The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-09-27

civilization, nor exercised In liberty under
equal laws. We denOunce the policy which
thus discards the liberty.loving German
and tolerates the revival Of the cOoltc trade
In Monaghan women, imported for immofe
purposes, and Mongolan men held TO per-
form serviIe labor contracts.
TIE FALSE sRCTARIAN IssUKTHK FALSE
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Reform IL necessary, and can never be ga
fected only by making IL the controhihe
issue OF ,he I'll ct'ons, and lifting II anove
the two false issues with which the ONCE
holding class and the party In power seek
to smother u.
First the false Is ne with which they
would enkindla sectsrian strife in respect
to the public schools, OF which the es.ap.isn,
ment and support belongs exclusively 10
the several States, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their foun-
dation, and Is resolved to maintain, without
any Partially or preference Tor any class,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the treasury to any
SecOnd-The false Issue by which they
seek to light anew the dying embers Of
sectional hate between Kindred people once
unnaturslly estranged, but now reunited
on one indivis bic republic and common
destiny
RRroRN-1HR CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform is necessary in the civil service;
| experience proves that efficient, economic
| al conduct Of the governmental business Is
not possible il its civil service be subject to
| change at every eles ton, be prize fought
| for at the ballot box, be a brief reward OF
| party zeal, instead of posts OF honor, as
signed for proved cnmpetency and held tor
| fidelity In the public employ; that the ais
pensing Of patronage should neither be .
| tax upon the time of all our public men,
nor the instrument Of their ambition; here,
again, profes ions falsifed In the preferm-
ance, n test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
| reform.
| REFoRM-CoRRuPT1oN OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reform is necessary even more in the
higher grades of the public service. The
| president, vice president, judges, senators.
representatives and cabinet officers and all
| others in authority are the peoples serv.
ants; their offices are not private ptrqui-
| site they are q public trust.
When the annals OF this republic show
| the disgrace and censure OF vice presi
dent; a late speaker Of the house of repre-
sentatives marketing his rulings as presid
ing officer; three senators prohtiDg secretly
| OF the leading committees Of the late house
of representatives exposed In Jobbery; I
late secretary Of the treasury forging bal
| snces in public accounts; late attorne!
general Incorporating public funds;
secretary Of the navy enriched or enrichini
friends by percentages levied Oh the proht
Of contractors with his department; a
ambassador to England censured in dis
honorable speculat:on; the president
private secretary barely escaping convie
ton upon trial for guilty completely II
frauds upon the revenue; . secretary o
7 war impeached for high crimes and misde
meanors, the demonstration is complet
that the first step in reform must be tn
peoples choice Of honest men from anothe
party, lest the disease Of one political OF
, ganization infect the body polite; and les
} BY making no change Of men or parties W
can get no change Of measures and no RET
, reform.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, tn
! product Of sixteen years of the ascendanc
of the republican party, ere ate . necessit
for reform, confessed by republicans then
selves, but their rcformers are voted dow
in convention aud displaced from tn
cabinet; the party's mass OF honest votel
| Is powerless TO resist the eighty thOusan
officeholders, its leaders and guides.
Reform can only be had by . peacefl
/, civic revolution. We dsmsnd . change
administration, a change Of party. that
: may have . change Of measures and OF mel