The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-20

Uses at the call of the creditor entitled to
payment
We believe such system. well devised,
and, above all. entrust, Il t. competent
hand: for it, execution, Great ny al no TIME
an artificial scarcity OF currency, ana AT no
time alarming the public mind into With
drawal OF that vast machinery 81 creuit ny
which % per cent. Of all our business trans
actions are perfoimed: system open to
the public and inspiring general confidence,
would, from he day OF its adopt on. bring
healing on its wings to all our hsrrassed in
dustries, set in motion the wheels OF com
merce, manufactures and the me chanlcal
arts. restore employment 10 labor. and re-
new Ia all II. national sources the prosper
ity OF the people.
REFORM OF THE TARifF-FRtE TRADE.
Reform il necessary In the sum and node
Of feder.I taxation, to the end that capita.
may he set Tree from distrust and lab r
lightly burdened. We denouncc the pres
eEt tariff levied upon nearly four thousand
articles a. a mat piece OF injustice, IN
equality aud false pretense. IL yields
dwindlng. not yearly rising revenue. Ii
has impoverished many industries to sub
sidiza few; Il prohib imports that might
purchase :he products of American ,boIs;
it hss degraded American CONNIE. &C rom
the trst TO an inferior rank upon the high
seas; il has cut down the sales OF American
manufactures at home an abroad. and de
p.eted the returns OF American agriculture,
an industry followed 10y hali our people. 1t
costs the people five tim more than Ii pre-
duces to the treasury; obst. uets the process
of production. and wastes the fruits OF la
Dor; ii promotes f. nd. fosters smuggling,
tnrlches dishonest officials and bankrupt,
honest merchants. We demand that all
custom house tINstiol shall lie only Tor
revenue.
REFORM ECONOMY IN FUBLIC EXPENSE
Reform Is necessary in the ale of public
eXpense-fcderal. >'a.e and municipal.
our federal taxation has swollen from sixty
millions gold. IN $50. TO tour hundred and
h;ty millions currency. in $50 our aggre-
z etc taxation. from OF e bundred and ntty-
four millions gold IN HJ). 10 seven hundred
and thirty millions currency ia $50; or. in
one decade. from Les, than five dollars per
head TO more than eighteen dollars per head.
since tue peace the p, opie have paid To-
I cir tay-g atherers more than thrice the
sum OF the aliOn1l debt. ani more than
twice that sum Tor the federal government
Nlone. We demand vigorous frugality in
every department. AMI from every Off cr
of the gJNetnmenr.
REFoEM-PCBLiC LANDS To ACTUAL SIT
1LIE>.
4. rara, i Necessary ID pa, stop 10 the
pIoh cate waste Of the public lanes and
their diversion from setual settlers BY the
h0,o0,0t acres upon railroads alone. and
n sinount o: more than thrice that aggre-
gate. has dispose of le>. than ! sixth di-
reeily 10 the u'ler> of the soil.
REFORM-ADoPrRD CITIZENS. REJECTED
AONGOL>
H.rgrla l. Necessary 10 cor. ect the ommi>-
sion Of 4 republican congr- and the errors
OF our treaties and our diplomacy. which
have Stripe our fellow itiZens OF foreign
birth and kindred race. reCross ng the Al
lautic. OF The shield % American cit Z.n-
chip. aud have exposed our hretherh OF the
Pacific coat TO the incursous Of a race not
sprung from the same great parent stock.
and. IN fact, now by law denied citizenship
through n,turaliI alton, a. being neither ac-
cu.tomed t. the traditions OF progressive
CIVILIZATION. nor exercised in liberty under
equal laws. We denounce the policy which
thus discards the liberty-loyipg German
and tolerates The revival If the collie trade
in Mong0iau women, imported for Immoral
purposes, and MOngolian men he'd TO per
form seryi'e labor contracts.
TIE FALSE ,ECIARIAN IssuF-THp y.L,g
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
E.fDrBi l. Necessary, aid can never he rf-
iected only by making il the controlling
Issue OF lac ell Ct on. aud lifting il above
the two al 9 issues with which the office
holding clss- and The party in power seek
10 smother 1t.
won!d cnkIndle secfariln strife in Respect
To tue public schools. OF which the establish
mcnt and support belongs exclusively 10
the several States. and which the demo
cratic party has cherished IRON their loun.
datlOn. aud i Resolved 10 maintain. without
any Partially or preference for any elias,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the Treasury to any
>econd-Ihe false Issue by which they
seek 10 light anew the diving ember. OF
sectional hate between kindred people once
unnaturily es.ranged, but now reunited
On one indiyis.ble republic aui common
destiny,
kETOKM-1HE CIVIL SERVICE
HefprDa l. necessary ia the evil service,
experie nee proves that efficient economic
al conduct Of the governmental bushes. l.
not possible II it, civil service be subject 10
change at every election, he prize fought
Tor At the ballot box. be brief reward . {
party zeal. instead Of posts OF honor, a.
signed Tor proved c mpetency and held tor
fidelity in the public employ; that the d.-
pensing OF patronage shOu d neither De 4
| tax upon the time Of All our public men,
| nor the Instrument Of their ambition: here
again, proies ions fll lied ia the preform.
| ance, test that the party III power can
| work out no practical or satisfactory
| reform.
| kEfoEM-Co.RrPTIoN on HIGH rUELIC
H.t0rm il necessary even more in the
| higher GRADES Of the public service The
| president, vice presiden', Judges senators
representatives ami cabinet officers aud all
others In authority are the peoples sery-
ants; their Offices are not "a private permi-
.ite they are public tIust
| when the annals OF this republic show
| the disgrace and censure OF a vice presi-
| dent: late speaker OF the house OF repre-
| sentatlves marketing his rulings a pre- sid
| Ing ofhcer: three senators proiiting secretly
| 10y their vote a. lawmakers; i've cbairmen
| OF the leading committees of the late house
| OF representatives exposed in jobbery: a
| late secretary oi The tire asury forging bal
| ances IN public accounts; late attorney
general Incorporating public funds; u
| secretary OF the navy enriched or enrjching
| friends by percentages levied of the profit,
OF contractors wi Ia his departments; AN
ambassador to England censured in "a dis
| honorable speculation; the PRESIDENT
private secretary barely escaping con,ic-
| ton upon trial fOr guilty completely in
| frauds upon the revenue: a secretary of
| war impeaehed for high crimes and misde.
meanO's, the demonstration is complete
that the first step in reform must be the
peoples choice Of honest men from another
party. lest the disease OF one political or.
ganization infect the body polite: and lest
| by making no change of men or parties we
can get no change OF measures and no real
| reform.
M-REFoRM-REFoRM.
| All these abuses, wrongs and crimes. tL.
Product OF sixteen years Of the sscendancy
| OF the republican party, crea a necessity
| Tor reform, confessed by republicans them
| selves, but their reiOTmer, are voted down
In convention and displaced from the
eaoineti the party's mass of honest voter.