American citizen., 1876-09-30

the civil list of the United States
numbered 81 267. In 1879 they
aggregated 95, Ito, being an in
crease Of about forty thousand it,
six years only OF Grants Atlmihis
tratiOn. Many of these render no
servire to the country, but ar.
merely political pensioners OH tht
Treasury, who, in return for tn.
money they draw, are expected t.
work for the perpetuatiOn in power
of the corrupt Republican Organiza
tiOn. 1t is this immense army Of
placrmen who seek to usurp the
control of our Government, leaving
the people no voice in the cOntluci
Of affi,irs. 1t is the office holders
who constitute and manage all Re-
publican nominating convention. /;
it is the of1ice.lOlders who dictate
the policy Of tho Administration !;
it ia the office holders who cOnduct
nolitical canvaSses. and are relied
upOI to manipulate, and, if neces-
sary. to falsify elrc; ion returns-
Mr.. FL yes, in opposition to the old
De nOcratic Drinciple OF rOta:i. n in
Cfhce, which has always been held
20 Ge the only rffrctual barrier to
he creation of an Offics .hOldIng
aristocracy, proposes to give = iif,.
ten lie of O.fi,:e to these men, and
thu' render them entirely indepen
d-nt of pub ic opinion. This will
account for the enthusiasm they
manifest for his election. ALI OF
these Office holders, on tine occasion
Of every important election, are
compelled to contribute money for
political purposes. and thus enOrm-
GUS corruption funds are raised to
ne against the people who wish to
reform the Gov. rumeht.
GRANTS RECONsTRCCTION POLICY.
This has consisted of depriving
the people of the right of self gov
ernment, interfering with troops to
carry elections for tine Republican
r'arty, and nullifying the will of the
people as expressed at the polls
when the verdict was unfavorable
to the rule of ignorance and cor
ruption. The public debt Of nearly
all the reconstructed States was
comparatively small at the end OF
the war; under negro and carpet.
bag rule il has rolled mp to An ag-
grrgate of over One Hundred and
Ninety + xr Million DoLid 8, while
the taxation for local purposes has
often amounted practically to con.
fistication. An immense number
of farms, as well as large tracts Of
uninproved lantls, have Teen seized
and sold by the Sh-riffs 10 satisfy
the insatiste greed Of the plumber
rrs who have represented Grants
administration in the South, and
who have succeeded in ilnp0verish
ing the owners Of vast pOr; ions OF
the most productive territory in
America, thus running the best
market for Northern manufactures
that there Is in the world. The
present policy of Grant and the
men who are managing the cam
paign for Hayes is to rekindle the
sectional aniinOsi:ies which are dy-
ing out both North aud South; TO
ilcite race dist urbances, diSOrganize
labor, and put those of the Souther n
people who have redeemed them
selves from the rule of the carpet
baggers back into o territorial con-
d tim where they will be Eelple 8
to protect themselves from uti r
ruin. OF course the SUCCESS of this
policy would be disastrous to I. Q
financial interests of the whole
country; but the officr-holders who
con rol the Republican party, and
who would control Hayes should he
be elected, care nothing for that.
It ia their own interests they o 9
looking after, and AZ a prominr, t
Ri ublican Senator has expressed
il, they believe that there are ''five
years more of good stealing" yet in
the South.