The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-09

civili,Ation, nor exercised In liberty under
equal laws We denoslnce the policy WHOM
thus discarts the libsfty.loviag German
and tolerates tho revival Of the coolie trade
Ia Monaghan women, imported for immora
purposes, and Mongoliau tneh held 70 pef~
form seryile labor contracts.
TRE FALSE sRCTAR1AN IssuR-TaE rALsK
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Reform ia necessary, and can never be e..
issue OF the elections, and lifting IL above
the two false issues with which the Office
holding class and the party in power seek
to smother it. .8
First the false issue with which they
would enkindla sectarian strife In respect
to the public schools, of which the establish
ment and support belongs exclusively to
the several States, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their foun-
dalton, and IL resolved to maintain, without
any Partially or preference for any class,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the treasury 10 any.
Second--The false issue by which they
seek to light anew the dying embers Of
sectional hate between kindred people once
unnaturally estranged, but now reunited
on one indivis,ble republic and Q common
destiny
REFoRM-1Hr CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform is necessary in the civil service;
al conduct of the governmental business Is
not possible IL its civil service be subject to
change at every election, be Q prize fought
for at the ballot box. be o brief reward OF
party zeal. instead Of posts Of honor, as
signed for proved competency and held Tor
fidelity in the public employ; that the dis
pensing of patronage should neither be .
tax upon the time of all our public men,
nor the instrument of their ambition; here,
again. profcs .ions falsiied In the preform.
| ance, test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
| reform.
| REFoEM-CoRRUPTroN OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reform IL necessary even more in the
| higher grades of the public service. The
president, vice president, judges. senators.
| representatives and cabinet officers and oil
others in authority are the peoples serv.
ants; their Offices sre not a private perqui.
| site they are public trust.
When the annals of this republic show
| the disgrace and censure Of vice presi.
dent: a late speaker OF the house OF repre-.
| sentstives marketing his rulings as u presid.
| ing officer: three seAators profiting secretly
| Of the leading committees Of the late house
| of representatives exposed in jobbery; Z
late secretary Of the treasury forging bal.
| ances in public accounts; late attorney
general misappropriating public funds;
secretary Of the navy enriched or enrichine
| friends by percentages levied of the profits
| of contractors with his department.; al
ambassador to England censured in dis
honorable speculation; the president'
private secretary barely escaping convic
ton upon trial for guilty completely II
frauds upon the revenue; . secretary o
war impcsched for high c.imes and misde
meanors, the demonstration is complete
that the first step in reform must be thu
peoples choice of honest men from anothe
party. lest the disease Of one political or
ganization infect the body polite; and les
BY making no change Of men or parties W.
can get no change OF measures aud no rea
reform.
| RTrORM-EEfORM--
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, tn
product of sixteen years of the ascendanc.
of the republican party, create q necessit.
for reform, confessed by republicans them
selves, but their rcf0Tmers are voted dowl
in convention and displaced from tn
cabinet; the party's mass Of honest voter
Is powerless to resist the eighty thousan,
officeholders, its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by peaceful
civic revolution. We demand u change o
administration, change Of party, that VI
may have . change of measures and OF men