The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-14
nov 10 KEhr rHE cENrENNIAL.


ONfAttfhN NNIEuNiNN WhN Nihhf ttoatNto n
Prerequisite lOr Onicc.
TO THE EDITOR or THE StN-Sir: what
shall he doneg We are about celebrating car
Declaration OF Independence, while practically
ignoring the very virtues that gave It helus.
Corruption is enthroned, honesty is degraded.
Is Sc means are unblushiurlv employed to elect
had mon 10 make bad laws and 10 b dy admin
ister them when made. Tue baliut-box has be-
come whltod sepulchro. Enormous sums Of
money are expended at every election, all
through our land, 70 debauch and purchase the
voter.
For the Last eight nnd thirty years crimes
against the balot-box have steadily increased
and are now increasing In fearful proportions;
nominations are bought and sold at fearful
prices, shutting out from public service honest
men e moderate means, (whosc means are
moderate because they are honest), whlc cleo
tons are secured at still more fearful rates.
As "A clnscI lcnce, the public domain Is dis
appearing IA spite Of whul some homestead
laws long since enacted, com inerce and trade
are well niga ruintd. honest industry - starry
tng, while grinding tax ltion is marching forward
10 coma. cation, AMI national disgrace character
1Zss tue beginning or TIE centennial year. II
the great Jewish prophet q ere now alive Ia
would %, cumuelied O. rep, at IN the ,ars OF tl.s
nation, Tiny princes trt rcheiliuus aud cOul-
ranions OF thieves: eNeiy one loyeth sits and
fOilOWoth after rewards
In almost everything pertaining To prcsent
pract'oe corruption ahounds. Corrapt adam ms
corrutt prtm ~ asseinnhc'' corrupt cunNeh-
tiois. corrupt elections, carried on by corr
rIut means, and resulting In tine election
q corfu 4 men corrupt acquisitions OF wealth.
by e. rrupt officials con tifute the rulo AMI
not the execution; So that from tue en- lWn
Of the mead To ne s1c OF thr ioo' bat ING
finttst trace a. soundness remains moi on ush
to 60 made avail tle.
There must he II remedy somewhere, hut IL
cannot be found thorough and complete IN
o..h'rof TIE parties al present struggling for
TIE ~tentancy. 1he nc ,n- cmpl1Nea " both
are substantially the same, only limited rs tn,ir
ahitl, a, the struggle now raging IN ne once
u. ud old state, tue homo OF a - uk, W ybster,
and a " Woodbury., amply demonstrates.
suggest n remedy, which is simply this II
ever town OF every county of every state q
ter how few At the start form themselves into
committee Of safety Of but one man can ue
"a committee OF the whule). and proceed t. bu-l-
moss. let their constitution ana bylaws te,
"lloucft men. honestly elected Tor honest bust
ness Ithi1e no other issues secure ihe-e,
and all other necessary problems will lie safely
solved. LIT these committees create county
ana state cCmmittees, anu proceeding ~ though
no other lolitcal organization were in existence,
at the proper time meet m national convent "a,
and ignoring both OF the present political
parties, nominate good, honest cnlcient men,
known be such beyond a peradventure. tor
President and vice President.
Then let like men he put forward for national
aud state legislator, with Ut reference to their
| prey ious party predictions.
l. h. to be hoped that tn preaent political plr-
ties, in view Of their manifest lhcOmpcteucN ilr
| good VIII reconsider and abandon their calls
| Tor national conventions but whether they
have enough wisdom left u accomplish This or
not, let the Committee OF Sfoiy arouse all The
moral power Of the nation. and by All honorable
means summon That power 10 tho support 81
the candidates thus put forward ana let them
work on, hoping always for uuspiciOus results.
The people must now awake, arise, or be
forever fallen"
II sqccessful, our .counscors Will be re-
stored as at the beginning
Ii unsuccessful, We shall then have no cause
for self-ret rutCh, in ca-c tt DAYS # our reuu1-
lie are numbered. tVAuNCEY SNAPPER.
NLW York, March ID, 1916