Wilmington journal., 1876-08-18

| cral States, and which the Democratic par
! ty has cherished from their foundation.
| and resolved TO maintain without parti-
| zanry or preference for any class, sect or
| creed, and without contributing from the,
! Treasury TO any-the false isSne by which
| they seek to light anew the dying embers
| OF sectional hatred between kindred pco-
pie, once umatUrally estranged. but now
| reunited i'll one indivisible Republic and a
| common destiny.
REF ORN IN THE CIVIL. SERVICE.
| ketorm is necessary in the civil service
Experience proves that the efficient eco
n0mical conduct of the governmental bust
ness is not possible if its civil service be
subject to change at every election be :.
prize fought for Al the ballol-nox-be 4
brief reward of party zeal, instead of posts
OF honor, assigned for proved competency
and held for fidelity in the public employ
ment. That the dispensing of patronage
should neither be tax upon the time of
all Our public men, nor the instrument OF
their ambition. Here again professions
talSiticd in the performance, ATTEST that the
party in power can work out no practical or
salutary reform.
REFORM AMONG TIE HIGHEST rTBIIc
SERVANTS.
Reform is necessary even more III the
higher grades Of public seryice-Trcsiden;,
Vice President, Judges, Senators, Repre-
scntatives, Cabinet officers. These otrI-
GERS, and others iii authority, are the pco-
pies servants. Their offices are not Il pri-
vate perquisitc; they are Il public trust.
When the annals ofthis Republic show tile
disgrace and censHre of Vice President
late Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives marketing his rulings us 4 presiding
olicer; their friends protlting secretly 10y
their votes as lawmakers; five chairlnen
OF the leading committees of the late House
ct Representatives exposed i'll Iobbery; 4
late Secretary OF the Treasury forcing bal
ances in the public accounts; a late At
torney General misapproprlating public
funds; L Secretary Ofthe Navy enriched or
enl1ching his friends by percentages levied
off the profits of contractors with his De
parment; All amhassadorto England cr1!-
sured for ,liShOL orabIc speculation; the
Presidents private secretary barely rScap-
ing conviction upon trial for guilty cnmpli-
city i'll frauds upon the revenue; u Sccre-
Larry of War impeIched for high crimes and
confessed miSdemeanOrS the demonstrl-
lion is so complete That the first step in
'efOnm must be by the people, or honest
men from another party. The disease of
)De political organization intcStS the body
)olitic and thereby making no change of
men or party, we can get no change of
measures and no reforms
iADICALs AND RADICATIsM MUST BE
DRIVEN FROM POWER.
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes
the product of the sixteen years
Lscendancy of the Republican party
create necessity for reform, con
esscd by Republicans themselves. Bat
heir rctormers are voted down in con
'ention and displaced from the Cabinet
The mass of honest voters is powerleSs /"
esist the eighty thousand oilice-iollcrs-
Is leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by Il peaceful,
ivc revolution. We demand Il change Of
ystem; :; change Of administration a
hange ofparties That we may have a change
If men.