New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-27
The New York Standard has the follow
ing defense of the chief magistrate of the

The President and the Republican Party.
The New York Standard has the follow
ing defense of the chief magistrate of the
nation
President Grant is as remarkable as a
politician as General Grant proved himself
as a soldier. The result of his campaigns
triumph was complete It was SO with his
campaigns in the West; it was peculiarly SO
with his campaigns in Virginia. But as the
enemies Of the republic found their Apo
mattox Courthouse, SO will the enemies Of
the administration find their final defeat
and overthrow. Already the charges and
insinuations of General Cox have fallen to
the ground. 1t is as plain as day to the
whole country that the President acted as
he should have acted in the McGarahan
case. He was determined that Congress,
and not the Executive or one OF his Cabi-
net ministers, should decide that vexed
question. And even McGarahan, upon
whom SO much abuse has been heaped,
comes out of the fire purer than before.
The people will justify the Presidents
course. and to-day he stands in closer
affinity with the Republican party than at
any time since the beginning OF his admin
istratiOn.
Though the Revenue Reformers may for a
time divide and distract the Republican
party, they can create no permanent disaf-
lection. The country recognizes that pro
lection and free trade are not an issue at
this time any more than they were an issue
during the rebellion When the burdens
which bear directly upon the people shall
have been lessened; when our dropping in
Glustries are revived; when the ravages OF
contending armies do not appear to remind
us Of the terrible story Of the war, that is
sue NAV be met and determined. Civil ser
vice reform is in much the same plight
Neither Congress nor the people have as
yet carefully considered it. MT: Jencke.s
scheme is a crude one, and Of little practi-
cal value. The President can not take the
initiative in forwarding a measure that has
found no favor with either party in Con-
gress or out of it, Both revenue reform
and civil service reform are measures which
require careful scrutiny and mature study,
and when the party wills that Congress
shall adopt either the one or the other,
President Grant will be ready with his
sanction.
In the meantime, the President is busy in
paying off the debt; in preserving AMIGA
BILE relations with foreign powers; in foster
ing purity of elections and securing an
economical administration of the govern
ment. These were the duties with which
he was charged at the time of his election,
and the Republican party has shown every
evidence of satisfaction with the way in
which The has discharged them. Disap-
pointed aspirants have grown bitter, and
have shown their bitterness in cunning at
tacks or in lukewarm support. But the
people stand firm. They know they have a
President they can trust. They have seen
every effort to injure him, like v: ulting
ambition, oyerleap itself. General Cox has
done more to strengthen the President with
his party by that remarkable escapade from
the Cabinet than if he had remained in it
and contributed to the success OF the ad-
ministration by every service of which he
is capable. Who can doubt, then, what the
that no tricks shall turn them away from a
just Executive, and they will not be turned
away. --5