Year: 1876

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should the people not be able to that no man Is
compelled against his will to accept an
oaice, it is not IL the nature OF things
that they should ever be profoundly Touched
with the wrongs of onicc-holders. The
effect Of this provision, ii firmly carried out
will soon be felt II the Government is in earnest,
1t will be hard for Office holders to evade It. 10
follow the business of politics secretly the office
holder will find difficult undertaking. 4 little
sharp dealing with few offenders will induce him
to be very wary in his style Of procedurc and Us ne
Will be assured Of permenence in his position DUR
ing his proper performance Of its duties, and as
sured also OF immediate dismissal should he begin
to tamper with caucuscs and primary meetings. he
will probably find 1t convenient and easy to become
the quiet servant of society we wish 10 see him. II
that should not be his disposition it will not he
hard to find one to take hts place who will not in
sist upon ruling the country which feeds him. The
country, no doubt, would generally support action
Of thie sort on the part of ita Government sue
cessfu resistance evasion Of it need mot be feared
from the office holder. But the resistance from the
more powerful cuss Of politicians will be passion
ate and formidable.


Without this enforced non-interference Of
Federal oi1ice-holders in the politics of the
country, thorough reform Of the civil service
will be simply impossible and the Presi-
don't who shall undertake to enforce this
principle will meet with serious opposition
from tie entire class Of ofice-holders, from
large part OF Congress, and from the social
and partisan influences thrown around him
Mt Washington. Yet the Nation is inclined
to regard Ru111EREoRD B. HAYES as just the
IN ~ ,ot> 10
bases its faith in him upon n private letter
from gentleman who knows HAYES inti-
mately, and in whose Judgment. the Nation
has great confidence. This letter is Of such
importance that we reproduce it here just as
the Nation prints it:


! have known HAYES for rmorc than twenty years.
believe know all about his work and his way Of
doing II, his opinions and how he came to them,
nd where they lead him. As everybody criticiscs
his friends, have made estimate Of his knowl-
edge and abilities.


In the first place, he is not tse!f- made man,
but was regularly educated, that phrase goes in
this country. Tie never had to get over any OBJ
lection to learning and has not picked up his no
tons of finance ind political economy by observing
the crops from the windows OF rail ca- like BOUT
WELL. Tic believes In history and experience,
and does not, like MOTION, hold that old
principles are inappcabc 10 new countries, He
believes in stndy, and for more than thirty years
has studied public affairs about rs carefully and
quite as intellgcntly us the men whoweEe carrying
them on. In a word, he is not new man in na-
tional politics, II people mean by *new " to imply
Tint man lacks familiarity with the subject. To
illustrate what mean: he knows every bit us much
about our trnc politics {not about running partly
as Mr.. ELAINE Or Mr. MoRToS, and his opinion is
.tr ,a+ fnith roFf Than, Ac
to one Of the,n 1 think put it very mildly.
should have supported Mr.. Bn1srow most cordi-
ally, but, knowing both men well, have to say
that HAYES is in every respect his equal. lie is
certainly HK1sTow's equal intellectually. and has
much larger knowledge and more experience.


lie is not ''magnetic" man; he is not auda-
cious; he is not Il ''lcadcr"; he does not impress
one as great force, and all that But when he has
a duty to perform he first proceeds to throw aside
all nonsense, and, with q peculiar singlcness and
simplicity, secs just what the matter is. After
that the devil can't scare him. never knew u
man who listened with franker Willingness to
learn, and have known very few men who were
so sure to end with opinion Of their own which
nothing could shake. observe that the little pco-
ple of tue Herald and: World speak Of him as
s.colorless" candidate. Well his color is not
loud; but what they actually mean is nonsense.
They had better encounter him some time when he





and then tell lis whether he has color. have
him tried, and noticed that lis color was 4 good
deal like steel.


Undoubtedly, he is party man. 1t would take
much more to drive him from the Republican party
than would suffice for ScNunz for he holds that the
party is something else than its leaders, and that it
can learn. But my private talks with him make.
me feel that he ia not, in the least degree, pari
saa. lie Is loyal to the Republican party simply |
because he really believes it something, not
because 1t is his party.


1 need say nothing about his honesty; you've |
seen that mentioned in every paper that names |
HIM. although perhaps might just as well add that
he is just absolute integrity. Ny main purpose
was to speak of his capabilities, since that must be
the chief point Of curiosity inst now For what
ever is worth, my clear conviction is that he is
worry able man, very thoroughly informed, of |
good deal Of culture, Of rare soundncss Of judg- |
mcnt, aud Of courageous, high character. /


This is tile most intimate and valuable |
testimonial we have yet seen to the personal |
worth and character Of the Republican can
didate for President, and We believe he is
Just the man to undertake in the right way
the great work Of reforming the public SER
vice,