New-York tribune., 1877-08-23


out of her humble place in the Interior Department
in the name of Civil Service Reform.
count as the small dust of the balance all reports
in any reform paper. or from any source Whatever
of all unitness whatever. | question their truth,
and if true they should not be pleaded European
methods of Civil Service are held up to emuiatiHn
and England aud the German Empire are pointed
ont as models of administration for MS. do not
for moment concede that they are better than
ours; but does Secretary Schurz think that The Gov
ernment of England would under any pretext what
deprive a sister of the Duke of Wellington oi
her means of subsistence or that Minister of the
German Empire would dare TO dispace the SISTER OF
Won Moltkc from the comfort in which any other
Minister had placed heri Yet Waterloo held not
for England nor Sedan for Prussia, so grave mo-
mcnt as Gettysburg for the United States, where
three DAYS long nations fate hung darkcnngin the
smoke of battle.
think that Gen. jackson. head and front OF the
vicions spoils system though he were, understood
far better the nature of our people of whose VIII he
bad been made the executive; and that Mr.. SchnF2
himself al armored in unselti fish patriotism and hah
sense of duv might find his account IN stndving the
Characteristic anecdoe Of him often related hy our
old Salem reighbor Col Miller the gallant "PIl Try,
sirv of the war of 1872 II was he that FIRST advised
hero Of the Fort Stephenson fight in 1s13 who with
q handful of rnen. maintained against a thousand
British and Indians n position that involved all the
communications and deferces Of the NOT;h-wcst-
that George Croehan, with this gallant record. was
10 be court-martialled on charge Of lntcmrerancc
in alcoholic drinks" When the arbitrary locical,
anti-reform old General heard THIS. he laid down hls
nine rose from his chair, smOte the table WIN ms
olonched fist and with his proveTbial enerFvdocl'r"d
"Those proceedings Of the court-maria shall be
stopned sirl George Crochan shall get drunk every
dav Of hslfe if he wantsto and by the Eternal. the
United STATES shall pay for the whiskey"
Asa member of cold water temple Gen. Jack
sons spocch cannot be auplauded Nor foes he
make much hci Ter show rs a Civil Service Reform
or but | think he came much nearer he American
heart I think he represented much rorc accurate
ly the real wishes Of the American people ard
think also that f Miss Meade were far less able 10
work than the Reformc's represent her, the
people would stl forgive Mr.. Schurz more free
" for breaking his rules and retaining her, at their
expense than for casting her adrft in the interests
Of rigid and economical integrity.
have heard that Miss Meade. having been dis
missed was afterwards returned 70 her post by the
Presidents own intervention ] trust this IS true
am sure that TO one act Of his whole Reform would
recommend him 70 The sympathy ~ the people.
Another point for Reform to assume l. that the
American people are men and not children tha they
have common sense and common hon >tv; that tEc
American citizen. even though he be party leader
is not necessarily an idiot knave, ard that hc may
even be depended upon to have some sense OF pro-
pricty. 1t is simply impossible that party hhould
make hobby of sustaining the national credit d
its leaders are the ignorant and vulgar villains which
the Reform ORGANS m ke out the Republican party
leaders 10 be- and II is simply impossible that its
hobby should he ridden well if the Federal Office
holders 20 whom it is practically iHtr's'ed are the
dolts and rascals that they arc described. There Is
not cohesive attraction en0Hch in vice 10 keep snch
iuiquity ORGANIZED. The country, the Government
wonld have gone 10 pieaes long ago. If Presidents
and authorities generally were not on fire whole IN
clined to appoint, and Congressman 20 recommend
pretty good men. there would not bf any Civil Ser
vice 10 reform Experience" says Prof. Fsle. has
shown with sad certainty, that tha President
cannot depcnd upon bis friends or lis advisers
OF the party leaders or Coneres men," Whose cSp"
rcDccg The good standing Of orr country in the
home and foreign market shows that ne can. For
integrity and intelligence our country stands well
abreast of any nation in the world and never was
her credit better than under the party leaders whom
the Rcroymcrs most vigorously dcuounce. Partisan
siu j. no. dishonesty No great national cause car
he conducted without party and party can be
successfully carried or without machinery. The
oufcrv against The 'pOiril machine is Just ~ in-
teIl;gent as the instruction Of the Encsh laboIcr
AGAINST cotton machinery. il j. perfectly inteli-
gent for the Democrats to applaud the President
for " di-cstahli>hnR The machine, bccaUs. 1t all
PLAYS into their hands and gives them an advantage
Of which they would otherwise fail. President
l,l-e AL
parties must be bound. lie Is simply maxim. rules
by which the party which elected him is weakened
aud the party which opposed hin not affected eX-
copt 10 be indirectly strengthened.
The common sgmsc Of a nation shorld not be le1
captive by phrase To transact business On bust
ness principles means the principles Of ycur Own
business and not OF somebody else; otherwise, il is
ronsense. To say that Government shall or can be
carried on just az an ordinary dTy-Ro0ds firm is
carried on is the sheercst \. 7. Stewart
created tie firm of which he was head. Tie tirm 0i
which t. Il. HAYES is head created BIN. The dry
goods firm is absolute monarch, and what IT does ~
noSndy's business but its own. The Government is
Jgt an agent Of the people, and what ii does is
everybodys business. Intelligence and integrity
are equally indispensable to both bat political
skill and political service, not political trieSery,
should have IA much consideration ia the Govern
ment firm as tasting teas and s1mpling I@aTS-not
sanding sugar and adulterating tea-has with the
wholesale grocer II is not every thing but il is ore
thing The business of the Government is politics.
over that bridge with what creaking of timber the
ochong heavens know, went Mr. Hayes into the
Presidential chair, and II Is unnatural, not TO say
suicidal work. to hew aud hack away nov at the
iosts and girders whose stanchness never knew a
stcrncT strain.
To denounce and smash the machine" because il