The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-30
REFORM.
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ference In his behalf; afI er the disgraceful con-
duct OF Robson and ID lano aud the disagree
ment of the pre- sident AT Bristow. The party
found nothing TO condemn In the later mis-
deeds OF the admin stration, and rem moered
nothing amlss ia It's rlier record. 1t had no
fault to ind with the ostracism OF Sumner and
the appointment OF Cramer and Casey and
Packard; with upsett'ng the government OF
Louisiana through q drunken ana corrupt led
eral Judge, and dispensing be legislature OF the
sta e with the bayouet; with backing up hei-
logg aud Spencer, and putting bl1pgs IN the
ID ace of Durell; with encouraging The opera
lions of Jayne and Sanborn and blowing Or
vile Grant to make a living by the trafnc IN
appointments; and with greedIly taxing the
increase OF one hundred pr cen on the pres.-
DEM 5 salary, al b : loooving for toe DILL al
lowing him TO do 81, while max ng d admin
isII alton an asylum for his numerous
and uuslyory kindred. All this was meekly
shouldered by the party at CINCINNATI, which
IL hsd served for seven years
The melancholy ruth Is. as so admirably
stated by the New York Tribune, that "Presi-
these depths of shame. de has parenths-
sized in history eight years, winch VIII be
marked hereafter as the era OF personal govern
ment. and the period of gre ed eight years OF
such official corruption am dishonesty. such
Sc fishness and shameless mes, such low aims
anu base purpo sncn graspng sEsrice anu
eager overTeachiug, sucn speculation In omcial
Information, such bribery and such barter and
sale OF office, and such degradation OF all things
which the a lon has ucld W DC nl6h dh0 hOiJ
and worthy AN honest pride, that to-day the
if It's nSse AND and waits for this admin
in lie ditch, the spectacle Of nations, whi e
Sc aIor Morton, from his serene mo INT OF
vi-ion, prouounces IL the "oest ana Purest the
country has ever nao.
GOV HAYss.-wILL HIS NOMINATION WORK
MIRACLES?
But now, gentlemen, having shown by ire
of "a T1h aro mr. nj N
1872 was justified by facts aud cal ed for by the
times, and that tue Republican party, Instead
of retracing its steps and recovering Its lost
estate, has steadily gravitat.d farther and
farther from Its primal integrity, IL may still
be argued that the nomination OF Govern or
Hay es will cut the ugly thread OF history from
and blessed departure. BeIieviSg as i do,
that the age OF miracles has past, find my
self compelled To reject this view l am ac-
Quainted with Governor Hayes, and believe
him 10 be honest and pstriotic, and most
glaeiy and co daily would support him Il
anyll Republican cou exOlain TO me
hoe his accidental selec ion ct Cncin-
natl can make saints out of the
distinguished sinners VINO are the recognized
leaders and managers of the party now, as
they were four years ago. IL you place the hat
OF an honest man on the head OF rogue, will
the roguery instantly depart? Every one has
Wishing hat. which relieved him of the ex-
pense and Dor Of travelling. BY placing this
hat on his head and wishing himself at Civ
Who would not join in building a monument
to the sorely needed genius who could manu-
facture a presidential hat that would enable
Gov. Hay rs. by sim pie WISH to change the
nature of NORTON, and Cameron, and Butler, and
Clayton, and Boss shepherd, and Babcock, and
brother-in-law casey, and the rest of the I'm.
pouring out their money 10 secure his election,
and will darken the air about the executive
mansion on the of March If ne should
confess, would make Gov. Hayes
a pretty respectable president, and he
fopm an nd dispose of It WITH toIelab Success.
Unfortunately no sucn head lear can be
found, while the great leader of the party IN
Indiana, and the right hand man of the adj
minis;rstion, te Is US the rty has no need
of it, and that the men who ask for re-
form are worse criminals than the
isb. Here is the ug knot which lib
ersl Republicans and a good many other Rs
pubheans desire to see united Can you OBJ
ply changing he figure head OF the vessel ?
You must expel the pirates aud put an honest
crew n possession. This Is the IIuth in a nut
shell and GEORGE " lillian curtis him elf adj :
mit~fr. His cry Il "reform within the party, "
which he is shouting ong the lines as he did
four years sgo. as II utterly unmindful of the
fact thai under this battle cry our civil ser
vice has become a. foul auu feculent a system
of offici Al hucksteIing and political proslitu-
ton as our thoroughly debauched party
politics could M ke II. But he is not blind,
like Senator Morton, 10 the need of reform,
anu uC lcllb US III WEEKLY lQaL the
only hope OF The party lies 10 he power 10
persuade the people that it is not hopelesslv
corrupt He frankly confesses that reform Is
only POSSIBLE by throW1ng overbOtrd the
Grant leaders and trained corruptionists who
havebrought the par y into disgrace. In oil
soberne ss ask, Is this possible? Have the
Repub lean masses, after their long and pa
tient service under the party yoke, Ihs couT.
and virtue to lake IL cir old leaders by the
meekly and penitentisily take the back seats
while honest and stainI.ss men come to the
front? The man who believes all this must
have allowed MS common sense TO pack its
baggage. The Grant leaders would reign In
any conceivable y 'li'ical hell, rather than
serve in the heaven of honest government. In
the manipulation OF caucuses and coDven-
lions, they have long been masters. They
are tourneymen and experts in the work
reduced plumber and pelf to science and the
greed OF clutch TO fine art. Nothing can be
more certain than that such reform as would
completely dis lodge these leaders and put such
men as BristOw aud Adams in their places
would be, In fact, the creation of a new party
IL would have 70 be preceded rec, dc by a genera
TO consider II the same psrty which has ruled
the country since Grant came into power, a.
1t won q have been TO treat the Republican
party OF 1876 as Identical with the old Whip
party, which had gone down TO its dishOnOred
grave. The Idea. therefore, OF making the
Republican party the instrument Of self-puri
fication, is not only morally, but logically
absurd. A party once thoroughly corrupt, ha:
lost The power 10 reform iistlf Devils are not
inclined TO cast out devils, ard could scarcely
be Trusted with the business IL they shou;o
offer their services; and it is because
Ientertain these views and can not escape
their force, that sincerely desire TO see The
machinery OF the Republican party battered
a re formation of parties on the living Gus s.
tons OF the hour, unembarrassed by The mem.
cries of the past.
THE POWER OF ONE MAN-rHE cHARAC
TER AND TRAITS OF GOV. HAYES. =
But let me not be misunderstood. desire t<
meet the question L am considering in IL
cemrlst length and breadth. / do not den %
the exceptional power of one strong man
Thoroughly In earnest. and thoroughly armed
with the courage of his opinions. A single
great-hearted, sfrong-wiiled Character may
control mob or Quell a mutiny. With fer
tile b rain, psrfect courage, absolute devotion