Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-11-02

paid to The taxgstlIerers mofeihan thrice
the sun Of rhe national debt. and more
than twice that sum for the Federai
Government alone, VIZ demand q Wig
onus frugulity in every department and
from every officer of the Government.
Relorm is necessary 10 put a stop to
the profliga,e wssteof public lands,and
lheir diversion from actual SETTLERS 10y
tfle patty in power. which has Squan-
'fered wO hundrel millions OF acres
upon railroads alone, and out of mere
%thanthrice that aggregate has disposed
of less than a sixth directly to %tillers
of tile sDil.
Reform ia necessary to correct the
omissions of the Republican Congress-
and the errors Of our trea les and dIplo~
macy, which have stripped OH fellow,
cil zens of f1reign birth and kindred
race, recrossin2 The Atlantic, OF the
shield of American citizenship, and have
exposed our brethren Of the Pacific
coast 10 the incursions OF Il race not
spTuDg-frnm the same great parent stock
and in fact now by law denied citizen
ship through naturalization, as being
neither accustomed 10 the traditions OF
n progressive civilization nor exercised
in liberty under equal laws. We de-
dounce the policy which thus di-cards
the li%bertysloving German and tolerates
the revival Of tbe coolie trade in Mon
golian women imported for immoral
purposes, and Mongolisn men hired to
perform servile iador contracts. and de
mand such modification of the treaty
with the Chinese Empire, or such legis-
lation by Congress, within a eonstitu-
tional limitation, as sh II prevent the
further importation or immigration OF
he MGngolian race.
Reform is necessary, and can never he
effected but by making it the controlling
issue OF the elections, Npd lifting 1t
the two false issues with which
The OficehOldIng class and the party in
power 81 elk to smother it. the false iAsue
with which they would enkindle section
al strife in respect to thepuhlio schools
of which the establishment and sups
port helongs exclusively to the several
States. and which the Democratic parry
has cherished from that foundation md
resolved to maintain without parlalitv
or preference for any class, sect ar creed
and without contribution from the treas
ury to any OF them; and The false issue
by which they seek to light anew the
diving embars of sectional hate het tween
k ndred peoples once estranged. bur
now reunited IN one ndivisible republic
and acOmmon destiny.
WI JFoRM ism c. sARY.
Re'o;mis necessary in the Civil Service.
Experience proves that Efficient, con
om,cal conduct of the Governmental
business is not possible if its civil s,rv.
ice be suljrct to change AT every election
he a prize fought tor at the la lor box.
he u brlel rev ard of party yea, ms cad
of posts Of honor assigned for proved
competency, and held Tor fidelity in tn
employ; hat the dispensing
of patronage should neither he a tax
upon the time OF all our public me" nor
tie instrument of their ambition. Here
again prolessiOns-attest that the party
in power can work out no practical or
reform.
Reform is necessary ever more III the
grades of the pubic service.
President, Vice President Judges, Sen>
ators, Representatives, Cabinet officers,
these and all Others in authority are the
peoples servants Their offices are not
A private pc:qui lite, they are a public
trust. When an annual OF tits Rcpuh,
liz show the disgrace and eensure of a
Vice. President, a late Speaker of the
of Represrn' %atives, marketing
his rulings as q presiding officer, three
Senators profting secretly by their votes
~ law makers, five chairman Of the
committees of the late House ci
Represent tives exposed in iobberv, a
ate Secretary Of the Treasury forcing
balances in the public accounts; a 'aDel
Attorney General misapprOpriatiEg pub
ic funds. a Secretary Of the Navy ms
iched or enrichlng friends by peTcent-
lges levied off The profits OF contractors
9TH his department. an Ambassador to
c,nrured for a dishonOrable
,peculatiou, the Presidents privare SEC
'etary barely escaping conviction upon
rial for guilty completely n frauds up
N the revenue, sSecretary of Wal i'm
,eRched for high crimes and confessed
nis~demean"rs, he demonstration is com
,lete, that the first step IN ref'rm must
,e the peoples choice of choice Ct hon
.st men from another party. lest the
disease Of one political organization in
est the body polite, and lest Ivy making
10 Change OF men or party we can get
IN change Of measures and no reform.
ALI these abuses, wrongs, and crimes
he product of sixteen years q. cendPn-
Y of the Repub lean party. create a
necessity for reform confessed by Re
,ublicans themselves, but their reforms
rs are voted down in convention and
displaced from the Cabinet. The party
mass Of honest voters are pnwerIess to
eslst tie eighty thousand officeholders
its lead re, and guides. Reform can
'nly be hadlby a peaceful civic revoluS
ion. We demand a change of system.
change Of administration, a chan e Of
that we may have a change of
measures and of men.
Mn A nnV ID IlT ND