The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1880-08-06

nation to the civil authorities his high
regard for civil liberty, personal rights and
the right Of rrcpcty bis Acknowledged
ability in civil as well as military affairs
and his pure aud blamoless life all point to
him as a man worthy OF TIC confidence of
the people. Not only brave soldier, q
great commander, q wise Statesman and a
true patriot but n prudent, pain,taking,
practical man Of unquostoucd honesty,
trusted often with important public duties,
faithful 70 every trust Ia the full meridian
OF ripe aud vigorous manhood, he is. IN nay
judgment, eminenty fitted fer the highest
office on eatln--the President of the United
States.
a CHANGE DEMANDED.
Not only is he the right man for the place
but tie zine uas come when the Lcs, inter
ests of the country require that the party
which has monopoiized the executive de-
partment OF the General Government for the
last twenty years should be retired The
continuance of that party in power four
years longer would not be beneficial to the
public nor in accordance with the spirit of
republican instutions Laws Of entail have
not been favored in our system Of govern.
Il en'. The perpetuston of property or
place in one family or .et Of men las never
been encouraged in this couutry, ard the
great and good men who formed our fgpub-
lican government and its traGition7 wisely
limited the tenure of Office and in many ways
showed their dislroval of long leases of
power, Twenty years of continuous power
is long enough. and has already led to irreg-
ulariies and corruptions which are not like
iy to be properly exposed under the same
parry that perpetrated them
FRAUD MUST NOT BE CoNDoNED.
Besides it ,1ould not be ErGoten that the
four last years Of f,wcr he'd hy that party
we're procured ty di-creditable means and
held in defsnce cf the wishes of a ma
iority of the people. l. was a greyi0us
wrong 10 every voter an to our system of
sef-governmeut which should never be fCr-
gotten nor forgiven. Many OF the men now
in office were put there because of corrupt
partisan services in thus defeating the fairly
and legally expressed will of the majority,
and the hypocrisy of the professions of that
party in favor Of civil service reform was
shown by placing such men in Office and
| turning the whole brood of Federal office
holders loose to Influence the elections.
The money of the people taken out of the
public Treasury by these men for services
often poorly performed Or not performed at
| all is being used in vast sums, with the
knowledge and presumed sanction of the
| administration, to control the elections, and
even the members of The cabinet are stroll
ing about the country making partisan
speeches instead Of bcirg in their depart
ments at Washington discharging the pub
lie duties ;or which they are paid by tbs
people But all their ceyerness and ability
a discriminating public will no doubt read
between the lines of their speeches that
their paramount hope and ain is to keep
themselves or their satellites four years
longer in cflice. That ptrpetuating the power
Of chronic Federal cfiice holders four year.
longer will not benefit the millions Of men
and women who hold no Office but earn theil
daily bread by honest industry, is what tht
same discerning public will no boubt fully
understand, as they will, also, that itiis be-
cause of their own industry and economy
and Gods boun,iiul harye-ts that the coun
try is comparatively prosperous. and not be
cause Of anything done by these Fedora
Office holders The country is comparatively
prosperous, not because Of them, tut in spil'
Of them.
THE PEOPLE AND THE oFElCE-HoLDERS.
The contest is, in fact between the peo
pie, cpdeavoring to regain the politica
power which rightiully belongs to them, ,anC
to restore the pure, simple, economical con
slitutional government of our fathers, on tht
one side, and hundred thousand Fedora
Office holders and their hackers, pampereC
with place and power aud determined t
retain them at all hazards on the other
Hence the constant assumption of new anC
dangerous powers by general governmen
under tie rule Of the Republican party
The eiF1,t t. build up what they call a stronl
government the interference with hom
rule aud with the administrator of justic
10 the courts of the several States the in
reference with the elections through tn
medium of paid partisan ofiice-holders in
terssIed in keeping their party in power an
caring more for that than fairness in tn
elections in fact, the constant encroach
ments viii h have been made by that part
upon the clearly reserved rights Of the pc,
pie aid the States will, if not checked, sub
vert the liberties Of the people and the gov
ernment Of limited powers created by til
fathers aud end in great consolidated cen
lral government, strong indeed for evil an
the overthrow of republican institution;
The wise men who framed our Coustitutio
: knew the evils of strong govcrnmentand tn
long continuance of political power in tn
same hands. They knew there was ter
dency in this direction in all government
and consequent danger to republican instilu
tions from that cause, ,and took pains 10 guar
against it. The machinery Of strong cen
tralized general government can be used
erpetuate the same set of men in powe
from term to term until it ceases to be re
public or is such only in name, and the ten
, dency of the party now in powcrin tha
f direction, as shown in various ways beside
the willingness recently manifested by
large number of that party to elect Pres
dent an unlimited number of terms, is quit
apparent and must satisfy thinking peopl
that the time has come when it will be sa
est and best fer that party to be retired
IN FAVOR OF THE CONSTITUTION.
But in resisting the encroachments of Ii