The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-04

.-Aa,hsr ar not lt n likely 70 be effec-
Nv. FOR ny, own part ,,,I., an I. , III,
10 W NV dfricuty. II our Cabinet OIL
Ire vvp,n mtniat.fe IN the proper sense 81 the
ta,m II our Cabinet wete like tho 5ritsb
rabinst. n purely nHd Responsible aaininis-
s,ativts body. distinct alike from tho ieE1sin-
.tps IN ora direction md ths executive IN the
MIN, tt.n Mr.. .ppndlslon's hrhefnf
of cateehism mud confession might OPP
orate bpn.iiealIy even without int, VII,
d,,rinu what may be called the primitive e,e-
,,a,,t III air a responsibility to Congress fof
their tenure OF uilte, But
Ann eAnIsEr III NOT Art ADMINISTRATIVE
BuDr
Y, ~ a,vn ripht. Tie administration IN this
.s.,n,,v le his person ~ the President, hDd
tha President " elected. or counted w. LOT ,a
s,,.,, III his dippolnl compared to which the
,,,.rnuntivpa ai aty constitutional dynasty IN
Lu,one IRE pats culd'E play, 80 fnr ny force.
fninese In politicH affairs ID concerned. Aud
when III thls power uf patronage aud favor ~
added The almost absolute autoeiaGy OF the
WI, ,yr III VA III on, n, sdent simply n four
yaa,a' monarch, combining In his nnnolntHd
s,areor, the administrative the executive ana
one. third Of the Legislative pUwell
The actual power therefore resides IN
THE PRESIDENTIAL PENSION.
n Id. during the prescribed term, an abeo-
lu,e power. Of NJ Least power limited by
nothing except Impeachment or 1sgassina-
ton: md tho application of the one linith-
tlen IN ~ implaGtienbls nH that VI the other "
bntlntoiia Under this regime the stntns ct
S,,r Cabinet ,lficere, like lint Or the Ghancei-
lefio ut NJ, Petersburg, depends entirely upon
this will or within Of the Autaciat4 called
President III thia aass and Gar ~ that. fgf
example under Glant, u brutal soldier, tunde
blind with luck. heeotted With good whisky
and bnd advice, the Cabinet became " mere
staff. precisely like The Russian Ghanoellsiis
under Tie desIpiie Nicholas. Whereas under
Hayes. q soft. tho Cabinet becomes
A srAn CHAMBER or INTRIGUE,
lin, the Hussinn Ghnnepllerie under the phil
nntbrottc Alexander. Nicholas hnd his Mes.
.airpda III ilrant had hla Hamilton Fish; and
In either case the man was UNNECESSARILY the
intellectual superior Ut his mhEter. but that
fact served only io make the sefviltty moro
disgusting aud the atGnphanny. moro absurd.
Whtfena. on The other hand, Hayes nus MS
John Sherman md Alexander his anftarha-
kefr: md In either ease the helplaHsness Of The
maajrr III The hands Ut his man ID u epntrlbu-
lion to the gnyttty Of nations.
rbus the srheme W Mr.. Pnndlaton would, II
adopted nj IT. fms, operate dlhereitly o1asr
different administrations. II u man like
Grant happened tp lbs President, members OF
the Cabinet would be- "stood~up' IN Congress
Two days Ia each week 70 be cnhchtsed
about things they Ind dono nr omitted
10 do under orders from tho White
UouAa ttls mrfe cereIDonious than
fhe command. "Hiuht about face. They
would, douhtlraH, bs entitled To tho privileges
TINT npuerinlu tO executive COMMUNICATIONS,
Hp TINT they could p.st what to tsll and what
Congr Hs would hnye ita labor for its palms.
ttnauns Belknnp hauled tip to explain his
famous "AIJ-of.,ls' telegram 10 Phi Hhoii..
dA,,a4whteh waa nent by the express order of
from remembering anything about II the next
day Or fancy Bratow intcrrDRat.'d by .
bloody-shirtsd stalwart. like Zach Chandler
Oh BlHine, nH tu the irnAOn why no had 'rs-
iained Amelia Jacltson III tho employ 81 his
department"
Then, on the other hand. FANCY
JOHN SHERMAN UNDER INQUIRY
Nh 90 the reaaona which led 10 the appoint
mant III Morris MAlks by nn unwilling
preHident tn tho sollcttofshlp OF Internal
revenue IN Louisiana. aud the subsequent
reason why II IN proposed 70 remove hun
because there Ia TO longer any demand Tor
that peculiar ntticle Of American political
commerce called suborDntion III perjury
Does anybody imagine TINT men who have
stPered between The Saylla of Investigating
committees and the Ohars bids 81 iinpnach-
ment. Or the grand Jury, or both, would b.
embarrassed by this plain sailing OF pnrlin.
mentary inquiry, without either tower tn
enforce an answer on 10 punish on abuse2
Hardly.
A STATUTORY AMENDMENT UPON our EXIST.
INC SYSTEM.
But Viewed III another light IL possesses n
Significance well worth the study OF auch
Democratic statesmen M may find little
time tn spare for reflection upon topics not
immediately connected with current public
business. That IL to ray, It's Significance M
mn expression Of wnnt OF confidence In ont
present system af government The scheme
under consideration is by no means mn indi-
Vidnal within Of Mr.. P,ndleton. On tho other
atnnd. II n tho first distinct formula
ftHn Of theory TINT Inns a vast mass
believers III this country, to wit;
the theory that tho faults and de-
fsvNf4 of tho regime devlaed century
=l,p, have been denenatiat ed "a mn extent and
With clcnrntas requiring substantive 0orreb'
don oven ut the expense Of fundamental nj
kerationB. The NEST serious problem now
presented 10 the minds Of thoughtful Ameri.
s,ntis Nv whether the form md syntam 0f gov.
eminent devised by and for few scat
tered settlements In tho woods, chn l0nEs,
serve the purposes aud mset tho neads of an
empire embracing cities Hike Babylon, and
comprehcnding individual 10, times like that
of GrHs,ia with nll lha davclonmenta Of hu
man depravity that those conditions bring
forth. This ia really the question TO which
the proposition Of Mr.. Pendlston gives dia
tincl and reaponAlhio voics for tho first time
in our history. RhAi bot attempt 10 answer
IL. In fact, j hink the collective wisdom a.
the country will b. absorbed for Tho mex
century In Nil attempt to Rolve tho problem.
A. q. T..