The weekly standard., 1869-10-13

I The Administrrticn and the Reuuhu.
A SSf narty.
The following article from the N. Y. Tim.
SO exactly fehects our own views that ' ~
iyeitenfire. Itcontains many undeni.h,s NJ
truths and shoysthe confidence and .rs
port siyensthe sdministration by the Repub
lican parry The Times says:
"In indorsing urreservedly the course n,
General Grants Administration. the sv,.
cusc Convention has but followed the exam
pie of every Republican Convention ths,
has yet been held. Not .ons has eyaded n.
subject Or dealt with it ambiguously. Tbs1
have, without exception, spplauded it. fdsi
ity to principle, its efficiency in the perform
ancesof ardaoss sades, and the rieOros.
economy which distinguishes every depart.
ment Their approval, is valuable becau,.
it is discriminating and manifestly just /
is emphatic because the judgment p,o.
noupced by the various Conventions e,
presses the known convictions of the part,
everywhere. ,u5
i Thestandard by which the acts of III.
Administration have been tried is high And
unyielding. Under the rule Of GelsJ
Grants predecessor the country had b.,
familiarized with corruption Oand e1tra,,.
gance. Power was interpreted to mes,
license to misuse its functions. The e1pen,
ditures were maintained at the war point
The departments were filed by men WIN
employed their opportunities to plunder ths
people. The revenues were uncollected q,
,squandered. The Executive employed hi,
influence to thwart the operation of imuo,.
tant laws, and to obstruct the restoration nj,
the Southern States. Minor officers. epcon,,
| aged by displays of this mischievous suir;,
in high places, were notoriously in leapu.
with knaves and combinations of knayes
by whom great interests were rutblesal,
trampled under foot. The spectacle wa,
scandalous, and its effects we're most dis
astrous. ag
|, The advent of Grant to power, and the
formation of an Administration on the basis
prescribed by the Republican Party, was
followed by immediate and large reforms
The Congressional Committee found arden,
co-workers in the business of retrenchmeut
The influences which, under johnson, had
been exerted to perpetuate extravaganza,
under Grant were arrayed on the side Of
economy. The appropriations were cut
down at the instance and with the help of
the department heads. And promise Wis
given that the change thus begun should be
pushed forward faithfully and well.
The promise has been fulfilled. Economy
is the order of the day wherever the author
ity of the government prevails. The reduc
tions contemplated by Congress have il
many cases been exceeded. The depart
ments have been purged of idlers; thei
duties have been systemized, and the cost o
their performance diminished to an exten
not yet fully appreciated. The "Rings
which were previously supreme in the Treas
ury have been broken; the devices whicl
made robbery safe and even respectable hav
been destroyed. Honest men control lh
approaches to the strong box. The reven
ues are zealously collected; the disburs
ments are conducted with strict reference t.
the terms of law. As mere judiciary agent
the Administration has discharged its trus
with an energy and integrity that cannot bt
too loudly applauded. .. t'..
But there has been more than mere faith
full service. By its financial policy the Ad,
ministration has brought the country nearer
the stage at which reduction of the burden
of the debt will be practicable. How this
reduction may be best effected, the Republi
can party has again and again indicated
The funding of the debt at a lower rate d
interest is the only method compatibsvh With
honor, and the process will be possible only
when the public credit shall have been great
ly improved Not the least meritorious Of
the results achieved by the Administrator
is, therefore, the higher standing which il
has impaired to the national credit in th
money markets of the world. Opinion
differ in regard to the excellence Of the pre-
else means employed to produce this result
but the result is gratifying and unquestiona
ble. The public credit is higher, stronger
than when, Mr. Boutwell, began his task
and by SO much the country is nearer th'
relief it greatly needs. 1t remains for Con
gress, after calm consideration, to revise the
plans Of the Secretary, and to provide
means for profting by the good he has &C
complished. An improved condition of th
debt and a reduction, of taxation are tn
two objects which will test the fnancin
capacity of the party. They are not irrecon
cilable. tre 5 Hog
The confidence expressed in the conduc
of the Administration has still further just
fcation. The better position of the South
generally, and of the three excluded State
in particular, is largely due to the sound
discretion and wise hberality which har'
distinguished the action of the Presideu.
He has combined adherence to law with 8
generosity which has disarmed oppostOn
Order prevails. The authority of the Fedt
raj Government has been upheld. At ih
same time, the exercise of ajust and conF
iatory disposition has brought into plEN
better instincts of the Southern people 10
| operation with the Government has taken
the place of resistance to its authOnF'
Great strides have BEEN taken toward tAe
completion of reconstruction. Virgins !
virtually restored now, and there are gOoa
reasons for hoping that Congress, on res'
sembling, will find Texas and Mississippi
in similar situation. \ The fact will be
triumph for the Administration. and a soulcc
of reasonable pride to the party whose Pnn'
ciples it sustains and whose policy it NOD!