, 1876-10-28

~ Alts ueeu 1it4ueut!y uTbeA upon ltepnD-
licans that they should roto for tho election
Of T11pES in order to effect III change" in
the general administration OF tho Govern
meut, and that such change will be more
cffective when made by the Democratic
party than if matlc by Gov. HAYES
Tho necessity for this chango is put upon
tho direct ground that there las been so
much robbery, fraud, dofalcasion, and gon-
esal misconduct during the Republican ad-
uiinistration of the Government, TINT gen.
cr!1 publication Of tho Governmental ser
vice, it is Aaid, is demanded. Havo Rapub-
licans, who ase urged OH this ground to vo.o
for T1LpEN III preference to HAYES, ascor-
tanned tho truth on this subject2 Let us
soe what the fncts arc.
In the first p1ace, Gov. HArEs has IN.
nouuced that if elected he will devote his
single term 10 tho elimination from tho pub
lio of MI the incompetcl.cy, untltness, and
dishonesty that can bo discovered, md make
integrity and cotnposcnoy tho standards OF
official employment, making no distinction
politically between thoso appointed, or ro-
tained, or dismissed. Gov. T11pEs, iu his
letter, proposes general dismissal of all
those now in the public service, assuming
them all to be Republicans; tho appoint
1neut Of new men, all Democrats aud then
tla publication Of tho new force in tie
course Of time. These are tho two plans
proposed BY tho persons who are candidates
for tho Presidency, md NO submit TINT no
nnn who desires reform for reform sake and
not merely q bcstowal Of party patronage,
can for o moment reject TINT Of Gov. HAYES
for the wild, partisan apoils-syste1u proposed
by Mr.. TlLpES.
But tho facts do not warrant tho demand
for my general change such ~ ,nads by tho
Democratic party. Tho Republican party,
upon tho very instant of its ncccsaiou to
power, was encountered by q civil war of
long duration, involving all expenditure OF
money, an iucroaso Of revenue, aud an ex.
pa,Ision Of debt aud tho issue of paper-usouey
to which tho milton lad been previously u
stranger. Tho loans, revenues, md expenl-
ituses tlnring that period frequently exceed
I'd during year three thousand millions uf
dollars TINT is, thnt anount Of money or
| credits was handled by the Government in n
single year. Tho War was succeeded by
| yours Of doprcciated currency, want of crctl-
1t, with tho speculation, extravaganza, and
rccklcssness of expenditure III private lifo,
which have attended every war lit every M
tiou If the world. Out Of this socal tle4uor-
nlzaton, tho natural outgrowth OF suddenly
acquired wealth and reckless Priyat, oxpcud.
ituro, there cnlpo a looseness OF morals, NJ,
undermining OF integrity, and taste
for extravaganza fully rs roinarh-
able In commercial banka Us among
officials. Embezzlemonts, Interpretations,
| defalcationH, aud NIL the crimes ngainst hon.
esty wero genera, AMI were found in private
commercial banking circles as we'll as in OH.
cial life. The revenues required by tho Gov.
ernment were ENORMOUS as compared with
those In all previous portions Of tho national
existence, and the natural inclination of ,nar.
kind to ovado taxation, TO swilnllo md tlc.
fraud tho Government, had opportunities
such as never existed before. Official dis,
honesty IL necessarily confined to two lines
Of operation plnpler of the Government
In tho collection Of tlo rcyenuo and pll,pt!s,
Of tho revenue after its collection. Durint
the term Of JOHNSON the whisky tax was "
heavy that 1t inspired fraud, which VIZ
heayiiy pFacticed. Frauds thus suggested
and successfully praeticcd survived tho 70
turn OF tho Republican party to powor, aut
1t required time and yigor to discover apt
break It up mud bring tho guilty to justice,
This has been accomplished, as well as th.
complete breaking upo the wholesale Snug
Cling carried Oh to the loss OF tho revonuc
No ono llas now the larlihood to assert TINT
there is any robbery or fraud committed II
tho collection Of tlo revenue which any Gov
ernmcnt could ordinarily prevent.
Now, what aro tho facts in tho case Of tht
fobbcries, thefts, frauds, dofalcGtionB, aut
crimes committed Oh tho royeuuo aftar It La
been collectea7 Such crimes cxiat uulo
every Government in the world, AMI hav'
existed under tho Government Of tho Uuitet
! states from the organization down 70 th