The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-11-01
JACKSON G. II, OHIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER l. 1877.

| gard TO civil appointments. brought out
no doubt. by the prevalent discomfort
aud encouragement. Ii is said that the
reform, so called. is not thorough and
not altogether genuine. The letters o.
Gail Hamilton. recently Published in
the Tribune, are quoted or echoed, with
supplementary remarks ON recent Csbi
net action. Thus it is said that Mr.
| Harlan is not to be placed on the Su
preme Bench because he is the best
| Southern Republican jurist, but because
he led the Brlsto~ forces over To Haves
in the Cincinnati Convention; that Mr.
StoughtoH's appointment To the Russian
mission, like Mr.. Kasson's to Austria,
looks like a recognition Of his services ia
defending President Hayes right before
the Electoral Commission. aud that th"
offer of the English mission to the Penn
sylvanin politicians. If they will agree
upon a man, Is "A surrender to old meth
ods of appointment such ms even General
Grant seldom made. As long as the Ad
ninIstration d-scends to what is called
practical politics. and seeks To cOncili-
ate senators or oblige friends in making
the principal appointments. Why, IL is
asked. should IL dIsurganize the party by
prohibiting the holders of the little
places from doing the work which has
always been expected of Ih-m2
lt Is somewhat surprising To find that
number of the most prominent Repub-
lIcan Traders believe that the doom of
their party is sealed, aud that its speedy
dissolution must result from the antag-
ouistic opinions prevailing in it, ranks as
To the course OF the President These
gentlemen are. as a rule. active party
men, who have always stood Toy the or
a a. L. a.. L.
ny Is necessary to the existence OF parties,
and that patronage is great power that
ought to- be made the most OF to win
campaigns. They would not like the. r
names printed To back up their opinions,
aud the correspondent who Is sufficiently
intimate with them TO get an unrrssrved
expression of their sentimrnts is always
cautioned not To publish what they soy
Put in the briricst compass, their view is
that the President has sacrificed the Re-
publican party To protect his title; that
the party j. without "a leader. and l.
fatally divided ia convictions; that its
hard workers are disbeart+ned and indIf
frTrut, aud thSt il has lost IT. solIdity
aud purpose, aud Is likely tO dr"p To-
pircPs. aud give place To ephemerAi or.
grhIzt;iOn-, pow+rlrss 10 resist the com
pact and victorious Democracy Tins
d,-Insi view. 80 widely entertained just
now, is the outgrowth rather OF feeling
than OF jud fment
Republicans who re not intense parti-
sans. and who look at tue = td4tiOn ia "a
cooler temper. do not share ia il They
say that the natural condition politics
is one of constant change aud mat no
party has "a right to count upon uniform
success The Republican party has con
troilpd the National Government for
nearly Il score OF years. IL il lOoS-s its
grasp in lS30-an event by no means
c.rtain-it does not follow that IL will
cease To- exist On the contrary. the hi,
tory OF parties TEACHES that we may ex-
p-ct 1t To take the position ot strong
aud healthy minority. controlling large
number OF Northern States. aud step
ping upward, on the foilies aud mistake
OF its adversary. to new lease OF ma.
tioual power. The Drmocratic party
does not possess Intelligence and states
manship enough long In administer the
Government Ia the satisfaction OF the
people These cheerful and sensible
theorists add that they expect decided
in favor OF the X pdblichns at the Con
gre~sinnrl elections. next year. By that
time the dissatisfied el~m-.nt in th.. party
policy will have fully justified its-ii the
Civil Service order will be somrw bat
modified in it's application, II not IN its
text; the abundant crops will produce
better times, aud better times will bring
better feeling toward the party ia power,
OF voters in debt and IN die.
tress. who went off this year to that Cave
of Adullam, the Democracy will r-turu:
a sense o: danger WILL bring Republicans
closer together and cause them to drop
all their quarrels; aud, finally the ira
ditional incumpetency aud unwisdom OF
the Democrats may be counted upon To
show it--lf in Congress in many ways
that will disgust the country Among a
number of thoughtful aud clear headed
men who take this view OF the future. |
may mention Vice President Wh-elrr.
Senator Hoar senator Edmund. General
Garfield aud General Cox ] might also
quote the we'll known opinion of Prssi
deut Hayes. who j. close student OF tn"
philnsphy of party action, and who
thinks that whatever new phenomena
may appear from time to time in the
field OF politics. the permanent divisions
OF the American people will be into two
organizations with sub-iantially the
same ideas and chsractarestics as are now
seen in the Republican and Democratic
parties at the North. The men of educa
lion. superior intelligence and of proper
ty interests. for which the protection o.
the laws are needed will be on one side.
and the unpducatrd or half educated,
including large part of the foreign el-.
ment and all the men who are discon
tented because they have nothing, will
make. up the bulk ui the opposing party
The unnatural condition of affairs now.
the President thinks, is that these iii
visions do not extend to the South. aud
the changes of the future are likely To
be. not in the direction OF the decay 81
the Republican organization, but m the
extension of the ideas which undeTlir IL
to the classes in the South OF like inter
ests and grade OF intelligence with the
Republicans OF the North.