The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-28

test question. At Cincinnati there was
some divergence of opinion. There were
varying elements. There was n higher
moral tone and lower moral tone. But
the result was that the honest, intelligent,
patriotic sentiment triumphed IN au over
whelming condemnation OF every unwor.
thy act and aspiration. The good alone
prevailed. | ask you if you propose 10
stand for the republican party, and If you
will stand for Hayes and Wheeler, men
of characters so pure, so high, that no
word of reproach can be uttered against
them even by secession democrat. That
is the question to be settled by intelligent
Vermonters.
But enough of generals do not mean
in person, for we have some dlstinguistd
ones here but in principles We have got
four issues in this contest. They are. first,
the civil service; second, the southern
question. which will determine whether lib
cry and justice shall prevail; third, the
currency issue, which Involves the national
honor and the question of hard or soft
money; fourth, our candidates. o. the
currency question | do not propose to
speak, as you have before you a man who
| is right on that issue, and in whose pres
ence deem myself unfit to say word on
| that topic.
live in New York, AMI have the good
| luck to know Samuel J. Tiden. (Cries OF
"Givc it to hiu!'D l will devote what |
| have to ray to him aud ay word of Hen
| drcks, at the same time calling attention
| to the two questlons-that of civil service
reform, and the southern. OF civil service
reform | fancy | know something, owing
10 an official connection with tie civil ser
vice board under the present Gdministra-
| al. IL. ham seal IN, aY.1
other questions, and they are embodied in
our platform, which Gen. Hayes represents
and under whom we have taken up the or
| der of mar H. Gen. Hayes, in his letter
puts the civil service question fret and
| foremost snd hi, 10 a circumstance of vast
| Significance You who live in Vermont
where all are honest and industrious, ex-
| cept few democrats, do not know the in
| EQUITIES and prostitution OF official III nor
and honesty and the need of reform. There
are from sixty to seventy thousand Of
ficers, from the poor woman in the treas
ufy department TO the heads of the bureaus,
scattered from enc end of this broad land
to the other. When you take into account
the influence such great body cxerts, you
can imagine the magnitude of the question.
Under the earlier presidents appointments
were made on the merits Of officers and Ca
pable officials were kept in place, Under
Gen. Jackson the spOls system was intro
duced, and the offices sold like Rome of
old, to the highest bidder. at auction. The
high Eoflicers had the low offices under
their control. Members of congress and
senators had had each so many appoint
ments. To appoint collector for the port
of Burlington, the representative of the
Burlington district must be consulted.
make no allusion now to the present ar
rangemonts at the port of Burlington or to
the incumbent of the Burlington district.
In Vermont you have no need Of a reform
in the civil service. But in New York we
have in pure aud eimble. We can't get a
man appointed postmaster without going
to a senator or member who has perhaps
pledged it to somebody who has agreed to
work and vote for him, such as the lrish
electionecring agents, who vote often and
shout loud men destitute of brains, hon
esiy, or patriotism. and under such Circum-
stances the bad bud blossoms out into the
full flower of fraud. That the case is bad you
may know, WHEN it required Gen. Bristow
to bring all the courage Of a great nature
to break down the whskytaX stealing.
Gen Hayes promises us more Of the same
reform. If the democrats come toto pow.
er, through the platform and candidate
they present, although they, too, cry ''re.
form. | iudre that thew will increase rather
than diminish the evil. Perhaps the few
, democrats here are rood men. Int that they
are not 80 in New York. The nresent as
pect of the question makes il Importan
that the president should be man like
Brstow was in the treasury. | believe il
; your faith that Gen Brstow was fit for tho
, presidency and he is here to advocate The
claims of Gen. HAYES which is an evidence
that he thinks MIR. HAYES. whom he know.
| well. is inst the man 10 do for the couutr,
, on the civil service question wba. he him
self did in the treasury department
next come to the southern question.
: regret that il is necessary to bring INTO thi,
canvass the old memories of the war, The
recolections of the bloody conte.,s Of th,
collision at arms. II is sid to see tat in
: stead of letting us forget the bloody anf
the bitter mast, the democ,a ic party ar,
bringing into bower and advocating the
north. There is no mistake unon thai
point. What are the prominent facts? Tn,
majority of those who will vote for thei-
candidates live in the south. Within two
or three of n majority of the house of rep
/ resentatives come from the south. Sky
two members of the present congress- bore
arms against the national flag.
The moment they are in mower they an
neal to southern passion. Let me give yo,
some bare facts. The mayor of New Ynrl
is a favorite and tool of MIR. Tilden. anc
upon Mr.. Tilden's advice Mayor Wickhnn
appointed as his private secretary. Burton
N. Harrison. who had been The prlvat,
] secretary of Jefferson Davis, that one con
, spicuous rebel. whom even southern demo
Gratis dare not ask US to forgive. In tn,
last congress they elected as serceantat
arms one Fitzhugh, who had been sergt ant
4 alarms Of the c, ntederate congress. Anoth
! er appointment was that of II man whit
, named his son John Wilkes Booth, to in
suit the sacred memory Of Abraham Lin
3 coin. They removed among the other Off
GERS of the house fifly-seyen Union sol
ders. One, | remember, was sho
, two or three fines, and he wa