Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-09-03
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"When we consider the patronage of this
great office, the allurements of power, the
temptation to retain public place once
gained, and, more than all. the availability
party finds in an incumbent whom horde
of otiiceholders, with zeal born of benefits
received and fostered by the hope of favors
yet to come, stand ready to aid with money
and trained political service, we recognize
in the eligibility of the President for re-
election a most serious danger to that calm.
deliberate and intelligent action which must
! characterize government by the people. =
From President Cleveand's letter of accept
ance Aug Is, 1884.
My friends, you will never have anv
genuine reform in the Civil Service until
you adopt the one-term principle in refer
ence to the Presidency. SO long as the in
cumbent can hope for a second term he will
use the immense patronage of the govern
ment to procure his denomination and secure
his reelection. From a speech by the Hon.
Allen G. Thurman; Columbus, Ohio. 1872.
Is there gny satire like that of history:
Is there a Damascus blade so keen in its
e ige a. that of Truth when it cleaves
asuuder the deity woven web of hypocrisy
aud unmasks a demagogue to the pene-
Revenge is unbecoming to civilized men,
but stern Justice is the result of the I'M
deviating law of right, and true pat
riotism is as uncompromising as Fate.
Read the above language of the
Democratic candidate in whatever light
one may read it. Put however
charitable construction there can be put
on the deliberate words of Grover Cleve-
land uttered but four years ago, and con-
trast their meaning with what has trans
pred under his Administration. with his
knowledge and by his cooperation, and
there can be found no possible chance
for denial that there has never been in the
history of the public men of this country
another such scandaIous Justification of
promises. Consider that his proscriptive
removal of faithful Republican officials
has nothing equal to it in the political an
mails of the United States. Consider that
he has done all in his power to put nearly
80. 900 men in office to be his tools to bring
about his reelection. DO not forget that
Il lev iiitullS aEN diloMtu II 10 pt iu
licly announced that he had sent $1,000
check to New York city to aid in the cleo
ton of the notorious Fellows, the eand;-
date of the "boodlers," whom the best
citizens of all parties opposed. Do not
forget that he has just allowed it to be
publicly announced that he has paid $40, 900
into the Democratic campaign fund to aid
in his own reelection, precisely that which
four years before he had denounced
as danger to the Republic.
Remember that the practical object of
this public announcement of his $4,000
subscription is to convey in the most
powerful manner he could exercise. his
express wish, his implied command, that
his $4,000 otfiee-holders should at once
send liberal cash subscriptions, taken |
from their salaries, to the Democratic |
Eiectioneering Fund. Was there ever in
the history of governments among civil |
lied men anything more contemptuous of |
moral sentiment, more shameful in its |
effront to common decency, than the con- |