Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-03-15

q ny JeEiillndIc diu 1IOu wv
] authority. Let me assure my couh''
d men of the Southern States that II If II
IS arrest desire to regard and promo'c inc
# truest interests, the interests OF the WIN
IS and colorcd peop'e both and equally, q,
to put forth my best efforts in oeha Oh
# civil policy which will forever wipe o.
!, in our pc, ,icaI affairs tn" color line AT
J, the distinction between the North al
n South.
t To the end that we may have NJ
merely united North or a united Souti
but ii united country. l ask the attcn''o
OF the public to tn" paramount neccss't
of reform in our civil service-a re!orl
not erely as to certain abuses and prac
|tlceS of the so called official ratro ma
which have come to have the sanction 9
usage in the several departments of GU
government, but a change in the system
OF appointment Itself; reform that sllal
be thorough, radical, and complete,
return to the principles and practices o
the founders of the Government. The,
neither expected nor desired from publ;
officers any partisan service. They mean
that public officers should owe thei
whole services to the Government and thu
people They meant that the office
should be secure in his tenure as long a
mis- personal character remained unfair
nished and the performance of his duties
satisfactory. They held that appoint
ments to Of1ic. were not to he 1,cr expect
Ell merely rs rewards for partisan services
nor m rely on the nomination of men,
bers of Congress, as being entitled in any
respect to the control of such appoint
ments. The fact that bo III political par
ties OF the country in declaring their
prior to the clectiouf gave
prominent place to subjects of reform of
our civil service, recognizing and strongly
argln, its necessity in terms almos,
IDENTICAL in their specific import with
hose l have here employed, must be
accepted as the conclusive argument in
)ehalt OF these measures, and it must be
as the expression of the united
'o'ce AID will of the whole country.
The President of the United States of
necessity owes his election to the Office, to
he Suffrage and JEALOUS labors of a politi-
III party, the members Of which
herish with ardoi and regard as of
ssentlal Importance the principles of
heir party organization. But he should
trjvc to be always mindful of the fac,
hat he serves his party best who serves
is country best in fnrihcrance of the
form we seek, and as in other impor-
mt respects and changes of great imp,r-
lhce. recommend an amendment TO
le Constitute on prescribing term OF six
arS for the Pr sidcntial office and for
dding a reelection
With respect 10 the financial condition
The country, shall not attempt an cx-
n"cd history Of the embai ras ,lnent and L
'catra;ion which We have suffered dur '
thtp st three years, the dcpres sion IN I
The varied comnerci,l and manufac
ring interests throughout the country. !
b ch began in September. 1873, and still v
i'tlnues. /; is very gra flying, how h
err to say that there are ind Gu ions all n
'u"d us of a comm. change to prosper u
tunes. Upon the currency QUESTION.
lnately INJECTED as il is with his u
PC, may be prTinlttt Il To repeat here :,
statement made il! my letter of ac. f
'fahc". that III ily judgement the feel,
OF uncertainty insepcraLe from an y,
pepper currency, with its il
cations Of v.!ue, is one of The great OBJ. II
clcs TO a return 10 prosperous times. su
only sac paper currency is one -
len rests upon coli. b SIS, and is at all II,
rs promptly convertible into coin, It,
lefe I" HE vl'ws heretofore expressed III
n't III favor Of Congressional legisI.. pc
IN behalf oi an early resumption of -,
Gle paym' and | am satisii.I no, ve
That this IS WIS.,. bu, that the inter, ST pt
Well rs the public sentiment OF the
n'ry lhper lively demand it.
ass:nS from these remarks upon the
ut'eh OF our own country to consid Al
relations with other lands, we are
'nd:d by the International complica.
abroad, threatening the prace of I'll
ore. that our traditional rule of non. ca
fference in the affairs Of foreign -,
ons has proved Of grea, value in past suI
s. and ought to be strictly observed. thu
ne policy inaugurated by my honored co,
'ecessor, Pi"siden! Grant, Of submit. ,
to arbitration grave questions in dis. 1sI
between ourselves and foreign pow. he,
points .oa new and incomparab!y the sue
fundamentally for tue preservation be
e'ct; AID Will, as | believe, become a ma
ilcl example of the course to be- pur a an,
IN sim:ar emergencies by other dist
)Ds ,I,,s
anhapp'Iy, questions Of difference
Ia at any time during my period of I
nlstratIon arse between the United olu
IS and a'y foreign government, 1t Will me,
in'y DC my disposition and nv hone per-
10 IN their settlement in. the same con
slul and honorable way, thus secur- owe
0 our country the great blessing of ed;
and mutual good offices with all the intr
IT the world. u 9th,
we have reached the way
II political contest marked with the be r
ement which usually attends the con. be &
between great political parties whose any
pers espouse and advocate with earn the
'i'h Their respective creeds. The prol
instances were perhaps in no respect uan'
ordinary, save in the closeness and as IL
'"sequc"t uncertainty of the result or c.
lie first time IN he history of the iect