The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-10-20

civilization, nor exercised In liberty under
equal laws. We denounce the policy which
thus discsrds the Ilberty.lOving German
aud toleratcs the revival Of the coolie trade
In Monaghan women, imported for immora.
purposes, and Monaghan men held to per-
form eerVile labor contracts.
THE FALSE sKCTARIAN IssUE--THE FALSE
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Reform is necessary, and can never be ei-
fected only Ivy making il the controlling
issue OF the elections, and lining 1t above
the two false issues with which the Office
holding class and the party In power seek
to smother it.
would enkindia seetarian etrife IN respect
10 the public schools, OF hich the establish
ment and support belongs exclusively to
the several States, and which the demo
cratic party has cherished from their iOun-
dalton, and il resolved to maintain, without
any Partially or preference for any class,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the treasury 10 any.
Second-The false Issue by which they
seek to light anew the dying einbers Of
sectional hate between kindred people once
unnaturally estraDged, but now reunited
on one indivis!ble republic and q common
destiny
RRFORM-1HE 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 he subject to
change at every election, be a prize fought
for ut the ballot box, be a brief reward OF
party zeal, instead of posts of honor, AS
signed for proved mpctency and held for
fidelity in the public employ; that the dis.
pensing Of patronage shou d neither be q
tax upon the time Of all our public men,
nor the instrument OF their ambition; here
again, profes ions fal.itied in the preferm
ance, u test that the party in power can
work out no practical or satisfactory
reform.
REFoRM-CoRRUPTIoN OF HIGH PUBLIC
OFFICERS.
Reform 10 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 sery.
ants: their offices arc not q private perqui-
site they are public trust
When the annals of this republic show
the disgrace and censure OF = vice presi.
dent: u late speaker OF the house OF repre-
sentstives marketing his rulings as u presid.
ing officer; three senator. prohting secretly
by their vote as law-mak ers; five ehairmen
OF the leading committees of the late house
OF representatives exposed In j,bbery: Z
late secretary Of the treasury forging bal
ances in public accounts; . late attorney
general misappropriating public funds; I
secretary of the navy enriched OF enrichine
friends by percentages levied OF the profit,
Of contractors wi b his depar men': al
ambassador to England censu' ed in a dis
honorable speculai. y; The president
| private secretary barely escaping con,ic
ton upon trial for guilty completely il
| frauds upon the revenue; q secretary o
| war iInpeached for high c,tmes and misde
meanors, the demonstration IL complet,
| that the first step in reform NUT be tn,
peoples choice Of honest men from anothe
| party. lest the di-ease Of one political or
ganization infect the body polite; and les
| by making no change Of men or parties w,
can get no change Of measures aud no rea
| reform.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
All these abuses, wrongs ana crimes, tn,
| product Of sixteen years Of the ssce ndanc,
Of the republican party, create a necessit,
for reform, confessed by republicans them
| selves, but their reiormer- are voted dow
| in convention and displaced from tn,
cabinet: the party's mass OF honest voter
is powerless to resist the eighty thousap,
officeholders, its leader. and guides.
Reform can only be had by peaceful
| civic revolution. We demand change O
administration, a change of party, that W,
may have change Of measures and OF men