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THE FEDERAL UNION.
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Streets.)
Wednesday Morning. December 20. 1871.
TIIB CO.11 PTKUI.liEK GE.f EK.VMHIP
We have heretofore expressed our very decided
preference in favor ol Col. Peterson Thweat. for this-
office.
In doing so, if was not nr purpose fo l>e cons.dered
'as underrating nr disparaging '.lie qualifications of
| any other aspirant to this high and responsible po itioii
l It is indeed one of the most imp. ant offices in the
State; the duty to fill it devolves upon tne General
Assemb'y, and our wish—and we believe it to be the
wish ot the people of the State whose interests are
so deeply in it—is, that it may be filled mainly with a
view to public considerations and the fitness and merits
of the applicant on whom it may be conferred. We
were in hopes that personal matters having no connec
tion with the office or its duties would not have been
brought into the canvass lint our hopes in this re
gard have been disappointed, and wo take occasion to
express our regret at seeing in the Atlanta C< nstitu-
Uon of the IGth instant, an anonymous communica
tion upon the subject, which we think.does Col.
Thweatt great injustice. This writerjurges the claims
of Col. Magill tor the office. Against this we have
nothing to say, nor against the merits of C"I. Magilias
set forth. It may be that 1 is well qualified for the
place, and that he would make a good Comptroller
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CEO. WIIKEST*. CENKBAI. CKAXT
The editor of The Spirit of the Times,
George Wilkes, was the especial fa
vorite of Gen. Grant. His paper is a
sporting paper, and contains the pedi
gree of the most noted horses and dogs,
and of course Gen. Grant considered
Wilkes as an oracle. But a change has
come over the spirit of Wilkes ; he be
lieves Gen. Grant is preparing to per
petuate his dynasty, and under the
name of a Republic make himself dic
tator for life. This discovery has aroused
all of Wilkes’ love of liberty, and he
is now one of that band ol patriotic
Republicans who are trying to defeat
Gen. Grant. ^ ....
was nominated, Gen. Grant told him
that the liberties of the country could
not he maintained unless a one term
restriction was engrafted into the Con
stitution, and he considers that Gen.
Grant, when he was elected to the
Presidency, was pledged to the one-
term principle, and in trying to be
elected again he has broken a solemn
pledge to the country. In order to
defeat Grant, Wilkes hss b en ori to
Washington and has proposed to rally
the patriotic of all parties in opposi
tion to Gen. Grant. For this purpose
he does not ask Democrats or Repub
licans to give up their principles; he
only desires them to unite on insisting
upon the one term principle, and a re
form of the civil service.
The plan of operation is contained
in the following resolutions, which can
be subscribed to by every patriot,
whether he be Republican or Demo
crat :
Whereas, Experience has demonstrated that the
omission by the Constitution of the United States
to prohibit the re-election of the President, has
left the country open to the worst form of Mon
archy ; and
Whereas. The growing political power of the
President has put it within his means to repeat
himself in office during life ; and
W hereas, This temptation to reelect himself has
the constant effect of inducing the President to
appoint candidates to office who will serve Aim in
preference to serving the corn try; and
Whereas, Th a unwholesome motive to the dis
tribution of office sets the bad exarnpl: to the sub
official system of the States, which is the fruitful
source of political corruption throughout the coun
try ; and
Whereas, The solemn advice of Washington and
Jackson in their respective Farewell Addresses,
urging an amendment of the Couslitution to re
move this danger, is a warning which patriotic-
citizens cannot neglect, and is, at the same time,
the highest evidence of the corrupting effects o:
the re elective principle ; and
Whereas, This patriotic advice has settled so
deeply into the h art of the nation that it is almost
impossible to find an American citizen, either in
the North < r South, the East or West, of any shade
of politics, who is not in favor of such amendment
to the Constitution; and
Whereas, This universal wish of the American
people, though always recognized by Presidential
candidates, when first seeking office, is always! art
baffled and betrayed when they desire office again; ! . . .
and know its origin or history.
Whereas, This universally expressed wish of] that Christmas was celebrated by the
the American people cau never be successfully
brought up iu Congress, because of the notorious
aspirations of the leading memt ers of that body to
be President themselves, not ouly once, but for
three or four terms ; anil
Whereas. This vain ambition seems to be shared
by most of the politicians of the country-: there
tore.
Resolved, That we. the will
henceforth inscribe upon our banners the “ One-
Term Principle” for the Presidency of the United
States : and will likewise proclaim among our texts
for the coming campaign agdnst vice, corruption,
confederated wealth, and aristocracy, those oi "No
more Monarchy in America!” “ No standing ar
my,” and no candidate for Chief Magistiate, utu
der the new yearning of the world for peace, who
represents or typifies the art of war.
General ; this we grant may be so. The question
however is, would be make as good or a better one
than Col. Thweatt ? On the om- side there is at best
but a speculative probability, while on the other the
public has the assurance of eight years by actual ex-
perin.ent.
4n tiiis connection, too, it may be asked if Col. Mu-
eill is such an able mathematician and efficient insu- . _
ranee agent asti.i-s wiiter represents him to be, and as Societies important. Ill DO instance
THE AKIiK tJLTUKAI. CONVENTION.
Office State Achtcultuio.eSocif.ty,
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 13, 1S71.
To the G'ounty Agricultural Societies oj
Georgia :
1. The officers and members of coun
ty agricultural societies are hereby
notified that the first semi-annual con
vention of 1872 will meet in the city
of Savannah on Thursday, the 22d day
of February, at 10 o’clock a. m.
2. Each county society is entitled
to three delegates. These delegates
should be elected as early as practica
ble, by the societies in public meeting,
and the names sent to tiie Secretary’s
oltice at Atlanta, in order to insure
railroad tickets in due time. These
tickets must first be issued from the
Secretary’s office, with the names of
delegates inserted, and then sent to
the railroad superintendents for signa
ture. This routine requires time, and
makes prompt action by the county
|o nut doubt at all or pretend to question, is it
probable that the piosperous company, whose business
he is conducting, will be willing to part with him, or
that Cob Magffl would be willing to give up Ids pres
ent salary ol lour or five thousand dollars in the po
sition he now holds, for a salary of tiro thousand dul-
lars as Comptroller General. Or is it the idea of the
writer iu the Constitution that Col. Magill is to hold
both of these offices ? It the latter, we think that
ought to be a strong objection to his election, lor his
,lubes as Couiptroile woukl require him to watch
with vigilance tile State’s interest in these insurance
companies, which an officer in one of them might feel
embarrassed in disehargin
As we have said, we
least from the merit;
claims to popular favor, because of the armless sleev
by his side—armless iu consequence ot gallant ser-1
vices in the field, lint again, why it the object is not !
f,„- him to hold both offices, why should he desire to |
quit the position he now holds to take one which will
afford him less means of support ?
What we intended, however, more particularly to
one lots ventured to question hi.- thorough competency.
No one has assailed either hi.- qualifications or his of
fieial integrity. No one has had aught to say against
any act of his administiatiou during the whole period
of eight years that lie tilled the office with such gener
al satisfaction to Ihe people of the State, irrespective
ot party.
Tiie personal assau'ts of the writer to which we al
lude, now made, amount to these two charges:
1st. That he is arrogant in his assumptions and
seems to claim the office as his own, as a matter of I
rigid. We give but wiiat we deem the substance of!
tiie charge, and in reply say, we think it does him great;
injustice. When and to whom, we ask, has he ever
shown any such disposition?
2d. Allusion i- made to his late cards or addresses, to
the public upon tliis subject, iu a spirit, as we con-j
ceive, quite as unjust as unkind.
AVcre not these cards necessary for hi* own vindica-1 tit . .
tiou' Did -vuii:-out” as this writer rather sanui--: cultural society. 1 his will give in-j clearly drawn, tne Democrats earned
terest and importance to its action,
and for these reasons tiie county socie
wHi tickets in blank be issued.
3. The delegates elected to their
February Convention, under the con
stitution, are elected for the yea/, and
serve in the fall or August Convention
and in any called session of tiie year.
4. Delegates will be passed by the
I railroads/m' both ways. They will be
I required to go by the most direct routes
8 of Coi. j&iagiii, sol from iiibjanu no applications tor tickets to vary
the route for personal convenience or
b usiness will be entertained. The fre-
r.uent applications heretofore for such
tickets make this notice necessary.—
Tiie (^trmr.Jij.uvt'S ’O&vrivfgranTed alone
to delegates of the Agricultural Con
ventions, must iu every way, as a mat
ter of justice to tiie railroads be care
fully guarded against abuse.
5. The approaching session will be
perhaps the most important yet held.
The whole constitution or fundamen
tal law of the society will be before
the convention for alteration or amend
ment. The disposition ct the land scrip
1 ] for an agricultural college will proba-
ly be committed to the State Agri-
Correapondeneeof the New York World.
AN ACTIVE POLICY.
The Political Contest from
of View—Parties, hut A
Bow Best to Combine the
Forces.
There are at least half a dozen can- ] policy.” I would say to every opponent!
! didates who could be named, wuo, if ; of General Grant, “ Go ahead ; select !
m ^Enlistments.
trodueine new blood, would bring to j tatives, and through them upon Con- ] w. Shesham editors of the uhicago Tribune. 'Yin,
‘ - - I over .i<H, pnji*, uad 50 lllastrutioua. It d
Sir: The problem is: IIow to pre-, our al( j a ]| t j, e g r .q lt ; army of “outs.” gress.” The only pledge we should ex-
S-nd §1 ffir nr,(fit i
What a rich bait to them the assur-uxetis “ opposition to Gen. Grant and . ... ai; „
a nee of office joined to the still bright- ! the i resent political regime.” It would ; 'j u;?Gn‘ w'lpiua 1 i*li. Co - Ch,c «eo,
er assurance that they might keep it not be wise for the Democratic party ] —- n .,T
for the rest of their lives, or as long as, to give up its local oiganization—those * Li ~’ subsuuioi. for ‘ iw ' aers »
they behaved themselves ! Herein which are already made to hand and
would be tiie strongest possible mo- | are still so powerful. All I adv se is,
“ Do not meet in a national conven
tion.”
Let fhe Democratic party go to
work actively and persistently in i:s
local and State organizations Let all
the opponents of our-present Executive
be welcomed. But let the measures un
der which the country is to be ruled in.
affirmation of a programme of princi- the future be remitted to Congress, ___ __
pies, and of an intended course of leg- where the power is already lodged by Terms*2 5u per year. A ;,h—, Publisher chri'J
isiative action by an irresponsible I the Constitution of the United htates
An Old Line Democrat.
tive for change ; the strongest possi
ble incentive to activity against Grant.
And the proposition would have the
additional advantage ot bringing to our
side all those ol a better cast of thought
who aim at a real reform of our civil
service.
Is not the framing of a platform, the
vent the re-electionxfPresident Grant/
It is clear that the great majority of
the American people would prefer that
he should not be the next Cliiel Magis
trate of the United States.
But the opposition to hiirt person
ally is divided, and the difficulty to be
solved is how to unite all these sepa
rate interests upon some one candidate
and yet do no violence to the diverg
ing views entertained by each one
among them.
Let us not disguise it, then—the awk
ward fact stands in our way is the
platform. There are plenty of nxen
upon whom the majority of the peo
ple would gladly unite to ^efeat Gen
eral Grant, but the elements upon
whose co-action u ? e must depend, in
order to oust him from the President
ial chair, are incongruous ; and if not
in a state of actual warfare among
themselves, are at all events certain to
neutralize each other’s influence, un
less by some new principle of com
bination their forces can be brought
into harmony. But, as I have already
said, it is in the expression of united
opinion that the great peril is appa
rent.
Now 7 , my programme would be to
solve the difficulty by_ having
the men who compose that ticket be
their own platform.
For this plan we have several pre
cedents in the past political history of I cr »tie party of the future admit the
now ready lor delivery.
A« E N r SI AVAN T E l>.
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■ lie New York Srate Convention of Univeienlists, and
ntaining the Sermons of DR. E. II. Cl I VI’IX
by an irresponsib
body like a natiouaf convention—is not
teis a departure from the true Demo
cratic idea ? a usurpation of the func
tions of Congress ? By wlmt right
does any body of men undertake to
forestall the action of the representa
tives ol the people ? I insist that par
ties are organized to elect men, to car
ry elections, to change the personnel ot
the government. The enactment of
laws, the affirmation of principles,
should be left to Congress, after free
liscussion in every State of tlte Union.
Josh Billings says ; “Most men will
concede that it looks foolish to see a
boy draggin’ a heavy sled up hill for
the fleetin’ pleasure of ridiu’ down
again. But it appears to me that the
boy is a sage by the side of a young
man who works fiard all the week,
and drinks up his wages on Saturday
night.”
Cheyenne, Wyoming, December 14
Letnis get rid of this centralization ol 1—The bill to repeal th« law u; r
. t - > . - . . »r\n- OnlllJf/ -trfic mrtTC Of SUt-
i.i . ^ _ a • **' u V iSb IU V o o o u
a! organization, and remit' political frage, has passed the House—the Gov-
progratmnes to representative bodies
to the various State organizations, and
to Congress. Let the great Demo-
the country. Students of political
campaigns will not, I think, deny that
widest divergences in the views of its
own members. We cannot make men
sentially as one with the Democratic any politician, however experience^
party. In all the contests which called or astute he may, bs, to construct t
out the vote and in which the distinc
tions between the two parties were
tically .-peaks oi these addresses, until duty to himself
as weii as to the public required it/ Has iie “come
out” at all except in reply to insidious attacks, not
udod his merits or Qualifications foi the office—because 1 > i i i ,, . «
t.iose are beyond assault—but upon his Democratic j tl6S S.lOUiU SCOG tljfcJlf <Al)J6St TCprCSGn-
fidelity! ...... tatives—representatives who are inti-
\\ as it pot proper and necessary for him to come . *. . ...
out” when even so attacked? Is not his vindication IIiatGiy ltieiltlllud With. tllG tlilclgG Ol
in these addresses upon these points ample and com- *
plete ? Can any one say tha r they are not ? This
writer seems to teel the force of these, and attempts
to break it by saying that “when Major Hums was
elected he came out as often then as now ” In this
again we think great injustice is done Col. Thweatt.
It is true that Major Hurna was elected over him in
18(35. It is also true, we believe, that at this election,
'■f'T p; made againrt himJ urget ] to send to the office at Atlanta,
•rhot/y unfounded m fact, and winch he thought as we P . . ’
know, e 1 used his defeat. But at that time lie did not j With their election returns, ii Complete
co2q^ncei^ Ui, ' irlel “ !a “ 0, ‘' hon “* i list of their officers and members.
To say at this time therefore tiiat he came out “then
as often as now,*’ with the inferential intimation that
his present vindication of himself in the matters lately
charged will be a* ineffectual as it was before, seems I ble aid tO the labors of this office and
tons to be the “unkiudest cut of ail. . . .
Without in any way conuecting ourselves with lO the Objects generally Or the ot&te
the personal matiers discussed in Col. Thweatt’s j Agricultural Society, are requested to
addresses we reel it nothing hut due to hiin odL.li l ,l- , • J . ,, - ,
publish this notice, and call special at-
the soil.
G. County societies which have not
reported a list of their members, and
the societies which may be raised in
counties where none now exist, are
7. Weekly and local papers which
have heretofore extended such valua-
this occasion to say that we think he has com
J te!y silenced the authors of the stories concoc- 1 teiltioil tO tile Same.
ted against him, and to his prejudice.
I5ut our wish is that the contest, where other
things are equal, shall he decided upon the merits
of the candidates and their qualifications lor t,he
office ; and that the canvass shall be conducted on
this basis and not upon personal detraction of any
sort.
On this bafis wt feel perfectly'assured, and so
do the people of Georgia, that the interests of the
State will he safe in the hands of Coi. Thweatt ;
and upon the score of need—josses from the re
sults of the war—and the dependence of his own
family, as well a* that of others, widows and or
phan*, looking to ni.il for aid and support, we also
teel assured that no one has stronger claims than
he upon the generous sympathy ot the Stats.
By order of tiie President.
David W. Lewis, Sec’y.
ELECTION BE TTKNRI—DIRECTIONS
TO XSANAGEKS.
It is the duty of the Governor to
send out blanks for Managers to make
returns of elections upon. This is a
duty which we presume Benjamin
Conley will not attend to. We there
fore subjoin correct forms and full in
structions for making out and forward
ing returns of the election to be held
on the 19th inst. Let Managers ev
erywhere follow these, and all will be
right.
CONSOLIDATED RETURNS.
State of Georgia, county.
By virtue of the Constitution and
the statutes in such cases made and
provided, an election was held on this,
the 19th day of December, 1871, at the
several election precincts, for Governor
and it is recorded iu the history of lii-1 8tate,^to fill the unexpired term
ocletian that a large number of Chris-j cause( ^ ^ ie res *o na f*°n of Rufus B.
CHRIMMAS IM COWING!
This expression from the lips of hun
dreds and thousands daily both in Eu
rope and America, shows that Christ
mas is a special favorite holiday of the
people. But very few of those who
ooking forward to the festival
It is said
ed by the
early Christians in the 2nd century,
tiaus having assembled in a church in
Nicommedia to celebrate the anniver
sary of the nativity of the blessed Sav
iour, Diocletian ordered the church to
be set on fire, and consumed both
church and people to ashes. The cus
tom of giving presents on Christmas
Lve is a Pagan custom derived from
the Northern nations of Europe in
their teasts in honor of the birth of
Sol, or the Sun, which they worship,
and which happened on the 2-5th of
-.- T . December, and was called Yule, or the
“ hen the Legislature first met they | Wheel ; hence the large log that is put
were very courteous to Mr. Benjamin jon the fireeverv Christmas is called the
Conley, and treated him as if he was!yule log by our English cousins,
a gentleman, and rather than have any ! Loth the Roman and Greek Church-
difficulty with him, the} 7 allowed him | l S Ct ‘Lbrate Christmas. -Mass is cele-
to exercise the functions of the Execu
tive office, after another President ol
I.OVl ’S I.AHIIK LOST.
C’oiiIj j vs. I Ik- (.< or;ia l.i ^is|a i n ■ <-
the Senate Lad been elected. This
was a very great stretch of courtesy
on the part of Legislature—lor in real
ity Conley had no more right to remain
in the Executive office after he ceased
to be the President of the Senate than
the man in the moon. But Conley did
not understand the politeness of the
Legislature—lie thought that it all
arose from the fear of Grant’s soldiers,
and presuming on the fears of the Leg
islature he begun to put on airs—
claimed to be Governor of the State,
and insisted on serving out the remain
der of Buliock’s term. If that had
been granted he would, probably, like
Bullock, have wanted the term pro
longed ; and after that he might, like
his illustrious chieftaiu, Grant, have
wanted the office lor life, and insisted
on pensioning his relations on the
country. His son has already been
provided for. By the conduct of Con
ley the Legislature should remember
the divine precept—not to cast pearls
before swine, lest they trample them
under loot, and turn again and rend
you. Conley is only another Bullock
in miniature, or rather he is a calf ol
the same breed, and it seems would
delight to walk in the footsteps of iiis
illustrious predecessor. It might per
haps be well for the State, if Conley
was not only almost, but altogether
such as Iiu 1 lock, now is, except those
bonds.
The Hi Kimball House is advertis
ed to he sold in January at rilieriti’s
sale to satisfy a laborer’s lien.
A hill is pending in the California
Legislature for a cable to Japan and
China.
brated in the Roman Churches at mid
night, at day break and in the morn
ing. We believe it is a universal
custom throughout Christendem on
Christmas to wish their friends good
luck and a merry Christmas, and we.
in advance, wish all of our friends and
patrons a merry Christmas.
Bullock
The followiu^
election :
James M. Smith
votes.
th
J result of said
received
The New Executive Committee of
the Democratic Party of Georgia.
—By virtue oi the authority vested in
me, by the Convention of the Demo
cratic party of Georgia, which assem
bled in Atlanta, on the sixth (Gtli) inst-
the following named gentlemen are
appointed members ol the Executive
Committee of the Democratic party of
Georgia, to act until the assembling
of another Convention of that party :
For the State at large—Clifford An- State of Georgia,
derson, oi Bibb ; E. F. Hoge, ol Fill-
ton ; Joseph B. Gumming, of Rich
mond ; Carey W. Styles, of Dougher
ty-
From the First Congressional Dis
trict—John C. Dell, of Screveu ; Jas.
II. Hunter, of Brooks.
From the Second Congressional
District—Charles C. Kibbee, of Pu
laski ; Win C. Fleming, of Decatur.
From the Third Congressional
District—Albert B. Lamar, ot Musco
gee ; Hugh Buchanan, of Coweta.
From the Fourth Congressional
District—A. D. Hammond ot Monroe;
John 1. Hall, of Upson.
From the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict—George F. Pierce, Jr., of Han
cock ; Janies D. Matthews of Ogle
thorpe.
From the. Sixth Congressional Dis
trict—Garnett McMillan, of Haber
sham ; W. E. Simmons, of Gwinnett.
From the Seventh Congressional
District—John T. Burns, of Floyd ;
C. D. McCutchen, of Whitfield.
Julian Hartridge,
Chairman.
The undersigned, Superintendents of
said election, do hereby certify that
the inclosed and annexed sheets
of paper contain the true and accurate
statement of the polls at the several
precinct elections, as returned and con
solidated by us.
Witness our hand and official signa
tures, this day of December, 1S71.
(To be signed by the managers.)
DIRECTIONS TO MANAGERS.
Note—As in cases of other elections
—so in that for Governor. The same
formalities must be observed, viz : A
list of voters, one of the tally sheets,
the oath, the certificate of the Super
intendents, and the returns from each
of tiie Precinct Elections, make up the
Return of the Election for Governor.
When the package is made up it
must be directed thus :
“To the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives ; care of the Governor, Atlanta,
Ga.”
The Supplemental Election Bill re
quires a full Duplicate Return, also,
to be made and addressed
To the President of the Senate,
Atlanta, Ga.”
FORM OF PRECINCT RETURNS.
County. |
By virtue of the Statutes in such
cases made and provided, an Election
was held ou the 19th day of Decem
ber, 187f, at Precinct of said county
for Governor to fill the unexpired term
ot Rufus 15. Bullock ; and we, the
Managers of said Election, do hereby
certify that upon 'counting out the
votes polled, the following is the re
sult :
N AM K OK CANDIDATE. NO.OF VOTES RECEIVED.
which will fully appear by reference
to inclosed list of voters and the tally
sheets.
Given under our hands and official
signatures this-
1S71.
day ot December,
A B, Manager,
C D, Manager,
E F, Manager.
The Cutiibert Appeal says a major
ity of the farmers of that, and adjoin
ing countses have made corn enough
to tio them until the next crop, and
some few will have a little to spare,
every election. It was only between
whiles—midway between the Presi
dential contest, in some seasons ol de
pression or unusual excitement—that
difierent results were reached. And
then coales the remarkable fact, which
is upon record, that in the only two
Presidential c uitests in which the
Democrats were defeated—those ol
General Harrison and General Taylor
—the Whig party had no platform.
It is idle for us to deny that at pres
ent the Republicans are iu the majori
ty, and Democrats may as well look
this unpleasant trutii straight in the
face. Since the war, upon every great
issue raised in the country between
the two parties, the Republicans have
have had an indisputable majority ol
the American people oil their side.
\Y r e may deplore this, we may think it
a fatal blindness oi the people to their
true interests, but, right or wrong,
it is a fact that when a large vote is
called out by great political excite
ments the Republican party has more
than held its own, and the Democrats
have suffered repeated and most dis
heartening defeats. There is no use
in trying to deceive ourselves in this
matter. It is a fact, and we have to
meet it in the next campaign in the
best way we can.
We find ourselves upon the eve ol
a Presidential election with the cer
tainty before us of the renomination ol
General Grant, and with an equal cer
tainty, admitted by every one at a
conversant with the politics of the
country, that in a square fight be
tween the two parties—with no other
choice than Grant on one side and a
straight Democrat, pinned to a regulai
platform of the old maladroit pattern,
on the other—the Democrats will b
defeated.
But what element of hope is thei
for us? It lies within the ranks of
the Republican party. The Repu
cans are at war among themselves;
and on no question is there such fierce
discord as ou this very subject of the
renomination of Grant. The opposi
tion to him is most powerful, and in
cludes some of the best material of
the party. ,
The spoils of office were never so
so large in this country as they have
been since the war. The disburse
ments of the government are four or
five times as much as they were under
Democratic administrations. In the
absence of a proper civil service there
are at least a million of voters controll
ed by the “outs,” who think, they
would have a fair (hance ol the spoils
if the “ ins” were sent adrift.
Now, I do not want to disguise my
motive or the principle upon which
my programme is to be worked. My
first is dislike of General Grant, my
second an appeal to the selfishness of
the Republican “ outs.”
I do not like Gen. Grant because of
his nepotism, his neglect ot the high
duties of his office, his gift-taking,
which is an unspeakable shame and
disgrace to the American people.—
And to put him out 1 wish to utilize
all the discordaut disintegrating ele
ments in the Republican ranks, and
especially to bring to our side this tre
mendous army of disaffected “outs.”
As a good citizen, as one who wish
es well to his country, I am also de
sirous of seeing a proper civil service
established as a permanent feature ol
our administration of public affairs.—
The curse of our politics is that it is
a trade ; men carry it on either to get
offices or to secure contracts for them
selves or their friends. Unless we
can eliminate this frightful greed ol of
fice from our politics, I think the
chances are greatly against tiie stabil
ity and perpetuity of our institutions.
It is the perennial source of corrup
tion in our polities and of weakness in
our general, State, and municipal gov
ernments.
My programme then would be, a
popular candidate for the Presidency,
and no platform of principles but an
from the time of General Jackson to think alike, and it is our national plat
the election of James Buchanan the J f or nis whicli littve ruined the Demo-
people of the United States were es- j cra tic party since the war. I defy
d
may, be, to construct a
platform which will unite all the op
ponents uf Gen. Grant without its be
ing grossly misleading or dishonest.
So much for motive and principles ;
now for method. It is supposed, o!
course, that we are to summon a na
tional convention, and work all the
machinery as usual. But I say, why
call a nation convention at all / Why
should not all the elements of opposi
tion give back to the Electoral College
that power which it was designed to
exercise when it was made a part ot
our constitutional machinery ? In
•other words why not elect in every
State a set ot Presidential electors
pledged to vote, in the first place, lor
the candidate preferred by the Stat
and (he failing), in the second place, for
the candidate who commanded the
largest number of votes on the first
ballot?
Thus, if John T. Hoffman can carry
the State of New York, let electors he
chosen pledged to vote for him in the
first ballot. If Joel Parker is prefer
red iu the State of New Jersey, let the
election of that State vote for him. It
Gratz Brown can carry Missouri, let
the State choose electors pledged to
him. So of Judge Davies, of General
Hancock, of Charles Francis Adams,
ot William Cullen Bryant. By thte
means it- wt*ild be easy to secure elec
tors, two-thirds of whom would cer
tainly vote against Grant.
This the machinery of our funda
mental law permits us to do (for
while the electors must vote in their
respective States they can determine
how to vote by meeting in a conven
tion or in some other preliminary man
ner) ; and I assert that it is a far more
Democratic method of proceeding than
that which has heretofore obtained,
which has permitted an irresponsible
national convention to crush out
all local aspirations, and very fre
quently necessitated the selection of
some mediocre person, some second or
third rate politician, whose only merit
was his previous obscurity. Under
the plan 1 propose it is the strongest
man who will come to the front in the
struggle for Presidential existence;
following the Darwinian law, it would
be the strongest organism that would
take the prize; and we would once
more have statesmen of high character
n the executive chair.
The advantagesof this plan, it seems
to me, are obvious. In the first place
no one would be repelled from acting
with the opposition to Gen. Grant by
any differences of views either in re
gard to men or measures.
Secondly, it would be Democratic in
its best sense. It would do away with
that unnatural uniformity demanded
by a national platloim. The country
is so large, its interests are so various,
the clamors of locality are so persistent
that national platforms are felt to be
an imposition and a burden. They ex
act a uniformity in party discipline
which, being unnatural, is resented,
and is a cause of weakness.
Thirdly, by this cuiir.se of action we j
should unite the whole army ot “outs”
with the opposition. It may seem a
questionable statagem to appeal to
these selfish motives in men, but so
long as our civil service is in its pres
ent debased condition I see no help for
it. We have as much right to use the
hopes of “spoils” to brighten our par-
tv prospects as our opponents have to
strengthen their hold on the govern
ment. And my proposition would in
fact obviate any objection of this kind
that might be employed against us,
ior if will finally eliminate {this course
of office-seeking from our politics. We
avail ourselves, in the first place of the
greed of the “outs” forgetting rid of
all the present hordes of office-holders,
of all the actual corruption, and then
we propose to replace the present by
a civil service worthy of the nation
ami the aye.
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