The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-07-05

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the processes OF production IN
wastes the fruits OF labor, 1t pro
:, notes fraud nd fosters Smuggling
n enriches dishonest oaicors an
0 bankrupts honest omercfahts. w
+ demand that, NIL Custom" Hous
taxation shnll be only for revenue
Reform 10 neoe9ssary iii the. scale 0
. phblic expense, Federal, State IN,
( municipal. '".9 Federal t,xatio,
, hos swollen from T. S8O,0O0,0O,
, gold in, lSG0vtol $450yOOO, ,00(
} currency in 1870, our ',nggre
r gato taxation from, $1S4, 900, ,00l
B in 1860 to $73o,oOO, 900 currency i,
r 1870, jorin one decade from les,
y |than five dollars pof head to NOR,
, tbpn eighteen dollars per head
, Since the, peace, the people have
i paid t. their Tux. gatherers more
than thiioc the sum of the ,nntiona
debt and more thin twice that sun
for the Federal iGoaelnment' alohe
We demand o vigorous frugnlity il,
; every department, and from every
officer Of the Goyernncpt reform il
nocesstiy to puta stop to the profit.
I gate waste Of public lunds md theil
diversion from actual settlers by tho
party in power, which ha4 squander
cd two hundred MILLIONS of ncres
I upon railroads alone, and out OF
more than thrice that usgl cgatc has
disposed of lesw thana q sixth directly
to ,tillers of the soil.
| Ref rm is necessary to correct the
omissions Of n Republican Congress
and the errors Of our treaties and
our diplomacy which have stripped
our fcllow-citizenH of foreign birth
and kindred race recrossing the
Atlantic of the shiold of American
citizenship, ana have exposed our
brothren Of the Pacific const to the
incursion of IL race not sprung from
the same great parent stock, md in
fact now by law denied citizenship
through naturalization, az. being
neither accustomed to the traditions
Of progressive civilization nor ex-
ercised in liberty under eea,al laws.
We deponnce the policy which thus
discards the liberty-loving German,
and tolerntes the revival of tho
Coolie trade in Mongolian women,
impol ted for immoral purposes, and
Mongollian men hilod to perform
servile labor contracts, and demand
such modification of the treaty with
the Chinese empire or such legisla-
tion by Congress within constitu-
tional limitation as shall prevent the
further importation or immigration
Of the Mongolian race. Reform is
necessary, and can never be effected
but by making it the controlling issue
of the elections, lifting it above TIL:
false issues with which the Office
holding class nnd the party in power
seek to smother it. The false issue
with which they would enllindlu sccta
rian strife in respect to tho public
schools. of which the establishment
to support belonging exclusively to-
ths several States, and which the
Democratic Rarty has cherished from
their foundation and resolved to
maintain, without partiality >or pref
Aence for any class, sect or creed,
and without Contributing from the
trcastss i CD any Of the false issues
by which they seek to lightancw this
dying embors Of SECTIONAL hate bo~
tween kindred people once unnatu-
rally estranged, but now reunited in
one indivisible Republic and CON-
mon destiny. Reform is necessary
in the civil service. Experience
proves that efficient, economical
conduct of tho governmental bust
ness is not possible if it's civil SER,
vice be subject to change ut every
election, be n prize fought for at the
ballot box, be a brief reward OF par.
ty Zeal instead of posts Of honor
assigned for proved competency 9lNtt
held for fidelity in bhs public employ;
that the, dispensing. of patronage
should neither De tax upon the
time of all our public men nor tho
instrument of their ambition. Here
again professio,ta falsitied in the
performance attest that tile party
III power can work out no practical
or salutary reform. Rcform is no.
eessnry even more in Ahe higher
grades of public .sslyices:<in Presi-
: dent, VicesP sPresitle!it,' Judges, Scna-
tors, Representatives, Cabinet
officers. These md all others ia
authority are tho peoples sol wants,
Their Offices are not private per-,
qa,isitc.. They are a public trust.
Whc,i The anghls of tss;s republic
show tho disgrace and eansure of IL
: Vico-President, late Speaker of
tue House Of Representatives. mar-
keting his rulings ns Il presiding
officer, three Senators protiting
secretly by their votes as law makers,
five chairman of tho ieetAng commit
tees Of the late House of Rcprcscn-
tntives exposed i'll jobbcry, Il lnte
Secretary of the Treasury forcing
balances in the public accounts, a
late Acknowledgement misappropri7.
ating public funds, Secretary Of
tho Navy enriched or, onriching
friends by per cottages levied off tho
profits of contractors with his De-
! partment, IN Ambassador 10 Eng
land censured IN dishonorablc
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