The Reform [of The Civil Service] Should

Busy Replying To Letters From Divers Office-seekers. They Come By The Dozens.

It Could Be Clearly Proved That By A Practical Nullification [by The South] Of The Fifteenth Amendment The Republicans Have For Several Years Been Deprived Of A Majority In Both The House And Senate. The Failure Of The South To Faithfully Observe The Fifteenth Amendment Is The Cause Of The Failure Of All Efforts Towards Complete Pacification. It Is On This Hook That The Bloody Shirt Now Hangs.

He Serves His Party Best Who Serves The Country Best.

Is This Not True--that In Proportion To The Value Of Their Estates The Extremely Wealthy Pay Far Less Taxes Than Those Of Moderatemeans? Compare The Amount Paid By Millionaires With The Amount Paid By Ordinary Citizens. I Believe That In Proportion To Their Estates They Pay Less Than Half As Much As Ordinary Citizens, Whereas They Ought To Pay More.

There Are Two Tendencies In All Our War Talk.... The First Is To Boast, If Not Of Ourselves And Our Deeds, At Least Of Our Army, Our Corps, Our Regiments. The Other Is To Find Fault With, To Criticize, To Censure, To Condemn Others. If There Is A Victory, We Gained It And Must Have The Credit Of It. If There Is A Failure, It Was The Fault Of The Other Fellow,--he Must Be Blamed For It.