The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-03


Grant. That charge springs from an unworthy
motive on the part OF class OF Republicans who
seek Gov. Hayes's election, upon the ground
Grant could not or would not bring about Upon
this subject Gov. Morton expressed the follow
Ing opinion In his late speech:
The administration OF any President will be in tho
main what the party which elected him make.it II
he breaks away from he party the ehsnce' are nat ne
ours, the Presdent must have his choice OF officers
tended him from assaults, to shom he mus, LOOK ior
HgpSr, ora ~ m he m MN ornsye ese9y ~ Se MS sc
In a large degree that expresses the truth In
respect TO Gen. Grants administration II ts
what his party has made It, and his party is what
opening address as a candidate for Governor,
expressed my personal respect for Gen. Grant
In the opinion that the people had less cause to
apprehend an evil policy fiom him than from
the malign aud powerful influences with which
he would be surrounded. You all know that the
results have more than realized my predictions.
Civil service reform 10 now sneered at, and has
ceased TO be even pretence wastefu expend-
lures have continued and Official misconduct
h a become widespread and alarming. Surely
the President cannot be relieved OF responsible
ty for so shameful a condition OF public affairs !;
but yet the Administration Is, In the main.
what me party managers have made 1t. VIII It
DC be otherwise u the party elects tho successor2
pectttion In the candidate himself7 Do YOU
cl I'm that he Is person OF higher personal in
territy than Gen. Or Mt, aud that he will more
certainly keep his pledges to tho people or do
you think he is man uf stronger will to stand
hsu 1our wears OF civil experience when he
pledged himself and his Administration to re-
form. Even he was not strong enough to achieve
success IN the midst OF the adverse influences
which party and party leaders brought about
him. The ilure has been 80 disastrous as to
cause leading Republican newspaper to ex-
clam. the Republican party has reached tho
decisive crisis In its history Within a short
time IL will either shake itself clear OF the ras-
calites which have disgraCed II. or 70 down to
dsnonor and defeat" In every State there are
thousands Of voters whose minds are made up
N.Nl
the honor OF tue American republic by such
votes hereafter, that neither Grant nor any II
hrs ftNofites, nor any man VINO has impuuently
called our eivil service the best the world ever
saw, nor any defender or apOlogist for this most
scsndalous Administration, snail ever again be
hble 10 claim tlat he has the American peoTle
behind ihm. Democracy may he dangerously
true. but II Is not nlthy with bri0es and ste /.
ings. l. the party with the machinery In the
hands Of the well known managers ana leaders,
better than Gen. Gr4ntI Does II show dispo-
siton or ability for reform2 A Democratic
House of Representatives has lifted the cover
ing and the country IA astontshed ana shocked
AZ the spectacle. You may Judge Of the temper
of the party by the manner IN which II receives
the Investigations, exposures, ana proposed re-
forms. When YOU see the newspapers aud lead
ers CONFUSED with rage because crime Is ex-
posed aul criminals are brought TO punish-
ment, you know fun well that a party under
such control cannot restore public virtue again.
You seek retrenchment In public expendi-
tures. Can you reasonably expect It from the
party IN power Turn TO the history OF the
last eight months. Democratic House de-
termined upon retrenchment In every bill ap-
propriating money, and they applied the test
The lowest sum possible consistent with Ell
cient administration was appropriated, useless
omces were abolished, extrAvagant salaries re-
duced, and unnecessary work suspended or
abandoned, and the result was a reduction OF
about ttO.UOOOO as the bills passed the House.
Tue retrenchmeht was resisted in the Senate,
ana opposition was carried to the extreme of a
threatened suspension OF tho public service. so
determined was the Senate, that upon many
bills the House was compelled to Yield some
what. The result was reduction Of thirty
millions in the appropriations as they nually
passed. A reduction Of thirty millions at the
nrst session Is the reform In economy with which
the House returns to the people. VIII you stand
by the Housst Or will you sustain the Senate
and the Administration Ny fellow citizens,
uuon which side Of this well defined line viii
his panviIie speech. lie said: - se,
Democr that " the inyestisation snan suv1
ceed In detecting any hepupiosn s ou', 20 ,o' cor. ~
abuse Of his ofhce. We pledge ourselves 70 oorI COT
rect the abuses aud punish the onenuer anu
we mean to redeem the pledge. "hy must a.
he left TO Democrats to detect anu expose oni-
ciri ABUSES? Why does the pledge not Include
that also But the past does not 1usuly .hb
confidence In the p,edsS "Hsh hsn niISe iSe ftaudu
lent contracts for the collection OF Tue
revenue at runous per cent we,e psonIe
compelled Richardson, the Secretary OF the
Treasury, to resign, was tue offender puhlsneu
ON the contrary. within two weeks ne was ap-
notnted 10 A lie ce. In which he adludlcates
claims against the United states, ana hls ap-
pointment was confirmed by the senate Dusa 'isa
ing the late session II was reported 70 tue hVus9
that the superintendent OF fuDlc fflhtins nau
been guilty Of extravaaance, waste anu laNori.-
ism, costing the United states more tnan % one.
half million of dollars annually. 30 gross were
the faults that the report recommended tue ln-
ouiry whether the superintendent was an oficer
~ the Tinted States, and liable to imI eacnment
| The result Of the report was chahge ol tho Jaw
| 80 as to DISCHARGE the supenntehdshta anu " W
| provide for the appointment OF SUCCESSOR,
| Within few days before the adjournment, tue
President reinstated the same man, ana tne AZ,
uointment WAS confirmed by the senate neeu
| r,ot refer to the case Of the present Minister 10
| China and bis connection with tue Creult no
| bilier before h.s appointment ana eonuIn ~
| nor to other cases. 1t Is very pam luat Nht
| leaders of the parry will not allow their party
| iriends 70 be exposed and punished . a.,
| nave another inquiry 10 make OF you, TUE
answer TO which will influence your votes
| Have you reason 10 connde In and rely upon W.
| pledges OF reform made at St Louis iMh' LIZ
| pledges were distinctly made. Not 30 IN lh'
| Cincinnati platform. There no relOFm no 70
| trenchment was promised. The assurance Una
| the civil service should be purified, the expehi u
lures reduced, and useless ON ss . aoo.,sneo M -
| would have been "a rebuke aud cohdetnht lon o. o.
| the Admiuistration Of Gen. Grant & On .ne e1h ,h
| tfafy, tus Cincinnati platform utclales ~
| national AdmlnistratiOn merits commentator
| for its honorable WORK Ia the mhilaseihent U
| domestic and foreign affairs. But may you 70
viii be most hkely 10 sbolish the thousanus
useless oficesi In some instances y tuvy e, ,hs
have been continued after their occasion hn
ceased. They ere now hiled and thelr emo,u nu u
ments eujoyed by men VINO contribute none
aud b.Atow their labor TO elect Gov. Hayei
| GOV Tilden will encounter no polltioas ein
| harrAaameut In correcting tnls great oNh' w. .
with Gov. Hayes. This reform requires 'hot my
sands Of places OF profit to be made vacant no
ALLIED by his supporters. The present houso
| Democfdtic. Has IL not proved ltseI Iue
every pledge given In Its Investigations ~
gone as thoroughly into the Work as was poss'ut y
Tor men TO do who had been excluded Irom ~
records aud the Departments Tor many year yt
| In the reductions OF expenditures ana tne az
lIlionit went a. far as the persistent opposieiio
OF the senate would allow. Have you VccAsle
TO be offended with this Houser has its Woi
not been in the Interest OF the people vas
not for YOU that useless offices were aoonshe
thirty millions OF dollars we're saved anu "
: the enormous corruption was broignt I" iltn
, II this House bad not been Democfauc, 90 ~
. | not know that Gen Belknap would sim oe u
! | Secretary OF war; Because this house ls
! | aud for the people, II Ia denounced Dy eve
| epithet that a vicious political taste can COZ
| mand. II has been deemed sufhclent 20 say VI
' Gen. Belknap was Democrat untll maze oeoi
, taIy OF War Does that, Indeed, shtlsy 70
4. As a Democrat, he remained without . 81
u upon his character until the meridian OF
y Inanh ood but 30 soop as he came under the n'
q associ ations lie fell That ls indeed, attTibuti
u tained at WhshingtOn-the habits OF eItra'
o gance and Of expenditures beyond legitlm'
Income.
n Have you been quite content TO hear
a House described AS the Confederate llousef
"a is true there are many from tHe sout1 VINO ~
q port the Democratic party Is that offensive
40 suance OF the Constitution. Would you nave
70 otbeTwisef In what respect have the south.
- nemocrats in the House offended against
% s.t.s.. - tha honor OF the NOTthl surely y