New-York tribune., 1876-06-29
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, all its national sources the prosperity of the


Reform Is necessary in the sum and mode OF
Federal taxation, 10 the end t.iat caplun may
be set free from di;tust, and labor Hgfst} D;lr
dened. We denOunce the present tarli, levieu
npon nearly four thousand articles, as master
piece of injustice inequality and false pfetehse.
1t yields dwindling, rot yearly ISM let "
enne II has IMPOVERISHED many industries 10
subsidize few. It prohibits imports that 1lliSn.
purchase the products Of American labor. ~ mas
DEGRADED American commerce from tne hlSt W
an inferior rank on the high seas. 1t mas clit
down the sale of American manufactures az
home and abroad, and depleted the returns ol
American agricultnre-an industry tonOWeu ny
half our people. 1t costs the people I'VE tIlnes
more than it produces 10 The treasury, 0bstructs
the processes of production, and wastes tne
fruits of labor. 1t promotes fraud, ana loSoeiS
smuggling, eDriches dishonest 0lncia'S anu
bankrupts honest merchants. We d'mdnd t9at
all CustOm-hOuse taxation SNAIL Oc Oily Aoi
revenue. e IIo
Reform is necessary in the scale OF pih5nc
expenses-Fcderal. State, and municltlic; 0nn E9I
Federal taxation has swollen from %ou,ooo,oG;o
gold, in 1860, to $4JO,OOo,OOo currency, III
1870 or. in decade. from less Ih'n @o pea
head TO more than $18 per head. since the
peace, the people have paid to tHet Ms- Ms
rathercrs more than thrice the sum Gf the Ma
tIonal debt, and more than twice that sum Tor
the Federal Government alone, we dc mana 4
vigorous frugalty n every department, ana
from every officer Of the Government.
Reform is necessary 20 put a stop TO the
pr0Gigate waste Of public lands, and their
diversion from actual settlers by the party IN
power, which has squandered two hundred
millions of acres upon railroads s.One, aht out
OF more than thrice that aga gate las dis
posed of less than a sixth dii c' y to tlleIs OK
the soil.
reform is necessary to correct he omissions
of the Republican Congress daH nc errors OF
our treaties and our diploma, which have
Striy ,nI fell
and kindred race recrOssing The Atlantic OF
the shield of American citizenship, aHd nave
exposed cur brethren of the Pacific coast 70
the inculsions OF a race not sprung from tho
great parent stock, and in fact now by law
denied citizenship through naturalization 30
being neither accustomed 10 tho traditions Ok
q progressive civilization nor exercised In ND
erty mlder equal laws. We denOunce the pol
icy which thus discards the liberty loving Ger
man and toerates the revival of the cO0lle
trade in Mongolian women imported for lm-
moral purposes, and MOngOlian men hired 10
perform scrvile labor contracts, and demand
such modification of the treaty with the Chi-
Drsc Empire, or such legislation by Congress
v thin constitutional limitation, as shall pre-
vent the further importation OF Immigration
of the MOngOlian race.
Reform is necessary and can never be
effected but by making it the controlling issue
of the elections, and hitting 1t above the Two
false issues with which the Ottce-holdln2 class
and the party in power seek TO smother 1t
the false issue with which they would en-
kndle sectional strife in respect to the puohc
schools, of which the establishment and sup
mort belong exclusively to the several states,
ana which The Democratic party has cherished
from that foundation, and resolved to mann
tain without partlality or preference Tor any
class, sect or creed and without contribution
from the treasury to any OF them, anu TIE
false issue by which they seek to hght anew
the diving embcrs OF sectional hate between
kindred peoples once estraDged, but now re-
united in one indivisible republic and COM
mon destiny.
Reform is necessary in the civil service.
ExDeIience proves that efficient, economical
conducr OF Inc governmental business is not
possible il its civil service be subject to change
at every election, be q prize fought for at the
ballot-box, be a brief reward OF party zeal, IN,
stead of posts of honor assigned for proved
compat .ncy, and held for fidelity in the public
employ that tho dispensing of patronage
should neither be a tax upon the time oi all
our public men, nor the Instrument OF their
ambition. Here again professions, 1aiSlhed IN
the performance, attest that the parry Ill
power can work out no practical or salutary
reform.
Reform is necessary even more In the higher
grades of the public service. President Vice
President, Judges, Senator's, Representatives,,
Cabinet officers, these and all others IN au-
thority are the peoples servants. Their offices
are not n private pcrqUisite they are public
trust. When the annals OF this Republic show
the disgrace and CtnSure OF q ce-PreSdcnt; !
a late Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives marketing his rulings as Ii presiding
officer; three Senators prohtlng secretly by |
their votes as lawmakers; five chalImen OF |
the leading committees of the late House |
of Representatives. exposed in jObbery; |
q late Secretary Of the treasury forcing bal |
Anccs in the public accounts; a late Attorney |
General msappr0piatiug public funds; Sec
Tttary of the Navy enriched or enrlching |
friends, by percentages levied or the profits of
contractors with HI, department; an Embassa- |
dor TO England concerned IN dishonOrable |
speculation; the Presidents Private Secre- |
tHry barely escaping conviction upon trial, |
for guilty completely Ill frauds upon the |
revenue; Secretary of War impeached |
for high crimes and confessed misdemeanOrs, |
the demonstration is complete, that the first |
step in reform must be the peoples choice of !
honest men irom another party lest the disease |
of one political organization infect the body |
pylitc. and lest ny making no change of men |
or party We can get lao change of measures and |
no reform. All these abuses, wrongs and |
crimes the product of sixteen years ascend |
cncy OF the Republican party, create n ncces- |
sity fol reform confessed By Republicans |
but their IefOuners are voted |
down in convention and displaced from the |
Cabinet The plrty's mass of honest voters |
are powcre.s 10 resist the $4,000 office hold |
ers. its leaders and guides. Reform can only |
be had by "A peaceful civic revolution. We
demand chausH of system, Il change of adj
change of parties, that we may
have IA change Of measures and of men.
THE VICE ppESJDENCY