The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-24

| civilization. nor exercised in liberty undo
| equal laws. We denounce the policy whicl
thus discards the hbeity-loyipg Geima
| aud toleratcs the revival OF the coolic trad
ia Mongolan women. imported for immors
| purposes, and Mongolan men held to per
form scrNile labor contracts.
THE FALSE sFCTARfAN IssuE--TIIE FALsl
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
| R.form is necessary. and can never be e.,
| tected only 10y making ii the controlling
! issue OF the elections. and lifting II above
! the two false issues with which the office
| holding class and the patty in power seeh
| to smother ii.
Fret the false is tie with which they
would enklndls sectarian strife in respect
to the publ.c schools. OF which the establish
ment and support belongs exclusively to
the several states, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their iouu
dation. and is resolved TO maintain. without
any partiality or preference Tor any class
sect or creed. and without contributing
from the treasury tn any
Second-The false Issue by which they
seek To light anew the diving embcrs oI
sectional hate between Kindred people one,
unnaturally esiranged, but now reunited
on one indiyiS.ble republic aud common
destiny
REFORM-1HE CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform il necessary in the civil service;
experience proves that efficient. economic
al conduct of the governmental business Is
not possible II its civil service he subject "a
change al every election, lie prize fought
for at the ballot box be brief reward al
party zeal. instead of posts of honor. as.
signed for proved mpetency and held for
fidelity in the public employ; that the dis
pensiug Of patronage should neither be a
tax upon the time of all our public men,
Tor the Instrument of their ambition; here,
again. profcs ions fal.ihed in the preferm
ance. ~ test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
reform.
REFoRM-CoRRUPTIoN OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reform is 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 peop.e's sery-
ants: their offices are not private perqui-
site they are public trust.
When the annals of this republic show
the disgrace and censure of vice presi-
dent; late speaker OF the house of repre-
sentatlyes marketing his rulings as presid-
ing officer; three senators profting secretly
by their vote as lawmakers; five chairmen
OF the leading committees of the late house
of representatives exposed in jobbery: a
late secretary of the tire asury forging bal
ances in public accounts: late attorney
general disappointing public funds: a
secretary Of the navy enriched or enrjching
friends by percentages levied of the profits
of contractors with his departments: an
ambassador to England censuied in dis
honorable speeulal,on; the presidents
private secretary barely escaping conyie-
ton upon trial for guilty completely in
frauds upon the revenue; secretary OF
war impeached for high c.imes and INSIDE
meanors, the demonstration is complete
thst the first step in reform must be the
peoples choice of honest men from another
party. lest the disease OF one political or
ganization infect the body polite: and lest
by making no change of men or parties we
can get no change of measures and no real
reform.
REFoRM-REFoRM-
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, the
product of sixteen years OF the sscendaD cy
OF the republican party. create n necessity
for reform, confessed by republicans them
selves. but their re!ormers are voted down
in convention and displaced from the
cabinet; the parts's mass of honest voters
Is powerless 10 resist the eighty thousand
ofticeholders, its leaders and guides.
reform can only be had by peaceful
civic revolution. We demand a change OF
administration, a change of party, that we
may have change Of measures and OF men.