The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-07-21

are considered which are of such inn
portance that deem it proper to
| BRIEFLY EXPRESS MY CONVICTIONS
in regard to them. The fifth resolu-
ton adopted by the convention is of
paramount interest. More than forty
years ago a system of making appoint
ments TO office grew up on the maxim,
ITO the victor belong the spells"
The old rule, the true rule, that
honesty, capacity and fidelity
constitute the only real qualifications
| for Office, and that there is no other
claim, gave place TO the idea that party
services were to be chiefly consi Tered.
All parties have In practice adopted
this system. 1t has been essentially
modified since its first Introduction.
1t has not, however, been improved. At
first the president, either directly or
through the heads of departments,
made all the appointments; but grad
ually
THE APPOINTING POWER,
in many cases, passed into the control
of congress. The offices in these
cases haYe become not merely rewards
for party services, but rewards to par
ty leaders. This system destroys the
independence of the separate depart
rectly to extravaganza and official in
capacity; it is q temptation to dishon-
esty; it binders and impairs that care
ful supervision and strict accountable
ity by which alone faithful and eff
Gent public service can be received it
| obstructs the prompt removal and sure
punishment OF the unworthy in every
way it degrades the civil service and
the character of the government; it is
felt, am confident, by a large major
ity of the members eff congress to be
AN INToLERBLE BURDEN
aud unwarrantable hindrance to the
proper discharge of their legitimate
dnties. 1t ought to be abolished. The
reform should be thorough, radical
and complete. We should return to
the principles and practice of the
founders of the government, supply
ing, by legislation, when needed that
which was formerly an established
custom. They neither expected or
desired from the public offices any
partisan service. They meant that
public officers should owe their whole
service to the government and to the
people. They meant that the officer
should be secure in his tenure as long
as his personal character remained I'M
Ool hioACu anu LuC pcEIOIuAduCO VI HIS
duties satisfactory. If elected, shall
conduct the administration of the
government upon
THESE PRINCIPLES,
and all constitutional powers vested
In the executive will be employed TO
establish this reform.
The declaration of principles by the
Cincinnati convention makes no an
-, co. <~R agv -
idential term. l do not assume to add
to that declaration, but, believing tn at
the restoration of the civil service to
the system established by Washington
and followed by the early presidents
can be best accomplished by an execu-
tive who is under no temptation to
use the patronage of his Office to pro-
mote his own reelection, l desire to
perform what l regard as a duty in
stating now mv infiexible purpose, II
elected, not to be candidate for cleo
ton to a second term
| ON THE CURRENCY QUESTION
have frequently expressed my views
in public, and stand by my record on
this subject. I regard all the laws OF
the United States relating to the pay
ment of the public indebtedness, the
legal tender notes included, as consti-
tuting a pledge and a moral obligation
of the government which must, in
good faith, be kept. 1t is my convic-
ton that the feeling of uncertainty
inseparable from an irredeemable pa
per currency, with its fluctuation of
values, is one OF the great obstacles to
a revival of confidence and business,
and to a return OF prosperity. That
uncertainty can be ended in but one
way-the resumption of specie pay
ment; but the longer the instability
connected with our present money
system is permitted to continue, the
greater will be the injury inflicted up
on our economical interests and all
classes of society. If elected, shall
APPROVE EVERY MEASURE
to accomplish the desired end, and
shall oppose any step backward.
The resolution with respect to the
public school system is one which
should receive the hearty support OF
the American people. Agitation upon
this subject is to be apprehended until,
by constitutional amendment, the
schools are placed beyond all danger
of sectarian control or interference.
The Republican party is pledged to
secure such an amendment.
The resolution of the convention on
the subject of the permanent pacitfca-
tion or the country, and the complete
protection of all its citizens in the free
enjoyment OF all their constitutional
rights, is timely and of great impor-
lance.
THE SOUTHERN STATES
attract the attention and command the
sympathy of the whole Union in their
progressive recovery from the effects
of the war. Their first necessity is
an Intelligent and honest administra-
ton of the government which protects
all classes OF citizens in all their polit-
zeal and private rights. What the
South most needs is peace. and peace
depends on the supremacy of the law
There can be no enduring peace If the
J constitutional rights of any portion OF
the people are habitually disregarded
A division of political parties resting
merely upon distinctions of race oil
upon sectional lines is always unfor-
tunate and may be disastrous. The
welfare of the South, alike with thai
of every other part OF the country
depends upon
THE ATTRACTION IT CAN OFFER
to labor, to immigration and capital
but laborers will not 60, and capita
will not be ventured, where the consti-
tuition and the laws are set at defiance,
aud distraction, apprehension and a.
r larm take the place OF peace loving
3 and law abiding social life. All part
| of the constitution are sacred, anC
} must be sacredly obserVed-the part.
that are new no less than the parts tina
are old. The moral and materia
prosperity of the Southern states car
: be most effectually advanced by 1
I hearty and generous recognition of tn,
: rights of all by all, q recognition with
out reserve or exception. With sucl
| recognition fully accorded, It will b,
practicable to promote, by the infiu
? ence of all legitimate agencies of tn,
3 general government, the efforts of tn,
9 ! people OF those states to