National Republican., 1878-04-16
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENT..

Distinguished position is associated in the
popular mind with high purposes and sim
cerc professions, and the general respect
everywhere manifested for those occupying
important stations in the government Of the
world is based upon this universally re-
ccivcd impression of their superior personal
qualities as guaranteeing official integrity.
To learn of the elevation of q citizen of any
country to place of exalted public trust
is among civilized peoples to establish the
character of that citizen as one of the chief
dependencies Of his government, and to Sc
cure for his person aud presence the esteem
and honor of mankind. For such sound
Judgment and impartial decision are as
sumcd rs indispensable to the rank as
signed, and ell men accordingly place trust
and confidence in their acts and words.
Nations appeal to them and make them
arbiters of disputed questions, accepting
their determinations rs just and final, and
their fellow-citizcns submit to the conclu-
sions Of their judgment and discretion in
the line of official duty, rs the result of
honest deliberation and due advisement,
ftly representing the sovereign authority.
Such is the order of merit imputed to
those chosen to exercise authority over their
fellow-men by common consent, and if they
do not retain the high estimation thus al
lotted to them by public sentiment, it is
either because their character and qualifica-
tions have been misapprehended by those
charged with their selection, or some hither-
to undevelopcd weakness in their natures
has been wakcned into life by the override
stroying temptations of power-more COM
monty the latter. But whether it be the
one or the other the consequences are the
same to those whose misfortune it is to be
subjected to such rulers. Distrust takes the
place of confidence; violence dashes itself
against the barriers of the State, and the ex-
tent of public disorder flowing from the de-
feet discovered is limited only by the
tenure of the office dishonored by the Of
fender.
Hence it is that those clothed with the
trust Of government should see to it that
in all things appertaining to their private
lives and public duties they so illustrate
their personal and official conduct with the
virtues OF honesty and sincerity us to attach
to them and their administrations, rs repre-.
senting the cause of the country, all those
affected by their eilicial action, whether
fayorably or otherwise. Good citizens car,
less for success in their applications to gov
ernment than for the government ITSELF an1
the exhibition of high qualities in thos'
| Ia tNla ali
to them, tending to comfort them in defeat
, and at all times to develop in their heart
l that surest dependence Of nations-pride O
r country. So, wlien the decision is agains
J., them on the merits Of case, after candid
0 fair and patient hearing, they are not 81
| much inclined to complain of their ill-for
: tune ~ to praise the tact and tenderness
r with which an upright and generous officer
: when compelled to decide against them
= imparts the knowledge of their dis
S comfture, Public appreciation viii
!, ever do justice to official merit, and NOR
r willingly awards praise than ccnsure. An,
o even parties, however bitter the strife pre-
II ceding the election, do not fail to recog niz
: the virtues of hc lor, integrity, and impair
= tiality in the successful candidate wheI
A dealing with public matters, An ope
= record revealing u genuine and sustaine'
t. purpose to adhere to the interests of tn
" country as against the wishes of individual
d or parties will disarm any man of character
d however disposed to partisanship. But +
l., win general acknowledgement this hig
= aim must stand out unchalenged by con
cealments and appear without afectation @
is protest. 1t must be vouched by free con
u munication between hands, neither tn
g right nor the left holding secret or stri'
a. ing to gain or maintain an advantage b
t. evasion. The same declarations and res
sons must go before all parties wheth'
}" equally agreeable to all or not with onl
s such a showing Of regard for the feelings {