The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-12

Whenever, rs in NIississbi, malign in.
a;;;;;c,s ca::scd lii: &c s;.r;.k f:c:: biz
duty, defeat, lasting, cometc defeat, was
the result"
Gov. Char 4rlain conceded as folio%s:
A political ", fellowi.izens, which
cannot CT bear feat in OPT political war
fare has little vitality, lip claim TO pub
lie confidence. But MI knowledge OF
political history gives mtno example OF
q party strong enough | long survive
either the abandonment its principles
or timid and tiinc-servip acquiescence
in the treachery of its lelers. Such is
the attitude, in my judgnnt, of the Re-
publican party to-day, Whoever has
watched the course Of thercsent admin"
istration has seen the generalization
which always attends the,bandonment
of principles spreading tough all the
channels and activities Off government.
Look at civil-scrvicc re6m-a policy
Yital, fundamental polis which means.
the absolute freedom of . the servants
of The govorrment, cxcep thc very lew
who distiu.tireiy and h&ssarily repre-
sent the political opinion of the party
charged with the administration, from all
allegiance &c, o- conncctio with, the po-
litical fortunes Of any pay; the selec-
ton of such servants viii eyes blind TO
the political opinions of tbse who are to
serve the government. 1'is Is the re-
form TO which the admin tration stands
peculiarly pledged. Hast entered upon
it? Has it shown capfity or purpose
to execute it? No; the necessities im-
posed upon the administration in its ef-
forts to buy the supporter silence the
opposition of partisan ndeis to the
Southern policy has alrsdy detraudcd
us OF this reform. afb rs PROPOSE
ton which rests OH accur.e observation,
that to this hour Offices hac been granted
or refused, conferred or tae away, with
as much regard to politicl ends by the
present administration ~ by President
Grant during any portion f his admins
tration; and, I will not orbcar to add,
with far less honorable rotives. Mark
the appreciation the principles of
civl-servicc reform, whe you hear it
announced that eight yars of service
gives Il right to the Prcsicnt to remove
the most faithful officer! Or again,
when you see the Secretar. of the Treas
ury tcyoting his mind the elevated
WOlh vi NitihhV iNtuiu W
other causes, all but one ola family!
Look next mt the relatims of this ld-
to the preset financial is
sues. President Hayes las heretofore
entitled himself to the confidence of hon
est men by his course onthis question.
Nothing, sir, but the necessity of gaining
support for his Southern policy could
have induced him TO contemplate an al
lance with the silver conspiracy "a con-
spiracy which regards silvr with favor
only because it has lost al virtue as a
standard Of value, and, as /. currency, is
cheaper than grcenbncks. 1t is the i'll
herent and unavoidable Weakness of his
present position, the effect O his wretched
Southern policy, that he pust nciliate
nh outraged party, so far @ possible, by
yielding now to the demand for the
''spoils," and now to the demand for
cheap" money.
Again, the Republican party, by all
its recent platforms. is pledged to oppose
the grant of subsidies to private corpora
tions. Yet no man, who Today KNOWS
Of the currents and Influences
which are gathering at Washington, is
ignorant of the fact that vast scheme
is steadily maturing, unoplosed-if not
favored--by this administration, which
aims to take from our public domain and
our public treasury untold subsidies to
build q Southern Pacific railway, rail-
way for which there is no present public
need, and from which private capitalists
would shrink with contempt. In the
train of this gigantic effort at public
robbery will come the revival of the de-
fanct Northern Pacific, the building of
leyees on the Mississippi, aad kindred
schemes sufficient to again corrupt the
morals and blast the prosperity of the
whole country. And all this is the price
which must be paid for the privilege. OF
oyerthrowing two laHful State goveln-
ments and trampling upon the principle
upon which our governments and institu-
tions rest-the rule of the majority
Sir, there are laws of moral cause and
effect as true and certain rs any physical
laws. No political leader, no political
party, can forfeit honor or desert pinci-
pies at one point and maintain them at
others. Integrity is indivisible. You
be dishonest on one subject and
honest on Others The Presidents South.
ern policy conceived in his own mind, a
shock and ofense to his party, reckless OF
justice and constitutional duty-if unop-
posed-will more and more weaken the
moral bonds which have hitherto, in spite
Of all its failings, secured to the Repub-
lican party the confidence of majority
of the most intelligent and prtriotic
Americans for more than 20 years.