The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-08-18
grants ADMINISTRATION AND PROM
Uses COMPARED.

The task of cri,icising Grants admin's'ra'
lion has come to be an easy one all Demo.
cratic journals need to do is to transfer 10
r., columns the comments OF the more
;ndspendeni Republican papers, and the
ADMINISTRATION is shown TO be failure aud
broken promise. The New York Sn', OF
Aug. -, edited by Bloody Stanton's assist
ant Secretary Of War, contains the following
article on this prolific subject:
In his inaugural address, referring to our
foreign policy, Gen. Grant told the country
that he should deal with nations as eq ai'aoie
law requires individuals to deal WIN eSoa
other that he should protect NAIVE Hnu
foreign born citizens wherever 'neir I'sn'S
were put in jeopardy, and wherever oI' Jog
aoated that while respecting tue r'su" y,
ali nations, he would demand equa' rT'PStet.
Co. onr own and that if other powers Shouio
den,rt from this rule, he might be conpeh'
ed to follow their precedent
These brave words foreshadowed bold
and vigorous policy. They received the
warm approval of our own people, rreSpect..
i've Of party, and arrested the attention and
excited the comment of foreign powers
The English and French journals, rejecting,
no doubt, the opinions OF their 'eae'uH
statesmen, tried to argue themselves ih'o
the belief that these declarations were capa
bla of nacifc construction, while they tree
10 admitted that they betokened determlu-
alton on the part of the new president TO
conduct our foreign affairs in spirit more
firm, decisive, aud truly American thah h"o
of late years marked our history.
The past FIVE months have Afforded Ire,
ouent occasions for putting the sincerity OF
Gen. Grants manifesto TO the test. lave
the hopes il Inspired at home, and the lear
il excited abroad, been realized? On the
contrary, have not his sonorous words turned
ont 10 be the mcrest fantaronade? Is Their
An instance in the history Of the conntr
when an administration has been 80 suose'
Went to any foreign power as that OF Gran
has been TO Spain?
Our neutrality laws, more stringent 'na
those Of any European monarchy arc ~ d"
tagonism with the genius OF our peoPie'-
Nevertheless, the mosi conspicuous act g
the present administration IS the rlgorou
execution OF this code against an opPresSe
colony whose republican patriots, nobly ou'
stripping every example of history, oega
their revolution by decreeing the aboliho
Of slavery, and are still struggling to thro
off the woke Of despotism that has fostere
the slave trace, maintained a hcenuo'
court, and forbade the education OF the pc
pie, and is now trying in vain to sell
crown in the market overt OF Europe. !
deed, 50 busy has the administration be-
in enforcing this exceptional code IN the
terest of Spanish despots and slave monger
that il has not found time to faithfully eh
cute some of the ordinary revenue laws
our own country.
And how has the administration rcdeeme
its pledge to protect citizens, whose righ'
are not put in jeopardy merely, hut are act'
sU7 sscri6ccd2 American citizens pine !
Br-ush prisons for words spoken on this sid
&C the Atlantic, and no remonstrance Is heal
from our secretary Of state. They are sh
in cold blood and without trial in Cuba, 81
our state department is dumb, while one
the national vessels stationed in the waite
contiguous to that Inflated Island, and win
might have afforded protection to the vi
Tins of Spanish cruelty, is ordered home
convey the president and portion OF h
cabinet on juuketug tours to Long Bran
or Newport.
IA To the Alabama matter, 1t remains
,fattt quo, and its mismauagement has
cited such profound contempt in the mas
Of our citizens, that il is doubtful Whet
the administration would not lose father t
gain by attempting to stir it up again. I
fainIv, unless it handles this stale sub
with good deal more skill and in far
tier American spirit than has charrcteri
the rest of its foreign policy. it had bet
let it alone. At all events, we ought not
instruct our minister to eide around
Jane, palace with the air OF needy oh
man dunning a naughty creditor and /
ging to know when it will suit the COW
fence of the foreign secretary to look o
our bill.
In word, the foreign policy Of this
ministration, proclaimed in sonorous phrs
from the steps Of the capitol in March,
thus far proven to be one Of the most PIT
luminous in the history of the country.