The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-09

We had hoped that MIR. Cleveland
and his first and second lieutenants,
and our members of Congress, had
learned or discovered by this time,
that there are other people in the
limited States who have rights as
we'll as themselves and George w.
Curtis and his Civil Service Commits
sion. Now, if they are too thick
skulled and fool>hardy to ascertain
this fact, we serve notice upon them
in behalf of millions of honest toilers,
who live by the sweat of the brow,
that their beclouded minds and
eyes will be opened by al
shock of political thunder in 1888,
when it may be too late to repent of
the plumbers they are now making,
and seem death bent on continuing
to make. The retrenchment and re-
form Mr.. Cleveland and his Secreta.
ries are making in the departments
are doing much, and will do much,
in retaining the confidence of the
people, and in this noble work we
say God speed. But, we say to them
out of the sincerity of our heart.
and with no bad motive-frcm q soul
that longs, and desires above all
things earthly, the stability of our
Government, firmly fixed and ads
ministered upon democratic princi-
Piles by democratic instrnmentalities,
there is one thing yet lacking.
You need not go and sell all you
have and bring it and lay it at the
feet of democracy. No, you are not
expected to do that. But, that which
has been placed in your hands as
trustees Of the democracy; they, the
people, do demand and expect of
you the execution of that trustee.
ship, upon the principle that the ces.
tui que trust is entitled to the whole
estate, except your commissions, &C.
cording to the original contract en-
tered into between the democracy of
the country and yourselves before
your election or installation into your
trusteeship.
Must we speak with more candor and
more emphatically I'VE can't do it.
But that no one, not even the most
stupid. may fail to comprehend our
meaning, we say emphatically, that
the patronage of the Government alb.
solutely belongs to the Democratic
party for the next four years, aud he
who withholds it, and gives it to it's
political foe, or allows alien ene-
mics OF the commonwealth of demo
cracy to retain it, because they have
it in possession, will find his political
grave opened to receive him in 1888
under storm of public indignation
from an outraged country and party.
The bed rock upon which all modern
republican forms Of government are
founded and the corner stone Of ou1
own, is ''to the victors belong the
spoils, all else being equal.'' A
party cannot live one political day
through without it. No politica
party can or ought to live with out
it. Mr.. Cleveland acted upon thai
principle when he appointed his Cab
met, and foreign Ministers his Sec
retaries acted upon the same princi
pie when they appointed the heads
of Bureaus, and why should no
that principle be acted upon al
along the line? Are big offices o
any more Importance for big mer
than little offices for little men !? II
Mr.. Cleveland can put in all the bis
men who secured his nomination
by having control of State politics
and State delegations, if each of III.
Secretaries can appoint his persona
and political friends at the heads O
Bureaus in the departments, and eac
Senator can have his near kinsmal
and political strikers and stron!
hackers given fat places, why ough
not the same principles 70 govern al
along down the line among the ranl
and file of the party !? Now, thes
are the plain simple questions. The,
are not asked in malice. They ar
asked in order to put our folks t
thinking: to correct wrong, t
strengthen the party. to keep it i
power. Had we been Mr.. Clevelan,
we would have put our friends in
Had we been Mr.. Lamar, Mr.. Whit
new. Mr.. Manning. we would hav
! put our personal and political friend
in. Had we been Senators Ransom
Vance, Beck, Vest, Butler or an
! other Senator, we would have don
our best to get our political friend