, 1876-07-15

can cl'iIrhS ana exposed our brethren
ot the Pacific coast to the incursior. nj,
race not speaking II language from tL,
same great parent stock, aud in fact now
by law denied ci,iz, n>hip through nptr.
radiation MS being neither accustomed :,
the tmdltons 0t progressive ciyiIi,,.
tion nor exercised in nbcrty under equal
laws. We dcnouncr the policy which
thus dscordS the liberty loving German
and tOlcratrs the COolic trade in Monun.
linn women imported for immoral pur.
poses and Mongollnn men held to per.
form srrvlc labor contracts, and we dc
mand such II modification of the treaty
with the Chinese Empire, or such lrri,h.
tion 10y Congress within Constitutional
limitations us shall prevent the further
importation, or immigration OF the Mon.
gUlinn race,
Reform is necessary, and can never h.,
effected but by making it the controlling
issue Of the elections and lifting it above
the tw" false ISSUES with which the office.
holding class an" the party in power
seek to smother it. /. TIE false issue
with win h they would rnkinllc Scctn.
riAn strife in rrspcc, to the public schools,
nf which the establishment and suppmt
belong exclusively To the States, which
the Democratic pnty has cherished iron,
their foundation, and is resolved to main.
tain without phrtialily or preference for
any class, sect or creed, and without con,
tribution from the Treasury. .. The
false issue 10y which they seek to light
anew the dying embcrs Of sectional Lnte
het |ecn kindred people once unnatural
ly rstangcd, but now united in QUE in
divi,ible republic and " common des-
tiny.
Reform is necessary in civil service
Experience proves that the efficient eco,
nomical conduct of the government bus
mess is not possible if its evil service bc
prize tough, for at the ballot box, bea
brivf reward .of party zeal instead OF
posts of honor assigned for proved com
potency, and held tor.tidrlity in public
employ. That the dispensing of patron
age should neither be II tax on the time
of all our public men nor the instrument
of their ambition. Here again prUics-
sion flsiIied in the performance a'tcse
that the party in power now can work
out no practical satisfactory r'form,
Reform is necessary even more in higher
grades OF public service President, Vice
President, Judges, Representatives, Cab
met officers these and all in authority
are the peoples servants. Their offices
are not private pcrquisitcs, they are Il
public trust. When the annals of this
Republic show the disgrace and censurc
of a Vice President; Of late Speaker
Of the House Of Representatives market
ing his rulings as u presiding officer
OF three Senators prodting secretly by
their voting as law makers; of five
chairmen of the leading committees OF
the late House Of Representatives ex
posed in robbery; of late Secretary of
the Treasury, forcing balances in the
public accounts; of the late Attorney
General misappropriaing public funds;
of u Secretary OF the Navy, enriched, or
enriching friends, by percentage levied
off the profits of contractors with his
department; OF an Embassador to Eng
land censured for dishonorabe specu-
lation; of the Presidents private secre'
tary barely escaping conviction upon
trial for guilty completely in frauds
upon the revenue; of Secretary oi
War impeachcd for high crimes and con
fesscd misdemeanors. The demOnstra'
tion is complete that the first step in re-
form must be the peoples choice for
honest men from another party, lest the
disease Of one political organization In
feet the body polite, and lest by making
no change of men or party we get no
change OF measures and no reform OF all
these abuses, wrongs and crimes That
the production Of sixteen years OF rs
ccndancy of the Republican party create
a necessity for reform, is confessed by the
Republicans themselves, but their refor'
mers are voted down in convention and
displaced from the Cabinet. The partyS