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Show 0 FV1C IAL LIFE T h N U R . r.ia,:liWO..(Tti M iazinti .'or Lvbru-, ary contains t valuablo article on "Tho Situation in America,'' which gives in brief a more correct and impartial im-partial view of tho groat revolution which commenced in tho United States by tho election of Mr. Lincoln Lin-coln than has found currency generally gener-ally uinco the war in this country. It id ovidently from the pen ol an American journalist of democratic cniiii;s, who is thoroughly familiar with our politii-'ul history. Tlio writer 3!roni;ly atlvoc.Uci a reform in what ho terms our vicious .system of politi-ol politi-ol lratrou0 mul rotation in office, which ho re(;nls na lyiuj; at n,0 ibuuiLilion- of tho moat s;l:rin.-cvi.'B in the tuhninisti-.ttion of Hie government, govern-ment, accordm;; to a uutliotl which he hiys tiown: .Vottiii'L,' ii at tit ic.inir. a hu' t,. .h iw Uiu lino in escli .l..i.Hr',iiHs-it, uiliiTu:h-iiiit uiliiTu:h-iiiit tlio ..UV . invoUiii.,. iunvly .h,',iis. r.Uivu ,1 , .., lion, iu h.sc i,,-b..la i,,-b..la inu-t be-i,.., e,:,U'J will, m.,u,.rj u-K.'V,.,,,,,,! u-K.'V,.,,,,,,! ,,oii,T. Lot u bu j,.,,,!,,;., , lh.,1 U.o l,.;hHTSol'llHMur,orta:,ili,,ir every er.o et' juch oiruinlj, nn.l ninlco ,L i tvr (horn io eenlribuu, money a.-livo atiir.ce to I'orw.u,, Lbo iiolitieHl J.r)osoj o, any .arty whatever, ami the ,irs-t!;rcat mea.-uni r reform is a ,m. ),isl,,.J. lee iub!ie I'alronne hein" I un ,:, Kreat part JU.cSo I of, tt.e hor.le" 01 suiiul venal nohlleians nui.t il , t::"- '(;!!""' I'enoihi,,,,!,,,.,,,, in n,. 11,0 contributions of the oVioi-cut oVioi-cut oil, wul C.Mni,;,.U, a .,),re0 f l. "r. rU',e.io en t.o one side. Tue oeaoiilion Uav,a,t bul small cbanee of rohnbnriin?. tlien,elvo3 tcom Iho spoil;, of oi'ice snould tbey iinv;.-,! t, power, will 'ih.i' tJ up-.o labl-Jtosnbic-ib-to auother. It will he recollected that Geiural Grant at one time UiuicR h.is lust tvrm of ol'oee V.Ms cousi.l, t.iWv exCr-cise.l exCr-cise.l in rcgarJ to civil service reform, and that u commission compose, t of il.stinsuijheei itentlcmcn w.is ajipoint- , c,l to prepare a system by which all , cvecutivu appointment should be 1 reflated. This sv,i,, ;,,.i ., r.;d examination of app'.ieants for public p.ssilioe.s by certain officials appointed for that purpose. An attempt at-tempt was) made to cany it iafe elite! , but it w.is regarded with disfavor dis-favor by a iv.njori'.y of the eon -res-sioual xkU-Um, and it ''wis finally a'.undoued he ,;..0 ir0ii.J dent. Tho ne-.y .ris;,!llU expressed h;S i..,...lt; , of p.,,linj this reform into imm.uijto practice-, I virtually p.romislus lo retain all otUciali durin.q gooj beoarior and' competency. l h evident th.r. th;s ' at.pciltoa dee; not rcpiire a great r;-r:y .t:::.-c on tho p.i:1 0l ;Jr. Hayes, as nea::v all tde- .1 c'nV ' f,:0 rmWnof' 'S'PUtV," while'cn he Olr.cr hand, i: he can c.rrv eul Ins pledyo it will sp.irchia.asroa; cea. of inconvenience and tro-.b'e It is only in his cose the e.rcisoof a' preleroueo b.-hveen various meiuhcrs of hi. own pany. H d r. T.'ide'u beea seated, an ellicial ts-h; wo',",. have .rronj up bcl.reen foe demc-crata demc-crata and republicans, and it cor'.-' hardly have teen expected th u tl o winnin; party weald quierly .how tueir opponertt. to retain tho spoils for which they had successfully eon-! tested, and i; -.nj i.avo iVcuoo' Kreat an exercise of vi-tueus forbear-1 nuce 10 have inched lor at tlehr JM." j. ' Tho army of odieenoiJe' fce'einl as Titiianty for Hay.s w au( other part of tho com uu-hiv under the manipulation of Z.Chand ler were by no eiWU ui -.rd.y in their expenditures t-ivards" his dec-tion. dec-tion. U has never h;.;a a-j.jjun'-ed i i... that Mr. Hayetj protected against re-':t.;in re-':t.;in their contributions any more than ho did aamst the vile acta ol iho L'juiaian-i retLirijiiijc; 1-OJrd. On th: conlra.-y, be bai ace-pud the Lid-. Lid-. v.uita;:. derived fruiii thco and other ttarty riian.:;ivrfa as a part ot the le-iliiiiatu rr-iourccs of npui-hcanitrii, witijfjLit prule-.it. It b-comca BO:ne-waat BO:ne-waat legitimate, tiierefore, fur Mr. Ihiyea to ruako prominent tho fact that tlie oflicialH who contributed to much to cic-ct liim eiiall not bodis-tiiibcd. bodis-tiiibcd. How fir this detorniinatiuii sluaild pans for a ref-rm movcnient, and how much influence tho example if carried out is likely lo have upon future administrations, uro questions nut bo clear of eolution at present.1 Tho Bucceafi of tho theory may be I judged in some meariure by Iho suc- cc.13 of the president in carrying it out, which can only bo judged after tho fact. That groat reforms may bo made in the civil service wo have no doubt; but grave doubts may be entertained as to tho feasibility af engrafting tho Kngliah system ol ollieial life tenure upon our government of limited powers pow-ers and popular features. It would probably lend to tho cyhiblishment of an ollieial aristocracy, which is not only repugnant to our itloaa of government, gov-ernment, but would bo regarded as a retrof;railo movement in repubhean-,ir,m. repubhean-,ir,m. Tho idea of attempting to dia- irauchiao American officeholders and prevent them from exorcising lcgiti-mato lcgiti-mato political influence is absurd, The true reform in the civil service ia to bo found not in'an official life-tenure, life-tenure, but in a limitation of the appointments of tho federal government govern-ment to a miuimum in reducing its expenditures aa lar us possible, and limiting its powors and d jties to tlio constitutional theory. A rigid system of examination to nscertain the fitness of all applicants for office is essential, which woidd aoon weed out the worthless and incompetent politicians as aspirants for positions. |