Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-07-08

In one decade from less lhaa" wv
dollars per heal ~ more TIA"
eighteen dollars per head. Since the
poaco the people have paid to he'r
tax yntherrrs more than thrice the
.wm of the national debt aud more
than twice that 1T the federal gov.
.vnment alone. We demand "a WIG
orous fruaality IN every department
aud from every officer ofthc gov
erument.
Reform il necessary to put u stop
To the pOiiiga,e waste ct public
lands and their diversion from actual
settlers by the parry Ia power. which
sauandercd two hundred million Of
acres upon railroads alone, aud oat
of more than thrice that aggregate
has disposed oflcss than a sixlh d.
ructly Ia the tillcrs ii the sail. 10.
arm ~ necessary Ia correct the
Omissions of the republican Congrus-
and the errors OF our treaty aud Al
plomacy which have stripped our
iellow-citiEens Of foreign birth
and kindred race. ~.
crossing the Atlantic oi the shield Of
American citizenship, aud have sx-
posed our brethren at the pssifc
coast 10 the incnTrion Of race not
sprung from the same great parent
stock and IN tact now BY laws denied
citizenship through naturalization,
n being neither accustomed 10 the
traditions 1t - progressive civIlisa
ton nor exercised ~ liberty under
equal laws.
We dcnoupce the policy which
thus discards the liberty loving Ger.
mans aud tolerates the revival
of the coolIe trade IN Monaghan wo-
men imported Tor immoral purposes
aud Monaghan men hired to perform
servial labor contracts, and we de-
mand such modification of the treaty
with the Chinese empire, cor such
legislation by Congress within a con.
stitutlonal linitauon, as shall pre-
vent the further importation or i'm
migration of the Monaghan race.
Reform 10 necessary, and can new
or be effected but by making ia the
controlling issue of the electloui and
llfling IL above the two false L.1aes
with which the office hnlsiing class
and the party VA power seek 90
smother n.
We deuounee the false issars with
which they would enkindle ssctarian
strife Va respect 10 the public schools
81 which the establishment aud sup.
port belong exclusively to the sever.
al states, and which the Democratic
party has cherished from their fOun-
daiion, aud resolved % maintain
without Partially oE preference for
any class, seet or creed, and with
contributing from the treasure 10
ANY ialse issue by which they seek
to light anew the dying embers ot
sectional hate between Kindred peo-
pie once unnaturaIly estranged. bui
now rvusttgsb in eue individual ra-
pablic Rnda common destiny.
Reform " necessary iR ths civil
service. Experience proves thai Of
ticient. economical conduct 81 the
government business ~ not possible
ifis civil service be snlssct to.shangr
a every election, be apriEe tonight iSr
by ballots; bc reward ot PARTISAN
ship, instead OF pests ID homer assign
ed for proved competency, and held
ior fdeiity no public employ that
the dispensing Of patronage should
neither be u tax upOa the time of
all our pablo men nor tho lHstru.
nacnt 81 their ambition. here again
professions ialsificd in the perform.
ance attest tina; the party IN power
can work cat Ho practical or ssllu-
tary rvioFua-
Reform " necessary even morc
in the higher grades Of public ser
vice.
President, Vice President, judges
Scpators, Representative, cabinet
officers these and all others IN au-
thorty arc the peeplos servants.
These officers are not n private per-
quisite they are q public trust-
when the annals ct thas Eepablie
show the disgrace and csnsars OF u
Vice President, late speaker OF the
house of Representatives. marketing
bis ruling as presiding officer, three
Senators profiung secretly by their
votes a. law makers, i've chairman
Of leading committees Of the late
House Of Representatives exposed
in jobbcry, q late Secretary Of the
Treasury forcing the balance la the
public accounts, late Attorney
General Incorporating public
funds, a Secretary OF the Navy en-.
riched or enriching friends by per
centagss levsed of the proats ofcon-
tractors with his department, nm en-
bassabor to England censured in
dlshonorable speculation, the Presl-
dents private Secretary barely es-
Gaping conviction upon trial Of gull
~ completely in frauds upon the rev.
enue, n Secretary OF War impeached
for high crimes and confessed mis-
demcanors, the demonstration Is com
plete that the first step la reform
must be the PEOPLES choice Of honest
men from another party, lest the
disease OF one political organization
infect the body volitic, and thereby
making no change of men or party,
we can get no change OF measures
and no reform.
All the abuses wrongs and crimes
the product of sixteen years ascen-
dancy OF the republican party, create
q necessity for reform, professed by