The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-27

civilization, nor exercised In III er,v under
equal laws. We dcpohnce tu,. rolir, which
thus disiards tie lihefts,,., ing German
aud tolcra,cs The reyit;ti rf d., roolic trade
10 MongUlian wone',, inlpor- ed foriumora
phrro.es. ani MOiigolan men hrid 10 pcr.
form scr,iie labor contracts.
tiiE FALSE aFCIARIAN Issur-riiE FALSE
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Htfotli l. necessary. and can never he ci-
iected only 10y making il the controlling
issue ot The II Ctions. and lifting II above
the two false issues with which the office
holding clnss and the party IN power seek
To- smother il.
Fir,t The fal-I is u0 with which they
would cnklndl' se'tariah strife IN respect
In the public schools oi which the establish
mcnt and support tciongs exclusively to
the several States, and which ,he demo
cratic party has cherished from their ioun-
dation, and Is resolved 10 maintain. without
any pArttallty or preference for any class,
sect or creed. and without contributing
from the treasury 10 any
Second-Thc false issue by which they
seek TO light anew tho dying embers of
sectional hate between kindred people once
unnaturally csiranged. but now reunited
on one indiNisblc republic and a common
destiny
RkfOBM-1uE CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform il necessary in the civil service:
experience proves that efficient, economic
al conduct of the governmental business is
not possible /; it, civil service be subject To
change at every election, be "a prize fought
tor at the ballot box, he Il brief reward o I
party zeal. instead of posts OF honor. as
signed TOR proved c mpctency and held for
fidelity in the public employ: that the dis
pensirg OF patronage shou neither be n
tax upon the time of all our public men.
nor the Instrument OF their ambition; here
again. profes ions fal. lied in the preiolm
ancc, "a test that the party in power can
work out no practical! cT satisfactory
reform.
REFORM-CoRKUPTloN OF HIGH ~ RLIC
OFFICERS.
Ref5rm l. necessary even more in the
higher grades of the public service. The
president, vice president. judges, senators.
Representatives and cabinst officers and all
others in authority are the peoples scry-
ants: their Offices arc not private pcrqui-
site they are public tIust
When the annals of this republic show
the disgrace and ceDsure OF = vice pre,i-
dent: "A late speaker OF the house OF repre-
sentatives marketing his rulings a, i presd-
ing officer: three senators protitipg secretly
by their vote a. Lawmakers: five cbairmen
OF the leading committees of the late house
o! repre-, entdtives exposed in jobberN; "A
late secretary of the treasury forging bal
ancc> IN luDnc accounts: a lltc attorney
general misappropriating public funds: u
secretary OF the navy enriched or cDTiching
friends by percentages levied OF the profits
of contra, to's wi his deparimen,: an
ambassador TO EnglsEi ceusu' cd in "A di>-
honorable spcculll,sl: The persistence
private secretary barely escaping conNic-
ton upon trial TOR guilty completely in
frauds upon the revenue: 4 secretary OF
war impeached for high ines and misde-
meanors, the demonstration is complete
that the iir'' sep in reform must be the
poor les choice OF honest men from another
party. lest the di.case OF one political or.
ganiZation infect the body polite; and les,
by making no change of men or parliss VIC
can get no change Of measures and no rral
reform.
REFORM -REFOkM-REFORM.
All these abuses. wrongs ami crimes, the
product OF si--ieen years OF the asccpdapcy
of the republican parry, create necessity
for reform. confessed uy republicans them
selves. but their reiO-mer. are voted down
in convention ard displaced from the
cabinet: the party's mass of honest voters
* poweress 10 resist the eighty thousand
oficehoiders. it. leader. and guides.
Reform can only he had hy peaceful
civic revolution. We dsmand a change OF
administration, change OF party. thst We
may have a chance OF measures and ~ men