The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-06-29
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mig with The changes IN The sotial hh1
IIalneas worlds have onn6 Remarkably nov .
methods N thought aud acllon w The
sphere of politics. Contests are nm fought
npon Me same tactics NJ N old, and men
lave no more The ideas ~ official pos lion
nov that prevailed 1uafier Of u century
ago than n they were an entirely different
order Of beings, What was once u legiii-
mate calling Is now notoriously u vulgar
game aud places once regarded rs those Of
honor and trust are equally as notorious rs
places for gathering IN the spells merely.
Among the smaller fry and down low In
the political ranks, where the example Is
not so conspicuous and consequently not
so hurtful, nothing more could be expect
ed, for such there is the common practice
In oil countries. 1t Is, however, bad
enough to be condemned even there, for If
the calling be dignifed and Office becomes
the reward Of merit, men of standing and
ability will be induced to enter the public
councils, where now too often the whole
matter Is left to mere party tricksters.
Whether reform in this matter will ever
be reached is doubtful, even though doubly
important and desirable, but there is a
growing evil which the people have it in
their power to correct, and which bids fair
TO prove most pernicious in its effect, and
further development ifpublic opinion does
not frown il down. We refer to the active
participation of the president after he be.
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state politics throughout the country. The
executive of the United States by the i'm.
mense patronage given him, has already
too much power and when the influence
Of the administration is thrown in the
scales there is scarcely to be found guam
tity that will outweigh it. In the corrupt
regime that grew up after the war the adj
ininistration was rapidly drawn into all the
petty and disgraceful schemes and jobs, and
made subservient to party in carrying state
elections and overriding the will of the
people. We have had no president since
then but seems to have forgotten the fact
that he is the representative head Of the
nation, and has devoted himself zealously
to the cause of party. Mr.. ARTHUR has
commenced running in the old ruts, and
dropping the dignity and impartiality that
| should surround and control him as the
executive of the whole nation, of one
party as of another, he has been industri.
ously and continually showing himself as a
stalwart republican. 1t is now cha rged
| that he is taking an active interest in the
struggle in progress in Pennsylvania, and by
appointments and word of mouth, is doing
everything in his power in the interest Of
the CAMERON ring. As long as the spolls
system remains, politics will, of course con.
troll presidential appointments, but active
interference by the administration in state
elections, as is indeed now promised the in
dependents and republicans in the south is
an outrageous violation of common de.
cency,., and justice toward the people
and directly contrary to both the letter
and spirit Of 1.-THE constitution. 1t is part
and parcel Nand indeed the most dan.
party looking towards the extension of Fed
eral interference in all the local affairs Of
the states, and gradually but surely GEN.
tralizing the governm by making the
agencies and patronage of the administra-
ton all-powerful in all elections, whether
state or national MR.. ARTHUR and his
appointees, as such, have no more right to
enter into Pennsylvania or New York poll
tics, with view to influencing their state
elections by the use of their great power
than the queen of England has, and to dc
so is fragrant wrong against the people,
in violation of the right of the
state to an uninterrupted control
of its local affairs, and a degra.
dation of the high Office of the executive
of the United States. Congress should
check it, as it has the power TO do, and the
country should eject men who will exercise
the power. All such questions as these de-
mand discussion at the hands of candidate:
for Federal Office, but they are too often
overlooked Unless the people of the
United States begin soon to look around
them and manifest more interest In public
affairs and public abuses, we will, in few
years, have unquestionably the rottenest
system of politics in the world. 1t will be.
come purely and simply the most vulgar
and corrupting of all trades.
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