The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-08-15

equal laws. We denounee the policy which
thus discards the ltberty-ioviDg German
and tolerates the revival Of the coolie trade
Ia Monaghan women, imported for immora.
purposes, and Monaghan men held to per-
form serviIe labor contracts.
THE FALSE exCTARTAN IssUE--IHE FALSE
SECTIONAL ISSUE.
Reform il necessary, and can never be ef-
fected only by making IL the controlling
issue OF the elections. and lifting IL above
the two false issues with which the Office
holding class and the party In power seek
to smother IL.
First tho false issue with which they
would enkindla sectarian strife in respect
to the public schools, Of which the establish
ment and support belongs exclusively to
the several States, and which the demo-
cratic party has cherished from their iolu-
da,iop, and Is resolved to maintain. without
any Partially or preference for any class,
sect or creed, and without contributing
from the treasury TO any.
Secoud-The false issue by which they
seek to light anew the dying embers OF
sectional hate between kindred people once
unnaturaliy eslranged, but now reunited
on one indivisible republic aud a common
desiisy
REFORM-7HE CIVIL SERVICE.
Reform is necessary in the civil service;
al conduct of the governmental business is
not possible IL its civil service he subject to
change at every elestion, be u prize fought
for at the ballot box, be brief reward OF
party zeal, instead of posts OF honor, as
signed for proved competency and held for
fidelity in the public employ; that the dis
peDsiDg OF patronage sllou q neither be a
tax upon the time Of all our public men,
nor the instrument Of their ambition: here,
again, profes ions fal-ited in the preferm.
auce, test that the party in power can
work out 10 practical or satisfactory
reform.
REFoRM-CoRRCPTIoN 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 al
Others in authority are the pcop.s's sery.
ants; their offices are not private perqui.
site they are public trust.
When the annals OF this republic show
the disgrace and censure of vice pres
| dent; late speaker OF the house OF repre-
sentatlves marketing his rulings as 4 presid
ing officer; three senators proiting secretly
by their vote as lawmakers; hye cEairmer
| of the leading committees of the late house
OF representatives exposed in j5bbery; ;
late secretary Of The treasury forging bal
ances in pubic accounts; late attorne,
general misappropriating public funds; ;
| secretary Of The navy enriched or enrichin!
| friends by percentages levied OF the profit
| Of contra to:s wi h his depar .men,; al
ambassador to England censured in a di,
| honorable speculation; The president
private secretary barely escaping conyic
| ton upon trial Tor gully completely il
frauds upon the revenue; a secretary O
war impeached for high crimes and misde
| meanors, the demonstration is compile +
| that the first step in reform must be tn
| peoples choice of honest men from anothe
party, lest the di ease OF one political OF
ganization infect the body polite: and es
| by making no change of men or parties W
can get NJ change Of measures and no rca
| reform.
| M-REFORM--EFFORM.
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes. tn
| product OF sixteen years of the sscendanc
OF the republican parry. create necessit
for reform, confessed oy republicans them
selves, but their reiormer. are voted dow
in convention and displaced from tn
| cabinet; the party e mass of honest voter
| is powerless 10 resist the eighty thousan,
| office holders, its leaders and guides.
| Reform can only be had by peaceful
civic revolution. We demand a change O
administration, \ change of party, that W.
may have change Of measures and o. men