The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-09-20
ALEXANDR1A ., WEDNEsDAY, sEPrEMBER 20 1876.

! ti~n from sGS4 ,uUO.G Gao gold in leo tn
| $7.}' GGl,0GO currency in 1879, or III one de-
cad" from less tham five dollars per head
to more t AN eighteen dollars peg head
Since the peace tie people base paid to
, their tax gathrrcIs mere than thrice the
sum q: the national debt, and mere than
twice that si.m for the Federal Govern.
men5 &ione. We demand a vigorous ,rll-
gality la creEs d"pa ftment AND fror. every
officer o. the Government. Reform is ne
cessary SO put stop to the profigats
waste of public lands and their diyersio.,
/ from actual settlers by the party ia pcwer,
WHICH has squanlered two hundred sail
lions Of acres upon railroads alone, and
out of more than twice that aggregate
has disposed of less than sixth directly
to tillers of the soil. Reform is necessary
to correct the =.. - - 70.
OMISSIONS OF = REgUBLICAN CONGRESS,
and the errors Of orr treaties anC; CIR di-
I p!omacy which i,ave stripped our fellow.
citizens Of foreign birth and kindred race
recrossing the Atlantic of she shield OF
American citizenship, aud have exposed
our brethren of the Pacific slope to the in
Gnrslons OF 8 race not sprung from the
same great parent stock-iE facS now de-
MED by law citizenship through naturali-
zation, as being neither accustomed to the
| tradition OF q progressive civilization, o:
exercised in liberty under equal laws
| We ,tenonnce the policy which thus dis
cards the liberty loving German, and sol-
crates the revival of the coolie trade in
| Monaghan women imported for immoral
purposes, and Monaghan men hired so
perform seryile labor contracts, and de-
| maud such modification OF the treaty with
| the Chinese Empire. or such legislation
! by Congress wtl,iH a constitutional lim-
aaiion, as shalt prevent the further impor-
tatioa or immigration Ct the Mongolian
| race. Reform Ia necessary, and can neser
be effected but by making il the control
ling sSLe of the elections. anG lifting il
above the two false issues with which the
office holding class and the party in pnwe.
seek TO smntherib. Tile false issues with
which. they would enkindle spctnrian
strife II respeca 20 the public schools, Of
which the establishment and snppnct be-
! lo:g exclusively to the several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished
from their foundation and resolved to
maintain without partially OF preference
for any class, sect or freed, and without
contributj g'from the treasury to &ny.-
TIE false iseue !hys which they seek to
light anew the dying emhers of sectional
hate beta cen two kindred peoples once
uuulturally estranged, but HOW. reunited
il one indivisible Republic and @ colnmon
destiny. s-' '''s "
5sa REFORM IN CItEgL SERVICE.
Reform is necessary iR3the civil service
Experience proves that efficient, economi-
cal conduct OF the governmental business
is not possible if its civil service lie suit
leCted to change at every election, and D"
a purse offered at the rbalot-hoS as a brief
reward of party zeal, Instead ,ef posts Of
honor assigned fer proved competency and
held for fidelity il the public employ
That the dispensing Of patronage sheHld
! nci!her br Il tax upon the time Of all our
! public men, nor he Instrument Of their
a1uhitign. Here again Professions, talSi-
! fed in tie performance, attest that the
/ party ii rover can w8tk ont 10 practical
| or sanitary reform.
. REFORM IN HIGH PLACES.
Reform is necessary even more in the
higher grades of public service. Pres-
dent, Vice Rfesident, Judges, Senators,
! Representatives,. Cabinet officers = these
and all others in authority are the peo-
Pies servants, Their offices are not 9
+, private pcrqnisite; they are IA public
! trust. When the annals Of this Republic
proclaim the disgrace and censuTe of a
| Wee President; Il late Speaker Of the
House of Representatives marketing his
ruli Z as a presiding nfficer; three Sepa-
tors prOftlng secretly ny their votes as
! lawmakers; FIVE chairmen of the Leading
| a. L.. s u
tatives exposed in johhery; a late Secreta
ry of the Treasury forcing balances III The
Il public accounts; a late Attorney General
misappropriating pubic funds; Secreta
ry Of the Navy enrices or anrichine
friends by per centages levied off the profits
OF contractors with his department; ar
Ambassador to England concerned il
j Il aisSIOnorahle speculation; the President:
private Secretary barely escaping cnnvic
tion, upon trial, for guilty completely i,
frauds upon the revenue; % Secretary O
War impeached for Ugh crimes and con
iessed mis,lemeanors; the demonstration i
complete that the FIST step must be the
public choice of honest men from anotltel
party lest the disease of one politica
organization upset the whole body polite
and thereby making no change of men o
party, we can get no change of measures
and no reform, 81
II All these abuses, wrongs and crimes
the product of sixteen years of ascendanc,
ofthe Republican party, create q pecessit.
for reform confessed by tie Republican
u themselves. Bnt their reformers are vo
ted down in convention and displaced
from the Cabinet The party's mass u
honest votes is powerless to resist TIL
eighty thousaLd office-holders, Its leader
amd guides. Reform can only be had by
peaceful civic revolution. We demand
, change of system, a change Of administers
tration. u change Of parties, that we ma
have q change of men.
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RoBEsoN's RESIGNATION. - Sine
the House OF Representatives has Gu
down the appropriations for the nav
, some eight millions of dollars, an
I put curb-hit in the mouth Of tn
> Secretary and his jobbiug confede
rates, it would seem to he in orde