The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-09-21

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ho"s.s Of Congress. has made those Just laws
the Object Of bitter. r,aSclesS assault and,
despite III resistance i,.ts hrdgcd them With
restrictions Cuniiiuglv ,nntrivrd To hahe
ami lnralyZr tn. ~. 'li:s aggressive nlsinr.
lty boldly ai'rnpird 80 cNtoit from the
Executive his approval of various ruar,-
ihentS destructive OF these election Laws. hy
revolutionary threats That !, constitutional
exercise oi The veto power would h+ pun
lhhed 10y withholding the appropriations
necessary to carry Oh the tiuVrtniurft. And
these threats were actually carried uut hy
refusing the needed appropriations. and hy
forcing an extra srssiun ut CONGRESS. lasting
for mouths and resulting III concession, To
tins usurpiAg demand. which are likely, III
many States. I" subject the majority 10 the
!hwicss Will -! II iniaurty. Commons siyus of
public Gisapprovai alunceubduCdt thiaarrugant
power into u sullen surrender for .hr lime
being al 4 inrt oi iis demands. The Kepuh.
liran party has strongly approved the stern
refusal ut its representative tn suffer the
overthrow oi stMt,its believed To br "a luary
aiid Just. IL ha, always insisted. anti now
insists. thar the Government OF tho United
States "i America IL empowered an! IN duty
bound 10 ciirctuaily protect the elections de-
no;cd by the Constitution ~ National More
ihan this. the Republican party butls. rs Il
cardinal point III lis creed. that the Govern
ment should, by every nicans known Ia The
Constitution, protect ali .tincrran citizens
everywhere i'll the iuil Enjoyment of their
civil and political right. As great part of
It's work of rcconsiriiciinn the Rspuh hlr-i,
party gave the bnilot tn the clnalci Yaicd
SLAVE as his right and defence. y large in
crease III the hiiiuhcr Of members of Con-
grcss AMI oi the l.lrctrul College. from the
former slavehnlding States. WA, the nime-
IiItc result The history of recent wears
abonndS i'll evidence that III many ways and
i'll many places Especially where their uuiu-
her has been great enough To -ndauger Drn-
ocI:itic rOnirol--thr very utn by whose
elevation fO citizenship this increase Of
representation WAS effected! hav. been de-
barred AMI I"bhrsl al thrir voice and their
vote. II is trtir that ru State statute or
Constitution III so many words dcnit1 or
abrid2es the exercise pi their political rights
bui the modes cinulnved Ia bar their Way ure
no less eil,Gtual. II is 4 Suggestive and start
ling thought that ike increased pnwer de.
rived from the tnfr3urhisrnrnt of y race
now denied lis share i'll governing the cuun-
try welded by ;hij-t who lately >ough! the
overthrow OF the Government is low the
only sole rtliance 10 defeat the party which
represented the snvtrci kniy aud nationality
"i the American re"pir i'll the grca'"st crisis
"i our history. RcIublira,.s vhci ISL none oi
the resrntnitn's which may have animated
them during the actual rnntlirt of arms
They lon% for IL full aud real reconciliation
between ia. sections which wtr nec,ilcssly
and lnmentahly q. .i!iir: 1 sincerely
offer the hand OF r..nL Will. li hey ask in
return pledge of good faith. hey deeply
feel that the party whose career is ~ illus.
:.:vus in gIra; and Patriotic achievement
will not fulfil its destiny until peare and
prosperity are established i'll all the land,
nor uhtii liberty of thought, conscience and
action anl equality of opportunity shall be
not hcrely cold formalitlcs Of statute. hui
living birthr:ghts. which the humble may
confidently claim ani the powerful dare not
deny.
The resolution referring to the p..!.li,. ser
vice seems Ia me deserving Of approval
Surely nv man should be the Incumbent q;
an uliicr, the duties of which he il for any
cause unfit la perform, who is lacking in the
ability. fidelity or integrity which II proper
administration nj such Office demands This
sentiment would doubtier, meet with reusrsl
acqucsccncc, bal opinion has been widely
divided upon the wisdom amd ,.ac.i,ab;lity
of tho vai iou> rc.ormatory schemes which
have hr"n suggested aud ni certain proposed
regulations governing appointments To pub
lie oIiirc. The efficiency uf such regulations
has been disirartcd main y because they have
seemed Ia tAa!t mere cdu 'utnnal and sbst ract
tests above genera, hu ,inch, capacity and
even special !itur>, fer the particular work
in hand. II seems 10 III . nat The rules which
should be applied to IL" management nf the
public service may property conform i'll the
main TO snci - regulate the condnrt OF SUE
ments should hr based upon asrcrtaincd nit
ness The tenure OF office should be stable
Positions oil responsibility should. su far rs
practicable. Ice 'illrd hy the promotion OF
worthy aud efficient officers. The invcst
CATION of all complaints aud tho punishment
q! all official misconduct should he prompt
and thorough. These Views. which have
long held, repeatedly declared nnd uni
formly applied when called upon 10 act,
find embodied i'll the resolution. which. Of
ronrse, approve. | will add that by the
,J.ceptsnc" of public office. whether high or
low. ole does not. in my judgment, escape
any of his Responsibilities as II citizen, OF lose
or impair any al his rights lis citizen. and
that he should rujoy absolute liberty TO
think and speak and act in political matters
according to his own will and conscience,
provided only that hr hounrably, faith.
fully aud fully discharges AL his official
duties.
The resumption Of specie payments one
Of the frits of Republican policy has
brought the return NJ abundant prosperity
and the settlement uf many distracting ques.
tions. The restoration of sound money. the
large reduction OF our public debt aud OF the
burden OF interest. the high advancement Of
the public credit. all attest the ability aud
courage Of the Republican party To deal
jtb sucli financial nrnl,l.u,s au 40, l.,ro