The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-20

| civilization. nor exercised In liberty under
| equal laws. We denounce the policy which
| thus discards the liberty.lovlog German
| and toleratcs the revival Of the cOolie trade
| in Monaghan women, imported for immora
purposes. and Mongolian men held to per.
| form seryile labor contracts.
THE FALSE sKcTARIAN issuE--TnE FALSE
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Reform il necessary, and can never be e..
issue OF The elections, and lifting II above
the TWO false issues with which the ohice'
holding class and the party In poSer seek
to smother IL.
Fret the false issuo with which they
| would enkiudle sectarian strife in respect
to the public schools, OF which the establish.
ment and support belongs exclusively to
the several States, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their ioun.
dalton, and IL resolved to maintain, without
any Partially or preference for any elass,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the treasury TO any
Scc0nd-The false i-sue by which they
seek to light anew the dying embefs "
sectional hate between Kindred people once
unnaturslly estrapged, but now reunited
on one indlvis.blc republic and common
destiny
RIFoRN-1uR CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform Is nece ssary in the civil service;
experience proves that efficient, economic
al conduct Of the governmental business L.
not possible II its civil service be subject TO
change at every eles ton, be prize fought
for at the ballot box, he brief reward OF
party zeal, instead Of posts Of honor, rs.
signed for proved competency and held for
iidolity in the public employ; that the dis
pepsing OF patronage should neither be
tax upon the time Of all our public men,
nor the instrument OF their ambition; here,
again, profes ions falsided in the preform.
auce, test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
reform.
REFORM -CoRRrP1ToN OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reto,sn IL necessary even more in the
higher grades Of the public service. The
president, vice president, judges, senators.
representatives and cabinet officers and all
others in authority are the peoples serv.
ants; their offices are not private perqui.
site they are public trust
When the annals OF this republic show
the disgrace and ceneute Of a vice presi.
dent; a late speaker OF the house Of repre-
sentatives marketing his rulings as a presd.
ing officer; three senators prottnS secretly
by their vote az Lawmakers five cbairmen
OF the leading committees Of the late house
OF representatives exposed Ia jobbery; a
late secretary Of the treasury forging bal.
snces 10 public accounts; late attorney
general Incorporating public funds; .
secretary OF The navy enriched or enrjching
friends by percentages levied of the profits
OF contractors wi his department.; an
ambassador to England censut ed in dis
honorable speculation; the presidents
private secretary barely escaping convic-
ton upon trial for guilty completely in
frauds upon the revenues; secretary Of
war impeacbed for high ciimes and misde.
meanors, the demonstration is complete
that the first step in reform must be the
peoples choice of honest men from another
party, lest the di.ease OF one political or.
ganization infect the body polite; and lest
by masking no change Of men or parties we
can get no change of measures and no real
reform.
REFORM-REFORM-RE
All IN Sc abuses. wrongs and crimes, the
product Of sixteen years of the sscendancy
OF the republican parry, create = necessity
for reform. confessed ~ republicans them
selves, but their reiormers are voted i .wn
In convention and displaced from the
cabinet; the part.'- mass OF honest voters
is powerless TO resist the eighty thousand
ofHceholders its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by peaceful,
civic revolution. We demand change OF
administration, a change of party. that We
may have . change OF measures and OF men