The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-09-01

l1ShloS.ser'~ party form priceless cham
OF pearls strung upon thread OF gold.
That thread of gold is the love of iiber-
ty, which IS the grand distinctive char
actefIshe OF the Democratic party, while
that 81 the Republican party is the love
of power. The logical consequence of
this fact IS that the Democratic party
naturally tends to public virtue, and the
nativc Ienuercy Of the Republican par
ty is to opolitieal corruption. Tie Latter
inelines 10 reyel in corruption as nat
uTally IS a swine inclines to wallow in
the mire. How glorious is the mission
ofthe National Democracy-how worthy
of ardfnt enthusiasm. of persistent en-
tleavos snd of patriotic sacrifce.=-Nelo
Hlv ID Ifegistcr
The Neral Sense Of the Country Shocked.
1t isR remarkable fact that Jay Hub
bells klahd and deliver circular to
governs @7lt employees has not provoked
q n tscisss - eprobauon from q single Res
HpublieaD ipeTfber Of Congress. That it
is a shock to the quickened moral sense
of the country, and scandal to Ameri-
can politics, is proved by the almost
universal public condemnation it has
encountered. Here aud there Re
publican machine organ. which places
the success of the party above all
nioralities and proprieties, has been
found to excuse and palliate it. but we
do the Republican press the justice of
saving that il has very generally re-
buked it. Bat no Republican Senator or
Representative in Congress has opened
his mouth against it, So far from this,
several Republican Senators from the
hood to defend il as n legitimate and
proper part of the Republican election
eering system land the silence of other
Republican Senators and Representa-
tiYes in the presence of these attempted
defenses makes them all defenders of it..
Indeed, the circular is not Jay Hubbelr 5,
it Is the work of the Republican Con
gressional Committee body which
represents the Republican members
of both Houses of Congress- Not only,
therefore, is it not condemned by any
Republican at Washington, but it Is APP
proved by all-and this too, notwith-
standing the letter of Mr.. Hayes, writ
ten in 1877, and formally iudorsed by
the Chicago Republican. platform OF
1880. which declares that .'no assess
ment for political purposes on officers
Z
/ That Republican Congressional Cont
mittee should, in violation of this reso-
luton N Their own party, and in def
ance ofthe moral sense Of the country,
deliberately assess the officers and sub
urdinates of the Federal service. and the
act receiye the expressed or silent ap-
proyal OF the party's Senators and Rep
reseutatives ut Washington. Is fact
La y, E..-l
sion on the people The better elements
of the Republican party keenly feel the
disgrace, and the Boston -fdrer(tSer
thus expresses it's modification at the
tact approval it met with in Congress:
"Whal Republican member of the
Senate or the House has made a motion
TO relieve he party from this scandal2
What membrr has Yenturcd publicly "a
cr,ticise it2 What one has done any
thing TO acquii himself of the response
bility of il which. under the circum-
stances, attaches To him2 If there is
one Republican in either branch who
dlsapproves of what his committee has
dcne and persists in doing, in defiance
OF public opinion as expressed by al
most every organ of opinion except the
professional politicians. he has not
! thought il worth while TO make his dis
appreciation known. 1t does not appear
that there is one among them all who Is
so earnestly opposed TO the business that
he is willing TO make n fuss about it.
What congressman may say privately
when at home counts for moth
ing. and they know it. The place to
speak to some purpose. the place to do
something effectual for reform, is III
Washington. but the time for pertinent
sreech ami action is over. There
have been abundant opportunities, be-
sides those Afforded by the caucuses-
for example, while appropriation bills
were un Ter debate and subject to
amendment-for any member to make
record whose convictions prompted
him. and who had the courage to show
his eolors. Not a man of them all has
disavowed an action which, until disa-
vowe !. he must be presumed to author
ize and sacrifice.
"'Whv are the Republicans from Mas
sachnsetts in the Senate and House
kee egino silent while such things are
done IN their name? The Republican
Iartv of this State in its last convention
/ declared itself in favor of reform oi
the civil service, and among the specific
measures of reform enumerated as nee
essary was the prohibition of assess
ments upon the salaries of office-holders
/ for party purposes Certainly this
meant prohibition by law, and it may
be presumed that it meant prohibition
of assessments for party purposes by
Congressman as well as by officers O
the Administration; but it is contrary tc
the spirit of the declaration that, in the
absence of a prohibitory law. Massachu
setts Republican Congressman should
allow the evil to be revived without pro-
test on their part. Lett be clearly un
derstood that the offense now com
planned of is one for which the Repub
lican members of Congress are alone
and wholly responsible; not the Admin
istration, put the Republican part O
Congress, and nobody else. has done it >
81 Lnnis pau,LL H..