New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-19

praciously allowed the Chicago Platform we
should much like to know who has asked 'or
ANYTHING else-except, indeed. Mr.. Crittenoen'
who, in the new arrangement, is to DO an'"eo'
wo presume, o private platform OF n'S own,
And if he. why not other people who may iAn
into the regenerated ranks why no' lnS0'' .
poy0smica plank, and rope in Brigham Young
Really since these gentlemen are to take pos
.s.,ion Of us, of our souls, our bodies' our
President our Cabinet, our Congress- our
constituencies, our clubs, and our newspapers
II bebooyes us to be inquiriug with all que
o;r;,;tv What We are to believe, after all the
I" f1iupsr shall have been completed WIN '"'
reeonstrncters leave us our name, or Will tney
6,cb il from us7 Or will they call themselves
the Reformed Republican Party Hasn't that
word Reformed" very ugly sound So
say nothing of that other word, Republican
-pray how will Mr.. Crittenden like that
This whole scheme certainly argues great
kindness of nature in the schemers, We are
not only to welcome home the prodgal son,
but we are to have tho heaviest calf oil killed
and dressed and ready for him. So be sure,
his highly improper conduct has cost us great
deal Of money-but we must not be radical
Hs has well nigh ruined the nation, for q
whiln-but We must not be radical lie has
emulated the maddest red-repubcanism OF
France-but we must not DO radical ! lie
has cost us millions of money and thousands OF
ljve,-hlt we must not be radical We must
leave to him the fantastic tricks. the humora,
the whirns and the madnesses Of politics
but we must not be radical. He has been all
wrope-but we must not be radical in setting
him ripht--not radical in enforcing justice, IN
measuring out penalties, and probing swlndles,
in redressing injuries, in providing Tor the
future. O no! When We deal with him, we
must deal tenderly, for all the dreadful
trouble which he has brought upon US and
himself. We must bate our breath We must
whisper our humbleness We must return
good for evil, and in doing 80, we must not
only be good, but goodies.
Finally, we protest, once for all, against the
assumption that the Republican Party has, Ill
any Offensive sense VI tuo "Vi"t WV" '"N'
cal" Considering all things, the world has
re,son TO be astonshed at the moderation
which it has displayed. The glib talk about
" fanaticsm had no meaning when 1t was so
freely INDUCED in BY our opponents during the
Presidential Election-no more than 1t has now
when it is quite as freely employed by some OF
our pretended friends. Its use is gratuitous
employment of an offensive and meaningless
uick. name, quite out Of place in discussions so
grave as these are. The Republicans do not
profess to love Savery-Do, nor Shareholders
as such; they do not pretend to desire any
patched.up treaties or 10 seek for hollow
truces: they would gladly ses the cause of this
wicked rebellion vanish with the rebellion itself;
they desire not only present triumph OF the
laws. but security Tor the future loyalty Of
reckless ard desperate men; but, with all their
stiifest opinions aud oil their most ardent hopes
tbev have never dreamed for q moment Of
Constitutional limits or Of indulg-
inc in unworthy revenge. All speculations,
therefore, which presuPposs that any consid-
cradle body of the members OF our Party can
be driven out of .ts organization by the pre-
dominance in its councils Of moderate and
prudent policy, are at once absurd AID insult
ing-and, as the event will prove, come from
what quarter they may, they VIII certainly be
50 regarded.