The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-08-15
THE REPUBLICANADDRE

THE address prepared by the Repubi-
state, sets forth many principles which
60 TO make up good government But
the principles enunciated are IN striking
contrast to the course pursued by the
republican party. The address processes
an earnest desire for the establishment
of fraternal relations between the differ
ent sections Of the union, when the fact
is that the republican party has dore its
utmost to keep alive sectional dissensions
and mutual distrust for the purpose of
perpetuating its power. And now IN
Wisconsin with words of Cancellation on
its lips, i'll Indiana the fight is made
on the efforts of the south to disrupt
the union. There the animosities of
the war are sought to be revived. There
IS q propriety which none can ques-
ton in keeping in mind the ervices
of the many who responded to their
country's call. Bat it should be a hal
lowed recollection inspiring reverence
for those who fought for the nation S
good and not hatred for those whom
mistaken allegiance misled. The demo-
cratic party has been guilty of no politi-
cal sin equal to the stupendOus crime of
tanning into life at each recurring
election, animosities which threaten the
stability of the government. Notwith-
standing that the address promulgated
by the committee seems to set the seal
of disapprobation on a continuance of
this policy of discord, use has 50 'fchang
cd the stamp of nature" that the war
spirit will prompt the utterances of re-
publican stump orators during the fall
campaign. No arraignment of the dem
ocratic party which its errors viii justify,
can equal III severity the arraignment of
the republican party for the means it
has employed to continue in power.
When the members of the committee
adopted the section of the address approx
ing the aims Of the president ''to purify
and improve the civil service must il
not have appeared to them that the in
telligent reader would set it down rs
q sarcastic comment on Pres. Hayes,
puerile attempts ut Improvement and
publication? With United States Off
GERS guiding the political machine in de-
fianee OF Order No. l, and government
clerks blaclzmailed into contributing a
portion OF their scanty salary to aid in
carrying on the campaign, we fail to see
of what the publication consists. The
fountain cannot rise above is source and
President Hayes being the offspring of
the most stupendous fraud ever success
fully psrpetrated in any age, any expec-
tation OF improvement of civil service
through him is doomed to disappoint-
ment. Any recommendation of the improve
ment already made in civil service by
Hayes must appear extremely absurd in
view ofthe appointments TO Office of those
instrumental in classifying the result of
the elections in Louisiana and Florida.
The reference to ''unseating republic
~sRAA t'ANcSAAtAtNAHSS 4tNAiAN anu ICSdllN
elected, to make places for democrats
who had been rejected by the people,
is suggestive Of the means employed by
the republican party to place in the ex-
ecutive chair a man who was clearly re-
iected by the people. The pharisaical
concern of republicans for deeds of this
rotrrra yybiIa crTStaipi.,ry I,y THAR ,,ran+5na
the very acts which they profess to con-
denim reaches the limit of political by
pocricy. 1t is difficult to conceive of
eifrontery SO prominently set forth. A
party ''by merit raised to the bad emf
nence" OF the most glazing outrage re-
corded in the history of commemorative,
daring to reprimand the detrauded party
for the crimes OF which they were inro-