart.
ment of the Federal Government
directly responsible TO the people
Of the country, anl receiving lis
powers directly from their bands All
other branches Of the Government are
two or three degrees moved from the
people in the mcde of their selection or
in the nature of their responsibilities
but while the House of Repre- rsstntatives
is thus Immediately responsible, all the
other branches Of the Government are
responsible to the duty. The people Of
the country have charged the Demo
cratic party in the House Of Representa-
tives with the important duty Of bring.
ing coordinate branches Of the Govern
ment t) their just responsibility. The
people demand at our haI ds sweeping
and thorough reform in the civil service,
which shall be conducted in n spirit
that will secure the appointment to
places of trust and responsibility the
honest, the experienced and the capa-
BILE. There is also an imperative demand
that a vigilant examination be made
into tine administration of the public
revenue of the country; that all the
public accounts shall be scrutinized by
us, and corruption be ferreted out, and
wrong doers, no matter bow high or how
low, shall be fearlessly arraigned and
fully exposed and punished. One Of the
most pressing demands upon us is to per-
feet and adopt such system of taxa
ton as will bring in the required rev.
enue with the fewest restrictions up,n
commerce and with the least burdens to
the people, and that burden equitably
distributed and skllfully adjusted.
Owing to the exigencies of one Of those
internecine conflicts incident to the life
of almost every country, also per-
nicious system Of legislation, people are
suffering from the evils ofan unredeemable
currency. In meeting and graphing with
the difficulties of this vital and perplSx-
ing question, it will be our duty to take
care thatAnothing is done which would
impair the good faith Of the country or
tarEish the public honor, or lower or dis
turb the credit of our government. But
we are to remove these distractions
which bar the progress and check the
prosperity of the American people. 1t
is the duty and glory of the Democratic
party while it controls the-House, to see
that the national credit ana. currency Of
this democratic republic is made equal
with that of any nation on earth, and
that the grandest aspirations of the DEM
ocratic party, and its crowning glory will
be to restore the Constitution to its
primitive strength and authority, and
TO make il the protector Of every section
and of every State in the Union, and Of
every human being, of every race, color
and condition in the land. The appre-
hension and distrust Of one part of the
Nation that that portion of Southern
people arrayed against the authority of"
the Federal Government in the late war
would be an element Of disturbance TO
the American Union has mainly disap.
peared, as is evinced by your election,
and in its stead has grown more frater-
bal feeling, which regards us of the
Southern States as fellow citizens Of the
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