The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-19
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The year has not half passed, yet, within
that time, the republican party has sue
ceeded in closing up It's ranks, and it now
presents q rev and almost unbroken front
TO the enemy At last, the party has con-
cluded to IT the dead past bury its dead,
while their attention is gwen to the ever
living present. The change has been
brought about grlduallj, yet how sudden
ly, Two years ago, the president seemed
to realize the necessities of the times, and
said that it WAS slime to unload"-but it
was only seeming. The unloading he de-
sired was not that which the country de-
manded. They desired that he should
plainly declare his purpose TO step d WIN
and out, but this was not in accordai &C
with his purpose. They demanded that
the unworthy leaders, the corruptionists,
the self seekers, should be thrown over
board as dead weights, but this was not the
kind of unloading the president referred
to. These men were sticklers for the
president they endorsed the adminstra-
ton rs "brilliant achievement" they
fought and bled and repeated" for it, and
they must not be "unloaded" ; it was the
honest, independent republican critics Of
the policy pursued by the administration
that must be thrown over as dead weights
and there was "dead lock- in the
party.
The honest republicans were discouraged
and demoralized, the pot house politicians
were confident and controlled the primar-
les and made the nominations, and the
party went into the canvass of 1874 only to
meet utter defeat. The result was to still
further demoralizc the party, and instead
of unloading, instead of recognizing in
the interests of pure politics and hon
est government, it still drfted hopelessly
along. The honest, independent press,
seeing the inevitable tendency and result,
endeavored to stem the current, TO induce
an organization of the better elements of
the party in opposition to the one man rule
or misrule. They disputed the dogma that
the administration was the party, and
called upon the party to assert itself that it
might both deserve and win victory. They
were met by slavsh press with the taunt
that they had gone over to the opposition.
and it almost seemed as if fawning sub
seryiency to the powers that be would sue
coed in gaining the ear and confidence of
the people and complete the ruin of the re-
publican party. Then came January, and
with it the outrage at New Orleans, and
the assault on constitutional government in
Arkansas, and still an obseqious press
cried "amen" and endeavored to frown
down all opposition, while honorable SEN
ators were found who justified or pretend
ed to justify the acts and policy of the
president.
Now was the elimination reached, the
end had come, the dead lock was broken
Unworthy leaders were fearlessly cashiered
aud dismissed the service. Ben Butler
was left at home Michigan babe farewell
to Chandler, Wisconsin to Carpenter, ant
Minnesota to Ramsey, and the good WORK
"Sht Oh oii oiObb thO iihC. hC oCpdtC lC
buked the president by refusing to sea
Pinchback, while the house administered
a singing rebuke by ignoring his revolu
tionary advice as to Arkansas, and put al
end to unlawful military interference b,
overturning their work in Louisiana. Stat
conventions hesitated not to speak plalnl,
us to the presidential succession, and toll
the president that he could not and shoul
not be candidate tor reelection the re
publicans of Maine, in the gentlest name
possible, informed him that his administra
ton was unworthy even of qualified CT
dorsement and Enthusiastically turned th
cold shoulder to HIM, while the presiden
making virtue out of necessity, has take
himself out of the way.
While the people have been thus decla
ing themselves, men IN high places hay
not been idle. Jewell has unearthed
horde OF dishonest and imbecile pos
masters and postal contractors, has cleare
his department of their noisome presenC
and turned them over to the courts, an
has more work of the same kind on han,
Brislow has been making persistent wa
fare against dishonest treasury official
has smashed peculating rings, and invoke
the strong arm of justice for their destru
ton. Pierrepont is cleaning up the Auget
stables left by George II. Williams, al
honesty and brains have succeeded in ma
ing the department of injustice" one
justice-and 80 the good work goes on, al
the people applaud. One year ago, Il
same people protested that everything w
lovely, that we had the best civil servi'
the world ever saw, that the independe
press was destroying that confidence tn
ia the essence of patriotism" by suggestil
that there could be any fraud or corruptit
In any of the executive departments. No
they earnestly demand that the unearthil
process shall continue, that incompetent
dishonest officials shall 60 by the boar
that the press shall call these things
their right names, shall cry aloud and spa
not.
The change is seen, too, in the at