American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-07-15

: itINfi'''b ~ NV 70 = =, wa III
% uoiniH"tion was rot "A mere i,erso'
| al T tcran:r 5ti.t.ycrn eminent cit
Gems Of this Republic, who nigh
very well have been chosen for 81
/ dis ingrlislird ali honor ana so au
, gust Il duty. In was rather dec
laratiOn of that IliustIIous body il
whose behalf you speak, in favor o.
administrative reform, with which
events had associated me in public
view. The strength, the universal.
ity, and the. efficiency of demand
for Administrative Rsfarm in al
parts OF the Governments, aud O..
peoiaily in the administration oftht.
Federal Government with which
The Democratic inasSs > are every
where. Mere instinct have io.i 10 a
series OF surprises IL The popular
aaSemhlages Gn:! papers. IL bic
. Convention ilssi; it you'd lie IN
! NATURAL, gentlemen, ii u popular
movement. 50 genuine and SO pow
pifui siiou'ii st1p wiih $500 800
Democrats that i; should not ex
tend by c,n5aSion TO that large
mass OF independent voters Wiio
stand between the parties in our
country and even TO the moderate
| portion OF the party llnder whose
administration the evils 10 be cor
iec;cd have grown up and perhaps
what Ue have witnessed there may
be IN allgary il respect 20 what We;
may feet in the election about IL
take place throughout oIir country.
at least let rs hope so and be.ieye
30. am not without experience OF,
iac difficulty and labor of .Gccti:ig
administrative reform, when it II
qI;ros q revolution il policies and
IN nes,sures long established il the
Government. II [ were to jGdgc
~ tbs year and :! bali il which
have is.en il TIC state Government
| Should say that the routire du;ies
Of trust have had imposed on Ill
Ico 8 small burden compared will:
that created l'y Tie attempt K
change the policy Of the Govern
inent OF wli;c,i | have been the ex-
pcutive head. and especially is this
so Hhele the reform is to be W TX
Cd ont with more Or less Of the Co
ion of public officers who eth |
IT have been tainted with the evil. |
10 be redrcssed, Or who have beer
inc;tDacitated BY the habit of tnlera- |
ting the wrongs TO lie corrected, t, !
which they have been conserving
], therefore, il You. |
choice si,cu':I be ratified! by She PEG
pie ut the election, should enter up /
,n the great duties which would fal, |
lpon me, not as q holiday recrea
ion, but very much IL that sriri' |
Of conservation III ilici. the soldier |
enters battle. Appl;uise.] BIt IL.
rs believe, rs do believe, that We
now see HE dawn of a better da,
lol our country. and that Difficult, !
It's is the worl; to which the Demo
cratic party, with many allies, for !
'nrr members of other parties, h..>
addressed itself, the Republic i, |
vet 10 be renovated TO live IL Ill, I
he future. and TO be Transmitted !
o siicce ding generations az JEFF,
sou contributed 10 form j: Iii his d., |
md as 1t has b,-en until q recent |
period. blessing 20 the whole PEG |
nle aud ali mankind. Applause.
& 'ntlcuu-Ii, thank ynn for the We
ry kind terms IN which you have
made your communication, and
-Xsend to you collectively aud indl-
q most cordial greeting.
The committee and their friends
then entered into social converse
tion as to the prospects of the com
ing canvass, and remained a short
time iii the lospitablo mansion o!
the GoVel nor.
THE Nethod.s newspaper speaks
approvingly OF the fight which Gov
'rilden carried Oh against cOrrup-
fionists." This is the true way oil
putting it. lie did not deliver high
sounding diatribes against corrup
ton in the abstract: or show, b,
five hundred reasons, that corrup
ton was an incorrect thing tha
ought TO he reformed as pleasantly
"a possible. lie fought the corrup
florists themselves. THIS wac the
way &c go 10 work. HE saw that
corruption could Ge destroyed only
by drivjn. Tic cO:ruiItioniSti fr.;in
power; anu 10 FcG 10 WORK upon
;hat view OF the matter. it IL by
his me; hod he will labor 10 reform
The Government, and root out it,
The corrurtionists wine
have got hold of it will suffer he
fate nj those who p.undered New
York treasury. and of those who
have been plundering along tbe
canals. There are philosophy, prae
licality, aud success in Gov. Til