The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1876-08-26

and demand such modification Of tn
treaty With thu Chinese Empire or sucl
legis'atldti By %6iigt6ss, Within d cqnsti
t,ttional limitation a. shall prevent tlie
further importation or immigration u
the Mongolian race. Reform il necesSs-
ry ana can never 10 eFeoted bat by ma
King 1t the controlling Issue Of tho olec'
tions. and lifting it above the two false
issues with which tho otliCe-holdinx Glass
aud the party in power seek to snothe,
it. The false issues with Which they
would enkindle
sECTARlAN STRIFE
in respect I'd the public schools, of which
the establishment and support belong ex.
clnsiyely to the several States; and which
the Democratic party has cherished from
their foundation and resolved to nain.
tain without partiality or preference fol
any class, sect or Gre Il, and without con-
tvibutiny from the treasury to any. The
false issue by which they seek to light
anew the dieing embers Of sectional hate
between kindred people once unnatural.
~ cstranged, but now reunited in one
indivisiblc republic and a common des-
tiny.
Reform is necessary in the civil service.
Experience proves that the efficient
economical conduct Of the governmental
business is not possible if its civil service
be SUBJ ected to change at every election
and be a prize offered at The bsilot~box as
brief reward Of party zeal, instead OF
posts of honor assigned for proved cont
potency, and held for fidelity in the pub
lie employ. That the dispensing of the
patronage should neither he a tax upon
the time Of all our public men, nor the
INSTRUMENT OF THEIR AMBITION.
Here again professions falsifed in the
performance attest that the party il,
power can work no practical or salutary
reform. Reform is necessary even more
in the higher grades Of public service.
President, Vice-iresilent, Judges, Sena-
tors, Representatives, Cabinet Officers,
these, and all others in authority are the
peoples servants. Their Offices arc not
a private per4uisitc. They are y public
trust. When the annals Of this Repml-
lie, the disgrace and censure of a Vice
Preside Mt, i late Speaker of the House
OF Representatives marketing his ruling
as presiding officer,
THREE SENATORS
profiting secretly by their votes as law
makers, five chairman Of the leading
committees Of the late House Of Repre-
,sentativcs exposed in jobbcry, late
Secretary Of the Treasury forcing balanc-
es OF the public accounts, q late Attorney
General Inisaprropriatins public funds,
q Secretary of the Navy enriched or en-
riching friends by percentages, levied oft
the profits of contractors with his depart.
ment, an Ambassador to England censur-
ed in Il dishono,uble speculation, the
Presidents Private Secretary barely es-
Gaping conviction upon trial for guilty
completely in frauds npon the revenue, a
Secretary of War impeached for high
crimes and confessed misdemeanors.
THE DEMONSTRATION Is COMPLETE
That the first step must I've the public
choice Of honest men from another party,
lest the disease of one political orsaniza-
ton infcst the whole body polite and
thereby making no change Of men or
party, we can get no change Of measures
and no reform.
ALL THESE ABUSES,
wrongs and crimes, the prodnct Of six
teen years of ascendancy Of the Repnb]i-
can party, create necessity for reform
&C MESSED by the Republicans themselves.
But these r,for,ners are voted down in
and Displaced from the Cabi-
net. The party's mass of honest votes is
poweritss to resist the eighty thousand
office holders, its leaders and guides. Re-
form can only Ike had by a peaceful civic
revolution. W. demand a change Of
system, u change Of administration, a
change Of parties, that we may have a
change Of men.