Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-26
The. Three Principles Of the
Republican Party

| lie Sald I: 'Iresluent hayes nlu
me the honor to consult me fully
upon his famous Civil Service Re
form order. and in part [ was its
author. The difficulty with civil
service reform der the Hayes
administration was due to the tact
that unscrupulous men in the party
had been guilty Of questionable acts
in the South. When the question
came up OF their reward, President
liayes allowed himself to be over
persuaded and to give Office 10 the
desperate adventures OF Louisiana
and Florida. From that moment
confidence in the sincerity Of his
motive was lost. | regarded his
famous order as a long and Wis
step toward reform ; but, as a mat
Ter OF fact, the closing days OF his
administration saw the effort OF
Sherman to nominate himself tor
the Presidency by the aid in part
at least, OF tie Treasury Depart
ment.
Since the fatal result OF Guiteaus
bullet, every one has learned whaI
President Arthur is. Men do not
change their characters at maturity.
What Arthur was in the custom
house at New York he is in the
White House at Washington. He
is kindly well disposed gentleman
of many friendships. My own re
!ations with him has always been
friendly. But it is useless to deny
HAT President Hayes failed in cru
cial tests. 1t IS the same with
President Arthur,
"My party has but three princi-
pies, and | am earnestly and vlgor-
Ously opposed to every one OF them.
LIS first principle Is tie spoil sys-
ten | am opposed TO that. The
only other prncIple OF the party,
that l can discover. is the repudia-
lion of the State debt of Virginia;
l am opposed to that. SO, l am
republican under diff ullles, aud we
are all OF us becoming SO,
You are surprised at not getting
response to your COMMUNICATION
10 President Arthur. But he has
always done what you are csnsur-
ing tonight. 1t is i'll accord with
every act Of his career up to the
day Gurteau fired his pistol-on
when day he was at Albany in a
totilicaI stuggIe, from which lie
was recalled by the sound OF thai
pistol. lie always was Tor the boss
system. The boss - stem is gIa
ded system, gong up hom lhe
drinking saloons through the differ
emf official ranks TO President and
| Cabinet officers. Those men TO
day rest on the sopIls system. They
need the degradation and demoial
izallon Of the civil service. Then
entne political structure depends on
1t. You might as well expect sa
looms to be converted by temper
ance tracts as to expect these men
10 give i'll to civil service reform.
The only way is 10 overwhelm them
with votes. You must suppiani
them with other aud better men.
Look at the awful Illumination
through which Malone and his
associates are dragging the State
OF Virginia. Every citizen must be
ashamed of the spectacle. Tie
Republicans are prostllutlng the
national treasu y to enable Ger
tam portion OF the people Of Virgil
MA o force another portion 10 iepu-
date her debt. If We could charge
that crime upon the party ieSPon
sible Tor the rebellion, ii we cUGld
charge it upon the Bourbon Dem
ocracy, it would be some lelIe'.
But ii is being done by tie party
which masquerodes under the name
OF Abraham Lincoln
The greet apostle OF Republican,
SIN seems TO have just discovered
what must be patent to every oLe
not Llind with bitter partisanshlp.
The prncip es OF this party Of
great moral ideas may be sum-
med up ia three words, addition,
division aud silence and then
main reliance Tor future ascendancy
is the cohesive powec OF public
plumber. The only question left
tor tie Hon. Wayne McVeach 10
decide is how long will honest men
like himself give their support 10 a
party so manIiestly unit TO govern
great nation like hIs.-DOyleS-
t0,cn, Pa.. Democrat.