Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-20

| business men. The original appointment
| should be1based upon o certaIntftness the
| tenure of Office should be stable positions
| Of responsibility; should, SO far as practca,
| BILE, be filed by promotion Of worthy and
efficient officers. The Investigation OF all
| complaints, and punishment Of all mis-
| conduct should be prompt and thorough.
| These views, which / have long held,
repeatedly declared and uniformly ap-
Piled when called upon to act, L ind m
| bodied in the resolutions, which OF course
1 approve. l will add that by the accept
ance Of public Office, whether high or low,
one does not, in my Judgment, escape any
| Of bis responsibility as q citizen, or lose
| or impair any of his rights as a citizen;
and that he should enjoy absolute
liberty to think and act on political
| matters according to his own will and
| conscience, provided only that he honor
ably. faithfully and fully discharges all his
obligations.
The resumption OF specie payments, one
Of the fruits of Republican policy, has
brought a return of abundant prosperity
and the settlement Of many distractlng
| questions. The restoration OF sound
money, the large reduction OF our public
debt and the funding Of interest, the high
advancement of public credit, all attest
the ability and courage of the Republican
party to deal with such problems
as may hereafter demand solution. Our
paper currency is now as good as gold and
silver, and is performing its legitimate
function for purposes OF change. The
principles which should govern the rela-
tons of these elements Of currency are
simple and clear. There must be no de-
Perforated coin, no deprecated paper, and
every dollar, whether of metal or paper,
should stand the test of the worlds fixed
standard.
The value of popular education can
hardly be over-estimated, although its in
terests of necessity must be chiefly con-
fided to the individual action of the several
States, and they should be encouraged SO
far as the Constitution permits, by the
generous cooperation of the National
Government. The interests of the whole
country demand that the advantages
and benefits of our common school
system should be brought within the reach
Of the citizen, and that no revenues Of
Nation or State should be devoted to the
support of sectarian schools.
Such changes should be made in the
present tariff and system Of taxation as
will relieve any over-burdened industry or
class, and aid manufacturers and artists to
compete successfully with those of other
lands. The Government should aid works
of internal improvement national in their
character, and should promote the devel-
opment of our water courses and harbors
wherever the general interest of
requires.
Four years ago, as now, the nation stood
at the threshold of a Presidential election,
and the Republican party in soliciting a
continuance of its a~scendency, founded its
hope of success not upon Its promises, but
on its history. Its subsequent course has
been such as to strengthen the claims
which it then made to the confidence and
support Of the country. On the other
hand, considerations more urgent than
have ever before existed, forbid the Access
sion OF its opponents to power. Their sue
cess, If success attends them, must chiefly
come from the support of that section
which sought for the disruption of the
Union, and which, according to all
teachings of our past history, will demand
~ascendancy in the councils Of the party to
whose triumph it will have made by the
largest contribution. There is the gravest
reason for apprehension that exhorbitant
claims Oh the public treasury, by no means
limited to the hundreds of millions already
covered by bills introduced in Congress
within the past four years, would be sue
cessfully urged if the Democratic party
should succeed in experimenting its pres
ent control of the national legislature by
electing the Executive also. There is dan
ger in entrusting the control of the whole
law-making power of the government to a
party who have in almost every Southern
State repudiated obligations quite as sacred
as these to which the faith of the nation
now stand pledged. / do not doubt but
that success awaits the Republican party,
and that its triumph will assure a just,
economical, and patriotic administration.
I am respectfully your obedient servant,
@ A ARruuR.