The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-07-12

ion n crime let the executive Of the ma
ton take The matter IL hand and do what
his COZ pfdly Iieute Ant, the state govern
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we propose to punish the perpetrators Of
the Chisholm massacre. The executive
OF state is duly empowered to carry out
tho viii uf me people of the state as cx=
pressed through their laws. But there is
Il will that is superior 10 the will Of q poo
pie 81 single state. and that is the will
of the whole people, expressed through
the laws of the whole people and enforc-
ed by the representatives OF the whole
people. All citizens are in duty bound to
render service to uphold the general gov
ernu,eDt whenever called upon SO To- do,
and Tie relations are reciprocal. The gen
eral government isin duty 5ouSd to afford
protection to ell is citizens and to redress
their evongs. The imbecility shown BY
our government IN the lack OF protection
Of our Mexican frontier is without parti-
Gle Of Justification. II the people know
that crime will be punished whether com
mitted by one party or the other land new
or ought there to be a single iota Of par
TALLY sAown) there will be less Of crime.
| While am writing in this topic allow me
to say that VIC media radical reform, and
an immediate reform, or We shall witness
very soon the spectacle Of a nation Of
brothers imbrueing their bands in frater-
pal blood Our last presidential election
| placed us very near the crater OF civil
| revolution, how near but few ever dream
cd. Every surge OF the intestinal wave of
4 party strife in our presidential contest
promises to be firier than ever. The
slcuth hounds of public plumber came SO
near that they could almost taste the spoil
nt our last election. Like the dog in the
chase they win strive the harder next time
Nv reason oft. An ounce of prevention
is worth pound Of cure;eur people will be
wise to commence soon to apply the rem
edirs. Tie first radical step to be taken
is to place the presidential position above
party ACKNOWLEDGMENT or personal gair
by lst., a single term Of four or six years
end, by taking out of the hands of the
president all appointing power, and making
every office except Senate and house Off
ccs, officers of foreign missions, and lpri-
yate secretaries clectiye; 3rd., all betting
on the results OF an election shall be o
high misdemeanor, punishable with q
heavy fine and Imprisonment.
The reason for the above changes car
be seen at q glance; a candidate for an Of
fee, as we all know. is but man and car
never arise above the desire to plot for
re-election by the promise of the minor OF
! fees to those who can be useful to hin
in securing first ind second term.
Aspirants for office are also men will
greedy passions for gain of money ant
power, and by allowing the appointing
power to rest in the hands of an cxecu
tive, naturally there gathers the whol'
. | Jury OF tuc aCOASSst shouAu e"S paS"A
Dental chair. Make all the offices ex
cept those already named, elective, ant
; the fury of the contest can never gathe
with such force around one point. AM
above all suppress as far as possible al
betting; men will struggle hard enougl
for power, but if allowed to throw fol-
! tune into the contest, it is intensified
thousand fold. Thousands of dollars wcr
thrown into the presidential scale at th
last election, and that as much or more
than ANYTHING else made the contest 3
bitter. Though always Republican
/, vet have the charity to believe that m
democratic ncighbor desires peace
mucl, as do The desire for peace an
power, is q natural growth in both pan
! ties; it will never be craJicatcd, and mus
, not blame our democratic friend if he b
: affected with the same lcprosy as oul
selyes If we strive for peace or powe
with one another. let it be with good vii
! by lawful means, and as free as possibl
from everything that will have tcndcnc
; to check the few pure expressions OF til
popular qoM, which has and must ever re
main in all Republics, the grand centre
source cf sa.fety and poseer. OBSERVER.