, 1876-09-01

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TnR MAN WHO SPOKE rHUa
SME; Gsotgs r. 1loaI, Of Massaclusc.ta) was not
pnsier .%s 4 p"s ssasn1 sins
hls spleon. lie g. man who. would have been
aes 19a s, to nt
poke 10 did spcak ,mpelted by hia srnse Of duty
70 speak Tho tE1ta; And he mig6. have said mnek
Inhabited hy tevenue officers, who witi, one hand
r,ohfcd the GovcrnMent and With tho other lslc
sn.i.a sssnes' men w!o eg :une By tempting hss
dsfsultors and en'bez.lers moi only. officers Of nc
o.on. and y bo pee. ph ~ p.lss wa eS hass
VIZ sb. piets?s'' Il road SdeS l. did, IT,
and tho.c deceive shemsclvcs who attempt
to deceive you BY telling you 1e.a: 1t ts
aa e. nx. s n mpss s . IT, ueo bas
become jnss!y alarmed. and she cry has rlscn that
lhote must bs change. Yes, wanta change,
man IN the county wants il. bal wi,at o1er5 hon.
cat anu patriotic man In ths conntry ought aiso To
ins'st ppon ana be Gasefnl to brlng aout: i
e. thorough, and genuine. and listing es posstble.
Let u ScH
WHAT WE .rAnp IN nzsp or.
In the frat p'ace We want 10 ret rid uf the cor.
rnpt meu and the incapabIes who still lntest the
public service. Ksery efaeer who '.aa duno dia.
Kvtsy off'ert who llas abused his powers " bscn
ax In Tho performance OF hls dntlta, or liHs per.
MIted hIs snbordinates 70 be so nlart be rcn,uxed
..i. Let ,o guilty man eseapo" - good word Of
. dnty 80 plain n.st only tao,s who in htsh place
as 70 nnds'ssand Msss responsibility will fill to
lis il nndoubtclly i @ = a ssrious ta.t, tho imror.
tanee Of which will mot be unhpte,timatct. Bnt
thore Z one more impostant STILL w. th*i by an
osHan!xatIon, of tae Civil sesylee upoa honest and
corrupt man be ssc,,red bus hlshet mSrsi split
be nfasstl into onr public c9ncer,l, and Tins cor.
enro sn oa':t Ths1e sf worth ten pounds Of
AN EvEH-RtoH1No FOUNTAIN or CORRUPTION
lint means ,nsiinta reform. TINT fountain maas % se
stopped. We gre fFcqnently told that mol Govern.
met hH1 S,t. ben y AZ ts details
There hare been some dishonest meu IN public
employ and aen,c aislonu.t practices nnder the
Tint may Se ana1oiaaSs. % bna v wher. s "o1: eeT:
rnptfon develops Itself during long period Of
lime and On "a extensive scale, We may be snra
system,
LET Nh TELL. ron An ArEcpo1n.
0uo aay Abraham Lincoln. while ovrrvhclmed
with tic carcn which the rising tide Of tho Rebellion
was loading upon him. poEnted ont to friend he
eager tlrong Of ot1ec ,aeeftrn and Of conrsessnen
si op a5s1ss f. s6s f9sf
lion s hard enough 10 overcome. but there you see
something which, in the eourre Of time, viii be.
Rebson se Sb1aam @ neee Va. lot not onS tas
good but also wise man. And with the tnstinct-
I've a;1ttsrat97,n of Gsn,n. c That ths Poi
civllscryice system would At last bring more scrt-
our peril to the Repnbltc than all the hostile guns
Fh =: esn1 s29's s Ss' t.
wondera Of the weflo. iiad not grsdaa1iy grows
years, 70 that va have become accustomed TO
TIRE UNIQUE SPECTACLE,
We shonla scarcely be capsule Of believing In the
Viii ordnary common sense. % uta s suTe Il. Ia ths
early daya oi this ltepabto, public man had pro.
Witness Il, thcre would 10 been univc1sa ery
T. shut him up In mnd.ho use for the rest Of h!s
1s1sss as9 II s Il .s s n .e9. sf 6 s ps
llc-WaHhington, Adams. Jcac5aon, Hamilton
could tse from thst sraxes n osdesto sseesta!n ey
would have, to show them our ci,i.sery!ec-
explain 10 thc.n how. nowadays, thing. ase naan-
aged; how, on tbs accession Of = nav Pres1aeus,
tho wbole maeh!nery Of onE Government Is taken
green material in hurry; how sixty. Or seventy,
q eighty thousand of,eera ats dismissed. without
ncs sp because shey do not Sons to
party. to make room for =" new deals" how acv.
etal hundred thousand hungry pasr!osamake des.
hc t.
Ganinet Minl*Gss .,Ii anussd to their complicated
9nd %s ' ~ to
tide Of applications Tor office; how o1f Congress-
men. the national LEGISLATORS.
and forget everything elae in thelr frantic run from
@ pof;e.s sud tools provided viii ocsi b1csa I'D
PaSs ama ss"s of
sisnt inquiry inte theif ;notss q ,eapasity ars
hurry, merely becauss they have "elaIm." on tho
paHJ. or only on Congressman, a. adrot packers
when the AaminIstsation + going 1t last, men or
inerltortons ctpractcr and conduct Arhltsas!]y
removed heeatiee tiny do net belong 10 Tue DOM
enough 10 The whtstls Of some powerful fa1orlte
how others notoriously npdt. Or cren corrupt, are
sSsa ss se1 ssts shs nns
Illus tic civil service IL transformed Into i vast
party machinery. standing arm, Of political mer.
how Officers. BY tho insecurity Of tae!r tenure, and
by party taxes levied upun them, urc tempted to
mako bay ,hile TIC sun ahncs y y whateve. xay
lng'kI ore not seldom anzonsly covered up or
'whitcwashed"by men appointed - the giar-
djaus OF tue public Interest and yrsue lest the ez.
posuse fniaro tic party and daturb
THE EFFICIENCY or TttK " MACHINE"
how thus. now md them corruption IL p!aced IN.
der tho projection Of party splrat aud inlnence
even during the Term Of Administration. con:
tnnalfy organized and rcosgaMized, modelled and
reMode!cd, 1t tho regncTt OF CongrrssMeu. or &C.
coEdtng to tho changing political cxigencles Of tho
timts. to control conventions, 10 gprarn State
politics. 10 elect this man, 10 defeat that man.
and how III all this an honest and efficient transac-
tion of Tho public business e treated A. : mt
ter Of only secondary confederation, II Ut any
elleratlun u ai'. Thi. We would haxe tn show the
fathers Of tho Republic, could they now .nrpear
among ue--and whit would they suyi Wodld they
nat staud fsttly assast Ut tho aapect Of the
strous abortion. aud uxtla!n With seoEnfnl iissust
~ 4 th!s yoa hays nads Of TIC fair fabris q toy.
hu1,ds 10 bo thc embodiment Of isue liberty. wts-
S0 s = aoassy a. iii H. th. yoa haas y,
never wu* there cls!.servtcs system invented
utterly absurd and barbaroas in tonecption. 40
ruinu!s In opcrotlou aud 80 universally dsporai-
iztng In effort.
il ihern scnstble man who beilcyre that tho cor.
rnptng Influence Of sleh s5stan can be rcmcdletl
by merely sWecplng out one net OF officers and put
ting In another act III tho Same wsy1 Evcry oncsl
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