The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-07-27

=, Mailman Secretary OF War under
,,"n' ~, rr,rt. "Mv own public lie mas
-, Very brief and insignificant one, eN-
,',,dinc little bcy0nd the duration Oh asintw
,,.n, nj senatorial Office. But In That nI'cl
noriod | have seen I'VE judges OF ~,
court of the United states driven ilvlh In
hy threats Of impeachment Tor VoIlui NJ
OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. nave hc"'u a.,
,aunt from ficndllest lips that when VI.
United States presented herself IN the H"S'
80 take mart with the civilized world I'D Ecn-
erous connection in the arisol me, ,uy ""i!
nroluct of her institutions IN Whlvn ~. ,
surnassed all others beyond question vac ~, ~
corruntion. | have seen. m the Nl',v VI c "
Mon foremost in power ana Ncaiu'' lu"'
indre. of her courts impeachcd loI V",t w
tioo and fhe political administration Oh "',
',.i'c .;,,. become a disgrace aud "A by'Woid
,hrorobout the world. ! have seen W.
chairman OF the Committee on hlIl''l! a.
foirs. and distinguished mchoel ~ N
court arise IN his place ana del'lluu Wv
emulsion of four of his associates ,"' ui"
ing sale of their Oilcal PRIV va Nil,
Id, vouths 10 Doe educated at our great III J.:
-, schnol When the greatest railr0ad oi
The world was finished, have seen O"i
,a,iopol triumph and cNullnuon tul ne"
g. bitterness and shame 10y the
unanimous report of three committees th',
Ivory stem of that mighty enterprise M"
I,crst,l6n i'm fraud. | have heard IN the
HIGHEST places the shameless doctrihV'
avowcd b5 men grown old in public Once,
that the true way by which power Sno"'"
ho gained i'm a republic is To priDc '"c l'D'-
nile with the offices created Tor lnelI sc w.
and the rue end for when ~ shou'u ~.
used when gained is the plomotoh "l s'l-
ish ambition and the qualification oil per-
!
ION baunts the footsteps of the trusted CONF
panions of the President These 'h''-S
have passed into history. ,,.,.
Under the system % legislation NUIO"
has prevailed since tbc war, oihcc' nav
been created for millions Of del'hd' nus
The recipients of government bounty w NOM
Calhoun i'm ms report in $50 thought SD
alarming. would appear rs a corpora"
Guard beside the army after army oil ""I'e-
holders. pensioners, agents. &c. now sup
ported by the Federal government; nc
expenditures for "a single year uhu'I lne
present regime would have run the govern
mcut eighteen years as administered ~
Andrew jackson. And the worst Oh H'
this is that on the unfortunate south laHs
the hur,pu Of this vast spGlatlOn. Oul OF
the whole number of those VINO IcCcN SUI
stantial assistance from the Federal gov
eminent. probably not over one-hundrcdth
part reside in the southern states.
Is there then mo- hope: Must thc tmon
forever be administered ln the interest oil
uublic pluudercr-: Must the south con-
iinue as GRAY son pronounced II years ago.
"thc mich COW of the nion,' % he ever
kcp drained 0f it, resources by the clever
cotybovs of the North: When VIII the
roiun Of spoils and corruption cease, ana
the Government and the civil service bc IT,
formed: ,..,,
Tna answers % these questions are din
cult ones. but rest in the abiding ConNic-
ton that time viii answer them @ailsidc-
iorily. | believe the time VIII come "h'h
men will cease c0ndcmning Jackson Tor
removals from Office. while i'm tine next
breath they advocate some measure hctt7-
stating the creation Of many more new
places for the qualification of their friends.
forescc "a period when the old Nranu! Oi
the south will stop. and the sections WIFI
walk together with tratcrnal step hand-
in-hand: when Congress VIII pass no
measure Of policy which does hol
oucrate on each and every state accord
mo 10 population or some othcr HNed
and natural rule: when a system oi cluN
Justice viii bee dispensed iu all the APP io-
priati0ns, and no measure shall become law
which benefits one section more lhdh 1H-
other: and when the civil service. me purify
of which is necessarily wrapt mp ~ the. or
binary conduct OF the government. snail
not bc affected by "a system OF rewards ana
bounties doled out from the public treasury
i'm spirit of looscucss and caprice. one
turns with hope TO such men rs Neorse
William curtis for aid i'm fastening This
millennium. A partial reform. encouraged
by prominent men m both parties. has ale
ready been inauurated. Political assess
meui, are partially done away, ana an mn
proved order Of oiice-hoider- I'D me depart
ments has been the unluc-lonaoie result
of competitive examinations. 'I'elotln as
-ociation-. tracts. and various public3-
tions. an show how thoroughly the micil!-
gent classes are aroused