The Hillsborough recorder., 1876-07-12

five tinses more than " prOtuces To tile
treasury. ohsiructs the processes ofpro-
ductiou and wastes The fruit Of labor; II
promotes fraud and fosters smuggling,
enrichsr dishonest officials and bankrupts
honest merchants. We demand that all
cusio,n-house taxation shall be only for
revenue. I'M
Reform Is necessary III the scale Of pubs
lie expense. Federal, State and municipsl.
Our Federal taxation has swollen from
sixty million IN gold. 10 1860 20 four hun
lred and fifty millions currency in lszp;
our aggregate taxation from, one hundred
aud fifty~four millions gold III 1860, 10
seven hundred anil thirty millions cur
rency In 1870 -or, in one decade, from less
Than five dollars per head 10 more than
eighteen dollars per head. Since the es-
Enlistment Of peace the people have paid
70 tI,rir tax gatherers more than thrice tile
sum of The national debt. and more than
twice that sum for the Fedora. Govern
liient alone. We demand vigorous
frugalily in every department, and from
every officer OF the government.
Reform IL necessary 10 put stop to the
.prohigale waste Of public lands, aid their
Diversion froma actual settlers by the party
in power, which has squaidered two hum
dred millions Of acres upon railroads alone,
aud out Of more than thrice tina. agyre-
gate has disposed or less than sixth
directly 10 tillers oftle soil.
Reform Is necessary to correct the omis-
sions ofa Republican Congress and the
errors Of our treaties and our diplomacy,
which havestripped our fellow-ciiizenso OF
foreign birth and kindred race. recrossing
the Atlantic, of the shield Of American
citizenship. and have exposed our breth-
ren Of The Pacific cnast 10 the lncursion ofa
race not sprung from the same great parent
stock, and. and III fact. now by law de-
nied citizenship through naturalization. as
being neither accustomed 10 the tradi-
tions ofa progressive civilization, nor
exercised in liberty under equal laws. We
denounce the policy which thus discards
the liberty -loving. German an.i lolerates
the revival Of the eooiie trade In Mongo-
liam women, imported for immoral pur-
poses. and Mongolian men, hired to per-
form servile labor contracts, and demand
such moedIfications Of the treaty with the
Chinese Empire, or such legislation by
Congress, within constitutional iimita-
tion, as shall prevent the further im-
portation OF Immigration Of the Mongo-
liam race.
Reform Is necessary, and can never be
effected but by making IL the controlling
issue Of the election, lifting II above the
two false issues with which the oificclold-
Ing class and the party in power seek TO
smother 1.-THE false issue with which
they would seek TO enkindle sectarian
strife In respect TO the public schools, Of
which the establishment aud support be-
long exclusively to the several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished
from their fouudatipn and resolved 10
maintain without pariiality or preference
for any class, sect or creed, and without
contributing from the treasury 70 any;
and the false issue by which they seek ID
light anew the dying embcrs Of sectional
hate between kindred peoples, once un-
naturally estranged but now reunited in
one indivislble Republic and aconimcn
destiny.
Reform IL necessary In the civil service.
Experience proves that the efficient, econ
omIcsl conduct Of the governmental Dusi-
ness Is not possible u lis civil service be
subject 10 change at every election. be q
prlze fought for at ths ballot-box, be n
brief reward or party zeal instead Of posts
of honor assigned for proved competency,
and held for fidelity In the public employ;
that the dispensing Of patronage should
neither be tax upon the time Of oil our
public nen nor the instrument Of their
ambition. Hcreagain professions falsiiied
In the performance ut attest that the party
In power can work out no practical or
saluiary reform.
Reform Is necessary even more ~ the
highest grades of public service presi-
dent, vice-President, Judges, Senators,
Representatives. Cabinet oiiicers-these
and all vlhe,s Ia authority, arc the pcc~
pes servants; their offices are not prir
waite Ieiquisite, they area public trust
When the annals of the Republic show
the disgrace and ccnsure o.a Vics-Presi-
dent; late Speaker of the House Of Rec
pressniatives marketing his ruling ~ .
presiding officer; three Senators profting
secretly by their votes as law-makers; i've
chairmen Of leading committees Of the
late House Of Representatives exposed In
jubbery, late Secretary Of the Treasury
forcing balances In public accounts; . late
Atlorney-ti tieneral misappropriatibg pub
lIc funds; Secretary Of the Navy enriched
or enrichlng friends by percentages levied
oaiho profits ofcontractors with his de-
pariment: an ambassador 10 England con-
cerned In dIshonorable speculation; the
Presidents private secretary barely CO
Gaping conviction upon trial for guilty
compllclty In frauds upon the vyenue;-a