The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-12-20

long time to learn anything, yet even the
New York Tribune seems now to have a
faint glimmering of common sense, when
it says:
THE President AND HIS PARTY.-The
Custom House struggle, at the last, was
short. sharp and decisive Those who
encouraged the President, at such po-
litical crisis, to insist on again making
the fight, will do well now to consider
with some care the result. The Presi-
dents forces were mustered and led by
Gen. j B. Gordon, of Georgia, and his
supporters consisted of 90 Democrats and
Republicans. His opponents number
ed all the Senators Of his own party,
| only excepted The situation is unfor-
tunate and embarrassing for a Republi-
can President, who must be supported by
| the Republican party, unless the Admin
istration is to pass into the limbo of John
sonized or Tylerized failures But the
| Tribune, at least, cannot be blamed with
having shirked the unwelcome task of
pointing out the danger in advance and
at the very time when fatterers and
false friends were prophesying only
smooth things.
Once in a while, some careless reader
after a hasty glance at these faithful
warnings, has said But why is this !
thought you supported the Presidents
Policy. You musnt's go back on him y
We do not mean to. We even insist
that his Administration must "go back"
on him. We have most earnestly sup
ported, and do now support, the policy
of the Cincinnati platform and the Presi-
dents letter of acceptance. We believe
in reconciliation. We are glad to see
State Governments at the South that can
stand by the consent of the governed,
without the prop of the United States
| bayonets. We heartily favor a Civil Ser
vice wherein there shall be no removal
except for cause, and no appointment
save for merit And, above all, we honor
and glory in the Presidents brave stand
for honest money and the honest pay.
ment of our debts. Nobody can be blind
to the Presidents high purpose, and no
body can be insensible of his pure mo-
tives and his lofty character. We have
had very few Chief Magistrates whose
patriotism has been so free from all ad-
mixture of selfshness, and whose ambi-
ton has been so noble. None of US can
fail to admire the honesty with which he
stands by his word, and the calm, buoy
ant, amiable temper in which he meets
opposition. If we do not believe that
moderation in the pursuit of a grand
purpose must como out right in the end,
we should despair OF the American peo-
pie.
| 1t is because we sympathize so entirely
with the Presidents ambition, and re.
cognize so fully the dignity of his char
acter, that we are sometimes provoked
by the blunders of his Cabinet counsel
lors. Feeling strongly, as we do, on the
subject, of a genuine reform Of the public
service, how can we look with patience
upon such performances as the protfer OF
the Brazilian Mission to John A. Logan
and the Swiss Mission to Schneider, and
the Belgian Mission to Sanford, and the
Chilian Mission to Osborn How are we
to characterize such grotesque diplomacy
as putting up the English Mission to be
raffled for the benefit of the distressed
politicians of Pennsylvania, and tossing
the Berlin Mission out o window, to bt
scrambled for by the unemployed states
men of Illinois How is il possible foi
US to approve the Custom House ap
pointments at Baltimore and the reten
ton of Simmons at Boston, while an at
tempt is made to remove a competent
and honest Collector at New Y ork, anC
to buy his acquiescence with a consul
1
! Presidents reform are ostentatiously vic
lated in these transactions Promotion
are made without merit, removals with
> out cause; in one instance the claims o
machine politicians to the patronage o
} their State are recognized with an open
, ness that General Grant would hav,
thought indecent; in another case tn,
wishes and judgment of the leading mel
! of the party are gratuitously affronted
And in the South not only are Republ
cans excluded from office, but, as it az
pears from the extraordinary letters @
+ Senator Gordon read in the executiv
, session Of the Senate ten days ago,
| Democratic Senator, being allowed t
control the nomination of an importan
. officer in his section, recommends a ma
. precisely because he is a strong Democra
; and the nomination is confirmed
! Democratic votes.
5 That the Republican party should r.
/ volt at some of these things was inevit'
J. BILE. We urged an effort at reconcile
a ton and harmony before the New Y or
i appointments were sent in the secon
e time. We urge it again now. The tai
) about a Presidents getting on as we
!. without a party as with one is sheer mol
sense. In the whole history of Parli
h nenlaEy government whether III VI
:. country or elsewhere, there is no recor
i of an Administration successful withoI
n effective party support The Presider
e cannot afford to be supported by Dem
Gratis and he cannot afford at a cris
like this to break up the party thi
elected him. There is no substanti
e reason for an irreconcilable difierenC
, with his natural supporters there
e every reason for trying to get togeth,
Is again, and there is no need to abando
r Civil Service Reform. 1t is only nece
5 sary to abandon such burlesques upon
r as we have limited at above. to compr
d hend that the proper discharge of poll
n ical duty is not a necessary disqualific
ton for public office, and that 9th,
2, things being equal, an Administration
n to deserve support, must make appoin
y ments that will strengthen its supporter
, If that support is to come from the r
: publican party, then the Republica
l. party must not be broken down by nee
r less quarrels on points where the Admit
y istration is not living up to its own d
clared policy. Let us have peacel
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