The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-22

| perfect readiness 10 meet any oil lis prom
ises at the call Of the creditor entitled 10
payment.
We believe such system. well devised,
and, shove all, entrusted ~ competent
hands for its execution. Great Dg NJ no TINE
| an artificial scarcity OF currency, ana AT no
time alarming The pubic mind INTO with.
drawnl OF that vast machinery CT credit by
which 81 per cent. OF oil our rsiness trau.-
actions are performed: system open 10
the public and inspiring general confidence,
would, from he day Of lis adopt on, bring
healing on its wings to all our hsrrsss in
dustries. set 10 motion the wheels Of COM
merce, manufactures AMI the mechanical
arts, restore employment to labor. and re-
new In ell it, national sources the prosper.
ity OF the people.
REFORM OF THE TARIFr-FGIE TRADE.
Reform i necessary in the sum and mode
OF federal taxation. to the end that capita
may he set free from distrust AMI lab
lightly burdened. We denounce the pres
eEt tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles as a mai piece of injustice. in
equality and false pretense. II yields
dwIndling. not yearly rising revenue. Ii
has impoverished many industries TO SUBJ
sidize q few; IL prohbi imports that might
purchase .he products OF American l,boIs:
it has degraded American CONNIE. &c nom
| the first TO an Inferior rank upon the high
seas; it has cut down the sales Of America
Manufactures at home an abroad. and de.
pleted the returns Of American agriculture
an Industry followed by halt our people. II
costs the people five tim more than it pro-
duees 10 the treasury; obsuucts the process
OF production, and wastes the fruits OF la.
Dor: IL promotes fraud. fosters smuggling.
enriches dishonest officials and oankruptS
honest merchants. We demand that all
custom house taxation shall be only Tor
revenue.
REFORM -ECoNoMY IL PUBLIC EXPENSE.
RsfcrIa is necessary in the .,alc of public
expense-fedcral. >;a:e and municipal.
Our federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions gold. in ls6D, 10 four hundred and
fifty millions currency, in 1870. our aggre-
gate taxation. from ore hundred and nifty
four millions gold in 1850, to seven hundred
and thirty millions currency 10 $50; or. in
one decade, from less than five dollars per
head 10 more than eighteen dollars per head.
since the peace the people have paid To
t3elr tax-gatherers more than thrice the
suin OF the Rational debt. and more than
twice that sun for the federal government
alone. We demand vigorous frugality In
every department. and from every of 'cr
| OF the government.
BEFoRM-rCELiC LANDS 10 Actual SIT
ILxRe.
| &. -orJ.s l. necessary to put 4 stop 10 the
| prof gate waists pf the public lants anu
| their diversion from actual settlers BY the
4 PSlts AZ EoNtl. u1s
| !Co, 40 ,0yu acres upon railroads alone, and
| IN amount .; more than thrice that aggre-
! cate. has disposed Of less than 4 sixth d.
rect! to the tillers Of The soil
| REToRM-kDOPIED CITIZENS. REJECTED
AONGOIS.
h.for6i /, Necessary TO correct the ommis-
( sion Of republican congress, and the errors
/ Of our ireIties and our diplomacy. which
| have stripped our fellow -itiZcns of foreign
] birth and kindred race. recrossin. the At.
/ laotic OF the shield OF American cit zen
| ship. and have exposed cur hrethern Of the
| Pacific coast to the incursions Of a race not
\ sprung from the same great parent stock.
and, in fact, now by law denied citizenship
| through nsturaliz alton, a. being neither ac-
/ custonled ID the traditions OF progressive
| ciyiliz alton. nor exercised in liberty under
| equal laws. We denounce the policy which
| thu, discar'ls the hberty-loying German
and tolerate. the revival Ct the coolie trade
| in Nonsolian women. Imported for immoral
| purposes, and Monaghan men he'd TO per-
| form seryiie labor contracts.
The FALSE szcTAKIAS IssUE-rHE FALSE
| SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Es'orA II Necessary, and can never be c.-
I fected only by making il the controlling
| issue OF the elections, and lifting il above
the TWO fal.e Issues with which the Office
holding class and the party in power seek
to smother il
First the false issue with which they
| would enkIndle seetarian strife in respect
To the public schools, Of which the establish
ment and support belongs exclusively -
the several States, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their ioun-
dalton, and l. resolved 10 maint2in, without
any Partially or preference for any class
sect or creed, and without contributing
| from the treasury 70 any
Second-The false issue BIZ which they
seek to light anew the dying eInbers Of
sectional bate between KINDRED people once
| unnatIrslly e ranged, bur now reunited
on one indiyis bic republic and COMMON
destiny.
RRFoRM-1HE CIVIL SERVICE.
R.foTH. l. necessary in the civil service;
experience proves that efficient, economic
al conduct Of the government al business is
not possible IL lis civil service be subject TO
change at every cle.tion. be 8 prize fought
tor a. the ballot box, be a BRIEF reward o.
party zeal, instead OF posts Of honor, a.
signed for proved competency and held tor
ndeiity In the public employ; that the dis
pensing OF patronage shou d neither be II
tax upon the time OF all our public men,
nor the instrument Of their ambition: here,
again, profes ions fal-ined In the preform
auce, test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
reform.
REroRM-CoERUPTIoS OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reform ia 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 pre- u.
dent: a late speaker OF the hou,e of repre-.
sentstiyes marketing his rulings as n presid.
ing officer; three senators protiting secretly
by their vote as Lawmakers; five cbairmen
. OF the leading committees OF the late house
OF representatives exposed in jobbery; 9
late secretary OF The treasury forging bal
ances in public accounts: q late attorney
general incorporating public funds;
, secretary OF the navy enriched or enrjchng
friends by percentages levied of the profit
, Of contractors wi h his department; al
/! ambassador 10 England ccnsured in dis
/, honorable speculation; the presidenri
private secretary barely escaping conyic
,, ton upon trial for guilty completely ia
@ III fo TEs sRR sies se snS m
meanors, the demonstration is complet,
that the first step in reform must be III,
h peoples choice of honest men from anothe
party, lest the disease OF one political or
q ganization infect the body polite; and les
n b! making no change OF men or parties W,
can get no change Of measures and no rea
;, reform
Il M-RETORM-HETORM.
y All these abuses. wrongs and crimes, tn
q product Of sixteen years of the ascendant
= Of the republican party, ere ate a necessit
T. selves, but their Teformer, are voted dow
IN convention and Displaced from tn
v CABINET; the party's mass OF honest voter
j. powerless To resist the eighty tbousan