Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-07

tner expected nor desired" and thai
they will have to c0nfine themselves
to their official duties as servants ot
the Government and the people. He
aciH establish well regulated and pub.
lie methods, in every practicable way
to ascertain he fitness of candidates
for places. He asiH employ every
legitimate means in his power to in.
duce Congress to perpetuate this re-
form by legislation in whatever way
II may be
POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY.
This is what 1 am sincerely con-
vinced Gov. Hayes ,ciH do il elected
to the Presidency. 1 do not pretend
to call Gov. Hayes, as Mr.. Tilden il
called by some of his over-poetic
friends, "the wisest man in the world.
do not put him in point of courage
above all the heroes OF antiquity and
modern times. I do not predict that
IL elected president, he will cure in
three months all the ills human So
ciety is heir to, and plunge us straight
into the millennium of ideal exist
ence. But he is man who has no.
body to fear, because he has nothing
to cover up. He has nobody to re-
ward, because he did not seek the
Presidency, and promised nothing.
And he has no future favors to ask
for, because he has no ambition to
serve except to make. as President,
his one Administration blessing to
the country and an honor to himself
His reform plan is the product OF ex-
perience wisely turned to account, of
mature reflection, and of an unselfish
desire to benefit the people. Behind
that plan stands clear, solid, culti-
waited intellect, the unostentatious
but firm force Of quiet, persistent en-
ergy, and the inviolable pledge of a
born gentleman. And I repeat, that
plan, as far as the power Of the Pres
idential office goes, he iciu carry out.
speak with confidence, for that con-
fidence 1 possess. have his word
! for it, you have his word for it, the
whole American people have his word
for it, and, as Gov. Hayes is a man of
honor, that word will be kept.
Do not understand me, however,
as Understanding the strength of
the influences inside OF the Republi-
can party, which, in case of the elec-
ton Of Gov. Hayes, will conspire and
cooperate to defeat the success of
genuine reform. / know them well,
and indulge i'm no delusion with re-
gard to them. No sooner will the
new President begin his work than
many Of those who used the spoils,
either for their own support or as a
means of political management, will
rally in force to hamper and cripple
him. The force will be strong and
very determined. The pressure
brought to bear upon the President
to swerve him from his purpose will
be tremendous. 1t will be represent
ed to him that no party can live with
out
PUBLIC PLUMBER,
and that the abolition of the spoils
system will lead to the downfall OF
the Republic. From fiattery to
threats, from private appeals to open
demonstrations of hostility in Con-
gress. every means will be employed
to induce him to break his word. And
that opposition will be directed by
able leaders, experienced in all the
resources of political warfare. No,
do not underestimate it, for l know it
but too well. And what will the new
President have to oppose 60 such an
onset? In the first place, the good
faith and firm resolution of an honest
purpose. To the politicians, high
and low. who will come to cajole or
to coerce him, he can present his let
ter Of acceptance, and say, This L
have solemnly promised to the Amer
lean people, and as a man OF patriot
ism and honor. who is mindful of his
duty to render his best service to his
country, and who will not leave dis
graced name TO his children, this
promise can and shall not break.
1t will be fulfilled to the letter." And
this. fellow citizens, is what am con-
vinced that Rutherford B. Hayes will
do.
/, therefore, declare this to be my
honest conviction, not only that Gov.
Hayes, as man of patriotism and in
tegrity, will, il elected to the Presi-
dency, be true to his word in using
all the constitutional powers of his
office to carry out to the letter the
programme put forth by himself, but
that, powerful as the opposition he
will have to encounter may be, the
chances will be strongly in favor of
the success and lasting establishment
of the reformed system, sustained as
il will be by the best elements of the
Republican party and a patriotic pub
lie opinion.
Keep Your Troubles Sacred.
A wife of forty, whose life can not
have been all sunshine, writes the
following advice to other married
poiro.