The daily gazette., 1875-07-24
From the State sentins.. Repuh.) ',
Dr.. Pret'yandn 0ssd the Propo-
sed Official Changes In Defa.

The many Republicans in this Stat
who honestly believed the best interest
OF the party would be served By the re
moval of the present Collector Of Inter
nal Revenue and United States Marsha
TOR this District, will learn with srrprist
fhet In DR.. Prettyman's opinion they ert
political prostitutes who had no char.
acter to forfeit" Without doubt, If The
Republicsn party has been guilty Of any
Pot,rlcal lewoness, it was committed by
embracing the above-naned officials, who
nave so long held o&ce--the one to the
manifest, detriment Of all our party Ia.
: teresr3, the other to the prejudice of ell
public decency. ~
Dr. Frettyman was appointed to Office
against the protests Of large majority
| OF the best party men In the State,
through the influence Of certain eentle-
! nen outside Of our State, and unfamiliar
with our needs. These SANE Influences
have secured his retention Of the most
Important political oRce in the State,
regardless OF the fact, that his occupancy
OF the sene was pSeiudiciel to the party's
success, T
1t is a notorious feet. that since the
Doctor was required to ffstep down and
ons" OF the foreign consulate he held, at
the request of the Government to which
be was accredited, his influence has Ell.
weys been prejudiciel to party discipline
END success. It is no less notorious that
during the six years he has held the most
lucrative Office in the State, he hes con.
trihuted little or nothing to help defrsy
the expenses OF the party retainins him
in power; that he openly and warmly
sympathized with the independent"
movement in the city. Of Wilmington, By
which the State was secured to the DEM
ocrats; that persons in bis official EN-.
Ploy alent voted against the regular Re-
publican nominees. and afterwards boast.
ed that they were successful in defeat.
ing the Republican ticket; andi is fact
as well known to our opponents as to |
ourselves, that no man in the State was
better pleased at the Republican defeat |
than Yves DR.. Prettyuan. It is quite
true, as the Doctor says, that Offices are
incident to. government, and somebody L
must hold them" but it does not there
fore follow that you should hand oyer
their administration to your political en-
enies. |
Parties are necessary to good govern.
nent, and party patronage - equally he
'essary to party discipline and party sue
,ess. How can the Republicans Of this
state e1pectto succeed. with the best Of
ices. within its control placed In the
- AS<~>@p w 1AJ bAAS AGeAoSS 1HRghCtkC
Ind lukewarin, as is the present Collec.
or. For ourselves, we have no hesita-
ion in saying, that when in any office in
his State, within the control Of the par.
y, we find man not mp to his work, |
faithful among the faithful" IL
"OT with his his head.
SO much for Buckingham" IL
n no other way, fellow Republicans, can
70 energizs the PARTY, and without ener-
y we cannot hope to succeed. '
DR.. Prettyman was not stabbed in the g
ark; the President was not requested to d
ppoint any particular man in his place; b
ut leading Republicans Of the State. a
len who have endured the cheat ano 1,
noke Of BATTLE" represented to the Pre-. ~
dent that the present incumbsnts OF n
ne Offices named above were distasteful =,
, our people. and their continuance il ';
lice hurtIul 10 tho party. Since then ~
of the Official leaders in tbs par. O.
haze in ssriting endorsed the action Of tn CO
resident in the matter of the proposed Ia
anges, sc]tils the party, aoith asnxsistaka
6 ql1lanimity, hailed the proposition az the W
st step tolyards that victory which is ours R
only aue are united, disciplined and &C "a
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