The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-01-26

<nrOw. II not the destruction. o. tho kc-
rublican party. Its chief leaders and
1ricnis demanded reform. but their de-
mand was treated with contempt BY /
fhc merccnarics who represented the
President. and Charles Sumner and the \
rnlaxy 81 mon who joined him were !
obliged 70 prosecute thor aim from .
pos:Iion outside the party they had 80
long served and honorcd. Tho revolt
u1s = formidable one. and tho move |
mrot inaururatcd Il Cincinnati. with |
Charles Francis Adams IS IL standard /
bcarcr. might have averled the dispcn- |
rusiion of organized plumber and THEFT
which have nee 50 woofuIly afflicted
ovcrr branch 81 the Civil Service. But
fhis was not 70 BE-. George William
Curtis and the Republican roformers Of
Ms TIVE demanded reform within the
rarity and could not tolerate the idea
Or boiling. They said the way % 70.
form the party was to stay in H. and
chat to Join the Democrats. or unite IN
forning q new party. would only open
fhc way for the return Of the rebels 10
power. The Republicans had put down
he rebellion and emancipatcd tho
slaves. and il was better 70 endure the
Observation-Disclosures OF the Government
under Grant than to surrender the
country to the enemy. The same cry
waS raised in 1876. The work Of ''ro-
form within the party" had made no
hcadway. and Grantism. with all that
that word implied. had moro complete
" than ever secured the control OF the
party; but che same policy Of reform
ing from within was still insisted upon.
and the same reprobation Of boiling
vns everywhere pronounced. The
~-rebels'' must be kept out Of powcrand
che fruits Of the war preserved, and this
could only be done BY loyalty support
7ng the old organization
The organs and the leaders played
che same old tune in 1880. :>nd the Re-
publican hosts kept step to the same
music. It looked IS II this deplorable
marty infatuation would be able 70 per-
petnate itself indefinitely. and BY the
mower OF the spoils and the skiIlful use
II the machine, esta tlish political scrf-
dom over the people from which there
could be no peaceable escape.
But great light has finally dawned
upon the land. and 1882 sends its greet
ing 20 1872. /" Reform within tne
party Is a. "a tale that Is told" M.
&urts gives u uI'. anu NJ 1ostv" ,e',0'
cn and fellow-bolters are now numbered
By thousands and even hundreds o.
thousands. The leaders q these 'nue
pendent masses tell Us that their ACTON
= like that Of the "Consc'encc wings
and Free Soilers thirty-four years ago
and that 4 reform within the party can
hest be accomplished ~ - overthrow
They say that as long e party sue
sreds by corrupt methods ana unprnci
pied leaders. Il will continue and VA
stronger in is evil ways. and that ~
first thing 70 Re done y % crush A.
This i exactly what the kepuoIica'
holters Of 1872 told thor poli'ica
brethren. and 4 was just - true tnen
Il j. TO-DAY. But time makes NOR
converts than reason. it LOOK tne o.
Wings . long while 70 nno out ina. "
Free Soiiers were right; PMS % last me
made the discovery, and We're gao Z
b. admitted into the new communion
50 It has taken the Republican bolter
Of ISsz ten years 70 find out that u
men they 80 bitterly denounced IN ~
were right. and that po't,n Y o','n
prerogative. put tney nave ~
bech enlightened: while they have aou'
dant reason ,or lo'low,ne - .ne .po
steps q tne,r Y n'E P.enee1sS,ss m , :. $50
future po!l'icaL acton. ne cn.nzc
wonderful Inc e,ections q MI ~,
Will bc rememperea - IN. oiocn !,
American ponies Aney 10y .rns !. y
sober second tnousn. 2, nc IooP,e, =
% rusten' anu s.,en Nv. 49, .e, ~,
good men 40 popular instltu.'on, u
apny ~ . tnat oree.ey anu su n 4
could not nave hteo ~ wnAcss .'.o