Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1876-03-31

visions of the Federal Constitution and
perpetual union of the States; pledge
itself to rigid fidelity to public trusts, to
pure anCbeconomlcal administration of tlI
Federal, State and municipal government.
TO local self-2overnment in every section
to the honest payment of the public deb
and 10 sound preservation of the publ
faith. They see, with humiliation an
alarm, the evidences of bribery, fraud, an
peculation in high places the distress tha
prevails, and the wide spread financial rul
that impends over the people of the STATE
and they charge that these evils are the d
rect results of the personal government
unwise legislation, vicious policy, extrava
ance, and corruption of the Republican
! party and IFS officials, and inviting all z
every shade OF political opinion, who be
licyc in official purity and fidelity, in th
adjustment Of financial questions upon
sound basis. having regard for the interest
of the whole people and not of class. il
! the recognition of the final settlement o
! all questions submitted to the arbitramen
of the word, and IN policy which unGe
/ the Constitution keeps abreast of the pro
CESS and civilization of the age to unit,
with them, they declare.
Isl. That the civil service of the Govern
ment has become corrupt, and is made tn,
objection of personal gain, and infideiit,
to public tIust has become the rule and no
the exception. We believe that honesty
capacity, and fidelity arc the only tests o
fitness for public station, and that The
wholesome penalties of the law should be
used with rig0r to enforce official account
ability.
2nd. That the recent and repeated cx,
posurcs of fraud and corruption in the ad.
ministration of public affairs call COR a
searching and thorough investigation OF
the condition of every branch of the pub.
lie service, TO the end that all corrupt prac,
tices may be brought to light and that all
who have abused their public trusts, what.
ever may be their Station, may be exposed
and punished, and we urge those in charge
of this subject at Washington to prompt,
thorough, and exhaustive examination of
their respective fields Of labor.
3rG. That retrenchment and economy
are Indispensable in Federal, State and
municipal administration as an essential
means towards lcssening the burdens of the
people, and we commend the efforts of The
majority in the House of Representatives
for the reduction of the expenditures OF
the Federal Government to a just standard,
and their determination to lessen the num-
Der Of useless officials.
4th. That general amnesty to all persons
implicated in the late rebellion against the
Government OF the United States, who
have not already been relieved from dlsa-
bilities by the action of Congress and of the
President, would be an allowable and pro-
per exercise Of Governmental power in the
year Of the Centennial Celebration of
American Independence, and that the re-
commentator of such n measure by Pre-
sident Grant in Il public message. and its
endorseG ent and passage by a Republican
House Of Representatives at former ses.
sion, constitute full proof that such mea.
sure is fit, judicious, and timely.
9th. That the Democracy of Pennsyl-
vanir :ly approve of those provisions
of IL Uatc Constitutional wit; the
eighteenth section of the third article. and
the second section of the tenth article
which protect not only school funds, but
other public moneys, from appropriation
to sectarian uses, and that they itly illus
tratc that doctrine Of The separation Of
Church and State which always has been
a cardinal one with tie Democratic party.
9th. That the statute for the resumption
of specie payments on the lst day of Jan
uary. 1879, is impossible to execute. 1t
is a deliberate proclamation that at !hat
date the United States will 90 into bank-
ruptcy. 1t paralyzes industry, creates dis
trust Of the future, turns the laborcr and
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