The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-01-11

he House and we presume receive
he signature Of the President, an
3 now the law of the land, to b.
walked upon and spit upon by bot
;he political parties as it may sui
their convenience. |
We have always considered tn
party, since its mission
ended in ruin, as a party of spills
and plunder, whose sole objects we're
to keep themselves in power and rot
the people. And the people came "
the same conclusion, and 80 spok'
in the election of Samuel J. Tilden,
President of the United States IL
1876. But they soon discovered
that the Democratic party. as theh
ORGANIZED and led, had neither the
courage nor wisdom to govern TN
great country; and the reJecte'
party was by fraud and Intimidation
installed in power and tolerated oA
the people for near six years on &C.
count of their want of faith in the Wis
dom, patriotism, and courage OF the
Democratic party. At the explra
ton of that time the conduct OF the
Republican party became so intoler
ably corrupt and oppressive that the
people again administered on last
November a severe rebuke by an
overwhelming defeat in many of the
States, handing over the popular
branch of the National Government
to the Democratic party. And be-
fore it is inaugurated in power. and
assumes the trust and confidence
reposed in it, 1t has betrayed that
trust and confidence. and we fear de
feated the great object and purpose
had in view on last November.
Every reasonable man must know
that there can be no real, &c nulne
Civil Service reform so long as the
Republican party remains in power
that the only possible way to bring
about that much need reform oil
which all the wise men in the United
States Senate have talked so wisely
and eloquently about recently. is tc
defeat that party at the poles IL
1884, and put some other party will
more honesty, principle, patriotism
and wisdom in power.
You had as we'll try to convince
sensible man that rattle-snakt
would change his nature or q ravel
his color as to attempt to convince
him that the Civil Service of thi
country would be purified, dignified
and enobled within the ranks of tn
Republican party.
And no one but a lunatic or Al
idiot could so think. A grande
humbug or farce was never enacte
in this country than the Pendleto1
farce which has just past the Hous
without debate.
OF course the law will stand o.
the Statute books as a dead lette
except as it may be used to keep th
Republican officials in their place
and positions, in case the peopl
should stultify themselves by cleo
ing Pendleton or some weak-knee
Democrat, who supported the b;l
President in 1884, which is not like
to take place.
The whole object and purpose
the people and the Democratic part
is to clean out the Augean Stable
by turning all the waters of Alphe
and Peneus in, and then moppil
out thoroughly with sponge, al
sweeping out with new broom,
nothing else will bring about genui
Civil Service reform.
And if the bill just become a Ia
means anything. it means that til
thing shall not be done, that De
ocratic President and his Setretari
shall not remove the appointees a.
sub.officials in the various uepa
ments of the Government.
How could Democratic Preside
and his Secretaries administer tt
Government on economic, busine!
and Democratic principles with
the 100000 appointees of the ener
in all the departments as spies, {
tectives, and avowed enemies OF t
Administration, and its principl
to which it would be pledged to Cal
out +?
It would be utterly impossib
and no one but a Pendleton or
mailman would think so for a r
ment. Its contrary to reason a
logic, its contrary to human natl
I'D human axnorionca IT. w0l