| Show GE ORGIE Q cannons bamfo EDITOR AND PUBLISHER wednesday december 18 19 1872 among the eastern dispatches which wo we published yesterday was tho the following A chicago politician thohas who hab has made an application for the governorship of a territory has haa discovered that the lP resident president intends to adhere to his hla announced policy concern concerning lug ing territorial officers and fill flit vacancies with inhabitants of the territories this 1 is i s the civil rule rue ruo orthe odthe of the territories if whis this whis would be a aver very y good civil elvil service servi vi C i e rule on many accounts not by any means do we imagine that the ter li ii tories monopolize official qualifications on the contrary we distinctly thay tsay that some of the civil officials sent bent here from outside the territory bave have been heen ss As s s good officers cerii ceris as could reasonably be wished endeavoring to dlee dise discharge harge barge their duties without prejudice or partiality tia lity andin and in the true spirit of Ilc lle aniam and of american liberty such officers have not failed to secure the re abt of the community and the loss loaa of their commendable administration has been be severely beverely felt and generally and pinco pince sincerely rely regretted but it bispo is no bees a fact that th he A large M of the officials sent bent to this X territory from afar has hab been bennof of a very avery different class we do not wish to speak of those officials disrespectfully but we shou should ld be derelict der elloV to the expression of the truth if we were to say otherwise those who nilo wish to meet with respect are ard under obligations to carnit unfortunately for this territory aud nud so BO fsr far as they have been similarly afflicted other territories it does seem tha that t most of the officials sent from have haive been men who could be Q very conveniently spared from their previous places of resort they have deiy very seldom received a pres pressing bin sin call to go anywhere eise else to better theil thell their condition and some of the most notorious of them have come to a miserable and very little reg regretted grafted end if we here do not consider off lelal official ability monopolized by the territories many of the officials sent bent here evidently think it is monopolized by citizens outside of the territories that is by themselves for when they comb come hele here they act net as if they supposed nobody in the territory previous to their arrival knew know anything about law justice liberty freedom the hights rights and privileges of citizens or anything else that distinguishes intelligence and refinement from irom stupidity groBB nebb nesb and brutality t we ve do not know that any great objection would be ba raised by the sensible portion of the community to the mere an official not being previously along time resident of the territory if he were better qualified as to ability integrity and impartiality than any resident the desire is to have the best beat the most fitting men for elvil civil office not so much matter whence they come if any better cabbe can be found outside than inside let them come they are abundantly welcome we want the best the very best from all the territories all the states State sall all ali the nations those who are inferior to the better lirt of our population are just Es as welcome to stay away we are republican and indeed cosmopolitan that fhi rai bat theother on od the other hand band experience i teaches eaches us that well qualified qua gua lined in some respects as imported officials may bo it I iw is w nevertheless a fact that most efthem of them are sadly unqualified in other respects they do not beem seem to comprehend the situation they do not seem to understand the feelings sentiments and genius of the people and many of ef them permit their minds to bs ba so filled with pie prejudice judice and against the large majority of the community as to utterly incapacitate them far for the impartial discharge of official duties moreover rony many of those officials soon after their arrival here lend themselves and their official influence so ao completely to the intrigues of unscrupulous cliques that impartial and equitable administration Is a shear shean impossibility with such officials in fact some have been so full of prejudice and so foolish as to dis digs announce that they have come to the territory expressly as the ministers of tho the federal government for the virtual suppression of the large majority of the citizens solely on account of their religion it is eaid enid whom the gods love die early and analogically it has seemed as a rule in the perversity of political events that when the territory has been fortunate enough to be blessed with an sin imported official who has manifested a desire to discharge his official duties in the true spirit and intent thereof according to the laws and the constitution and in accordance with the genius of american government his official career h has har been brief it has been cut short by la ill lii 11 timed and ill advised removal doubtless urged by scheming and corrupt politicians who really themselves ought to inhabit the penitentiary and aud who in their incontinent desire to accomplish com their own selfish design designs a care nothing for law constitution or the public good but would ride roughshod over all these and trample them ruth lessly in the mire to secure their own aggrandizement ln in view of these thebe considerations therefore ej we are strongly approve of the civil service rule for the territories of appointing officers from among the inhabitants thereof old residents are far more likely to have a competent understanding of the condition of local affairs and of the temper feelings pursuits wass waye thoughts likes and dislikes of the people than strangers are and he lormer former are therefore far more likely to make acceptable and useful public officers Furthermore this method of appointing officers flom among the peo people pleis is really so eo far as the choice is concerned in consonance with republicanism and the genius senius of the government which are that the voice of the people the voice of the majority of the people peoples should rule whereas the appointing process is neither republican nor american and the appointing of strangers to rule over american citizens la w still less leea so BO thus the rule for appointing officers from among the inhabitants is good if appointments must be made but something further is required the appointments point polut ments menis should be made of men whom the people wish to have for rulers in whom the people have confidence for whom they would vote if they enjoyed the full rights and privileges of amerlean american citizens nothing less than this is satisfactory because if appointees were chosen from among the people but were men in whom the people had no confidence whom they did not wish to have for whom they would not vote all the virtue of the rule of fc electing such appointees from the people would be nullified the appointed officials would be bure sure to be disliked and in a degree respected disrespected dis whereas there would be some bome chance of obtaining a decent official if he was an imported one for the full effectual satisfactory cons consistent 18 tent working therefore of tile tiie new rule announced it is evident th that at it should be extended to comprehend appointments from citizens who have unmistakably the confidence and would be the choice of the majority of the people so bo much for the rule ruie contained in the above dispatch published yesterday but today to day we publish another dia patch as follows the president has nominated wm cary gary of galena ills united states attorney for utah vice george 0 C bates does this come under the new now rule or not the dispatch speaks of the glent gentleman leman ieman appointed as from illinois if he is an inhabitant of the territory is he a man in whom the people have confidence and for whom they would vote vole for the position to which he has been appointed this is a very material question to american citizens the occupant of the presidential chair is called to that office by the voice of the people as manifested through the electoral college and it certainly would only be consistent and right if officials in the territories as well as in the states and in the union were called to their respective offices by the voice of the pd people ople opie of the citizens who reside within the purview of their respective official dut duties los ios any citizen who desires other than this is recreant to the fundamental principles of american governer government ht and the common rights and privileges of american citizens we hear good things of mr cary gary as a gentleman of high character and standing well respected in illinois and where he is known knon and an extensive property holder ln in the territory we trust that the tho relations between him and our citizens will be mutually agreeable and profitable and conducive to the common welfare should his appointment be confirmed by ahe the senate mr bates in the discharge dib die charge of his omm off leial official duties has e conducted on ducted himself in a gentlemanly manner and probably his chief juanee to the ring is ia that he has not lent himself to their unworthy policy and purposes but has endeavored to discharge dle dis charge the duties of his office in an evenhanded impartial way LORD dufferin the new now governor general of the dominion of canada has found out the secret of popularity at least he has succeeded in rendering himself very popular with the people of the dominion since his hla arrival among them A correspondent of the new york herald in the report of an interview with his lordship gives a very favorable account of him after having been six elx months in the country his bis lordship Jord ship has shown himself apt and eager in the acquisition of knowledge eddeth already having learned more of the tho e resources of the country than many of its intelligent uati nati vea besides being a careful student of politics and human nature he has oven managed to comprehend the local politics of canada upper and lower canada as legal divisions no longer exist but in their stead are five provinces answering to our states with a federal government at ottawa and a president in the shape of governor general dufferin at a salary of paid by the canadian people jesch esch province has its legislature and local governor while endeavoring to obtain an interview ter view correspondent the was led to contrast his reception with some bome experienced perien ced at the metropolis of the united states he says anticipating something very different I 1 felt agreeably surprised at the thoroughly cordial reception the colonel fletcher fietcher extended ext eded in striking contrast as it was to the frigid and contemptuous in bome some of our washington officials show towards tho the sovereign citizens who happen to be neither senators nor representatives and whose misfortune it is to be compelled belled to ask a courtesy from their public to servants lord dufferin dummer ln is represented as apparently patently ly over forty slightly stoop shouldered I 1 a trifle under the middle size with hair thrown back over his ears light jet black beard all around his face fact mustache same color cheeks falling in and cheek bones prominent he is of studious and thoughtful espres sion bion plain in dress genial Witha a gentie gentle courtesy of manner and a brtek brish step he speaks with that peculiar english aristocratic lisp but ills is no spoiled darling of aristocratic fortune he thinks canada a country of vast natural resources with all the elements for becoming great alid aud pros prosperous erous and he be could not ies geb describe how highly he thought of the people he thought the he canadians nad too much good sense to be greatly disturbed by the recent excl exal exciting ting remarks by the london rimes remes concerning the dominion and the talk about independence and annexation that they were loyal and desired no such change and bad had a hoppy happy future before them that not a handful of them expressed themselves theme elvea in favor of annexation that canada might be I 1 independent eident if she chobe chose that eng bilg was not decaying but was st today to day thail than bhe she was waa after waterlog Wat erlo and though as a nation very old yet she had more of lusty youth in her people than she slid ever had had that neither rome romme nor greece in their palm paim pal pai lest iest days had bad any such inherent Inhere lit ift qualities of strength a tr euith as england had today to day that the moral character of a nation constituted its chief strength irth and permanent I 1 vigor and energy that england eagland and canada Conada would always standby each other that a war between elig land and the united states would be a aad had calamity and that if the latter succeeded in driving the former from canada adaid it would cause vast loss and injury to the american republic that he apa apprehended ended no belligerent movement oil on the part of president grant against the dominion he having established for himself a highly conservative character and it nd reflecting no doubt the general vense pense of the american people whose intelligence was vas the safeguard of the republic and that how however evor much it might add to tho th military emilita laurels of president grant to make a successful war on Engl england aud abd noone noorie no ono one orio ohie who baand history to any purpose can 1411 toper ceibo that any offensive war on nn the tho par of a republic to weaken weakens its power and predisposes it for foran an imperial despotism the correspondent took his leave saua satisfied BaUa faed fied that if canada Is happy lu in every other particular bhe ehe is 19 abundantly blessed for her loyalty in having so kindly cordial and intelligent gent a representative senta tive of royalty for her governor as als lord dunner dufner ln 11 J i the herald editorially commenting upon the interview says of the governor general england and canada it la Is therefore fair to conclude nast thra his popularity does not depend upon outward attractions but has haa the moro more solid and lasting foundation of amla amiability and culture jn in this respect our neighbors have llave been fortunate in their imported executives and england can at least claim the credit of having baving gent sent so bome some me of her best citizens to td represent he the t crown in her canadian colony that is a very fair record for the chief newspaper of a rival country to make and while reading it we could not repress the wish that we could truthfully say eay as much concerning the tho executives and other cers who have exercised authority au 1 in ing this territory OUR dispatches announce anjou nce uce the confirms tion by the senate of odthe the nomination by the president of ward hunt of new york as justice of the supreme court of the united states in place of the venerable judge nelson neison resigned judge hunt idof is of the commission of appeals of the state of new york and arid hays says the new york herald has haa baa the reputation of a jurist well ver the law and will doubtless prove himself equal to the highest requirements of the tribunal of last resort of theau dacial department of the national gov ern ment the philadelphia press has hasi the following from washington in regard to tile tiie appointment I 1 is the appointment oi of ward hunt runt hu nt to th the e vacancy on the supreme bench caused by the resignation of justice nelson has caused a genuine astonish ment here in legal circles ane appointment point polut ment is explained on the ground that it was made at the request of senator conkling Conk Jing the |
