The daily gazette., 1876-07-28
PARTY GOVERNMENT.

1861 most vigilent and thorough in the
policy Of excluding Democrats from
participation in the exclusive branch
of the Government-upon the ground
that the Republican party assumed the
burdens and responsibilities as we'll as
the honors of party government ARE
now endeavoring to shirk the pressure
of failure. When the evidence of adj
ministra.ive misrule is established
against their party thep answer that al
though they indorsed the misrule of
, Grant at Cincinnati, they did not re-
nominate him; as though that were a
satisfactory indication that the same
party would make better Govern
ment under Hayes.
In like manner, the Republican par
ty having, Immediately on coming to
power in 1861. driven ont of office in
the North Democrats of high and low
degree, and having ever since refused
to appoint or tolerate any Democrat in
any executive Office, no matter how
small and the Government, under
this exclusive Republican control. .hav
ing continued to sink lower and lower
the party in power endeavors to break
the logic of these facts by promise
in the future, on the part of Hayes,
not to give to Democrats a representaS
tion in minor offices, but either to con-
tinue the present bad incumbents per-
petually, or to put other partisans in
their places. And that Is called, for-
sooth, "civil service REFORM"
We hear much Republican criticism
OF the present Democratic House be.
! cause it removed so generally the Re-
publican officials and appointed Dem>
ocrats in their places. But this is pre-
cisely what the Republican party
did when it came to power in 1861
and similar things, on a larger scale, a
Republican Legislature in New Hamp,
shire has just done by clearing out
through the form of legislative 'ad-
dress" to the Governor and Council.
every Democrat throughout the State
even reforming" the bench to secure
Republican partisan predominance.
In the whole annals of the nation,
there has never been more bitter
and unrelenting prescription of party
opponents in the appointments to ex.
! ecutive officer than during the eight
years of Grant and Grantism. No.
where to day, from one end of the
land to another, is there Democrat
in any executive office appointed by
Grant, Numerous as have been his
judicial appointments. not one has ev
er been offered to Democrat, no Re-
publican Judge has ever given any of
the clerkships or commissioners to
Democrats.
There have been many International
or quasi international tribunals, aus
thorized by Congress to adjudicate
claims or boundaries, but no Demo-
crat has ever been thought worthy
i; therefor, or even to be clerk. And the
patronage of the Alabama claims ma
chinery, and of the fisheries, was
steadfastly given to Republicans. In
all the vast army employed to collect
the revenue-the expenses of which
have been ten per centum of the re-
ceipts; its special agents, its supervis.
ors, its travellers in Europe, its detec-
tiyes at home-the rule has been to
tolerate no. Democrat. Collector AR
TAUR and Postmaster JAMES cannot
point to a Democrat appointed by
either in all their vast catalogue of
clerks. From top to bottom the exc
cutive government under GRANT, and
for nearly eight years, has been inten
sely partisan, and yet the people are
now asked by the. Republican party
not to hold it responsible for its mis-,
rule. Why not! Oh, GRANT is
dead-beat! But when did the Repub-
lican party discover thiss And why
indorse him last month at Cincinnati?
Why did the party renominate him
for second term? Why has every
Republican State Convention for eight
years upheld him? Why has no Repu-
lioan who has been member of his
Cabinet ever put on record an asser,
tion of asingle reprehensible act of
of GRANT? And why has neither HAY.
Es nor WEELER uttered one word of
condemnation of the doings of the Ad
ministration. What single act of
fraud, dishonesty or peculation among
the Presidents responsible advisers. or
in his Administration, has Republi-
can committee of either branch Of
Congress uncovered, exposed and re