Richland beacon., 1876-07-08
WHOLE NO. 1872.

the permancncy of the Federal Un-
ion, aud our devotion 10 the Consiilu-
ton with its amendments universally
accepted as final settlement of the
controversies that engcndcrcd lhe civ
il WAY and do hereby record our stead
fast confidence in the nerpetuity Of
republican cif.governmcnt,i in absolute
acguicsccnce in the will of the major
irv, the vital principles of the Repub-
lie in supremacy Of civil over military
authority, in the total separation Of
Church and State for tie sake alike
of civil and religious freedom, in the
equality Of all citizens before Just
laws Of their own enactment in the
liberty of individual conduct, unvcXcd
by sumptuary laws; in the faithful
education of the rising generation
that they may preserve, enjoy and
transmit these best conditions of hu-
man happiness. and hope we behold
the noblest products Of hundred
years of changcful history. But
while uphoiding the bond Of our
Union and great charter Of these, our
rights, it behooves free people 10
practice also that eternal vigilance
which is the price of liberty. Reform
is necessary TO rebuild and re-establish
in the hearts of the whole people. The
Union eleven years ago happily re-
vivcd from the danger Of corrupt CEN
lralism, which, after inilicting upon
ten States The rapacity Of carpct-bag
tyranism, has honeycombed the OIL
GERS of the Federal Government itself
with incapaciIy, waste aud fraud, in-
fected States and municipalities with
corruption and misruie, and locked
fast the prosperity Of our Industrious
people in the paralysis Of hard times.
Reform is necessary to establish sound
currency, restore the public credit aud
maintain the national honor. We de-
nounce the failure for all these eleven
years to make good the promise of the
legal tender notes which are Il chang
ing standard of value in the hands
of the people, and the non-paymeut of
which is disregard of the plighted
faith of the nation. We denounce
the improvidence which, in eleven
years OF peace, has taken from the
people thirteen times the whole amount
of the legal tender notes, and squan-
dered four times this sum in useless
expense, without accumulating any
reserve for their redemption we de.
nounce the financial imbecilty Of tha,
party which during eleven years of
peace, had made no advance toward
resumption, but that, instead, has OBJ
structed resumption 6y wasting every
resource, and exhausted our surplus
income. and while it annually makes
profession of an intention 10 speed
lily return to specie payments, it has
annually enacted fresh bindrances
thereto. As such hindrance we de.
nounce theresumption clause ofthe ac'
of 1875, and we here demand its re.
peal. We demand judicious sys
ten of preparation by public econo
mics, by official re,renchment, and by
Use financial policy, which shall en-
able the nation to assure the whole
world its perfect ability aud its perfec
readiness to meet any of its promise!
ut the call of the creditsr entitled Il
payment we believe such q system
will be devised, and, above all, en-
trusted to competent hands for execu
ton, creating at no time an artlGcia
scarcity of currency, and at. no tim'
alarm the public mind into with
drawal of that vast machine of cred
it by which % per cent. of all bust
ness transactions are performed;
system open, public, and irsplrin.
general confidence, would, the day Q
its adoption, bring healing on it
wings to all our harrassed industry
set going the wheels of commerce
manufactures and mechanical arts
restore employment to labor and r,
rev in all national sources the pros
3 perity OF the people.
,, Reform is necessary even more j
higher grades of public service. Th
President. Vice-President, Judge:
Senators, Representatives and cabine
officers. These and others in author
ity are the peoples servants their of
ces are not private perquisite, the
are a public trust When the anna
, of this Republic show the disgraC
. and ceusure of the Eice-Presiden
and the late Speaker of the Hous
marketing his ruinings as a presidin
. officer, three Senators pro6ting s.
cretly by votes as lawmakers, fl,
;, chairmen of leading committees
the late house exposed in iobbing
late Secretary of the Treasury for
;. ing balances in public accounts. a la
}. Attorney General misappropiatiI
# public funds, Secretary of the Ma,
v enriched or enriching friends by p
cent. levied on profits Of contracto
and Ambassador to England concer
ed in speculation, the President
Private Secretary, barely escapiI
conviction on trial for guilty col
. plicity in the frauds on the revenu
Secretary Of war impeached for biz
crimes and confessed misdemeanol
!. The demonstration is complete; th
:, the first step must be the people
~ - choice of honest men from anolh
y party. The disease of one polite
= organization infests the body polit
~ and thereby make no change of t
~ men of the party we can get,
- change of measure, and no refor
e All these abuses, wrongs and Grim