Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-03-02

our ulSappoIu1lH0n' 10 Srod' oO-
cause we had reason to believe the
Senators who have this matter In
charge, would be the last men to for
get themselves at such a crisis. They
have been timidly practical" ludi-
crously tied up to precedents, when
in times past, we have urged them TO
some act which seemed likely to Jcop-
ard the party. Then Sir Oracle was
never more contentious, more full OF |
" wise saws and modern instances"
than they. The inch they were will
ling to move ahead was hardly visible
to the naked eye. How they lectur-
ed us on the "too fast and "toO far
policy Now in an emergency which |
calls for the most delicate handling,
they tear up not one admitted abuse,
but include in the grasp half dozen
obstinate prejudices, which no logic |
of events has lOOSened. For the first
time in our lives we beseech them to
be little more politicians-and a
little less refOrmerS--as those tunc-
tionaries are usually understood.
Perhaps we seem to some too ur-
gent and pressing in this matter
Our urgency comes from an ill-defned
conviction that we are living now in
the easiest hour for the accomplish |
ment of Constitutional Amendment
| in this particular. Not that we have
any fear of the final result. La time
| this measure must come. There our
faith is fixed, rooted as the everlast-
ing hills. But beside that the next
year will be one extraordinarily busy
III office-seeking and change, we feel
confident that the next Administra
ton will be reactiOnary one-lt will
do what in it lies to tone down public
anxiety and enthusiasm. Gen. Grant
will break no pledges, because he has
made none. But he will be felt a.
belonging to the stand-stiIl party.
The more trouble, the more lion,
said the old workman. The trouble
johnson has given US has been
healthy irritant to Congress; kept
its " lion" awake. The new Admin
istration will give US no such help.
If the South were sane enough to be-
have herself, we should almost de-
spair. Oar hopes come largely thence.
Neither in the North do we see, nor
in the Administration do we expect,
any such intense earnestness as the
hour seems to demand. We have
never interpreted Grants silence as
indicator of excess of thought. He
did not speak simply because he had
nothing to say. SO now he reveals
nothing of the Cabinet changes be,
cause, we fear, he means to make very
few. Those members who publicly
insulted him by a change of falSehoOd
will no doubt have leave to retire.
They are neither of them of any i'm
portance, not even McCulloch. No
matter who goes into the Treasury,
the public has fixed its financial poll
] icy. Neither greenback nor corn doc
l tors can alter it, whether they be in
5 Office or out. And if Porter succeeds
Welles, and the martyred BowleS
succeeds Randall, nobody will note it
but the almanac-makers. We imag-
:. inc Mr.. Seward will not be allowed
s yet torecruitat Auburn, unless Adams
) dons his mantle fit Elisha for such
e an Elijah-since he avows himself
q convinced that We are bound to leave
!. the South alone, and not interfere p
/ with her any more.
/ Our guessus may prove all wrong
AMI be shown 50 even before these
words are printed. But We shall bg
as much delighted as SURPRISED if any
4 men are selected so different from
!. those we have named, a. To convert
. Us to a belief in Grants thorough ac
h captauce OF the lesson oi the war
. The man who went 10 Mr. Senator
: Fessenden for council how to conduc
+ himself during the canvass, is not like
f ~ To seek counsel of Mr.. Sumner anC
4 his friends how to conduct himself il
y the Presidency. He is tar more like
IS y to stand still. Men fret at whar
4 seems his cruel and childish silence
O as to his cabinet during these lon.
months. Oar belief is he has hat
nothing of Importance to tell. w,
J. are to go on with those same gutta
\ percha statesmen who were dead
Ii weights on Lincoln and easy tools to
J. johnson. The only thing that save.
+ US from McCulloch and Welles is tina
y in a moment Of forgetfulness, the,
} ciphered wrong and insulted the com
4 ing man in their zeal to pander t
s. the dispenser of good things.
All this considered, we are terribl,
I IN earnest to improve every momcn
before too credulous nation fling
itself at the feet of its idol, dreamin.
'e that it intrusts its grave interests an(
l. its honor with mind capacious of
sc such things, sure to wake soon ant
e find that it mistook prudent silence
o. for profound wisdom Senators, ado
r to the House Amendment words guar
r. anteeing the right to Office as well a
'e the right to vote; give US that at onc'
1t and, saving time, save all.
WENDELL PHILLIPS.
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