New-York tribune., 1871-12-27

on brains n 70 produce now turning
into STEEL will believe anything. But We should like
some other Civil Service refOrmer who In not maniac.
to explain why it is that the chief need Of pure Clvi!
Bervice s permanency while OF the time the chief
sra H custer ali The empoyes o eSe s
tSa Ssn DANA % I ,s
they did Grant They will do their utmost with him.
they did with Grant, corrupt him and get place
der him Aud II new President should fan to appoint
Dana Collector Of the Port and make Wilkes Minister to
Mexico, they VIII upon him with brazen eronterv
to the obvious Of their change OF tone, they
did witk Grant: Sumner would still be unhappy II the
senate should fail ~ believe in him as the great and only
mediator foreign affairs md the only begOtten savior
of the cOored Schuz would continue to nette tho
new Administration with cpgrams unit! his brother
law should be restored 10 Office The Fenon and Conk
ling fight would sin go on. and the Curtin - and
dent must have the other side dissatisfied with
him II he chooses between them Snch ne%spapers as
Springfield Republican will oppose Administration,
telling some wholesome truths and drawing occasionally
pop"lar pc" t .H i" Nothing could nj be sas
trous to them than an Administration with which no
Ohio that IL Hastcad wcrc President he would attack
Iu the lexicon Of White aud Bowles there Is no such
word as fail-to-pitch-in.
THE ONE-TERM PRINCIPLE.
Prom 7N rlrrtlsn7 Herald.
Senator Sumner has Il very happy faculty OF
dong the right thing in the way In introducing
@ me- "' tn hs tne in tSe
nbe and resolutions made Ease 40 strong as to c
speech bitter toward the President to give his
proposition all the appearance Of personal attack upon
this respect above all Others The re"oud term
has been the bane Of our politics since Jackson In
cry. But Jacksons zeal for the onc-tcrm principle
did not last beyuDd the middle Of his first term For the
iie else than an electioneering for re-
nomination. Senator Sumner Is right in declaring that
i srsic refor but there was NO % Tor him
to impugn the motives OF President Grant and 10 vent
dent favored civil reform Us nppIhd to every oth.r
branch OF the service than the he represents The
great fear now is, that senators and REPRESENTATIVE IN
their selfish Zeal To the President, will be induced
~ oppose the adoption of the resolution
A VOICE FROM CALIFORNIA
From 1ke linton Isc. To-
The vote in the United States Senate on
Thursday upon the resolutions nrTlnred INT ~ AIfhony
which will add no strength to the Republican
party; The resolutions called for Conmittee on Re-
for thorough inves ation alleged frauds in the
New York CuStom-lIouse under the cOllrctorship OF
Murphy Every one Of these Objects is demanded In the
interest o the Republican, party and good government
1t needs specification to convince reading people that
rctrencmcnt il present desidcratun that Murphy :
vice should De- radically reformed. There ~ rotenness
visible in nearly every subordinate administrative de-
rartmcnt Of the Govcrnlncnr-tnev"s everywhere; in
the internal rryrnTr customs, Wn, l1a 1ai, ,r war h
given specifications enough against Murphy TO send him
III the boat with T"'rf. Connolly Co.. If til" Gov
ernincn' would only. It should order or authorize
such an investigation thI- defeated SENATE amendment
proposed II Will sirs' the public mind little curl
that while such eminent senators ~ 1rllInhul VIII
son. Schurz. ami Anthony defended the resolutions In
able speeches, the opposition drp' ndcd mainy"n the
single speech OF Nevada Senator. which SchrZ. nearly
always dignihrd in senatorial department. felt
constrained to characterize as more becoming a
low Theatrical COMEDIAN tlau senator. The
telegraph failed TO present the comic
phase Of Nyes speech. II ONLY reports him saying
certain gentlemen in the Republican party thought the
President becoming too popular, aud therefore have
devised this scheme of Civil Service Reform, cOp.ed with
an attempt 10 od committee With rNtraor-
dinarv powers. THIS was very lame impeachment,
even If true. But 1t Is hot iue. Trumbull and Wilson
least favor OF The reflection of Grant The res
Olu,on does not touch me conduct of the President 1t
only ask what the whge country believes l. reasonable
and tn, Investigation ,wOuid disturb hObest man.
The voted il down bT II majority, every one OF
the opposition being on the Republican SIDE This vote.
repeat neither the Senate nor the Republican party
very well afford.