The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-09

hearened, becs use he hears TildeH, also,
saw that he, If elected, cant do anything in
the line of civil service reform until the
people step in with y constitutional amend
ment he sees, what Hendricks calls, "the
"crue and rem ,rselesc prescription for po-
"litical opinions which has disgraced" the
democratic mai GRITTY of the present national
house of repre- sentatives he secs the demo- |
cratic general committee of Kings county,
New York, calling upon democratic heae s
of departments to remove every repubb can
office holder so that his place may br sup
piled with a "reliable democrat" and the
order is obeyed and he hears Samuel j.
Tilden declare that he is Jacksonian
democrat, and remembers that the corner
stone of that structure is the dogma that to
the political victor belongs the spoils of
office.
When we come to the school question,
we find the st. Louis platform declaring 1t
to be matter belonging Exclusively to
the several states, " and Hendricks speak
| ing to the same effect, while Tilden con-
veniently ignores the whole subject. But
the demand for non-sectarian public schools
will not down a, the bidding of the st.
Louis convention or, even, OF Thomas A.
Hendricks, and so we find the democratic
majority of the congress uniting with the
republicans in proposing constitutional
amendment, declaring that 'no money
raised by taxation in any state for the
support of public schools, or derived
/" from any public fund therefor, nor any
public lands devoted thereto, shall ever
{" be under the control of any religious sect
"or denomination nor shall any money
$50 raised or lands so devoted be divided
-" between religious sects or denomina-
"tlons.' This proposed amendment, we
remember, was reported as perfected by q
democratic committee, and the republicans
compelled to accept it as the best they car
get, although it Is shown that there is nc
prohibition of diverting any public fund &c
the support of sectarian schools, save only
that raised by taxation expressly for schoo
purposes
Without gard to the right or wrong O
their several positions, without inquirinl
whcn they were right and when wrong
when honest or when dishonest, we ask cal
a party so inconsistent, so vacillating, b
worthy of trust? Can the country trus
. such a party, such men, to see to it that, a
the south, there shall be a "hearty an
generous recognition of the rights of all
"by all?" Can we trust them, rcmen
bering their past record, and how the
= have belled their professions of four year
i ago? Can we trust them, remembering tb
lie record they have made in the present COZ
l. gress? Can We trust them, rememberin
a that they have opposed each and ever
l. constitutional amendment, and have neve
t, as yet, gwen hearty, unequivocal accep
n ance thereof? Can we trust them, remen
VI bering that, with the party record, neitht
n Samuel J. Tilden or Thomas A. Hendricks
&c found time to say word in condemnatio
u of the Hamburg massacre, or other soutl
y ern political outrage? Can we trust thel
anywhere, on any question, whether it
with the finances, with civil service reform
L the preservation of free, public, non-sect'
. rian schools, or with the southern que
, ton? Examine the record and answer.