New-York tribune., 1872-06-04

sumo the character OF military headquartersI 10 you
encounter sentinel at the doorsi DO you see any
orderly on the stairsi Do you see gun or nuIho ,
or shoulderstrap in the White House from eSp dpesm
Then the Senator TO the great crime OF hepo.s
"c nu e ng e eeths o these subjects Nepotsm
pretty large phrase and would Include gSoa ,seS W
us 10 its Just application am no, avis his brother to
worse FOR man TO procure MS he ia
be appointed TO some place, nroc,,re no
psrt,cnIer friend Of his to be appointed 10 the place
because he friend In principle there Is no uerevo
cising that romantic. Spartan simplicity OF manner
which will come after the millennium, when tne SehS0r
he installed at the White House., some such
thing might be attempted but really . IN counr m1In
the thing is little too fine to deserve serious attention.
Receiving g what is there in that simply u =, tbe
American people to the nggardy eomPsln nnPSlIc
sstGn paid by yoD our wSqn the war closed
when their hearts we're warm and their gratitude was
bubblng up toward those men VINO hao and Wealth ali
ssi ssae x6d BY law we're inadequate and shameful
a fund for Gen Mcclellan they raised fund o i9r
Gen. Sheridan; they raised funds for i other @ OH
Soiys "SDS eeDsure ~ not in the dark not under CON
cealment but open presentmens by oeer
ana made the gifts with the applause Of the Press % ana
the people The same thng "ss s5 officer Of tho
army, while he was Commanding Geheral 1anlo,nd Shd'
SoT the Senator from Massachusetts to give point to It,
saws that ne has rewarded these gift by appoint,
ments. man who makes 50 Enalnoss i s Tie
as that ought 10 have some PROOF ioI IT. ,h9
Senator has given us none; no :, sagS ggS,,s nm
those funds and presents to these officers and perhaps 10
Grant That does not sustain the charge made by inc
Sc rar 70 ansn thai charge if that speech of his is
true then Gen. Grant has not merely cOneIIeu S 90
men who happen TO have been subscribers 10 iud NM 70
buy a house for him, or TO buy house lor zen d
LAM or Gen. sherman, but he has done II upon S 10
Grafton; one thing has moved me otltI ~ danot
the proof of any such thngf Who believes ~ 10 IN
hesitate TO declare my belief that there s hoV i "
this chamber who believes one word OF IT.; .bo
The next serious aTragnment Of the Presiden1 Is Ie
great war he prosecuted against hey & nowin0o @ eT
3ormance again. We had IL fully before the senae III
Missouri abored at great lengt dh Spe bSd for long
that the President of the United States niu lVi
sn6 be senator from Massachusetts says There Is mo
such thing a small war" lie aloWeu Ino i pS Ioar a
% Sis6uri TO establish the fact that there had been
war and then he raised up antiquity TO say t tero
could be no small Well, take tDe Two oeHavoaS s
9Iosecnied a great war against Hayt for months Now
is that really or is there little exaggefa'0n,
that tool is that subject 90 the same ueuuo'.pn t1
and discount you have to make IN regard 10 tort Sro
White House having 0e oeen s entirely
in the military arrangements ior ' 1eienie' aganst
Gen. Grant has raised to aeienG fro nlSJ MassachH
setts and the Senator from Missouri hau tho
senator from Massachusetts pee Deen @ nnon Havt il
is very probable that he would have done IL III as ge
manner as Grant is alleged TO have done this. But
in He was COmmander-in-Chief OF the
nrHS aS war upon Hay he knew how TO do it. But Sir,
what was there Of that great war upon Hayu Nheh
be Intimate facts ascertaned, the only acts ever done
by any naval officer which could DO toItu@eH ca mo H
prosecution OF war was the firing from tn9 ,i oech
OF man-of-war, in the waters near the Haytan siand'
So that We are to be told : chat &C. cen, ~
Grant chiefain OF reputation and experience IN
command of the army and navy OF one OF me greaisC
nations on the earth levied war upon tnat hepigss
island for months and, IN the dsloIJeu " Wy
Senator Massachusetts, great wal TOO NOt sol
der marched not gun was nred, nO1 pOoAGe PSo Si
was drawn from its socEet-only one sKI,pcset Us i
charged from manQf-war. LanghteI;l Mnas 1 - IlJ
charge against the Presidents Why, that ne % usuipeo
the war power of this nation wneh nc hIeu tna. 2 shS
rocket Laughter.l You cannot fire sky-rocket rom
manOf-war in the Indian ocean nor IN nrayions
act of Congress specifying just when the sty-ioekeJ
material shall be in it, and what shall be the design OF
firing; and If you do not SO provide ana any nala
send mn into blue space one skyrOcet the President OF
the United States, who even saw the skyroeke
is chargeable with having usuped the war power OF the
nation, and levied a war for several months.
But The most remarkable part OF the Senator's speech
take this malicious arragnment and read IT, may ease
their patience. but they win probably hold their gravity
until they come down to the place where the Sena-
tor from Massachusetts, arraigns the President OF
United states for egotsm and seliprete1si3n , ana
States could these men as we see them day IN Of
fetal and social intercourse 'pgy Scooins GTuu and
fbe oen5je would then see the Joke to degree which
tbeY never can comprehend without such intimate
knowledge Go up to the White House any day,
or any evening, and you see the President of the
United States, mild, gentle-mannered gentleman
accessible to the highest lowest, richest poorest
and at any hour Of the day, 10 all men who call OF him,
sweet as Summer, never .ailual2g 70 hlnSeh,
never referring TO his aehsYeTSoS o fSe loH a1d n
prancing senator from Massachusetts. who has Just
praneed out of the Chamber laughter ana then mag
here with prepared Grafton and arraigning Cen Grant
for egotsm and pretenion and also Tor quarrelsome
The American people do not know these two men They
do not know how false in every sense, not only in It's
letter hut in its spirit and in all the Impressions
il is intended and calculated to produce Their asser-
| Ons are, 1--WE know IT," | call upon you
Senators as honorable say yOn cannot sit here
silently and see such piece of injustice committed in
this chamber. II You do, you become party to IT, Your
silence gives assent to it, and, in sense, you give
y6u APPRECIATION to that charge to go out against Gen
Graut before the American people.
Turn again TO his great aocuser the Senator from
Massachusetts. Who ever heard him speak five minutes
on any subject that he aid not glorfy himself laugh
teri challenge any man, any friend OF his, to go TO
| the library and BRING at random any copy OF me
of speech Of that Senator that does not praise himself
Why Sir in this very speech in which he arraigned Gen
established this Republican party; he was the
earliest, o. and the most most anxious and tn the
it into being and he prays for its life less for is own
It's hearse SIR the absurdity of this charge, when
you consider the two men, as we know them,
both the accuser and the accused, passes
5 Belief have Rosrd Il said aS s%
that that Senator is not here that he could cor
If IT is not true, that a very esmable
lady once wrote TO the Senator from Massa-
chusetts invoking bis aid for some individual
who had claim before Congress. The Sena-
tor wrote back that he enRrOssed in the conem
paton Of general principles, and arduousy laboring
Tor the welfare OF man In general that he had time
devote to the wants OF individuals. The lady re-
piled TO him, thanking him for the ciyity Of
his reply, and reminding him that, far
as she informed. he had taken
a somewhat ofuer attitude than occupied by the
Almighty. lLaughter That while he governs the
universe while he rolled the orbs and their spheres he
also attended TO the wauts OF his children and that not
even a sparrow could fall without his knowledge.
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