Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 25, Number 54, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1876 — Page 3

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, ATJG-UST SO. 1876.

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S. THE OVERSHADOWING ISSUE OF THE HOUR. George W. Julian on the Grant Administration. SCATHING COMMENTARY ON REPUBLICAN ROTTENNESS; "Warning Words From an Slavery Champion. AntiCLARION REPLY TO MOLOOH MORTON, BY ONEWBO KNOWS I Hi-- FACTS. THR PLAIN DUTT OF TUB IJDErKND..NT VOTER 19 TO BKLIKVK THE WAR IS OVEB AUD CAST BIS BALLOT FOB A NIW DI8PKWSATION TILD1CI AND HENDRICKS THE msn for thr tim rs. Mb. Chairmen and Fellow Citizens: It can scarcely be necessary for me to remark: that I do not appear before you to-night as a partisan, bat ai an Independent voter. I am a member ol neither of the ureal organisations ow etrog.ln torthe mastery ; and, -wolle lam re ay to take mytund In tbe pendlrg national canvas", aud to arotr tbe reasons for mr action, I p-eier to retain my entire political independence-. Tbe percc ly faultless and Ural, -laced parly man occupies a radically dlOerent p-Mlllou. e fe la ooiiged todelend his party bjth as to what It litis done In tbe past and wbat it may do in tbe fat ore. He balle es that outside of it lo good thing can exist, and tbat inside of ltali needed reforms must, orlg nate. Tbe pi norm of bis party is bis confession of political faith, and whoever adds to it or tnkea from it is to be counUd a heretic, wbosDoaH betummanl- and Bound ly anathematised. Tbe discip.lne of bis prty Is like thai of an army, or a military camp. If a member is found guntyof insubordination be most be shut as a deserter, and branded as an enemy of scUty, if not a trat'oriohis country. Tbisfilgbtful lyrauuy over individual Judgment and conscience, is the root and source of tbe n-o' startling i n and depravities which now afflict our poll it s and scourge society. It is, of course, the deadly foe of ail measure? looaiag to the re tor ua alio not political abuse; for bow can a man learlesaiy ad vocate the troth wl'h a baiter about bis neck? If his party 1 a dlty to ce wor hl,ped, or a master to u served, witti what piopnety or decency can be u fail tbe flag-of reform? Every passing day confirms me la . tbe truth ot wh4t I said 'our year ago, that a p llii h1 party s ould be regarded simply as a poll; leal makehitt. It Is an agency, now and ibeu made iiec8ary by some new turn lu the wheel of our politics, and useiul only so long as tne occasion lor 1. continues. It Is not ao Institution, but a temporary combination of men inspired by a coin -non political aim; and -when that aim is ate imp ished the comblnatloa hould be uisa,.ived. Having done lis woik, and being unfitted lor newtisks.lt b -coin es a stumbling-block In the path of prog es., aud ceases to be a par;y by degenerating lulu a facilou. THE OLD PAUTIfcS AND THE POLITICAL BIlUAlIoN. Tbe force of th 8e observations is fitly Illustrated In tbe political situation to-day. Here are two powerful national parties engaged In a fierce struggle for the ascendency. Tbey are grappling with each other as It me salvation or the republic awaited the icsult of the con flict; and yet tbe tld suites which at first inarsbaled them atalust eacb other, and for years kept auve their animosities. are all absolutely settled. Their platforms are only different words, set to tbe same music. Their antagonisms are Inspired far less by any radical ai nereides of opinion upon any vial principles than by old memories and tra ltionsry ha ea which should b allowed to sleep.but which continue to stand in ibe way of our national well-being. FendlDg this embittered struggle for power, tne cry for reform comes np from tbe people, w holly lrrespectl v of pan y lines, and endeavoring, as b si It can, to voice itself In ttoiltlcal action. How shall the work of re form go forward? These olj pa tiea were organized to deal wl'h o her and vtry different questions, wn co nave Dee a irrevocably aisposed of; and, what ihe c uotry now needs is complete lecon-lruclion ot parties In response to tbe demand of the people lor a puri fied politic-, Instead of orcing th new jrine of reiorm tnio old bott e-t wmch have Berved their purpose and hivtj been defLtd by some very questionable nes. Parties suould be toe servants or tne people ana the n na-maids or progress, and not "las superfluous." as ob structions to the general welfare. It Is tra that both nf our two rival parties preach the gospe of reform ;bai they preach it ana. intend to practice it unject io party ais cipline, and thus unavoidably threw them' solves in Its way. Is the riepuo 1 -aa party tbe nt ana chosen instrument ot Keiorm 7 in tbe light of its record of proQl acy and plunder for years past, it would be lmpra&lble to persuade botest Democrats to im?, if. Is tbe Democratic party any moie acceptable to hon est Republlcai s? Tbey point io us war record and lis complicity who political cor run lion both prior aud subsequent to tbe late civil war. This is our politic! dilemma, and these are the consiuera ion a bleb press upon Intelligent, couseentlous men io-day, s they did four ye rs ago. Tuey nave birth to tbe Liber l Kepubiican party, and tbe combl nation thus formed for tbe overthrow of Grantisea, b eb had oa .rped the c nirol of ine itepubitcan organization. I lab rtd for this oomr.ia Jon witu all my might, b cau.e i inoniriii i a in it tue biesoea prospect cf a general carty breakup, - aud the eip'ncipstlon of the people from Inelr okl :' political uk masters. Owing h:üy to tbe monstrous prostitution ol Federal parronag-a to anlai pui poses, ibe new movement was de ated at ibe polls. The Democrat a ter bavin caoghi agtiiniwe of tbe promised land of lodepenueoo'. fainted by Iba way, and ell brs into 'beirold party lntraochmentc. Tbe Llbera.a likewise became disheartened. Instead of re-or.anlziog ineir forces and calling for recruits lu o der io a renewal of tbe fluni, tbey enfieied tn.lr army to disband. Tbey pre erre Dank movement upon the enem y detxbmenisff oar forces, to a general engagement i f the who.e aiter a thorough orvau'Zlion fur t h pnrpo-.. I n8 lead o cmuaiMlit their own lortresaesby pushing f rward me r work wlia tue courage and strong will of tbe early ab iimoclst, tbey adopted the pol cy of novertng along the Ii Des or tM old purl e, od mtk u( ma oocaslonal descent here ana tuere u uoneor vbe other of them. In I he hope of thus ape ding the aork of reform It has alwayn Mtmtd to me tbat tbn was a great mistake, ser oualy retarJmg the progress wtich a diflerait policy would cave secured. . TBK PMITWS or TBI IÜDKPMDIMT VOTXR HI3 DCTT. I do not dear that mneb good has been done ythe Independent political ae'ion to w a Ich 1 have referred We bould acknowledge this with thankialaesa. The lesson ot tbe Llalnnail Convention of US7 , as a foinrldable rebelaon against party devll-wor ahlp. Las not ben l sL Ihe spirit of reform has 'orced Its way into both parties, and coaapt 1 ed tbelr reap cf. It abapIng hand Is seu tool a in their p atfurm and In their nominations. In ihn national atrag gle of this fear, ti..meu who abjure party dl cipline are s iron g enough to deurrmiue the result. No man iir occapi a rosldon of ao much Importance and redponibllity as tbelndependenl Tr ter. Bat ne finds the qoestlon of pretest daty slnguiaily complicated by circumstances whlcn tri loscie of poilnal events baa compelled blm to consider. Ilm wenld gladly bav Joined a new organization, wholly nnshackled by tbe politics ot tbe pat, and tbe lgorou-lr lo pr 4. secuta the work of retorm bo no t-ncu party la In tbe field lie Is a member of none of b czislli g parties, and believes their mi-

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chinery a hindrance rather than ft help in the reformation of abases: and jet be la obliged to co-opera'4 wltn one of the i; or accept the distasteful alternauveof temporary sell disfranchisement. Hnch Is tbe pred cament In which the political oaulder finds blmxelf to-day; and what be ought to do in the present canvass Is toe prob'eui I propose to consider. Of course I shall deal with It as it presents ltaeif to me, and not as It appears to an orthodox Kepubiican who voted for Urant lour years a'o, and wh-i has patiently carried the ugty buidens of the party ever since, Whit is the .nutyof an honest Kepubiican who turned his back upon bis party four years ago on account ofita mls ieeds? This is mv question, and tbe answer to it natura ly invites tbe consideration of these three further questiot a: Was tbe Liberal Kepubiican revolt of 1372 JuM-ifl d by iac s? If so, bat Ibe Republican party by its general good bibavior and in honest zeal in the work ot political purification during the past lour years earned the reapect and confidence of the people, which it bad .est? If no . can Liberals ronlHtentiv and houes'ly support Tilden and Hendricks? THB RECORD OF OR AUTISM PRIOR TO 1872 In seeking tbe true answer to the first Of these questions we are obliged to recall tbe fac a and circumstances cf tbe memorable strurg e of four years aso. It should be remembered that tbe popu ar demand for reform was then almost as loud as it Is now. Urant aud Colfax bad been elected in 18 on a platform pltog'ngtbe party to relorm tbe corruptions of Andrew Johnson's atministralion; but tbe pledge bad been hamemUy belled. WhLe the old party issues had ben retreating into tbe past, the mercenary and trading element of the party bad gradually found its way to tbe front, and completely appropriated the president. Naturally and neoearlly tbe spirit of reform was evoked, and tbe rallying cry of Sumner, Trumbull, and the men who subsequently became conspicuous as leade.a of tbe Liberal Kepubiican movement, wa "reform within the party." Tbey did not dream of separating themselves from the grand 1j organization InthefoundUg of wntch they had had so large a share, aud under whose banner they bad fought during ihe nation's great peril. Tbelr attachment to It was not a matter of conviction merely, but it was a pasMoi. Humner especially believ- d It ws lo be "filled with a higher lite" and "lilled to yet other effort-;' which would make its continued existence a commanding necesilty. All tbat these men aaked was tbe expulsion ot political corruption, and tbe restoration of the party to the purity which bad sUnalized Its early life, fhey demanded the refoim of the abuses In t ie New York and New Orleans custom bouses; in tbe war and navy departments, and in the lmprovldeut and profligate management of tne civil service genera ly. To this end tbey proposed that a i borough and impartial investigation should be made; but the very same party leaders who are preaching "reform within the party" in tb li canvass then stoutly denied thai auy reform was needed. Morton. Conkliug, nd the men

since so veil known to the country as the "senatorial g oup," declared that the proposition to investigate Implied party guilt, and co a Id only give aid to ihe Democrats. They branded as enemies or the Kepubiican party the distinguished members of it who simply proposed to puriry and sive it. ueu we popular pressure and tue fear of the party detri ment threatened by this opposition, at last drove them from tbelr indecent position, tbe ommlttees appointed were packed in the interest of the administration, an j in contempt of parliamentary usage, while the reports finally submitted, as a mai eroi course, were shamefally spoiled by wh tewab. What was to be done? Tne men wbo had hoUted the fla? ol reform we e obliged to do one of two things: Ihey must cower like slaves under the party lsb,ln ti e hanc s of men w ho trea ed tbelr noue-auenianua wiin couiempi.at a wno undoubtedly represented the spirit aud policy of the admlnlstri ion ; or tbey must take coun sel of their own manhood and self-respect, a d opetly rebel against a p-irty dtspotlsm tbat bad become a national curse. THB FACTS MORi !' DETAIL. Let us look at the situation more particularly. The ml chiefs of war bad crept Into tbe civil administration alter the war was ended. Tbe government bad been compelled io deal with a strong hand, and a thorough schooling of tbe president and his party in tbe use of power bad familiarized them with military ideas and habits, and drawn them toward loose and indefensible opinions respecting the f-0Wers Of ihe general and state governments and tbe prerogatives of the executive. Tbese considerations could not be overlooked by ibe me whose hearts were on fire with the desire for political retorm. Tbe constitution expressly declares that "the paweis not delegated lo the United a tales by the constitution, nor prohibited by It to the states, are reserved by it to the täte respectively, or to tbe people;" b it tbe theory upon which the president bad conducted bis administration was that all powers not conferred on the states by tbe constltu'lon are reserved to tbe Untied mates, thus completely overturning the doctrines of tbe fathers and set Una at uefiance tbe very words of tne constitution itself. This was wasUrantlsm and orthodox republicanism four years ao. an it Is to-day. Tbe president notonly trampled down the rlgatof local selfso verum- nl In repeated lnstauces, but he set np his own will as law, even against the authority of Congress. In the San JJjmlngo affair he deliberately uiuraet the war making power whlcn is vested In Uongress by the constitution. On tbe pretense of helping the faimers in "moving their ciops," be assumed powers which no despot on earth would dara exercise, la issuing mllions o currency without warrant of law and on his own Individual caprice. Heappo.uted to civil places about blm men In tbe military sei vice, in violation of an express aiatute which be was sworn to execute. In disregard of law and of his own oath of office he quar.ered federal lOldltrs on ihecheiokee Neutral lands in Kansas lo protect aiau oal corporation In driving from their homes hundreds of se tiers ho cialnie.i the lands occupied by them in aood faltu ander the pte-emptlon laws. Tarongb a suboroira e officer In New Orleans be seized a feiere I vestal, and attempted by force to overcame the people of Loa si an a In the interest of his renomlnalioo. These are a few examples only, selected liom many, showing bow tbe president carried ) be military and imperial spirit into his office, and set aside tbe laws wh eh were as bluding upon him as any other citizen, while the example of bis disobedience was pre-eminently mUcnlevous. In these ao'a be bad tne sympathy and support of a Republican Congre-s, as he had in the act to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and tbe ealorcement acts, which embody provisions at war with every principle of municipal government and can only be defended on tbe tyrants plea that the central power can administer tbe affairs of a locality better than tbe people can do It themselves 'The end ot good govern m-nt," says De rocaaeviJle.ls to Insure toe welfare of a people, and not merely to establish order In tbe midst of lis muer " ABUSUS OF THE CIYIL'SKKYICB. Bat the m wt amp'.e and overwhelming vindication of the Libeial movement is to found la the management of tbe civil service. In tbe canvas of 1872, the friends of Oeu. Urant Instated tbat ne waa the sincere friend, if not the champion, of civil service reform. With airs of triumph they pointed to tbe isct tbat he bad already appointed an able elvll service cocnmlSHlon. witi lieorge William Curtla at 1 s h-atl,lir ibe purpose of deallfig with this vital question. This commission h-d made Its report, - showing tbat about 110,o,oj or tue public reveenea are annually loat In tbe collection thiougn tbe Incompetence or corruption ot gov eminent officials. The stroug language oi the president was quoted In wbteh be told tbe country mat "noueaty and efficiency, not political activity, should be ibe tenure of office." Tbe PhiladeipuU platfo-mof the party was mm pronounced as It could be In favor of lining tbe wbole machinery of tbe government out, of the ruts ot party, ana thoroughly purifying It by placing it in the hands of honest am competent men. Irrespective of politics. And yet in tbe face of all tbeae brave manifestoes the president was seeking bis own re-election through bis well organized army of eighty tboasand offioe holders, not a msn of whom was safe it known to be opposed to hl re election. The fact was perfeo ly notorious and undeniable that thetenateof office was not honesty and efflJency at all, out ''political activity" lor Urant. It la true that the civil service commission had framed a set of rules for the protection of honest officials from political interference, but tbese rules were suspended by the president just as often as ft suites tbe convenience of the party leaders, who had ueeu in lueir at vying, aua WHO ueiiea U6 whole aubject with contempt. When (Senator Conkliug wanted a faithful public servant turned out lu New York to make room lor a political minion, the roles

were suspended for the purpose. When Gen. Butler wanted a political tool in the place of an honet lncambeut in Massachusetts, or Hen a tor . Morton wanted a slmiiiar lavor in Indiana, the rules were suspended lor tbelr accommodation. When Oen. Loan wanted ibe collector at t hlcago turned adrift, because be would not Join Orville Urant in his whisky frauds, and in order to make room for one ot bis political benehmen, the President was bis humble seivant. Tbe postmaster at tbe city of Uaiveston, who I balle ve was a faithful officer, wasdlaml-sed to make room for a man wbo bad been driven out of the House of Representatives for Iraod. Tom Mnrpby, one of ibe partners in the Tammany King of thieves, covered a 1 over with bl rascalities a with a garment, and with neither brains nor knowledge enougu to fit him for the duties of auy civil offioe, was appointed collector ol tbe port of tbe city or New York, one of the most lucrative aad politically potential positions under tbe tovernment, and Moses H. Urlnnell. an honest and sapable man, was sent into retirement aa a further illustration of civil service reform. Aid when tbe popular pressure became so portentous . as to compel Murphy to resign, tbe president "vlnd cated" him by a letter complimenting blm on tbe ability and faithfulness wlib which be had discharged tbedutlesor btshUb office, whli- Leet and blocking, who bad been cheating public Justice, were still t luLCenng tbe merchants or New York, In spite of their Firotests and in deflanoe of public opinion. In 72, the office of collector in Mew Oi leans was he d, as It Is now, by brother-in-law Casey, wbo brought out bis "Uatling guns" to aid him In packing a political convention for his party, and wbo was convicted of bribery and corruption by a congressional committee of his own politic 1 irieods who subsequently reported tbe facts to tbe president anu demanded his removal, which demand was never complied with. Civil service reform found an apt illustration In tbe performances of Powell Clayton ot Arkansas. As I remember the facts, be packed tbe Legislature of that state by corrupt means with his tools, who in turn, packed bim Into tbe United mates Senate; bsi wben the graud Jury of that district indicted blm for politics: corruption, and thus Invited his attention to the hospitalities oi tbe penitentiary, tbe president, wlshlug to vindicate" his frleud, removed tbe marshal and district attorney through whose agency tbe indictments were supposed to hive been found, and appointed a couple of Clayton's friends In their piac, who non prr-ssed ihe Indictment, by wbich the distinguished senator was allowed to esc ipe Justice and to devote his political activity to the re-election of bis patron and friend. Secretary Kobe son took fya.ouo of your money from the tieasury, and paid it on a false claim to a rascal named Hecor, without authority of law, and was excused on the score ol his "good intentions;" while Hecretary Cox bad heen driven from tbe cabinet for refusing to prosiitate his office to political purposes. Postmaster Ueneral Creswe.l tried with all his m;gut to take from the treasury 114 110 and pay it to Cborpennlng on a fraudulent claim for carrying the malls In California. The president approved bis conduct, a ad his ''political activity" on the stump, for bis re-election. The president espoused the Ban Domingo swindle, and personally assisted Oen. Babcock, tbe negotiator and ringleader of the pr Ject, in lobbying for Itlnthe idenate; and although tbe country with singular unanimity condemned it, and co ai jelled its abandonment, Charles 8uniner, for penormlng his simple duty in opposing it, was driven from his chairmanship of the committee On foreign relations, and tiimon Cameron, who was turned oat of Lincoln's cabl net during the war on account of his corrupt complicity with army contracts, and disgraced by a vote ot the House of Representatives, wbo ba had a national leputatlon as a scoundrel for nearly a quarter of a century, and W4S aa ignorant of our - foreign aifairs as he was innocent of a conscienc, was made Sumner's successor, while the distinguished senator from afassachimus and the lore moot public character in the nation, was still further degraded by the offer oi a place at the Uli of the committee oi education aud labor, with Hannlganof Texas at Its bead ! Civil service reform f Why, geutiemen, Can echurz told us fjur years ago that be baa seen a foreign minister la Washington hunting the government as a man hunts tor a lo-l child, or a horse strayed or atolen. it was not at home. It was over at Long Branch, looking af:er the business of horse racing, or down in ferolina stumping tor Urant, or out West with Delano In Its faibeily concern for land grants and Indian affairs. If I am not mistaken, all the cabinet ministers, except Belkuap, who was probably v-ry busy with bis post tradersnip, were on the stump in lb7, electioneering for thtlr chlefJand to keep their bread buttered four years longer: while the president, spurning the example oi "Washington, Jefferson and Adams, bad been heaping honors and emoluments noon his poor kin, and accepting

f resents of fine houses and tempting largesses n money from men unknown to fame, who were paid off In fat place. Buch is the del-c-tsble and highly flavored feast to which the Liberal Ktpubl cans of 187J were Invited; and wben they turned away from It In sorrow and unutterable disgust, and averted tbelr independence, they were everywhere denounced by the leaders of Uranllsm aa political apostates and rebels. Senator Morton branded Ho a?e Ureeliy as a trat or, secretly In league with Confederate traitors of the tiouib. aud plotting bis way la to the White Hon e for the ulterior purpose ot nnaomg tne work oi me war. rd-eetabllshlEg slavery, and fastening upon me nation the rebel debt. And tbe political vultures wbo bunted Greeley io bis grave pursued Sumner, and Trumbull, and iheir co-isDorers witn tne same nungry ana nnsinmberlng political vnom and personal mailce. In the many political contents in which 1 have been engaged, whether in the earlv times of tbe abolitionists or dnrlB? tue I fierce passio a excited oy tne civil war, i can i recall nothing which exceeds me unmixed r ncor and unbridled anlmobt y which insp red I the Republican leaders lour years ago In tbelr (Mkal wittnt -v t tKa man wVw iahnlln1 arralnat w oatuit'U vs vuo uicu w uv m. asuuot tbe party lash In oruer o save their own hon or and self respect. And yet they did not burn tbe bridges behind them. The way was left open lor tnelr reunion with tbelr old party Irlei'ds, whenever the patty Itself should turn us back upon tbe organized roguery which had captured it: and lam quite sure that ninety-nine hundredths of tne Liberal Kepnbllcans ol tbe United States would to-day have been found bulling In tbe tanks of Kepublicinlsm. If tbe party within tbe past four years had thrown overboaid the renegade Democrats who bad become its recognized 1-aders, and proved Itself sincere to lu de mand lor reform, tiaa th's saving work been accomplished? Thlsl tbe next Question to be considered in tbe discussion upön which 1 nave enierea. CIVIL SBRViOB REFORM DURING THB PAST FOUR TEARS. To ask thl question 1 to answer it. But in the interest of expllcltae and particularity let us give It our attention; and, In dealing with it, let as remember Senator Morton 'a declara tion three or four years ago, that "ours is tbe b st civil service on the planet," and his as sertion a few days since that" all things con sldered,the present is tbe purest and best ad ministration this country ever had." What are tbe actual facta which supply the com mentary .upon these perfect y asioundlig stale ments7 it can tot dj denied tun torn alter the la-t inauguration elvi servhe btCsme a moie gl art uk toll ileal mockery than ever before. 1 he enforcement of the rules, framed oy the commission, wa" only an occasional event, while their suspension wag the order of me day. Uovernor Holden of North Carolina, wuu whs imiwcDin. ooariciea anu renuerea Incapable of holdlDg any office, was made postmaster at the capita ot that slate. Sharpe, a brotber-tn-law of the president, waa appointed scrvevor of the port oi New York, just as li no civu service ruies naa ever been heard of. Cramer, another brother-ln law, wbo had disgraced our diplomatic servi ce during tb pievious administration. was appointeu ny tne presiuent ana conflm&st Kiy IK. klnn il. n a ,Av.il tflAW at UlUini KJ ,UO UvU.VCi 9 UMVM UUIUCI New Orleans. Brothet-ln-liw Casey, who had taken on board a government vessel the Urant members of the Louisiana Legislature to pro tect, mem from arrest ana prevent a majority cause the political Interests of tbe president aemanaea tnis lawlessness, ana wno stood bel lore ne country thatched witn political cor i ruptlon, was re appointed and confirmed aa ooiieeior or tne port or rue w ur leans, i-ven Ueorge William Curtis, ao long hoping against hope, aodsoialibfuliy clinging to the president through thick and tnln, was at last obliged to resign his p sltlon lnd sgust,and to declare tbat the appointments or the president showed "an utter ab mdonment of both i the letter and spirit of civil service n gala '- Hots." About the same time Pe.er Cooper, wrote a moat earnest and friendly letter to tbe President, begging blm to i rescue the city and elate ol New York from tbe cus om honse rogues wbo had so long df graced tbe elvll service and defied the people. Bat the president seemed entirely unconscious that anything was

going amiss. At tbe bidding of Senator

Asorion ne removed captain n rouse irom tue pension agency of Indiana, a wonnded soldier and a faithful officer, and appoints in his place Uen. Terrell, whose moral unfitness -for tbe place is too well known tobe characterized. When CoDgres- abolished the government of the Distrlc of Columbia in order to get rid of Bosi Hbepherd, who stood revealed as.adisg seed public swindler, the president Immediately appointed bim one of tbe commlanlonerso' the new District government, hen tbe safe burglary criminals were on trial the machinery o' tbe district attorney's office wa employed to cheat public Justice; aud tbe president, pendlog the trial, made a most remarkab e oemopstratinn upon tbe jurv by Inviting one of tbe defendants to join ac impany of dUingnlshed guests In a feant at me White House. Uramlsm, puie and simple, finds no better Illustration thsnlnthe caseof Orville Uran t He asked bl brother to Jet him know when anything under bis control shou d transpire by which he (orville) could make some money. The president taought It right to gratify blm, and proceed -d to designate cer tain post-tradershlps which be might control, not because the Incumbents of the places were incompetent or unworthy, but tbat Orville should nave tie profits, either by levying Diackmaii upon ihem as ihe price o' their retention, or by their removal, it they should reins to be bled. Tbe department of juUlce was disgraced by eoutlnu ng in office Attorney Ueneral Wit lams a ye ir and a naif after it bad been proved tust he bad appropriated the public revenue to tbe private use of himself and his family; and this same attorney general was afterwards appointed chleM istlce of tbe - supreme court of the United States. The real workins of "tbe iesl civil service on the planet" and "the purest and best administration this country h s ever bad" is ma ie beautifully manifest in ibe conviction o the secretary of war on bis own conlesslin, ot making merchandise of the post-tradersbtps under hts control, while the president, who had knowledge of his t rimlnal acts four years ago, accepts his resigna tion with "regret" and with such surprising promptness as to prevent his legal conviction of high crimes aud misdemeanors by the Senate. The presiJent stood b, Secretary Delano in his disgraceful performauoes Involving tbe mana.ement of Indian affairs, till forced by public opinion to give him up, and then " vlnd cited" him by bis customary farewell letter of approval. By one of these accidents that have now and then checkered bis administration, he appointed Lrlstowas blB secretary of the treasury; and after the work of hunting down and bringing to justice the whisky thieves had been resolved upon by tbe new secretary, and while the brave words, " Let no guilty man escape," were winning tne plaudits of the people and Hading their way into ibe party platforms as tbe watsh words of reform, the president blmself was drawing from the secretary and his subordin ate whatever information his high and trusted position could command relative to the prosecution of bis friend Babcocr, and placing it in the bands of bis attorneys, for no other apparent purpose than that of securing nis acquittal ana aeieaung tne execution oi the laws he was sworn to support. According lo the sworn testimony o men of high character, be bad no sooner discovered that B; Litow was the enemy of thieves than he reeoired upon his removal : and although hU purpose was temporarily delayed. It was not defeated. He seems to have demanded the head of B:u.ord Wilson for klndrei reasons. The decapi tation of Yaryan was another sacrifice to men who aeserved to be clad in prison strt per. Pralt bad to walk the p auk b.-cause be spoke a friendly word In behalf of Yaryan, and was believed to be an honest man. Dyer was obliged to bite tbe dust for no re ag in known to the public, wulch will natuiaily Infer that his solo offence wes his refu alto prostitute his office to tbe use of tbegailty. llendereon was stricken down for ao other dl covenble reason thn tbat the courageous performance of bis official duty threatened to .nvoive the Whl'e üto.e, or such ldo.lzed friends of the resident as Uen. Babcock. If Jewell wssn t dismissed fron the cabl aet because be was the friend of Brlitow and his co worker In reform, then tbe cause ot his dismissal Is inscrutable. The appointment ot Tyner as Jewell's successor naturally enters into the warp and woof of me am cvu service fabric, be being the facile Instrument of Henator Morton, the leader ot the Indiana delegation In the Cincinnati convention In opposition to Bristow.and claiming also the Siory or having secure i the nomination of en. Hayes. When the nation waa groaning under an enormous burden of debt and laxallon.andthe representatives of ihe people vo ed themselves salaries tney had never earned, and doubled tbe pay of the president, be personally lobbied lor tbe measure in both bouses of Congress, and promptly legalized the theft 'by his signature. He sppolnted a famous poker player a minister to England, and kept him mere till public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic compelled his withdrawal, on account ot els disgraceful connection with the K nma mine fraud. He withdrew tbe custody of government funds from tbe bouse of Barings, who 1 believe bat held it for generations, aud entrusted ibem to Clews A Hatch, wbo have since become bank rupt, as a reward for ineir partisan services, and in spite of warnings that this house waa untrustworthy. He defended tne moiety system, by which the revenues of the country we.-e farmed out to political scullions for tne purpose of securing tbe fortunes of some of his favorites, while Uun. Babcock, wbo has ben Justly branded by the press as a sneak thief in the methods employed by him In securing nis acquittal oi a nign crims, is sun noiaing bis position of Chief of Engineers and Com missioner ot fuDtic Buildings ana urounds. But surely I need not extend this ltem.Zrd arraignment of Uranllsm any farmer. Let me say, however, that by tbe term Urantlsm, l mean republicanism under urant, ana in full co-operation wltb him. The par y unanimously eudorsed him four years ago. when all intelligent men knew blm and his evil ten dencies almost as well as they know them to day, in all the state conventions of tbe party, north ana souiD, easi ana west, tnrougn ait these seven years and a half of misrule and Lronlgacy. his administration has been nn uoasli giy endorsed and leuded. Our state convention of last February declared tbat "ibe administration of Ueneral Urant com mands our fullest confidenoend approbation and tbat we especially commend him for tbe example be will leave to his success ors, of removing irom office those of nis own appointment, whenever ne naa found them to be unfaithful; and of causing thoe wbo are proved dishonest to be to prosecuted that no guilty man should escape." As if to emphasize this, and make its moral algnlfi cance perfectly clear ,tbe convention fulaomely eulogized Senator Morton, and I believe unanimously recommended his nomination for me presidency. The Cincinnati convention broughk down the record still later, and declared that "President Urant deserves me contlnurd and hearty gratitude of tne American people lor his patriotism and bis immense services In war and In peace." And Ueneral Hayes a month later t ays "the resolutions are In accord with my views." Tne manifest truth is that the president and bis party are inseparable, ineir nmon is unmistakably Kiamtse. The party clings to blm as a dying man clings to life. 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Notice to Non-Reßldemt. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly Issued to me by tbe mayor or the city of Indlanapolls, under the cortrate teal O1 said city, aaud August 1, 1876, showing that there Is due the following named contractor the amount hereinaf er specified lor street improvement In the city of Indianapolis, Marlon, county, Indiana. Due Irwin & Hanna for tracing and graveling Greenwood street and sidewalks from Ninth to Ttnth streets, from William W. Ware tbe sum of twenty dollars and forty cents (!S0 40), amount ot arseMment charged against lot No. tao (;) In Levi W right's subdivision in f quare No. twenty-six (.ö;. Johnson's heirs' addition to tbe city or Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana. Now, tbe tald defendant is hereby notified that, unless within (2U) day s after the publication, for three weeks, of this notice the amount so assessed against tbe above describe d lot or I arcel of land la paid, I will proceed to collect tbe amount to assessed by levy and sale of said lot and parcel of land, or so much thereof aa may be necessary to satisfy tbe abeve claim and all costs lb at may acci ue. HENRY W. TUTEWILEF, City Treasurer. Indianapolls, Ind., August 23, 187. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly Issued to me by tbe mavor of the city of Indianapolis, under the corporate seal of said city, dated August 19, 187, sb wing tbat there la due tbe following named contractor tbe amount hereinafter specified tor street Improvement In the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana Due Samuel P. Strong for grading and graveling Ninth street and sidewalks fom Central avenue to Hill avenue, from Thomas E. Teters, tbe sum of thirty dollar and eighty cents (DO r0), amount of asfteHsnient charged s gainst lot No twenty-one (21), square No. one (li car Works first addition t the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that unlets within CA)) days af er the publication for three weeks of this notice tbe amount so assessed against tbe above desctibed totor parcel of land is paid, I will proceed to collect tbe amount so aBessed by levy ana sale of said lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the above claim, and all costs that may accrue HENRY W.TUTEWILER. City Treasurer. Icdlanapolis.Ind., Aug. 23, 176. Notice) to Non-ResIdnt. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly Is rued to me by he mayor of the city of Indianapolis, under the corporate seal of said cty, dated August 19, IS76,sbowlrg that there isdue the following name i contractor tbe amount hereinafter t-pecifled for t-treet Improvement in tbe city of Indianapolis. Marion county, Indiana: Due Bamnel P. Strong for grading and graveling Ninth street and sidewalks from Central avenue to Hill avenue, from Thomas E. Teters. the sum o twenty-thre- dollars and eighty-s-ven cent(23 87), amount ot assessment charged against thirty-one (41) feet east side of lot No- seventeen (17), quare No. one (l),Car works first addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana. Now, the said defendant is hereby notified that unless within (JO) days after the publication for three weeks o. th s notice the amount so afsegsed against the above described lot or ? arcel of land Is paid, I will proceed to collect be amonnt so assessed by levy and sale of said lot or parcel of land, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the above claim, and all costs that may accrue. HENRI W.TTJTKWILER, City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind Aug. 23, 1876. Notice to No a. Resident. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly issued to me by the mayor of the city of Indianapolis, nnder tbe corporate seal of said city, dated August 19, 1S76, showing tbat there Is due the following named contractor the amount hereinafter specified for street improvement in the city of Indianapolis, Marion county, Indiana: Due Irwin A Hanna for grading and graveling Greenwood street ai d sidewalks front Ninth to Tenth streets, fiom Mary Knight, the sum of ten dollars and sveoty-one cents (10 71), amount of assessment charged against lot So. thirty (3 ) in Levi W right's subdivision in sqnare No. twenty-six (2). Johnson's heirs' addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Nov, the said defendant la hereby notified tbat unless within (it ) days after the publication tor three weeks of this notice tbe amount so assessed against the above oescribed lot or parcel of land Is paid, I will proceed to collect ibe amount so assessed by levy and sale of said lot or p reel f land, or ro much thereof as may be necessary to sstlsf the abovecialm, and all costs that may accrue. HENRY W.TUTEWILER. City Treasurer. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 23,18 f6. Notice to Non-Resident. Whereas, a certain precept has been duly Issued to me by the do ay or of the city of Indianapolis, nnder the corporate se.l cf said cltyr dated August 19, liTB.bhowlng that there Isdue the following named conti actor the amount hereinafter spec fled for street improvement in tbe city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana: Due James Mahoney for gradinr and graveling Arsenal aenue and west sidewalk and f taving tbe east sidewalk th reof from Washngton street to tbe Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Lonla rai'road, from C H. Gerard (Christian name unknown), the sum of thirty-one dollars (t31 it)) amoant ol assessment charged acalntit lot No twenty-nine (Ä) in rtidenour's revised and extended addition to the city of Indianapolis, Marlon county, Indiana. Now, the said defendant is hrreby notified that unless within (i daya after the publication for three weeks of ibis notice, tbe amonnt so assessed f gainst tbe sbove described lot or parcel of land is paid. I will proceed to collect tbe amonnt so asa saed by levy and sale of said lot or parcel or uud, or so mucb thercor as may be necessary to satisfy the aboveclaim, and all costs that may accrue. HENRY W. 1UTEWILER, City Treasurer. Indianapolls, Ind., Ang. 23, 1876. Areata waste Sir a new, eraaaat. an it eesneefwale tMMtaaaa, la which aay ant., mnmm m woaa-a caa .ajl- yd Iv ma. a& to SIO aa.. Oaa wao bad mn. fT-d, i-imaal bafora aaada it 7 a aJ--' -af ; as txparicBcad Hmfm 'WW S7.i J--rirIT iW-L-,p'K-Tilr, frat. c. -irJ--VirTVijl-fcJA.CLFG4, Manac-T.W wrSCMJ'mma "-N V- " fca-w C. A-BaVrV-LA-"" firarar la ae reapaaialh-le mm rrlisC.Ble,aatBlBk beaffera Aalaitrr4 1--ary U4aecaaesu.n N. 1'. Wkii&m, Ami i. CIDER WANTED. We want 251 barrels Pure Cider, for CAS t. we to furnish the barrela. HODKINSON 4 CO. niVflDPCC legally od quietly obtained I Ul VU.nUuO in any state for tncompatlI blllty. etc. Res'dence not material. Fee after dee ee. AdjreasU. 11.81 M, 67 Ashiand Block Chicago, lu.