Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-10
The Gold Hin Daily News has
Asour INFRINGEMENT.

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The duty laid upsn the heads Of de-
and bsasrsaus In carrying oat
The reform policy-of the Administration
Is not BY any 10 . p~lsssiasor agree
able one. 1t 10 not pleasant 81 any time
to dismiss public or private servants
from thsir pieces and take away from
them what may Be their only means Of
. livelihood. II is especially
to cut any one Cd from q
stated source Of income At this time.
when there 10 20 much Of distress. and
privation. and % little prospect for the
persons dismissed Of procuring employ
ment. The sarnsstnsss with which thsss
Government employees plead for rsssn-
ton, and the dificulty Of resisting thsir
appeals. may readily b imagined. We
know something Of the psrsons with
which places under Government are
sought. and the snbsrrassmsnts under
which the unfortunate Dispenser Of pat
ronsgs are placed BY their inability to
supply places in anything like . reason
able proportion to the demand. But to
refuse 70 make an appointment Ii an
ea.y task compared with the worse than
thanklsss one Of dischsrsing persons
already in the service and setting them
adrift upon the cold charities Of the
world. Yet disacrseabls as the work is'
IL must be remembered that the inter
eat. Of the country require IL 10 b sdone;
that the people Themselves have de-
mandsd that the Administration they
have chosen has promised 1t. 1t Is
heroic treatment. to ~ surs. but the only
one by which evils already OF alarming
magnitude and constantly growing can
b cured.
The conduct Of government and tho
administration Of civil affairs arc mat
tiers Of business. not Of sentiment or
emotion. They relate not to the heart
but to the head. The lesser evil TO the
individual. the persoaal misfortune orea-
lamity, must bs overlooked in the wider
view and larger care for the general good
and ultimately bsnsnesnt result. The
victims Of official retrsnchmsnt rarely
rise to the philssophie consideration {;
their vision Is narrowed dswn 10 the
purely personal aspects Of IL and the
unpleasant effects upon Themselves.
This'is natural enough ; II Is in accord
ance with the drst Law Of nature. the in
stinct Of sslf-pressrvation. Il Ia not
strange that they make Pious appeals
to tho sympaihies Of the officials Who
decide in tho matter; that they
bring every sort Of persuasive Argument
and inilusncs to bear to save themselves
from dismissal. and that all having
failed they should turn upon the heads
Of departments. the Administration and
its policy. and the party IN power. with
complaints and reproaehss. A moments
reflection Of course shows them to be
unjust and unreasonable. Government
cannot furnish employment to all who
seek it. There 10. and must DO under
any circumstances. q vast army OF men
and women out Of work. no matter how
literally the departments are managed
in this regard. There mnst always Be
disappointment in waiting for some OF
the seekers Of ONCE. and always grief in
store for some inoumbents when .
policy Of economy is found necessary
and the az Of retrenehnsnt begins to
fall.
The great public, whose welfare and
comfort must Be the highest considers
ton Of government. while insisting upon
the coldiy utilitarian view that the pres
snt sacrifice shall be made in order that
larger and perhaps fatal ones Be not in
cured. extends its sympathy to the men
and women who are the immediate suf-
ferers from the policy Of rs~trenchmsnt.
But public sympathy 10 n thing. the
conduct Of government quite another.
The heads Of bureaus and departments
who have this disasresabls work to do