The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-22
Civil service has been been sound

Civil service has been been sound. |
ing over the land for fifteen long
years. Every man. woman and child
from the Gulf to the Lakes, and from
ocean to ocean have heard it echoed
and re-echoed. 1t has reverberate'
from hill to mountain, and from
mountain to ocean. The school boy
and student have acclaimed it. The
professor has written long disserta
tions on it. The cross road orator
has talked himself hoarse on it. The
poet has called upon his muse to aid
him in singing its disastrous results
on human motives and human &C
ton. Presidents have prepared. with
great labor and much thought, and
have published long messages on it
Heads of departments have sent in
to the President time and again long
and labored reports against its dire
full and fearful results as practiced
in the departments. Statesmen have
written. thought and spoken on the
subject. Jurlsts and Judges have
from the bench hurled the thun Ter.
bolts of their Indignation against 1t.
Editors have ceaselessly used their
pens against it. Representatives
and Senators have studied it for
wears. written volumns and delivered
thousands of long, able, eloquent
orations on the suUe:t. And yet.
no man has discovered the panacea
for the evils attached to the phrase
"civil service - nor does one person
in ninety and nine know the true in
depreciation and full meaning of that
expression. So in the outset we will
give our definition Of the 'civii
service" in this country. Civil
service is the various ramified work
ings of the National Government in
all the departments, customs. rev.
enues, tariffs, finances. taxation
postal services in fact it means
everything conceivable connected
with The ADMINISTRATION of the Nation.
al Government, including the Presi.
dent with the lowest official or ap-
pointee under the government.
And the historical and worn out
phrase civil service reform means,
if it has any Intelligent meaning. to
stop swindling, defrauding, cheating,
dcceiviAg and stealing. 1t means to
eradicate AMI root out all the corrup'
ton, dishonesty and meanness from
the administration Of the government
including the President and extend
ing down to the foot Of the list Of
government officials, appointees. and
attaches. The substantive idea Of
'civil service reform is that greal
wrongs, abuses, outrages. crooked
doings and black deeds exist al
along the line from the right to the
left. 1t me ms there is foul play, I'm
fair Il aling, dishonesty, corruption
ROBBERY, defrau,llng and stealing al
along the line without ext eption
And there is not Republican in thu
United States from the Presiden
down to Ben Butterworth wht
does not admit the truth of al
we have said, and who does not con
TESS and proclaim to the world tina
without ra iical reform, and that speed
lily, the government must topple AT
fall of its own corruption and rotten
ness. Now who is responsible for al
this. and whore is the remedy =? Un
der whose inspir alton, authority. an
control have all these abomination
arisen ? Who has hal control Of thi
government, it's finances. its destin
and all its multifarious workings an
doings for the last TWENTY-FIVE years
History will say, AMI every man VIII
thinks, will say the Republican party
All Init reformation full and con
plete must begin and go on som,
where orthe Government must perish
Reason, experience and CONNIE
sense would suggest that if you ha
a reckless, worthless superintendent
Of farm. or dishonest book .keepe
in a business house, or an unsat
cashier in bank to get rid of hir
quick. and fill his place with q
honest, faithful servant. What i
true in business house or bank j
true in the Government. What
true of an individual is true of an O
fetal. Now, there are two parti,
remedies for the evils about whic
We are writing, neither of whic
will fully correct the abuses alon
but both combined will effect q con
plete cure of all the evils spoken o
1t is utterly impossible to CORE,